Zheng Jie Chinese professional tennis player

Zheng Jie tennis player

Zheng Jie (simplified Chinese: traditional Chinese:; pinyin: Zhèng Jié; born 5 July 1983 in Chengdu, Sichuan) is a Chinese professional tennis player. Her career high ranking is World No. 15 which she achieved on May 18, 2009.
She has won three WTA singles titles at Hobart in 2005 and Estoril and Stockholm in 2006. She has also won eleven doubles titles with Yan Zi including Wimbledon and the Australian Open in 2006 and she reached a career high ranking of World No. 3. Zheng has reached the singles semi-finals at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships and the 2010 Australian Open becoming the first Chinese player to do so. She also won the bronze medal in doubles with Yan Zi at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. As of January 4, 2010, Zheng is ranked World No. 35 in singles and No. 24 in doubles.

Tennis player Zheng Jie

Zheng Jie Personal life

At Wimbledon in 2008, Zheng gained recognition when she became the first Chinese player ever to reach the semifinals of a Grand Slam singles tournament, defeating World No. 1 Ana Ivanović en route.She donated her winnings to the victims of the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake in her native province.
heng was coached by Jiang Hong Wei, China's national women's tennis team head coach, but she is now coached by her husband Zhang Yu, who is also her hitting partner. Zheng is on the advisory staff of Yonex and uses their rackets. She wears clothing by Anta and appears in their advertising campaigns.

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