The 2024 French Open officially announced the list of players who will be shortlisted for the singles main draw, and it is worth congratulating that there are a total of 8 Chinese players on the list. Among them, the women's singles are Zheng Qinwen, Yuan Yue, Wang Xinyu, Wang Xiyu, Zhu Lin, Wang Yafan, Bai Zhuoxuan, and the men's singles is Zhang Zhizhen.
Zheng Qinwen
Among the active mainland women's players, Zheng Qinwen is the player with the best ranking and record. Especially this season, Zheng Qinwen made a historic appearance in the Australian Open women's singles final, although she lost to Sabalenka 3-6, 2-6 to win the runner-up, but Zheng Qinwen's progress is obvious to all. Zheng Qinwen is currently ranked No. 7 in the world, and her best result at the French Open was the fourth round in 2022, after reaching the second round last season.
Zheng Qinwen is now competing in the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, where China's Jinhua defeated Solana Kostya 6-2, 6-3 in the first round to get off to a flying start to the clay season and the second time in his career to beat a Top 30 player on clay after beating Halep at the 2022 French Open. Therefore, fans are also looking forward to her making new history at this year's French Open!
Yuan Yue
This season, Yuan Yue won her first WTA Tour title at the Austin Open, ranking in the top 50 for the first time, setting a new personal high. He then defeated Dalia Kasatkina in the fourth round of the Indian Wells 1000 to defeat a Top 15 player for the second time in her career and reach the quarterfinals of her first 1000 tournament with nine straight wins. She also became the first Chinese golden flower since Li Na in 2014 to reach the quarterfinals of IW. Currently, Yuan Yue is ranked 36th in the rankings, making her first appearance at a Grand Slam at the French Open.
Wang Xinyu
After exiting in the first round of the Australian Open, Wang Xinyu successfully reached the semifinals of the WTA 250 Hua Hin event, but ultimately failed to reach the first tour final of her career. Currently, Wang Xinyu is ranked 43rd and her best result at the French Open is in the third round in 2023.
Wang Xiyu
So far, Wang Zuo has reached the quarterfinals of WTA 250 Auckland and the finals of WTA 250 Austin, and is ranked 49th in the world. His French Open record was the first round in 2021.
Zhu Lin
This season, Zhu Lin reached the quarterfinals of the Hobart International and the final of the Hua Hin tournament (lost 3-6, 6-2, 1-6 to Diana Schneider) and is currently ranked 32nd in the world. Previously, Zhu Lin played in the main draw of the French Open a total of 4 times, all of which stopped in the first round.
Wang Yafan
Previously, Wang Yafan reached the round of 32 of a Grand Slam (Australian Open) for the first time in her career, and then reached the semifinals of the Thailand Open and the WTA 250 Austin Women's Singles respectively. Wang Yafan, currently ranked 78th in the world, has played twice in the main draw of the French Open (2018 and 2019), both of which ended in the first round.
Bai Zhuo Xiang
In 2021, Bai Zhuoxuan won the ITF Sharm el-Sheikh W15 Women's Singles Championship, and in 2023, Bai Zhuoxuan defeated Bonaventur in the first round of Wimbledon Women's Singles to achieve her first Grand Slam victory, which is also her first defeat in the TOP100. It is hoped that her trip to the French Open will refresh her personal history.
Zhang Zhizhen
As the pride of Chinese mainland men's tennis, Zhang Zhizhen has continued to make history this season. first broke into the second round of the Australian Open men's singles, and then partnered with Tomásh Mahachi to reach the semifinals of the Australian Open men's doubles. It is worth mentioning that the tacit understanding between the two is very high, and in the final of the Marseille Open Men's Doubles, Zhang Zhizhen/Mahachi teamed up again to defeat Patrick Niklas Salminen/Emil Rusuvuori 6-3, 6-4 to win the first men's doubles title on tour, and he also became the first Chinese mainland player to win the men's doubles title on tour.
Zhang is currently ranked 49th in the world and reached the third round of the French Open last year. I look forward to him continuing to refresh the new history of mainland men's tennis this year!