In the early morning of November 10th, on the final stage of the WTA year-end finals, the 22-year-old Chinese girl Zheng Qinwen became the center of attention. Although they lost the game 1-2 in the end, Zheng Qinwen's growth in the past five years has been inspiring enough.

In the early morning of November 10th, on the final stage of the WTA year-end finals, the 22-year-old Chinese girl Zheng Qinwen became the center of attention. Although they lost the game 1-2 in the end, Zheng Qinwen's growth in the past five years has been inspiring enough.

This is the first time in Zheng Qinwen’s career that he has participated in the year-end finals. Before the finals, Zheng Qinwen was ranked 7th in the world and got the ticket to the finals at the buzzer. Facing the world's top players, Zheng Qinwen showed no fear in the finals. In the group stage, they had 2 wins and 1 loss, qualifying in second place.

In the semi-finals, Zheng Qinwen won another 2-0 cleanly and reached the final. Reaching the finals for the first time in the finals, Zheng Qinwen's trip to Saudi Arabia was really too dreamy. In the final, facing the 20-year-old Gauff , Zheng Qinwen took the initiative most of the time, but made consecutive mistakes at the last moment and unfortunately lost.

However, despite missing the championship in the year-end finals, Zheng Qinwen's 2024 was also perfect. This year, she won the Olympic gold medal for the first time, won three championships, reached the Grand Slam final for the first time, reached the annual finals for the first time, won No. 1 for the first time, won the top 10 5 times, and won the top 5 3 times... If the line is stretched to 5 years ago, you will sincerely lament that Zheng Qinwen was like a rocket after 2018 and could not be stopped at all. Let’s review Zheng Qinwen’s year-end rankings in the past five years: 2018, 933rd; 2019, 649th; 2020, 324th; 2021, 143rd; 2022, 25th; 2023 , No. 15; in 2024, No. 5!

In just 5 years, Zheng Qinwen’s world ranking has skyrocketed by 928 places. She has also grown from that young unknown to a top WTA superstar. In the current women's tennis world, there are only four people ranked higher than her, namely Sabalenka, Swiatek, Gauff and Paolini.

Moreover, Zheng Qinwen is in a period of rapid rise, and it seems to be only a matter of time before she overtakes the fourth place. In the latest personal standings, Zheng Qinwen is only 4 points behind Paolini, who is fourth.

In terms of bonuses, Zheng Qinwen received a total of US$5.559 million in bonuses in 2024, which is approximately 39 million yuan. Throughout his career, Zheng Qinwen's bonuses have been close to 60 million yuan (59.66 million yuan, 8.311 million US dollars).