Zhu Zhenzhen
Country (sports) China
ResidenceLiaocheng, China
Born (1989-08-15) 15 August 1989
Turned pro2007
PlaysLeft-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record187–58
Career titles21
Highest rankingNo. 4 (8 August 2022)
Current rankingNo. 5 (19 June 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenSF (2020)
French Open1R (2022, 2023)
WimbledonQF (2023)
US Open1R (2022, 2023)
Other tournaments
MastersRR (2021, 2022)
Paralympic GamesQF (2016)
Doubles
Career record133–42
Career titles21
Highest rankingNo. 4 (31 December 2021
Current rankingNo. 5 (19 June 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenF (2023)
French OpenSF (2022, 2023)
WimbledonSF (2023)
US OpenSF (2022, 2023)
Other doubles tournaments
Masters DoublesF (2021)
Paralympic GamesQF (2016)
Medal record
Asian Para Games
Gold medal – first place2018 JakartaDoubles
Silver medal – second place2018 JakartaSingles
Silver medal – second place2022 HangzhouSingles
Silver medal – second place2022 HangzhouDoubles

Zhu Zhenzhen (born 15 August 1989) is a Chinese wheelchair tennis player. She became the first Chinese wheelchair tennis player to compete at a major at the 2020 Australian Open, where she reached the singles semifinals by defeating the defending champion and world No. 1 Diede de Groot.[1][2]

Personal life

Zhu contracted osteomyelitis when she was two years old.[3] She started playing wheelchair tennis in 2005 aged 16.[4]

References

  1. "Zhu Zhenzhen - ITF Profile". International Tennis Federation. 11 October 2020.
  2. "Zhenzhen Zhu dreams of developing wheelchair tennis in China". International Paralympic Committee. 16 July 2020.
  3. “Wheelchair sister flower” Liaocheng prepares for the Tokyo Paralympics, yqqlm.com, 21 July 2020
  4. "Chinese athletes enter the Australian Open women's wheelchair semi finals: let more disabled people like sport". Teller Report. 29 February 2020.
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