Zhang was specialized in women's doubles and mixed doubles, earning numerous international titles in both events. At the
2005 World Championships tournament she took a bronze in women's doubles with
Zhang Yawen. At the
2007 Summer Universiade she took a silver medal with the Chinese mixed team and two individual bronze medals in women's doubles with
Wang Lin and in mixed doubles with
Chen Hong. She reached nine finals at Grand Prix events in women's doubles between 2003 and 2006, winning three events with
Zhang Yawen, the 2004
Thailand Open &
German Open and the 2005
Singapore Open. In 2007, she became the women's doubles semifinalist of the Korea International Challenge tournament partnered with
Zhang Zhibo. In 2008, she became the women's doubles runner-up of the
China Masters tournament partnered with Zhang Zhibo. They were defeated by
Cheng Shu and
Zhao Yunlei of
China in straight games 14–21, 11–21. In 2009, she and partner Zhang Zhibo won the gold medal for Macau at the
East Asian Games in the women's doubles event after they beat the top seeds from
China,
Ma Jin and
Wang Xiaoli with the score 22–20, 21–16. She also became the women's doubles semifinalist of the
Macau and
Denmark Open tournaments. At Macau, she and her partner Zhang Zhibo were defeated by the
2008 Olympic Games gold medalist
Du Jing and
Yu Yang with the score 10–21, 17–21; and at Denmark, they were defeated by
Pan Pan and
Zhang Yawen of China. In 2010, she qualified to represent Macau at the
Asian Games. However, in accordance with the competition rules, players must be three years after they last competed for their country of origin before they will be able to represent the country, so her entry qualification was canceled; the Macau team also decided to withdraw from the competition. Not long after Zhang Dan retired from playing on international level. == Achievements ==