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Peng Shuai is a Chinese female tennis player born in Xiangtan on January 8, 1986. She competes right-handed and represents China in international competition. Her professional career began in 2001, and she has accumulated a singles record of 497–323 and a doubles record of 341–203. She has earned prize money of 9,617,653.
Peng has participated in the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics, as well as the 2002 and 2006 Asian Games. She is a member of the China Billie Jean King Cup team and was educated at Renmin University of China. Her head coach is Michael Chang. She speaks Mandarin and resides in Tianjin.
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Key facts
- Native name
- 彭帅
- Country sports
- China
- Residence
- Tianjin and Beijing , China
- Born
- ( 1986-01-08 ) 8 January 1986 (age 40) , Xiangtan , Hunan, China
- Height
- 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
- Plays
- Right-handed (two-handed both sides)
- Coach
- Carlos Rodríguez
- Prize money
- US$ 9,617,653
- Career record
- 497–323
- Highest ranking
- No. 14 (22 August 2011)
- Australian open
- 4R ( 2011 , 2015 )
- French open
- 3R ( 2011 , 2012 )
- Wimbledon
- 4R ( 2011 , 2012 , 2014 )
- Us open
- SF ( 2014 )
- Tour finals
- W ( 2013 )
- Fed cup
- 17–9
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Tennis
- Position
- Tennis Player
- Nationality
- China
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Peng
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- China
- Place of birth
- Xiangtan
- Occupation
- tennis player
- Educated at
- Renmin University of China
- Languages spoken
- Mandarin
- Participant in
- tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- tennis
- Member of team
- China Billie Jean King Cup team
- Country for sport
- China
- Mass
- 61
- Image
- Peng WMQ19 (28).jpg
- Height
- 177
- Residence
- Tianjin
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- handedness
- right-handedness
- date of birth
- 1986-01-08
- singles record
- 497–323
- doubles record
- 341–203
- Commons category
- Peng Shuai
- ranking
- 1
- prize money
- 9617653
- head coach
- Michael Chang
- start of work period
- 2001-00-00
- date of disappearance
- 2021-11-00
- name in native language
- 彭帅;
- end of work period
- 2022-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Peng Shuai (Chinese: 彭帅; pinyin: Péng Shuài; Mandarin pronunciation: [pʰə̌ŋ ʂwâɪ] ; born 8 January 1986) is a Chinese former professional tennis player. In February 2014, she was ranked as the world No. 1 doubles player by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), becoming the first Chinese tennis player to achieve that ranking in any discipline. She peaked at No. 14 of the singles rankings in August 2011, and won two singles and 23 doubles titles on the WTA Tour.
Peng won a gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games, defeating Akgul Amanmuradova in the singles final. At the 2013 Wimbledon Championships, Peng won her first major title, in women's doubles with Hsieh Su-wei. She also won the women's doubles title at the 2014 French Open with Hsieh. Her best performance at a major in singles came at the 2014 US Open where she reached the semifinals, becoming the third Chinese tennis player in history to reach a major semifinal after Zheng Jie and Li Na.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Peng Shuai” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.