The China women's national tennis team represents
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
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Fed Cup
The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was cha ...
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
competition and is governed by the
Chinese Tennis Association
The Chinese Tennis Association (CTA) (Chinese: 中国网球协会) is the national governing body of tennis in China. It is a cooperative member of the All-China Sports Federation. The CTA is an independent legal person and it is recognized by C ...
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History
China competed in its first Fed Cup in
1981
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China competed at the World Group level in 2007 through 2009.
China enjoyed their best Billie Jean King Cup performance in 2008 when they reached the semi-finals.
Current team (2022)
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Zhu Lin
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Wang Qiang
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Yuan Yue
Yuan Yue (; ; born 25 September 1998) is a Chinese professional tennis player.
Yuan has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 74 and a best WTA doubles ranking of world No. 281.
Career
She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 20 ...
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Zheng Qinwen
Zheng Qinwen ( zh, 郑钦文; born 8 October 2002 in Shiyan 十堰, Hubei 湖北, China 中国) is a Chinese tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 25, on 24 October 2022. Zheng is the current No. 2 female Chinese ...
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Wang Xinyu
Wang Xinyu (, ; born 26 September 2001) is a Chinese tennis player.
Coaching team
Wang's current team consists of her father Wang Peng; a Serbian technical coach, Aleksandar Slović, who won the men's singles title at 2009 Summer Universiade ...
Current Results
See also
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Fed Cup
The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was cha ...
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China Davis Cup team
The China men's national tennis team represents the People's Republic of China in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Chinese Tennis Association. It was represented by the Republic of China from 1924-1946. The team did not partici ...
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Tennis in China
Tennis in China is a rapidly growing sport that has received much private and public support, and has today become firmly entrenched in the Chinese as one of the most popular. Tennis is now the third-most popular sport on television in China, b ...
References
External links
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Billie Jean King Cup teams
Fed Cup
The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was cha ...
Fed Cup
The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was cha ...
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