Carol Zhao

Carol Zhao

Carol Zhao at the junior 2011 French Open
Country  Canada
Residence Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
Born June 20, 1995
Beijing, China
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College Stanford Cardinal
Prize money $46,274
Singles
Career record 46–41
Career titles 0 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking No. 283 (October 13, 2014)
Current ranking No. 283 (October 13, 2014)
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 24–27
Career titles 0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking No. 299 (July 29, 2013)
Current ranking No. 530 (October 13, 2014)
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: October 13, 2014.

Carol Zhao (born June 20, 1995) is a Canadian tennis player of Chinese descent from Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. She reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 283 on October 13, 2014 and her career high junior rank of 9 on January 1, 2013. She won the Australian Open junior doubles title in 2013.[1] Zhao decided to go to college at Stanford University and has been a member of their tennis team since September 2013.[2][3]

Early life

Zhao was born in Beijing, China,[4] and 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.[4]

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 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 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 to fellow Canadian Eugenie Bouchard in three sets. 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 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 in the final.[1] In May, she made it to her first professional doubles final at the ITF $10,000 in Santa Margherita di Pula, but lost 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.[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.

Zhao won in July the doubles title at the ITF $25,000 in Granby, her first pro title.[16] At the beginning of August, she qualified for her first WTA main draw at the Premier 5 Rogers Cup in Toronto when she defeated her first Top 100 player Irina-Camelia Begu in straight sets in last round of qualifying. She was eliminated 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]

2014

In July at the ITF 25K in Gatineau, Zhao reached with partner Erin Routliffe the semifinals in doubles.[19] She made it a week later, again with Routliffe, to her third professional doubles final and second consecutive at the ITF $25,000 in Granby but had to withdraw before the final because of an injury.[20] At the Bank of the West Classic at the end of July, Zhao qualified for her second WTA main draw and scored her first win on the Tour when Yanina Wickmayer retired in the second set of the opening round. She was eliminated by World No. 11 Ana Ivanovic in the second round.[21]

WTA Challenger and ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
WTA Challenger 125s (0–0)
ITF $100,000 (0–0)
ITF $75,000 (0–0)
ITF $50,000 (0–0)
ITF $25,000 (0–0)
ITF $15,000 (0–0)
ITF $10,000 (0–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner–up 1. May 19, 2013 Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy Clay Ukraine Sofiya Kovalets 3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Legend
WTA Challenger 125s (0–0)
ITF $100,000 (0–0)
ITF $75,000 (0–0)
ITF $50,000 (0–0)
ITF $25,000 (1–1)
ITF $15,000 (0–0)
ITF $10,000 (0–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner–up 1. May 17, 2013 Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy Clay Canada Erin Routliffe Italy Martina Caregaro
Italy Anna Floris		 2–6, 7–5, [7–10]
Winner 1. July 20, 2013 Granby, Canada Hard United States Lena Litvak France Julie Coin
United Kingdom Emily Webley-Smith		 7–5, 6–4
Runner–up 2. July 19, 2014 Granby, Canada Hard Canada Erin Routliffe Japan Hiroko Kuwata
Japan Riko Sawayanagi		 walkover

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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

Junior singles performance timeline

Tournament201120122013SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A 2R 2R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
French Open 2R 2R 3R 0 / 3 4–3 57%
Wimbledon A 1R 3R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
US Open 1R 3R A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Win–Loss 1–2 4–4 5–3 0 / 9 10–9 53%

Junior doubles performance timeline

Tournament201120122013SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A QF W 1 / 2 7–1 88%
French Open 1R 1R SF 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Wimbledon A 1R QF 0 / 2 2–2 50%
US Open 2R QF A 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Win–Loss 1–2 4–4 10–2 1 / 9 15–8 65%

Head-to-head vs. top 100 ranked players

Zhao's win-loss record (3–3, 50%) against players who were ranked world no. 100 or higher when played is as follows:[22]
Players who have been ranked World No. 1 are in boldface.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Canada's Carol Zhao wins junior girls' doubles title at Australian Open". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved January 25, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Carol Zhao choisit Stanford". TVA Sports. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Stanford Cardinal profile - Carol Zhao". GoStanford.com. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Carol Zhao: Exciting Journey Ahead". David Li. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "ITF junior profile - Carol Zhao". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Drawsheet". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Drawsheet". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Drawsheet". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Drawsheet". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Drawsheet". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  11. ↑ "Bouchard crowned champion in Roehampton". KidZone Tennis. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Abanda triomphe chez les filles – L’Australien Nick Kyrgios s’impose chez les garçons". Internationaux de tennis junior de Repentigny. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  13. ↑ "Doubles - Quarter Finals". Challenge Bell. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Drawsheet". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Drawsheet". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  16. ↑ "Doubles main draw" (PDF). ChallengerGranby.ca. Retrieved July 20, 2013.
  17. ↑ "Zhao eliminated from Rogers Cup". YorkRegion.com. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
  18. ↑ "Main draw doubles" (PDF). WTATennis.com. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  19. ↑ "Doubles main draw" (PDF). ChallengerBanqueNationale.com. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
  20. ↑ "Doubles main draw" (PDF). ChallengerBanqueNationale.com. Retrieved July 19, 2014.
  21. ↑ "Singles draw" (PDF). BankOfTheWestClassic.com. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
  22. ↑ "Results". WTATennis.com. Retrieved August 3, 2014.

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