Carol Zhao

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Carol Zhao
Zhao WMQ18 (17) (41743489670).jpg
Country (sports)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Residence Richmond Hill, Ontario
Born (1995-06-20) June 20, 1995 (age 28)
Chongqing, China [1]
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro2016
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
College Stanford Cardinal
Prize moneyUS$ 654,322
Singles
Career record248–228 (52.1%)
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 131 (June 25, 2018)
Current rankingNo. 228 (May 20, 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q2 (2023, 2024)
French Open Q3 (2021)
Wimbledon 1R (2023)
US Open Q1 (2018, 2022)
Doubles
Career record94–91 (50.8%)
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 157 (July 18, 2016)
Current rankingNo. 513 (May 20, 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 3–3
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese 赵一羽
Medal record
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Women's tennis
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Toronto Doubles
Last updated on: May 21, 2024.

Carol Zhao (born June 20, 1995) is a Canadian tennis player. She reached her highest WTA singles ranking of No. 131 in June 2018, and her career-high junior rank of No. 9 on January 1, 2013. She won the Australian Open junior doubles title in 2013. [2] Zhao was a member of the Stanford University tennis team, [3] ending her college career with a 76–16 overall record and leading the team to win the 2016 NCAA championship. She also was the 2015 NCAA singles runner-up.

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She turned professional in June 2016 [1] [4] and was Canada's top singles player from June 11, 2018, to July 23, 2018. [5]

Early life

Zhao was born in Chongqing, China to Ping and Lily Zhao and started playing tennis at the age of five, with the encouragement of her grade school teacher. At the age of seven, she and her family emigrated to Canada and settled in the city of Richmond Hill, Ontario. In September 2010, she relocated to Montreal to be part of the National Training Centre until August 2013. [1] [6]

Tennis career

2010–11

In July 2010, Zhao won three straight junior singles tournaments at the G5 in Edmonton, G4 in Vancouver and G5 in Manitoba, respectively. She also won three junior doubles tournaments around that time. [7] She reached the semifinals in doubles of the GB1 in Tulsa in October. [8] In November, Zhao played her first professional quarterfinal at the $50k tournament in Toronto. [9]

In January 2011, Zhao reached the semifinals in doubles to back to back tournaments, the GA in Tlalnepantla and the G1 in San José. [7] In March, she lost to Ashleigh Barty in the final of the G1 in Kuching. [10] Zhao reached in June the second round of the French Open, her first junior Grand Slam tournament. She lost in the first round of the junior US Open in September.

2012

In January 2012, Zhao lost in the second round in singles and the quarterfinals in doubles at the junior Australian Open. In March, she made the final in both singles and doubles of the G1 in Nonthaburi, but only won the doubles title. [11] She lost a week later to Elizaveta Kulichkova in the final of the G1 in Sarawak. [12] Zhao reached the second round for the second straight year at the junior French Open. In late June, Zhao reached her third G1 final of the year, but lost this time to fellow Canadian Eugenie Bouchard in three sets. Three of the four semifinalists were Canadian at this tournament (the third was Françoise Abanda). [13] However, she lost in the first round of the junior Wimbledon Championships.

In September, Zhao lost in an all-Canadian final at the G1 in Repentigny to Françoise Abanda. [14] A week later, she made it to the third round in singles at the junior US Open. She also reached the quarterfinals in doubles. In mid-September, Zhao reached the quarterfinals in doubles of the WTA tournament in Quebec City. [15] In October, she ended runner-up in the GB1 in Tulsa, but won the final in doubles. [16]

2013

Zhao lost in the second round of the junior Australian Open in singles, but won the doubles title with Ana Konjuh by defeating Oleksandra Korashvili and Barbora Krejčíková in the final. [2] In May, she made it to her first professional doubles final at the $10k event in Pula, but lost to Italians Martina Caregaro and Anna Floris. She also reached her first singles final at the same tournament, but was defeated this time by Sofiya Kovalets. [17] At the junior event of the French Open, Zhao reached the third round in singles and made it to the semifinals in doubles. She also reached the third round at the junior Wimbledon in singles and the quarterfinals in doubles.

Zhao won in July the doubles title at the $25k event in Granby, her first pro title. [18] At the beginning of August, she qualified for her first WTA Tour main draw at the Premier 5 Rogers Cup in Toronto when she defeated her first top 100 player Irina-Camelia Begu in straight sets in last round of qualifying. She was eliminated by No. 31, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, in the first round. [19] She made it to the quarterfinals in doubles for the second straight year at the Challenge Bell in mid-September. [20]

2014

In July at the $25k Challenger de Gatineau, her first tournament in nine months, Zhao made it to the semifinals in doubles. [21] She made it a week later, with Erin Routliffe, to her third professional doubles final and second consecutive at the $25k Challenger de Granby but had to withdraw before the final because of an injury. [22] At the Bank of the West Classic at the end of July, Zhao qualified for her second WTA Tour main draw and scored her first win on the tour when Yanina Wickmayer retired in the second set of the opening round. She was eliminated by No. 11, Ana Ivanovic, in the second round. [23] In late August, Zhao reached the quarterfinals in singles and the semifinals in doubles of the $25k event in Winnipeg. [24]

2015

In late June, Zhao made it to the semifinals in singles and in doubles of the $25k tournament in Sumter. [25] The next week, she reached the quarterfinals at the $25K in Baton Rouge. [26] At the Pan American Games in July, Zhao won a gold medal with Gabriela Dabrowski in the doubles event. [27] In August, at the $25k Challenger de Gatineau, she reached the semifinals in singles and won the doubles title with Jessica Moore. [28] A week later, she was awarded a wildcard for the main draw of the Stanford Classic but was defeated by No. 63, Mona Barthel, in the opening round. [29] At the Rogers Cup in August, Zhao earned a wildcard for the singles main draw but was defeated by No. 43, Madison Brengle, in the first round. She also reached the quarterfinals in doubles with fellow Canadian Sharon Fichman. [30] In October, she reached the quarterfinals in singles at the Challenger de Saguenay and the semifinals in both singles and doubles at the Tevlin Women's Challenger. [31] [32]

2016–18

In January 2016 Zhao reached the final of the $25k event in Daytona Beach with Sharon Fichman. [33] In February, she and partner Jessica Pegula were runners-up at the $25k in Rancho Santa Fe. [34] At the $25k in Sumter in June, her first tournament as a professional, Zhao reached the final in doubles. [35] She also reached the doubles final of the $25k in El Paso at the beginning of July. [36] At the Stanford Classic, Zhao was awarded a wildcard for the singles main draw for the second straight year, but was defeated by No. 71, Nicole Gibbs, in three sets in the opening round. She also lost in the first round in doubles. [37]

In January 2017 at the $15k event in Petit-Bourg, Zhao won her third doubles title, this time with Mayo Hibi. [38] She advanced to the doubles final of the $15k in Heraklion with compatriot Charlotte Robillard-Millette in March. [39] Two weeks later, she won the third $15k in Heraklion, which was the fourth doubles title of her career title and her first with Robillard-Millette. [40] In July, she won the doubles title with Ellen Perez at the $60k Challenger de Granby. [41] In August at the $100k Vancouver Open, Zhao advanced to the semifinals where she was defeated by Danka Kovinić. [42] The next week at the $25k tournament in Tsukuba, she reached the second singles final of her career but lost to Zhang Ling. [43] The week after, Zhao captured her first singles title with a win over Junri Namigata at the $25k in Nanao. [44] In October at the $60k event in Saguenay, she reached the quarterfinals in singles and won the doubles title with fellow Canadian Bianca Andreescu. [45] In November, she won her second singles title defeating Liu Fangzhou in the final of the $100k Shenzhen Open. [46]

She reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 131 on June 25, 2018.

2021–23: Grand Slam debut

She reached the third round of qualifying at the 2021 French Open.

Zhao recorded her first WTA Tour win of 2023 at the Copa Colsanitas in Columbia against María Carlé. She reached the second round of qualifying at the French Open. [47]

At the Rosmalen Open, she qualified for the main draw and defeated Ysaline Bonaventure in the first round for her second WTA Tour match win of the season. [48] [49]

She qualified for the main draw at Wimbledon on her ninth attempt to make her major debut. [50]

She also qualified for the WTA 1000 Guadalajara Open.

Performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2023 French Open.

Tournament 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAAAAAA Q1 AAAA Q2 0 / 00–0  
French Open AAAAAAA Q1 AA Q3 A Q2 0 / 00–0  
Wimbledon AAAAAAA Q1 ANHAA 1R 0 / 10–10%
US Open AAAAAAA Q1 AAA Q1 A0 / 00–0  
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–10 / 10–10%
WTA 1000
Indian Wells Open AAAAAAAQ1ANHAA0 / 00–0  
Miami Open AAAAAAAQ2ANHAA0 / 00–0  
Canadian Open Q1Q11RQ21RQ1Q21RQ1NH1R1RQ10 / 50–50%
Guadalajara Open NHQ11R0 / 10–10%
Career statistics
Tournaments0011221300231Career total: 16
Overall win-loss0–00–00–11–10–20–20–10–40–00–00–31–30–10 / 162–1811%
Year-end ranking591684447299344489221210442544325163$413,106

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments (2–0)
W25 tournaments (2–3)
W10 tournaments (0–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1May 2013ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyW10Clay Flag of Ukraine.svg Sofiya Kovalets3–6, 2–6
Loss0–2Aug 2017ITF Tsukuba, JapanW25Hard Flag of Hong Kong.svg Zhang Ling 5–7, 6–7(4)
Win1–2Sep 2017ITF Nanao, JapanW25Carpet Flag of Japan.svg Junri Namigata 6–3, 6–2
Win2–2 Nov 2017 Shenzhen Longhua Open, ChinaW100Hard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Fangzhou 7–5, 6–2
Loss2–3Feb 2021ITF Potchefstroom, South AfricaW25Hard Flag of Spain.svg Nuria Párrizas Díaz 3–6, 0–6
Loss2–4May 2021ITF Salinas, EcuadorW25Hard Flag of Japan.svg Mai Hontama 5–7, 1–6
Win3–4Jun 2022ITF Incheon, South KoreaW25Hard Flag of Japan.svg Mayuka Aikawa 6–4, 6–1
Win4–4 Jul 2022 ITF Charleston Pro, United StatesW100Clay Flag of Japan.svg Himeno Sakatsume 3–6, 6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 13 (6 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Legend
W60 tournaments (2–0)
W25 tournaments (2–5)
W10/15 tournaments (2–2)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1May 2013ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyW10Clay Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Erin Routliffe Flag of Italy.svg Martina Caregaro
Flag of Italy.svg Anna Floris
2–6, 7–5, [7–10]
Win1–1 Jul 2013 Challenger de Granby, CanadaW25Hard Flag of the United States.svg Lena Litvak Flag of France.svg Julie Coin
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Emily Webley-Smith
7–5, 6–4
Loss1–2 Jul 2014 Challenger de Granby, CanadaW25Hard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Erin Routliffe Flag of Japan.svg Hiroko Kuwata
Flag of Japan.svg Riko Sawayanagi
w/o
Win2–2Aug 2015 Challenger de Gatineau, CanadaW25Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jessica Moore Flag of Mexico.svg Victoria Rodríguez
Flag of Mexico.svg Marcela Zacarías
6–3, 6–4
Loss2–3Jan 2016ITF Daytona Beach, United StatesW25Clay Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sharon Fichman Flag of Russia.svg Natela Dzalamidze
Flag of Russia.svg Veronika Kudermetova
4–6, 3–6
Loss2–4Feb 2016 Rancho Santa Fe Open, United StatesW25Hard Flag of the United States.svg Jessica Pegula Flag of the United States.svg Asia Muhammad
Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Townsend
3–6, 4–6
Loss2–5Jun 2016ITF Sumter, United StatesW25Hard Flag of the United States.svg Jamie Loeb Flag of the United States.svg Ashley Weinhold
Flag of the United States.svg Caitlin Whoriskey
6–7(5), 1–6
Loss2–6Jul 2016ITF El Paso, United StatesW25Hard Flag of the United States.svg Sanaz Marand Flag of the United States.svg Ashley Weinhold
Flag of the United States.svg Caitlin Whoriskey
4–6, 6–7(3)
Win3–6Jan 2017ITF Petit-Bourg, FranceW15Hard Flag of Japan.svg Mayo Hibi Flag of Denmark.svg Emilie Francati
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Charlotte Robillard-Millette
2–6, 7–6(6), [11–9]
Loss3–7Mar 2017ITF Heraklion, GreeceW15Clay Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Charlotte Robillard-Millette Flag of Romania.svg Raluca Georgiana Șerban
Flag of Romania.svg Oana Georgeta Simion
6–3, 6–7(2), [2–10]
Win4–7Apr 2017ITF Heraklion, GreeceW15Clay Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Charlotte Robillard-Millette Flag of Russia.svg Angelina Gabueva
Flag of Russia.svg Olga Puchkova
7–6(2), 4–6, [10–5]
Win5–7 Jul 2017 Challenger de Granby, CanadaW60Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ellen Perez Flag of Chile.svg Alexa Guarachi
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Olivia Tjandramulia
6–2, 6–2
Win6–7 Oct 2017 Challenger de Saguenay, CanadaW60Hard (i) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bianca Andreescu Flag of the United States.svg Francesca Di Lorenzo
Flag of New Zealand.svg Erin Routliffe
w/o

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win 2013 Australian Open Hard Flag of Croatia.svg Ana Konjuh Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleksandra Korashvili
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Krejčíková
5–7, 6–4, [10–7]

Head-to-head record

Record against top-100 players

Zhao's win–loss record (6–11, 35%) against players who were ranked world No. 100 or higher when played is as follows: [51]
Players who have been ranked world No. 1 are in boldface.

* statistics as of June 5, 2018

Notes

  1. has a 2–0 overall record vs. Wickmayer

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