Zhang Ling (tennis)

Zhang Ling (simplified Chinese: 张玲; traditional Chinese: 張玲; born October 28, 1989), stylized as Lynn Zhang after retirement,^{[citation needed]} is a former Chinese tennis player competing for Hong Kong.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang (張).

Zhang Ling
張玲

Country (sports)	Hong Kong
Residence	Hong Kong
Born	(1989-10-28) 28 October 1989 (age 35) Hunan, China
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Retired	September 2020
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$264,514
Singles
Career record	380–278
Career titles	14 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 184 (12 September 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2012, 2015)
French Open	Q2 (2011)
US Open	Q3 (2011)
Doubles
Career record	150–176
Career titles	7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 219 (22 June 2009)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	37–26

Zhang Ling
Traditional Chinese	張玲
Simplified Chinese	张玲
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhāng Líng IPA [ʈʂáŋ lǐŋ] Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Zoeng1 Ling4 IPA [tsœŋ˥ lɪŋ˩]

On 12 September 2011, she reached her highest singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 184. On 22 June 2009, she also reached her highest WTA doubles ranking of 219. She won 14 singles titles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

In 2014, she had her first main-draw match win on the WTA Tour in Kuala Lumpur. She defeated Olga Savchuk, and become the first Hong Kongese player to achieve this, after Patricia Hy-Boulais done it in the 1980s.

Playing for Hong Kong at the Fed Cup, Ling has a win–loss record of 37–26. She is the Hong Kong player with most ties (44) and years (11) played, together with most singles, doubles and total wins, leading Hong Kong to play in Asia Group I for four times (2007, 2008, 2015, 2018).

Zhang announced her retirement from professional tennis in September 2020, after 16 years on the tour.^[1]

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 26 (14 titles, 12 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	Mar 2007	ITF Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Kairangi Vano	6–1, 6–1
Win	2.	Aug 2007	ITF Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Mari Tanaka	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Win	3.	Mar 2009	ITF North Shore City, New Zealand	Hard	Hwang I-hsuan	6–1, 6–0
Win	4.	Aug 2009	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Sachie Ishizu	6–4, 7–5
Win	5.	Aug 2009	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Lavinia Tananta	6–2, 6–2
Win	6.	May 2010	ITF Tarakan, Indonesia	Hard (i)	Hu Yueyue	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1.	May 2010	ITF Tanjung Selor, Indonesia	Hard	Melanie Klaffner	6–3, 7–6(1)
Loss	2.	Jul 2010	ITF Valladolid, Spain	Hard	Çağla Büyükakçay	7–6(2), 6–3
Win	7.	Jul 2010	ITF Cáceres, Spain	Hard	Rocío de la Torre-Sánchez	6–3, 6–0
Loss	3.	Oct 2010	ITF Taipei, Taiwan	Hard	Zheng Saisai	6–3, 6–3
Win	8.	Mar 2011	ITF Sanya, China	Hard	Iryna Brémond	3–6, 7–6(4), 6–2
Loss	4.	Jul 2011	Challenger de Granby, Canada	Hard	Stéphanie Dubois	6–2, 2–6, 6–1
Loss	5.	May 2012	ITF Changwon, Korea	Hard	Duan Yingying	6–4, 6–3
Loss	6.	Jun 2012	ITF Goyang, Korea	Hard	Duan Yingying	6–3, 6–3
Loss	7.	Jul 2012	ITF Incheon, Korea	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss	8.	Sep 2012	ITF Cairns, Australia	Hard	Sacha Jones	6–0, 6–2
Loss	9.	Jun 2013	ITF Gimcheon, Korea	Hard	Zhao Di	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss	10.	Jul 2013	ITF Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Lu Jiajing	7–6(6),7–5
Win	9.	Nov 2013	ITF Phuket, Thailand	Hard (i)	Nicha Lertpitaksinchai	6–2, 7–6(7)
Win	10.	Nov 2013	ITF Phuket, Thailand	Hard (i)	Lu Jiajing	0–6, 7–6(2), 6–3
Win	11.	Jan 2014	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Polina Leykina	6–1, 7–5
Win	12.	Feb 2014	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Liu Fangzhou	6–3, 6–3
Loss	11.	Apr 2017	ITF Hua Hin, Thailand	Hard	Patcharin Cheapchandej	1–6, 5–7
Loss	12.	Jul 2017	ITF Anning, China	Clay	Eudice Chong	4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win	13.	Jul 2017	ITF Hong Kong	Hard	Kumi So	6–1, 6–3
Win	14.	Aug 2017	ITF Tsukuba, Japan	Hard	Carol Zhao	7–5, 7–6(4)

Doubles: 15 (7 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	1 October 2006	ITF Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Stefania Boffa	Sandy Gumulya Lavinia Tananta	6–4, 6–4
Win	2.	12 November 2007	ITF Pune, India	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Wynne Prakusya Angelique Widjaja	1–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Loss	1.	30 June 2008	ITF Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Anne Schäfer	Klaudia Boczová Nicole Thyssen	2–6, 1–6
Loss	2.	5 December 2008	ITF Sorrento,Italy	Hard	Jade Curtis	Tyra Calderwood Shannon Golds	4–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Win	3.	22 December 2008	ITF Delhi, India	Hard	Hwang I-hsuan	Emily Webley-Smith Megan Moulton-Levy	6–3, 7–6(4)
Loss	3.	28 April 2009	ITF Balikpapan, Indonesia	Hard	Emily Webley-Smith	Yayuk Basuki Romana Tedjakusuma	3–6, 3–6
Win	4.	17 August 2009	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Jessy Rompies	Tomoko Dokei Yoo Mi	6–2, 1–6, [10–8]
Win	5.	24 August 2009	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Yang Zijun	Beatrice Gumulya Lavinia Tananta	6–4, 6–3
Win	6.	15 May 2010	ITF Tanjung Selor, Indonesia	Hard	Liu Wanting	Jessy Rompies Noppawan Lertcheewakarn	7–6(5), 6–3
Loss	4.	3 January 2014	ITF Hong Kong	Hard	Zarina Diyas	Misa Eguchi Eri Hozumi	4–6, 2–6
Win	7.	10 February 2014	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Tian Ran Tang Haochen	2–6, 6–2, [12–10]
Loss	5.	21 April 2014	ITF Nanning, China	Hard	Zheng Saisai	Zhang Kailin Han Xinyun	6–7(8), 6–7(3)
Loss	6.	28 April 2014	Kunming Open, China	Clay	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Zhang Kailin Han Xinyun	4–6, 2–6
Loss	7.	24 July 2015	ITF Zhengzhou, China	Hard	Liu Chang	Han Na-lae Jang Su-jeong	3–6, 0–6
Loss	8.	25 November 2016	ITF Hua Hin, Thailand	Hard	Kamonwan Buayam	Jawairiah Noordin Jessy Rompies	4–6, 3–6