prospect Ivana Lisjak, but lost in the first round of the main draw to Alina Jidkova of Russia. At the end of the year, her world ranking had leapt up to 336. In January 2006, she suffered a few early losses, but picked up enough points in qualifying rounds to improve to a career-best ranking of 311 early in February. Then she defended but did not improve upon her previous year's semifinal performance at Melilla. With youth still very much on her side, the 19-year-old appeared to be one of China's hottest next-generation prospects for advancement into the world's top 150. But after rising to a career high of No. 233 in May 2007, a dismal run of early losses over the summer and Autumn that year caused her ranking to slip back to No. 400 by the beginning of December the same year before a quarterfinal result at a $75k tournament that month revived it to around 350 at the close of the year. She then started the year off in 2011, making the semifinals in the $50k event at Quanzhou moving her rankings up to world No. 248. WTA career finals Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) ITF Circuit finals Singles: 8 (6–2) Doubles: 43 (26–17) See also Tennis in China References External links 1987 births Living people Chinese female tennis players Tennis players from Beijing Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles Tennis players at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for China Australian Open (tennis) junior champions 21st-century Chinese women