Zhu Lin (tennis)

Zhu made her debut at the ITF Circuit in June 2009, at the $10k Qianshan, China, where she was stopped in the second round. In October 2010, she played her first ITF final, at the $10k Nonthaburi, Thailand, but lost in that final from Nungnadda Wannasuk. Later, on 24 October, she won her first ITF singles title, at the $10k Khon Kaen, Thailand. In November 2010, she won her first doubles title, at the $10k Manila, Phlippines. In 2011, Zhu won one ITF singles title, at the $10k Jakarta, Indonesia. In 2012, Zhu reached only one final in singles, at the $10k Pattaya, Thailand where she lost. In 2013, she debuted at the WTA 125 tournaments, when she lost at the Suzhou Ladies Open in the first round in both category.

Zhu started the year really well. On her first tournament, she reached the final where she lost to Lenka Wienerová. In March, she won $10k Ankara, Turkey, defeating Iryna Shymanovich. In June, she won three consecutive tournaments. First, Zhu won her first $25k level tournament, in Belikpapan, Indonesia. Then, she won $10k Tarakan, Indonesia, and next week, she won $10k Solo, Indonesia. The following week, she also reached her first significant final, at the Xi'an Open, but lost in that final to Duan Yingying. In August, she played her first Grand Slam qualification, where she was close to qualify for the main draw. After defeating Giulia Gatto-Monticone and Arina Rodionova, she lost in the third round to Zheng Saisai. Zhu made her WTA Tour debut at the Hong Kong Open. Having entered the qualifying tournament, she defeated Wang Yafan, Raluca Olaru, and Elitsa Kostova for a spot in the main draw, where she subsequently recorded her first ever main-draw win at the WTA level by defeating Kristýna Plíšková in the first round, but was stopped in second round by Jana Čepelová. In September, Zhu played qualification at the Premier-5 level tournament - Wuhan Open, but failed to qualify. Next week, she played her first Premier Mandatory tournament in main draw at the China Open. In first round, she defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, but lost to Simona Halep in the second.

Zhu at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships

In January, Zhu failed to qualify for the Australian Open. At the Indian Wells Open, she reached the second round by defeating Francesca Schiavone, but then lost to Sara Errani. She failed to qualify for the Miami Open, Madrid Open and French Open. Zhu made her Grand Slam singles debut at Wimbledon, where she lost to Belarusian qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich in three sets. At the US Open, she lost in the first round of qualifying.

She won the title at the Launceston International, that was her first tournament in the year where she played doubles. In April, she reached final at the $25k Kashiwa, Japan, where she lost in the final in doubles. In late July, she won Lexington Challenger, together with her partner Hiroko Kuwata. At the Wuhan Open, she failed to qualify in singles, but reached second round in doubles, where together with Han Xinyun lost to Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová. At the China Open, she also failed to qualify in singles, and in doubles she lost in first round. In November, she reached her first $100k final in doubles. It was at the Shenzhen Open, but lost together with Han Xinyun against You Xiaodi and Nina Stojanović.

At the Dubai Championships, Zhu made one of her biggest wins, defeating reigning Doha champion Elise Mertens, but lost in the second round to Lesia Tsurenko.[7]

After losing six first-round matches, Zhu clinched her first singles victory at a Grand Slam tournament at the US Open, beating compatriot teenager Wang Xinyu in straight sets, before she lost to Madison Keys in the second round.[8]

In September, she played her first WTA Tour final, at the Jiangxi International Open, and she and Wang Xinyu defeated Peng Shuai and Zhang Shuai in an all-Chinese final.[9]

In December, she won her first WTA Challenger Tour title in Seoul, defeating Kristina Mladenovic in the final.

Current through the 2022 Abierto Zapopan.