Zhang Ling (; born October 28, 1989), stylized as Lynn Zhang after retirement, is a former professional Chinese

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player competing for

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. On 12 September 2011, she reached her highest singles ranking by the

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(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

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. In 2014, she had her first main-draw match win on the

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. She defeated

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, and become the first Hong Kongese player to achieve this, after

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done it in the 1980s. Playing for

at the

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, 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.

ITF Circuit finals

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

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

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zhang, Ling 1989 births Living people Hong Kong female tennis players Tennis players at the 2010 Asian Games Tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games Tennis players at the 2018 Asian Games Tennis players from Hainan Asian Games competitors for Hong Kong