Tang Min (born 26 January 1971) is a Chinese former professional tennis player and Olympian. Tang represented both China and Hong Kong in the Fed Cup.

Tang Min
Full nameTang Min
Country (sports) China
 Hong Kong
Born (1971-01-26) 26 January 1971 (age 53)
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Prize money$71,433
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 112 (24 July 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (1996)
French Open1R (1995)
US Open1R (1995)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 210 (17 August 1992)

Early life

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On 26 January 1971, Tang was born. Tang is originally from Hunan, China.[1]

Career

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Tang appeared in 17 Fed Cup ties for the Chinese team from 1988 to 1992. Tang was a member of China's bronze medal-winning women's team at the 1990 Asian Games. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona she represented China in the women's doubles, with Li Fang.[2] The pair had a first round win over Greek qualifiers, before losing in the second round to Argentina.[3]

By 1994, Tang was based in Hong Kong and under the guidance of Australian tennis coach Des Tyson.[4] Tang had her best year on tour in 1995, reaching a career high ranking of 112 in the world. She was a semi-finalist at the 1995 Japan Open playing as a qualifier and later that year made the quarter-finals of the Thailand Open. It wasn't until 1997 that she debuted for the Hong Kong Fed Cup team. She played in a total of eight ties, across 1997 and 1998, while also serving as team captain.

ITF finals

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Singles (6–4)

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Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 24 September 1989 Bangkok, Thailand Hard   Yayuk Basuki 3–6, 3–6
Win 2. 5 March 1990 Valencia, Spain Clay   Flora Perfetti 6–2, 0–6, 6–4
Win 3. 7 May 1990 Manila, Philippines Hard   Chen Li-Ling 7–6(5), 6–0
Loss 4. 2 September 1991 Bangkok, Thailand Hard   Li Fang 5–7, 2–6
Loss 5. 9 September 1991 Bangkok, Thailand Hard   Li Fang 0–6, 6–7
Loss 6. 14 June 1993 Beijing, China Hard   Yi Jing-Qian 0–6, 4–6
Win 7. 14 March 1994 Canberra, Australia Grass   Angie Woolcock 6–3, 6–0
Win 8. 21 March 1994 Newcastle, Australia Grass   Angie Marik 6–4, 6–2
Win 9. 16 May 1994 Tortosa, Spain Clay   Cintia Tortorella 7–6(5), 6–3
Win 10. 13 March 1995 Canberra, Australia Grass   Gail Biggs 6–2, 6–0

Doubles (6–5)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 7 May 1990 Manila, Philippines Hard   Lin Ning   Chen Li-Ling
  Li Fang
3–6, 0–6
Win 2. 29 April 1991 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Hard   Li Fang   Tanti Trayono
  Agustina Wibisono
7–5, 6–3
Win 3. 6 May 1991 Manila, Philippines Hard   Li Fang   Irawati Moerid
  Lukky Tedjamukti
7–6(4), 6–7(5), 7–6(3)
Win 4. 5 August 1991 Nicolosi, Italy Hard   Li Fang   Gabriella Boschiero
  Kylie Johnson
6–0, 7–6(3)
Win 5. 2 September 1991 Bangkok, Thailand Hard   Li Fang   Suvimol Duangchan
  Benjamas Sangaram
6–4, 6–2
Loss 6. 9 September 1991 Bangkok, Thailand Hard   Li Fang   Irawati Moerid
  Lukky Tedjamukti
6–4, 5–7, 4–6
Loss 7. 23 September 1991 Kuroshio, Japan Hard   Li Fang   Naoko Kinoshita
  Emiko Takahashi
7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 8. 30 September 1991 Hokkaido, Japan Hard   Li Fang   Yukie Koizumi
  Miki Mizokuchi
1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win 9. 14 October 1991 Kyoto, Japan Hard   Li Fang   Diana Gardner
  Paulette Moreno
6–4, 7–5
Loss 10. 30 September 1991 Saga, Japan Grass   Li Fang   Lupita Novelo
  Kristine Kunce
7–5, 2–6, 5–7
Win 11. 8 August 1994 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard   Weng Tzu-ting   Natalia Soetrisno
  Suzanna Wibowo
6–3, 6–1

References

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  1. ^ "Min Tang". olympic.org. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Min Tang - Olympic Tennis - People's Republic of China". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Barcelona '92 Olympics". Los Angeles Times. Ancestry.com. 2 August 1992. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Hong Kong improver wins". The Canberra Times. Australia. 21 March 1994. p. 19. Retrieved 19 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
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