WTA Tour

JANUARY - Fell 1r at Australian Open (l. to Wozniak).

2003 - Played first events of career on ITF Circuit.

2004 - Continued to play on ITF Circuit.

2005 - Continued to play on ITF Circuit.

2006 - Played first WTA main draw at Guangzhou, falling 1r (as WC); fell in qualifying at Beijing; won four singles titles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2007 - Fell 1r three times and in qualifying seven times (incl. Australian Open, US Open); won five singles titles and one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2008 - Fell 1r six times (incl. US Open) and in qualifying four times (incl. Australian Open, Roland Garros).

2009 - Reached 3r once; fell in qualifying three times (incl. US Open); won three singles titles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2010 - First Top 100 season; SF at Guangzhou (l. to Kudryavtseva); fell 1r three times (incl. Roland Garros) and in qualifying six times (incl. other three majors); made Top 100 debut on August 9 (rose from No.113 to No.99); won two singles titles and one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2011 - QF at Copenhagen; reached 2r six times; fell 1r 15 times (incl. all four majors) and in qualifying four times; ret. in College Park 2r w/heat illness and withdrew from Dallas w/right shoulder injury.

SINGLES
Winner: 2010 - ITF/Hammond-USA, ITF/Maribor-SLO; 2009 - ITF/Lyon-FRA, ITF/Nagano-JPN, ITF/Xiamen-CHN; 2007 - ITF/Chengdu City 1-CHN, ITF/Chengdu City 2-CHN, ITF/Changsha-CHN, ITF/Guangzhou-CHN, ITF/Nagoya-JPN; 2006 - ITF/Shenzhen 1-CHN, ITF/Shenzhen 2-CHN, ITF/Tianjin-CHN, ITF/Nanjing-CHN.

DOUBLES
Winner (1): 2011 - Osaka, ITF/Nottingham-GBR (both w/Date-Krumm); 2010 - ITF/Beijing-CHN (w/Sun); 2009 - ITF/Tenerife-ESP (w/Sun), ITF/Komoro-JPN (w/Xu); 2007 - ITF/Miyazaki-JPN (w/Zhao); 2006 - ITF/Chongquing-CHN, ITF/Chengdu City-CHN (both w/Ren).

ADDITIONAL
Chinese Fed Cup Team, 2007, 2009-10.

Coached by Liu Shuo ... Father, Zhang Zhi Qiang, was a pro soccer player; mother, Feng Quin, was a basketball player (both now work for a train company) ... Started playing tennis at age 6 when parents took her to local club ... Favorite surface is hardcourt ... Started working with Chinese Tennis Association at age 12 ... Idolized Andre Agassi, Roger Federer and Justine Henin ... Best tennis memory was beating Dinara Safina at Beijing in 2009 ... Relaxes by listening to music, taking photos and exploring the places she travels to.