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Historic achievements of China's women tennis players
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-01-26 10:46 1992: Li Fang reached the third round at the
Australian Open, a Grand Slam record for Chinese players for 12 years.
1994: Li Fang reached the second round at the French Open, China’s best
result at the Roland Garros.
2000: Yi Jingqian leveled Li Fang’s achievement at the Australian Open with a
third round appearance, eventually losing to American Jennifer Capriati, who won
twice at Melbourne in 2001 and 2002.
2000: Li Na/Li Ting won China’s first ever WTA doubles’ title at the Tashkent
Open in Uzbekistan.
2004: Zheng Jie/Yan Zi made the quarterfinals at the Australian Open,
becoming the first Chinese duo to reach the top eight at a Grand Slam event.
Zheng Jie(L)\Yan
Zi |
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2004: Sun Shengnan, who teamed up with Latisha Chan Yung-Jan of Chinese
Taipei, won the country’s first Grand Slam trophy as they clinched the juniors’
doubles title at the Australian Open.
2004: Zheng Jie squeezed into the fourth round at the French Open, refreshing
China’s best performance at a Grand Slam event.
2004: Li Ting/Sun Tiantian seized the women’s doubles gold medal at the
Athens Olympic Games, the country’s first tennis Olympic gold.
Li Ting(R)\Sun Tiantian |
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2004: Li Na was crowned at the WTA Guangzhou International, becoming the
first Chinese to win a WTA singles title.
Li Na |
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2005: Peng Shuai reached the semi-finals at the WTA Tier II Sydney
International by upsetting the then world No. 3 Anastasia Myskina of Russia. She
is the first Chinese to beat a world top 10 player and also the first to enter
the semis of a Tier II tournament.
Peng Shuai |
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