Zhu Lin (tennis)

Zhu Lin
朱琳
Zhu at the 2023 US Open
Country (sports) China
ResidenceBeijing, China
Born (1994-01-28) 28 January 1994 (age 30)
Wuxi, China
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro2012
PlaysRight (two handed-backhand)
Prize money$3,499,778
Singles
Career record406–288
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 31 (18 September 2023)
Current rankingNo. 54 (12 August 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (2023)
French Open1R (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Wimbledon3R (2024)
US Open3R (2023)
Doubles
Career record139–157
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 80 (2 October 2023)
Current rankingNo. 172 (12 August 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2024)
French Open2R (2022)
Wimbledon3R (2023)
US Open2R (2023)
Team competitions
Fed Cup11–5
Medal record
Women's tennis
Representing  China
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Singles
Last updated on: 16 August 2024.

Zhu Lin (Chinese: 朱琳; pinyin: Zhū Lín; Mandarin pronunciation: [ʈʂú lǐn] ; born 28 January 1994) is a Chinese tennis player. On 18 September 2023, Zhu reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 31. She attained her best WTA doubles ranking of No. 80 on 2 October 2023. Zhu has won the 2023 Thailand Open in singles and the 2019 Jiangxi Open in doubles.[1] She has also won one singles and one doubles title in WTA 125 tournaments, as well as 15 singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.[2]

Playing for China Fed Cup team, Zhu has a win–loss record of 11–5 as of July 2024.[3]

Early life and background

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Zhu Lin was born on 28 January 1994 to Zhu Jiangming and Chen Yunqi in Wuxi, China. Her father introduced her to tennis at age four. She has a very aggressive style of play, and her signature shot and also favorite shot is forehand. Her tennis idol growing up was Martina Hingis.[4]

Junior career

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Zhu debuted on the ITF Junior Circuit in September 2009 at the age of 15 at the China Junior 1 Open, where she also reached her first singles final. She lost that match against Turkish player Melis Sezer, in straight sets. The following week, she played at China Junior 2 Open, where she also had success, reaching the semifinals in both singles and doubles. She continued having success in her next tournament, where she won the title in singles and reached semifinals in doubles in the 2009 Widjojo Soejono Semen Gresik Junior Championships. The next week, Zhu won her first doubles title and also reached the semifinal in singles at the Solo Open International Junior Championships. Toward the end of the year, she reached one singles final at the PHINMA International Juniors (week 2), where she lost, but won two doubles titles, at that tournament.

In January 2010, Zhu debuted at a junior Grand Slam tournament, playing at the Australian Open, where she was stopped in the third round by Kristýna Plíšková. In April 2010, she reached the quarterfinals at the Dunlop Japan Open Junior Championships, in both singles and doubles. At the end of May 2010, she played at the Asian Closed Junior Tennis Championships in New Delhi, India. There she reached the semifinal in singles and the final in doubles. In September 2010, she lost in the first round of the Junior US Open, in singles. Toward the end of the year, she won China Junior 2 - Xiamen in singles.

In January 2011, she played at the Australian Open, where she lost in the second round, in both singles and doubles. It was her last junior doubles tournament. Her last junior singles tournament was at the China Junior 10 Dalian, where she lost in the third round. Her highest junior combined ranking was 39, that she reached on 17 January 2011.[5]

Professional career

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2009–13: Playing on the ITF Circuit

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Zhu made her debut on the ITF Circuit in June 2009, at Qianshan, China, where she was stopped in the second round. In October 2010, she played her first ITF final, at Nonthaburi, Thailand, but lost in that final from Nungnadda Wannasuk. Later, on 24 October, she won her first ITF singles title, at Khon Kaen, Thailand. In November 2010, she won her first doubles title, at Manila, Philippines. In 2011, Zhu won one ITF singles title, at Jakarta, Indonesia. In 2012, she reached only one final in singles, at Pattaya, Thailand which she lost. In 2013, she debuted at the WTA 125 tournaments, when she lost at the Suzhou Ladies Open in the first round in both category.

2014: WTA Tour debut

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Zhu started the year in Antalya, Turkey, where she reached the final and lost to Lenka Wienerová. In March, she won a $10k event in Ankara defeating Iryna Shymanovich. In June, she won three consecutive tournaments: her first $25k level tournament in Belikpapan, Indonesia, then the $10k events in Tarakan and the following week in Solo, both Indonesia. She also reached her first significant final at the Xi'an Open, but lost to Duan Yingying. In August, she played her first Grand Slam qualifying; after defeating Giulia Gatto-Monticone and Arina Rodionova, she lost in the third round to Zheng Saisai. Zhu made her WTA Tour debut at the Hong Kong Open. Having entered the qualifying tournament, she defeated Wang Yafan, Raluca Olaru, and Elitsa Kostova for a spot in the main draw, where she subsequently recorded her first ever main-draw win on tour level by defeating Kristýna Plíšková in the first round, but was stopped in the second by Jana Čepelová. In September, Zhu played at the Premier-5 level Wuhan Open but failed to qualify. Next week, she played her first Premier Mandatory tournament, in the main draw of the China Open where she defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the first round, but lost to Simona Halep in the second.

2015: Major debut

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Zhu at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships

In January, Zhu failed to qualify for the Australian Open. At the Indian Wells Open, she reached the second round by defeating Francesca Schiavone after a controversial call from the umpire,[6][7] but then lost to Sara Errani.

She failed to qualify for the Miami Open, Madrid Open and French Open. Zhu made her major singles debut at Wimbledon, where she lost to Belarusian qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich in three sets. At the US Open, she lost in the first round of qualifying.

2016: Success in doubles on the ITF Circuit

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She won the title at the Launceston International, her first tournament in the year where she played doubles. In April at the $25k event in Kashiwa, Japan, she reached the final in doubles. In late July, she won the Lexington Challenger, partnering with Hiroko Kuwata. At the Wuhan Open, she failed to qualify in singles, but reached the second round in doubles together with Han Xinyun, they lost to Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová. At the China Open, she also failed to qualify in singles, and in doubles, she was eliminated in the first round. In November, she reached her first $100k final in doubles at the Shenzhen Open, but lost with Han Xinyun against You Xiaodi and Nina Stojanović.

2019–20: First major win & career doubles title, top 100 debut

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Zhu at the 2019 French Open

At the Dubai Championships, Zhu made one of her biggest wins, defeating reigning Doha champion Elise Mertens, but lost in the second round to Lesia Tsurenko.[8] On 25 February 2019, she entered the top 100 in singles, reaching world No. 93.[9]

After losing six first-round matches, Zhu clinched her first singles victory at a Grand Slam tournament at the US Open, beating compatriot teenager Wang Xinyu in straight sets, before she lost to Madison Keys in the second round.[10]

In September, she played her first WTA Tour final, at the 2019 Jiangxi International Open, where she and Wang Xinyu defeated Peng Shuai and Zhang Shuai in an all-Chinese final.[11]

2021: First WTA Challenger singles title

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In December, she won her first singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour in Seoul, defeating Kristina Mladenovic in the final.[12]

2022: WTA 1000 and top 60 debuts

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At the Guadalajara Open, she defeated Alizé Cornet in the first round. She followed up this win with a loss against Daria Kasatkina in the second round. Two weeks later, she reached her then career-high singles ranking of 58.[4]

2023: Major fourth round, first top-10 win & WTA Tour title, singles top 50 & doubles top 100

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The start of the season was promising for Zhu. In the opening week, she reached the quarterfinal at the Auckland Open after defeating Venus Williams.[4] Her journey continued at the Australian Open where she reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam championship for the first time in her career, and also defeated two seeds on the way, 32nd seed Jil Teichmann and sixth seed Maria Sakkari, her first top-10 win.[13][4] She lost a tight three-set match to Victoria Azarenka in the fourth round.[14]

In Hua Hin, Thailand, she defeated seventh seed Wang Xinyu in the semifinals with whom she reached the doubles final at the same tournament.[15] She won her first WTA Tour singles title defeating Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko in the final.[16] As a result, she reached new career-high rankings of No. 41 in singles and No. 90 in doubles, on 6 February 2023.

In doubles, she reached the third round at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships, partnering Taiwanese Wu Fang-hsien.

After reaching for the first time the third round at the US Open and following that finishing as runner-up at the Japan Women's Open in Osaka, she achieved a career-high of No. 31 in singles and No. 82 in doubles, on 18 September 2023.[17]

2024

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She also reached the third round in doubles at the 2024 Australian Open, again partnering Wu Fang-hsien.[18]

Zhu reached the final at the Thailand Open as the defending champion, but lost to Diana Shnaider.[19] En route to the final, Zhu defeated Taylah Preston,[20] Linda Fruhvirtová,[21] Arina Rodionova,[22] and Wang Yafan, [23] all without dropping a set.

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (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.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[24]

Singles

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Current through the 2023 China Open.

Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q1 Q3 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R Q1 4R 1R 0 / 7 5–7 42%
French Open A Q1 Q1 A A 1R A 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 5 0–5 0%
Wimbledon A 1R Q3 Q3 Q1 1R NH 2R 1R 1R 3R 0 / 6 3–6 33%
US Open Q3 Q1 Q1 Q2 Q3 2R A A Q2 3R A 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–4 1–1 2–3 0–2 5–4 1–3 0 / 20 11–20 35%
Year-end championships
WTA Elite Trophy DNQ NH SF 0 / 1 1–2 33%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup[a] A A A Z1 Z1 A A[b] PO 0 / 0 6–4 60%
WTA 1000
Qatar Open[c] A NMS A NMS A NMS A NMS A NMS 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Dubai[c] NMS A NMS 1R NMS 2R NMS Q1 NMS A 1R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Indian Wells Open A 2R A A A 1R NH A A 1R 1R 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Miami Open A Q2 A A A Q1 NH Q1 Q2 2R 2R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Madrid Open A Q1 A A A A NH A A 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Italian Open A A A A A A A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canadian Open A A A A A A NH A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati Open A A A A A A A A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Guadalajara Open NH 2R A NMS 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Wuhan Open Q1 A Q1 Q1 A 1R NH A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
China Open 2R A Q1 1R Q1 Q1 NH 1R A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Win–loss 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–6 2–6 0 / 20 6–20 23%
Career statistics
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Tournaments 4 6 5 8 6 13 5 7 11 24 Career total: 89
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Career total: 1
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 Career total: 3
Hard win–loss 3–4 4–5 5–5 9–9 5–8 5–10 4–5 3–5 6–7 24–19 1 / 74 68–77 47%
Clay win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–1 2–3 0–2 0 / 7 2–8 20%
Grass win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 4–3 0 / 8 5–8 38%
Overall win–loss 3–4 4–6 5–5 9–9 5–8 5–13 4–5 4–7 8–12 28–24 1 / 89 75–93 45%
Year-end ranking[d] 139 173 140 104 114 83 91 140 62 36 $2,949,666

Doubles

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Current through the 2023 Canadian Open.

Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A 2R 2R A 1R 0 / 3 2–3 40%
French Open A A A A A A A A 2R 1R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Wimbledon A A A Q1 A A NH 1R 2R 3R 0 / 3 3–3 50%
US Open A A A A A A A A 1R 2R 0 / 2 1-2 33%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–3 3–4 0 / 10 7–10 41%
Year-end championships
WTA Elite Trophy DNQ RR NH 0 / 1 1–1 50%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup[a] A A A Z1 Z1 A A[b] PO 0 / 0 1–0 100%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[c] A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A A A A A A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A A A A A A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A A A A A A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A A A A A A NH A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati Open A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open 1R A 2R A A A NH 0 / 2 1–2 33%
China Open A A 1R A A A NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Guadalajara Open NH 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 0 / 5 2–5 29%
Career statistics
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Tournaments 3 5 7 4 2 4 4 5 7 9 Career total: 50
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Career total: 1
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 Career total: 3
Overall win–loss 0–3 4–5 4–7 1–4 1–2 7–3 1–4 1–5 9–7 8–9 1 / 50 36–49 42%
Year-end ranking[e] 302 231 123 174 539 134 118 319 109

WTA Tour finals

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Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2023 Hua Hin Championships, Thailand WTA 250 Hard Ukraine Lesia Tsurenko 6–4, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Sep 2023 Japan Women's Open, Japan WTA 250 Hard United States Ashlyn Krueger 3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss 1–2 Feb 2024 Hua Hin Championships, Thailand WTA 250 Hard Diana Shnaider 3–6, 6–2, 1–6

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2019 Jiangxi International,
China
International[f] Hard China Wang Xinyu China Peng Shuai
China Zhang Shuai
6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 1–1 Feb 2022 Abierto Zapopan,
Mexico
WTA 250 Hard China Wang Xinyu United States Kaitlyn Christian
Belarus Lidziya Marozava
5–7, 3–6
Loss 1–2 Feb 2023 Hua Hin Championships, Thailand WTA 250 Hard China Wang Xinyu Chinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching
Chinese Taipei Wu Fang-hsien
1–6, 6–7(6–8)

WTA Challenger finals

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Singles: 1 (title)

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Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Dec 2021 Seoul Open, South Korea Hard (i) France Kristina Mladenovic 6–0, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (title)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2017 Zhengzhou Open, China Hard China Han Xinyun United States Jacqueline Cako
Israel Julia Glushko
7–5, 6–1

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 27 (15 titles, 12 runner–ups)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments (2–1)
$80,000 tournaments (0–1)
$50/60,000 tournaments (5–3)
$25,000 tournaments (3–4)
$10,000 tournaments (5–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (13–11)
Clay (2–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2010 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand 10,000 Hard Thailand Nungnadda Wannasuk 4–6, 1–6
Win 1–1 Oct 2010 ITF Khon Kaen, Thailand 10,000 Hard Thailand Luksika Kumkhum 6–3, 6–2
Win 2–1 May 2011 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia 10,000 Hard Mexico Nadia Abdalá 7–6, 6–3
Loss 2–2 Jun 2012 ITF Pattaya, Thailand 10,000 Hard Russia Anna Tyulpa 4–6, 2–6
Loss 2–3 Feb 2014 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Slovakia Lenka Wienerová 7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Win 3–3 Mar 2014 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Belarus Iryna Shymanovich 6–1, 6–4
Loss 3–4 May 2014 ITF Tianjin, China 25,000 Hard China Wang Qiang 3–6, 2–6
Win 4–4 May 2014 ITF Balikpapan, Indonesia 25,000 Clay India Ankita Raina 7–5, 2–6, 6–3
Win 5–4 Jun 2014 ITF Tarakan, Indonesia 10,000 Hard China Wang Yan 4–6, 6–0, 6–2
Win 6–4 Jun 2014 ITF Solo, Indonesia 10,000 Hard Indonesia Lavinia Tananta 6–0, 6–0
Loss 6–5 Jun 2014 ITF Xi'an, China 50,000 Hard China Duan Yingying 6–4, 6–7, 4–6
Loss 6–6 Dec 2014 ITF Hong Kong, China SAR 50,000 Hard China Yang Zhaoxuan 6–4, 6–4
Loss 6–7 Apr 2016 Kōfu International, Japan 25,000 Hard Sweden Susanne Celik 6–7(3–7), 3–6
Loss 6–8 May 2017 Kangaroo Cup Gifu, Japan 80,000 Hard Slovakia Magdaléna Rybáriková 2–6, 3–6
Win 7–8 May 2017 Jin'an Open, China 60,000 Hard India Ankita Raina 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Loss 7–9 Jul 2017 ITF Tianjin, China 25,000 Hard China Wang Yafan 4–6, 2–6
Win 8–9 May 2018 Jin'an Open, China (2) 60,000 Hard China Liu Fangzhou 6–0, 6–2
Win 9–9 Aug 2018 Jinan International, China 60,000 Hard China Wang Yafan 6–4, 6–1
Win 10–9 Jan 2019 ITF Singapore, Singapore 25,000 Hard South Korea Han Na-lae 6–2, 6–3
Loss 10–10 Aug 2019 Landisville Tennis Challenge,
United States
60,000 Hard United States Madison Brengle 4–6, 5–7
Loss 10–11 Oct 2019 Suzhou Ladies Open, China 100,000 Hard China Peng Shuai 2–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win 11–11 Nov 2019 Liuzhou Open, China 60,000 Hard Australia Arina Rodionova 2–6, 6–0, 6–1
Win 12–11 Nov 2019 Shenzhen Longhua Open, China 100,000 Hard China Peng Shuai 6–3, 1–3 ret.
Loss 12–12 Jan 2020 ITF Hong Kong, China SAR 25,000 Hard Kazakhstan Zarina Diyas 4–6, 5–7
Win 13–12 Mar 2022 Guanajuato Open, Mexico 60,000+H Hard Canada Rebecca Marino 6–4, 6–1
Win 14–12 Apr 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 25,000 Hard Canada Victoria Mboko 6–1, 4–6, 6–4
Win 15–12 Aug 2022 Landisville Tennis Challenge, US 100,000 Hard United States Elizabeth Mandlik 6–2, 6–3

Doubles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner–ups)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–1)
$75,000 tournaments (1–0)
$50/60,000 tournaments (1–1)
$25,000 tournaments (0–1)
$10,000 tournaments (3–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–4)
Grass (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2010 ITF Pattaya, Thailand 10,000 Hard Chinese Taipei Juan Ting-fei Chinese Taipei Chen Yi
Thailand Varatchaya Wongteanchai
5–7, 2–6
Win 1–1 Nov 2010 ITF Manila, Philippines 10,000 Hard China Yang Zhaoxuan South Korea Kim Ji-young
South Korea Kim Jin-hee
6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–7]
Win 2–1 Feb 2014 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard China Li Yihong Romania Gabriela Talabă
Romania Patricia Maria Țig
6–2, ret.
Win 3–1 Feb 2014 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard China Li Yihong Romania Nicoleta-Cătălina Dascălu
Romania Raluca Șerban
3–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Win 4–1 Feb 2016 Launceston International, Australia 75,000 Hard China You Xiaodi Ukraine Nadiia Kichenok
Luxembourg Mandy Minella
2–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Loss 4–2 Apr 2016 ITF Kashiwa, Japan 25,000 Hard China You Xiaodi China Yang Zhaoxuan
China Zhang Kailin
5–7, 6–2, [9–11]
Win 5–2 Jul 2016 Lexington Challenger, US 50,000 Hard Japan Hiroko Kuwata United States Sophie Chang
United States Alexandra Mueller
6–0, 7–5
Loss 5–3 Nov 2016 Shenzhen Longhua Open, China 100,000 Hard China Han Xinyun Serbia Nina Stojanović
China You Xiaodi
4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss 5–4 Apr 2017 Blossom Cup, China 60,000 Hard Japan Hiroko Kuwata China Han Xinyun
China Ye Qiuyu
3–6, 3–6
Win 6–4 Jun 2019 Manchester Trophy, UK 100,000 Grass China Duan Yingying United States Robin Anderson
Romania Laura Ioana Paar
6–4, 6–3

Record against top 10 players

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  • She has a 2–10 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Result W–L Opponent Rank Event Surface Round Score Rank H2H
2014
Loss 0–1 Romania Simona Halep No. 2 China Open, China Hard 2R 5–7, 4–6 No. 167 0–1
2015
Loss 0–2 Denmark Caroline Wozniacki No. 5 Malaysian Open, Malaysia Hard 2R 4–6, 1–6 No. 122 0–2
2017
Loss 0–3 Ukraine Elina Svitolina No. 3 China Open, China Hard 1R 3–6, 2–6 No. 118 0–2
2019
Loss 0–4 Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková No. 3 Wimbledon Championships, UK Grass 1R 2–6, 6–7(4–7) No. 101 0–2
Loss 0–5 United States Madison Keys No. 9 US Open, United States Hard 2R 4–6, 1–6 No. 122 0–1
2023
Loss 0–6 United States Coco Gauff No. 7 Auckland Open, New Zealand Hard QF 3–6, 2–6 No. 84 0–1
Win 1–6 Greece Maria Sakkari No. 6 Australian Open, Australia Hard 3R 7–6(7–3), 1–6, 6–4 No. 87 1–1
Loss 1–7 Poland Iga Świątek No. 1 Wimbledon Championships, UK Grass 1R 1–6, 3–6 No. 34 0–1
Win 2–7 France Caroline Garcia No. 7 Tennis in Cleveland, US Hard QF 6–4, 6–1 No. 48 1–1
2024
Loss 2–8 Aryna Sabalenka No. 2 Brisbane International, Australia Hard 3R 1–6, 0–6 No. 33 0–4
Loss 2–9 Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina No. 4 Qatar Ladies Open, Qatar Hard 2R 2–6, 1–6 No. 57 1–2
Loss 2–10 United States Jessica Pegula No. 5 Miami Open, US Hard 2R 4–6, 1–4 ret. No. 63 0–2

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
  2. ^ a b Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19.
  3. ^ a b c The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  4. ^ 2010: WTA ranking–642, 2011: WTA ranking–601, 2012: WTA ranking–567, 2013: WTA ranking–580
  5. ^ 2010: WTA ranking-889, 2011: WTA ranking-696, 2012: WTA ranking-704, 2013: WTA ranking-955
  6. ^ The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.

References

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