Michael Yani (born December 31, 1980) is a former American tennis player. He turned professional in 2003.
Yani is 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) and 75 kg (165 lb). He resides in Honolulu, Hawaii. After attending on a tennis scholarship, he graduated from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, where he won All-America honors in 2002 and 2003, and was a 4-year letterman. He went to high school at Saint Andrews in Boca Raton, Florida. His high singles ranking to date is world No. 143, which he reached March 1, 2010.
Yani qualified for the 2009 Wimbledon Championships and 2009 U.S. Open, but lost both times in the first round in straight sets. At the 2010 French Open, he lost a tight match in the first round against Lukáš Lacko, with the score at 6–4, 6–7(5), 6–7(4), 7–6(5), 12–10.
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament200820092010201120122013SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAQ1Q2Q1Q1Q30 / 00–0French OpenAA1RAQ1A0 / 10–1WimbledonA1RQ1AQ2Q10 / 10–1US OpenQ21RQ21RQ1A0 / 20–2Win–loss0–00–20–10–10–00–00 / 40–4ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAAQ1AQ2A0 / 00–0Miami OpenAAQ1AAA0 / 00–0Canada MastersAAQ21RAA0 / 10–1Cincinnati Masters1RAAAAA0 / 10–1Shanghai MastersNHQ2AQ1AA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–10–00–00–10–00–00 / 20–2
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 14 (7–7) LegendATP Challenger (2–1)ITF Futures (5–6)Finals by surfaceHard (6–6)Clay (1–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0USA F16, ChicoFuturesHard Mark Hlawaty6–7(2–7), 7–6(10–8), 6–4Win2–0Japan F5, MunakataFuturesHard Go Soeda7–6(7–2), 7–6(8–6) Loss2–1USA F17, PeoriaFuturesClay Catalin-Ionut Gard3–6, 4–6Loss2–2USA F18, JoplinFuturesHard Alexandre Simoni7–6(7–4), 3–6, 5–7Win3–2USA F20, DecaturFuturesHard Sam Warburg7–5, 6–4Loss3–3Japan F9, KashiwaFuturesHard Toshihide Matsui6–7(6–8), 3–6Win4–3USA F13, WoodlandFuturesHard Kevin Anderson3–6, 6–4, 6–3Win5–3USA F17, PeoriaFuturesClay Nick Lindahl6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–2Loss5–4USA F21, MilwaukeeFuturesHard Matthew Ebden6–3, 1–6, 5–7Loss5–5Canada F1, GatineauFuturesHard Erik Chvojka4–6, 2–6Win6–5Yuba City, United StatesChallengerHard Sam Warburg7–6(7–5), 2–6, 6–3Loss6–6USA F13, SacramentoFuturesHard Ricardo Hocevar4–6, 0–6Loss6–7Carson, United StatesChallengerHard Michael Russell1–6, 1–6Win7–7Binghamton, United StatesChallengerHard Fritz Wolmarans6–4, 7–6(13–11)
Doubles: 14 (9–5) LegendATP Challenger (2–3)ITF Futures (7–2)Finals by surfaceHard (8–5)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0USA F20, DecaturFuturesHard Trace Fielding Doug Bohaboy Doug Root7–6(7–4), 6–4Win2–0USA F22, DecaturFuturesHard Trevor Spracklin Raphael Durek Adam Feeney7–5, 6–3Loss2–1USA F1, TampaFuturesHard Goran Dragicevic Alex Kuznetsov Mischa Zverev4–6, 5–7Win3–1Japan F3, ShizuokaFuturesCarpet David Martin Jun Woong-Sun Kim Sun-Yong2–6, 6–1, 6–4Win4–1Thailand F3, PhuketFuturesHard Domenic Marafiote Phillip King Trevor Spracklin6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–4Win5–1Japan F4, MunakataFuturesHard Phillip King Katsushi Fukuda Yuichi Ito6–4, 6–4Win6–1Japan F9, KashiwaFuturesHard David Martin Chang Kai-Lung Yi Chu-Huan6–4, 6–4Win7–1Japan F4, MunakataFuturesHard Troy Hahn Michal Przysiezny Mischa Zverev7–5, 7–5Win8–1Yuba City, United StatesChallengerHard Nicholas Monroe Jan-Michael Gambill Scott Oudsema6–4, 6–4Win9–1Winnetka, United StatesChallengerHard Todd Widom Chen Ti Jose Statham6–2, 6–2Loss9–2Aptos, United StatesChallengerHard Todd Widom Noam Okun Amir Weintraub2–6, 1–6Loss9–3Great Britain F4, BathFuturesHard Fritz Wolmarans Colin Fleming Ken Skupski4–6, 4–6Loss9–4Lexington, United StatesChallengerHard James Ward Jordan Kerr David Martin3–6, 4–6Loss9–5Shanghai, ChinaChallengerHard Fritz Wolmarans Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana6–7(4–7), 3–6
References
External links
Wimbledon profile