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Zheng Jie (simplified Chinese: 郑洁; traditional Chinese: 鄭潔; pinyin: Zhèng Jié; born 5 July 1983 in Chengdu, Sichuan) is a Chinese professional tennis player. Her career high ranking is World No. 15 which she achieved on May 18, 2009. She has won three WTA singles titles at Hobart in 2005 and Estoril and Stockholm in 2006. She has also won eleven doubles titles with Yan Zi including Wimbledon and the Australian Open in 2006 and reached a career high ranking of World No. 3. Zheng has also reached the singles semi-finals at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, becoming the first Chinese player to do so and has won the bronze medal in doubles with Yan Zi at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. As of November 9th, 2009, Zheng is ranked World No. 36 in singles and No. 24 in doubles.
[edit] Personal lifeAt Wimbledon in 2008, Zheng gained recognition when she became the first Chinese player ever to reach the semifinals of a Grand Slam singles tournament, defeating World No. 1 Ana Ivanović en route.[1] She donated her winnings to the victims of the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake in her native province. She is coached by her husband, Chang Yu. [edit] Singles career[edit] 2002In May 2002, she won two successive $25,000 ITF singles tournaments, at Shanghai and Tianjin, right after reaching her first $50,000 tournament quarterfinal, at Fukuoka, Japan.[2] That September, she gained direct entry into a WTA tournament at Shanghai, and reached Round Two before losing to Anna Kournikova.[1] She ended the year as World No. 183.[3] [edit] 2003In 2003, she qualified for Hyderabad and took a love set against Mary Pierce in the main draw first round, only to lose the match in three sets. She also qualified for Doha, but then lost to Lina Krasnoroutskaya.[4] Later in the year, she defeated Nuria Llagostera Vives in the first round of a $25,000 ITF tournament, Alyona Bondarenko in the first round of qualifying for Palermo, and Maria-Elena Camerin at another $50,000 ITF event in July, where she reached the quarterfinal; but it was in August at Bronx that she won her first $50,000 tournament, beating a cast of future stars in the forms of Shenay Perry, Jamea Jackson, Akiko Morigami, Adriana Serra Zanetti and (in the final) Maria Kirilenko to this end.[4] Although Kirilenko avenged this defeat in qualifying at the US Open, Zheng proceeded to qualify for Bali in September with crushing victories over Yan Zi and Yuka Yoshida, then vanquished Flavia Pennetta 6–3 6–2 in the first round of the main draw before bowing out to Tamarine Tanasugarn.[4] However, the very next month she defeated Tanasugarn at the Japan Open,[4] where she reached her first WTA semifinal before losing to Maria Sharapova.[1] At the end of October, she reached another WTA quarterfinal at Quebec City with a second-round win over Antonella Serra Zanetti[4] before losing in three sets to Laura Granville.[1] In December, she was a losing finalist at two successive $50,000 tournaments, falling in three sets to countrywoman Peng Shuai at Changsha (after victories over Sesil Karatantcheva, Camille Pin and Aiko Nakamura)[4] and, also in three sets, to the same Sesil Karatantcheva (after beating Sun Tiantian in the semifinal) at Shenzhen.[4] These impressive results catapulted Zheng into the World Top 100, bringing her a year-end ranking of 93.[3] [edit] 2004The following year brought further improvements in her singles results. She reached the quarterfinals at Hyderabad and Doha (where she comfortably beat Jelena Dokić in Round Two),[5] and the second round at Miami and Vienna (where she beat Lisa Raymond 6–3 6–2).[5] Then at the French Open, playing only her second Grand Slam singles main draw (after gaining direct entry to the Australian Open but losing in the first round), she defeated Dally Randriantefy, Émilie Loit, and Tathiana Garbin in succession to reach the fourth round, where she lost to Paola Suárez 6–4, 7–5.[6] She was the first Chinese women to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam.[1] At the Olympics in Athens, she lost 6–8 in the final set of her first round match to Ai Sugiyama despite taking the first set 6–4.[7] In September, she won a $25,000 ITF tournament at Beijing, defeating Yan Zi in the semifinal and Li Na in the final.[5] But it was another of her countrywomen, Peng Shuai, who stopped her at the final hurdle in a $50,000 tournament at Shenzhen late that November, although she had impressively conquered Yan Zi again in the semifinal, the latter having accounted for Li Na in the quarterfinal stage.[5] Zheng ended the year world-ranked 67.[3] [edit] 2005 In 2005, she began the year with a flourish by capturing her first WTA singles title at Hobart,[3] after wins over some highly capable players, namely Mariana Díaz-Oliva, Shinobu Asagoe, Klara Koukalová, Li Na and Gisela Dulko.[8] She qualified for Dubai with wins over Sandra Kleinová, Maria-Elena Camerin and Virginia Ruano-Pascual, and went on to defeat Anabel Medina Garrigues in the main draw before succumbing to Lindsay Davenport.[8] Dulko gained her revenge in the quarterfinal at Estoril in April.[8] But Zheng remained in fine form, and reached the her second WTA final at Rabat, Morocco in May, losing to Nuria Llagostera Vives[3] after wins over Catalina Castaño, Maureen Drake and Tathiana Garbin,[8] followed by a walk-over against Na Li who had to retire at 3–3 from an ankle sprain.[citation needed] A three-set loss to Francesca Schiavone in the first round of the French Open prevented Zheng from defending her ranking points accrued there the previous year.[8] But she recovered to record several more impressive results in August, reaching the second round at Los Angeles by again beating Shinobu Asagoe, the Canadian Open quarterfinal (with wins over Maria-Emilia Salerni and Ai Sugiyama), and another quarterfinal at New Haven (after defeating Katarina Srebotnik and Émilie Loit in qualifying, and Jamea Jackson in the main draw, though she was assisted by entering the tournament with a first-round bye and as a lucky loser in the final-round of qualifying to Jelena Kostanić).[8] At the end of the month, she advanced to the second round at the US Open by defeating Iveta Benešová.[8] Further impressive first-round wins in September over Maria Vento-Kabchi (at Bali) and Jelena Janković (at Beijing) could not be consolidated on in subsequent rounds of the respective tournaments;[8] but at Guangzhou, the last tournament she would play all year, she reached the semifinal with wins over Carly Gullickson, Jamea Jackson and Maria Kirilenko,[8] before suffering her second loss of the year to Nuria Llagostera Vives.[3] This string of results lifted her to a career-high world ranking of 42 in early October 2005.[1] [edit] 20062006 started poorly for Zheng in singles, with a string of six[9] successive first-round losses dipping her ranking to World No. 56 by the end of February. However, after a first round loss in Indian Wells, her 2006 singles breakthrough came at Key Biscayne, Florida where she reached the quarterfinals with wins over Nathalie Dechy and Anna-Lena Grönefeld before falling to Tatiana Golovin 3–6, 6–3, 6–2.[9] Zheng's new found confidence earned a title at her next tournament in Estoril, where she defeated top-seeded Flavia Pennetta en route to the final[9] before a victory over compatriot Na Li whom was forced to retire at one set each.[3] Successful results continued in Berlin, where only an in-form Nadia Petrova stopped her from reaching the quarterfinals. The Russian second seed took the match 7–6, 4–6, 6–4.[9] In Strasbourg, Zheng displayed yet more fine form to reach the quarterfinals, where she lost to second-seeded Czech Nicole Vaidišová 6–4, 4–6, 6–2.[9] In August, Zheng won the tournament in Stockholm without dropping a set. In the final, she defeated the top seed and former World No. 2 Anastasia Myskina 6–4, 6–1. The win over Myskina avenged Zheng's tough three set loss to the Russian at the start of the year.[9] In Montreal, she fell to eventual champion Ana Ivanović 6–4, 6–7, 6–2.[9] A knee injury hampered Zheng's singles progess towards the end of 2006. Her US Open ended in a second round defeat to Anastassia Rodionova and her last competitive match of the season saw her worst loss in terms of rankings, where she fell in the second round of Zurich qualifying to World No. 139 Joanna Sacowicz of Poland.[10] However, in December, Zheng took part in the Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. After a surprising first round loss in the team event, she went into the singles competition as the second seed. Recording victories over Shikha Uberoi, Chan Yung-jan, Aiko Nakamura and a resurgent Sania Mirza (6–4, 1–6, 6–1), she claimed the gold medal. She also took gold in doubles with partner Yan Zi, winning 6–1, 7–6 against Yung Jan Chan and Chuang Chia-jung of Chinese Taipei. To end 2006, Zheng won the Chinese National Championships, with a three set victory over her doubles partner in the final. [edit] 20072007 started well for Zheng, where she reached a second Hobart quarterfinal, recording solid victories over qualifier Stéphanie Foretz and Séverine Brémond of France. After taking the first set against rising Russian Anna Chakvetadze, Zheng only managed another two games with the match ending 4–6, 6–1, 6–1. Chakvetadze would then go on to win the tournament.[1]  At the Australian Open, Zheng put in an extremely disappointing performance, losing to then 97th ranked Julia Schruff of Germany 4–6, 7–6, 6–4 after holding match point on more than one occasion.[11] In doubles, her title defense with Yan Zi began in style, as the pair reeled off two consecutive straight sets wins for the loss of only three games. Their third round encounter against Elena Dementieva and Flavia Pennetta proved more difficult, but after squandering the first set they managed to dominate for an eventual 4–6, 6–1, 6–2 victory. A quarterfinal match up against a Chinese sister act was won in straight sets, before Jie Zheng and Zi Yan fell in the semifinals to Yung Jan Chan and Chia Jung Chuang of Chinese Taipei - the same partnership which they managed to defeat easily in the final of the Doha Asian Games just 1 month previously. In her next event in Tokyo (tier I), Zheng looks good in her first round, winning against qualifier Bethanie Mattek 6–2 6–1. However, in the next round, she suffered a 6–4, 6–0 defeat to Serbia's Jelena Janković without earning a single break point.[citation needed] Zheng's next tournament, Indian Wells, took place more than a month after her severe loss to Janković. However, the rest time did not seem to serve her well, and after receiving a bye in the first round (as the 22nd seed), she was defeated by Belarusian qualifier Victoria Azarenka 6–3 7–5.[11] In her next tournament, Miami (tier 1), Zheng was a defending quarterfinalist after a magnificent 2006 showing; but after receiving another first round bye, she slumped to a straight sets loss to Pole Agnieszka Radwańska,[11] seeing her ranking fall out of the top 40 for the first time since May 2006. A decent showing in Amelia Island saw Zheng back in to the top 40, as she fell to a 6–2, 6–3 loss at the hands of top seed and defending champion Nadia Petrova in the third round.[11] In Charleston, Zheng again reached the third round, recording her first top 20 win of the season over Shahar Pe'er, perhaps overlooked due to the fact that the Israeli was suffering from a hand injury.[citation needed] In doubles she won the prestigious Charleston tournament with partner Yan Zi. After just short of a month, another first round loss was on the cards for the Chinese woman in Berlin as she was defeated by Italian Maria Elena Camerin 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 after an impressive first set. Zheng participated in the Tier III event held in Strasbourg, France. This was her last preparation with doubles partner Yan Zi for the French Open. The Chinese duo won the event in terrific form, not dropping a set the entire week. They won their quarterfinal match 6–0, 6–2, the semifinals 6–3, 6–1, and the final 6–3, 6–4. Zheng competed in the both the singles and doubles (with Yan Zi) of the French Open. At the beginning of the tournament, she sustained an ankle injury, hampering her performance. She was knocked out in the first round of the singles competition by Timea Bacsinszky 7–6(3) 6–0.[11] She had no more luck in the doubles, going out to Llagostera Vives and Sanchez in the first round. The ankle injury sustained at the French Open ruled her out of Wimbledon to defend her doubles title. She withdrew from all events for the rest of the year because of the ankle injury.[1] Her ranking suffered as a result, ending the year ranked World No. 163.[3] [edit] 2008Zheng Jie's return to the tour was successful; in singles, she won two qualifying matches in Gold Coast before losing to Alisa Kleybanova.[12] In doubles, she and Zi Yan reached the final, only to lose 6–1, 6–2 to the third seeds, Safina and Szávay. However, in Sydney, the duo won the title, beating second seeds Sugiyama and Srebotnik and reigning US Open champions Dechy and Safina along the way. At the Australian Open, the duo got off to a good start, with three easy straight set wins and then beat the Williams sisters 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 in the quarterfinals to get their semifinal berth. In the semifinals, they led 6–0, 5–4 (40–15) against the 12th seeds Peer and Azarenka before losing 0–6, 7–5, 7–6(3). Zheng's singles was not faring so well, but at the Tier I Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, she managed to come through qualifying and then defeated Émilie Loit in the first round 6–0, 6–1 and then thrashed 30th-seeded Kateryna Bondarenko in the second round 6–2, 6–4. She lost to eventual quarterfinalist and defending champion Daniela Hantuchová in the third round 6–4, 6–2.[12] Following her showing at Indian Wells, Zheng entered the main draw of the Tier I Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida. Zheng defeated qualifier Galina Voskoboeva then got through to the third round following 14th seed Nadia Petrova's retirement after just three games of their match. She then managed to defeat former World No. 1 and Grand Slam singles champion Amélie Mauresmo in the third round 5–7, 6–4, 6–4. Zheng was then defeated by World No. 3 Jelena Janković in the fourth round 6–4, 7–5.[12] After this, Zheng played only three matches on the WTA Tour until the French Open qualifying, playing two in China's Fed Cup loss against Spain and one qualifying match for the Tier I Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, which she lost 6–3, 6–2. Going into the French Open qualifying, Zheng was unseeded but managed to defeat Lucie Hradecká in the first round 4–6, 7–5, 8–6. She then crushed Charlotte Rodier of France 6–0, 6–3 to reach the final round of qualifying where she defeated Kristina Barrois of Germany 6–3, 7–6(4) to reach the main draw of the French Open. After beating Mara Santangelo in three sets, Zheng beat the 21st-seeded Maria Kirilenko, also in three sets, to reach the third round before losing to Russia's Dinara Safina 6–2, 7–5.[12] Despite only being ranked World No. 133, preventing her from directly qualifying for the Wimbledon singles main draw, Zheng was given a wild card into the main draw, where she defeated seeded Slovakian Dominika Cibulková in the first round, then Great Britain's Elena Baltacha in the second. She then went on to defeat the first seed and World No. 1 Ana Ivanović in the third round 6–1, 6–4. This was her first victory against a top 10 player.[13] Zheng beat Ágnes Szávay of Hungary, the 15th seed, 6–3, 6–4 in the fourth round, and 18th-seeded Nicole Vaidišová of the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals 6–2, 5–7, 6–1. This was Zheng's best singles result in a Grand Slam tournament and made her the first Chinese women's tennis player ever to reach the semifinals of a Grand Slam singles tournament, surpassing the previous record of a quarterfinal finish set by her compatriot Li Na at the same event in 2006. She also became the first wild card to reach the semifinals of the women's singles at Wimbledon.[14] In the semifinals, Zheng lost to two-time Wimbledon champion and former World No. 1 Serena Williams 6-2, 7-6(5). Zheng had a set point on Williams's service at 5-6 (30-40) in Zheng's favour but hit a backhand into the high part of the net, thus losing her only chance to level the match. Zheng's strong Wimbledon performance elevated her ranking from World No. 133 to World No. 40. She donated her prize money from the tournament to and spend time helping the victims and post-reconstruction effort of the 12 May earthquake that killed nearly 70,000 people and left 5 to 10 million homeless in her home province Sichuan.[15] She did the same with her French Open prize money earlier in the year.[16] In August 2008, Zheng competed for China in both singles and doubles at the Beijing Olympics.[17] Zheng won her first round match against 11th-seeded Ágnes Szávay of Hungary, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5. She then defeated unseeded Nuria Llagostera Vives of Spain in the second round, 6-7 (7), 6-1, 6-4, in a three hour match. Zheng eventually lost in the third round, 6–4, 6–3, to sixth-seeded Dinara Safina of Russia (who eventually won the singles silver medal). Zheng had better results in doubles with her partner Yan Zi, where they were seeded eighth. After losing in the semifinals to the fourth-seeded Spanish team of Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual 6-4, 7-6 (5) for a spot in the gold medal final, they won the bronze medal match against the Ukrainian sisters team of Alona and Kateryna Bondarenko 6–2, 6–2. This was the second Olympics tennis medal ever won by China. After the Olympics, Zheng entered the US Open unseeded in women's singles. In the first round, she defeated unseeded Shenay Perry of the U.S. 6-2, 6-3. In the second round, she beat 26th-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain 6-1, 6-4. In the third round, she lost to second-seeded Jelena Janković of Serbia 7-5, 7-5 after 11 deuces in the last game.[18] Zheng was seeded third in the Tier III Guangzhou International Open held in September and made it to the semifinals before losing to top-seeded Vera Zvonareva 6-3, 7-5. Ranked World No. 30, Zheng returned in September to Beijing for the China Open Tier II tournament. Unseeded, she recorded her second and third victories over top 10 players, marching past World No. 10 and sixth-seeded Agnieszka Radwańska of Poland in the first round, 6-2, 6-3, Ai Sugiyama of Japan in the second round 6-1, 6-2, and World No. 4 and second-seeded Ana Ivanović of Serbia in the quarterfinals 7-6(4), 2-6, 6-4. Playing in the semifinals matched the previous best Chinese player China Open results of Shuai Peng in 2006, but Zheng fell to World No. 7 and fourth-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia, 7-6(3), 7-5.[19] Based on her strong China Open performance, Zheng became Asia's and China's highest ranked women's singles player at World No. 26, her highest to-date career WTA singles ranking.[3] She later reached World No. 23 on 20 October 2008. In March 2009, Zheng was awarded the WTA Tour "Comeback of the Year" Award for 2008, as she "rebounded from an injury-marred 2007". [edit] 2009Seeded 4th at the Moorilla Hobart International, Zheng defeated Marina Erakovic 6-1 4-6 6-1 in the first round. However, she was defeated by Gielsa Dulko 6-3 6-3 in the second round, after which all of the tournament seeds were eliminated. In January at the Australian Open, Zheng was seeded 22nd in women's singles. She defeated unseeded Camille Pin of France 6-3, 6-3 in the first round, unseeded Melinda Czink of Hungary 7-6 (7-0), 5-7, 6-3 in the second round, and unseeded Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine 6-2, 6-2 in the third round. The next day, she and her partner Yan Zi were eliminated from the doubles competition in the third round, with a 7-5, 6-4 loss to Nuria Llagostera Vives and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez. In her women's singles fourth round match against 8th seed Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia, Zheng trailed 1-4 in the opening set, but was forced to retire with a left wrist injury after hitting the court while reaching for a ball. This was the furthest that Zheng progressed at women's singles at this tournament in her career. Zheng was forced to withdraw from China's first round Fed Cup tie with Russia due to the aforementioned injury. The team was also without a replacement for Zheng, and this meant China's campaign was to be led by Yan Zi, the-then World No. 119. China ended up losing to Russia, the defending champions, 5-0. Zheng returned to action at the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, crushing qualifier Anastasia Rodionova 6-1, 6-1. She reached the third round after defeating Samantha Stosur 3-6 7-5 7-5, where she lost to World No. 1 Serena Williams, 6-4 6-2. She and her partner, Yan Zi, lost in the first round in doubles to the Bondarenko sisters. Seeded 4th at the 2009 Monterrey Open, she beat wildcard Urszula Radwańska of Poland 6-3, 6-3 in just over an hour in the first round. She then defeated unseeded Hungarian Melinda Czink 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals, where she faced seventh seed Gisela Dulko of Argentina. She easily beat her 6-3, 6-2. In the semifinals, she then lost to second seed Marion Bartoli with the score of 7-5, 6-3, despite serving for the first set at 5-4, because of her strong performance in the tournament she rose up to world no. 17, her highest so far in the tour. Seeded 15th at the BNP Paribas Open and receiving a bye in the first round, she lost to unseeded Vera Dushevina of Russia in the second round 6-2, 6-2. Zheng was seeded 17th at the Sony Ericsson Open. In the second round, she defeated Julia Goerges 6-4, 6-2. In the third round, Zheng had an impressive performance defeating world No. 14 Alize Cornet 6-4, 6-0. In the fourth round Zheng pushed world No. 1 Serena Williams but eventually lost to Williams 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 in a two hour ten minute match in which Zheng had a 2-0 lead in the third set. Zheng's strong performance helped her to reach world No. 16, the highest ranking ever by a Chinese tennis player. Li Na had also reached world No. 16 in 2007. At the Rome Masters, Zheng lost to World No. 1 Dinara Safina in a tough three setter in the third round, 5-7, 6-1, 7-6. At the Madrid Masters, Zheng fell to Amelie Mauresmo in the second round. Despite the loss, on May 18, Zheng became the highest-ranked Chinese player in history, at No. 15. At the 2009 French Open, Zheng (seeded 15th) progressed to the second round by defeating Frenchwoman Stephanie Cohen-Aloro 6-1 6-3. In the second round, she was defeated by Michelle Larcher de Brito in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3. At the 2009 AEGON Classic at Birmingham, the first tournament on grass, Zheng was the top seed but lost to the eventual champion Magdalena Rybarikova in the third round 7-6, 6-4. Zheng was unseeded at the 2009 AEGON International. She defeated Carla Suarez Navarro in the first round 6-2, 6-2. but lost in the second round to Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak 7-6 (4), 6-3.  She was seeded 16th at the 2009 Wimbledon Championships, Zheng defeated Kristina Barrois 7-6, 7-6 in a tough match but was upset by Daniela Hantuchova 6-3 7-5 in the second round. As she was unable to defend her ranking points from the previous year, Zheng's ranking fell out of the top twenty to World No. 24. Zheng's next tournament was the LA Women's Tennis Championships as part of her US Open Series Campaign. In the first round, Zheng who was seeded 14, defeated Olga Savchuk 7-5, 1-6, 6-2. She then defeated Elena Vesnina, 6-4, 4-6, 6-0. In the Third round, she listed her second win over a World No. 1, defeating Dinara Safina 7-5, 4-6, 6-4. She then fell to 13th seed Samantha Stosur 6-4, 3-6, 4-6. In Cincinnati, Zheng lost to Sybille Bammer in the first round, 6-2 4-6 6-2. However, in Toronto, Zheng swept past Vesnina once again in the first round (6-3 6-2) before claiming another Top 10 win by defeating eight seeded Caroline Wozniacki in the second, 7-5 6-3. Zheng was defeated 7-6, 6-4 by Lucie Safarova in the third round. At the 2009 US Open, Zheng, who was seeded 21, defeated unseeded Anna-Lena Grönefeld 6-3, 6-2 in the first round. She then came back from a set down to beat Alize Cornet in the 2nd round, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3. Zheng lost in the third round to the number 13 seed Nadia Petrova 6-4, 6-1. Zheng's form dipped towards the end of the season. She withdrew from her next tournament in Guangzhou due to a left wrist injury. Zheng entrered the 2009 Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo. In the first round she beat qualifier Sania Mirza of India 5-7 6-2 6-3 but was thrashed in the second round to Victoria Azarenka, the World No. 9, 6-1, 6-1. Her final tournament of the year was the 2009 China Open where she lost for the second consecutive year to Svetlana Kuznetsova, but this time in the first round. Zheng ended the year with a 28-22 singles record and she finished the year ranked World No. 36. [edit] Doubles careerThe highlights of her doubles career to date have been her two Grand Slam tournament victories in 2006, detailed below: [edit] Australian Open 2006
[edit] Wimbledon 2006At Wimbledon, Zheng and Max Mirnyi, seeded two, reached the semifinals of the Mixed Doubles, where they were beaten by Bob Bryan and Venus Williams (who were unseeded), 7–5, 7–5. She triumphed in women's doubles with Yan Zi over Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez 6–3, 3–6, 6–2, capturing China's first Wimbledon title. With her win, she became the first Chinese tennis player to amass over 1 million dollars in career earnings.[1] Their route to the final was so:
[edit] Playing StyleZheng's game is characterized by consistent tennis. Her shots are very well placed and can be quite deep in the court, making Zheng a defensive counterpuncher. Zheng has good foot speed which allows her to keep points in play that normally would be winners. Having played many years in doubles, Zheng is also a comfortable net player. Her backhand is the stronger of her two groundstrokes. Zheng's serve, while not powerful, is consistent allowing Zheng to hit a high number of first serves in. Her main weakness is her inability to hit the strongest shots on the tour. However, with such good placement, she makes up for her weaker shots than the average player on the tour. Her lack of height makes her susceptible to lobs and high bouncing balls, especially on clay. [edit] Career finals[edit] Singles: 4 (3-1)
[edit] Doubles wins (11)
[edit] ITF titles (20)[edit] Singles (4)
[edit] Doubles (16)
[edit] Performance timelines[edit] Singles performance timelineTo help interpret the performance table, the legend below explains what each abbreviation and color coded box represents in the performance timeline.
To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, which ended April 5, 2009.
[edit] Women's doubles performance timeline
YZ = with Yan Zi [edit] Mixed doubles performance timeline
DN = with Daniel Nestor MB = with Mahesh Bhupathi MM = with Max Mirnyi [edit] KeyxR = lost in x round [edit] PersonalZheng was coached by Jiang Hong Wei, China national women's tennis team head coach,[20] and her husband is Zhang Yu, who is also her hitting partner and coach.[21] Zheng is on the advisory staff of Yonex and uses their rackets.[22] She wears clothing by Anta and appears in their advertising campaigns.[23] [edit] See also[edit] References
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