Carol Zhao
Carol Zhao at the junior 2011 French Open
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| Country (sports) |
 Canada
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| Residence | Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||
| Born |
June 20, 1995 Beijing, China |
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| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||
| College | Stanford Cardinal | ||||||||||||
| Prize money | $87,302 | ||||||||||||
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| Career record | 76–66 | ||||||||||||
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 0 ITF | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 247 (July 13, 2015) | ||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 346 (July 18, 2016) | ||||||||||||
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| Career record | 48–46 | ||||||||||||
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 4 ITF | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 157 (July 18, 2016) | ||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 157 (July 18, 2016) | ||||||||||||
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| Fed Cup | 0–1 | ||||||||||||
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| Last updated on: July 18, 2016. | |||||||||||||
Carol Zhao (born June 20, 1995) is a Canadian professional tennis player of Chinese descent from Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. She reached her highest WTA singles ranking of no. 247 on July 13, 2015 and her career-high junior rank of no. 9 on January 1, 2013. She won the Australian Open junior doubles title in 2013. Zhao was a member of the Stanford University tennis team from September 2013 to May 2016. She ended her college career with a 76–16 overall record and helped the team win the 2016 NCAA championship. She also was the 2015 NCAA singles runner-up. Zhao turned professional in June 2016.
Zhao was born in Beijing, China, and started playing tennis at the age of five, with the encouragement of her grade school teacher. She relocated to Montreal to be part of the National Training Center from September 2010 to August 2013.
In July 2010, Zhao won three straight junior singles tournaments at the G5 in Edmonton, G4 in Vancouver and G5 in Manitoba respectively. She also won three junior doubles tournaments around that time. She reached the semifinals in doubles of the GB1 in Tulsa in October. In November, Zhao played her first professional quarterfinals at the ITF $50,000 in Toronto.
In January 2011, Zhao reached the semifinals in doubles to back to back tournaments, the GA in Tlalnepantla and the G1 in San José. In March, she lost to Ashleigh Barty in the final of the G1 in Kuching. Zhao reached in June the second round of the French Open, her first junior Grand Slam. She lost in the first round of the junior US Open in September.
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