WANG Qiang

People's Republic of China
Tennis
14 Jan 1992
29
Female
TIANJIN
 
People's Republic of China

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
TEN Tennis Women's Singles 17

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Ariake Tennis Park Court 1
Women's Singles Second Round
CHN
WANG QWANG Qiang
3
0
ESP
MUGURUZA GMUGURUZA Garbine
6
6
Finished
Ariake Tennis Park Court 5
Women's Singles First Round
PAR
CEPEDE ROYG VCEPEDE ROYG Veronica
4
3
CHN
WANG QWANG Qiang
6
6
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Grand Slams
 Aus OpenRoland GarrosWimbledonUS Open
YearSinglesDoublesSinglesDoublesSinglesDoublesSinglesDoubles
2021R128-R64-----
2020R16-------
2019R32R32R64R64R32-QF-
2018R128R64R32R32R128R64R32R64
2017R128R64R128R32R64R64R128R32
2016R64-R64-R128-R64R64
2015R128-R128-R128-R64-
2014------R64-

2021 Tournament Results - Singles
Result
Winner-
Runner-upParma
Semifinal-

Olympic Games - Singles
2016 Rio de Janeiro, BRA
PhaseResultOpponentResult
R64LostKUZNETSOVA Svetlana (RUS)1-6, 6-4, 0-6


Legend
WR - Winner, RU - Runner-up, F - Final, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, R16 - Round of 16, R32 - Round of 32, R64 - Round of 64, R128 - Round of 128
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Chinese Sharapova (sports.qq.com, 28 Sep 2018; sohu.com, 29 Sep 2018)
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Mandarin
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Tianjin [People's Republic of China]
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Pat Cash [personal], AUS
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Right (tj.xinhuanet.com, 13 Oct 2015)
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Turned professional in 2006
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In 2020 she ended her season early after she suffered a recurrence of a lumbar disc herniation. (cgtn.com, 12 Sep 2020)

She sustained a back injury in 2019. (ttplus.cn, 23 Dec 2019)

She injured the neck of the femur bone in her right leg in February 2019. (Weibo profile, 03 Feb 2019)
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She began playing tennis at age nine in Tianjin, People's Republic of China. (news.gmw.cn, 15 Jul 2016)
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Her father encouraged her to start taking tennis lessons. (sports.163.com, 08 Aug 2014)
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To reach the top 10 of the world rankings, and to win a Grand Slam. (sports.qq.com, 03 Feb 2019; zqb.cyol.com, 04 Feb 2020)
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Beating US player Serena Williams in the third round of the 2020 Australian Open. (nytimes.com, 24 Jan 2020)
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German tennis player Steffi Graf, Polish tennis player Agnieszka Radwanska. (sports.sohu.com, 14 Jan 2017; sports.sina.cn, 22 Feb 2017)
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Coach Peter McNamara. (au.news.yahoo.com, 02 Sep 2019)
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In 2018 she received the First Class Sports Medal from the General Administration of Sport of China. (sports.sina.cn, 07 Dec 2019)

In 2015 she was named an Elite Athlete of National Class by the General Administration of Sport of China. (news.163.com, 26 Jan 2015)

General Interest

General
NEW COACH
In late 2020 she began working with Australian Grand Slam winner Pat Cash as her new coach. "He is really a nice man, who always helps me on and off the court. I knew him through [former coach] Peter [McNamara]. He told me he is a good coach. When I had no coaches during the pandemic [in 2020], I asked him [Cash] if he would work with me. It's been very good so far. Me and my coach, we're off to an encouraging start." (chinadailyasia.com, 08 Jan 2021)

TRIBUTE TO LATE COACH
Her Australian former coach Peter McNamara died of cancer in July 2019. She was coached by McNamara from 2015 until early 2019. "He helped me a lot. It was really tough for me to hear he passed. I think he will always be there with me. He always believed in me. He told me I could be a top player." (au.news.yahoo.com, 02 Sep 2019)

EARLY DAYS
With the support of her father, she left school and became a full-time tennis player at age 14. She then relocated to Japan at age 16 to spend time training at a tennis school. (sports.163.com, 28 Aug 2014; qing5.com, 26 Dec 2018)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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