The unseeded Zhang defeated Hong Kong's Cheung Ngan Yi in the first round before receiving a walkover to the third round, where she defeated the sixteenth seed Kim Ga-eun of South Korea in straight games.

Then in the quarter-finals, she shocked the seventh seed and former world champion Ratchanok Intanon in a hard-fought three-game match.

Zhang reached the final at the 2022 Hylo Open, but lost to compatriot Han Yue in straight games.

[6] Zhang won her first BWF World Tour title at the 2023 Thailand Masters, beating compatriot Han Yue in three games.

[7] Women's singles Women's singles The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[8] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF).