Zheng Jie

Zheng Jie

Zheng Jie, born in Chengdu, Sichuan Province on July 5, 1983, is a famous Chinese female tennis player.

He began to practice tennis in 1990 and was transferred to the national training team in 2001. In 2003, Zheng Jie began to turn to professional tennis; in 2004, Zheng Jie became the first Chinese player to reach the top 16 of Grand Slam; in 2006, she won the women's Doubles Championship of Australian Open and Wimbledon with Yan Zi. In 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Zheng Jie and Yan Zi won the bronze medal in women's doubles. By the end of 2014, Zheng Jie had won four WTA tour singles Championships and 15 women's doubles championships in her career.

At the same time, Zheng Jie is keen on charity and founded the "Zheng Jie Cup" youth tennis match to help promote the development of Chinese tennis.

Early experience

In 1990, Zheng Jie began to learn to play tennis. At the beginning, she just wanted to cultivate her interest and keep fit. Later, in the process of learning, Cai Hongling, a coach, explored and trained him.

In 1998, he entered the training of the second Sichuan tennis team, and in 1999, he joined the first Sichuan tennis team, with Chen Yuwen as the coach.

Sports career

In 2000, Zheng Jie took part in the National Youth tour and won the singles championship in the two stops, the singles and doubles championship in the finals of the youth tour. At the end of the year, Zheng Jie ranked first in the Youth League and the runner up in the National Women's team competition in 2000. In the same year, Zheng Jie officially entered the professional tennis world, participated in her first ITF competition, and won the second place in singles and doubles of ITF International Women's tour;

In 2001, she won the top four singles in ITF International Women's tour. Meanwhile, she won an ITF women's Doubles Championship and participated in WTA level competition for the first time with a wild card.

In 2002, Zheng Jie entered the WTA competition for the first time. She entered the second round in Shanghai. She won two singles titles and eight doubles titles in ITF.

In 2003, Zheng Jie's singles ranking entered the top 100 in the world for the first time. He reached the semi-finals in the Japanese open, then rose from 122 to 98 in the world ranking, and reached the final eight in Quebec.

In May 2004, Zheng Jie beat Italy's Gabriel 2-1 in the French Open and advanced to the top 16 of the Grand Slam, becoming the first player in China to reach the top 16 of the Grand Slam. In the same year, he defeated former top 5 player duo Keqi in the WTA second level competition Doha, becoming the first Chinese tennis player to win the world top 15.

In 2005, Zheng Jie ranked 44th in the world at the end of the year. Zheng Jie won her first singles championship and women's Doubles Championship in the WTA Hobart station, and won the fourth level competition in Hyderabad, India. In the same year, China won the women's singles and women's doubles in the 10th National Games.

In 2006, Zheng Jie broke into the top 30 (the highest 27) and won two singles Championships -- WTA Estoril and WTA Stockholm. At the Doha Asian Games, Zheng Jie won the women's singles championship with a 2-1 victory over Mirza in the women's singles final, and won the women's Doubles Championship with Yan Zi. In the same year, Zheng Jie and Yan Zi's women's doubles partner won six Championships including the Australian Open and Wimbledon Grand Slams, becoming the first Chinese team to reach the WTA finals.

In 2007, Zheng Jie made it to the top eight in the WTA Hobart station, and made it to the third round in the Bausch & Lomb elite and Charleston first class; she also won the championship of Charleston and Strasbourg in the doubles with Yan Zi. However, due to ankle injury, he was out in the first round of the French Open and missed most of the season including Wimbledon and the US Open. The world ranking dropped to 163.

In 2008, Zheng Jie came back from injury and took part in Wimbledon with a wild card. In the third round, she won the top seed Ivanovic 6-16-4, which broke out the biggest surprise since the start of the match. In Wimbledon history, Chinese tennis players with wild cards entered the top four of the Grand Slam. At the same year's Beijing Olympic Games, Zheng Jie and her old partner Yan Zi beat the 2008 Australian Open champion Bondarenko sisters to win the bronze medal.

On May 18, 2009, Zheng Jie's professional tennis world ranking rose to 15, breaking the highest ranking record of China's Jinhua created by Li Na; in the third round of the Los Angeles women's tennis championship, Zheng Jie, as the No.14 seed, overturned Safina, the No.1 seed in the world at that time, and with this victory, she successfully entered the top eight of the competition. In the China open, Yan Zi and his partner entered the top four, and won the second place in the 11th National Games.

In January 2010, Zheng Jie and Zhan yongran lost to Davenport / Huber in the final of Stanford and won the second place; in the Australian Open, Zheng Jie played as a non seeded player and successfully promoted to the top four of Australian Open women's singles; in May, Zheng Jie and Zhan yongran successfully entered the top four of Indian Wells crown; in Warsaw top-level competition, Zheng Jie lost to duhru and won the second place The army. In August, Zheng Jie entered the finals with Russian beauty Kirilenko for the first time in the doubles competition in San Diego and won the championship. Zheng Jie defeated Slovenian veteran slabnik in the first round, defeated French girl Rezai in the second round, and defeated Russian beauty Dementieva in the third round. This is also Zheng Jie's seventh victory over top 10 and her first entry into the final eight of the competition. The U.S. Open Singles stopped in the second round; doubles entered the final four. Due to the wrist injury after the U.S. Open, Zheng Jie had an operation and missed the multi station events including the China open after the U.S. Open, ranking 26 at the end of the year.

In 2011, as the wrist injury has not yet recovered, Zheng Jie withdrew from all the competitions before February, including those before the Australian Open. As a result, her points were greatly deducted and her ranking dropped by dozens. At the beginning of February, Zheng Jie ushered in her first match after recovering from injury, the batina open. She joined hands with sun Shengnan, the national team Xiaohua, to reach the final and finally won the second place in women's doubles. In Osaka, Japan, the last individual WTA tour of the season, Zheng Jie once again entered the top four of the tour. Relying on the good performance of the competition, Zheng Jie ranked among the top 50 in singles. Zheng Jie and her old partner, Zhan yongran, joined hands again half a year later to win the 2011 "haishuo Cup" doubles competition in Taipei.

In 2012, Zheng Jie reversed and won the women's singles championship in the 2012 season's first WTA tour, Auckland ASB elite, and won the fourth championship in her career. Zheng Jie's first partner in the clay season with Polish girl rosolska was listed as the No.3 seed of the games. However, in the final, they lost 3-6 / 2-6 to Mirza / matek and won the second place. In June, Zheng Jie won six games in a row in Birmingham and entered the semi-finals. In August, Zheng Jie took part in the Olympic Games for the third time. The women's singles regretfully stopped in the first round and won the first place with Peng Shuai Fifth place in women's doubles. At the end of August, Slovenian veteran slabnik, the first partner of the doubles team, made it all the way to the final. In the final two sets, sladka / helavakova, the Czech combination, came second. In the subsequent New Haven match, Zheng Jie lost 10 games 4-6 / 0-6 in the second round of singles, losing out to Czech famous player safanova. Zheng Jie's doubles team failed to compete with the top seed, which made it a pity to stop in the semi-finals. In October, Zheng Jie took part in Osaka competition. She played as the second seed in singles and doubles. In the second round of women's singles, Zheng Jie lost to parmentil 3-6 / 4-6 and was out unexpectedly. Her partner garriquis scored in the final four.

In 2013, Zheng Jie still started her new season from Auckland. As the defending champion, she lost to Hampton of the United States in the first round and was out of the game. After that, Zheng Jie played in Sydney and met stosser in the first round. Zheng Jie and stosser finally won 6-3 / 6-7 (7) / 6-4 in three sets and won the 10th game of his own against top 10. In the French Open Doubles, Zheng Jie joined hands with Zhang Shuai, Xiaohua, to reach the top 16, and finally lost to the Czech combination heradka / heravakova. In August, Zheng Jie took part in the doubles competition in New Haven. Her partner Mirza of India won the first women's doubles championship since the match, which is also Zheng Jie's 15th WTA women's Doubles Championship. In the same month, Zheng Jie made a double attack in the US Open, defeated the famous American Williams in singles, and finally stopped in the third round. Zheng Jie and Mirza partner doubles all the way to break through, and finally stop in the top four.

In 2014, the first leg of the season took part in the Shenzhen match, missed seven, lost to strekova, and stopped in the second round. Hobart morila international, the first round of golden Derby, lost to Zhang Shuai, regret to stop. Australian Open Singles Li Ke Wenqi, case back-to-back into the third round, and ultimately trapped in the high temperature against the local battle of draquail; mixed doubles Li Ke number one seed into the top four. After beating a Colombian 2-0 in the first round of the Madrid open, China lost to another Chinese Golden Flower Li Na in the second round. In early July, Sichuan Sports Bureau officially appointed Zheng Jie as deputy director of Sichuan tennis management center, in charge of the most important training and competition work.

In January 2015, Zheng Jie teamed up with Zhan yongran and entered the final of Australian Open women's doubles again after 9 years, but lost to ma

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