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Michael Yani (born December 31, 1980 in Singapore) is a Singaporean-American tennis player. He turned professional in 2003.

Personal information
Yani Started playing tennis at age 2 and a half in his front yard now his highest singles ranking to date is World No. 143, which he reached in March 1, 2010.[1] He trained part-time at Alma mater Duke University for 4 years with coach Letterman and part time in LA at USTA training center. His hobbies are Surfing, football, basketball and golf If not a tennis player, Yani would be some sort of musician because may love music even more than tennis. His best memories are qualifying for Wimbledon and US Open. [2]
 * His favourite surfaces are hard court and grass.
 * Favourite shots are serve and forehand.
 * Favourite events are Wimbledon and US Open.
 * Idols are Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi and Lebron James outside of tennis.

Yani qualified for the 2009 Wimbledon Championships and 2009 U.S. Open, but lost both times in the first round in straight sets. At the 2010 French Open, he lost a tight match in the first round against Lukáš Lacko, with the score at 6–4, 6–7(5), 6–7(4), 7–6(5), 12–10. [3]