Stefanie Li Yun Tan (born 16 September 1992) is a

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

an former professional

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player. Tan has career-high

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of 438 in singles, achieved on 15 May 2017, and 507 in doubles, reached on 8 May 2017. In her career, she won two singles and two doubles titles on the

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Tennis career

Playing for Singapore in

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, Tan has a win–loss record of 19–15. In 2010, she represented Singapore in the

2010 Summer Youth Olympics The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics ( ta, 2010 கோடைக்கால இளையோர் ஒலிம்பிக் விளையாட்டுக்கள் ms, Sukan Olimpik Belia Musim Panas 2010), officially known as the I Summer ...

. Tan graduated from

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in 2015, where she played tennis for the Frogs. Prior to that, she had attended

Raffles Institution Raffles Institution (RI) is an independent educational institution in Singapore. Founded in 1823, it is the oldest school in the country. It provides secondary education for boys only from Year 1 to Year 4, and pre-university education for both ...

in Singapore. On 5 June 2016, Tan won her first professional singles title on the

, at the Baku Cup Futures 2 tournament held at Baku, Azerbaijan. On 10 June, Tan partnered

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Kamila Kerimbayeva Kamila Kerimbayeva ( kk, Камила Керімбаева, ''Kamila Kerımbaeva''; born 18 June 1995) is an inactive tennis player from Kazakhstan. She has career-high WTA rankings of 291 in singles and 303 in doubles, and won 18 titles (ten i ...

and won the doubles title at the Baku Cup Futures 3 tournament. In the

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, Tan claimed the bronze medal in the women's singles tournament, beating Malaysia's

Jawairiah Noordin Jawairiah binti Noordin (born 8 October 1990) is an inactive Malaysian tennis player. On 16 November 2009, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 931. Jawairiah made her WTA Tour debut at the 2010 Malaysian Open, having received a ...

and Vietnam's Tran Thuy Thanh Truc before falling to eventual gold medalist

Luksika Kumkhum Luksika "Luk" Kumkhum ( th, ลักษิกา คำขำ; ; born 21 July 1993) is a Thai tennis player. She turned professional in 2011, and reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 66 on 19 November 2018. On 16 July 2018, she ...

of Thailand. It was Singapore's first medal for women's tennis in the SEA Games since 34 years ago by Lim Phi Lan who won the women's single silver medal in the

1995 SEA Games The 1995 Southeast Asian Games, officially known as the 18th Southeast Asian Games, Chiang Mai, 1995 ( th, การแข่งขันกีฬาซีเกมส์ ครั้งที่ 18 เชียงใหม่ 1995), was a Sout ...

and also the first medal for Singapore tennis in the SEA Games in 22 years, last won by the men's tennis team who go a bronze medal. In the women's doubles tournament, she partnered

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but they lost in their opener.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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* * * 1992 births Living people Singaporean female tennis players Singaporean sportspeople of Chinese descent Tennis players at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics SEA Games bronze medalists for Singapore SEA Games medalists in tennis Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games TCU Horned Frogs women's tennis players {{tennis-bio-stub