Zheng Jie

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zheng.
Zheng Jie
Zheng Jie US Open 08-E1.jpg
Zheng at the 2008 US Open
Country  People's Republic of China
Residence Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Date of birth 5 July 1983 (1983-07-05) (age 27)
Place of birth Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in)
Weight 57 kg (130 lb; 9.0 st)
Turned pro 16 January 2003
Plays Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Career prize money US $3,531,187
Singles
Career record 267–155 (63.3%)
Career titles 3 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking No. 15 (18 May 2009)
Current ranking No. 23 (5 July 2010)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open SF (2010)
French Open 4R (2004)
Wimbledon SF (2008)
US Open 3R (2008, 2009)
Doubles
Career record 281–121 (69.9%)
Career titles 12 WTA, 16 ITF
Highest ranking No. 3 (10 July 2006)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open W (2006)
French Open SF (2006)
Wimbledon W (2006)
US Open QF (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009)
Last updated on: May 24, 2010.
Medal record
Women's Tennis
Olympic Games
Bronze Beijing 2008 Doubles
Asian Games
Gold 2006 Doha Singles
Gold 2006 Doha Doubles

Zheng Jie (simplified Chinese: 郑洁; traditional Chinese: 鄭潔; pinyin: Zhèng Jié; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tēⁿ Chia̍t, Mandarin pronunciation: [tʂə̂ŋ tɕjɛ̌]; born 5 July 1983 in Chengdu, Sichuan) is a Chinese professional tennis player. Her career high ranking is World No. 15 which she achieved on May 18, 2009. As of May 17, 2010, Zheng is ranked World No. 24 in singles and World No. 16 in doubles.

Zheng is one of the most successful tennis players in China's history. She has won three WTA singles titles at Hobart in 2005 and Estoril and Stockholm in 2006. She has also won twelve doubles titles, eleven of them with Yan Zi including Wimbledon and the Australian Open in 2006. Her career high doubles ranking is World No. 3. Zheng has reached the singles semi-finals at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, becoming the first Chinese player to reach the semi-finals at a Grand Slam, and at the 2010 Australian Open. She also won the bronze medal in doubles with Yan Zi at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and was the first Chinese player to defeat a World No. 1 (by defeating Ana Ivanović at Wimbledon in 2008) as well as the first Chinese player to reach the top 15.

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Personal life

Zheng graduated from the Sichuan Sports Academy in June 2000.[1]

At Wimbledon in 2008, she gained recognition when she became the first Chinese player ever to reach the semifinals of a Grand Slam singles tournament, defeating then World No. 1 Ana Ivanović en route.[2] She donated her winnings to the victims of the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake in her native province.

Zheng was coached by Jiang Hong Wei, China's national women's tennis team head coach, but she is now coached by her husband Zhang Yu, who is also her hitting partner. They became close during the period after her severe ankle injury. Zhang Yu was there for her during this time, taking cared of the injured Jie. Zheng is a Rolex testimonee together with Roger Federer and Ana Ivanović, and on the advisory staff of Yonex and uses their rackets. She wears clothing by Anta and appears in their advertising campaigns.

Zheng started playing tennis when she was 10, after she saw her older sister play and thought it would be good exercise to keep her in shape. [3]Back then in China, tennis was not a major sport or even really a known sport. But there were, clearly, people who played, and she became one of them. At first, it was just for exercise. Being rather small (at 5', 4.5"), her parents and herself were afraid that she would not make it far in the tennis world. (In fact, she was called "xiao bu dier" by her parents, which translates into something along the lines of "small kid." Her stature was no surprise though, for both her parents were short.) And so they thought about her quitting and for her to focus on her studies, for otherwise if she did not make it in tennis she would not be able to get a different job. However, her foreign coach saw potential in her, and told her parents and her something along the lines of, "There are many people in China who read books, but there are few who are national heroes." After that, her parents cried and agreed to allow her to pursue tennis as a profession. Most would agree that she has since proved the man right.[4]

Back then, there were no grass courts in China, only hard. Thus, her success at Wimbledon surprised even herself at first. Quickly though, it became a surface that she liked, for her small frame is perfect for the fast balls on grass courts.

Nearly a year after the Sichuan earthquake that shook her home province, she visited there and brought with her tennis balls and rackets to distribute to the children there. [5]

Zheng Jie keeps in a small vial pieces of her ankle bone that were removed during the ankle surgery of 2007. She says she keeps it because it's a part of her, and that it makes her cherish being able to play tennis again and life in general. She says that although it made her world ranking plunge, it also made her grow up a lot. [6]

Zheng Jie enjoys shopping, and chooses to do so in her spare time, along with listening to music and watching movies.

In 2009, Zheng Jie broke off from the Chinese Tennis Association, for under its jurisdiction she had to give back 65 percent of her earnings. However, Jie talked about how it protected her in times of injury and when she wasn't playing well, for the CTA would back her completely and give her medical support. Now she manages her own money, which puts her at risk but also means that success will be more profitable. [7]

Zheng describes herself as naturally calm, although she does lay out her emotions when she is on the court.

Her favorite player is Justine Henin, who she got to face in the 2010 Australian Open Semifinals. [8]

In an interview, Zheng was asked for her age by a foreign fan. After learning that she was 26, the fan was very surprised and remarked that she was old. Zheng then smiled and replied that she wants to play until she is 40, although first she would have to reach 30. [9]

Playing style

Zheng's game is characterized by consistency and intellect. She is not the strongest player, but makes up for this with her careful thinking about where to place her shots and willingness to change game plans if a strategy is not working. Her shots are very well placed and can be quite deep in the court, making Zheng an excellent defensive counterpuncher. Zheng has good foot speed which allows her to keep points in play that normally would be winners; so few shots get by her that some admiring journalists have begun calling her "the Great Wall of China." Having played many years in doubles, Zheng is also a comfortable net player. Zheng has powerful ground strokes that are often deep enough to push opponents off the baseline. Zheng's best shot is her backhand. Zheng's main weakness is her serve; however she is sometimes able to neutralize her weak serve with her quickness or by serving to the body or to the opponent's weaker groundstroke.

Singles career

2002

In May 2002, she won two successive $25,000 ITF singles tournaments, at Shanghai and Tianjin, right after reaching her first $50,000 tournament quarterfinal, at Fukuoka, Japan.[10] That September, she gained direct entry into a WTA tournament at Shanghai, and reached Round Two before losing to Anna Kournikova.[2] She ended the year as World No. 183.[11]

2003

In 2003, she qualified for Hyderabad and took a love set against Mary Pierce in the main draw first round, only to lose the match in three sets. She also qualified for Doha, but then lost to Lina Krasnoroutskaya.[12]

Later in the year, she defeated Nuria Llagostera Vives in the first round of a $25,000 ITF tournament, Alyona Bondarenko in the first round of qualifying for Palermo, and Maria Elena Camerin at another $50,000 ITF event in July, where she reached the quarterfinal; but it was in August at Bronx that she won her first $50,000 tournament, beating Shenay Perry, Jamea Jackson, Akiko Morigami, Adriana Serra Zanetti and (in the final) Maria Kirilenko to this end.[12]

Although Kirilenko avenged this defeat in qualifying at the US Open, Zheng proceeded to qualify for Bali in September with crushing victories over Yan Zi and Yuka Yoshida, then vanquished Flavia Pennetta 6–3 6–2 in the first round of the main draw before bowing out to Tamarine Tanasugarn.[12]

However, the very next month she defeated Tanasugarn at the Japan Open,[12] where she reached her first WTA semifinal before losing to Maria Sharapova.[2]

At the end of October, she reached another WTA quarterfinal at Quebec City with a second-round win over Antonella Serra Zanetti[12] before losing in three sets to Laura Granville.[2]

In December, she was a losing finalist at two successive $50,000 tournaments, falling in three sets to countrywoman Peng Shuai at Changsha (after victories over Sesil Karatantcheva, Camille Pin and Aiko Nakamura)[12] and, also in three sets, to the same Sesil Karatantcheva (after beating Sun Tiantian in the semifinal) at Shenzhen.[12] Consequently, Zheng broke into the World Top 100, with a year-end ranking of 93.[11]

2004

The following year brought further improvements in her singles results. She reached the quarterfinals at Hyderabad and Doha (where she comfortably beat Jelena Dokić in Round Two),[13] and the second round at Miami and Vienna (where she beat Lisa Raymond).[13] Then at the French Open, playing only her second Grand Slam singles main draw (after gaining direct entry to the Australian Open but losing in the first round), she defeated Dally Randriantefy, Émilie Loit, and Tathiana Garbin in succession to reach the fourth round, where she lost to Paola Suárez.[14] She was the first Chinese women to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam.[2]

At the Olympics in Athens, she lost her first round match to Ai Sugiyama.[15] In September, she won a $25,000 ITF tournament at Beijing, defeating Yan Zi in the semifinal and Li Na in the final.[13] She later made it to the finals in a $50,000 tournament in Shenzhen, before losing to fellow countrywomen Peng Shuai.[13] Zheng ended the year world-ranked 67.[11]

2005

Zheng Jie at the first round of Australian Open 2005.

Zheng started 2005 by capturing her first WTA singles title at Hobart,[11] after wins over Mariana Díaz-Oliva, Shinobu Asagoe, Klara Koukalová, Li Na and Gisela Dulko.[16]

She qualified for Dubai with wins over Sandra Kleinová, Maria-Elena Camerin and Virginia Ruano-Pascual, and went on to defeat Anabel Medina Garrigues in the main draw before succumbing to Lindsay Davenport.[16] Dulko gained her revenge in the quarterfinal at Estoril in April.[16]

But Zheng remained in fine form, and reached the her second WTA final at Rabat, Morocco in May, losing to Nuria Llagostera Vives[11] after wins over Catalina Castaño, Maureen Drake and Tathiana Garbin,[16] followed by a walk-over against Na Li who had to retire at 3–3 from an ankle sprain.

A three-set loss to Francesca Schiavone in the first round of the French Open prevented Zheng from defending her ranking points accrued there the previous year.[16] In August, she reached the second round at Los Angeles by again beating Shinobu Asagoe, the Canadian Open quarterfinal (with wins over Maria-Emilia Salerni and Ai Sugiyama), and another quarterfinal at New Haven (after defeating Katarina Srebotnik and Émilie Loit in qualifying, and Jamea Jackson in the main draw, though she was assisted by entering the tournament with a first-round bye and as a lucky loser in the final-round of qualifying to Jelena Kostanić).[16]

At the end of the month, she advanced to the second round at the US Open by defeating Iveta Benešová.[16] Further first-round wins in September over María Vento-Kabchi (at Bali) and Jelena Janković (at Beijing) could not be consolidated on in subsequent rounds of the respective tournaments;[16] but at Guangzhou, the last tournament she would play all year, she reached the semifinal with wins over Carly Gullickson, Jamea Jackson and Maria Kirilenko,[16] before suffering her second loss of the year to Nuria Llagostera Vives.[11] This string of results lifted her to a career-high world ranking of 42 in early October 2005.[2]

2006

2006 started poorly for Zheng in singles, with a string of six[17] successive first-round losses dipping her ranking to World No. 56 by the end of February. However, after a first round loss in Indian Wells, her 2006 singles breakthrough came at Key Biscayne, Florida where she reached the quarterfinals with wins over Nathalie Dechy and Anna-Lena Grönefeld before falling to Tatiana Golovin.[17]

Zheng's new found confidence earned a title at her next tournament in Estoril, where she defeated top-seeded Flavia Pennetta en route to the final[17] before a victory over compatriot Na Li whom was forced to retire at one set each.[11] In Strasbourg, Zheng displayed yet reached the quarterfinals where she lost to second-seeded Czech Nicole Vaidišová.[17]

In August, Zheng won the tournament in Stockholm without dropping a set. In the final, she defeated the top seed and former World No. 2 Anastasia Myskina. A knee injury hampered Zheng's singles progess towards the end of 2006. Her US Open ended in a second round defeat to Anastassia Rodionova and her last competitive match of the season saw her worst loss in terms of rankings, where she fell in the second round of Zurich qualifying to World No. 139 Joanna Sacowicz of Poland.[18]

However, in December, Zheng took part in the Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. After a surprising first round loss in the team event, she went into the singles competition as the second seed. She ended up winning the gold medal, with victories over Shikha Uberoi, Chan Yung-jan, Aiko Nakamura and Sania Mirza. She also took gold in doubles with partner Yan Zi, defeating Yung Jan Chan and Chuang Chia-jung of Chinese Taipei. To end 2006, Zheng won the Chinese National Championships, with a three set victory over her doubles partner in the final.

2007

2007 started well for Zheng, where she reached a second Hobart quarterfinal before losing to eventual champion Anna Chakvetadze.[2]

Zheng Jie at the 2007 Australian Open.

At the Australian Open, Zheng put in an extremely disappointing performance, losing to then 97th ranked Julia Schruff of Germany after holding match point on more than one occasion.[19] In doubles, her title defense with Yan Zi ended in the semifinals with a defeat to Yung Jan Chan and Chia Jung Chuang of Chinese Taipei - the same partnership which they managed to defeat in the final of the Doha Asian Games just 1 month previously.

Zheng competed in the both the singles and doubles (with Yan Zi) of the French Open. At the beginning of the tournament, she sustained an ankle injury, hampering her performance. She was knocked out in the first round of the singles competition by Timea Bacsinszky, and also lost in the first round in the doubles portion.[19]

The ankle injury sustained at the French Open ruled her out of Wimbledon to defend her doubles title. She withdrew from all events for the rest of the year because of the ankle injury.[2] Her ranking suffered as a result, ending the year ranked World No. 163.[11]

2008

Zheng Jie's return to the tour was successful; in singles, she won two qualifying matches in Gold Coast before losing to Alisa Kleybanova.[20] In doubles, she and Zi Yan reached the final, only to lose to the third seeds, Safina and Szávay. However, in Sydney, the duo won the title, beating second seeds Sugiyama and Srebotnik and reigning US Open champions Dechy and Safina along the way. At the Australian Open, the duo made it to the seminfinals, beating the Williams sisters along the way, before losing to the 12th seeds Peer and Azarenka.

Zheng qualified for the main draw of the French Open, and then reached the third round before losing to Russia's Dinara Safina 6–2, 7–5.[20]

Zheng's breakthrough in women's tennis occurred at Wimbledon. Despite only being ranked World No. 133, Zheng was given a wild card into the main draw. In the third round, she defeated the first seed and World No. 1 Ana Ivanović. This was her first victory against a top 10 player.[21] Zheng then beat Ágnes Szávay of Hungary, the 15th seed, in the fourth round, and 18th-seeded Nicole Vaidišová of the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals. This made Zheng the first Chinese women's tennis player ever to reach the semifinals of a Grand Slam singles tournament. She also became the first wild card to reach the semifinals of the women's singles at Wimbledon.[22] In the semifinals, Zheng lost to two-time Wimbledon champion and former World No. 1 Serena Williams. Zheng's strong Wimbledon performance elevated her ranking from World No. 133 to World No. 40.

She donated her prize money from the tournament and spent time helping the victims and post-reconstruction effort of the 12 May earthquake that killed nearly 70,000 people and left 5 to 10 million homeless in her home province Sichuan.[23] She did the same with her French Open prize money earlier in the year.[24]

In August 2008, Zheng competed for China in both singles and doubles at the Beijing Olympics.[25] In the singles portion, Zheng made it to the third round before losing to sixth-seeded Dinara Safina of Russia, who eventually won the singles silver medal. Zheng had better results in doubles with her partner Yan Zi, where they were seeded eighth. After losing in the semifinals to the fourth-seeded Spanish team of Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual for a spot in the gold medal final, they won the bronze medal match against the Ukrainian sisters team of Alona and Kateryna Bondarenko. This was the second Olympics tennis medal ever won by China.

After the Olympics, Zheng entered the US Open. She advanced to the third round before losing to second-seeded Jelena Janković of Serbia.[26]

Zheng was seeded third in the Tier III Guangzhou International Open held in September and made it to the semifinals before losing to top-seeded Vera Zvonareva.

Ranked World No. 30, Zheng returned in September to Beijing for the China Open Tier II tournament. She advanced to the semifinals before losing to World No. 7 and fourth-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia, 7-6(3), 7-5.[27] Based on her strong China Open performance, Zheng became Asia's highest ranked women's singles player at World No. 26, her highest to-date career WTA singles ranking.[11] She later reached World No. 23 on 20 October 2008.

In March 2009, Zheng was awarded the WTA Tour "Comeback of the Year" Award for 2008, as she "rebounded from an injury-marred 2007".

2009

Seeded 4th at the Moorilla Hobart International, Zheng defeated Marina Erakovic 6-1 4-6 6-1 in the first round. However, she was defeated by Gielsa Dulko 6-3 6-3 in the second round, after which all of the tournament seeds were eliminated.

In January at the Australian Open, Zheng was seeded 22nd in women's singles. She defeated unseeded Camille Pin of France 6-3, 6-3 in the first round, unseeded Melinda Czink of Hungary 7-6 (7-0), 5-7, 6-3 in the second round, and unseeded Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine 6-2, 6-2 in the third round. The next day, she and her partner Yan Zi were eliminated from the doubles competition in the third round, with a 7-5, 6-4 loss to Nuria Llagostera Vives and María José Martínez Sánchez. In her women's singles fourth round match against 8th seed Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia, Zheng trailed 1-4 in the opening set, but was forced to retire with a left wrist injury after hitting the court while reaching for a ball. This was the furthest that Zheng progressed at women's singles at this tournament in her career.

Zheng was forced to withdraw from China's first round Fed Cup tie with Russia due to the aforementioned injury. The team was also without a replacement for Zheng, and this meant China's campaign was to be led by Yan Zi, the-then World No. 119. China ended up losing to Russia, the defending champions, 5-0.

Zheng returned to action at the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, crushing qualifier Anastasia Rodionova 6-1, 6-1. She reached the third round after defeating Samantha Stosur 3-6 7-5 7-5, where she lost to World No. 1 Serena Williams, 6-4 6-2. She and her partner, Yan Zi, lost in the first round in doubles to the Bondarenko sisters.

Seeded 4th at the 2009 Monterrey Open, she beat wildcard Urszula Radwańska of Poland 6-3, 6-3 in just over an hour in the first round. She then defeated unseeded Hungarian Melinda Czink 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals, where she faced seventh seed Gisela Dulko of Argentina. She easily beat her 6-3, 6-2. In the semifinals, she then lost to second seed Marion Bartoli with the score of 7-5, 6-3, despite serving for the first set at 5-4, because of her strong performance in the tournament she rose up to world no. 17, her highest so far in the tour.

Seeded 15th at the BNP Paribas Open and receiving a bye in the first round, she lost to unseeded Vera Dushevina of Russia in the second round 6-2, 6-2.

Zheng was seeded 17th at the Sony Ericsson Open. In the second round, she defeated Julia Görges 6-4, 6-2. In the third round, Zheng had an impressive performance defeating world No. 14 Alizé Cornet 6-4, 6-0. In the fourth round Zheng pushed world No. 1 Serena Williams but eventually lost to Williams 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 in a two hour ten minute match in which Zheng had a 2-0 lead in the third set. Zheng's strong performance helped her to reach world No. 16, the highest ranking ever by a Chinese tennis player. Li Na had also reached world No. 16 in 2007.

At the Rome Masters, Zheng lost to World No. 1 Dinara Safina in a tough three setter in the third round, 5-7, 6-1, 7-6. At the Madrid Masters, Zheng fell to Amélie Mauresmo in the second round. Despite the loss, on May 18, Zheng became the highest-ranked Chinese player in history, at No. 15.

At the 2009 French Open, Zheng (seeded 15th) progressed to the second round by defeating Frenchwoman Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro 6-1 6-3. In the second round, she was defeated by Michelle Larcher de Brito in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3.

At the 2009 AEGON Classic at Birmingham, the first tournament on grass, Zheng was the top seed but lost to the eventual champion Magdaléna Rybáriková in the third round 7-6, 6-4. Zheng was unseeded at the 2009 AEGON International. She defeated Carla Suárez Navarro in the first round 6-2, 6-2. but lost in the second round to Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak 7-6 (4), 6-3.

Zheng Jie at the 2009 US Open.

She was seeded 16th at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, Zheng defeated Kristina Barrois 7-6, 7-6 in a tough match but was upset by Daniela Hantuchová 6-3 7-5 in the second round. As she was unable to defend her ranking points from the previous year, Zheng's ranking fell out of the top twenty to World No. 24.

Zheng's next tournament was the LA Women's Tennis Championships as part of her US Open Series Campaign. In the first round, Zheng who was seeded 14, defeated Olga Savchuk 7-5, 1-6, 6-2. She then defeated Elena Vesnina, 6-4, 4-6, 6-0. In the Third round, she listed her second win over a World No. 1, defeating Dinara Safina 7-5, 4-6, 6-4. She then fell to 13th seed Samantha Stosur 6-4, 3-6, 4-6. In Cincinnati, Zheng lost to Sybille Bammer in the first round, 6-2 4-6 6-2. However, in Toronto, Zheng swept past Vesnina once again in the first round (6-3 6-2) before claiming another Top 10 win by defeating eight seeded Caroline Wozniacki in the second, 7-5 6-3. Zheng was defeated 7-6, 6-4 by Lucie Šafářová in the third round.

At the 2009 US Open, Zheng, who was seeded 21, defeated unseeded Anna-Lena Grönefeld 6-3, 6-2 in the first round. She then came back from a set down to beat Alizé Cornet in the 2nd round, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3. Zheng lost in the third round to the number 13 seed Nadia Petrova 6-4, 6-1.

Zheng's form dipped towards the end of the season. She withdrew from her next tournament in Guangzhou due to a left wrist injury. Zheng entrered the 2009 Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. In the first round she beat qualifier Sania Mirza of India 5-7 6-2 6-3 but was thrashed in the second round to Victoria Azarenka, the World No. 9, 6-1, 6-1. Her final tournament of the year was the 2009 China Open where she lost for the second consecutive year to Svetlana Kuznetsova, but this time in the first round.

Zheng ended the year with a 28-22 singles record and she finished the year ranked World No. 36.

2010

Zheng first competed at the Hong Kong Tennis Classic, a team exhibition tournament. As captain of Team Asia-Pacific, Zheng was defeated by former World No. 1's Maria Sharapova, 6-7 6-4 6-2, and by Venus Williams, 6-3 6-2.

Zheng began her tour season at the Moorilla Hobart International, where she was the seventh seed. In the first round, Zheng faced Kaia Kanepi. In a match lasting over two-and-a-half hours, Zheng outclassed her opponent 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(4). In the second round, Zheng faced her compatriot, Peng Shuai. Zheng finished her opponent off quickly, defeating Peng by 6-2, 6-1. Zheng was defeated by eventual tournament champion Alona Bondarenko, 7-5 7-5, in the quarterfinals.

Zheng was unseeded at the 2010 Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the year. She found herself in trouble in the first round against Peng Shuai, but came back from being bageled in the first set to win 0-6, 6-1, 6-2. In the second round, she defeated the 24th seed María José Martínez Sánchez 2-6, 6-2, 6-3. In the third round she had another great win over the World No. 11 Marion Bartoli in another three setter. Zheng lost the first set 5-7 but recovered to win the next two sets 6-3, 6-0. In the fourth round she played 31st seed Alona Bondarenko. Avenging her loss to Bondarenko in Hobart, Zheng fought hard to win 7-6(5), 6-4. Zheng then made Australian open history by becoming the first Chinese player to reach an Australian Open semifinal when she took out unseeded Maria Kirilenko 6-1, 6-3 in the quarter-finals. In the semi-final match, she lost to former World No.1 and 2004 champion Justine Henin, being crushed 6-1, 6-0.

Zheng next competed at the Dubai Tennis Championships as the sixteenth seed, but was upset in the first round by Alicia Molik in three sets. Next competing at the first-ever Malaysian Open, Zheng reached the second round as the third seed, where she was heavily defeated by Chang Kai-Chen. However, Zheng won the doubles title at the event with Yung-jan Chan, defeating Anastasia and Arina Rodionova in a championship tie-break.

Zheng next competed at the 2010 BNP Paribas Open, where she was seeded eighteenth and had a first round bye; Zheng defeated Sorana Cîrstea 6-3 7-5 in the second round and defeated Maria Sharapova in the third, prevailing 6-3, 2-6, 6-3. In the fourth round she avenged her loss to Alicia Molik in Dubai by beating the Australian 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(1), however Zheng lost to Danish second-seed Caroline Wozniacki 4-6, 6-4, 1-6 in the quarterfinals. In doubles, Zheng and Chan reached the semifinals of the tournament, defeating the top seeds Cara Black and Liezel Huber 7-6, 6-2 in the quarterfinals.

Zheng next competed at the Sony Ericsson Championships, but lost in her second-round match with Virgine Razzano, 6-4, 6-2. She and doubles partner Chan Yung-jan reached the semi-finals.

Zheng entered the Porsche Grand Prix in Stuttgart, however withdrew for unspecified reasons. Next playing in Rome, Zheng was upset in three sets, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, by Italian wildcard Maria Elena Camerin. Zheng then entered the 2010 Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open, but was defeated by Anabel Medina Garrigues in three sets in the first round. In the doubles, she and Chan reached the second round before losing to Maria Kirilenko and Agnieska Radwańska.

Zheng was seeded fifth at the 2010 Polsat Warsaw Open, where she reached the finals of the singles and semi-finals of the doubles tournaments. In singles, she defeated Olga Govortsova in the first round (for the second straight year), and then thrashed Tathiana Garbin 6-1, 6-1, in the second. In the quarterfinals, she faced top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki, who retired with an ankle injury after Zheng won the first set 6-3. Zheng followed this with a straight sets win over Gréta Arn in the semifinals, however she was defeated by defending champion Alexandra Dulgheru in the final, 6-3, 6-4.

Zheng was seeded 26th at the 2010 French Open and reached the second round after beating Ekaterina Bychkova 7-5, 6-4. However she lost in the second round for the second consecutive year, falling 6-4, 6-3 to qualifier Anastasia Pivovarova.

Zheng began her grass court season at the 2010 AEGON International, where she was unseeded. In the first round she defeated Israel's Shahar Pe'er 1-6, 6-1, 6-3. She lost 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 in the second round to British wildcard Elena Baltacha.

At Wimbledon, Zheng was the 23rd seed: she beat Pauline Parmentier 7-5, 6-4, to reach the second round, where she lost in three sets to Petra Kvitova, an eventual semi-finalist who beat the likes of Victoria Azarenka and Caroline Wozniacki along the way.

Zheng was unseeded at the 2010 Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, where she was defeated by Maria Sharapova in the first round, 6-4, 7-5. In doubles, she reached the final where she lost a close three set match to Lisa Raymond and Lindsay Davenport. At her next tournament in San Diego, Zheng reached the second round by defeating qualifier Shenay Perry 6-3, 6-2, however she was crushed by Daniela Hantuchova 6-2, 6-1. In consolation, Zheng partnered with Maria Kirilenko to win her second doubles title of the year by defeating second seeded Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs in the final, 6-4, 6-4.

Her next singles tournament was the 2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open, where Zheng lost to the eleventh-seed Flavia Pennetta in the first round. In doubles, Jie teamed with Yung-jan Chan and reached their projected quarterfinal spot. Next playing at the 2010 Rogers Cup, Zheng reached the quarterfinals following wins over Katarina Srebotnik, Aravane Rezai and a straight sets win over defending champion and Top-10 player Elena Dementieva. In the quarterfinals, Zheng lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3. Zheng next played at the 2010 Pilot Pen Tennis tournament in New Haven, where she was easily beaten in the first round by Sara Errani 6-1, 6-2.

Zheng will next compete at the 2010 US Open in singles and doubles.

Doubles career

The highlights of her doubles career to date have been her two Grand Slam tournament victories in 2006, detailed below:

Australian Open 2006

Partner: People's Republic of China Yan Zi
Round Opponents Score Notes
First Round Russia Evgenia Linetskaya / Russia Galina Voskoboeva 6–1, 6–0
Second Round Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino / Spain Maria Sánchez Lorenzo 6–4, 6–0
Third Round Russia Elena Dementieva / Italy Flavia Pennetta [7] 6–1, 6–2
Quarterfinal Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual / Argentina Paola Suárez [4] 4–6, 7–5, 6–1 Saved three match points.
Semifinal Japan Shinobu Asagoe / Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik [9] 6–2, 7–6(2)
Final United States Lisa Raymond / Australia Samantha Stosur [1] 2–6, 7–6(7), 6–3 Saved two championship points in the second set tiebreak, and needing only a single championship point of their own to claim the title.

Wimbledon 2006

At Wimbledon, Zheng and Max Mirnyi, seeded two, reached the semifinals of the Mixed Doubles, where they were beaten by Bob Bryan and Venus Williams (who were unseeded), 7–5, 7–5. She triumphed in women's doubles with Yan Zi over Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez 6–3, 3–6, 6–2, capturing China's first Wimbledon title. With her win, she became the first Chinese tennis player to amass over 1 million dollars in career earnings.[2] Their route to the final was so:

Partner: People's Republic of China Yan Zi
Round Opponents Score Notes
First Round Hungary Melinda Czink / United States Vania King 6–3, 6–1
Second Round Slovenia Janette Husárová / Russia Vera Zvonareva 6–0, 7–6 (4)
Third Round Italy Maria Elena Camerin / Italy Tathiana Garbin 4–6, 6–2, 6–0
Quarterfinals South Africa Liezel Huber / United States Martina Navratilova [7] 4–6, 6–4, 6–0
Semifinals Zimbabwe Cara Black / Australia Rennae Stubbs [2] 6–2, 7–6 (3)
Final Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual / Argentina Paola Suárez 6–3, 3–6, 6–2

Career finals

WTA Tour singles finals (5)

Legend: Before 2009 Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0/0)
WTA Championships (0/0)
Tier I (0/0) Premier Mandatory (0/0)
Tier II (0/0) Premier 5 (0/0)
Tier III (0/0) Premier (0/1)
Tier IV & V (3/1) International (0/0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Location Surface Opponent in Final Score in Final
Winner 1. 14 January 2005 Moorilla Hobart International Australia Hobart, Australia Hard Argentina Gisela Dulko 6–2, 6–0
Runner-up 2. 2 May 2005 GP SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Morocco Rabat, Morocco Clay Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives 6–4, 6–2
Winner 3. 7 May 2006 Estoril Open Portugal Estoril, Portugal Clay People's Republic of China Li Na 6–7(5), 7–5, retired
Winner 4. 13 August 2006 Nordea Nordic Light Open Sweden Stockholm, Sweden Hard Russia Anastasia Myskina 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up 5. 22 May 2010 Polsat Warsaw Open Poland Warsaw, Poland Clay Romania Alexandra Dulgheru 6–3, 6–4

Doubles wins (13)

Legend: Before 2009 Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam (2)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (2) Premier Mandatory (0)
Tier II (2) Premier 5 (0)
Tier III (2) Premier (1)
Tier IV & V (3) International (1)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent in the final Score in the final
1. 14 January 2005 Australia Hobart, Australia Hard People's Republic of China Yan Zi Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Russia Dinara Safina		 6–4, 7–5
2. 12 February 2005 India Hyderabad, India Hard People's Republic of China Yan Zi People's Republic of China Li Ting
People's Republic of China Sun Tiantian		 6–4 6–1
3. 28 January 2006 Australia Australian Open, Australia Hard People's Republic of China Yan Zi United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Samantha Stosur		 2–6 7–6(7) 6–3
4. 14 May 2006 Germany Berlin, Germany Clay People's Republic of China Yan Zi Russia Elena Dementieva
Italy Flavia Pennetta		 6–2 6–3
5. 21 May 2006 Morocco Rabat, Morocco Clay People's Republic of China Yan Zi United States Ashley Harkleroad
United States Bethanie Mattek		 6–1 6–3
6. 24 June 2006 Netherlands s'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass People's Republic of China Yan Zi Serbia Ana Ivanović
Russia Maria Kirilenko		 3–6 6–2 6–2
7. 8 July 2006 United Kingdom Wimbledon, Great Britain Grass People's Republic of China Yan Zi Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez		 6–3 3–6 6–2
8. 26 August 2006 United States New Haven, United States Hard People's Republic of China Yan Zi United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Samantha Stosur		 6–4 6–2
9. 15 April 2007 United States Charleston, United States Clay People's Republic of China Yan Zi People's Republic of China Peng Shuai
People's Republic of China Sun Tiantian		 7–5 6–0
10. 26 May 2007 France Strasbourg, France Clay People's Republic of China Yan Zi Australia Alicia Molik
People's Republic of China Sun Tiantian		 6–3 6–4
11. 11 January 2008 Australia Sydney, Australia Hard People's Republic of China Yan Zi Ukraine Tatiana Perebiynis
Belarus Tatiana Poutchek		 6–4 7–6(5)
12. 28 February 2010 Malaysia Kuala Lumper, Malaysia Hard Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan Australia Anastasia Rodionova
Russia Arina Rodionova		 6-7(4) 6-2 10-7
13. 8 August 2010 United States San Diego, USA Hard Russia Maria Kirilenko United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Rennae Stubbs		 6-4 6-4

ITF titles (20)

Singles (4)

Doubles (16)

Performance timelines

Singles performance timeline

To help interpret the performance table, the legend below explains what each abbreviation and color coded box represents in the performance timeline.

Terms to know
SR the ratio of the number of singles tournaments
won to the number of those tournaments played		 W-L player's Win-Loss record
Performance Table Legend
NH tournament not held in that calendar year A did not participate in the tournament
LQ lost in qualifying draw #R lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(RR = round robin)
QF advanced to but not past the quarterfinals SF advanced to but not past the semifinals
F advanced to the final, tournament runner-up W won the tournament
NM5 means an event that is neither a Premier Mandatory nor a Premier 5 tournament.

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the 2010 Australian Open.

Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Career win ratio Career win-loss
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A LQ 1R 1R 1R 1R A 4R SF 0 / 7 8–7
French Open A A A LQ 4R 1R 2R 1R 3R 2R 2R 0 / 8 13–8
Wimbledon A A A A 1R A 3R A SF 2R 2R 0 / 5 9–5
US Open A A LQ LQ 1R 2R 2R A 3R 3R 0 / 7 8–7
SR 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 27 N/A
Win-Loss 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–3 3–4 1–3 4–4 0–2 12–3 7–4 7–3 N/A 38–27
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics A Not Held 1R Not Held 3R Not
Held		 0 / 2 2–2
Year-End Championship
WTA Tour Championships A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells A A A A A A 1R 2R 3R 2R QF 0 / 5 5–5
Key Biscayne A A A A 2R A QF 2R 4R 4R 2R 0 / 6 10–6
Madrid Not Held 2R 1R 0 / 2 1–2
Beijing Not Held Not Tier I 1R 0 / 1 0–1
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai Not
Held		 Not Tier I 3R 1R 0 / 2 2–2
Rome A A A A LQ A A 1R LQ 3R 1R 0 / 5 2–5
Cincinnati Not Held Not Tier I 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2
Montréal / Toronto A A A A A 3R 2R A A 3R QF 0 / 4 8–4
Tokyo A A A A 1R A 1R 2R A 2R 0 / 4 2–4
Former WTA Tier I Tournaments (currently neither Premier Mandatory nor Premier 5 events)
Charleston A A A A 1R A A 3R A NM5 0 / 2 2–2
Moscow A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Doha Not Tier I 1R Not
Held		 0 / 1 2–1
Berlin A A A A LQ A 3R 1R A 0 / 3 2–3
Zurich A A A A A A LQ A Not
Tier I		 0 / 1 1–2
San Diego Not Tier I A A A A Not
Held		 NM5 0 / 0 0–0
Year end ranking 789 457 183 94 79 44 33 163 25 36

Women's doubles performance timeline

Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Career win ratio Career win-loss
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A QF 1R W SF SF 3RYZ 3R 1 / 7 22–26
French Open A 1R 3R SF 1R 3R QF 3R 0 / 6 11–17
Wimbledon A 3R A W A 3R 3R 1R 1 / 4 13–16
US Open 1R 2R QF QF A QF QFYZ 0 / 6 13–19
Grand Slam win ratio 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 3 2 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 1 2 / 23 N/A
Grand Slam win-loss 0–1 6–10 5–8 21–23 4–6 11–15 10–14 2-1 N/A 59–78
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics NH QF Not Held SF-BYZ Not Held 0 / 2
Year-End Championship
WTA Tour Championships A A A SF A A A 0 / 1 0-1
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells A A A 2R QF F 2R SFYJ 0 / 1 11-5
Key Biscayne A QF A 1R QF 1R 1R SFYJ 0 / 6 7-6
Madrid Not Held 1R 2R 0 / 2 1–2
Beijing NH Not Tier I SF 0 / 1 3–1
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai Not Tier I 1R QFYJ 0 / 2 2-2
Rome A 1R 1R A A 2R 1R 0 / 4 1-4
Cincinnati NH Not Tier I SF 0 / 1 2–1
Montréal / Toronto A A 2R QF A A 1R 0 / 3 3-3
Tokyo A A A QF SF A 1R 0 / 3 3-3
Former WTA Tier I Tournaments (currently neither Premier Mandatory nor Premier 5 events)
Doha1 Not Tier I 2R Not Held 0 / 1 1-1
Charleston A 1R A A W A Not Tier 1 1 / 2 4-1
Berlin A QF A W A A Not Held 1 / 2 5-1
Zurich1 A A A QF A NT1 Not Held 0 / 1 0-1
Year-end ranking 74 38 30 3 21 15 24 N/A N/A

YZ = with Yan Zi YJ = with Chan Yung-jan

Mixed doubles performance timeline

Tournament 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Career win ratio Career win-loss
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open - - - - - - 1RDN - 0 / 1 0 - 1
French Open - - - - 2RMM - SFMB 0 / 2
Wimbledon - - - - SFMM - - 0 / 1
US Open - - - - - - - 0 / 0
Grand Slam win ratio 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 4
Grand Slam win-loss 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0

DN = with Daniel Nestor MB = with Mahesh Bhupathi MM = with Max Mirnyi

Key

  • xR = lost in x round
  • SF = semifinalist
  • QF = quarterfinalist      
  • F = finalist
  • W = won
  • - = did not play
  • NH = not held
  • Qx = lost in round x of qualifying

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/player/jie-zheng_2257889_9379
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Zheng Jie Profile at WTA Tour.com: Career Highlights
  3. ↑ http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/player/jie-zheng_2257889_9379
  4. ↑ http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDAzNDgzMzY=.html
  5. ↑ http://www.zimbio.com/Zheng+Jie/articles/12/Zheng+Jie+returns+to+Sichuan
  6. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72OypvCm24M&feature=related
  7. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILmcXfJcVjI&feature=related
  8. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge-L7gsdKzQ
  9. ↑ http://www.yangtse.com/news/ty/201005/t20100527_738909.htm
  10. ↑ The WTA Tour since 1996: Tournaments 2002
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 Zheng Jie Profile at WTA Tour.com: Biography
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 The WTA Tour Since 1996: Jie Zheng tournament activity in 2003
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 The WTA Tour since 1996: Jie Zheng tournament activity in 2004
  14. ↑ Tennis Corner: 2004 Roland Garros 2004 Ladies Singles Drawsheet
  15. ↑ Tennis Corner: 2004 Olympics Ladies Singles drawsheet
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 16.7 16.8 The WTA Tour since 1996: Jie Zheng 2005 tournament activity
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 The WTA Tour since 1996: Jie Zheng tournament activity in 2006
  18. ↑ Tennis Corner: Zurich 2006: Ladies Singles qualifying
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 The WTA Tour since 1996: Jie Zheng tournament activity in 2007
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 The WTA Tour since 1996: Jie Zheng tournament activity in 2008
  21. ↑ Zheng upsets No. 1 Ivanovic at Wimbledon
  22. ↑ Sally Easton (2008). "Zheng zooms into record books". http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/news/match_reports/2008-07-01/200807011214930243609.html. Retrieved 1 July 2008. 
  23. ↑ Zheng looks forward to helping quake victims
  24. ↑ Zheng Jie's Wimbledon cash boost for Sichuan Province earthquake
  25. ↑ "Chinese revel in Zheng success". BBC Sport. 2008-07-02. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7486378.stm. Retrieved 2008-07-02. 
  26. ↑ The US Open 2008 - Jie Zheng completed matches
  27. ↑ China Open English home page

External links

Awards
Preceded by
Lindsay Davenport		 WTA Comeback of the year
2008		 Succeeded by
Kim Clijsters
Australian Open women's doubles champions

(1969) Margaret Court / Judy Tegart Dalton • (1970) Margaret Court / Judy Tegart Dalton • (1971) Evonne Goolagong / Margaret Court • (1972) Kerry Harris / Helen Gourlay Cawley • (1973) Margaret Court / Virginia Wade • (1974) Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Peggy Michel • (1975) Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Peggy Michel • (1976) Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Helen Gourlay Cawley • (1977 (Jan)) Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat / Helen Gourlay Cawley • (1977 (Dec)) Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Helen Gourlay Cawley & Mona Schallau Guerrant / Kerry Melville Reid  • (1978) Betsy Nagelsen / Renáta Tomanová • (1979) Judy Connor Chaloner / Diane Evers Brown • (1980) Martina Navrátilová / Betsy Nagelsen • (1981) Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith • (1982) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1983) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1984) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1985) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1987) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1988) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1989) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1990) Jana Novotná / Helena Suková • (1991) Patty Fendick / Mary Joe Fernandez • (1992) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Helena Suková • (1993) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva • (1994) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva  • (1995) Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario • (1996) Chanda Rubin / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario • (1997) Martina Hingis / Natalia Zvereva • (1998) Martina Hingis / Mirjana Lučić • (1999) Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova • (2000) Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs • (2001) Serena Williams / Venus Williams • (2002) Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova • (2003) Serena Williams / Venus Williams • (2004) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez • (2005) Svetlana Kuznetsova / Alicia Molik • (2006) Zi Yan / Jie Zheng • (2007) Cara Black / Liezel Huber • (2008) Alona Bondarenko / Kateryna Bondarenko • (2009) Serena Williams / Venus Williams • (2010) Serena Williams / Venus Williams
Wimbledon (Open Era) ladies' doubles champions

(1968) Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King • (1969) Margaret Court / Judy Tegart Dalton • (1970) Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King • (1971) Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King • (1972) Billie Jean King / Betty Stöve • (1973) Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King • (1974) Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Peggy Michel • (1975) Ann Kiyomura / Kazuko Sawamatsu • (1976) Chris Evert / Martina Navrátilová • (1977) Helen Gourlay Cawley / JoAnne Russell • (1978) Kerry Melville Reid / Wendy Turnbull • (1979) Billie Jean King / Martina Navrátilová • (1980) Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith • (1981) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1982) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1983) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1984) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1985) Kathy Jordan / Elizabeth Sayers Smylie • (1986) Martina Navrátilová / Pam Shriver • (1987) Claudia Kohde-Kilsch / Helena Suková • (1988) Steffi Graf / Gabriela Sabatini • (1989) Jana Novotná / Helena Suková • (1990) Jana Novotná / Helena Suková • (1991) Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Natalia Zvereva • (1992) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva • (1993) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva • (1994) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva • (1995) Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario • (1996) Martina Hingis / Helena Suková • (1997) Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva • (1998) Martina Hingis / Helena Suková • (1999) Lindsay Davenport / Corina Morariu • (2000) Serena Williams / Venus Williams • (2001) Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs • (2002) Serena Williams / Venus Williams • (2003) Kim Clijsters / Ai Sugiyama • (2004) Cara Black / Rennae Stubbs • (2005) Cara Black / Liezel Huber • (2006) Zi Yan / Zheng Jie • (2007) Cara Black / Liezel Huber • (2008) Serena Williams / Venus Williams • (2009) Serena Williams / Venus Williams • (2010) Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova
Women's Tennis Association: Top ten female Asian singles tennis players as of October 11, 2010
1. People's Republic of China Li Na (11 increase4) 2. People's Republic of China Zheng Jie (25 decrease1) 3. Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova (39 steady) 4. Japan Kimiko Date Krumm (56 increase1) 5. Uzbekistan Akgul Amanmuradova (70 increase1)
6. Japan Ayumi Morita (76 increase19) 7. Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan (81 decrease9) 8. People's Republic of China Zhang Shuai (91 decrease17) 9. Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn (94 increase3) 10. People's Republic of China Peng Shuai (95 decrease30)
Women's Tennis Association: People's Republic of China Top ten Chinese female tennis players as of August 30, 2010.
1. Li Na (9 steady) 2. Zheng Jie (23 steady) 3. Peng Shuai (61 decrease1) 4. Zhang Shuai (102 steady) 5. Han Xinyun (167 decrease6)
6. Xu Yi-Fan (253 increase5) 7. Lu Jingjing (258 decrease6) 8. Sun Shengnan (268 decrease18) 9. Zhou Yi-Miao (275 decrease35) 10. Wang Qiang (375 decrease2)
Women's Tennis Association: People's Republic of China Top ten Chinese female doubles tennis players as of August 30, 2010.
1. Zheng Jie (18 decrease1) 2. Yan Zi (20 steady) 3. Peng Shuai (34 increase 3) 4. Xu Yi-Fan (127 decrease1) 5. Ji Chunmei (144 steady)
6. Sun Shengnan (146 decrease3) 7. Zhang Shuai (151 decrease1) 8. Lu Jingjing (180 decrease17) 9. Han Xinyun (184 decrease15) 10. Zhou Yi-miao (189 steady)