Harmony Tan

Harmony Tan
Tan at the 2023 French Open
Full nameHarmony Tan Vilela
Country (sports) France
Born (1997-09-11) 11 September 1997 (age 29)
Paris, France
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro2012
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
CoachSam Sumyk (2021-2022),
Nathalie Tauziat (-2023),
Simon Goffin (2023)
Prize money$1,778,868
Singles
Career record396–319
Career titles13 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 90 (4 April 2022)
Current rankingNo. 230 (28 September 2026)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2022)
French Open2R (2021)
Wimbledon4R (2022)
US Open1R (2018, 2022)
Doubles
Career record36–53
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 302 (14 September 2020)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (2017, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open1R (2022, 2026)
Last updated on: 3 October 2026.

Harmony Tan Vilela (née Tan; born 11 September 1997) is a French professional tennis player. Tan has career-high WTA rankings of 90 in singles and 302 in doubles. She has won 13 singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Circuit.

Early life

Harmony Tan was born on 11 September 1997 in Paris, France. Her father, Chai-Se Tan, is of Chinese descent and was born in Cambodia, while her mother, Lizqueen, was born in Vietnam and moved to France after the Fall of Saigon in 1975. Her father worked as a computer engineer, and her mother as a journalist. She has a brother, Maxime, who also played tennis.

Tan began playing tennis at the age of four alongside her brother. She initially trained in Neuilly-sur-Marne before being recruited by a tennis club in Nogent-sur-Marne. At the age of eight, she attended a training camp at Nick Bollettieri's tennis academy in Florida. Two years later, she also trained in Switzerland under Melanie Molitor, the mother and former coach of Martina Hingis.

Outside tennis, Tan practiced gymnastics, judo and golf, and studied classical piano at a conservatory for several years. She pursued her tennis development outside the French tennis federation's national training system, with financial support from her family, including the sale of a house to fund her training. She completed a scientific baccalaureate and qualified for the admissions process of a programme for elite athletes at Sciences Po, but did not attend classes as her professional tennis career progressed.

Personal life

Tan married her longtime partner, Pauline Vilela, on 12 September 2026.

Career

Early years

Tan made her major main-draw doubles debut at the 2017 French Open, after having been handed a wildcard to enter the tournament; she and her partner Audrey Albié lost their first-round match to the unseeded pair of Pauline Parmentier and Yanina Wickmayer.

Tan made her major singles debut at the 2018 US Open, where she entered the main draw on a wildcard, losing her first-round match to Eugenie Bouchard.

Tan made her singles main-draw debut on the WTA Challenger Tour in January 2019 in Newport Beach, where she won her first- and second-round matches (against Katharina Gerlach and Sachia Vickery, respectively), before losing to Taylor Townsend. In May 2019, Tan entered a WTA Tour singles main draw for the first time in her career in Strasbourg thanks to a wildcard, but lost her first-round match to No. 7 seed Zheng Saisai, 6–7, 6–7.

Win over Serena Williams

In 2022, at her first Wimbledon showing, ranked No. 115, Tan defeated Serena Williams in three sets, 7–5, 1–6, 7–6(10–7), in the first round in 3 hours and 10 minutes, the longest match thus far at the tournament. She was scheduled to participate in the women's doubles competition that year but withdrew only an hour before her first scheduled doubles match, prompting her doubles partner Tamara Korpatsch to express, in a since-deleted social media post, her anger and disappointment at not being able to participate in the event on her debut. She continued her good run by beating Sara Sorribes Tormo in the second round and home favorite Katie Boulter in the third. Her run came to an end in the fourth round where she fell to 20th seed Amanda Anisimova, in straight sets.

In March 2024, she won the biggest title at the W50 tournament in Mâcon and returned to the top 250 in the rankings.

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RRQ# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, and Olympic Games are included in win/loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2024 Miami Open.

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A Q3 2R Q1 Q1 0 / 1 1–1
French Open Q1 A Q1 Q3 1R 1R 2R 1R Q1 Q2 0 / 4 1–4
Wimbledon A A A A A NH Q2 4R A Q2 0 / 1 3–1
US Open A A A 1R Q1 A Q3 1R Q1 Q1 0 / 2 0–2
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 4–4 0–0 0–0 0 / 8 5–8
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Indian Wells Open A A A A A NH A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1
Miami Open A A A A A NH A 2R A A 0 / 1 0–1
Madrid Open A A A A A NH A Q2 A A 0 / 0 0–0
Italian Open A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Canadian Open A A A A A NH Q1 A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Cincinnati Open A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Wuhan Open A A A A A NH A 0 / 0 0–0
China Open A A A A A NH A A 0 / 0 0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 0 0 1 3 2 6 13 1 0 Career total: 26
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–3 0–2 5–6 4–14 0–1 0–0 0 / 26 9–27
Year-end ranking 559 400 366 314 247 233 108 147 234 259 $1,255,791

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 25 (14 titles, 11 runner-ups)

Legend
W60 tournaments
W40/50 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
W10/15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (9–8)
Clay (4–3)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2014 ITF Mâcon, France W10 Hard (i) Netherlands Eva Wacanno 1–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 0–2 Aug 2014 ITF Caracas, Venezuela W25 Hard Argentina María Irigoyen 1–6, 3–6
Loss 0–3 Sep 2014 ITF Tlemcen, Algeria W10 Clay Russia Margarita Lazareva 6–7(3–7), 2–6
Win 1–3 Sep 2015 ITF Algiers, Algeria W10 Clay France Amandine Cazeaux 7–5, 7–5
Loss 1–4 Apr 2016 ITF Lins, Brazil W10 Clay Argentina Paula Ormaechea 3–6, 2–6
Win 2–4 Aug 2016 ITF Medellín, Colombia W10 Clay Chile Fernanda Brito 6–2, 7–5
Loss 2–5 Aug 2016 ITF Cali, Colombia W10 Clay Russia Sofya Zhuk 2–6, 4–6
Win 3–5 Oct 2016 ITF Melilla, Spain W10 Clay Spain María José Luque Moreno 7–6(7–4), 6–4
Win 4–5 Mar 2017 ITF Óbidos, Portugal W15 Carpet Spain María José Luque Moreno 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
Win 5–5 Mar 2018 ITF Campinas, Brazil W15 Clay France Alice Ramé 6–2, 6–0
Win 6–5 Oct 2018 ITF Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France W25 Hard (i) France Loudmilla Bencheikh 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Loss 6–6 Feb 2019 Open de l'Isère, France W25 Hard (i) Russia Vitalia Diatchenko 1–6, 4–6
Loss 6–7 Oct 2019 ITF Cherbourg, France W25 Hard (i) France Océane Dodin 4–6, 2–6
Loss 6–8 Jan 2020 ITF Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe W25 Hard Argentina Nadia Podoroska 5–7, 5–7
Win 7–8 Jan 2021 Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France W60 Hard (i) Romania Jaqueline Cristian 3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss 7–9 Sep 2021 Caldas da Rainha Open, Portugal W60+H Hard China Zheng Saisai 4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win 8–9 Oct 2021 ITF Loulé, Portugal W25 Hard Australia Ellen Perez 6–4, 6–4
Loss 8–10 Jul 2023 ITF Palma del Río, Spain W40 Hard Russia Valeria Savinykh 5–7, 3–6
Win 9–10 Oct 2023 ITF Faro, Portugal W25 Hard France Manon Léonard 6–0, 6–2
Win 10–10 Mar 2024 ITF Mâcon, France W50 Hard (i) France Audrey Albié 6–2, 6–0
Win 11–10 Apr 2025 ITF Yecla, Spain W50 Hard Ukraine Daria Snigur 3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Loss 11–11 Jul 2025 ITF Nottingham, United Kingdom W50 Hard China Zhang Shuai 4–6, 2–6
Win 12–11 Nov 2025 ITF Liberec, Czech Republic W35 Hard (i) Japan Mayuka Aikawa 6–2, 6–1
Win 13–11 Mar 2026 Open de Seine-et-Marne, France W50 Hard (i) France Amandine Monnot 6–3, 6–4
Win 14–11 Oct 2026 ITF Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France W50 Hard (i) Ukraine Katarina Zavatska 6–2, 7–6(3)

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
W80 tournaments
W25 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2018 ITF Curitiba, Brazil W25 Clay France Audrey Albié Chinese Taipei Hsu Chieh-yu
Mexico Marcela Zacarías		 0–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Oct 2019 Internationaux de Poitiers,
France		 W80 Hard (i) France Amandine Hesse Germany Tayisiya Morderger
Germany Yana Morderger		 6–4, 6–2

Notes

  1. ↑ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.

References

  1. ↑ A tough, different journey and a Wimbledon novice: discovering Harmony Tan, conqueror of Serena Williams
  2. ↑ "Simon Goffin, un emploi du temps partagé entre le coaching de la Française Harmony Tan et l'académie internationale du TC Ans" (in French). 25 August 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Wimbledon – A la découverte d'Harmony Tan, la "tombeuse" de Serena Williams". Eurosport (in French).
  4. ↑ "Harmony Tan, playing in Concord this week, is still warmed by memories of her Wimbledon upset of Serena Williams". The Boston Globe. 8 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "Harmony Tan". Women's Tennis Association.
  6. ↑ "A tough, different journey and a Wimbledon novice: discovering Harmony Tan, conqueror of Serena Williams". Tennis Majors. 24 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "LGBTQ tennis pro Harmony Tan gets married to girlfriend Pauline in stunning ceremony in France". Sportskeeda. 19 September 2026.
  8. 1 2 3 "ITF pro circuit profile of Harmony Tan". ITF.
  9. ↑ "Harmony Tan's matches". WTA Tour official website.
  10. ↑ Tan prevails over Serena in three-hour Wimbledon opener
  11. ↑ "Tan's doubles drop leaves partner 'very angry'". 29 June 2022.
  12. ↑ "Doubles disharmony: Tan's withdrawal leaves playing partner Korpatsch 'angry'". TheGuardian.com. 29 June 2022.
  13. ↑ "Anisimova reaches first Wimbledon Quarterfinal". Wimbledon.com.
  14. ↑ "TAN FINDS HARMONY WITH W50 MACON CROWN, PIGOSSI, GUREVA ALSO TRIUMPH". 4 March 2024.
  15. ↑ "Harmony Tan". Australian Open.