Bai Yan (; ; born May 21, 1989, in Nanjing, Jiangsu) is a Chinese inactive tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 200, achieved in 2016. He has been inactive during 2026.

Yan has reached 34 career singles finals all on the ITF Futures tour, with a record of 27 wins and 7 losses. Additionally, he has reached 20 career doubles finals with a record of 13 wins and 7 losses, which includes four ATP Challenger Tour titles.

Yan has represented his native country of China competing during the Davis Cup. He holds a singles record of 3–2 and a doubles record of 1–1 for a combined Davis Cup record of 4–3.

Career

2007: Juniors and first Pro ITF title As a junior, Bai reached his highest ranking as world No. 10 in the ITF junior singles rankings in January 2007.

2008-2016: Masters debut and first win Yan won back-to-back ITF Men's Circuit titles in September before knocking off World No. 30 Radek Štěpánek at the 2010 Shanghai Masters the following month.

After not competing on tour in 2011, Bai opened 2012 by reaching the singles semifinals of China F2 ITF Men's Circuit tournament.

2017-2025: United Cup debut Bai opened the 2017 season by winning the Hong Kong F6 futures.

He was selected as part of the 2025 United Cup Team China as the No. 2 ATP player.

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals Singles: 39 (29–10) LegendITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (29–10)Finals by surfaceHard (27–8)Clay (2–2)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0China F9, Su ZhouFuturesHard Antal Van Der Duim6–1, 3–0 ret.Loss1–1Thailand F1, NonthaburiFuturesHard Tatsuma Ito6–3, 6–7(9–11), 4–6Win2–1Thailand F3, NonthaburiFuturesHard Sebastian Rieschick6–7(3–7), 6–3, 4–0 ret.Win3–1China F7, HangzhouFuturesHard Harri Heliövaara6–2, 4–6, 6–3Win4–1China F8, ShanghaiFuturesHard Gong Maoxin6–3, 6–2Win5–1China F7, ZhangjiagangFuturesHard Chang Yu7–5, 7–6(10–8)Win6–1China F4, FuzhouFuturesHard Jason Jung6–3, 4–2 ret.Loss6–2China F1, GuangzhouFuturesHard Li Zhe7–6(7–4), 6–7(3–7), 1–6 Win7–2China F6, PutianFuturesHard Li Zhe6–2, 6–1Win8–2China F8, ShenzhenFuturesHard Li Zhe4–6, 6–2, 6–1Loss8–3China F6, WuhanFuturesHard Li Zhe4–6, 3–6Win9–3China F12, FuzhouFuturesHard Arata Onozawa6–2, 6–3Loss9–4Chinese Taipei F1, KaohsiungFuturesHard Yang Tsung-hua6–4, 4–6, 0–1 ret.Win10–4Chinese Taipei F2, KaohsiungFuturesHard Yang Tsung-hua6–3, 6–4Win11–4Hong Kong F6FuturesHard Takuto Niki6–1, 6–4Win12–4China F9, Shenzhen FuturesHard Son Ji-hoon6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–4Win13–4China F11, Kunshan FuturesHard Cui Jie6–3, 6–3Win14–4China F13, Anning FuturesClay Wang Huixin6–1, 6–0Win15–4M25 Wuhan, ChinaWorld Tennis TourHard Shuichi Sekiguchi6–2, 6–4Win16–4M25 Luzhou, ChinaWorld Tennis TourHard He Yecong6–3, 6–2Win17–4M25 Shenzhen, ChinaWorld Tennis TourHard Laurent Rochette6–4, 6–1Loss17–5M25 Yinchuan, ChinaWorld Tennis TourHard Yuta Shimizu6–4, 3–3 ret.Win18–5M25 Qujing, ChinaWorld Tennis TourHard Sun Fajing6–3, 6–1Win19–5M25 Taipei, TaiwanWorld Tennis TourHard Hsu Yu Hsiou6–4, 6–4Loss19–6M15 Chiang Rai, ThailandWorld Tennis TourHard Nam Ji-sung2–6, 4–6Win20–6M15 Tianjin, ChinaWorld Tennis TourHard Mo Yecong7–5, 6–3Win21–6M15 Tianjin, ChinaWorld Tennis TourHard Wang Aoran6–2, ret.Win22–6M25 Guiyang, ChinaWorld Tennis TourHard Jimmy Yang6–2, 6–2Win23–6M15 Hinode, JapanWorld Tennis TourHard Stefanos Sakellaridis6–2, 6–4Loss23–7M25 Anning, ChinaWorld Tennis TourClay Cui Jie3–6, 4–6Win24–7M25 Luzhou, ChinaWorld Tennis TourHard Zhou Yi7–6(7–4), 7–6(8–6)Win25–7M25 Tianjin, ChinaWorld Tennis TourHard Hsu Yu Hsiou6–2, 6–4Win26–7M25 Yinchuan, ChinaWorld Tennis TourHard Sun Fajing6–4, 7–6(7–1)Win27–7M25 Huzhou, ChinaWorld Tennis TourHard Sun Fajing6–3, 4–6, 6–2Win28–7M15 Ma'anshan, ChinaWorld Tennis TourHard Egor Agafonov6–3, 6–4Loss28–8M25 Shenzhen, ChinaWorld Tennis TourHard Oliver Crawford6–7(5–7), 6–1, 2–6Win29–8M25 Anning, ChinaWorld Tennis TourClay Sanhui Shin6–4, 6–7(2–7), 6–4Loss29–9M25 Baotou, ChinaWorld Tennis TourClay Jason Kubler1–6, 1–6Loss29–10M15 Lu'an, ChinaWorld Tennis TourHard Cui Jie7–5, 3–6, 5–7

Doubles: 20 (13–7) LegendATP Challenger (4–0)ITF Futures (9–7)Finals by surfaceHard (10–5)Clay (3–2)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Italy F28, PiombinoFuturesHard Xu Junchao Niels Desein Pierre-Ludovic Duclos3–6, 3–6Win1–1China F4, WuhanFuturesHard Wu Di Xue Feng Zeng Shaoxuan6–2, 6–1Win2–1China F8, ShenzhenFuturesHard Zhang Zhizhen Hua Runhao Qiu Zhuoyang6–4, 4–6, [10–3]Loss2–2China F1, AnningFuturesClay Yang Tsung-Hua Huang Liang-Chi Enrique Lopez-Perez3–6, 6–4, [7–10]Win3–2Anning, ChinaChallengerClay Wu Di Karunuday Singh Andrew Whittington6–3, 6–4Loss3–3China F5, WuhanFuturesHard Arata Onukaza Yi Chu-Huan Huang Liang-Chi6–4, 1–6, [9–11]Loss3–4China F6, WuhanFuturesHard Arata Onukaza Li Zhe Gao Xin5–7, 3–6Win4–4China F7, WuhanFuturesHard Li Yi-Feng Michael Geerts Gao Xin6–3, 2–6, [17–15]Win5–4China F8, ZhangjiagangFuturesHard Riccardo Ghedin Feng He Ning Yuqing6–2, 6–2Win6–4China F9, JinhuaFuturesHard Riccardo Ghedin Tao Jun Nan Zhou Sheng Hao6–0, 6–4Loss6–5China F10, Xi'anFuturesHard Chen Ti Li Zhe N.Sriram Balaji6–4, 6–7(2–7), [11–13]Win7–5China F11, Xi'anFuturesHard Hsieh Cheng-peng Li Zhe N.Sriram Balaji6–7(4–7), 6–3, [10–7]Win8–5China F13, PutianFuturesHard Yi Chu-huan Bumpei Sato Sho Katayama6–2, 7–6(7–4)Loss8–6Chinese Taipei F1, KaohsiungFuturesHard Yi Chu-huan Hsieh Cheng-peng Yang Tsung-Hua4–6, 6–7(5–7)Win9–6Bangkok, ThailandChallengerHard Riccardo Ghedin Chen Ti Li Zhe6–2, 7–5Win10–6Anning, ChinaChallengerClay Riccardo Ghedin Denys Molchanov Aleksandr Nedovyesov4–6, 6–3, [10–6]Win11–6Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Li Zhe Sander Arends T-S Weissborn6–3, 3–6, [11–9]Win12–6China F10, LongyanFuturesHard Li Zhe Sun Fajing Wang Aoran7–6(7–1), 6–4Win13–6Hong Kong F5FuturesHard He Yecong Karan Rastogi Wong Chun Hun7–5, 6–4Loss13–7China F3, AnningFuturesClay Cai Zhao Thomas Fancutt Brandon Walkin4–6, 4–6

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