Duan Yingying (; born 3 July 1989) is a former Chinese tennis player.

In her career, she won one singles title and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, and two WTA Challenger doubles titles, as well as eleven singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Her nickname is lightning for her amazing forehand.

On 24 April 2017, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 60. On 3 February 2020, she peaked at No. 16 in the doubles rankings.

Career 2012 Starting the year as the No. 378 in the world, Duan's ranking would improve significantly to No. 128 by the year's end. Some of the highlights of her 2012 season included winning four ITF titles at the 25k level in Wellington, Changwon, Gimcheon and Goyang. Playing qualifying at the US Open, Duan had her first experience in a Grand Slam tournament. She would win her first qualifying round defeating Réka Luca Jani, but would fall in the next round to Kirsten Flipkens. She received a wild card to the Guangzhou International and won her first WTA Tour main-draw match defeating Luksika Khumkum in the first round. Duan also achieved her best results in ITF events near the end of 2012, reaching the semifinals of 100k+H Ningbo and the finals of 100k Suzhou, losing both matches to top-100 veteran Hsieh Su-wei.

2013: Major debut Duan was due to make her major singles debut at Wimbledon but withdrew to compete in the National Games of China. She made her major singles debut in the main draw of the US Open, after winning three qualifying matches. However, she lost to sixth seed Caroline Wozniacki in the opening round. During the televised commentary of her match against Wozniacki, the commentators compared Duan's game to that of former world No. 1, Lindsay Davenport. They also began referring to her by the nickname of Duan-venport (段文波特) on the Chinese internet.Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine:

2015: First major singles win At Wimbledon, as a qualifier, Duan defeated 2014 finalist Eugenie Bouchard in straight sets in the first round. This was considered one of the biggest upsets of the tournament. In the second round, Duan lost to Tatjana Maria in a long three-set match.

2016: First WTA Tour title In July, she won her first WTA Tour title at the Jiangxi International Open, defeating Vania King in the final.

2017: Elite Trophy doubles title In the first-round match at the Shenzhen Open, Duan wasted three match points and eventually lost to first seed and world No. 3, Agnieszka Radwańska. At the Australian Open, she had her best Grand Slam performance to date by defeating Rebecca Šramková and Varvara Lepchenko to reach the third round, where she lost to former world No. 1 and eventual finalist, Venus Williams, 1–6, 0–6.

Duan won her first ever WTA Tour doubles title at the Elite Trophy with Han Xinyun.

2018: Second doubles title Duan won her second doubles title at the Taiwan Open, playing with Wang Yafan.

2019: French Open finalist, Wuhan doubles title Duan and Zheng Saisai reached the final of the French Open, losing to Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic.

In September, they reached the quarterfinals of the US Open, however, they were beaten by the eventual champions, Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka. The following week, with Zheng unavailable, she partnered with Veronika Kudermetova for the first time to win the doubles title at the Wuhan Open, beating Mertens and Sabalenka in the final.

2021: Olympics participation She partnered again Zheng Saisai at the delayed Tokyo Olympics. They lost in the first round.

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles Tournament20122013201420152016201720182019W–L Australian OpenAA1R1RQ23R2RQ13–4 French OpenAAAQ1A1R1RA0–2 WimbledonAAA2R2R1RQ2A2–3 US OpenQ21R1RQ22R2RAA2–4Win–loss0–00–10–21–22–23–41–20–07–13

Doubles Tournament20172018201920202021W–L Australian OpenAA1R1R1R0–3 French Open3R3RFAA9–3 Wimbledon1R1R3RNHA2–3 US OpenA2RQFAA4–2Win–loss2–23–310–40–10–115–11

Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss2019 French Open Clay Zheng Saisai Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic2–6, 3–6

Other significant finals

WTA 1000 tournaments

Doubles: 1 (title) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin2019 Wuhan OpenHard Veronika Kudermetova Elise Mertens Aryna Sabalenka7–6(7–3), 6–2

WTA Elite Trophy

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin2017Zhuhai, ChinaHard (i) Han Xinyun Zhang Shuai Lu Jingjing6–2, 6–1Loss2019Zhuhai, ChinaHard (i) Yang Zhaoxuan Lyudmyla Kichenok Andreja Klepač3–6, 3–6

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (title) LegendWTA 250 (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)

ResultDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWinJiangxi Open, ChinaInternationalHard Vania King1–6, 6–4, 6–2

Doubles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam (0–1)WTA Elite Trophy (1–1)WTA 1000 / Premier 5 (1–0)WTA 500 / Premier (0–0)WTA 250 / International (1–3)Finals by surfaceHard (3–3)Clay (0–2)Finals by settingOutdoor (1–4)Indoor (2–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Zhuhai, ChinaElite TrophyHard (i) Han Xinyun Lu Jingjing Zhang Shuai6–2, 6–1Win2–0Taipei Open, TaiwanInternationalHard (i) Wang Yafan Nao Hibino Oksana Kalashnikova7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)Loss2–1Shenzhen Open, ChinaInternationalHard Renata Voráčová Peng Shuai Yang Zhaoxuan4–6, 3–6Loss2–2Internationaux de Strasbourg, FranceInternationalClay Han Xinyun Daria Gavrilova Ellen Perez4–6, 3–6Loss2–3French OpenGrand SlamClay Zheng Saisai Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic2–6, 3–6Win3–3Wuhan Open, ChinaPremier 5Hard Veronika Kudermetova Elise Mertens Aryna Sabalenka7–6(7–3), 6–2Loss3–4Zhuhai, ChinaElite TrophyHard (i) Yang Zhaoxuan Lyudmyla Kichenok Andreja Klepač3–6, 3–6Loss3–5Shenzhen Open, ChinaInternationalHard Zheng Saisai Barbora Krejčíková Kateřina Siniaková2–6, 6–3, [4–10]

WTA 125 finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up) ResultDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLossSuzhou Ladies Open, ChinaHard Anna-Lena Friedsam1–6, 3–6

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Hua Hin Challenger, ThailandHard Wang Yafan Dalila Jakupović Irina Khromacheva6–3, 6–3Win2–0Zhengzhou Open, ChinaHard Wang Yafan Naomi Broady Yanina Wickmayer7–6(5), 6–3Loss2–1Kunming Open, ChinaClay Han Xinyun Peng Shuai Yang Zhaoxuan5–7, 2–6

ITF Circuit finals Legend$100,000 tournaments$80,000 tournaments$50/60,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 19 (11 titles, 8 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Feb 2009ITF Jiangmen, China10,000 Hard Xie Yanze 6–2, 6–4Win 2–0 May 2009ITF New Delhi, India10,000 Hard Keren Shlomo 6–3, 6–4Loss 2–1 Jun 2009ITF Xiamen, China25,000 Hard Zhang Shuai 2–6, 1–6Win 3–1 Mar 2010ITF Nanjing, China10,000 Hard Liu Wanting 6–4, 7–6(6)Win 4–1 Jun 2010ITF Hefei, China10,000 Hard Zheng Saisai 6–3, 6–4Loss 4–2 Aug 2010ITF Saitama, Japan10,000 Hard Hsu Wen-hsin 1–6, 6–1, 3–6Loss 4–3 Aug 2011ITF Saitama, Japan10,000 Hard Ayumi Oka 3–6, 4–6Win 5–3 Feb 2012ITF Wellington, New Zealand25,000 Hard Sandra Zaniewska 6–1, 6–4Win 6–3 May 2012ITF Changwon, Korea25,000 Hard Zhang Ling 6–4, 6–3Win 7–3 May 2012ITF Gimcheon, Korea25,000 Hard Chanel Simmonds 6–2, 6–1Win 8–3 Jun 2012ITF Goyang, Korea25,000 Hard Zhang Ling 6–3, 6–3Loss 8–4 Jul 2012ITF Evansville, United States10,000 Hard Mallory Burdette 1–6, 2–6Loss 8–5 Oct 2012Suzhou Ladies Open, China100,000 Hard Hsieh Su-wei 2–6, 2–6Win 9–5 May 2013ITF Goyang, Korea 25,000 Hard Liu Fangzhou 6–3, 6–4Win 10–5 Jun 2014ITF Xi'an, China50,000 Hard Zhu Lin 4–6, 7–6(9), 6–4Win 11–5 Jul 2015ITF Tianjin, China25,000 Hard Wang Qiang 4–6, 7–6(2), 3–0 ret.Loss 11–6 Jul 2015ITF Zhengzhou, China25,000 Hard Wang Yafan 4–6, 4–6Loss 11–7 Oct 2015Suzhou Ladies Open, China50,000 Hard Zhang Kailin 6–1, 3–6, 4–6Loss 11–8 May 2019Jin'an Open, China60,000 Hard Han Xinyun 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 May 2008ITF Khon Kaen, Thailand10,000 Hard Chen Hui Kim Sun-jung Lee Cho-won 4–6, 6–4, [4–10]Loss 0–2 Feb 2012ITF Sydney, Australia25,000 Hard Han Xinyun Arina Rodionova Melanie South 6–3, 3–6, [8–10]Win 1–2 Jul 2012ITF Evansville, US10,000 Hard Xu Yifan Mallory Burdette Natalie Pluskota 6–2, 6–3Loss 1–3 Jul 2016ITF Wuhan, China50,000 Hard Chang Kai-chen Shuko Aoyama Makoto Ninomiya 4–6, 4–6Win 2–3 May 2019Kangaroo Cup Gifu, Japan80,000 Hard Han Xinyun Akiko Omae Peangtarn Plipuech 6–3, 4–6, [10–4]Win 3–3 Jun 2019Manchester Trophy, UK100,000 Grass Zhu Lin Robin Anderson Laura Ioana Paar 6–4, 6–3

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