Guo Yan

Guo Yan
Guo Yan
Personal information
Full name	Guo Yan
Nationality	China
Born	24 June 1982 (age 42); Beijing, China
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Table tennis career
Playing style	Right-handed, shakehand grip
Highest ranking	1 (Oct 2010 – Jan 2011)
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing China
World Championships
World Cup

Guo Yan (Chinese: 郭焱, born 24 June 1982, in Beijing, China) is a Chinese table tennis player.^[1] Two-time winner of World Cup in 2006 and 2010. In February 2011, she ranked 2nd in the ITTF world ranking.^[2]

Career records

Singles (as of February 3, 2011)^[3]

World Championships: runner-up (2005); SF (2007)
World Cup: winner (2006, 10); runner-up (2005)
Pro Tour winner (4): Croatian, Swedish Open 2001; Korea Open 2003; English Open 2009.
Runner-up (15): China (Hainan) Open 2001; Polish Open 2002; China (Guangzhou), Japan Open 2003; German Open 2004; Japan Open 2005; Japan Open 2006; Japan, China (Nanjing), Austria, Swedish Open 2007; Qatar, Korea, Singapore Open 2008; English Open 2011
Pro Tour Grand Finals appearances: 7. Record: winner (2008, 09); SF (2001, 02, 03, 07).
Asian Championships: SF (2007)
Asian Cup: 1st (2005, 2011)

Women's doubles

World Championships: runner-up (2009); SF (2005)
Pro Tour winner (7): Korea Open 2002; China (Harbin) Open 2005; Slovenian, China (Shenzhen), French Open 2007; Kuwait Open 2010; English Open 2011
Runner-up (8): Swedish Open 2001; China (Guangzhou), Japan Open 2003; Greek, German Open 2004; Kuwait Open 2007; English, Polish Open 2009
Asian Games: SF (2002)

Mixed doubles

World Championships: SF (2005)
Asian Games: winner (2010)
Asian Championships: SF (2003)

Team

World Championships: 1st (2006, 08); 2nd (2010)
World Team Cup: 1st (2010)
Asian Games: 1st (2006, 10); 2nd (2002)
Asian Championships: 1st (2003, 2007)

References

^ ^a ^b "ITTF players' profiles". International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
^ ^a ^b "ITTF world ranking". International Table Tennis Federation. Archived from the original on 12 February 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
^ "ITTF Statistics". International Table Tennis Federation. Retrieved 3 February 2011.