Tang Min


Tang Min is a Chinese born former professional tennis player and Olympian. Tang represented both China and Hong Kong in the Fed Cup.

Early life

On 26 January 1971, Tang was born. Tang is originally from Hunan, China.

Career

Tang appeared in 17 Fed Cup ties for the Chinese team from 1988 to 1992.
Tang was a member of China's bronze medal winning women's team at the 1990 Asian Games. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona she represented China in the women's doubles, with Li Fang. The pair had a first round win over Greek qualifiers, before losing in the second round to Argentina.
By 1994, Tang was based in Hong Kong and under the guidance of Australian tennis coach Des Tyson. Tang had her best year on tour in 1995, reaching a career high ranking of 112 in the world. She was a semi-finalist at the 1995 Japan Open playing as a qualifier and later that year made the quarter-finals of the Thailand Open. It wasn't until 1997 that she debuted for the Hong Kong Fed Cup team. She played in a total of eight ties, across 1997 and 1998, while also serving as team captain.

ITF finals

Singles (6–4)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.24 September 1989Bangkok, ThailandHard Yayuk Basuki3–6, 3–6
Winner2.5 March 1990Valencia, SpainClay Flora Perfetti6–2, 0–6, 6–4
Winner3.7 May 1990Manila, PhilippinesHard Chen Li-Ling7–6, 6–0
Runner-up4.2 September 1991Bangkok, ThailandHard Li Fang5–7, 2–6
Runner-up5.9 September 1991Bangkok, ThailandHard Li Fang0–6, 6–7
Runner-up6.14 June 1993Beijing, ChinaHard Yi Jing-Qian0–6, 4–6
Winner7.14 March 1994Canberra, AustraliaGrass Angie Woolcock6–3, 6–0
Winner8.21 March 1994Newcastle, AustraliaGrass Angie Marik6–4, 6–2
Winner9.16 May 1994Tortosa, SpainClay Cintia Tortorella7–6, 6–3
Winner10.13 March 1995Canberra, AustraliaGrass Gail Biggs6–2, 6–0

Doubles (6–5)