Zhu Lin (tennis)

Zhu Lin
朱琳

Zhu Lin at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports)	China
Residence	Beijing, China
Born	(1994-01-28) 28 January 1994 (age 28) Wuxi, China
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	2012
Plays	Right-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money	US$ 1,519,651
Singles
Career record	323–220 (59.5%)
Career titles	1 WTA 125
Highest ranking	No. 69 (17 February 2020)
Current ranking	No. 142 (8 November 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2020, 2021)
French Open	1R (2019, 2021)
Wimbledon	2R (2021)
US Open	2R (2019)
Doubles
Career record	110–123 (47.2%)
Career titles	1 WTA, 1 WTA Challenger
Highest ranking	No. 103 (24 February 2020)
Current ranking	No. 323 (8 November 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2021)
Wimbledon	1R (2021)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	4–3 (57.1%)
Last updated on: 12 November 2021.

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

On 17 February 2020, Zhu reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 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 a doubles title on the WTA 125K series, as well as twelve singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.^[2] On 25 February 2019, she entered the top 100 in singles, reaching world No. 93.^[3]

Playing for China Fed Cup team, Zhu has a 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 her free time, she enjoys shopping, movies, and cooking. She stated that if she were not a tennis player, she would probably work in the travel industry, as does her mother.^[5]

Junior career[]

Zhu debuted 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 singles final. She lost that match against Turkish player Melis Sezer, in straight sets. The following week, she played at China Junior 2 Open, where she also had success, reaching the semifinals in both singles and doubles. She continued having success in her next tournament, where she won the title in singles and reached semifinals in doubles in the 2009 Widjojo Soejono Semen Gresik Junior Championships. The next week, Zhu won her first doubles title and also reached the semifinal in singles at the Solo Open International Junior Championships. Toward the end of the year, she reached one singles final at the PHINMA International Juniors (week 2), where she lost, but won two doubles titles, at that tournament.

In January 2010, Zhu debuted at the junior Grand Slam tournaments, playing at the Australian Open, where she was stopped in the 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 the semifinal in singles and the final in doubles. In September 2010, she lost in the first round of the Junior US Open, in singles. Toward the end of the year, she won China Junior 2 - Xiamen in singles.

In January 2011, she played at the 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 made her debut at the ITF Circuit in June 2009, at the $10k Qianshan, China, where she was stopped in the 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 125 tournaments, playing at the Suzhou Ladies Open, but lost in the first round in both category.

2014: Success at ITF events; 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 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[]

Zhu at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships

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

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 Grand Slam main-draw 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]

2021: First WTA 125 title[]

In December, she won her first WTA 125 Tour title in Seoul, defeating Kristina Mladenovic in the final.

Performance timelines[]

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 2022 Melbourne Summer Set 2.

WTA career finals[]

Doubles: 1 (1 title)[]

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

WTA Challenger finals[]

Singles: 1 (title)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Dec 2021	WTA 125 Seoul, South Korea	Hard (i)	Kristina Mladenovic	6–0, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (title)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2017	WTA 125 Zhengzhou, China	Hard	Han Xinyun	Jacqueline Cako Julia Glushko	7–5, 6–1

ITF Circuit finals[]

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, Turkey	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	50,000	Hard	Yang Zhaoxuan	6–4, 6–4
Loss	6–7	Apr 2016	ITF Kōfu, Japan	25,000	Hard	Susanne Celik	6–7(3), 3–6
Loss	6–8	May 2017	ITF Gifu, Japan	80,000	Hard	Magdaléna Rybáriková	2–6, 3–6
Win	7–8	May 2017	ITF Lu'an, China	60,000	Hard	Ankita Raina	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Loss	7–9	Jul 2017	ITF Tianjin, China	25,000	Hard	Wang Yafan	4–6, 2–6
Win	8–9	May 2018	ITF Lu'an, China (2)	60,000	Hard	Liu Fangzhou	6–0, 6–2
Win	9–9	Aug 2018	ITF Jinan, China	60,000	Hard	Wang Yafan	6–4, 6–1
Win	10–9	Jan 2019	ITF Singapore	25,000	Hard	Han Na-lae	6–2, 6–3
Loss	10–10	Aug 2019	ITF Landisville, U.S.	60,000	Hard	Madison Brengle	4–6, 5–7
Loss	10–11	Oct 2019	ITF Suzhou, China	100,000	Hard	Peng Shuai	2–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win	11–11	Nov 2019	ITF Liuzhou, China	60,000	Hard	Arina Rodionova	2–6, 6–0, 6–1
Win	12–11	Nov 2019	ITF Shenzhen, 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), [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	ITF Launceston, 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	ITF Lexington, U.S.	50,000	Hard	Hiroko Kuwata	Sophie Chang Alexandra Mueller	6–0, 7–5
Loss	5–3	Nov 2016	ITF Shenzhen, China	100,000	Hard	Han Xinyun	Nina Stojanović You Xiaodi	4–6, 6–7(6)
Loss	5–4	Apr 2017	ITF Quangzhou, China	60,000	Hard	Hiroko Kuwata	Han Xinyun Ye Qiuyu	3–6, 3–6
Win	6–4	Jun 2019	ITF Manchester, UK	100,000	Grass	Duan Yingying	Robin Anderson Laura Ioana Paar	6–4, 6–3

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