Zhang Shuai

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Zhang entered the Caoxijiu Suzhou Ladies Open as the fourth seed, and lost to the unranked Zheng Saisai (No. 195) in the quarterfinal. At the Western & Southern Open doubles event in Mason, Ohio, she lost with Irina-Camelia Begu in the first round to Vera Dushevina and Sílvia Soler Espinosa. Then, she entered the qualifying event at New Haven Open at Yale. After beating the 12th seeded Johanna Larsson (No. 68) in the first round, she lost to eventual qualifier Anna Karolína Schmiedlová (No. 107) in the second round. Entered the qualifying event for the US Open, seeded fifth, defeated France's Julie Coin in the first round, lost to CoCo Vandeweghe (No. 192) in second round. Entered the doubles tournament with Yaroslava Shvedova losing to Alla Kudryavtseva & Anastasia Rodionova in the first round. She entered the ITF event in Sanya, China as the second seed, and lost to Zheng Saisai in straight sets in the first round. Entered the Guangzhou International Open as a wild card. Winning her first WTA singles title over qualifier Vania King (No. 124). Also entered the doubles tournament with Shvedova losing in the first round to the fourth-seeded team of Tímea Babos & Olga Govortsova. Entered the Ningbo International Women's Open, losing in the final round to the top seeded Bojana Jovanovski (No. 41). She entered the doubles competition with Chan Yung-jan winning the title over the fourth-seeded team of Irina Buryachok & Oksana Kalashnikova. Entered the China Open in Beijing as wild card losing to tenth seed Roberta Vinci (No. 12) in three sets in the second round. Received a wildcard in the doubles tournament with Shvedova losing to Chan Yung-jan and Zheng Jie in the first round in three sets.

Zhang won the biggest title of her career at the 2019 Australian Open. With home favorite Samantha Stosur, Zhang won her maiden major doubles title, upsetting defending champions Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic in straight sets. 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.

In the 2019 Wimbledon Championships, Zhang reached the second quarterfinal of a Grand Slam singles event of her career, before losing to Simona Halep in straight sets.

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.

In September 2017, Zhang won her second WTA 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.

Zhang won her first singles match in a Grand Slam tournament at the 2016 Australian Open, where, as a qualifier, she defeated world No. 2 Simona Halep en route to the quarterfinals. Zhang had lost all 14 of her main-draw Grand Slam matches up to that point, a stretch that started with the 2008 US Open, and was considering retirement. She also reached the quarterfinals at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships. Alongside Li Na, Zheng Jie, Peng Shuai, and Wang Qiang, Zhang is one of only five Chinese tennis players to have reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament.

She began the clay-court season at the Family Circle Cup as the 16th seed losing to Ajla Tomljanović in the second round, but reached the semifinal round at the BMW Malaysian Open as the second seed losing to the seventh seed and eventual winner Donna Vekić. As the seventh seed, she lost to Polona Hercog in the first round at the Marrakech Grand Prix. At the Portugal Open, she lost to seventh seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in the first round. and reached the quarterfinal round with Sílvia Soler Espinosa losing to the top-seeded team of Cara Black & Sania Mirza the doubles competition. Another first-round loss came at the Mutua Madrid Open against wild card Irina-Camelia Begu. Partnering with Janette Husárová in doubles, Zhang lost to the eighth-seeded team of Julia Görges and Anna-Lena Grönefeld in the first round. She defeated Petra Kvitová in the second round of the Italian Open in three exciting sets. In her win, she reached 300 victories and her second top-10 victory. 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. 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. She entered the doubles with Ajla Tomljanović losing to Gabriela Dabrowski & Alicja Rosolska in the first round.

Zhang started her 2016 season at the Shenzhen Open. In the first round, she beat fellow wild card Irina Khromacheva in straight sets before losing to top-seed and eventual champion Agnieszka Radwańska in the second.

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. At the 2016 Olympics, she competed in both the singles and doubles (with Peng Shuai). She reached the second round in both events. Zhang finished her breakthrough year with a career-high ranking of 23.

Zhang began her grass-court season at the Aegon Classic as the ninth seed, losing to the top-seed and eventual champion Ana Ivanovic in the semifinal. Played in the doubles competition with Caroline Garcia losing to the second-seeded team of Ashleigh Barty & Casey Dellacqua in the semifinal round. Lost at the Eastbourne International to Varvara Lepchenko in the first round. Suffered another first-round loss in a Grand Slam event, the streak reached eleven as she lost at Wimbledon against 15th seed Carla Suárez Navarro in straight sets. 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.

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. 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 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. 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. She also moved 68 places up the rankings, from 133rd to 65th, thus becoming the new Chinese No. 1.

She played in the HP Open in Osaka losing to the sixth seed Madison Keys (No. 39) in the second round. Entered the doubles tournament with Samantha Stosur losing in straight sets to the second seeded team of Kristina Mladenovic & Flavia Pennetta in final. Entered the Nanjing Ladies Open as the third seed winning her third title of the year beating the fourth seed Ayumi Morita (No. 63) in match shortened by retirement after one set. Also reached the final in doubles with Shvedova as the top-seeded team losing to the team of Misaki Doi & Xu Yifan in straight sets. Reached No. 51 as a career high in singles on 4 November 2013. Entered the OEC Taipei WTA Ladies Open on carpet as the third seed, and lost in the first round to Katarzyna Piter (No. 122) retired after first game in the second set being down a set. Played in the doubles competition with Kimiko Date-Krumm as the top-seeded team lost to the team of Misaki Doi & Hsieh Shu-ying in the first round in three sets.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup and Olympic Games are included in Win–Loss records.

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

Zhang entered the doubles tournament in the Madrid Open with Zheng Jie as the seventh seeded team and lost in the first round to Kristina Mladenovic & Galina Voskoboeva. In Rome, she lost to the fifth-seeded Madison Keys (No. 60) at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in the first qualifying round. Again partnering with Zheng, the eighth-seeded team lost to Dominika Cibulková & Monica Niculescu in the opening round. They also entered the qualifying draw for the Brussels Open qualifying for the main draw, and lost in the second round to the fourth-seeded (No. 17) Sloane Stephens. Zhang entered the French Open doubles with Zheng as the 13th seeds losing to the second-seeded team of Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká in the third round. Also entered the mixed-doubles tournament with Julian Knowle losing in the second round to the fifth-seeded team of Kristina Mladenovic & Daniel Nestor. 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. Zhang entered Wimbledon doubles with Moulton-Levy losing to the 12th seeded team of Ashleigh Barty & Casey Dellacqua in the second round. Entered the mixed-doubles tournament once again with Knowle losing in the first round to Barty & John Peers. At the Beijing International 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. Zhang played in 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 from Hubei. 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 Zheng's injury from her semifinal singles match.

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. She won her first WTA singles title at the 2013 Guangzhou International Women's Open as a wild card entrant.

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. After a full year on the ITF Women's circuit, Zhang finished 2004 with a year-end ranking of 901st.

Zhang Shuai (Chinese: 张帅 ; pinyin: Zhāng Shuài ; Mandarin pronunciation: [ʈʂáŋ ʂwâi] ; born 21 January 1989) is a Chinese professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 23, achieved on 14 November 2016, and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 9, set on 20 May 2019. Zhang has won 24 singles titles: 20 on the ITF Women's Circuit, two on the WTA Tour – both at the Guangzhou International Women's Open – and two in the WTA 125K series. In doubles, she has won 17 titles (8 ITF, 8 WTA, 1 WTA 125K), including the 2019 Australian Open, partnered with Samantha Stosur.

Started the year as the top-seed at the ITF tournament Innisbrook Women's Open in Florida on clay with a first-round loss to 468th ranked wildcard Asia Muhammad. Skipping the Australian Open and remaining in Florida for another ITF clay-court tournament, the $25k Tesoro Women's 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. Zhang entered three WTA 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 Total Open in Doha and lost to Lisa Raymond & Samantha Stosur in second round; 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. and lost to 23rd and second seeded Hsieh Su-wei in the second round in the Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur and lost to second seeded team of Shuko Aoyama & Chang Kai-chen in an exciting final. Returning stateside losing to 131st ranked wild card Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the qualifying final of the Sony Open in Miami Teaming up with Megan Moulton-Levy, lost in the second round to third seeded Nadia Petrova & Katarina Srebotnik. Lost to Petra Rampre (No. 282) in the first qualifying round as the seventh seed in the Family Circle Cup in Charleston. Zhang & Moulton-Levy lost in the semifinal to the top-seeded team of Andrea Hlaváčková & Liezel Huber. Playing as the fifth seed in the ITF's Legacy Credit Union Women's 25K Pro Circuit Challenger in Pelham, Alabama, she lost to the 197th ranked Ashleigh Barty in the second round. Playing in her first final as the eighth seed at the Dothan Pro Tennis Classic, lost to Ajla Tomljanović (No. 171). As the seventh seed in the Boyd Tinsley Clay Court Classic in Charlottesville, Virginia, she lost to 381st ranked wild card Allie Will in the first round.