Zhang Shuai

and lost to 23rd and second seeded Hsieh Su-wei in the second round of the Malaysian Open and lost to second seeded team of Shuko Aoyama and Chang Kai-chen in an exciting final.

Skipping the Australian Open and remaining in Florida for another ITF clay-court tournament, the $25k Tesoro Open in Port St. Lucie losing to 214th ranked and fourth seed Tadeja Majerič in the semifinal.

In doubles, she and partner Sharon Fichman were seeded second and lost in the quarterfinals to the eventual winners, qualifiers Angelina Gabueva & Allie Will.

Playing as the fifth seed in the $25k Challenger in Pelham, Alabama, she lost to the 197th ranked Ashleigh Barty, in the second round.

Playing in her first final as the eighth seed at the Dothan Pro Classic, she lost to Ajla Tomljanović (No. 171).

As the seventh seed at the ITF Charlottesville, she lost to 381st ranked wildcard player Allie Will in the first round.

Zhang entered the doubles draw of the Madrid Open with Zheng Jie as the seventh seeded team, they lost in the first round to Kristina Mladenovic & Galina Voskoboeva.

In Rome, she lost to the fifth-seeded Madison Keys (No. 60) at the Italian Open in the first qualifying round.

Again partnering with Zheng, the eighth-seeded team lost to Dominika Cibulková & Monica Niculescu in the opening round.

Started the year as the top-seed at the ITF tournament Innisbrook Open in Florida on clay with a first-round loss to 468th ranked wildcard Asia Muhammad.

Zhang entered three WTA Tour tournaments and played doubles with Janette Husárová: as the third seed in the qualifying draw, lost to 647th ranked Abigail Spears in the first round of the qualifier in the Qatar Open in Doha and lost to Lisa Raymond & Samantha Stosur in second round; lost to 61st ranked Anabel Medina Garrigues in the second round of qualifying in the Dubai Tennis Championships and lost to Julia Görges & Angelique Kerber in straight sets in the first round.

Zhang Shuai (Mandarin pronunciation: ; born 21 January 1989) is a Chinese professional tennis player.

She turned professional in 2003 and played her first singles event in Mollerusa in August of that year.

After defeating Matilde Munoz-Gonzalves in the first qualifying round, she lost to Laura Figuerola-Foix.

After a full year on the ITF Women's Circuit, Zhang finished 2004 with a year-end ranking of 901st.

She enjoyed considerable success in singles on ITF tournaments, having won one $50k event, eight $25k and three $10k events between 2006 and 2009.

She has represented China in the Billie Jean King Cup since 2009, and also competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games.

Zhang, born in Tianjin, started playing tennis at the age of six, when her parents took her to a local tennis club.

As of October 2009, however, she had won only two main-draw tournaments on the WTA Tour.

Zhang has won three WTA Tour singles titles, at the Guangzhou International in 2013 and 2017, and the 2022 Lyon Open, and finished runner-up at three further tournaments.

However, she won her first singles title at the 2013 Guangzhou Open as a wildcard entrant.

Zhang started her year at the Blossom Cup in Quanzhou.

She defeated Nudnida Luangnam and Anna Floris in the first and second rounds, respectively, before falling to Tímea Babos in the quarterfinals.

At the Australian Open, she had received a wildcard and was beaten by Aleksandra Wozniak in the first round, in straight sets.

It was her seventh first-round loss in a major tournament.

At the Monterrey Open, she lost to Gréta Arn in the first round.

Next, Zhang went to Indian Wells to play at the Open where she was a qualifier.

She lost to Simona Halep in the first round.

At the French Open, she lost in the first round to Angelique Kerber.

Zhang competed at the London Olympics tournament in the women's doubles with Li Na, reaching the second round.

Returning stateside losing to 131st ranked wildcard Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the qualifying final of the Miami Open, teaming up with Megan Moulton-Levy, lost in the second round to third seeded Nadia Petrova and Katarina Srebotnik.

Zhang lost to Petra Rampre (No. 282) in the first qualifying round as the seventh seed in the Charleston Open.

Zhang & Moulton-Levy were beaten in the semifinal by the top-seeded team of Andrea Hlaváčková & Liezel Huber.

She has reached two major quarterfinals, at the 2016 Australian Open and 2019 Wimbledon Championships.

Alongside Li Na, Zheng Jie, Peng Shuai, Wang Qiang and Zheng Qinwen, Zhang is one of only six Chinese tennis players to have reached this stage at a Grand Slam.

She is a two-time major champion in women's doubles, having won the 2019 Australian Open and the 2021 US Open, both alongside Samantha Stosur.

Zhang also finished runner-up at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships with Elise Mertens, and has reached four further major semifinals across women's and mixed doubles.

She has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 2, achieved in July 2022, and has won 12 titles on the WTA Tour, including the 2021 Cincinnati Open with Stosur.

Zhang has also qualified for the WTA Finals on two occasions.

She has also enjoyed success in singles, and reached her highest ranking of world No. 22 in January 2023.