Sun Tiantian

In this Chinese name, the family name is Sun (孙).

Sun Tiantian
孙甜甜
Country (sports) China
ResidenceBeijing
Born (1981-10-12) 12 October 1981
Zhengzhou, Henan
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro1999
Retired2010
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,019,657
Singles
Career record217–156
Career titles1 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 77 (19 March 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2006, 2007)
French Open2R (2006)
Wimbledon2R (2004, 2006)
US Open2R (2005)
Doubles
Career record268–154
Career titles11 WTA, 13 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 16 (22 October 2007)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2007)
French OpenQF (2005)
WimbledonQF (2007)
US Open3R (2005)
Mixed doubles
Career titles1
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenW (2008)
French OpenSF (2007)
Wimbledon3R (2007, 2004)
US Open2R (2006)
Team competitions
Fed Cup16–10
Medal record
Olympic Games
2004 Athens Doubles

Sun Tiantian (Chinese: 孙甜甜; pinyin: Sūn Tiántián; Mandarin pronunciation: [swə́n tʰjɛ̌n tʰjɛ̌n]; born 12 October 1981) 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.[1]

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](https://www.wtatennis.com/)].

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](https://www.wtatennis.com/)], and then in August at Beijing, overcoming Zheng Jie again in the semifinal and Rika Fujiwara in the final [source: [WTA Official Website](https://www.wtatennis.com/)].

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 [source: [Tennis Abstract](https://www.tennisabstract.com/)].

That year, Sun also made notable appearances in several 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 [source: [WTA Official Website](https://www.wtatennis.com/)]. At the US Open, after a victory over Selima Sfar, she was defeated by Saori Obata in the first round [source: [US Open Official Site](https://www.usopen.org/)]. By the end of 2003, she was ranked world No. 141 [source: [WTA Official Website](https://www.wtatennis.com/)].

In 2004, Sun qualified for several prominent tournaments, including the Australian Open, where she won against Roberta Vinci [source: [Australian Open Official Site](https://ausopen.com/)], 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](https://www.wimbledon.com/)]. 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](https://www.wtatennis.com/)].

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.[2][3]

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](https://www.wtatennis.com/)]. 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: [US Open Official Site](https://www.usopen.org/)]. Her career-best win came at Beijing, where she defeated Serena Williams in the second round before losing to Maria Kirilenko [source: [WTA Official Website](https://www.wtatennis.com/)]. This performance propelled her to a career-high ranking of No. 88 [source: [WTA Official Website](https://www.wtatennis.com/)], although she ended the year at No. 105 [source: [WTA Official Website](https://www.wtatennis.com/)].

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](https://ausopen.com/)]. At the Tashkent Open, she won her first WTA Tour title by defeating Iroda Tulyaganova in the final [source: [WTA Official Website](https://www.wtatennis.com/)] and reached a career-high ranking of No. 81 on 9 October 2006 [source: [WTA Official Website](https://www.wtatennis.com/)].

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.[4]

Grand Slam tournament finals

Mixed doubles: 1 (title)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 2008 Australian Open Hard Nenad Zimonjić Sania Mirza
Mahesh Bhupathi		 7–6(4), 6–4

Other significant finals

Olympic Games

Doubles: 1 (gold medal)

Outcome Year Location Surface Partner Opponents Score
Gold 2004 Athens Hard Li Ting Conchita Martínez
Virginia Ruano		 6–3, 6–3

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Legend
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (0–0)
Tier IV & V (1–0)
Result Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 8 October 2006 Tashkent Open Hard Iroda Tulyaganova 6–2, 6–4

Doubles: 21 (11 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Legend: Before 2009 Legend: Starting in 2009
Tier I (0–1) Premier Mandatory
Tier II (1–1) Premier 5
Tier III (6–4) Premier
Tier IV & V (4–3) International (0–1)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 14 June 2003 Austrian Open Clay Li Ting Yan Zi
Zheng Jie 		6–3, 6–4
Loss 1. 12 October 2003 Tashkent Open Hard Li Ting Yuliya Beygelzimer
Tatiana Poutchek 		3–6, 6–7(0)
Win 2. 2 November 2003 Tournoi de Québec Hard(i) Li Ting Els Callens
Meilen Tu 		6–3, 6–3
Win 3. 9 November 2003 Pattaya Open Hard Li Ting Wynne Prakusya
Angelique Widjaja 		6–4, 6–3
Loss 2. 22 February 2004 Bangalore Open Hard Li Ting Liezel Huber
Sania Mirza 		6–7(1), 4–6
Win 4. 3 October 2004 Guangzhou Open Hard Li Ting Yang Shujing
Yu Ying 		6–4, 6–1
Loss 3. 12 February 2005 Bangalore Open Hard Li Ting Yan Zi
Zheng Jie 		4–6, 1–6
Win 5. 1 May 2005 Estoril Open Clay Li Ting Michaëlla Krajicek
Henrieta Nagyová 		6–3, 6–1
Win 6. 12 February 2006 Pattaya Open Hard Li Ting Yan Zi
Zheng Jie 		3–6, 6–1, 7–6(5)
Loss 4. 4 March 2006 Qatar Open Hard Li Ting Daniela Hantuchová
Ai Sugiyama 		4–6, 4–6
Win 7. 7 May 2006 Estoril Open Clay Li Ting Gisela Dulko
María Sánchez Lorenzo 		6–2, 6–2
Win 8. 1 October 2006 Guangzhou Open Hard Li Ting Vania King
Jelena Kostanić Tošić 		6–4, 2–6, 7–5
Loss 5. 15 April 2007 Charleston Open Hard Peng Shuai Yan Zi
Zheng Jie 		5–7, 0–6
Loss 6. 26 May 2007 Internationaux de Strasbourg Clay Alicia Molik Zheng Jie
Yan Zi 		3–6, 4–6
Loss 7. 17 June 2007 Birmingham Classic Grass Meilen Tu Chuang Chia-jung
Chan Yung-jan 		6–7(3), 3–6
Loss 8. 19 October 2007 Guangzhou Open Hard Vania King Peng Shuai
Yan Zi 		6–3, 6–4
Win 9. 7 October 2007 Japan Open Hard Yan Zi Chuang Chia-jung
Vania King 		1–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Win 10. 14 October 2007 Bangkok Open Hard Yan Zi Ayumi Morita
Junri Namigata 		w/o
Win 11. 9 March 2008 Bangalore Open Hard Peng Shuai Chan Yung-jan
Chuang Chia-jung 		6–4, 5–7, [10–8]
Loss 9. 21 September 2008 Guangzhou Open Hard Yan Zi Mariya Koryttseva
Tatiana Poutchek 		4–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Loss 10. 20 September 2009 Guangzhou Open Hard Kimiko Date-Krumm Olga Govortsova
Tatiana Poutchek 		6–3, 2–6, [8–10]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 11 (6–5)

$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 16 April 2000 ITF Shenyang, China Hard Li Na 0–6, 4–6
Loss 2. 4 June 2000 ITF Shenzhen, China Hard Kim Eun-ha 4–6, 3–6
Win 3. 4 September 2000 ITF Hangzhou, China Hard Zheng Jie 6–2, 6–2
Win 4. 17 September 2000 ITF Hohhot, China Hard Ding Ding 6–4, 6–3
Win 5. 17 June 2001 ITF Seoul, South Korea Hard Choi Jin-young 3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win 6. 24 June 2001 ITF Inchon, South Korea Hard Chung Yang-jin 6–4, 6–3
Win 7. 14 April 2002 ITF Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Hard Jeon Mi-ra 6–3, 6–4
Loss 8. 13 May 2002 ITF Shanghai, China Hard Zheng Jie 2–6, 2–6
Win 9. 6 August 2002 ITF Beijing, China Hard Rika Fujiwara 6–3, 6–0
Loss 10. 20 July 2003 ITF Modena, Italy Clay Melinda Czink 3–6, 3–6
Loss 11. 31 October 2004 ITF Shenzhen, China Hard Li Na 3–6, 6–4, 2–6

Doubles: 21 (13–8)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents Score
Win 1. 13 June 1999 ITF Shenyang, China Hard Chen Yan Chen Yin
Tuo Qi 		6–2, 6–4
Win 2. 10 September 2000 ITF Zhejiang, China Hard Chen Yan Zheng Jie
Yan Zi 		6–3, 7–5
Win 3. 10 September 2000 ITF Hohhot, China Clay Chen Yan Ding Ding
Tang Yan 		6–0, 6–3
Loss 4. 4 June 2001 ITF Hohhot, China Hard Chen Yan Zheng Jie
Yan Zi 		4–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss 5. 29 July 2001 ITF Guangzhou, China Hard Chen Yan Li Ting
Tong Ka-po 		5–7, 3–6
Win 6. 27 January 2002 ITF Hull, United Kingdom Hard (i) Zheng Jie Claire Curran
Elsa O'Riain 		7–6(4), 7–5
Loss 7. 10 February 2002 ITF Redbridge, United Kingdom Hard (i) Helen Crook Magda Mihalache
Ekaterina Sysoeva 		6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Win 8. 11 August 2002 ITF Beijing, China Hard Li Ting Yan Zi
Zheng Jie 		7–5, 6–3
Win 9. 23 February 2003 ITF Columbus, United States Hard (i) Li Ting Bruna Colósio
Joana Cortez 		6–3, 6–1
Win 10. 2 March 2003 ITF Saint Paul, United States Hard Li Ting Teryn Ashley
Abigail Spears 		6–3, 6–1
Win 11. 30 March 2003 ITF Atlanta, United States Hard Li Ting Leanne Baker
Francesca Lubiani 		4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss 12. 16 June 2003 ITF Gorizia, Italy Clay Li Ting Yan Zi
Zheng Jie 		6–7(5), 6–1, 4–6
Win 13. 23 June 2003 ITF Fontanafredda, Italy Clay Li Ting Maria Geznenge
Dragana Zarić 		6–4, 6–3
Loss 14. 30 June 2003 ITF Orbetello, Italy Clay Li Ting Yan Zi
Zheng Jie 		2–6, 5–7
Win 15. 13 July 2003 ITF Modena, Italy Clay Li Ting Rika Fujiwara
Trudi Musgrave 		3–6, 7–5, 7–5
Win 16. 30 November 2003 ITF Changsha, China Hard Li Ting Yan Zi
Zheng Jie 		6–4, 6–2
Win 17. 7 December 2003 ITF Shenzhen, China Hard Li Ting Yan Zi
Zheng Jie 		6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Loss 18. 6 June 2005 ITF Beijing, China Hard Li Ting Yan Zi
Zheng Jie 		1–6, 5–7
Win 19. 16 August 2005 Bronx Classic, United States Hard Li Ting Tatiana Poutchek
Anastasiya Yakimova 		2–6, 6–2, 6–4
Loss 20. 17 May 2009 Open de Saint-Gaudens, France Clay Kimiko Date Rika Fujiwara
Chanelle Scheepers 		5–7, 4–6
Loss 21. 10 August 2009 ITF Quanzhou, China Hard Hao Jie Han Xinyun
Kao Shao-yuan 		6–1, 2–6, [6–10]

See also

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sun Tiantian". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  2. ^ "China smitten with golden tennis 'angels'". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  3. ^ "China clinch doubles crown". BBC News. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Zimonjic and Sun claim mixed doubles title". Reuters. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
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