Bai Yan (tennis)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Bai (柏).

Bai Yan (Chinese: 柏衍; pinyin: Bǎi Yǎn; Mandarin pronunciation: [pǎɪ jɛ̀n];^[a] born May 21, 1989, in Nanjing, Jiangsu) is a Chinese male tennis player.

Bai Yan
柏衍

Country (sports)	China[1][2]
Residence	Shanghai,[3] China
Born	(1989-05-21) May 21, 1989 (age 36)[1][2] Nanjing,[2] China
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 452,432
Singles
Career record	5–8 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draws, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 200 (21 March 2016)
Current ranking	No. 253 (30 June 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2016)
French Open	Q1 (2016)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2016, 2025)
US Open	Q1 (2016)
Doubles
Career record	1–5 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draws, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 109 (9 May 2016)
Current ranking	No. 1128 (30 June 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	Q1 (2016)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	4–3
Last updated on: 30 June 2025.

Yan has reached 34 career singles finals all on the ITF Futures tour, with a record of 27 wins and 7 losses. Additionally, he has reached 20 career doubles finals with a record of 13 wins and 7 losses, which includes four ATP Challenger Tour titles.

Yan represents his native country of China competing during the Davis Cup. He holds a singles record of 3–2 and a doubles record of 1–1 for a combined Davis Cup record of 4–3.

Career

2007: Juniors and first Pro ITF title

As a junior, Bai reach his highest ranking as world No. 10 in the singles world rankings in January 2007.

2008-2016: Masters debut and first win

Yan won back-to-back ITF Men's Circuit titles in September before knocking off World No. 30 Radek Štěpánek at the 2010 Shanghai Masters the following month.^[1]

After not competing on tour in 2011, Bai opened 2012 by reaching the singles semifinals of China F2 ITF Men's Circuit tournament.^[1]

2017-2025: United Cup debut

Bai opened the 2017 season by winning the Hong Kong F6 futures.^[1]

He was selected as part of the 2025 United Cup Team China as the No. 2 ATP player.

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals

Singles: 39 (29–10)

Legend ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (29–10)

Finals by surface Hard (27–8) Clay (2–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2007	China F9, Su Zhou	Futures	Hard	Antal Van Der Duim	6–1, 3–0 ret.
Loss	1–1	Feb 2008	Thailand F1, Nonthaburi	Futures	Hard	Tatsuma Ito	6–3, 6–7(9–11), 4–6
Win	2–1	Mar 2008	Thailand F3, Nonthaburi	Futures	Hard	Sebastian Rieschick	6–7(3–7), 6–3, 4–0 ret.
Win	3–1	Sep 2010	China F7, Hangzhou	Futures	Hard	Harri Heliövaara	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Win	4–1	Oct 2010	China F8, Shanghai	Futures	Hard	Gong Maoxin	6–3, 6–2
Win	5–1	May 2012	China F7, Zhangjiagang	Futures	Hard	Chang Yu	7–5, 7–6(10–8)
Win	6–1	May 2013	China F4, Fuzhou	Futures	Hard	Jason Jung	6–3, 4–2 ret.
Loss	6–2	Mar 2014	China F1, Guangzhou	Futures	Hard	Li Zhe	7–6(7–4), 6–7(3–7), 1–6
Win	7–2	Jun 2014	China F6, Putian	Futures	Hard	Li Zhe	6–2, 6–1
Win	8–2	Jul 2014	China F8, Shenzhen	Futures	Hard	Li Zhe	4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss	8–3	May 2015	China F6, Wuhan	Futures	Hard	Li Zhe	4–6, 3–6
Win	9–3	Aug 2015	China F12, Fuzhou	Futures	Hard	Arata Onozawa	6–2, 6–3
Loss	9–4	Aug 2015	Chinese Taipei F1, Kaohsiung	Futures	Hard	Yang Tsung-hua	6–4, 4–6, 0–1 ret.
Win	10–4	Aug 2015	Chinese Taipei F2, Kaohsiung	Futures	Hard	Yang Tsung-hua	6–3, 6–4
Win	11–4	Jan 2017	Hong Kong F6	Futures	Hard	Takuto Niki	6–1, 6–4
Win	12–4	Jul 2018	China F9, Shenzhen	Futures	Hard	Son Ji-hoon	6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–4
Win	13–4	Jul 2018	China F11, Kunshan	Futures	Hard	Cui Jie	6–3, 6–3
Win	14–4	Aug 2018	China F13, Anning	Futures	Clay	Wang Huixin	6–1, 6–0
Win	15–4	May 2019	M25 Wuhan, China	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Shuichi Sekiguchi	6–2, 6–4
Win	16–4	Jun 2019	M25 Luzhou, China	World Tennis Tour	Hard	He Yecong	6–3, 6–2
Win	17–4	Jun 2019	M25 Shenzhen, China	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Laurent Rochette	6–4, 6–1
Loss	17–5	Jun 2019	M25 Yinchuan, China	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Yuta Shimizu	6–4, 3–3 ret.
Win	18–5	Jul 2019	M25 Qujing, China	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Sun Fajing	6–3, 6–1
Win	19–5	Jul 2019	M25 Taipei, Taiwan	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Hsu Yu Hsiou	6–4, 6–4
Loss	19–6	Apr 2022	M15 Chiang Rai, Thailand	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Nam Ji-sung	2–6, 4–6
Win	20–6	Jun 2023	M15 Tianjin, China	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Mo Yecong	7–5, 6–3
Win	21–6	Jul 2023	M15 Tianjin, China	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Wang Aoran	6–2, ret.
Win	22–6	Sep 2023	M25 Guiyang, China	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Jimmy Yang	6–2, 6–2
Win	23–6	Mar 2024	M15 Hinode, Japan	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Stefanos Sakellaridis	6–2, 6–4
Loss	23–7	May 2024	M25 Anning, China	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Cui Jie	3–6, 4–6
Win	24–7	Jun 2024	M25 Luzhou, China	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Zhou Yi	7–6(7–4), 7–6(8–6)
Win	25–7	Jul 2024	M25 Tianjin, China	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Hsu Yu Hsiou	6–2, 6–4
Win	26–7	Aug 2024	M25 Yinchuan, China	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Sun Fajing	6–4, 7–6(7–1)
Win	27–7	Oct 2024	M25 Huzhou, China	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Sun Fajing	6–3, 4–6, 6–2
Win	28–7	Mar 2025	M15 Ma'anshan, China	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Egor Agafonov	6–3, 6–4
Loss	28–8	Mar 2025	M25 Shenzhen, China	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Oliver Crawford	6–7(5–7), 6–1, 2–6
Win	29–8	Apr 2025	M25 Anning, China	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Sanhui Shin	6–4, 6–7(2–7), 6–4
Loss	29–9	May 2025	M25 Baotou, China	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Jason Kubler	1–6, 1–6
Loss	29–10	Jun 2025	M15 Lu'an, China	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Cui Jie	7–5, 3–6, 5–7

Doubles: 20 (13–7)

Legend ATP Challenger (4–0) ITF Futures (9–7)

Finals by surface Hard (10–5) Clay (3–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2008	Italy F28, Piombino	Futures	Hard	Xu Junchao	Niels Desein Pierre-Ludovic Duclos	3–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	May 2009	China F4, Wuhan	Futures	Hard	Wu Di	Xue Feng Zeng Shaoxuan	6–2, 6–1
Win	2–1	Jul 2014	China F8, Shenzhen	Futures	Hard	Zhang Zhizhen	Hua Runhao Qiu Zhuoyang	6–4, 4–6, [10–3]
Loss	2–2	Apr 2015	China F1, Anning	Futures	Clay	Yang Tsung-Hua	Huang Liang-Chi Enrique Lopez-Perez	3–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Win	3–2	May 2015	Anning, China	Challenger	Clay	Wu Di	Karunuday Singh Andrew Whittington	6–3, 6–4
Loss	3–3	May 2015	China F5, Wuhan	Futures	Hard	Arata Onukaza	Yi Chu-Huan Huang Liang-Chi	6–4, 1–6, [9–11]
Loss	3–4	May 2015	China F6, Wuhan	Futures	Hard	Arata Onukaza	Li Zhe Gao Xin	5–7, 3–6
Win	4–4	Jun 2015	China F7, Wuhan	Futures	Hard	Li Yi-Feng	Michael Geerts Gao Xin	6–3, 2–6, [17–15]
Win	5–4	Jun 2015	China F8, Zhangjiagang	Futures	Hard	Riccardo Ghedin	Feng He Ning Yuqing	6–2, 6–2
Win	6–4	Jul 2015	China F9, Jinhua	Futures	Hard	Riccardo Ghedin	Tao Jun Nan Zhou Sheng Hao	6–0, 6–4
Loss	6–5	Jul 2015	China F10, Xi'an	Futures	Hard	Chen Ti	Li Zhe N.Sriram Balaji	6–4, 6–7(2–7), [11–13]
Win	7–5	Jul 2015	China F11, Xi'an	Futures	Hard	Hsieh Cheng-peng	Li Zhe N.Sriram Balaji	6–7(4–7), 6–3, [10–7]
Win	8–5	Aug 2015	China F13, Putian	Futures	Hard	Yi Chu-huan	Bumpei Sato Sho Katayama	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	8–6	Aug 2015	Chinese Taipei F1, Kaohsiung	Futures	Hard	Yi Chu-huan	Hsieh Cheng-peng Yang Tsung-Hua	4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win	9–6	Sep 2015	Bangkok, Thailand	Challenger	Hard	Riccardo Ghedin	Chen Ti Li Zhe	6–2, 7–5
Win	10–6	May 2016	Anning, China	Challenger	Clay	Riccardo Ghedin	Denys Molchanov Aleksandr Nedovyesov	4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win	11–6	May 2016	Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Li Zhe	Sander Arends T-S Weissborn	6–3, 3–6, [11–9]
Win	12–6	Jul 2016	China F10, Longyan	Futures	Hard	Li Zhe	Sun Fajing Wang Aoran	7–6(7–1), 6–4
Win	13–6	Jan 2017	Hong Kong F5	Futures	Hard	He Yecong	Karan Rastogi Wong Chun Hun	7–5, 6–4
Loss	13–7	Mar 2017	China F3, Anning	Futures	Clay	Cai Zhao	Thomas Fancutt Brandon Walkin	4–6, 4–6

Notes

1. There is a third tone sandhi here so the actual pronunciation in pinyin is Bái Yǎn.