Michael Yani (born December 31, 1980) is a former American
tennis
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player. He turned professional in 2003.
Yani is 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) and 75 kg (165 lb). He resides in
Honolulu
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,
Hawaii
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. 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
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and
2009 U.S. Open, but lost both times in the first round in straight sets. At the
2010 French Open
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, he lost a tight match in the first round against
Lukáš Lacko
Lukáš Lacko (; born 3 November 1987) is a former professional Slovak tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking is World No. 44, achieved in January 2013.
Tennis career Juniors
As a junior Lacko compiled a singles win–loss record ...
, with the score at 6–4, 6–7
(5), 6–7
(4), 7–6
(5), 12–10.
Performance timeline
Singles
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 14 (7–7)
Doubles: 14 (9–5)
References
External links
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Wimbledon profile
American male tennis players
American people of Singaporean descent
American people of Chinese descent
American sportspeople of Singaporean descent
Duke Blue Devils men's tennis players
Sportspeople from Durham, North Carolina
Tennis people from North Carolina
Living people
1980 births
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