Personal

Coached by Alan Ma
Started playing tennis aged 8 at a tennis summer camp near mother's work
Tennis idol growing up was Justine Henin
Favorite Grand Slams are Australian Open and US Open. Favorite shot is drop shot
Goals are win Grand Slam and open a dog cafe with nature environment

Career Highlights

SINGLES
Winner (1): 2019 - San Jose.
Finalist (1): 2018 - Nanchang.

DOUBLES
Winner (6): 2024 - Berlin (w/Xinyu Wang); 2022 - Courmayeur (w/X.Wang); 2019 - Acapulco (w/Azarenka); 2015 - Stanford, Tianjin (both w/Xu), 125/Nanchang (w/Chang), 125/Dalian (w/L.Zhang); 2011 - Guangzhou (w/Hsieh).
Finalist (8): 2022 - Linz (w/X.Wang); 2021 - Monterrey (w/Watson); 2020 - Shenzhen (w/Duan), Dubai (w/Krejcikova); 2019 - Roland Garros (w/Duan); 2016 - Shenzhen (w/Xu); 2015 - Strasbourg (w/N.Kichenok); 2014 - Kuala Lumpur (w/Y.Chan).


WTA 125 TITLES
SINGLES (3): 2019 - Anning; 2018 - Zhengzhou; 2015 - Dalian.
DOUBLES (1): 2021 - Columbus (w/X.Wang).

ADDITIONAL

Chinese Fed Cup Team, 2015-16, 2019-20.

Career in Review

Did not have tournament appearances in 2022

Finished the 2021 season ranked No.80, highlighting a SF run at WTA125 Columbus (l. Parrizas Diaz) and reaching two QF rounds at WTA500 Monterrey (l. Li) and WTA250 Tenerife (l. Osorio)

Posted third successive Top 50 finish in 2020, ending the year ranked No.41, having set a new career-high ranking of No.34 on March 2

Best result of last season was QF run at Doha, where she upset No.6 Bertens in 3r (l. eventual champion Sabalenka); did not play after Doha due to safety concerns over COVID-19

Also finished R-Up in doubles at 2020 Shenzhen (w/Duan) and Dubai (w/Krejcikova)

Entering 2021 season, has reached 2r on six occasions at Grand Slams

In 2019, lifted maiden career title at San Jose (d. Sabalenka in F); upset of Anisimova in SF was her 300th career win (all levels)

Qualified for WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai in 2019 - went 1-1 in round robin play (d. Keys, l. Martic) to advance to SF (l. Bertens)

Reached first Grand Slam doubles final of career at 2019 Roland Garros, w/Duan (l. Babos/Mladenovic). Previously reached SF at Australian Open in 2013 (w/Lepchenko) and 2016 (w/Xu)

Won fourth WTA doubles title of career at 2019 Acapulco (w/Azarenka)

Has won three titles on the WTA 125K Series - 2015 Dalian, 2018 Zhengzhou and 2019 Anning - with each of those events being staged in China

Highlights of 2018 season included maiden WTA singles final at Nanchang (ret. vs. Q.Wang w/abdominal pain) followed by SF run at Washington DC (l. Vekic)

Registered five tour-level wins in 2017, as injury ended her season prematurely; right knee injury forced her to miss all tournaments after 2017 US Open

Beating Kerber en route to reach first Premier-level QF at 2016 Doha; is one of five Chinese women to defeat a Top 2-ranked player, together with Li Na (six wins), Zheng Jie (three wins), Zhang Shuai (two wins) and Wang Qiang (one win)

Owns six Top 10 wins, over No.6 Kvitova (via. ret at 2016 Shenzhen), No.2 Kerber (2016 Doha), No.5 A.Radwanska (2016 Olympics), No.10 Svitolina (2017 Madrid), No.10 Sabalenka (2019 San Jose) and No.6 Bertens (2020 Doha)

First broke into Top 100 on October 13, 2014 and Top 50 on October 22, 2018

Reached first WTA singles QF at Hong Kong in September 2014, and first WTA SF at Tianjin in October 2014

Made WTA debut in both singles and doubles at 2011 Guangzhou, capturing her first doubles title there (w/ Hsieh)

Selected by fans to participate in the 2014 WTA Rising Stars Invitational as part of the WTA Finals

At Rio Olympics, reached 2r in singles (l. Kasatkina) and 2r in doubles (w/Xu, l. Errani/Vinci)

Member of Chinese Fed Cup Team, 2015-16, 2019-20

Made professional debut on ITF Circuit in 2008; winner of 11 singles titles and nine doubles titles on ITF Circuit