Notable Players
See: Chinese tennis players
Chinese women have won Olympic and Grand Slam doubles titles over the last six years, while Li Na and Zheng Jie have made the most significant breakthroughs in singles by reaching semifinals at the Australian Open and Wimbledon. Li was the first Chinese player to break into the top 10 of the women’s game and win a singles grand slam in 2011 at the French Open. China’s Li Ting and Sun Tian Tian won the women’s doubles gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics. In 2006, Zheng and Yan Zi became the country’s first Grand Slam champions, taking the women’s doubles titles at the Australian Open and Wimbledon. At the, Zheng and Yan got a bronze medal in the women’s doubles. China now has three women inside the top 50.
On the men's side, currently only Zhang Ze (154), Wu Di (176), and Zeng Shaoxuan (299) occupy positions inside the top 500 in the singles rankings.
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