In the 2008 North American Junior Table Tennis Championships, she won the team championship and the singles semi-final. It is because of these outstanding performances that Zhang An was promoted by the coach of the American team without selection and entered the list of the 50th World Table Tennis Championships.
20 1 1 Zhang An, who is still in the seventh grade, participated in the women's singles, mixed doubles and women's doubles in the 50th World Table Tennis Championships. On the first day of the competition, she won the women's singles and mixed doubles qualifiers.
Zhang An has three events at the same time, and each event should start from the qualifying round. On the first day of the qualifying round, Zhang An successfully passed the first round of the women's singles qualifying round due to the abstention of the Philippine opponent. In the mixed doubles, she and her partner Wang Tianci advanced to the second round 3-0. On the evening of April 30th, at 20 1 1, Zhang An also played a qualifier against Xing Ariel Hsing.