Zheng Jie
Chinese female tennis player
Why Is Zheng Jie Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Zheng Jie is a retired Chinese tennis player. In May 2009, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 15. Zheng is one of the most successful tennis players from China. She won four singles titles on the WTA Tour – Hobart in 2005, Estoril, Stockholm in 2006, and Auckland in 2012. She also won 15 career doubles titles, eleven of them with Yan Zi, including Wimbledon and the Australian Open in 2006. She won the bronze medal in doubles with Yan Zi at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Her career-high doubles ranking is world No. 3. Zheng reached the singles semifinals at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, where she defeated world No. 1, Ana Ivanovic, in the process, becoming the first Chinese female player to advance to the semifinals at a major tournament. She also reached the semifinals of the 2010 Australian Open.
