Top 5 Asian Tennis Players

#2 Peng Shuai

Successful in singles and doubles – Peng Shuai

Peng Shuai is one of the few players in the world who is doing well, both at the singles and doubles level. She reached a career-high ranking of World No. 1 in doubles by the WTA on 17 February 2014, making her the first Chinese professional tennis player (male or female, and in singles or doubles) to reach World No. 1.

Her best result in her singles career came two months ago, at the U.S Open where she reached the semi-finals of the tournament losing to Caroline Wozniacki. She was forced to retire in that match. She has won 2 Grand Slam doubles titles, Wimbledon in 2013 and the French Open this year with her partner Hsieh Su-wei. She also won the WTA tour finals last year and reached the finals this year, eventually losing to fellow Asian Sania Mirza.

Peng utilises her double-handed play style to create flat groundstrokes with which she can catch her opponents off-guard. She also employs a decent serve and good net skills

She is currently ranked 22 in singles and 3 in doubles in the world.