# Zhao Yijing

Zhao Yijing (Chinese: 赵依静; pinyin: Zhào Yījìng; Mandarin pronunciation:; born 7 February 1989) is a Chinese former tennis player.
On 11 June 2012, she reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of 244. On 9 July 2012, she peaked at No. 222 in the doubles rankings. Zhao won four singles and nine doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

## Career

Zhao was accepted as a wildcard into the qualifying of the 2011 Guangzhou International Women's Open where she defeated eighth seed Hsu Wen-hsin and second seed Mădălina Gojnea. In the main draw, she defeated Misaki Doi in the first round, 6–4, 6–3. This was her first WTA Tour main-draw appearance. In the second round, she lost to Tetiana Luzhanska in three sets. After this performance, she rose 92 ranks to No. 345. She then also reached the final of a $10k event, losing to Luksika Kumkhum, leaving her end of year ranking at 318, an increase of 538 ranks from 2010.
In 2012, Zhao started off the year playing ITF events in China, losing in the first round of the Blossom Cup, then moving on to win both the singles and doubles in Pingguo.

## ITF Circuit finals

* Legend
* $100,000 tournaments
* $50,000 tournaments
* $25,000 tournaments
* $10,000 tournaments

### Singles (4–2)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1. | 13 May 2006 | ITF New Delhi, India | Hard | Sandhya Nagaraj | 6–4, 4–6, 7–5 |
| Win | 2. | 20 May 2006 | ITF New Delhi, India | Hard | Song Shanshan | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 3. | 1 September 2007 | ITF Saitama, Japan | Hard | Mari Tanaka | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1. | 13 September 2007 | ITF Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Sophie Ferguson | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2. | 20 November 2011 | ITF Manila, Philippines | Hard | Luksika Kumkhum | 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 4. | 15 January 2012 | ITF Pingguo, China | Hard | Erika Takao | 6–2, 6–4 |

### Doubles (9–8)

| Result | No. | Date | Location | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1. | May 2006 | New Delhi, India | Hard | Song Shanshan | Rushmi Chakravarthi Archana Venkataraman | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1. | May 2006 | New Delhi, India | Hard | Song Shanshan | Rushmi Chakravarthi Archana Venkataraman | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 2. | Jul 2007 | Miyazaki, Japan | Carpet | Zhang Shuai | Natsumi Hamamura Ayaka Maekawa | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 3. | Aug 2007 | Tokyo, Japan | Carpet | Song Shanshan | Maiko Inoue Mari Inoue | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Loss | 2. | Oct 2007 | Beijing, China | Hard | Liang Chen | Ji Chunmei Sun Shengnan | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 3. | Jun 2008 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard | Liu Wanting | Maya Kato Miki Miyamura | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 4. | Apr 2010 | Ningbo, China | Hard | Liu Wanting | Lu Jiaxing Li Xi | 6–0, 6–4 |
| Win | 5. | May 2011 | Bangkok, Thailand | Hard | Li Ting | Ayu Fani Damayanti Lavinia Tananta | 6–7$^{(2–7)}$, 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 6. | Jun 2011 | Pattaya, Thailand | Hard | Liang Chen | Luksika Kumkhum Napatsakorn Sankaew | 1–6, 6–1, 7–5 |
| Loss | 4. | Jun 2011 | Pattaya, Thailand | Hard | Liang Chen | Emi Mutaguchi Kotomi Takahata | 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 7. | Jul 2011 | Pattaya, Thailand | Hard | Liang Chen | Misa Eguchi Akiko Omae | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 8. | Jul 2011 | Pattaya, Thailand | Hard | Liang Chen | Yurina Koshino Varatchaya Wongteanchai | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Loss | 5. | Oct 2011 | Jakarta, Indonesia | Hard | Kao Shao-yuan | Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Nungnadda Wannasuk | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 6. | Nov 2011 | Manila, Philippines | Hard | Zheng Junyi | Luksika Kumkhum Peangtarn Plipuech | 3–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 9. | Jan 2012 | Pingguo, China | Hard | Kao Shao-yuan | Liang Chen Tian Ran | 3–6, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, [10–7] |
| Loss | 7. | Oct 2012 | Suzhou, China | Hard | Yang Zhaoxuan | Timea Bacsinszky Caroline Garcia | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 8. | Sep 2013 | Sanya, China | Hard | Yang Zhaoxuan | Sun Ziyue Xu Shilin | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 3–6, [3–10] |