Shuai Peng

• Residence: Tian Jin, China
• DOB: January 8, 1986
• Birthplace: Hunan, China
• Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m)
• Weight: 135 lbs. (61.2 kg)
• Plays: Right-handed (two-handed both sides)

Biography

Shuai Peng began playing at age eight when an uncle (a famous tennis coach in China) introduced her to the game. She favors hard courts and forehand (though her backhand is the better side). Her father Peng Jijun is a police officer and her mother is Zhang Bing. At age 13, Peng Shuai was submitted to a heart surgery, a situation which she explains in the "Impossible is Nothing" campaign from Adidas.

In 2001, at the beginning of June, aged just fifteen years and four months, she won her first singles title at Bautau, a 10,000 dollar International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament, after entering as a wildcard, and crushing highly capable countrywoman Sun Tiantian 6–1 6–4 in the semi-final.

In early 2009, Shuai announced that she will be coached full-time for the 2009 season by Tarik Benhabiles. Shuai won the Medibank International doubles title with Hsieh Su-wei, defeating Nathalie Dechy and Casey Dellacqua in the final 6-0 6-1.

Career History