Zhu Zhenzhen

Zhu Zhenzhen
Country (sports)	China
Residence	Liaocheng, China
Born	15 August 1989
Turned pro	2007
Plays	Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singles
Career record	144–38
Career titles	21
Highest ranking	No. 5 (18 November 2019)
Current ranking	No. 6 (5 October 2020)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	SF (2020)
Other tournaments
Paralympic Games	QF (2016)
Doubles
Career record	98–31
Career titles	21
Highest ranking	No. 13 (2 September 2019)
Current ranking	No. 14 (5 October 2020)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2020, 2022)
Other doubles tournaments
Paralympic Games	QF (2016)
Medal record
Asian Para Games

Zhu Zhenzhen (born 15 August 1989) is a Chinese wheelchair tennis player who competes in international level events. She was China's first wheelchair tennis player to play at a Grand Slam when she participated at the 2020 Australian Open where she reached the semi finals after being defeated by eventual winner Aniek van Koot.[1][2]

Zhu contracted osteomyelitis when she was two years old.[3] She started playing wheelchair tennis in 2005 aged 16.[4]

References

"Zhu Zhenzhen - ITF Profile". International Tennis Federation. 11 October 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
"Zhenzhen Zhu dreams of developing wheelchair tennis in China". International Paralympic Committee. 16 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
“Wheelchair sister flower” Liaocheng prepares for the Tokyo Paralympics, yqqlm.com, 21 July 2020
"Chinese athletes enter the Australian Open women's wheelchair semi finals: let more disabled people like sport". Teller Report. 29 February 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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[1] "Zhu Zhenzhen - ITF Profile". International Tennis Federation. 11 October 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[2] "Zhenzhen Zhu dreams of developing wheelchair tennis in China". International Paralympic Committee. 16 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[3] “Wheelchair sister flower” Liaocheng prepares for the Tokyo Paralympics, yqqlm.com, 21 July 2020

[4] "Chinese athletes enter the Australian Open women's wheelchair semi finals: let more disabled people like sport". Teller Report. 29 February 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)