Xie Yan-ze is a former Chinese

China

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 professional

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 tennis

Tennis

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 player. She has 11 ITF Women's Circuit

ITF Women's Circuit

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 titles, and has taken part in many WTA Tour events. Xie's career high singles ranking is no.184 achieved on 7 Jun '04 and her career high doubles ranking is no.149 achieved on the 27 Sep '04. In 2005, Xie along with fellow Chinese Peng Shuai

Peng Shuai

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 reached the semi-finals at Guangzhou

Guangzhou International Women's Open

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, losing to eventual finalists Neha Uberoi

Neha Uberoi

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 and Shikha Uberoi

Shikha Uberoi

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