Harmony Tan (born 11 September 1997) is a French professional

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player. Tan has career-high

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of world No. 90 in singles and 302 in doubles. She has won eight singles titles and one doubles title on tournaments of the

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Personal life

Harmony Tan is of

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descent.A tough, different journey and a Wimbledon novice: discovering Harmony Tan, conqueror of Serena Williams
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Career

Tan made her

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doubles main-draw debut at the

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, after having been handed a wildcard to enter the tournament; she and her partner Audrey Albié lost their first-round match to the unseeded pair of

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. Tan made her

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and Grand Slam main-draw singles debut at the 2018 US Open, where she entered the main draw on a wildcard, losing her first-round match to

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, 3–6, 1–6. Tan made her main-draw singles debut on the

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, where she won her first- and second-round matches (against

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and

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, respectively) before losing to

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. In May 2019, Tan entered a WTA Tour singles main draw for only the second time in her career in

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thanks to a wildcard; she lost her first-round match to No. 7 seed,

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, 6–7, 6–7. In 2022, at her first

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, ranked No. 115, Tan defeated

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in three sets with a super tiebreak 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (10-7) in the first round after 3 hours and 10 minutes, the longest match thus far at the tournament. After that marathon match she withdrew late, only an hour before her match in the doubles' competition prompting her partner

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to express, in a since-deleted social media post, her anger and disappointment at not being able to participate in the event on her debut. She continued her good run by beating

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in the second round and home favorite

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in the third. Her run came to an end in the fourth round where she fell to 20th seed

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, in straight sets.

Performance timelines

''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup, and Olympic Games are included in win/loss records.''

Singles

''Current through the 2022 Tunis.''

Doubles

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 17 (8 titles, 9 runner–ups)

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)

Notes

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tan, Harmony 1997 births Living people French female tennis players French people of Cambodian descent French people of Chinese descent Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for France Tennis players from Paris French people of Vietnamese descent