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Kai-Lin Zhang

CHN Age 36 173 cm / 5'8" Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 2014–2017

Kai-Lin Zhang represented China on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 103. In TennisDB's records, Kai-Lin Zhang finished with a career record of 9–15 and no singles titles.

Peak ranking

103 (Sep 12, 2016)

Elo peak

1560 (25th percentile)

Career record

9–15 (37.5%)

Career titles

Prize money

$430,907

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Kai-Lin Zhang's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Ankita Raina #170	3-6 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 9, 2019	Q1 Q	Nottingham Open	WTA 250	Grass
Misaki Doi #155	2-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 7, 2018	Q2 Q	Tianjin	WTA 250	Hard
Jiaqi Kang #621	6-7(7) 6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 6, 2018	Q1 Q	Tianjin	WTA 250	Hard
Stefanie Voegele #195	0-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 8, 2017	Q2 Q	Tianjin	WTA 250	Hard
Fang Ying Xun #286	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 6, 2017	Q1 Q	Tianjin	WTA 250	Hard

Qualifying matches are shown here but excluded from main-draw summaries and leaderboards.

Rivals all rivalries →

Kai-Lin Zhang's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Rebecca Peterson	0	1	1	Sep 21, 2017	H2H
Jana Fett	1	0	1	Sep 20, 2017	H2H
Nao Hibino	0	1	1	Jul 27, 2017	H2H
Ashleigh Barty	0	1	1	Mar 4, 2017	H2H
Risa Ozaki	1	0	1	Mar 3, 2017	H2H

Career Results

Kai-Lin Zhang career results by season
Season	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
2014	WTA	3	4	7	42.9%	758	191
2015	WTA	1	2	3	33.3%	190	140
2016	Qualifying Q	2	4	6	33.3%	—	—
2016	WTA	2	4	6	33.3%	140	134
2017	Qualifying Q	6	2	8	75.0%	—	—
2017	WTA	3	5	8	37.5%	133	216
2018	Qualifying Q	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—
2019	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
Career	—	9	15	24	37.5%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Kai-Lin Zhang career results by season and surface
Season	Type	Hard				Clay				Grass				Total
Season	Type	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2014	WTA	3	4	7	42.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	4	7	42.9%
2015	WTA	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
2016	Qualifying Q	1	3	4	25.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	2	4	6	33.3%
2016	WTA	2	3	5	40.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%
2017	Qualifying Q	5	1	6	83.3%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	6	2	8	75.0%
2017	WTA	3	5	8	37.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	5	8	37.5%
2018	Qualifying Q	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
2019	Qualifying Q	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	9	14	23	39.1%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	9	15	24	37.5%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Kai-Lin Zhang career results by season and opponent rank
Season	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2014	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%
2015	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
2016	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	2	4	6	33.3%
2017	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	3	5	8	37.5%
Career	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%	5	6	11	45.5%	4	5	9	44.4%	9	15	24	37.5%

Performance Stats

Kai-Lin Zhang performance statistics by season
Season	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
2014	7/7	0.3	5.9	51.0%	58.7%	44.7%	47.2%	47.2%	52.1%	48.3%
2016	6/6	0.3	5.7	58.0%	52.6%	35.4%	31.6%	50.9%	46.0%	43.2%
2017	8/8	0.8	3.8	55.7%	54.4%	46.4%	46.2%	42.9%	51.1%	42.4%
Career	21/24	0.5	5.0	54.8%	55.3%	42.7%	42.3%	46.6%	50.0%	44.6%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 21/24 (87.5%) of Kai-Lin Zhang's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Kai-Lin Zhang advanced statistics by season
Season	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
2014	1524	113.6	-1.64	+1.32	1.007	50.0%	+9	—	—	46.7%	-0.07	0–1	—	—	-0.12
2015	1519	104.8	—	—	—	—	+7	—	—	50.0%	-0.63	0–2	1–0	—	-0.05
2016	1475	96.0	-3.89	-1.11	0.800	44.7%	+4	—	—	35.7%	-1.21	1–1	0–1	—	+0.26
2017	1519	111.7	-2.39	-0.65	0.869	46.8%	+6	—	—	42.1%	-0.89	1–2 (33%)	1–1	—	+0.45
2018	1511	95.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	1505	97.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career	1560	106.9	-2.57	-0.12	0.892	47.3%	+7	—	—	42.9%	-0.71	2–6 (25%)	2–2 (50%)	96.3	+2.25

Tournament Results by Category

WTA 1000

Kai-Lin Zhang WTA 1000 results by season
Season	BEI	DOH	DUB	WUH	W-L Win %
2014	R64	—	—	R64	0–2 (0%)
2016	Q1	Q1	—	—	0–2 (0%)
2017	—	—	R64	—	2–1 (67%)
W-L	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–5 (29%)

WTA 250

Kai-Lin Zhang WTA 250 results by season
Season	HKG	GUA	JIA	KUA	NOT	SHE	STR	TIA	W-L Win %
2014	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–2 (60%)
2015	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
2016	—	—	QF	Q1	R32	R32	Q1	R32	4–4 (50%)
2017	—	R16	R32	QF	—	R32	Q2	Q2	7–6 (54%)
2018	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Q2	1–1 (50%)
2019	—	—	—	—	Q1	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L	1–2 (33%)	6–3 (67%)	2–2 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	2–3 (40%)	16–16 (50%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

103

Career-high date

Sep 12, 2016

First Top 100

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First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Kai-Lin Zhang ranking history by month and season
Season	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2010	—	1027	1024	802	792	771	680	692	690	687	701	704
2011	728	726	729	877	891	725	845	854	853	650	663	661
2012	557	553	551	480	481	457	364	370	360	389	396	391
2013	446	444	425	425	427	483	723	719	728	737	750	760
2014	754	732	634	769	685	416	351	324	209	193	194	191
2015	165	167	159	155	151	160	146	150	181	151	140	140
2016	152	143	143	143	117	116	112	108	107	130	133	134
2017	135	131	118	119	177	200	213	264	204	202	216	—
2018	240	259	321	317	302	283	255	246	269	275	260	252
2019	252	216	206	191	204	200	219	229	274	279	309	332
2020	332	449	456	—	—	—	—	460	466	469	473	474
2021	476	484	491	641	650	840	873	884	905	928	936	953
2022	958	956	1175	1265	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other WTA players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Kai-Lin Zhang's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Xinyun Han	CHN	105	1,563	55	21	34	38.2%	2008–2020	Match log
Laura Pigossi	BRA	100	1,592	34	13	21	38.2%	2014–2025	Match log
Samantha Crawford	USA	98	1,600	25	8	17	32.0%	2012–2017	Match log
Valeria Savinykh	RUS	99	1,545	31	10	21	32.3%	2011–2023	Match log
Misa Eguchi	JPN	109	1,542	22	7	15	31.8%	2014–2018	Match log
Francoise Abanda	CAN	111	1,602	29	10	19	34.5%	2014–2021	Match log
Richel Hogenkamp	NED	94	1,581	42	14	28	33.3%	2012–2019	Match log
Elizaveta Kulichkova	RUS	87	1,617	45	17	28	37.8%	2014–2017	Match log
Katarzyna Piter	POL	95	1,574	28	8	20	28.6%	2007–2021	Match log
Fangzhou Liu	CHN	127	1,530	23	8	15	34.8%	2014–2024	Match log
Kristie Ahn	USA	87	1,707	45	16	29	35.6%	2008–2021	Match log
Reka Luca Jani	HUN	104	1,555	23	5	18	21.7%	2011–2023	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Kai-Lin Zhang?: Kai-Lin Zhang is 36 years old.
Which country does Kai-Lin Zhang represent?: Kai-Lin Zhang represents China in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Kai-Lin Zhang?: Kai-Lin Zhang is 173 cm / 5'8".
Is Kai-Lin Zhang left-handed or right-handed?: Kai-Lin Zhang plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Kai-Lin Zhang won?: Kai-Lin Zhang has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Kai-Lin Zhang won?: TennisDB does not group any of Kai-Lin Zhang's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Kai-Lin Zhang's highest WTA ranking?: Kai-Lin Zhang's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 103, first achieved on September 12, 2016.
What is Kai-Lin Zhang's career win-loss record?: Kai-Lin Zhang has a career WTA singles record of 9 wins and 15 losses (37.5%).
How much career prize money has Kai-Lin Zhang earned?: Kai-Lin Zhang has earned at least $430,907 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Kai-Lin Zhang's career appear in TennisDB?: Kai-Lin Zhang appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 2014 through 2017.
On which surface does Kai-Lin Zhang have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Kai-Lin Zhang's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 39.1% (9–14).
Who has Kai-Lin Zhang faced most often?: Kai-Lin Zhang's most frequent opponent is Rebecca Peterson, with a head-to-head record of 0–1 across 1 meeting.