Zhu Lin (; ; born 28 January 1994) is a Chinese tennis player. On 18 September 2023, Zhu reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 31. She attained her best WTA doubles ranking of No. 80 on 2 October 2023. Zhu has won the 2023 Thailand Open in singles and the 2019 Jiangxi Open in doubles. She has also won one singles and one doubles title in WTA 125 tournaments, as well as 15 singles and six doubles titles on the ITF World Tennis Tour.
Playing for China Fed Cup team, Zhu has a win–loss record of 11–5 as of May 2026.
Early life and background Zhu Lin was born on 28 January 1994 to Zhu Jiangming and Chen Yunqi in Wuxi, China. Her father introduced her to tennis at age four. She has a very aggressive style of play, and her signature shot and also favorite shot is forehand. Her tennis idol growing up was Martina Hingis.
Juniors Zhu debuted on the ITF Junior Circuit in September 2009 at the age of 15 at the China Junior 1 Open, where she also reached her first singles final. She lost that match against Turkish player Melis Sezer, in straight sets. The following week, she played at China Junior 2 Open, where she also had success, reaching the semifinals in both singles and doubles. She continued having success in her next tournament, where she won the title in singles and reached semifinals in doubles in the 2009 Widjojo Soejono Semen Gresik Junior Championships. The next week, Zhu won her first doubles title and also reached the semifinal in singles at the Solo Open International Junior Championships. Toward the end of the year, she reached one singles final at the PHINMA International Juniors (week 2), where she lost, but won two doubles titles, at that tournament.
In January 2010, Zhu debuted at a junior Grand Slam tournament, playing at the Australian Open, where she was stopped in the third round by Kristýna Plíšková. In April 2010, she reached the quarterfinals at the Dunlop Japan Open Junior Championships, in both singles and doubles. At the end of May 2010, she played at the Asian Closed Junior Tennis Championships in New Delhi, India. There, she reached the semifinal in singles and the final in doubles. In September 2010, she lost in the first round of the junior US Open, in singles. Toward the end of the year, she won China Junior 2 Xiamen in singles.
In January 2011, she played at the Australian Open, where she lost in the second round, in both singles and doubles. It was her last junior doubles tournament. Her last junior singles tournament was at the China Junior 10 Dalian, where she lost in the third round. Her highest junior combined ranking was 39, that she reached on 17 January 2011.
Professional 2009–13: Playing on the ITF Circuit Zhu made her debut on the ITF Circuit in June 2009, at Qianshan, China, where she was stopped in the second round. In October 2010, she played her first final, at Nonthaburi, Thailand, but lost to Nungnadda Wannasuk. Later, on 24 October, she won her first ITF Circuit singles title, at Khon Kaen, Thailand. In November 2010, she won her first doubles title, at Manila, Philippines. In 2011, Zhu won one singles title, at Jakarta, Indonesia. In 2012, she reached only one final in singles, at Pattaya, Thailand which 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.
2014: WTA Tour debut Zhu started the year in Antalya, Turkey, where she reached the final and lost to Lenka Wienerová. In March, she won a $10k event in Ankara defeating Iryna Shymanovich. In June, she won three consecutive tournaments: her first 25k level tournament in Belikpapan, Indonesia, then the 10k events in Tarakan and the following week in Solo, both Indonesia. She also reached her first significant final at the Xi'an Open, but lost to Duan Yingying. In August, she played her first Grand Slam qualifying; 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 on tour level by defeating Kristýna Plíšková in the first round, but was stopped in the second by Jana Čepelová. In September, Zhu played at the Premier-5 level Wuhan Open but failed to qualify. Next week, she played her first Premier Mandatory tournament, in the main draw of the China Open where she defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the first round, but lost to Simona Halep in the second.
2015: Major debut
In January, Zhu failed to qualify for the Australian Open. At the Indian Wells Open, she reached the second round by defeating Francesca Schiavone after a controversial call from the umpire, but then lost to Sara Errani.
She failed to qualify for the Miami Open, Madrid Open and French Open. Zhu made her major 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.
2016: Success in doubles on the ITF Circuit She won the title at the Launceston International, her first tournament in the year where she played doubles. In April at the 25k event in Kashiwa, Japan, she reached the final in doubles. In late July, she won the Lexington Challenger, partnering with Hiroko Kuwata. At the Wuhan Open, she failed to qualify in singles, but reached the second round in doubles together with Han Xinyun, they lost to Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová. At the China Open, she also failed to qualify in singles, and in doubles, she was eliminated in the first round. In November, she reached her first $100k final in doubles at the Shenzhen Open, but lost with Han Xinyun against You Xiaodi and Nina Stojanović.
2019–20: First major win & career doubles title, top 100 debut
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. On 25 February 2019, she entered the top 100 in singles, reaching world No. 93.
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.
In September, she played her first WTA Tour final, at the 2019 Jiangxi International Open, where she and Wang Xinyu defeated Peng Shuai and Zhang Shuai in an all-Chinese final.
2021: First WTA Challenger singles title In December, she won her first singles title on the WTA Challenger Tour in Seoul, defeating Kristina Mladenovic in the final.
2022: WTA 1000 and top 60 debuts At the Guadalajara Open, she defeated Alizé Cornet in the first round. She followed up this win with a loss against Daria Kasatkina in the second round. Two weeks later, she reached her then career-high singles ranking of 58.
2023: Major fourth round, first top-10 win & WTA Tour title, singles top 50 & doubles top 100 The start of the season was promising for Zhu. In the opening week, she reached the quarterfinal at the Auckland Open after defeating Venus Williams. Her journey continued at the Australian Open where she reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam championship for the first time in her career, and also defeated two seeds on the way, 32nd seed Jil Teichmann and sixth seed Maria Sakkari, her first top-10 win. She lost a tight three-set match to Victoria Azarenka in the fourth round.
In Hua Hin, Thailand, she defeated seventh seed Wang Xinyu in the semifinals with whom she reached the doubles final at the same tournament. She won her first WTA Tour singles title defeating Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko in the final. As a result, she reached new career-high rankings of No. 41 in singles and No. 90 in doubles, on 6 February 2023.
In doubles, she reached the third round at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships, partnering Taiwanese Wu Fang-hsien.
After reaching for the first time the third round at the US Open and following that finishing as runner-up at the Japan Women's Open in Osaka, she achieved a career-high of No. 31 in singles and No. 82 in doubles, on 18 September 2023.
2024–25: WTA 1000 fourth round She also reached the third round in doubles at the 2024 Australian Open, again partnering Wu Fang-hsien.
Zhu reached the final at the Thailand Open as the defending champion, but lost to Diana Shnaider. En route to the final, she defeated Taylah Preston, Linda Fruhvirtová, Arina Rodionova, and Wang Yafan, all without dropping a set.
Ranked No. 493 at the 2025 Canadian Open, Zhu reached the fourth round of a WTA 1000 event for the first time in her career by defeating Suzan Lamens.
Performance timelines
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles Current through the 2025 China Open. Tournament201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Win %Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAQ1Q31R1R1R2R2RQ14R1RQ10 / 75–7 French OpenAQ1Q1AA1RA1R1R1R1RA0 / 50–5 WimbledonA1RQ3Q3Q11RNH2R1R1R3R1R0 / 73–7 US OpenQ3Q1Q1Q2Q32RAAQ23RA1R0 / 33–3Win–loss0–00–10–00–10–11–41–12–30–25–42–30–20 / 2211–22Year-end championships WTA Elite TrophyDNQNHSF0 / 11–2National representation Billie Jean King CupAAAZ1Z1AAPO0 / 06–4WTA 1000Qatar OpenANMSANMSANMSANMSANMS2RA0 / 11–1DubaiNMSANMS1RNMS2RNMSQ1NMSA1RA0 / 31–3Indian Wells OpenA2RAAA1RNHAA1R1RA0 / 41–4Miami OpenAQ2AAAQ1NHQ1Q22R2RA0 / 21–2Madrid OpenAQ1AAAANHAA1R1RA0 / 20–2Italian OpenAAAAAAAAAA1RA0 / 10–1Canadian OpenAAAAAANHAA1RA4R0 / 23–2Cincinnati OpenAAAAAAAAA1RA1R0 / 20–2Guadalajara OpenNH2RANMSA0 / 11–1Wuhan OpenQ1AQ1Q1A1RNHA1R0 / 20–2China Open2RAQ11RQ1Q1NH1RA2R0 / 42–4Win–loss1–11–10–00–20–01–30–00–01–10–62–64–40 / 2410–24Career statistics201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Win %Tournaments4658613571124Career total: 89Titles00000000010Career total: 1Finals00000000021Career total: 3Hard win–loss3–44–55–59–95–85–104–53–56–724–191 / 7468–77Clay win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–20–00–12–30–20 / 72–8Grass win–loss0–00–10–00–00–00–10–01–10–24–30 / 85–8Overall win–loss3–44–65–59–95–85–134–54–78–1228–241 / 8975–93Year-end ranking13917314010411483911406236122166$2,949,666
Doubles Current through the 2023 Canadian Open. Tournament2014201520162017201820192020202120222023Win %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAA2R2RA1R0 / 32–3French OpenAAAAAAAA2R1R0 / 21–2WimbledonAAAQ1AANH1R2R3R0 / 33–3US OpenAAAAAAAA1R2R0 / 21-2Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–01–11–22–33–40 / 107–10Year-end championshipsWTA Elite TrophyDNQRRNH0 / 11–1National representationBillie Jean King CupAAAZ1Z1AAPO0 / 01–0WTA 1000Dubai / Qatar OpenAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Indian Wells OpenAAAAAANHAAA0 / 00–0Miami OpenAAAAAANHAAA0 / 00–0Madrid OpenAAAAAANHAAA0 / 00–0Italian OpenAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Canadian OpenAAAAAANHAA1R0 / 10–1Cincinnati OpenAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Wuhan Open1RA2RAAANH0 / 21–2China OpenAA1RAAANH0 / 10–1Guadalajara OpenNH2R0 / 11–1Win–loss0–10–01–20–00–00–00–00–01–10–10 / 52–5Career statistics2014201520162017201820192020202120222023Win %Tournaments3574244579Career total: 50Titles0000010000Career total: 1Finals0000010011Career total: 3Overall win–loss0–34–54–71–41–27–31–41–59–78–91 / 5036–49Year-end ranking302231123174539134118319109
WTA Tour finals Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) LegendWTA 250 (1–2)Finals by surfaceHard (1–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Hua Hin Championships, ThailandWTA 250Hard Lesia Tsurenko6–4, 6–4Loss1–1Japan Women's Open, JapanWTA 250Hard Ashlyn Krueger3–6, 6–7(6–8) Loss1–2Hua Hin Championships, ThailandWTA 250Hard Diana Shnaider3–6, 6–2, 1–6
Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) LegendWTA 250 (1–2)Finals by surfaceHard (1–2)