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Zheng Qinwen (Chinese: 郑钦文; pinyin: Zhèng Qīnwén; IPA: [ʈʂə̂ŋ tɕʰínwə̌n]; born 8 October 2002) is a Chinese professional tennis player. She won the gold medal in women's singles at the 2024 Paris Olympics, becoming the first Asian tennis player, male or female, to win an Olympic gold in singles.
Won WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2022; reached first WTA final at Tokyo (l. Samsonova) and also made SF at Melbourne Summer Set 1, as qualifier), QF at Toronto and R16 at Roland Garros. Broke into Top 50 at No.46 after run to fourth round in Paris that year.
Jan 25, 2024 · Zheng Qinwen has reached her first Grand Slam final. In fact, she is the first person from China to do so in 10 years. Zheng grew up watching the last Chinese Grand Slam winner, Li Na,...
3 days ago · Aryna Sabalenka continued her dominance over Zheng Qinwen with victory in the first match of the season-ending WTA Finals. New world number one Sabalenka beat the Chinese seventh seed 6-3 6-4 in ...
Aug 3, 2024 · Zheng, a 21-year-old rising star, took advantage of an erratic performance from Donna Vekic of Croatia to give China its first Olympic medal in singles, on the same court that Li notched her...
Sep 5, 2023 · Zheng Qinwen, the brightest of China’s growing cohort of bright tennis lights, was 7 years old when she first picked up a racket. Almost instantly, she was among the best children her age...
Aug 5, 2024 · Zheng Qinwen has claimed China’s first tennis singles gold medal in Olympics history by defeating Donna Vekic of Croatia 6-2, 6-3 in the 2024 Summer Games women’s final.
Oct 24, 2024 · Back in 2022, a 19-year-old Zheng reached the first WTA final of her career here, falling to Liudmila Samsonova in the title match. Two years on, she's the reigning Olympic gold medalist and fresh off a run to the Wuhan final two weeks ago that sealed her qualification for the WTA Finals Riyadh next month. Zheng is the only player in the WTA ...
5 days ago · Zheng Qinwen's gold medal-winning performance sparked her rise, and now she’s poised to shine on the WTA Finals stage in Riyadh.
Aug 3, 2024 · Zheng Qinwen arrived at the Paris Olympics as a top-10 player but an unlikely candidate to win the title. She will leave as China’s first-ever tennis singles champion, the biggest accolade of...
