Wang Qiang (tennis)

Wang Qiang

Country  China
Born 14 January 1992
Tianjin, China
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro 2006
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money US$165,222
Singles
Career record 208-132
Career titles 0 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking 82 (23 February 2015)
Current ranking 82 (23 February 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 1R (2015)
US Open 2R (2014)
Doubles
Career record 14-24
Career titles 1 ITF
Highest ranking No. 616 (December 13, 2010)
Last updated on: 22 August 2014.
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wang.

Wang Qiang (Chinese: 王蔷; born January 14, 1992 in Tianjin) is a Chinese professional tennis player.

Wang has won nine singles and one doubles title on the ITF tour in her career. On 3 November 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 100. On 13 December 2010, she peaked at world number 616 in the doubles rankings.

Career

At age nine, Wang started playing tennis.[1] That year, she was chosen as the Tianjing National Tennis Center player promotion course. For two years consecutively(2006–07), she won the junior's tennis championship in China. She officially started touring the ITF in Japan as of 2007.

Wang achieved the biggest win of her career at the 2013 Malaysian Open, where, after qualifying, she beat top seed and World No. 10 Caroline Wozniacki in the first round.[2]

Wang made her Grand Slam debut at the 2014 US Open, having entered the qualifying tournament and winning three successive matches for a spot in the main draw.[3] In the main draw, she defeated Paula Kania of Poland, 6-2, 6-0, before losing to Australian Casey Dellaqua in the second round. [4]

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (0-1)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (0–0)
WTA 125 Series (0–1)
Outcome No. Date Championship Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Runner–up 1. 27 October 2014 Ningbo International Women's Tennis Open, Ningbo, China Hard Poland Magda Linette 6–3, 5–7, 1–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 12 (9–3)

Finals by category
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (4/2)
Clay (0/0)
Grass (0/1)
Carpet (2/0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 11 November 2010 Hyogo, Japan Carpet Japan Yurina Koshino 6–1, 6–4
Runner–up 1. 19 June 2011 Balikpapan, Indonesia Hard Thailand Varatchaya Wongteanchai 5–7, 3–6
Winner 2. 18 March 2012 Sanya, China Carpet China Han Xinyun 6–2, 6–4
Winner 3. 8 May 2012 Beijing, China Hard Chinese Taipei Yung-Jan Chan 6–2, 6–4
Winner 4. 2 December 2012 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Thailand Nungnadda Wannasuk 6–2, 6–1
Winner 5. 9 December 2012 Bangkok, Thailand Hard China Xin Wen 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner–up 2. 28 April 2013 Wenshan, China Hard China Zhang Yuxuan 6–1, 6–7(4), 2–6
Runner–up 3. 5 May 2013 Gifu, Japan Grass Belgium An-Sophie Mestach 6–1, 3–6, 0–6
Winner 6. 23 February 2014 New Delhi, India Hard Ukraine Yuliya Beygelzimer 6–1, 6–3
Winner 7. 19 May 2014 Kurume, Japan Grass Japan Eri Hozumi 6–3, 6–1
Winner 8. 25 May 2014 Tianjin , China Hard China Zhu Lin 6–3, 6–2
Winner 9. 3 August 2014 Wuhan, China Hard Thailand Luksika Kumkhum 6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 2 (1–1)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent in the final Score
Runner–up 1. 25 September 2010 Makinohara, Japan Carpet Chinese Taipei Kao Shao-yuan China Lu Jiajing
China Lu Jiaxiang
5–7, 6–1, [9–11]
Winner 1. 25 October 2010 Taipei, Chinese Taipei Hard (i) Chinese Taipei Kao Shao-yuan Chinese Taipei Juan Ting-fei
China Zheng Saisai
6–3, 7–6(2)

References

External links

Official website