Zhang Qinwen biography: 13 things about tennis player born in Shiyan, Hubei, China

Zheng Qinwen (郑钦文) is a Chinese professional tennis player. She is based in Barcelona, Spain where she trains with her coach Pere Riba.

Zheng, also known as Ana Zheng, speaks Chinese, English and Spanish. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. She was born in Shiyan, Hubei, China.
2. Her mother is from Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
3. She is 5’10” tall and right-handed.
4. In 2010, she moved to Wuhan, Hubei to start her tennis training.
5. Her tennis idol Li Na is the women’s singles champion of the 2011 French Open and the 2014 Australian Open.
6. In 2015, she met Li for the first time.
7. From 2016 to 2019, she was trained by Argentine coach Carlos Rodríguez in Beijing, China.
8. In 2019, she moved to Barcelona.
9. In July 2021, she made her Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Tour at the 2021 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo.
10. In January 2022, she finished in the semifinals of the 2022 Melbourne Summer Set 1 women’s singles after losing to Simona Halep, marking her first WTA Tour semifinal.
11. In September 2022, she became runner-up to 2022 Toray Pan Pacific Open singles champion Liudmila Samsonova and the first Chinese teenager to ever reach a WTA Tour final.
12. In December 2022, she was named the 2022 WTA Newcomer of the Year. 
13. In July 2023, she became the 2023 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo singles champion by beating Jasmine Paolini in the final, makingher te first Chinese player to win the title. 

TIMELINE

2023

• In September 2023, she finished in the quarterfinals of the 2023 U.S. Open women’s singles after losing to Aryna Sabalenka.