Wang Qiang (tennis)

Wang Qiang

Wang Qiang at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	China
Born	14 January 1992 Tianjin, China
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	2006
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 568,380
Singles
Career record	259–167
Career titles	0 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest ranking	79 (18 April 2016)
Current ranking	79 (18 April 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2016)
French Open	1R (2015)
Wimbledon	1R (2015)
US Open	2R (2014, 2015)
Doubles
Career record	15–26
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 616 (December 13, 2010)
Current ranking	No. 972 (8 February 2016)
Medal record Representing  China Women's tennis Asian Games 2014 Incheon Singles
Last updated on: 8 February 2016.

Wang Qiang (Chinese: 王蔷; born January 14, 1992 in Tianjin) is a Chinese professional tennis player.

Wang has won ten singles and one doubles title on the ITF tour in her career. On 23 February 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 82. On 13 December 2010, she peaked at world number 616 in the doubles rankings.

Career

At age nine, Wang started playing tennis.^[1] That year, she was chosen as the Tianjing National Tennis Center player promotion course. For two years consecutively(2006–07), she won the junior's tennis championship in China. She officially started touring the ITF in Japan as of 2007.

Wang achieved the biggest win of her career at the 2013 Malaysian Open, where, after qualifying, she beat top seed and World No. 10 Caroline Wozniacki in the first round.^[2]

Wang made her Grand Slam debut at the 2014 US Open, having entered the qualifying tournament and winning three successive matches for a spot in the main draw.^[3] In the main draw, she defeated Paula Kania of Poland, 6-2, 6-0, before losing to Australian Casey Dellaqua in the second round. ^[4]

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (0-1)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (0–0)
WTA 125 Series (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner–up	1.	27 October 2014	Ningbo International Women's Tennis Open, Ningbo, China	Hard	Magda Linette	6–3, 5–7, 1–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 16 (12–4)

Finals by category $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (5/2) Clay (0/0) Grass (0/1) Carpet (2/0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	11 November 2010	Hyogo, Japan	Carpet	Yurina Koshino	6–1, 6–4
Runner–up	1.	19 June 2011	Balikpapan, Indonesia	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	5–7, 3–6
Winner	2.	18 March 2012	Sanya, China	Carpet	Han Xinyun	6–2, 6–4
Winner	3.	8 May 2012	Beijing, China	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	6–2, 6–4
Winner	4.	2 December 2012	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	6–2, 6–1
Winner	5.	9 December 2012	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Xin Wen	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner–up	2.	28 April 2013	Wenshan, China	Hard	Zhang Yuxuan	6–1, 6–7(4), 2–6
Runner–up	3.	5 May 2013	Gifu, Japan	Grass	An-Sophie Mestach	6–1, 3–6, 0–6
Winner	6.	23 February 2014	New Delhi, India	Hard	Yuliya Beygelzimer	6–1, 6–3
Winner	7.	19 May 2014	Kurume, Japan	Grass	Eri Hozumi	6–3, 6–1
Winner	8.	25 May 2014	Tianjin , China	Hard	Zhu Lin	6–3, 6–2
Winner	9.	3 August 2014	Wuhan, China	Hard	Luksika Kumkhum	6–2, 6–2
Winner	10.	6 July 2015	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Zhang Kailin	6–2, 6–4
Runner–up	4.	19 July 2015	Tianjin , China	Hard	Duan Yingying	6-4 6-7(2) 0-3 RET
Winner	11.	27 March 2016	Quanzhou, China	Hard	Liu Fangzhou	6–2, 6–2
Winner	12.	16 April 2016	Shenzhen, China	Hard	Mayo Hibi	6–2, 6–0

Doubles: 2 (1–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner–up	1.	25 September 2010	Makinohara, Japan	Carpet	Kao Shao-yuan	Lu Jiajing Lu Jiaxiang	5–7, 6–1, [9–11]
Winner	1.	25 October 2010	Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Hard (i)	Kao Shao-yuan	Juan Ting-fei Zheng Saisai	6–3, 7–6(2)

Grand Slam performance timeline

Singles

Tournament	2014	2015	2016	SR	W–L
Australian Open	A	1R	2R	0 / 2	1–1
French Open	A	1R		0 / 1	0–1
Wimbledon	A	1R		0 / 1	0–1
US Open	2R	2R		0 / 2	2–2
Total	1–1	1–4	1–1	0 / 6	3–6

References

1. http://www.87pat.com/qiang-wang/e/profile/index.html
2. Caroline Wozniacki loses to Qiang Wang in Malaysian Open
3. "Women's Qualifying Singles Draw". Retrieved 22 August 2014.
4. http://www.usopen.org/en_US/scores/draws/ws/r1s1.html. Missing or empty |title= (help); External link in |website= (help);

External links

• Wang Qiang at the Women's Tennis Association
• Wang Qiang at the International Tennis Federation
• Wang Qiang at the Fed Cup

Official website