Tian Fangran

Tian Fangran (born 10 August 2003) is a Chinese tennis player. Playing college tennis for the UCLA Bruins, she won the 2023 NCAA Singles Championship. Up to date, she has won three singles titles and four doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Tennis career
Raised in Beijing, Tian went to high school at Capital Normal University (CNU)'s Yuxin School. She played on the ITF Junior Circuit from 2017 to 2020, winning two Grade 5 singles titles and two Grade 4 doubles titles and reaching a peak junior ranking of No. 121. She twice won wildcards into junior Grand Slam main draws in singles, at the 2019 French Open and the 2020 Australian Open.

Tian started playing on the ITF World Tour in February 2019 at the age of 15. Over three weeks from October to November 2021, she partnered with Back Da-yeon to win two doubles titles and reach a third final at consecutive W15 events in Antalya, Turkey. She reached the final of the singles draw in one of the weeks in Antalya. In November 2022, she won the W15 singles event in Champaign, Illinois, without dropping a set.

Tian came to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), in 2022–2023 as a relatively unheralded recruit but quickly proved herself in the team's No. 1 singles spot, going undefeated in her 15 regular-season matches. She was named the Pac-12 Conference's Freshman/Newcomer of the Year in tennis. Seeded No. 9–16 in singles at the 2023 NCAA Championships, she did not drop a set in six matches as she won UCLA's first individual title since Keri Phebus in 1995, beating Maddy Sieg of rival USC in the semifinals and Layne Sleeth of Oklahoma  in the final. She was named Rookie of the Year by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA).

In 2023, she received a wildcard for her home tournament, the China Open.