1. Zheng Qinwen is a Chinese professional tennis player.
37 Facts About Zheng Qinwen
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Zheng Qinwen won the gold medal in women's singles at the 2024 Paris Olympics, defeating world No 1, Iga Swiatek, en route to becoming the first Asian tennis player to win an Olympic gold medal in singles.
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Zheng Qinwen reached a career-high WTA ranking of No 5 on 11 November 2024, and is only the second Chinese player to reach the top 10 after Li Na.
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Zheng Qinwen contested a major final at the 2024 Australian Open.
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Two months later, eight-year-old Zheng Qinwen left her family in Shiyan to train in Wuhan.
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Zheng Qinwen began working with coach Pere Riba in 2021.
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In January 2021, Zheng Qinwen won the Tennis Future Hamburg, Germany where she defeated Linda Fruhvirtova in the final of the $25k event, held at the venue of the Hamburger Tennis-Verband.
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Zheng Qinwen made her WTA Tour debut at the Palermo Ladies Open, where she defeated second seed Liudmila Samsonova in the first round, before losing her next match to Jaqueline Cristian.
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At the Melbourne Summer Set 1, Zheng Qinwen reached her first tour semifinal beating Mai Hontama, former No 2 Vera Zvonareva, and Ana Konjuh, respectively.
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Zheng Qinwen lost her semifinal match to second seed Simona Halep, in straight sets.
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At the French Open, Zheng Qinwen defeated Maryna Zanevska on her debut at that major.
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Zheng Qinwen moved into the fourth round after Alize Cornet's retirement.
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Zheng Qinwen was still happy about her performance and glad that she was able to play against the world's number one.
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Zheng Qinwen debuted at Wimbledon and defeated Sloane Stephens in the first round.
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Zheng Qinwen won her second round match against Greet Minnen, before falling to the eventual champion, Elena Rybakina, in the third round.
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At the US Open, Zheng Qinwen defeated 16th seed Jelena Ostapenko in the first round and Anastasia Potapova in the second round.
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Zheng Qinwen was beaten in the third round by Jule Niemeier, in straight sets.
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At the Pan Pacific Open in Japan, Zheng Qinwen became the first Chinese teenager to reach a WTA Tour final which she lost to Liudmila Samsonova.
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Zheng Qinwen began the season with a win over former world No 2, Anett Kontaveit, in the first round of the Adelaide International, saving match points in the third set to triumph in a final set tiebreak.
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Zheng Qinwen lost to Victoria Azarenka in the second round.
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Zheng Qinwen received a wildcard into her next tournament in Palermo.
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Zheng Qinwen defeated fifth seed Ons Jabeur, to advance to her maiden major quarterfinal, losing to world No 2 and eventual finalist, Aryna Sabalenka.
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Zheng Qinwen won gold in singles at the Asian Games in September 2023.
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Zheng Qinwen captured her second career title on home soil at the WTA 500 Zhengzhou Open defeating Barbora Krejcikova in the final.
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Zheng Qinwen made her debut at the United Cup as China's No 1 player, part of the team's debut at the tournament, and recorded her first win to clinch the tie with Czechia.
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At the Australian Open, Zheng Qinwen reached her first major final defeating Ashlyn Krueger, Katie Boulter, compatriot Wang Yafan, and Oceane Dodin on her way to the quarterfinals.
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Zheng Qinwen lost the final to second seed Aryna Sabalenka.
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At the Paris Olympics, Zheng Qinwen defeated Sara Errani, Arantxa Rus, Emma Navarro, Angelique Kerberand top seed Iga Swiatek en route to the gold medal match.
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Zheng Qinwen defeated Croatia's Donna Vekic in the final to win the gold medal in women's singles, becoming the first Asian player to win Olympic gold in a singles event.
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At the WTA Finals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Zheng Qinwen lost her opening group match against Aryna Sabalenka but then defeated Elena Rybakina and Jasmine Paolini to reach the semifinals where she overcame Barbora Krejcikova, in straight sets.
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Zheng Qinwen lost the final to Coco Gauff in a match which went to a third set tiebreak.
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Zheng Qinwen then lost her opening matches at the Qatar Open to Ons Jabeur and at the Dubai Tennis Championships against Peyton Stearns.
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Wins over Viktoria Azarenka, Lulu Sun and Marta Kostyuk saw Zheng Qinwen reach the quarterfinals at Indian Wells, before her run was halted by second seed Iga Swiatek.
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Zheng Qinwen overcame Lauren Davis, Taylor Townsend, and Ashlyn Krueger to reach the quarterfinals at the Miami Open, where she lost to world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka.
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At the Charleston Open, Zheng Qinwen made it three quarterfinals in as many tournaments with wins over Maria Sakkari and Elise Mertens, before losing in the last eight to ninth seed Ekaterina Alexandrova.
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Zheng Qinwen said she looked up to Liu Xiang, a Chinese hurdler whose win in the 110-meter hurdles at the 2004 Summer Olympics was China's first gold in any men's track and field event.
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Zheng Qinwen enjoys roller coaster rides and is a fan of the K-pop group Blackpink.