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    Qinwen Zheng

    Chinese tennis player Qinwen Zheng was born on 8 October 2002 in Shiyan, Hubei Province. Her parents encouraged her to play sport from an early age. After trying her hand at table tennis, among other things, Zheng started playing tennis at the age of seven. Because her talent stood out so early on, she moved to Wuhan just two months later to train there.

    Three years later she moved on to the capital, Beijing, and when Zheng was 17 she moved with her mother to Barcelona, where she has lived and trained ever since. The 5ft 10in (1.78 m) right-hander prefers playing on grass and names Wimbledon as her favourite tournament. As a junior, Qinwen Zheng was among the best of her age group, climbing all the way to No. 6 in the junior world rankings.

    Qinwen Zheng's playing style

    Qinwen Zheng is an elegant baseliner who uses her outstanding athleticism to build a rather defensive game based on constant movement. She does hit winners regularly, especially from the baseline, but rarely takes big risks in doing so.

    Zheng's game is geared more towards provoking errors from her opponents than producing lots of winners herself. Helped by her above-average height, her serve is efficient and a weapon not to be underestimated when it comes to applying pressure.

    Qinwen Zheng's beginnings as a pro

    Qinwen Zheng made her professional debut in 2018 on the ITF Circuit, where she won nine titles in total and boasts a flawless record in finals. The following year, “Queenwen”, as her fans affectionately call her, took part in qualifying for a WTA Tour event for the first time.

    She made her first WTA main-draw appearance at the 2021 Palermo Ladies Open, winning her opening match there straight away. She accordingly ended the season ranked No. 143 in the world, her best ranking up to that point.

    At the 2022 Australian Open, Qinwen Zheng qualified for a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career, breezing through the first round before losing in the second round to fifth seed Maria Sakkari. As a result of her consistently strong performances since 2021, Zheng climbed to No. 80 in the world rankings.

    Zheng establishes herself on the WTA Tour

    At the 2022 French Open, Qinwen Zheng beat Maryna Zanevska on her Roland Garros debut and then defeated former French Open champion and 19th seed Simona Halep. Her first win over a top-20 player took her into the third round of a major for the first time in her career, which she reached without playing after Alizé Cornet withdrew. The elegant Chinese player fell only in the fourth round, to top seed and world No. 1 Iga Swiatek.

    Shortly afterwards, Qinwen Zheng won her first WTA title in Valencia and subsequently made her debut inside the top 50, ranked No. 46 in the world. On her first appearance on the hallowed grass of Wimbledon that same year, Zheng also came through the first round, beating American Sloane Stephens. It was only in the third round that her run ended, against the eventual champion, Elena Rybakina.

    At the end of that strong season, Zheng was unsurprisingly named Newcomer of the Year. In 2023 she picked up right where she had left off in 2022, seamlessly continuing her strong form. She won two more WTA titles in Palermo and Zhengzhou, after which she was ranked in the world's top 20 for the first time and additionally received the award for Most Improved Player of the Year.

    Top-10 debut and Olympic champion in Paris

    Qinwen Zheng started the 2024 season even more strongly than the previous one. In Melbourne, the right-hander with the powerful two-handed backhand fought her way through to the final, which she lost to Aryna Sabalenka, and subsequently made her debut in the WTA top 10 as only the second Chinese player to do so after Li Na — one of her great role models.

    Things went even better for Zheng at the Paris Olympics. Among others, she defeated Angelique Kerber and Iga Swiatek — her first ever win over a world No. 1 — before beating Croatia's Donna Vekic in the final to be crowned Olympic champion. As China's first ever tennis gold medallist, she celebrated the greatest success of her career to date.

    Qinwen Zheng's tennis kit

    Like all the top players on tour, Qinwen Zheng has some strong partners by her side who allow her to focus fully on her game. Besides her coaching and physio team, these are of course her equipment suppliers, who kit Zheng out with the best tennis gear to help her succeed on court.

    Like her idol Roger Federer, Zheng trusts Wilson when it comes to her racket, playing with the legendary Pro Staff tour racket, which she has strung with Luxilon tennis strings. Her Nike tennis shoes provide optimal support for her movement-heavy game, and her Nike tennis clothing is likewise designed for maximum freedom of movement. Thanks to breathable, fast-drying materials, Zheng keeps a cool head even on hot days and in intense matches — and cuts an excellent figure in Nike's stylish designs to boot.

    Rackets, tennis fashion, strings and further tennis accessories that make it that much easier for Qinwen Zheng to deliver peak performances week after week on courts around the world are available in our excellently stocked tennis online shop — at absolutely fair prices and delivery terms.