Zheng Qinwen

Zheng Qinwen (Chinese: 郑钦文; pinyin: Zhèng Qīnwén; Mandarin pronunciation: [ʈʂə̂ŋ tɕʰín wə̌n]; born 8 October 2002[1]) is a Chinese professional tennis player.[2] She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 by the WTA, on 23 October 2023. Zheng has won two WTA, one WTA Challenger and eight ITF singles titles, and was named the 2022 WTA Newcomer of the Year.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zheng.
Zheng Qinwen
Zheng at the 2023 Washington Open
Country (sports) China
ResidenceBarcelona, Spain
Born (2002-10-08) 8 October 2002
Shiyan, Hubei, China
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
CoachRob Brandsma
Prize moneyUS$ 2,361,918
Singles
Career record172–75 (69.6%)
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 18 (23 October 2023)
Current rankingNo. 18 (23 October 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2022, 2023)
French Open4R (2022)
Wimbledon3R (2022)
US OpenQF (2023)
Doubles
Career record8–13 (38.1%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 724 (26 October 2020)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2022)
Medal record
Women's tennis
Representing  China
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2022 HangzhouSingles
Last updated on: 16 October 2023.

Junior career

Zheng was born in Shiyan, Hubei. Before Zheng turned three years old, she spent a lot of time in her maternal grandmother's home in Chengdu, Sichuan, where her mother originated.[3]

Zheng left Shiyan when she was eight to train in Wuhan, and was soon inspired by Li Na's run to the 2011 French Open title. She later trained with Li's former coach Carlos Rodriguez in Beijing.[4]

Professional career

2021: WTA debut, top 150

In January 2021, she won the Tennis Future Hamburg, Germany where she defeated Linda Fruhvirtová in the final of the $25k event, held at the venue of the Hamburger Tennis-Verband.[5]

On 20 June 2021, she won the final of the $60k Macha Lake Open in Staré Splavy, defeating Aleksandra Krunić in two sets.[6]

Zheng made her WTA Tour debut at the Palermo Ladies Open, where she also recorded her first win defeating second seed Liudmila Samsonova in the first round.[7]

2022: Major debut & fourth round, first WTA Tour final & top 25 debut

At the Melbourne Summer Set 1, she reached her first WTA Tour semifinal after beating Mai Hontama, former No. 2 Vera Zvonareva, and Ana Konjuh, respectively.[8] She lost her semifinal match to second seed Simona Halep, in straight sets.[9]

A week after Melbourne Summer Set, Zheng qualified for her first major event,[10][11] at the Australian Open where she defeated Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the first round.[12] In the second, she lost to fifth seed Maria Sakkari, in straight sets.[13] As a result, she reached the top 100 at world No. 80, on 31 January 2022.

At the French Open, she defeated Maryna Zanevska on her debut at this major.[14] Next she beat former French Open champion and 19th seed, Simona Halep, her first top-20 win, to move to the third round of a major for the first time in her career.[15] She moved into the fourth round after Alizé Cornet's retirement. On 30 May 2022, she lost to top seed and world No. 1, Iga Świątek of Poland, in the fourth round, referring to menstrual cramps as a contributing factor. Zheng was still happy about her performance and glad that she was able to play against the world's number one.[16] As a result, she moved to a new career-high of No. 54, on 6 June 2022, and reached the top 50, at world No. 46, a week later when she won her first WTA 125 title at the Open Internacional de Valencia defeating compatriot Wang Xiyu.

She debuted at Wimbledon and defeated Sloane Stephens in the first round.[17] She won her second match at this major against Greet Minnen, before falling to the eventual champion, Elena Rybakina, in the third round.

In August, Zheng defeated fifth seed Ons Jabeur by retirement for her first top-10 win in the second round and Bianca Andreescu in the third round of the Canadian Open to enter the first WTA 1000 quarterfinal of her career, in which she lost to Karolína Plíšková, in three sets. At the US Open, Zheng defeated Jeļena Ostapenko in the first round and Anastasia Potapova in the second. She was beaten in the third round by Jule Niemeier, in straight sets.

At the Pan Pacific Open in Japan, she became the first Chinese teenager to ever reach a WTA Tour final which she lost to Liudmila Samsonova. Her win over top seed Paula Badosa in the second round was her first completed top-10 win and second overall (after Jabeur in Toronto). She also became the second teenager to make a WTA 500-level or higher final in the season after Coco Gauff. As a result, she reached the top 30 at world No. 28, on 26 September 2022, becoming the first Chinese teenager to do so.[18]

2023: Major & clay WTA 1000 quarterfinals, top 20 & first two WTA Tour titles

Zheng began the season with a win over former world No. 2 player, Anett Kontaveit, in the first round of the Adelaide International, saving match points in the third set to triumph in a final set tiebreak.[19] She lost to Victoria Azarenka in the second round, and also reached the second round at the Australian Open.

On her debut at the Italian Open, she defeated Alizé Cornet, Anna Bondár, and compatriot Wang Xiyu to reach the quarterfinals of a WTA 1000 tournament for the second time in her career, and her first tour-level quarterfinal on clay. As a result, she reached No. 19 in the WTA rankings, becoming the fifth Chinese player ever to break into the top 20 – the first four in order of career-high ranking were Li Na (No. 2), Wang Qiang (12), Peng Shuai (14) and Zheng Jie (15).[20][21] At the French Open, as the 19th seed, she beat Tamara Zidanšek in the first round, before losing to Yulia Putintseva in the second.

Zheng's grass season yielded disappointing results, as she lost all three singles matches that she played. In Berlin, she lost to Veronika Kudermetova, in Eastbourne to Jessica Pegula, and in Wimbledon, as the 24th seed, she lost to Katerina Siniaková.

Zheng received a wildcard into her next tournament in Palermo. As the second seed, she double bagelled Sara Errani, then beat Diane Parry, Emma Navarro and Mayar Sherif to reach her second tour-level final in which she beat Jasmine Paolini to win her first WTA Tour title.[22]

As the 23rd seed, Zheng defeated Nadia Podoroska and Kaia Kanepi to reach the third round of the US Open, before beating Lucia Bronzetti in a three-set thriller to enter her second major fourth round. She upset fifth seed and defending finalist, Ons Jabeur, to advance to her maiden major quarterfinal, losing there to world No. 2 and eventual finalist, Aryna Sabalenka.[23]

She captured her second WTA title on home-soil at the 2023 Zhengzhou Open defeating Barbora Krejcikova.[24][25]

Performance timelines
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.[26]

Singles

Current through the 2023 Zhengzhou Open.

Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 2R 2R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
French Open A A A 4R 2R 0 / 2 4–2 67%
Wimbledon A NH A 3R 1R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
US Open A A A 3R QF 0 / 2 6–2 75%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 8–4 6–4 0 / 8 14–8 64%
Year-end championship
WTA Elite Trophy DNQ NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup[lower-alpha 1] A A[lower-alpha 2] PO 0 / 0 1–1 50%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[lower-alpha 3] A A A A 2R[lower-alpha 4] 0 / 1 1–0 100%
Indian Wells Open A NH A 2R A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Miami Open Q1 NH A 1R 4R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Madrid Open A NH A 1R 3R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Italian Open A A A A QF 0 / 1 3–1 75%
Canadian Open A NH A QF 2R 0 / 2 4–2 67%
Cincinnati Open A A A A 3R 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Guadalajara Open NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open Q1 NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open A NH 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–4 10–6 0 / 11 14–10 58%
Career statistics
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Tournaments 0 0 3 17 21 Career total: 41
Titles 0 0 0 0 2 Career total: 2
Finals 0 0 0 1 2 Career total: 3
Hard win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–2 16–11 21–11 1 / 26 37–24 61%
Clay win–loss 0–0 0–0 1–1 5–4 11–4 1 / 9 17–9 65%
Grass win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–3 0–3 0 / 6 2–6 25%
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–0 1–3 23–18 32–18 2 / 41 56–39 59%
Win %  –   –  25% 56% 64% Career total: 59%
Year-end ranking[lower-alpha 5] 649 324 143 25 $2,361,918

Doubles

Current through the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.

Tournament 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 1 0 Career total: 2
Overall win–loss 0–1 0–1 0–0 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Year-end ranking[lower-alpha 6] 879 n/a

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500 (1–1)
WTA 250 (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2022 Pan Pacific Open, Japan WTA 500 Hard Liudmila Samsonova 5–7, 5–7
Win 1–1 Jul 2023 Palermo Ladies Open, Italy WTA 250 Clay Italy Jasmine Paolini 6–4, 1–6, 6–1
Win 2–1 Oct 2023 Zhengzhou Open, China WTA 500 Hard Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková 2–6, 6–2, 6–4

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (title)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2022 WTA 125 Valencia, Spain Clay China Wang Xiyu 6–4, 4–6, 6–3

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (8 titles)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments (2–0)
$25,000 tournaments (5–0)
$15,000 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–0)
Clay (4–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2020 Internazionali di Cordenons, Italy 15,000 Clay Austria Mira Antonitsch 6–1, 6–0
Win 2–0 Aug 2020 ITF Marbella, Spain 25,000 Clay Russia Alina Charaeva 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win 3–0 Sep 2020 ITF Frýdek-Místek, Czech Republic 25,000 Clay Romania Gabriela Talabă 3–6, 6–4, 6–0
Win 4–0 Dec 2020 ITF Selva Gardena, Italy 25,000 Hard (i) Croatia Lea Bošković 6–7(0), 6–0, 6–3
Win 5–0 Jan 2021 ITF Hamburg, Germany 25,000 Hard (i) Czech Republic Linda Fruhvirtová 6–2, 6–3
Win 6–0 Jun 2021 Macha Lake Open, Czech Republic 60,000 Clay Serbia Aleksandra Krunić 7–6(5), 6–3
Win 7–0 Nov 2021 ITF Funchal, Portugal 25,000 Hard Italy Martina Trevisan 6–3, 7–5
Win 8–0 Jan 2022 ITF Orlando Pro, United States 60,000 Hard United States Christina McHale 6–0, 6–1

Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner–ups)
Legend
Grade A (0–2)
Grade 1 (3–1)
Grade 2 (1–0)
Grade 3 (0–0)
Grade 4 (1–0)
Grade 5 (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2016 ITF Melaka, Malaysia Grade 4 Hard Chinese Taipei Lee Yang 6–4, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Jun 2017 ITF Offenbach, Germany Grade 1 Clay United States Victoria Flores 6–3, 2–6, 1–6
Win 2–1 Nov 2017 ITF Chuncheon, South Korea Grade 2 Hard Chinese Taipei Joanna Garland 6–2, 6–2
Win 3–1 Mar 2018 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand Grade 1 Hard Japan Yuki Naito 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Win 4–1 May 2018 ITF Santa Croce, Italy Grade 1 Clay Poland Stefania Rogozinska Dzik 5–7, 6–1, 6–2
Loss 4–2 Oct 2018 Osaka Mayor's Cup, Japan Grade A Hard Denmark Clara Tauson 1–6, 0–6
Win 5–2 Dec 2018 ITF Bradenton, United States Grade 1 Clay United States Elizabeth Mandlik 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–2
Loss 5–3 Dec 2018 ITF Plantation, United States Grade A Clay United States Coco Gauff 1–6, 6–3, 4–6

Record against other players

Record against top 10 players
  • She has a 5–9 (35.7%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Result W–L Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score Rank
2022
Loss 0–1 Greece Maria Sakkari No. 8 Australian Open, Australia Hard 2R 1–6, 4–6 No. 108
Loss 0–2 Poland Iga Świątek No. 1 French Open, France Clay 4R 7–6(7–5), 0–6, 2–6 No. 74
Win 1–2 Tunisia Ons Jabeur No. 5 Canadian Open, Canada Hard 2R 6–1, 2–1 ret. No. 51
Win 2–2 Spain Paula Badosa No. 4 Pan Pacific Open, Japan Hard 2R 6–3, 6–2 No. 36
Loss 2–3 Poland Iga Świątek No. 1 San Diego Open, United States Hard 2R 4–6, 6–4, 1–6 No. 28
2023
Win 3–3 Daria Kasatkina No. 8 Abu Dhabi Open, U.A.E. Hard QF 6–1, 6–2 No. 29
Loss 3–4 Greece Maria Sakkari No. 7 Qatar Ladies Open, Qatar Hard 1R 2–6, 6–3, 3–6 No. 24
Loss 3–5 Poland Iga Świątek No. 1 Stuttgart Open, Germany Clay (i) 2R 1–6, 4–6 No. 25
Loss 3–6 United States Jessica Pegula No. 4 Eastbourne International, UK Grass 1R 3–6, 4–6 No. 24
Loss 3–7 Poland Iga Świątek No. 1 Cincinnati Open, United States Hard 3R 6–3, 1–6, 1–6 No. 24
Win 4–7 Tunisia Ons Jabeur No. 5 US Open, United States Hard 4R 6–2, 6–4 No. 23
Loss 4–8 Aryna Sabalenka No. 2 US Open, United States Hard QF 1–6, 4–6 No. 23
Loss 4–9 Kazakhstan Elena Rybakina No. 5 China Open, China Hard 1R 1–6, 2–6 No. 23
Win 5–9 Greece Maria Sakkari No. 6 Zhengzhou Open, China Hard 2R 7–6(7–2), 6–3 No. 24

Double bagel matches [lower-alpha 7]
Result Year W–L Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Rank Rd ZQR
Win 2018 1–0 ITF Nanjing, China 15,000 Hard China Zhang Ziyu n/a Q1 n/a
Win 2021 2–0 Open Saint-Gaudens, France 60,000 Clay Russia Ekaterina Makarova No. 544 Q1 No. 254
Win 2023 3–0 Adelaide International 2, Australia WTA 500 Hard Australia Mia Repac No. 842 Q1 No. 28
Win 2023 4–0 Palermo Ladies Open, Italy WTA 250 Clay Italy Sara Errani No. 112 1R No. 26

Notes
  1. Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
  2. Edition is split into two years due to COVID-19.
  3. 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. Withdraw during the tournament. Not counted as a loss.
  5. 2018: WTA ranking - 933.
  6. 2019: WTA ranking - 842,
    2020: WTA ranking - 731
  7. matches with score 6–0, 6–0

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