Zhang Shuai 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.
61 Facts About Zhang Shuai
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Zhang Shuai 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.
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Zhang Shuai has qualified for the WTA Finals on two occasions.
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Zhang Shuai has enjoyed success in singles, and reached her highest ranking of world No 22 in January 2023.
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Zhang Shuai 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.
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Zhang Shuai has reached two major quarterfinals, at the 2016 Australian Open and 2019 Wimbledon Championships.
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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.
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Zhang Shuai has represented China in the Billie Jean King Cup since 2009, and competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games.
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Zhang Shuai, born in Tianjin, started playing tennis at the age of six, when her parents took her to a local tennis club.
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Zhang Shuai turned professional in 2003 and played her first singles event in Mollerusa in August of that year.
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Zhang Shuai enjoyed considerable success in singles on ITF tournaments, having won one $50k event, eight $25k and three $10k events between 2006 and 2009.
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Zhang Shuai started her year at the Blossom Cup in Quanzhou.
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Zhang Shuai defeated Nudnida Luangnam and Anna Floris in the first and second rounds, respectively, before falling to Timea Babos in the quarterfinals.
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Zhang Shuai lost to Simona Halep in the first round.
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Zhang Shuai competed at the London Olympics tournament in the women's doubles with Li Na, reaching the second round.
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Zhang Shuai lost to Petra Rampre in the first qualifying round as the seventh seed in the Charleston Open.
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Zhang Shuai 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.
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Zhang Shuai 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.
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Zhang Shuai entered the Suzhou Open as the fourth seed, and lost to the unranked Zheng Saisai in the quarterfinal.
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Zhang Shuai entered the Guangzhou International Open as a wildcard, winning her first WTA Tour singles title over qualifier Vania King.
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Zhang Shuai played at the Japan Women's Open in Osaka losing to the sixth seed Madison Keys in the second round.
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Zhang Shuai reached the final in doubles with Shvedova as the top-seeded team losing to Misaki Doi and Xu Yifan, in straight sets.
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Zhang Shuai reached No 51 as a career-high in singles on 4 November 2013.
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Zhang Shuai entered the Taipei Open on carpet as the third seed, and lost in the first round to Katarzyna Piter, retiring after first game in the second set being down a set.
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Zhang Shuai suffered another first-round lost to the wildcard and second seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in the Pattaya Open.
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Later in the same month, Zhang Shuai lost to qualifier Petra Cetkovska in the second round of the Qatar Open.
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Zhang Shuai failed to qualify for the Dubai Tennis Championships.
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At Indian Wells, Zhang Shuai lost to Mladenovic in the first round, and withdrew from the doubles competition because of her shoulder injury.
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Zhang Shuai began the clay-court season at the Charleston Open as the 16th seed losing to Ajla Tomljanovic in the second round, but reached the semifinal round at the Malaysian Open as the second seed losing to the seventh seed and eventual winner Donna Vekic.
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Zhang Shuai defeated Petra Kvitova in the second round of the Italian Open in three sets.
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Zhang Shuai recorded a total of 300 wins and her second top-10 victory.
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Zhang Shuai 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.
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Zhang Shuai suffered another first-round loss in a Major at Wimbledon against 15th seed Carla Suarez Navarro in straight sets, and her losing streak reached eleven.
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Zhang Shuai 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.
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Zhang Shuai suffered another first-round loss at the Canadian Open against CoCo Vandeweghe.
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Zhang Shuai was scheduled to play doubles with Stosur again, but withdrew with an injured right arm.
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Zhang Shuai played in the Asian Games in the team event with Duan Yingying, Zheng Jie and Zheng Saisai.
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Zhang Shuai won her quarterfinal singles and doubles matches, but dropped the deciding doubles match in the final, earning a silver medal.
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Zhang Shuai became the fourth ever Chinese player to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal after Li Na, Zheng Jie and Peng Shuai.
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Zhang Shuai moved 68 places up the rankings, from 133rd to 65th, thus becoming the new Chinese No 1.
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Zhang Shuai won five matches to claim the Morgan Run Women's Open title, culminating in a three-set victory over Vania King.
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Zhang Shuai finished her breakthrough year with a career-high ranking of 23.
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In September 2017, Zhang Shuai won her second WTA Tour title at the Guangzhou Open.
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In 2018, Zhang Shuai reached the semifinals in Prague and Hiroshima.
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Zhang Shuai triumphed in doubles in Istanbul and Hiroshima, partnering Liang Chen and Eri Hozumi respectively.
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Zhang Shuai won the biggest title of her career at the Australian Open.
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Zhang Shuai became the fourth player from mainland China to win a Grand Slam women's doubles title, after Zheng Jie, Yan Zi and Peng Shuai.
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Zhang Shuai made her top-10 debut in doubles on 13 May 2019.
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At Wimbledon, Zhang Shuai reached the second quarterfinal of a major singles event of her career, before losing to Simona Halep in straight sets.
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Zhang Shuai reached the fourth round of the 2020 French Open for the first time in her career where she lost to seventh seed Petra Kvitova.
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Zhang Shuai won the WTA 1000 in Cincinnati and the US Open titles in doubles, partnering Sam Stosur.
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Zhang Shuai finished the year ranked No 8 in doubles, the highest ranking and year-end finish of her career.
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Zhang Shuai 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.
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Zhang Shuai reached the semifinals in mixed doubles for the first time at this major with another Australian John Peers.
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Zhang Shuai beat Kristina Mladenovic, Arantxa Rus, Vitalia Diatchenko and Caroline Garcia to reach the final.
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Zhang Shuai 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.
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Zhang Shuai reached a career-high of world No 2 in the doubles rankings, on 11 July 2022.
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On her way to the US Open, Zhang Shuai lost in the second round to eventual winner Simona Halep at the Canadian Open.
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At the US Open, Zhang Shuai became the oldest woman to reach the fourth round but lost to Coco Gauff in a thrilling match lasting almost two hours.
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Zhang Shuai's parents are Zhang Zhiqiang and Wang Fengqin.
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Zhang Shuai has spoken of opening a coffee bar when she retires.