A three-set loss to Francesca Schiavone in the first round of the French Open prevented Zheng from defending her ranking points accrued there the previous year.
Having failed to defend the points accrued from her quarter-final finish at Gold Coast a year previously, she found her ranking slipping to 60th.
The ranking points accrued in her qualification for the main draw were sufficient for her to end the year up slightly again at World No. 212.
Often, at the end of the year, all of the points accrued at various shows are added up and additional national and regional titles are awarded.
Each 1,250 points accrued would earn the customer a $25 gift card, provided $1,500 was spent each year.
For example, Australian Public Servants are not permitted to redeem points accrued from official travel.
While Jammu and Kashmir won the match, the points accrued from the game were later annulled.
On the back of the ranking points accrued through this result, on October 4, 2004, she broke into the WTA top 100 for the first time.
In Division 3 and M, these simply correspond to the number of points accrued during the match.
She was also the winner of the Gilbey Champion Racehorse award, based on points accrued by performances in major races during the season.