Carol Zhao

Carol Zhao

Carol Zhao at the junior 2011 French Open.
Country	Canada
Residence	Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
Born	(1995-06-20) June 20, 1995 Beijing, China
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	Stanford Cardinal
Prize money	$27,375
Singles
Career record	34–33
Career titles	0 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 404 (October 21, 2013)
Current ranking	No. 443 (November 11, 2013)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Junior	2R (2012, 2013)
French Open Junior	3R (2013)
Wimbledon Junior	3R (2013)
US Open Junior	3R (2012)
Doubles
Career record	18–21
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 299 (July 29, 2013)
Current ranking	No. 359 (November 11, 2013)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open Junior	W (2013)
French Open Junior	SF (2013)
Wimbledon Junior	QF (2013)
US Open Junior	QF (2012)
Last updated on: November 11, 2013.

Carol Zhao (born June 20, 1995 in Beijing, China)^[1] is a Chinese-born Canadian amateur tennis player from Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. She reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 404 on October 21, 2013 and her career high junior rank of 9 on January 1, 2013. She won the Australian Open junior doubles title in 2013.^[2] Zhao decided to go to college at Stanford University and is a member of their tennis team since September 2013.^[3][4]

Early life

Zhao started playing tennis at the age of five, with the encouragement of her grade school teacher. She relocated to Montreal to be part of the National Training Center from September 2010 to August 2013.^[1]

Tennis career

2010–11

In July 2010, Zhao won three straight junior singles tournaments at the G5 in Edmonton, G4 in Vancouver and G5 in Manitoba respectively. She also won three junior doubles tournaments around that time.^[5] She reached the semifinals in doubles of the GB1 in Tulsa in October.^[6] In November, Zhao played her first professional quarterfinals at the ITF $50,000 in Toronto.^[7]

In January 2011, Zhao reached the semifinals in doubles to back to back tournaments, the GA in Tlalnepantla and the G1 in San José.^[5] In March, she lost 3–6, 5–7 to Ashleigh Barty in the final of the G1 in Kuching.^[8] Zhao reached in June the second round of the French Open, her first junior Grand Slam. She lost in the first round of the junior US Open in September.

2012

In January 2012, Zhao lost in the second round in singles and the quarterfinals in doubles at the junior Australian Open. In March, she made the final in both singles and doubles of the G1 in Nonthaburi, but only won the doubles title.^[9] She lost a week later 4–6, 6–4, 6–7^(5–7) to Elizaveta Kulichkova in the final of the G1 in Sarawak.^[10] Zhao reached the second round for the second straight year at the junior French Open. In late June, Zhao reached her third G1 final of the year, but lost this time 1–6, 6–1, 3–6 to fellow Canadian Eugenie Bouchard. Three of the four semifinalists were Canadian at this tournament (the third was Françoise Abanda).^[11] Despite this result, she lost in the first round of the junior Wimbledon. In September Zhao lost in an all-Canadian final at the G1 in Repentigny 2–6, 3–6 to Françoise Abanda.^[12] A week later, she made it to the third round in singles at the junior US Open. She also reached the quarterfinals in doubles. In mid-September, Zhao reached the quarterfinals in doubles of the WTA tournament in Quebec City.^[13] In October, she lost in the final of the GB1 in Tulsa, but won in doubles.^[14]

2013

Zhao lost in the second round of the junior Australian Open in singles, but won the doubles title with Ana Konjuh by defeating Oleksandra Korashvili and Barbora Krejčíková 5–7, 6–4, [10–7] in the final.^[2] In May, she made it to her first professional doubles final at the ITF $10,000 in Santa Margherita di Pula, but lost 2–6, 7–5, [7–10] to Italians Martina Caregaro and Anna Floris. She also reached her first singles final at the same tournament, but was defeated this time by Sofiya Kovalets 3–6, 2–6.^[15] At the junior event of the French Open, Zhao reached the third round in singles and made it to the semifinals in doubles. She also reached the third round at the junior Wimbledon in singles, but lost in the quarterfinals in doubles. She won in July the doubles title at the ITF $25,000 in Granby, her first pro title.^[16] At the beginning of August, Zhao qualified for the WTA Premier 5 Rogers Cup main draw in Toronto when she defeated her first Top 100 player Irina-Camelia Begu 6–4, 6–4 in last round of qualifying. She was eliminated 1–6, 3–6 by World No. 31 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the first round.^[17] She made it to the quarterfinals in doubles for the second straight year at the Challenge Bell in mid-September.^[18]

WTA Challenger and ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner–up	1.	May 19, 2013	Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	Clay	Sofiya Kovalets	3–6, 2–6

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

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner–up	1.	May 17, 2013	Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	Clay	Erin Routliffe	Martina Caregaro Anna Floris	2–6, 7–5, [7–10]
Winner	1.	July 20, 2013	Granby, Canada	Hard	Lena Litvak	Julie Coin Emily Webley-Smith	7–5, 6–4

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2013	Australian Open	Hard	Ana Konjuh	Oleksandra Korashvili Barbora Krejčíková	5–7, 6–4, [10–7]

Junior singles performance timeline

Junior doubles performance timeline

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Carol Zhao.

• Carol Zhao at the Women's Tennis Association
• Carol Zhao at the International Tennis Federation
• Carol Zhao on Twitter
• Stanford Cardinal profile

v t e Women's Tennis Association: Top ten Canadian female singles tennis players as of February 3, 2014. 1. Eugenie Bouchard (19 ) 2. Sharon Fichman (112 1) 3. Stéphanie Dubois (217 6) 4. Gabriela Dabrowski (224 2) 5. Heidi El Tabakh (264 1) 6. Aleksandra Wozniak (274 4) 7. Françoise Abanda (336 1) 8. Jillian O'Neill (450 1) 9. Carol Zhao (456 ) 10. Sonja Molnar (515 1)

v t e Women's Tennis Association: Top ten Canadian female doubles tennis players as of February 3, 2014. 1. Gabriela Dabrowski (61 ) 2. Sharon Fichman (62 ) 3. Eugenie Bouchard (106 1) 4. Françoise Abanda (274 2) 5. Stéphanie Dubois (291 3) 6. Heidi El Tabakh (339 2) 7. Aleksandra Wozniak (358 4) 8. Carol Zhao (363 4) 9. Sonja Molnar (412 4) 10. Erin Routliffe (455 4)