Milestones in the progress of Chinese women's tennis after Li Na [ Images ] won the final of the French Open [ Images ] on Saturday:

2004

August - Sun Tiantian and Li Ting win China's first Olympic gold medal in the sport in the women's doubles at the Athens Games.

October - Li Na is the first Chinese to win a WTA Tour singles title, in Guangzhou.

2005

January - Zheng Jie [ Images ] wins her first WTA Tour title at Hobart.

2006

January - Zheng Jie and Yan Zi win China's first Grand Slam title in the women's doubles at the Australian Open [ Images ].

May - Zheng wins the first all-Chinese final at a WTA event when Li Na withdraws injured from the Estoril final.

June - Li Na becomes the first Chinese player to reach the quarter-finals of Grand Slam at Wimbledon [ Images ]. Zheng and Yan win a second Grand Slam doubles title.

2008

June - Zheng, a 133rd-ranked wildcard, beats top seed Ana Ivanovic [ Images ] on her way to the semi-finals at Wimbledon, the first Chinese to reach the last four at a Grand Slam.

August - Zheng and Yan win bronze in women's doubles at the Beijing [ Images ] Olympics [ Images ], while Li Na misses out on a medal after defeat to Vera Zvonareva [ Images ] in the bronze medal match.

2010

January - Zheng and Li Na reach the last four at the Australian Open, the first time China has had two players in the last four at a Grand Slam. Lose to Justine Henin [ Images ] and eventual champion Serena Williams [ Images ] respectively.

Li Na becomes the first Chinese player to reach the women's top 10 in the world rankings.

2011

January - Li comes back from 5-0 down in the first set to beat Kim Clijsters [ Images ] in the final and win the Sydney [ Images ] International, her first "premier" level WTA title.

Peng Shuai [ Images ] beats seventh seed Jelena Jankovic [ Images ] on her way to her first Grand Slam fourth round appearance at Melbourne [ Images ] Park.

Li beats world number one and top seed Caroline Wozniacki [ Images ] in the semi-finals of the Australian Open to become the first Chinese to reach a Grand Slam singles final, losing to Kim Clijsters.

June - Li reaches a second consecutive Grand Slam final at the French Open and beats holder Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 7-6 to become the first player from an Asian nation to win a Grand Slam singles title.