Zhu Lin (tennis)

Zhu Lin (Chinese: 朱琳; pinyin: Zhū Lín; Mandarin pronunciation: [ʈʂú lǐn]; born 28 January 1994) is a Chinese tennis player.

Zhu Lin
朱琳

Lin at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports)	China
Residence	Beijing, China
Born	28 January 1994 Wuxi, China
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	2012
Plays	Right-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money	US$1,192,424
Singles
Career record	314–206 (60.4%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 69 (17 February 2020)
Current ranking	No. 80 (31 August 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2020)
French Open	1R (2019)
Wimbledon	1R (2015, 2019)
US Open	2R (2019)
Doubles
Career record	107–117 (47.8%)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 103 (24 February 2020)
Current ranking	No. 109 (31 August 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	Q1 (2017)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	4–3 (57.1%)
Last updated on: 8 September 2020.

On 17 February 2020, she reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of 69, while on 24 February 2020, she reached her best WTA doubles ranking of 103. To date she has won the 2019 Jiangxi Open in doubles.[1] Along with that WTA title, she also won one doubles title on the WTA 125K series as well as eleven singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.[2] On 25 February 2019, she entered top 100 in singles, reaching world No. 93.[3]

Playing for China at the Fed Cup, Zhu has win/loss record of 4–3.[4]

Early life and background

Zhu Lin was born on 28 January 1994 to Zhu Jiangming and Chen Yunqi in Wuxi, China. Her Father introduced her to tennis at age 4. She has a very aggressive style of play, and her signature shot and also favorite shot is forehand. Her tennis idol growing up was Martina Hingis. In free times, she enjoys shopping, watching movies and cooking. She stated that, if she weren't a tennis player, would probably work in travel industry like her mother.[5]

Junior career

She made her debut on the ITF Junior Circuit in September 2009 at the age of 15, at the China Junior 1 Open, where she also reached her first final that was in singles category. She lost in that final from turkish player Melis Sezer in straight-sets. Next week, she played at China Junior 2 Open, where she also had success, reaching semifinals, in both singles and doubles. She continues having success on her next tournament, where she won title in singles and reaching semifinals in doubles, on 2009 Widjojo Soejono Semen Gresik Junior Championships. Next week she also had success, winning her first doubles titles, and also reaching semifinal in singles, at the Solo Open International Junior Championships. Towards the end of the year, she also reached one singles final, at the PHINMA International Juniors (week 2), where she lost, but won two doubles titles, at PHINMA International Juniors (Week 1) and PHINMA International Juniors (week 1). In January 2010, she debuted at the junior Grand Slam tournaments, playing at the Australian Open, where she was stopped in third round by Kristýna Plíšková. In April 2010, she reached the quarterfinals at the Dunlop Japan Open Junior Championships, in both singles and doubles. At the end of May 2010, she played at the Asian Closed Junior Tennis Championships in New Delhi, India. There she reached semifinal in singles and final in doubles. In September 2010, she lost in the first round of junior US Open, in singles. Towards the end of the year, she also won China Junior 2 - Xiamen in singles. In January 2011, she played at Australian Open where she lost in the second round, in both singles and doubles. It was her last junior doubles tournament. Her last junior singles tournament was at the China Junior 10 Dalian, where she lost in the third round. Her highest junior combined ranking was No. 39, that she reached on the 17 January 2011.[6]

Professional career

2009-13: Playing at the ITF Circuit

Zhu debut at the ITF Tour in June 2009, at the $10k Qianshan, China, where she was stopped in second round. In October 2010, she played her first ITF final, at the $10k Nonthaburi, Thailand, but lost in that final from Nungnadda Wannasuk. Later, on 24 October, she won her first ITF singles title, at the $10k Khon Kaen, Thailand. In November 2010, she won her first doubles title, at the $10k Manila, Phlippines. In 2011, Zhu won one ITF singles title, at the $10k Jakarta, Indonesia. In 2012, Zhu didn't have much success, reaching only one final in singles, at the $10k Pattaya, Thailand where she lost. In 2013, she made her debut at the WTA 125K series, playing at the Suzhou Ladies Open, but lost in the first round in both category.

2014: Success at ITF tournaments; WTA Tour debut

Zhu started the year really well. On her first tournament, she reached the final where she lost to Lenka Wienerová. In March, she won $10k Ankara, Turkey, defeating Iryna Shymanovich. In June, she won three consecutive tournaments. First, Zhu won her first $25k level tournament, in Belikpapan, Indonesia. Then, she won $10k Tarakan, Indonesia, and next week, she won $10k Solo, Indonesia. The following week, she also reached her first significant final, at the Xi'an Open, but lost in that final to Duan Yingying. In August, she played her first Grand Slam qualification, where she was close to qualify for the main draw. After defeating Giulia Gatto-Monticone and Arina Rodionova, she lost in the third round to Zheng Saisai. Zhu made her WTA Tour debut at the 2014 Hong Kong Open. Having entered the qualifying tournament, she defeated Wang Yafan, Raluca Olaru, and Elitsa Kostova for a spot in the main draw, where she subsequently recorded her first ever main-draw win at the WTA level by defeating Kristýna Plíšková in the first round, but was stopped in second round by Jana Čepelová. In September, Zhu played qualification at the Premier-5 level tournament - Wuhan Open, but failed to qualify. Next week, she played her first Premier Mandatory tournament in main draw at the China Open. In first round, she defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, but lost to Simona Halep in the second.

2015: Grand Slam debut

In January, Zhu played in qualifications at the Australian Open, but failed to qualify. At the BNP Paribas Open, she reached the second round, defeating Francesca Schiavone in first round, but then lost to Sara Errani. After that, she failed to qualify at the Miami Open, Madrid Open and French Open. Zhu made her Grand Slam singles debut at the Wimbledon Championships, where she lost to Belarusian qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich in three sets. At the US Open, she lost in the first round of qualification.

2016: Success in doubles on the ITF Circuit

She won the title at the Launceston International, that was her first tournament in the year where she played doubles. In April, she reached final at the $25k Kashiwa, Japan, where she lost in the final in doubles. In late July, she won Lexington Challenger, together with her partner Hiroko Kuwata. At the Wuhan Open, she failed to qualify in singles, but reached second round in doubles, where together with Han Xinyun lost to Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová. At the China Open, she also failed to qualify in singles, and in doubles, she lost in first round. In November, she reached her first $100k final in doubles. It was at the Shenzhen Open, but lost together with Han Xinyun against You Xiaodi and Nina Stojanović.

2019: First main-draw Grand Slam win, first WTA doubles titles

At the Dubai Championships, Zhu made one of her biggest wins, defeating reigning Doha champion Elise Mertens, but lost in the second round to Lesia Tsurenko.[7]

After losing six first-round matches, Zhu clinched her first singles victory at a Grand Slam tournament at the US Open, beating compatriot teenager Wang Xinyu in straight sets, before she lost to Madison Keys in the second round.[8]

In September, she played her first WTA Tour final, at the Jiangxi International Open, and she and Wang Xinyu defeated Peng Shuai and Zhang Shuai in an all-Chinese final.[9]

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

P

Z#

PO

G

F-S

SF-B

NMS

NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[10]

Singles

Current after the 2021 Yarra Valley Classic.

Tournament	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q1	Q3	1R	1R	1R	2R		0 / 4	1–4	20%
French Open	A	Q1	Q1	A	A	1R	A		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Wimbledon	A	1R	Q3	Q3	Q1	1R	NH		0 / 2	0–2	0%
US Open	Q3	Q1	Q1	Q2	Q3	2R	A		0 / 1	1–1	50%
Win–Loss	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–4	1–1	0–0	0 / 8	2–8	33%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open	A	A	A	1R	A	2R	A		0 / 2	1–2	33%
Indian Wells Open	A	2R	A	A	A	1R	NH		0 / 2	1–2	33%
Miami Open	A	Q2	A	A	A	Q1	NH		0 / 0	0–0	–
Madrid Open	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	NH		0 / 0	0–0	–
Wuhan Open	Q1	A	Q1	Q1	A	1R	NH		0 / 1	0–1	0%
China Open	2R	A	Q1	1R	Q1	Q1	NH		0 / 2	1–2	33%
Career statistics
Tournaments	4	6	5	8	6	13	5	2	Career total: 49
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Career total: 0
Finals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Career total: 0
Overall Win–Loss	3–4	4–6	5–5	6–8	4–6	5–13	4–5	0–2	0 / 49	31–49	39%
Year-end ranking	139	173	140	104	114	83			$1,192,423

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Winner – Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (1–0)

Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2019	Jiangxi Open, China	International	Hard	Wang Xinyu	Peng Shuai Zhang Shuai	6–2, 7–6^(7–5)

WTA 125K series finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2017	Zhengzhou Open, China	Hard	Han Xinyun	Jacqueline Cako Julia Glushko	7–5, 6–1

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$50,000/$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 24 (12 titles, 12 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2010	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	10,000	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	4–6, 1–6
Win	1–1	Oct 2010	ITF Khon Kaen, Thailand	10,000	Hard	Luksika Kumkhum	6–3, 6–2
Win	2–1	May 2011	ITF Jakarta, Indonesia	10,000	Hard	Nadia Abdalá	7–6, 6–3
Loss	2–2	Jun 2012	ITF Pattaya, Thailand	10,000	Hard	Anna Tyulpa	4–6, 2–6
Loss	2–3	Feb 2014	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Lenka Wienerová	7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Win	3–3	Mar 2014	ITF Antalya	10,000	Clay	Iryna Shymanovich	6–1, 6–4
Loss	3–4	May 2014	ITF Tianjin, China	25,000	Hard	Wang Qiang	3–6, 2–6
Win	4–4	May 2014	ITF Balikpapan, Indonesia	25,000	Clay	Ankita Raina	7–5, 2–6, 6–3
Win	5–4	Jun 2014	ITF Tarakan, Indonesia	10,000	Hard	Wang Yan	4–6, 6–0, 6–2
Win	6–4	Jun 2014	ITF Solo, Indonesia	10,000	Hard	Lavinia Tananta	6–0, 6–0
Loss	6–5	Jun 2014	ITF Xi'an, China	50,000	Hard	Duan Yingying	6–4, 6–7, 4–6
Loss	6–6	Dec 2014	ITF Hong Kong, China	50,000	Hard	Yang Zhaoxuan	6–4, 6–4
Loss	6–7	Apr 2016	Kōfu International Open, Japan	25,000	Hard	Susanne Celik	6–7^(3–7), 3–6
Loss	6–8	May 2017	Kangaroo Cup, Japan	80,000	Hard	Magdaléna Rybáriková	2–6, 3–6
Win	7–8	May 2017	Jin'an Open, China	60,000	Hard	Ankita Raina	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Loss	7–9	Jul 2017	ITF Tianjin	25,000	Hard	Wang Yafan	4–6, 2–6
Win	8–9	May 2018	Jin'an Open (2)	60,000	Hard	Liu Fangzhou	6–0, 6–2
Win	9–9	Aug 2018	Jinan International Open, China	60,000	Hard	Wang Yafan	6–4, 6–1
Win	10–9	Jan 2019	ITF Singapore, Singapore	25,000	Hard	Han Na-lae	6–2, 6–3
Loss	10–10	Aug 2019	Koser Jewelers Challenge, United States	60,000	Hard	Madison Brengle	4–6, 5–7
Loss	10–11	Oct 2019	Suzhou Ladies Open, China	100,000	Hard	Peng Shuai	2–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win	11–11	Nov 2019	Liuzhou Open, China	60,000	Hard	Arina Rodionova	2–6, 6–0, 6–1
Win	12–11	Nov 2019	Shenzhen Longhua Open, China	100,000	Hard	Peng Shuai	6–3, 1–3 ret.
Loss	12–12	Jan 2020	ITF Hong Kong, China	25,000	Hard	Zarina Diyas	4–6, 5–7

Doubles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2010	ITF Pattaya, Thailand	10,000	Hard	Juan Ting-fei	Chen Yi Varatchaya Wongteanchai	5–7, 2–6
Win	1–1	Nov 2010	ITF Manila, Philippines	10,000	Hard	Yang Zhaoxuan	Kim Ji-young Kim Jin-hee	6–4, 6–7^(5–7), [10–7]
Win	2–1	Feb 2014	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Li Yihong	Gabriela Talabă Patricia Maria Țig	6–2, ret.
Win	3–1	Feb 2014	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Li Yihong	Nicoleta-Cătălina Dascălu Raluca Șerban	3–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Win	4–1	Feb 2016	Launceston International, Australia	75,000	Hard	You Xiaodi	Nadiia Kichenok Mandy Minella	2–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Loss	4–2	Apr 2016	ITF Kashiwa, Japan	25,000	Hard	You Xiaodi	Yang Zhaoxuan Zhang Kailin	5–7, 6–2, [9–11]
Win	5–2	Jul 2016	Lexington Challenger, United States	50,000	Hard	Hiroko Kuwata	Sophie Chang Alexandra Mueller	6–0, 7–5
Loss	5–3	Nov 2016	Shenzhen Longhua Open, China	100,000	Hard	Han Xinyun	Nina Stojanović You Xiaodi	4–6, 6–7^(6–8)
Loss	5–4	Apr 2017	Industrial Bank Cup, China	60,000	Hard	Hiroko Kuwata	Han Xinyun Ye Qiuyu	3–6, 3–6
Win	6–4	Jun 2019	Manchester Trophy Challenger, England	100,000	Grass	Duan Yingying	Robin Anderson Laura Ioana Paar	6–4, 6–3

References

1. "WTA Profile Info".
2. "Singles and Doubles Titles". ITF.
3. "Ranking History".
4. "Fed Cup Profile".
5. "Biography of Zhu Lin".
6. "Junior ITF Profile".
7. "'No words can describe how happy I am': Zhu outlasts Mertens in Dubai marathon", WTA, 18 February 2019CS1 maint: date and year (link)
8. "Keys finds right notes for Zhu win at US Open", WTA, 28 August 2019CS1 maint: date and year (link)
9. Rebecca Peterson Wins Maiden Title at Jiangxi, 15 September 2019
10. "Player & Career overview".

External links

• Zhu Lin at the Women's Tennis Association
• Zhu Lin at the International Tennis Federation
• Zhu Lin at the Billie Jean King Cup