Peng Shuai

Peng Shuai
Peng Shuai 2019 at Wimbledon
Nation:	People's Republic of China
Birthday:	January 8, 1986
Size:	177 cm
Weight:	61 kg
1st professional season:	2001
Playing hand:	Right, forehand and backhand with both hands
Trainer:	Bertrand Perret
Prize money:	$ 9,422,729
singles
Career record:	481: 313
Career title:	2 WTA , 2 WTA Challenger, 10 ITF
Highest ranking:	14 (August 22, 2011)
Current placement:	109
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	330: 194
Career title:	22 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking:	1 (February 17, 2014)
Current placement:	85
Weeks as No. 1:	20th
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Last update of the infobox: September 21, 2019
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Peng Shuai ( Chinese  彭 帅 , Pinyin Péng Shuài ; born January 8, 1986 in Xiangtan , Hunan Province ) is a Chinese tennis player . She celebrated her greatest successes with her two Grand Slam titles in doubles, at Wimbledon in 2013 and at the French Open in 2014 . From February 17, 2014, she was number 1 in the double world rankings for 20 weeks .

Career

Her parents are police officer Ji Jun Peng and his wife Zhang Bing . An uncle encouraged Shuai to play tennis at the age of eight. She later trained at the International Tennis Academy of Alan Ma in Boca Raton , Florida.

Peng Shuai is considered an uncomfortable opponent who is strong at running and fighting. She celebrated her previous titles individually (with the exception of one title at a WTA Challenger tournament) at ITF tournaments. In 2000 she started at ITF level in her Chinese homeland for the first time. She won in Dotham, Prostejov, Shenzhen , Jackson, Changsha, Mumbai, Tianjin and Baotou.

On the WTA Tour , Peng has already reached four individual finals (at the tournaments in Strasbourg, Forest Hills, Guangzhou and Brussels), but she could not win any of them. In 2004 she made her debut at Wimbledon , but was eliminated there in the first round. In the same year (23 August) it was among the top 100 in the world rankings and on 17 January 2005 it was already among the 50 best. In 2010 she won a gold medal in both individual and team competitions and a bronze medal in doubles at the Asian Games . At the Australian Open she achieved her greatest success in a Grand Slam tournament to date when she made it to the round of 16 .

On the other hand, she has already won several top ten players. In 2011 alone, she defeated number 3 seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova in Auckland , 7th seed Jelena Janković at the Australian Open in Melbourne , Francesca Schiavone seeded 3 in Doha and number 7 of the tournament, Li Na, in Indian Wells . And in Brussels, where Peng himself took 8th position on the seeding list in May 2011, she also beat number 3 of the tournament, Vera Swonarjowa , on the way to the final, in which she was defeated by top seeded Caroline Wozniacki . At the preparatory tournament for Wimbledon in Birmingham , Peng made it to the semi-finals, which she lost to Sabine Lisicki 3: 6, 1: 6. In Wimbledon , too , she easily reached the round of 16, in which Maria Sharapova, however, showed herself to be clearly superior and defeated her 6: 4, 6: 2. In August 2011, Peng achieved her best ranking so far in the individual with 14th place. In 2012 she was again in the round of 16 at Wimbledon, in which she lost to Marija Kirilenko with 1: 6, 7: 6, ⁶ and 3: 6. At the US Open in 2012 she was eliminated in round one against Jelena Wesnina (6: 7, ⁵ , 1: 6). Things went far better there in 2014 , when she reached the semifinals of a Grand Slam tournament in a singles for the first time in her career.

In doubles, Peng can boast 19 WTA tournament victories in addition to her two Grand Slam titles, including three in Rome (Premier 5 tournament) and one at the WTA Championships (2013).

In August 2018, she was banned from the Tennis Integrity Unit for six months and had to pay a $ 10,000 fine, half of which was suspended. She is said to have tried to get her doubles partner to withdraw after the registration deadline at the Wimbledon Championships 2017 . For this, she offered her compensation, which contradicted the regulations.

In the Fed Cup she has played 15 matches for China since 2001. Her Fed Cup record shows 14 wins (ten of which are singles) and eight defeats.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 27, 2014	Nanchang	WTA Challenger	Hard court	Liu Fangzhou	6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 3
2.	October 16, 2016	Tianjin	WTA International	Hard court	Alison Riske	7: 6 3 , 6: 2
3.	July 30, 2017	Nanchang	WTA International	Hard court	Nao Hibino	6: 3, 6: 2
4th	18th November 2018	Houston	WTA Challenger	Hard court	Lauren Davis	1: 6, 7: 5, 6: 4

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	September 30, 2007	Guangzhou	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Yan Zi	Vania King Sun Tiantian	6: 3, 6: 4
2.	March 9, 2008	Bangalore	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Sun Tiantian	Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung	6: 4, 5: 7, [10: 8]
3.	September 14, 2008	Bali	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Hsieh Su-wei	Marta Domachowska Nadja Petrowa	6: 7 4 , 7: 6 3 , [10: 7]
4th	January 16, 2009	Sydney	WTA Premier	Hard court	Hsieh Su-wei	Nathalie Dechy Casey Dellacqua	6-0, 6-1
5.	May 9, 2009	Rome	WTA Premier 5	sand	Hsieh Su-wei	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	7: 5, 7: 6 5
6th	October 10, 2009	Beijing	WTA Premier Mandatory	Hard court	Hsieh Su-wei	Alla Kudryavzewa Ekaterina Makarova	6: 3, 6: 1
7th	May 15, 2011	Rome	WTA Premier 5	sand	Zheng Jie	Vania King Jaroslawa Schwedowa	6: 2, 6: 3
8th.	May 19, 2013	Rome	WTA Premier 5	sand	Hsieh Su-wei	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	4: 6, 6: 3, [10: 8]
9.	July 6, 2013	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	race	Hsieh Su-wei	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua	7: 6 1 , 6: 1
10.	18th August 2013	Cincinnati	WTA Premier 5	Hard court	Hsieh Su-wei	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke	2: 6, 6: 3, [12:10]
11.	21st September 2013	Guangzhou	WTA International	Hard court	Hsieh Su-wei	Vania King Galina Voskoboyeva	6: 3, 4: 6, [12:10]
12.	October 27, 2013	Istanbul	WTA Tour Championships	Hard court	Hsieh Su-wei	Jelena Wesnina Ekaterina Makarova	6: 4, 7: 5
13.	2nd February 2014	Pattaya	WTA International	Hard court	Shuai Zhang	Alla Kudrjawzewa Anastassija Rodionova	3: 6, 7: 6 5 , [10: 6]
14th	15th February 2014	Doha	WTA Premier 5	Hard court	Hsieh Su-wei	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	6: 4, 6: 0
15th	March 15, 2014	Indian Wells	WTA Premier Mandatory	Hard court	Hsieh Su-wei	Cara Black Sania Mirza	7: 6 5 , 6: 2
16.	June 8, 2014	French Open	Grand Slam	sand	Hsieh Su-wei	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	6: 4, 6: 1
17th	4th October 2014	Beijing	WTA Premier Mandatory	Hard court	Andrea Hlaváčková	Cara Black Sania Mirza	6: 4, 6: 4
18th	June 12, 2016	Nottingham	WTA International	race	Andrea Hlaváčková	Gabriela Dabrowski Yang Zhaoxuan	7: 5, 3: 6, [10: 7]
19th	September 24, 2016	Guangzhou	WTA International	Hard court	Asia Muhammad	Wolha Hawarzowa Wera Lapko	6: 2, 7: 6 3
20th	October 16, 2016	Tianjin	WTA International	Hard court	Christina McHale	Magda Linette Xu Yifan	7: 6 8 , 6: 0
21st	January 7, 2017	Shenzhen	WTA International	Hard court	Andrea Hlaváčková	Ioana Raluca Olaru Olha Savchuk	6: 1, 7: 5
22nd	5th January 2019	Shenzhen	WTA International	Hard court	Yang Zhaoxuan	Duan Yingying Renata Voráčová	6: 4, 6: 3
23.	April 28, 2019	Anning	WTA Challenger	sand	Yang Zhaoxuan	Duan Yingying Han Xinyun	7: 5, 6: 2
24.	September 21, 2019	Guangzhou	WTA International	Hard court	Laura Siegemund	Alexa Guarachi Mathison Giuliana Olmos	6: 2, 6: 1

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments and the WTA Championships

singles

competition	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	Balance sheet	Career
Australian Open	-	2	-	2	1	3	1	AF	2	2	1	AF	-	2	1	2	13:13	AF
French Open	-	2	2	-	2	1	-	3	3	2	1	1	-	1	2	-	9:11	3
Wimbledon	1	-	3	1	3	2	-	AF	AF	2	AF	-	1	3	1	-	17:12	AF
US Open	-	1	-	1	2	2	3	AF	1	2	HF	-	1	2	-	2	15:12	HF

Double

competition	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	Balance sheet	Career
Australian Open	-	AF	2	2	2	VF	AF	AF	1	AF	2	1	1	F.	HF	1	24:15	F.
French Open	-	1	2	-	AF	HF	-	2	AF	2	S.	-	-	AF	1	-	19: 9	S.
Wimbledon	-	-	2	VF	1	1	-	VF	1	S.	AF	-	2	-	2	1	17:10	S.
US Open	VF	2	1	2	AF	2	2	1	VF	VF	AF	-	-	HF	-	2	22:13	HF
WTA Championships	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	S.	F.	-	-	-	-		4: 1	S.

Web links

Commons : Peng Shuai  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• WTA profile Peng Shuai (English)
• ITF profile Peng Shuai (English)
• Fed Cup Stats Peng Shuai (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Peng Shuai banned six months for coercing doubles partner at Wimbledon. In: tennis.com. August 8, 2018, accessed August 9, 2018 . 

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Peng is the family name here, Shuai is the first name.