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Zhang Shuai

January 20, 2023

For other people named Zhang Shuai, see Zhang Shuai (disambiguation).

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang.

Zhang Shuai (Chinese: 张帅; pinyin: Zhāng Shuài; Mandarin pronunciation: [ʈʂáŋ ʂwâɪ]; born 21 January 1989) is a Chinese professional tennis player.

Zhang Shuai
张帅
Zhang at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports) China
ResidenceTianjin, China
Born (1989-01-21) 21 January 1989 (age 33)
Tianjin
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro2003
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachLiu Shuo
Prize money$9,326,655
Official websitezhang-shuai.com
Singles
Career record545–392 (58.2%)
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 22 (16 January 2023)
Current rankingNo. 22 (16 January 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQF (2016)
French Open4R (2020)
WimbledonQF (2019)
US Open4R (2022)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games2R (2016)
Doubles
Career record306–244 (55.6%)
Career titles12
Highest rankingNo. 2 (11 July 2022)
Current rankingNo. 26 (16 January 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (2019)
French OpenQF (2019)
WimbledonF (2022)
US OpenW (2021)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsSF (2019)
Olympic Games2R (2016)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenSF (2022)
French OpenQF (2019)
WimbledonSF (2021)
US OpenSF (2018, 2022)
Team competitions
Fed Cup13–9 (59.1%)
Medal record
Last updated on: 17 January 2023.

She is a two-time Grand Slam champion in women's doubles, having won the 2019 Australian Open and the 2021 US Open, both alongside Samantha Stosur. Zhang also finished runner-up at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships with Elise Mertens, and has reached four further major semifinals across women's and mixed doubles. She has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 2, achieved in July 2022, and has won 12 titles on the WTA Tour, including the 2021 Cincinnati Open with Stosur. Zhang has also qualified for the WTA Finals on two occasions.

She has also enjoyed success in singles, and reached her highest ranking of world No. 22 in January 2023. Zhang has won three WTA singles titles, at the Guangzhou International in 2013 and 2017, and the 2022 Lyon Open, and finished runner-up at three further tournaments. She has reached two major quarterfinals, at the 2016 Australian Open and 2019 Wimbledon Championships.[1] Alongside Li Na, Zheng Jie, Peng Shuai, and Wang Qiang, Zhang is one of only five Chinese tennis players to have reached this stage at a Grand Slam. She has represented China in the Billie Jean King Cup since 2009, and also competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games.

Career

Zhang, born in Tianjin, started playing tennis at the age of six, when her parents took her to a local tennis club.

She turned professional in 2003 and played her first singles event in Mollerusa in August of that year. After defeating Matilde Munoz-Gonzalves in the first qualifying round, she lost to Laura Figuerola-Foix.[2] After a full year on the ITF Women's Circuit, Zhang finished 2004 with a year-end ranking of 901st.

She enjoyed considerable success in singles on ITF tournaments, having won one $50k event, eight $25k and three $10k events between 2006 and 2009. As of October 2009, however, she had won only two main-draw tournaments on the WTA Tour. However, she won her first singles title at the 2013 Guangzhou Open as a wildcard entrant.

2012

Zhang started her year at the Blossom Cup in Quanzhou. She defeated Nudnida Luangnam and Anna Floris in the first and second rounds, respectively, before falling to Tímea Babos in the quarterfinals. At the Australian Open, she had received a wildcard and was beaten by Aleksandra Wozniak in the first round, in straight sets. It was her seventh first-round loss in a major tournament.

At the Monterrey Open, she lost to Gréta Arn in the first round. Next, Zhang went to Indian Wells to play at the Open where she was a qualifier. She lost to Simona Halep in the first round. At the French Open, she lost in the first round to Angelique Kerber.

Zhang competed at the London Olympics tournament in the women's doubles with Li Na, reaching the second round.[3]

2013: First WTA Tour title

 
Zhang at the 2013 French Open

Started the year as the top-seed at the ITF tournament Innisbrook Open in Florida on clay with a first-round loss to 468th ranked wildcard Asia Muhammad.[4] Skipping the Australian Open and remaining in Florida for another ITF clay-court tournament, the $25k Tesoro Open in Port St. Lucie losing to 214th ranked and fourth seed Tadeja Majerič in the semifinal. In doubles, she and partner Sharon Fichman were seeded second and lost in the quarterfinals to the eventual winners, qualifiers Angelina Gabueva & Allie Will.[5] Zhang entered three WTA Tour tournaments and played doubles with Janette Husárová: as the third seed in the qualifying draw, lost to 647th ranked Abigail Spears in the first round of the qualifier in the Qatar Open in Doha and lost to Lisa Raymond & Samantha Stosur in second round;[6] lost to 61st ranked Anabel Medina Garrigues in the second round of qualifying in the Dubai Tennis Championships and lost to Julia Görges & Angelique Kerber in straight sets in the first round.[7] and lost to 23rd and second seeded Hsieh Su-wei in the second round of the Malaysian Open and lost to second seeded team of Shuko Aoyama and Chang Kai-chen in an exciting final. Returning stateside losing to 131st ranked wildcard Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the qualifying final of the Miami Open, teaming up with Megan Moulton-Levy, lost in the second round to third seeded Nadia Petrova and Katarina Srebotnik.[8] Zhang lost to Petra Rampre (No. 282) in the first qualifying round as the seventh seed in the Charleston Open. Zhang & Moulton-Levy were beaten in the semifinal by the top-seeded team of Andrea Hlaváčková & Liezel Huber.[9] Playing as the fifth seed in the $25k Challenger in Pelham, Alabama, she lost to the 197th ranked Ashleigh Barty, in the second round.[10] Playing in her first final as the eighth seed at the Dothan Pro Classic, she lost to Ajla Tomljanović (No. 171).[11] As the seventh seed at the ITF Charlottesville, she lost to 381st ranked wildcard player Allie Will in the first round.[12]

Zhang entered the doubles draw of the Madrid Open with Zheng Jie as the seventh seeded team, they lost in the first round to Kristina Mladenovic & Galina Voskoboeva.[13] In Rome, she lost to the fifth-seeded Madison Keys (No. 60) at the Italian Open in the first qualifying round.[14] Again partnering with Zheng, the eighth-seeded team lost to Dominika Cibulková & Monica Niculescu in the opening round.[15] Zhang entered the French Open doubles with Zheng as No. 13, losing to the second-seeded team of Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká in the third round. She also entered the mixed-doubles tournament with Julian Knowle, losing in the second round to the fifth-seeded team of Kristina Mladenovic & Daniel Nestor.[16] She then played in the National Games of China in Dalian with team members Duan Yingying, Peng Shuai and Zheng Saisai representing Tianjin in the team competition winning the gold medal over Team Shanghai.[17] Zhang entered Wimbledon doubles with Moulton-Levy losing to the 12th seeded team of Ashleigh Barty & Casey Dellacqua in the second round. She entered the mixed-doubles tournament once again with Knowle losing in the first round to Barty & John Peers.[18] At the Beijing Challenger, she, as the third seed, made her second final of the year beating the top-seed Misaki Doi. In the final, she defeated the fourth-seeded Zhou Yimiao winning her first title since 31 May 2010, at the Infond Open in Maribor.[19][20] Zhang competed at the National Games of China in Dalian for the individual finals in the end of July. Playing as the third seed, she lost in the second round (after receiving a bye) to 728th ranked Zhang Kailin.[21] In the doubles tournament, as the top seed with Peng, she won the gold medal in a walkover when the second team from Tianjin, Xu Yifan and Zheng Saisai withdrew because of Zheng's injury from her semifinal singles match.[22]

Zhang entered the Suzhou Open as the fourth seed, and lost to the unranked Zheng Saisai (No. 195) in the quarterfinal.[23] At the Cincinnati Open doubles event, she lost with Irina-Camelia Begu in the first round to Vera Dushevina and Sílvia Soler Espinosa.[24] Then, she entered the qualifying event at New Haven. After beating the 12th seeded Johanna Larsson in the first round, she lost to eventual qualifier Anna Karolína Schmiedlová in the second round.[25] Seeded fifth at the qualifying event for the US Open, she defeated Julie Coin in the first round but lost to CoCo Vandeweghe (No. 192) in second.[26] She entered the doubles tournament with Yaroslava Shvedova losing to Alla Kudryavtseva & Anastasia Rodionova in the first round.[26] At the ITF event in Sanya, China as the second seed, she lost to Zheng Saisai in straight sets in the first round.[27] Zhang entered the Guangzhou International Open as a wildcard, winning her first WTA Tour singles title over qualifier Vania King (No. 124).[28] She also entered the doubles tournament with Shvedova losing in the first round to the fourth-seeded team of Tímea Babos & Olga Govortsova.[29] At the Ningbo International Open, she lost in the final round to the top seeded Bojana Jovanovski.[30] She entered the doubles competition with Chan Yung-jan winning the title over the fourth-seeded team of Irina Buryachok & Oksana Kalashnikova.[31] As a wildcard at the China Open in Beijing, she lost to tenth seed Roberta Vinci, in three sets in the second round.[32] She received a wildcard in the doubles tournament with Shvedova, losing to Chan Yung-jan and Zheng Jie in the first round in three sets.[33]

Zhang played at the Japan Women's Open in Osaka losing to the sixth seed Madison Keys in the second round.[34] She entered the doubles tournament with Samantha Stosur losing in straight sets to the second seeded team of Kristina Mladenovic & Flavia Pennetta in the final.[35] At the Nanjing Ladies Open, as the third seed, she won her third title of the year beating the fourth seed Ayumi Morita in match shortened by retirement after one set.[36] Zhang also reached the final in doubles with Shvedova as the top-seeded team losing to Misaki Doi and Xu Yifan, in straight sets.[37] She reached No. 51 as a career-high in singles on 4 November 2013.[38] She entered the Taipei Open on carpet as the third seed, and lost in the first round to Katarzyna Piter (No. 122), retiring after first game in the second set being down a set.[39] and played in the doubles competition with Kimiko Date-Krumm as the top-seeded team; they lost to the team of Misaki Doi & Hsieh Shu-ying in the first round, in three sets.[40]

2014

Zhang started the season at the Shenzhen Open as the sixth seed losing to Chan Yung-jan in the first round,[41] and played in the doubles tournament with Zheng Saisai as the top seeds, losing in the quarterfinal round to Monica Niculescu & Klára Zakopalová.[42] Next, in the Hobart International, she lost to the seventh-seeded Zakopalová in the second round.[43] She reached the doubles final with Lisa Raymond as the second seeded team losing again to Niculescu & Zakopalová in a match decided in the super tie-break.[44] Zhang's winless streak in the Grand Slam tournaments reached nine as she had a disappointing opening-round loss to Mona Barthel in the Australian Open.[45]

She also lost in first round with Kimiko Date-Krumm in doubles against the seventh-seeded team of Andrea Hlaváčková & Lucie Šafářová.[46] She suffered another first-round lost to the wildcard and second seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in the Pattaya Open.[47] After being three games from losing the doubles finals in the second, she and partner Peng Shuai as the fourth-seeded team rallied back to defeat the third-seeded Kudryavtseva & Rodionova in a thrilling match decided by a super tie-break.[48] In early February, Zhang competed in the Fed Cup for China in Astana.[49][50] Partnering with Liu Fangzhou, Zhang lost the deciding doubles match against Uzbekistan's Nigina Abduraimova & Sabina Sharipova in the first round-robin match.[51] She teamed with Peng Shuai in a straight-set victory against South Korea's team of Han Na-lae & Yoo Mi in the second match.[52] In the third round, she beat Juan Ting-fei from Taiwan in the second singles rubber and teamed with Wang Qiang to defeat the team of Juan & Lee Ya-hsuan.[53] Later in the same month, Zhang lost to qualifier Petra Cetkovská in the second round of the Qatar Open.[54] In the doubles competition with Lisa Raymond, she lost in straight sets to the top-seeded team of Sara Errani & Roberta Vinci in the second round.[55] She failed to qualify for the Dubai Tennis Championships. Playing as the eighth seed, she lost to Karolína Plíšková in the second qualifier.[56] Partnering with Lisa Raymond, she lost in the second round of the doubles draw against Hlaváčková & Šafářová.[57] At the Mexican Open as the eighth seed, she reached the semifinal round only to retire because of her shoulder to top-seeded Dominika Cibulková after six games.[58] With Chuang Chia-jung in doubles, she lost to the second seeds Kristina Mladenovic & Galina Voskoboeva in the quarterfinal round.[59] At Indian Wells, Zhang lost to Mladenovic in the first round,[60] and withdrew from the doubles competition because of her shoulder injury.[61] At the Miami Open, she suffered another first-round loss against Lauren Davis.[62] Zhang then also withdrew from the Oaks Club Challenger.[63]

She began the clay-court season at the Charleston Open as the 16th seed losing to Ajla Tomljanović in the second round,[64] but reached the semifinal round at the Malaysian Open as the second seed losing to the seventh seed and eventual winner Donna Vekić.[65] As the seventh seed, she lost to Polona Hercog in the first round at the Morocco Open.[66] At the Portugal Open, she lost to seventh seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in the first round.[67] and reached the quarterfinal round with Sílvia Soler Espinosa losing to the top-seeded team of Cara Black & Sania Mirza the doubles competition.[68] Another first-round loss came at the Madrid Open against wild card Irina-Camelia Begu.[69] Partnering with Janette Husárová in doubles, Zhang lost to the eighth-seeded team of Julia Görges and Anna-Lena Grönefeld in the first round.[70] She defeated Petra Kvitová in the second round of the Italian Open in three exciting sets.[71] In her win, she reached 300 victories and her second top-10 victory.[72][73] Lost to Serena Williams in the quarterfinal. She entered the doubles with Monica Niculescu withdrawing with a shoulder injury against Casey Dellacqua & Klaudia Jans-Ignacik, in the second round.[74] Zhang withdrew from the Internationaux de Strasbourg. Her winless streak in the Grand Slam events reached ten as she lost to third seed Agnieszka Radwańska at Roland Garros, in two sets.[75] She entered the doubles with Ajla Tomljanović, losing to Gabriela Dabrowski & Alicja Rosolska in the first round.[76]

Zhang began her grass-court season at the Birmingham Classic as the ninth seed, losing to the top-seed and eventual champion Ana Ivanovic in the semifinal.[77] Played in the doubles competition with Caroline Garcia losing to the second-seeded team of Ashleigh Barty & Casey Dellacqua in the semifinal round.[78] Lost at the Eastbourne International to Varvara Lepchenko in the first round.[79] Suffered another first-round loss in a major event, the streak reached eleven as she lost at Wimbledon against 15th seed Carla Suárez Navarro in straight sets.[80] Partnering with Yanina Wickmayer in doubles, lost the 11th-seeded team of Alla Kudryavtseva & Anastasia Rodionova in the first round. She then entered the mixed doubles with Nicholas Monroe, losing to the 13th-seeded team of Bruno Soares & Martina Hingis in the second round.[81]

She withdrew from the Baku Cup and started preparing for the US Open at the San Jose Classic, but lost to qualifier Sachia Vickery in the first round.[82] She entered the doubles competition with Caroline Garcia losing to the third-seeded team of Garbiñe Muguruza & Carla Suárez Navarro in the quarterfinals.[83] She suffered another first-round loss at the Canadian Open against CoCo Vandeweghe.[84] Zhang played doubles with Samantha Stosur losing against the sixth-seeded team of Raquel Kops-Jones & Abigail Spears in the first round.[85] At the Cincinnati Open, she lost in the second round to 12th-seeded Caroline Wozniacki.[86] She was scheduled to play doubles with Stosur again, but withdrew with an injured right arm.[87] The Grand Slam losing-streak reached twelve as she lost to Mona Barthel in the first round at the US Open, seeded 32nd.[88]

In September, Zhang withdrew from the Hong Kong Open and Guangzhou Open. She played in the Asian Games in the team event with Duan Yingying, Zheng Jie and Zheng Saisai. Zhang won her quarterfinal singles and doubles (with Zheng Jie) matches, but dropped the deciding doubles match in the final earning a silver medal. She lost in the first round to Caroline Garcia at the China Open,[89] and played in the doubles with Samantha Stosur losing to Jarmila Gajdošová & Ajla Tomljanović in the first round.[90]

2016: First Grand Slam QF

Zhang started new season at the Shenzhen Open. In the first round, she beat fellow wildcard Irina Khromacheva in straight sets before losing to top-seed and eventual champion, Agnieszka Radwańska, in the second.[91]

Prior to the Australian Open, Zhang was contemplating retirement due to a lack of success in majors, having not won a match in a main draw in 14 attempts.[92] She successfully qualified for the main draw by beating Mandy Minella, Tereza Martincová and Virginie Razzano. In the first round, Zhang caused a huge upset by defeating world No. 2, Simona Halep, in straight sets, finally ending her drought on the 15th attempt. Both her and her coach were seen in tears during the time between the match and the on-court interview, as well as the interview itself, where Zhang broke down in tears of joy. Following subsequent victories over Alizé Cornet and Varvara Lepchenko, she then proceeded to reach the fourth round[93][94] where she defeated an injured Madison Keys in three sets and proceeded to the quarterfinals where she was defeated by Johanna Konta in straight sets. She became the fourth ever Chinese player to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal after Li Na, Zheng Jie and Peng Shuai.[95] This run earnt her the Breakthrough Performance of the Month Award by WTA for January, as she received 44% of the votes in a poll on the official WTA website.[96] She also moved 68 places up the rankings, from 133rd to 65th, thus becoming the new Chinese No. 1.[97]

In February, Zhang returned to the ITF Circuit in Rancho Santa Fe. She won five matches to claim the Morgan Run Women's Open title, culminating in a three-set victory over Vania King.[98] At the 2016 Olympics, she competed in both the singles and doubles (with Peng). She reached the second round in both events.[3] Zhang finished her breakthrough year with a career-high ranking of 23.

2017–2018: Second WTA title

In September 2017, Zhang won her second WTA Tour title at the Guangzhou Open. Seeded second, she reached the final without dropping a set and defeated the unseeded Serbian Aleksandra Krunić in the final in three sets to win the title for the second time.[99]

In 2018, Zhang reached the semifinals in Prague and Hiroshima. After defeating Angelique Kerber, she lost to Naomi Osaka in the quarterfinals of China Open where she won the first set. She also triumphed in doubles in Istanbul and Hiroshima, partnering Liang Chen and Eri Hozumi respectively.

2019: Australian Open doubles champion and top 10 debut, Wimbledon singles QF

Zhang won the biggest title of her career at the Australian Open. With home-favorite Sam Stosur, she won her maiden major doubles title, upsetting defending champions, Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic, in straight sets.[100] She became the fourth player from mainland China to win a Grand Slam women's doubles title, after Zheng Jie, Yan Zi and Peng Shuai.

The pair also reached the final at Miami, where they lost to Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka, in straight sets. She made her top-10 debut in doubles on 13 May 2019.

At Wimbledon, Zhang reached the second quarterfinal of a major singles event of her career, before losing to Simona Halep in straight sets.

2020–21: French Open 4th round; US Open & WTA 1000 titles, world No. 8 in doubles

She reached the fourth round of the 2020 French Open for the first time in her career where she lost to seventh seed Petra Kvitová.

She won the WTA 1000 in Cincinnati and the US Open titles in doubles, partnering Sam Stosur.[101]

She finished the year ranked No. 8 in doubles, the highest ranking and year-end finish of her career.

2022: First singles title in 5 years, Wimbledon final & world No. 2 in doubles

She reached the third round in singles at the Australian Open and the second round in doubles with her regular partner Stosur who announced she is playing the last year of her career. She also reached the semifinals in mixed doubles for the first time at this major with another Australian John Peers.

Zhang entered at Lyon as eight seed. She beat Kristina Mladenovic, Arantxa Rus, Vitalia Diatchenko and Caroline Garcia[102] to reach the final. Then she defeated wildcard Dayana Yastremska to win her first title since 2017 and third overall.[103] At the Miami Open, she reached the third round in singles in which she lost in a close match to Coco Gauff.[104]

She reached a career-high ranking of world No. 5 in doubles on 11 April 2022, following her participation at the Charleston Open where she reached semifinals in doubles with Caroline Dolehide.

Partnering Caty McNally at the French Open, she reached the third round. As a result, she set a new career-high ranking in doubles at world No. 3 on 13 June 2022.

At Wimbledon, she reached the final for the first time at this major, partnering Elise Mertens.[105] She also reached a career-high of world No. 2 in the doubles rankings, on 11 July 2022.

On her way to the US Open, Zhang lost in the second round to eventual winner Simona Halep at the Canadian Open.[106] At the Western & Southern Open, she made the quarterfinals.[107] At the US Open, Zhang became the oldest woman to reach the fourth round but lost to Coco Gauff in a thrilling match lasting almost two hours.[108]

Personal life

Zhang is coached by Liu Shuo. Her parents are Zhang Zhiqiang (a former football player) and Wang Fengqin (a former basketball player).[109] She has spoken of opening a coffee bar when she retires.[92] Her English name is Rose.[94]

Career statistics

Main article: Zhang Shuai career statistics

Grand Slam performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# 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.

Singles

Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win %
Australian Open Q1 Q3 A Q1 1R 1R A 1R 1R QF 2R 2R 3R 3R 1R 3R 0 / 11 12–11 52%
French Open A Q2 A 1R 1R 1R A 1R 1R 2R 3R 2R 2R 4R 1R 1R 0 / 12 8–12 40%
Wimbledon A A A Q2 1R Q2 A 1R Q3 1R 1R 1R QF NH 1R 3R 0 / 8 6–8 43%
US Open Q2 1R Q2 Q2 1R Q3 Q2 1R Q2 3R 3R 1R 3R 1R 2R 4R 0 / 10 10–10 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–4 0–2 0–0 0–4 0–2 7–4 5–4 2–4 9–4 5–3 1–4 7–4 0 / 41 36–41 47%
Career statistics
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Career total: 3
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 Career total: 6
Year-end ranking 155 212 153 91 126 122 51 62 186 23 36 35 46 35 63 24 $9,326,655

Doubles

Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win%
Australian Open A 2R 1R A 1R 1R A 2R A W 1R 1R 2R 1 / 9 9–8 53%
French Open A 2R 3R 3R 1R A 1R 1R 1R QF 3R 2R 3R 0 / 11 13–11 54%
Wimbledon 2R 3R 1R 2R 1R A 2R 1R 1R 2R NH 1R F 0 / 11 11–11 50%
US Open A 2R QF 1R A A 2R QF SF 1R 1R W 3R 1 / 10 20–9 69%
Win–loss 1–1 5–4 5–4 3–3 0–3 0–1 2–3 4–4 4–3 10–3 2–3 7–3 10–4 2 / 41 53–39 58%
Career statistics
Year-end ranking 158 49 34 57 63 447 234 64 33 10 27 8 25

Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2019 Australian Open Hard   Samantha Stosur   Tímea Babos
  Kristina Mladenovic 		6–3, 6–4
Win 2021 US Open Hard   Samantha Stosur   Coco Gauff
  Caty McNally 		6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 2022 Wimbledon Grass   Elise Mertens   Barbora Krejčíková
  Kateřina Siniaková 		2–6, 4–6

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For other people named Zhang Shuai see Zhang Shuai disambiguation In this Chinese name the family name is Zhang Zhang Shuai Chinese 张帅 pinyin Zhang Shuai Mandarin pronunciation ʈʂa ŋ ʂwa ɪ born 21 January 1989 is a Chinese professional tennis player Zhang Shuai张帅Zhang at the 2022 French OpenCountry sports ChinaResidenceTianjin ChinaBorn 1989 01 21 21 January 1989 age 33 TianjinHeight1 77 m 5 ft 10 in Turned pro2003PlaysRight handed two handed backhand CoachLiu ShuoPrize money 9 326 655Official websitezhang shuai comSinglesCareer record545 392 58 2 Career titles3Highest rankingNo 22 16 January 2023 Current rankingNo 22 16 January 2023 Grand Slam singles resultsAustralian OpenQF 2016 French Open4R 2020 WimbledonQF 2019 US Open4R 2022 Other tournamentsOlympic Games2R 2016 DoublesCareer record306 244 55 6 Career titles12Highest rankingNo 2 11 July 2022 Current rankingNo 26 16 January 2023 Grand Slam doubles resultsAustralian OpenW 2019 French OpenQF 2019 WimbledonF 2022 US OpenW 2021 Other doubles tournamentsTour FinalsSF 2019 Olympic Games2R 2016 Grand Slam mixed doubles resultsAustralian OpenSF 2022 French OpenQF 2019 WimbledonSF 2021 US OpenSF 2018 2022 Team competitionsFed Cup13 9 59 1 Medal record Representing ChinaWomen s tennisAsian Games2010 Guangzhou Team event2014 Incheon Team event2018 Jakarta SinglesEast Asian Games2009 Hong Kong Singles2009 Hong Kong DoublesLast updated on 17 January 2023 Zhang ShuaiSimplified Chinese张帅Traditional Chinese張帥TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinZhang ShuaiIPA ʈʂa ŋ ʂwa ɪ She is a two time Grand Slam champion in women s doubles having won the 2019 Australian Open and the 2021 US Open both alongside Samantha Stosur Zhang also finished runner up at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships with Elise Mertens and has reached four further major semifinals across women s and mixed doubles She has a career high doubles ranking of world No 2 achieved in July 2022 and has won 12 titles on the WTA Tour including the 2021 Cincinnati Open with Stosur Zhang has also qualified for the WTA Finals on two occasions She has also enjoyed success in singles and reached her highest ranking of world No 22 in January 2023 Zhang has won three WTA singles titles at the Guangzhou International in 2013 and 2017 and the 2022 Lyon Open and finished runner up at three further tournaments She has reached two major quarterfinals at the 2016 Australian Open and 2019 Wimbledon Championships 1 Alongside Li Na Zheng Jie Peng Shuai and Wang Qiang Zhang is one of only five Chinese tennis players to have reached this stage at a Grand Slam She has represented China in the Billie Jean King Cup since 2009 and also competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games Contents 1 Career 1 1 2012 1 2 2013 First WTA Tour title 1 3 2014 1 4 2016 First Grand Slam QF 1 5 2017 2018 Second WTA title 1 6 2019 Australian Open doubles champion and top 10 debut Wimbledon singles QF 1 7 2020 21 French Open 4th round US Open amp WTA 1000 titles world No 8 in doubles 1 8 2022 First singles title in 5 years Wimbledon final amp world No 2 in doubles 2 Personal life 3 Career statistics 3 1 Grand Slam performance timelines 3 1 1 Singles 3 1 2 Doubles 3 2 Grand Slam tournament finals 3 2 1 Doubles 3 2 titles 1 runner up 4 References 5 External linksCareer EditZhang born in Tianjin started playing tennis at the age of six when her parents took her to a local tennis club She turned professional in 2003 and played her first singles event in Mollerusa in August of that year After defeating Matilde Munoz Gonzalves in the first qualifying round she lost to Laura Figuerola Foix 2 After a full year on the ITF Women s Circuit Zhang finished 2004 with a year end ranking of 901st She enjoyed considerable success in singles on ITF tournaments having won one 50k event eight 25k and three 10k events between 2006 and 2009 As of October 2009 however she had won only two main draw tournaments on the WTA Tour However she won her first singles title at the 2013 Guangzhou Open as a wildcard entrant 2012 Edit Zhang started her year at the Blossom Cup in Quanzhou She defeated Nudnida Luangnam and Anna Floris in the first and second rounds respectively before falling to Timea Babos in the quarterfinals At the Australian Open she had received a wildcard and was beaten by Aleksandra Wozniak in the first round in straight sets It was her seventh first round loss in a major tournament At the Monterrey Open she lost to Greta Arn in the first round Next Zhang went to Indian Wells to play at the Open where she was a qualifier She lost to Simona Halep in the first round At the French Open she lost in the first round to Angelique Kerber Zhang competed at the London Olympics tournament in the women s doubles with Li Na reaching the second round 3 2013 First WTA Tour title Edit Zhang at the 2013 French Open Started the year as the top seed at the ITF tournament Innisbrook Open in Florida on clay with a first round loss to 468th ranked wildcard Asia Muhammad 4 Skipping the Australian Open and remaining in Florida for another ITF clay court tournament the 25k Tesoro Open in Port St Lucie losing to 214th ranked and fourth seed Tadeja Majeric in the semifinal In doubles she and partner Sharon Fichman were seeded second and lost in the quarterfinals to the eventual winners qualifiers Angelina Gabueva amp Allie Will 5 Zhang entered three WTA Tour tournaments and played doubles with Janette Husarova as the third seed in the qualifying draw lost to 647th ranked Abigail Spears in the first round of the qualifier in the Qatar Open in Doha and lost to Lisa Raymond amp Samantha Stosur in second round 6 lost to 61st ranked Anabel Medina Garrigues in the second round of qualifying in the Dubai Tennis Championships and lost to Julia Gorges amp Angelique Kerber in straight sets in the first round 7 and lost to 23rd and second seeded Hsieh Su wei in the second round of the Malaysian Open and lost to second seeded team of Shuko Aoyama and Chang Kai chen in an exciting final Returning stateside losing to 131st ranked wildcard Bethanie Mattek Sands in the qualifying final of the Miami Open teaming up with Megan Moulton Levy lost in the second round to third seeded Nadia Petrova and Katarina Srebotnik 8 Zhang lost to Petra Rampre No 282 in the first qualifying round as the seventh seed in the Charleston Open Zhang amp Moulton Levy were beaten in the semifinal by the top seeded team of Andrea Hlavackova amp Liezel Huber 9 Playing as the fifth seed in the 25k Challenger in Pelham Alabama she lost to the 197th ranked Ashleigh Barty in the second round 10 Playing in her first final as the eighth seed at the Dothan Pro Classic she lost to Ajla Tomljanovic No 171 11 As the seventh seed at the ITF Charlottesville she lost to 381st ranked wildcard player Allie Will in the first round 12 Zhang entered the doubles draw of the Madrid Open with Zheng Jie as the seventh seeded team they lost in the first round to Kristina Mladenovic amp Galina Voskoboeva 13 In Rome she lost to the fifth seeded Madison Keys No 60 at the Italian Open in the first qualifying round 14 Again partnering with Zheng the eighth seeded team lost to Dominika Cibulkova amp Monica Niculescu in the opening round 15 Zhang entered the French Open doubles with Zheng as No 13 losing to the second seeded team of Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka in the third round She also entered the mixed doubles tournament with Julian Knowle losing in the second round to the fifth seeded team of Kristina Mladenovic amp Daniel Nestor 16 She then played in the National Games of China in Dalian with team members Duan Yingying Peng Shuai and Zheng Saisai representing Tianjin in the team competition winning the gold medal over Team Shanghai 17 Zhang entered Wimbledon doubles with Moulton Levy losing to the 12th seeded team of Ashleigh Barty amp Casey Dellacqua in the second round She entered the mixed doubles tournament once again with Knowle losing in the first round to Barty amp John Peers 18 At the Beijing Challenger she as the third seed made her second final of the year beating the top seed Misaki Doi In the final she defeated the fourth seeded Zhou Yimiao winning her first title since 31 May 2010 at the Infond Open in Maribor 19 20 Zhang competed at the National Games of China in Dalian for the individual finals in the end of July Playing as the third seed she lost in the second round after receiving a bye to 728th ranked Zhang Kailin 21 In the doubles tournament as the top seed with Peng she won the gold medal in a walkover when the second team from Tianjin Xu Yifan and Zheng Saisai withdrew because of Zheng s injury from her semifinal singles match 22 Zhang entered the Suzhou Open as the fourth seed and lost to the unranked Zheng Saisai No 195 in the quarterfinal 23 At the Cincinnati Open doubles event she lost with Irina Camelia Begu in the first round to Vera Dushevina and Silvia Soler Espinosa 24 Then she entered the qualifying event at New Haven After beating the 12th seeded Johanna Larsson in the first round she lost to eventual qualifier Anna Karolina Schmiedlova in the second round 25 Seeded fifth at the qualifying event for the US Open she defeated Julie Coin in the first round but lost to CoCo Vandeweghe No 192 in second 26 She entered the doubles tournament with Yaroslava Shvedova losing to Alla Kudryavtseva amp Anastasia Rodionova in the first round 26 At the ITF event in Sanya China as the second seed she lost to Zheng Saisai in straight sets in the first round 27 Zhang entered the Guangzhou International Open as a wildcard winning her first WTA Tour singles title over qualifier Vania King No 124 28 She also entered the doubles tournament with Shvedova losing in the first round to the fourth seeded team of Timea Babos amp Olga Govortsova 29 At the Ningbo International Open she lost in the final round to the top seeded Bojana Jovanovski 30 She entered the doubles competition with Chan Yung jan winning the title over the fourth seeded team of Irina Buryachok amp Oksana Kalashnikova 31 As a wildcard at the China Open in Beijing she lost to tenth seed Roberta Vinci in three sets in the second round 32 She received a wildcard in the doubles tournament with Shvedova losing to Chan Yung jan and Zheng Jie in the first round in three sets 33 Zhang played at the Japan Women s Open in Osaka losing to the sixth seed Madison Keys in the second round 34 She entered the doubles tournament with Samantha Stosur losing in straight sets to the second seeded team of Kristina Mladenovic amp Flavia Pennetta in the final 35 At the Nanjing Ladies Open as the third seed she won her third title of the year beating the fourth seed Ayumi Morita in match shortened by retirement after one set 36 Zhang also reached the final in doubles with Shvedova as the top seeded team losing to Misaki Doi and Xu Yifan in straight sets 37 She reached No 51 as a career high in singles on 4 November 2013 38 She entered the Taipei Open on carpet as the third seed and lost in the first round to Katarzyna Piter No 122 retiring after first game in the second set being down a set 39 and played in the doubles competition with Kimiko Date Krumm as the top seeded team they lost to the team of Misaki Doi amp Hsieh Shu ying in the first round in three sets 40 2014 Edit Zhang started the season at the Shenzhen Open as the sixth seed losing to Chan Yung jan in the first round 41 and played in the doubles tournament with Zheng Saisai as the top seeds losing in the quarterfinal round to Monica Niculescu amp Klara Zakopalova 42 Next in the Hobart International she lost to the seventh seeded Zakopalova in the second round 43 She reached the doubles final with Lisa Raymond as the second seeded team losing again to Niculescu amp Zakopalova in a match decided in the super tie break 44 Zhang s winless streak in the Grand Slam tournaments reached nine as she had a disappointing opening round loss to Mona Barthel in the Australian Open 45 She also lost in first round with Kimiko Date Krumm in doubles against the seventh seeded team of Andrea Hlavackova amp Lucie Safarova 46 She suffered another first round lost to the wildcard and second seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in the Pattaya Open 47 After being three games from losing the doubles finals in the second she and partner Peng Shuai as the fourth seeded team rallied back to defeat the third seeded Kudryavtseva amp Rodionova in a thrilling match decided by a super tie break 48 In early February Zhang competed in the Fed Cup for China in Astana 49 50 Partnering with Liu Fangzhou Zhang lost the deciding doubles match against Uzbekistan s Nigina Abduraimova amp Sabina Sharipova in the first round robin match 51 She teamed with Peng Shuai in a straight set victory against South Korea s team of Han Na lae amp Yoo Mi in the second match 52 In the third round she beat Juan Ting fei from Taiwan in the second singles rubber and teamed with Wang Qiang to defeat the team of Juan amp Lee Ya hsuan 53 Later in the same month Zhang lost to qualifier Petra Cetkovska in the second round of the Qatar Open 54 In the doubles competition with Lisa Raymond she lost in straight sets to the top seeded team of Sara Errani amp Roberta Vinci in the second round 55 She failed to qualify for the Dubai Tennis Championships Playing as the eighth seed she lost to Karolina Pliskova in the second qualifier 56 Partnering with Lisa Raymond she lost in the second round of the doubles draw against Hlavackova amp Safarova 57 At the Mexican Open as the eighth seed she reached the semifinal round only to retire because of her shoulder to top seeded Dominika Cibulkova after six games 58 With Chuang Chia jung in doubles she lost to the second seeds Kristina Mladenovic amp Galina Voskoboeva in the quarterfinal round 59 At Indian Wells Zhang lost to Mladenovic in the first round 60 and withdrew from the doubles competition because of her shoulder injury 61 At the Miami Open she suffered another first round loss against Lauren Davis 62 Zhang then also withdrew from the Oaks Club Challenger 63 She began the clay court season at the Charleston Open as the 16th seed losing to Ajla Tomljanovic in the second round 64 but reached the semifinal round at the Malaysian Open as the second seed losing to the seventh seed and eventual winner Donna Vekic 65 As the seventh seed she lost to Polona Hercog in the first round at the Morocco Open 66 At the Portugal Open she lost to seventh seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in the first round 67 and reached the quarterfinal round with Silvia Soler Espinosa losing to the top seeded team of Cara Black amp Sania Mirza the doubles competition 68 Another first round loss came at the Madrid Open against wild card Irina Camelia Begu 69 Partnering with Janette Husarova in doubles Zhang lost to the eighth seeded team of Julia Gorges and Anna Lena Gronefeld in the first round 70 She defeated Petra Kvitova in the second round of the Italian Open in three exciting sets 71 In her win she reached 300 victories and her second top 10 victory 72 73 Lost to Serena Williams in the quarterfinal She entered the doubles with Monica Niculescu withdrawing with a shoulder injury against Casey Dellacqua amp Klaudia Jans Ignacik in the second round 74 Zhang withdrew from the Internationaux de Strasbourg Her winless streak in the Grand Slam events reached ten as she lost to third seed Agnieszka Radwanska at Roland Garros in two sets 75 She entered the doubles with Ajla Tomljanovic losing to Gabriela Dabrowski amp Alicja Rosolska in the first round 76 Zhang began her grass court season at the Birmingham Classic as the ninth seed losing to the top seed and eventual champion Ana Ivanovic in the semifinal 77 Played in the doubles competition with Caroline Garcia losing to the second seeded team of Ashleigh Barty amp Casey Dellacqua in the semifinal round 78 Lost at the Eastbourne International to Varvara Lepchenko in the first round 79 Suffered another first round loss in a major event the streak reached eleven as she lost at Wimbledon against 15th seed Carla Suarez Navarro in straight sets 80 Partnering with Yanina Wickmayer in doubles lost the 11th seeded team of Alla Kudryavtseva amp Anastasia Rodionova in the first round She then entered the mixed doubles with Nicholas Monroe losing to the 13th seeded team of Bruno Soares amp Martina Hingis in the second round 81 She withdrew from the Baku Cup and started preparing for the US Open at the San Jose Classic but lost to qualifier Sachia Vickery in the first round 82 She entered the doubles competition with Caroline Garcia losing to the third seeded team of Garbine Muguruza amp Carla Suarez Navarro in the quarterfinals 83 She suffered another first round loss at the Canadian Open against CoCo Vandeweghe 84 Zhang played doubles with Samantha Stosur losing against the sixth seeded team of Raquel Kops Jones amp Abigail Spears in the first round 85 At the Cincinnati Open she lost in the second round to 12th seeded Caroline Wozniacki 86 She was scheduled to play doubles with Stosur again but withdrew with an injured right arm 87 The Grand Slam losing streak reached twelve as she lost to Mona Barthel in the first round at the US Open seeded 32nd 88 In September Zhang withdrew from the Hong Kong Open and Guangzhou Open She played in the Asian Games in the team event with Duan Yingying Zheng Jie and Zheng Saisai Zhang won her quarterfinal singles and doubles with Zheng Jie matches but dropped the deciding doubles match in the final earning a silver medal She lost in the first round to Caroline Garcia at the China Open 89 and played in the doubles with Samantha Stosur losing to Jarmila Gajdosova amp Ajla Tomljanovic in the first round 90 2016 First Grand Slam QF Edit Zhang started new season at the Shenzhen Open In the first round she beat fellow wildcard Irina Khromacheva in straight sets before losing to top seed and eventual champion Agnieszka Radwanska in the second 91 Prior to the Australian Open Zhang was contemplating retirement due to a lack of success in majors having not won a match in a main draw in 14 attempts 92 She successfully qualified for the main draw by beating Mandy Minella Tereza Martincova and Virginie Razzano In the first round Zhang caused a huge upset by defeating world No 2 Simona Halep in straight sets finally ending her drought on the 15th attempt Both her and her coach were seen in tears during the time between the match and the on court interview as well as the interview itself where Zhang broke down in tears of joy Following subsequent victories over Alize Cornet and Varvara Lepchenko she then proceeded to reach the fourth round 93 94 where she defeated an injured Madison Keys in three sets and proceeded to the quarterfinals where she was defeated by Johanna Konta in straight sets She became the fourth ever Chinese player to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal after Li Na Zheng Jie and Peng Shuai 95 This run earnt her the Breakthrough Performance of the Month Award by WTA for January as she received 44 of the votes in a poll on the official WTA website 96 She also moved 68 places up the rankings from 133rd to 65th thus becoming the new Chinese No 1 97 In February Zhang returned to the ITF Circuit in Rancho Santa Fe She won five matches to claim the Morgan Run Women s Open title culminating in a three set victory over Vania King 98 At the 2016 Olympics she competed in both the singles and doubles with Peng She reached the second round in both events 3 Zhang finished her breakthrough year with a career high ranking of 23 2017 2018 Second WTA title Edit In September 2017 Zhang won her second WTA Tour title at the Guangzhou Open Seeded second she reached the final without dropping a set and defeated the unseeded Serbian Aleksandra Krunic in the final in three sets to win the title for the second time 99 In 2018 Zhang reached the semifinals in Prague and Hiroshima After defeating Angelique Kerber she lost to Naomi Osaka in the quarterfinals of China Open where she won the first set She also triumphed in doubles in Istanbul and Hiroshima partnering Liang Chen and Eri Hozumi respectively 2019 Australian Open doubles champion and top 10 debut Wimbledon singles QF Edit Zhang at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships Zhang won the biggest title of her career at the Australian Open With home favorite Sam Stosur she won her maiden major doubles title upsetting defending champions Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic in straight sets 100 She became the fourth player from mainland China to win a Grand Slam women s doubles title after Zheng Jie Yan Zi and Peng Shuai The pair also reached the final at Miami where they lost to Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets She made her top 10 debut in doubles on 13 May 2019 At Wimbledon Zhang reached the second quarterfinal of a major singles event of her career before losing to Simona Halep in straight sets 2020 21 French Open 4th round US Open amp WTA 1000 titles world No 8 in doubles Edit She reached the fourth round of the 2020 French Open for the first time in her career where she lost to seventh seed Petra Kvitova She won the WTA 1000 in Cincinnati and the US Open titles in doubles partnering Sam Stosur 101 She finished the year ranked No 8 in doubles the highest ranking and year end finish of her career 2022 First singles title in 5 years Wimbledon final amp world No 2 in doubles Edit She reached the third round in singles at the Australian Open and the second round in doubles with her regular partner Stosur who announced she is playing the last year of her career She also reached the semifinals in mixed doubles for the first time at this major with another Australian John Peers Zhang entered at Lyon as eight seed She beat Kristina Mladenovic Arantxa Rus Vitalia Diatchenko and Caroline Garcia 102 to reach the final Then she defeated wildcard Dayana Yastremska to win her first title since 2017 and third overall 103 At the Miami Open she reached the third round in singles in which she lost in a close match to Coco Gauff 104 She reached a career high ranking of world No 5 in doubles on 11 April 2022 following her participation at the Charleston Open where she reached semifinals in doubles with Caroline Dolehide Partnering Caty McNally at the French Open she reached the third round As a result she set a new career high ranking in doubles at world No 3 on 13 June 2022 At Wimbledon she reached the final for the first time at this major partnering Elise Mertens 105 She also reached a career high of world No 2 in the doubles rankings on 11 July 2022 On her way to the US Open Zhang lost in the second round to eventual winner Simona Halep at the Canadian Open 106 At the Western amp Southern Open she made the quarterfinals 107 At the US Open Zhang became the oldest woman to reach the fourth round but lost to Coco Gauff in a thrilling match lasting almost two hours 108 Personal life EditZhang is coached by Liu Shuo Her parents are Zhang Zhiqiang a former football player and Wang Fengqin a former basketball player 109 She has spoken of opening a coffee bar when she retires 92 Her English name is Rose 94 Career statistics EditMain article Zhang Shuai career statistics Grand Slam performance timelines Edit Key W F SF QF R RR Q 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 Singles Edit Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W L Win Australian Open Q1 Q3 A Q1 1R 1R A 1R 1R QF 2R 2R 3R 3R 1R 3R 0 11 12 11 52 French Open A Q2 A 1R 1R 1R A 1R 1R 2R 3R 2R 2R 4R 1R 1R 0 12 8 12 40 Wimbledon A A A Q2 1R Q2 A 1R Q3 1R 1R 1R QF NH 1R 3R 0 8 6 8 43 US Open Q2 1R Q2 Q2 1R Q3 Q2 1R Q2 3R 3R 1R 3R 1R 2R 4R 0 10 10 10 50 Win loss 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 2 7 4 5 4 2 4 9 4 5 3 1 4 7 4 0 41 36 41 47 Career statisticsTitles 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Career total 3Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 Career total 6Year end ranking 155 212 153 91 126 122 51 62 186 23 36 35 46 35 63 24 9 326 655Doubles Edit Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W L Win Australian Open A 2R 1R A 1R 1R A 2R A W 1R 1R 2R 1 9 9 8 53 French Open A 2R 3R 3R 1R A 1R 1R 1R QF 3R 2R 3R 0 11 13 11 54 Wimbledon 2R 3R 1R 2R 1R A 2R 1R 1R 2R NH 1R F 0 11 11 11 50 US Open A 2R QF 1R A A 2R QF SF 1R 1R W 3R 1 10 20 9 69 Win loss 1 1 5 4 5 4 3 3 0 3 0 1 2 3 4 4 4 3 10 3 2 3 7 3 10 4 2 41 53 39 58 Career statisticsYear end ranking 158 49 34 57 63 447 234 64 33 10 27 8 25Grand Slam tournament finals Edit Doubles 3 2 titles 1 runner up Edit Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents ScoreWin 2019 Australian Open Hard Samantha Stosur Timea Babos Kristina Mladenovic 6 3 6 4Win 2021 US Open Hard Samantha Stosur Coco Gauff Caty McNally 6 3 3 6 6 3Loss 2022 Wimbledon Grass Elise Mertens Barbora Krejcikova Katerina Siniakova 2 6 4 6References Edit Australian Open Garbine Muguruza back to fitness with big win over Anett Kontaveit Venus Williams out ABC News Australian Broadcasting Corporation 19 January 2016 Retrieved 19 January 2016 10 000 Mollerusa International Tennis Federation Retrieved 6 June 2016 a b Zhang Shuai Bio Stats and Results Olympics at Sports Reference com Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 14 November 2017 25 000 Innisbrook Zhang Shuai Retrieved 13 January 2013 25 000 Port St Lucie Retrieved 9 April 2013 Qatar Total Open Retrieved 9 April 2013 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Retrieved 9 April 2013 Sony Open Tennis Retrieved 9 April 2013 Family Circle Cup Retrieved 9 April 2013 Legacy Credit Union Women s 25k Pro Circuit Challenger PDF Retrieved 13 April 2013 Dothan Pro 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No 2 seeded teams set Wimbledon doubles final showdown partenaires Tennis Majors et ses 10 August 2022 Tennis WTA National Bank Open 2022 Halep sees off Zhang Tennis Majors Retrieved 5 September 2022 Sabalenka surges past Zhang into Cincinnati semifinals Women s Tennis Association Retrieved 5 September 2022 Gauff into US Open last eight for first time BBC Sport Retrieved 5 September 2022 SHUAI ZHANG Women s Tennis Association Retrieved 6 June 2016 External links EditOfficial website in English and Chinese Zhang Shuai at the Women s Tennis Association Zhang Shuai at the International Tennis Federation Zhang Shuai at the Billie Jean King Cup Zhang Shuai at Olympics com Zhang Shuai at Olympedia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Zhang Shuai amp oldid 1134157589, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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