Michael Yani

Michael Yani
Singles
Michael Yani practicing at Queen's Club, 2013
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Born	(1980-12-31) December 31, 1980 (age 43) Singapore
Height	1.85 m (6.1 ft)
Turned pro	2003
Retired	2013
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$403,300
Career record	4–13 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 143 (March 1, 2010)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2013)
French Open	1R (2010)
Wimbledon	1R (2009)
US Open	1R (2009, 2011)
Doubles
Career record	1–2 (at ATP Tour level and Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 158 (May 25, 2009)
Last updated on: 1 July 2021.

Michael Yani (born December 31, 1980) is a former American tennis player. He turned professional in 2003.

Yani is 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) and 75 kg (165 lb). He resides in Honolulu, Hawaii. 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,^[1] and was a 4-year letterman.^[2] 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 and 2009 U.S. Open, but lost both times in the first round in straight sets. At the 2010 French Open, he lost a tight match in the first round against Lukáš Lacko, with the score at 6–4, 6–7⁽⁵⁾, 6–7⁽⁴⁾, 7–6⁽⁵⁾, 12–10.

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Performance timeline

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q1	Q2	Q1	Q1	Q3	0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	A	A	1R	A	Q1	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Wimbledon	A	1R	Q1	A	Q2	Q1	0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	Q2	1R	Q2	1R	Q1	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0 / 4	0–4	0%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	Q1	A	Q2	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Miami Open	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Canada Masters	A	A	Q2	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Cincinnati Masters	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Shanghai Masters	NH	Q2	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0 / 2	0–2	0%

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 14 (7–7)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–1)
ITF Futures (5–6)

Finals by surface
Hard (6–6)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2004	USA F16, Chico	Futures	Hard	Mark Hlawaty	6–7^(2–7), 7–6^(10–8), 6–4
Win	2–0	Jun 2005	Japan F5, Munakata	Futures	Hard	Go Soeda	7–6^(7–2), 7–6^(8–6)
Loss	2–1	Jul 2005	USA F17, Peoria	Futures	Clay	Catalin-Ionut Gard	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2–2	Jul 2005	USA F18, Joplin	Futures	Hard	Alexandre Simoni	7–6^(7–4), 3–6, 5–7
Win	3–2	Aug 2005	USA F20, Decatur	Futures	Hard	Sam Warburg	7–5, 6–4
Loss	3–3	Sep 2005	Japan F9, Kashiwa	Futures	Hard	Toshihide Matsui	6–7^(6–8), 3–6
Win	4–3	Jun 2006	USA F13, Woodland	Futures	Hard	Kevin Anderson	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	5–3	Jul 2007	USA F17, Peoria	Futures	Clay	Nick Lindahl	6–7^(5–7), 6–3, 6–2
Loss	5–4	Aug 2007	USA F21, Milwaukee	Futures	Hard	Matthew Ebden	6–3, 1–6, 5–7
Loss	5–5	Mar 2008	Canada F1, Gatineau	Futures	Hard	Erik Chvojka	4–6, 2–6
Win	6–5	Jun 2008	Yuba City, United States	Challenger	Hard	Sam Warburg	7–6^(7–5), 2–6, 6–3
Loss	6–6	Jun 2008	USA F13, Sacramento	Futures	Hard	Ricardo Hocevar	4–6, 0–6
Loss	6–7	May 2009	Carson, United States	Challenger	Hard	Michael Russell	1–6, 1–6
Win	7–7	Jul 2012	Binghamton, United States	Challenger	Hard	Fritz Wolmarans	6–4, 7–6^(13–11)

Doubles: 14 (9–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–3)
ITF Futures (7–2)

Finals by surface
Hard (8–5)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2001	USA F20, Decatur	Futures	Hard	Trace Fielding	Doug Bohaboy Doug Root	7–6^(7–4), 6–4
Win	2–0	Aug 2004	USA F22, Decatur	Futures	Hard	Trevor Spracklin	Raphael Durek Adam Feeney	7–5, 6–3
Loss	2–1	Jan 2005	USA F1, Tampa	Futures	Hard	Goran Dragicevic	Alex Kuznetsov Mischa Zverev	4–6, 5–7
Win	3–1	May 2005	Japan F3, Shizuoka	Futures	Carpet	David Martin	Jun Woong-Sun Kim Sun-Yong	2–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win	4–1	May 2005	Thailand F3, Phuket	Futures	Hard	Domenic Marafiote	Phillip King Trevor Spracklin	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 6–4
Win	5–1	May 2005	Japan F4, Munakata	Futures	Hard	Phillip King	Katsushi Fukuda Yuichi Ito	6–4, 6–4
Win	6–1	Sep 2005	Japan F9, Kashiwa	Futures	Hard	David Martin	Chang Kai-Lung Yi Chu-Huan	6–4, 6–4
Win	7–1	May 2006	Japan F4, Munakata	Futures	Hard	Troy Hahn	Michal Przysiezny Mischa Zverev	7–5, 7–5
Win	8–1	Jun 2008	Yuba City, United States	Challenger	Hard	Nicholas Monroe	Jan-Michael Gambill Scott Oudsema	6–4, 6–4
Win	9–1	Jul 2008	Winnetka, United States	Challenger	Hard	Todd Widom	Chen Ti Jose Statham	6–2, 6–2
Loss	9–2	Jul 2008	Aptos, United States	Challenger	Hard	Todd Widom	Noam Okun Amir Weintraub	2–6, 1–6
Loss	9–3	Mar 2009	Great Britain F4, Bath	Futures	Hard	Fritz Wolmarans	Colin Fleming Ken Skupski	4–6, 4–6
Loss	9–4	Jul 2011	Lexington, United States	Challenger	Hard	James Ward	Jordan Kerr David Martin	3–6, 4–6
Loss	9–5	Sep 2011	Shanghai, China	Challenger	Hard	Fritz Wolmarans	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	6–7^(4–7), 3–6

References

^ Martin, John (June 23, 2009). "At 28, Yani's Dream Is Fulfilled". Straight Sets. Retrieved October 14, 2022.
^ "Michael Yani Bio". www.tennis-x.com. Retrieved October 14, 2022.