Sun Tiantian
Sun Tiantian is a Chinese tennis player. She won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles along with her partner Li Ting.
Sun reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 77 in March 2007, winning her only WTA Tour singles title at the 2006 Tashkent Open, and a career-high in doubles of No. 16 in October 2007, winning eleven WTA Tour titles and reaching the quarterfinals of three Grand Slam tournaments, and winning the mixed doubles event at the 2008 Australian Open alongside Nenad Zimonjić.
Career
In September 2000, Sun won two successive $10k singles titles, a feat she would repeat in June 2001 with another pair of back-to-back $10k singles titles source: [WTA Official Website.In 2002, Sun continued her success at the next level, winning two $25k tournaments: firstly in April at [Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, where she defeated Zheng Jie in the semifinal and Jeon Mi-ra in the final source: [WTA Official Website, and then in August at [Beijing, overcoming Zheng Jie again in the semifinal and Rika Fujiwara in the final source: [WTA Official Website.
In 2003, she reached the final of a $50k tournament in [Modena, entering as a lucky loser and defeating several high-quality opponents such as Martina Suchá, Maret Ani, and Gala León García before losing to Melinda Czink in the final
That year, Sun also made notable appearances in several [WTA Tournament Awards">WTA tournaments. She qualified for [Doha">Tennis Abstract.
That year, Sun also made notable appearances in several [WTA Tournament Awards">WTA tournaments. She qualified for [Doha, defeating Yuliana Fedak, Ľubomíra Kurhajcová, and María Sánchez Lorenzo, but lost in three sets to Nicole Pratt in the opening round [US Open (tennis)">US Open, after a victory over [Selima Sfar">WTA Official Website. At the [US Open (tennis)">US Open, after a victory over [Selima Sfar, she was defeated by Saori Obata in the first round source: [US Open [Official Site. By the end of 2003, she was ranked world No. 141 source: [WTA Official Website.
In 2004, Sun qualified for several prominent tournaments, including the [Australian Open, where she won against Roberta Vinci source: [Australian Open Official Site, and again at Doha. She secured significant victories in [Miami and Amelia Island, and at Wimbledon, she won her first-round match against Tathiana Garbin before losing to Anne Kremer source: [Wimbledon Official Site. At the end of [the year, she lost a tight three-set final in the first $50k Shenzhen tournament to Li Na and ended the year ranked No. 118 source: [WTA Official Website.
Sun also competed in the 2004 [Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal in women's doubles with her partner Li Ting, defeating Conchita Martínez and Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain in the final.
In 2005, Sun achieved her first WTA Tour singles quarterfinal at Hyderabad, where she defeated Tamarine Tanasugarn 6–2, 6–1 but lost to Anna-Lena Grönefeld source: [WTA Official Website. She also performed well at Los Angeles and the US Open, where she qualified with wins over [Marlene Weingärtner and Ľudmila Cervanová, and defeated Samantha Stosur before losing to Anabel Medina Garrigues source: [
In early 2006, Sun faced tough draws, including close losses to [Amélie Mauresmo at the Australian Open and Nuria Llagostera Vives at Gold Coast source: [Australian Open Official Site. At the [Tashkent Open, she won her first WTA Tour title by defeating Iroda Tulyaganova in the final source: [WTA Official Website and reached a career-high ranking of No. 81 on 9 [October 2006 source: [WTA Official Website.
On [27 January 2008, Sun captured her first Grand Slam title in mixed doubles at the Australian Open, partnering with Nenad Zimonjić to defeat Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi in straight sets.
Grand Slam tournament finals
Mixed doubles: 1 (title)
Other significant finals
Olympic Games
Doubles: 1 (gold medal)
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 1 (title)
| Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Win | 8 October 2006 | Tashkent Open | Hard |  Doubles: 21 (11 titles, 10 runner-ups)
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