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'''Zhang Ze''' ({{zh|c=张择}}), born July 4, 1990 is a [[Chinese people|Chinese]] male [[tennis]] player. He was the first male Chinese player to enter Grand Slam tournaments.<ref>[http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Zh/Z/Ze-Zhang.aspx ATP World Tour - Players - Ze Zhang - Profile - Personal]</ref> Currently Zhang is the highest-ranked men's singles player and third highest-ranked men's doubles player from China. |
'''Zhang Ze''' ({{zh|c=张择}}), born July 4, 1990 is a [[Chinese people|Chinese]] male [[tennis]] player. He was the first male Chinese player to enter Grand Slam tournaments.<ref>[http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Zh/Z/Ze-Zhang.aspx ATP World Tour - Players - Ze Zhang - Profile - Personal]{{deadlink}}</ref> Currently Zhang is the highest-ranked men's singles player and third highest-ranked men's doubles player from China. |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
Revision as of 16:43, 20 June 2015
Country (sports) | China |
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Residence | Nanjing, China |
Born | Nanjing, China | July 4, 1990
Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) |
Turned pro | 2005 |
Plays | right-handed |
Coach | Joakim Nyström |
Prize money | US $458,448 |
Singles | |
Career record | 9–27 (ATP World Tour, Grand Slam main draw and Davis Cup matches) |
Career titles | 0 (ATP World Tour and Grand Slam) |
Highest ranking | 148 (27 May 2013) |
Current ranking | 202 (11 May 2015) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2014, 2015) |
French Open | Q2 (2012) |
Wimbledon | Q2 (2012, 2014) |
US Open | Q3 (2014) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 4–11 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | 243 (7 July 2014) |
Current ranking | 400 (11 May 2015) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2015) |
French Open | – |
Wimbledon | – |
US Open | – |
Last updated on: 11 May 2015. |
Zhang Ze (Chinese: 张择), born July 4, 1990 is a Chinese male tennis player. He was the first male Chinese player to enter Grand Slam tournaments.[1] Currently Zhang is the highest-ranked men's singles player and third highest-ranked men's doubles player from China.
Early life
Choosing tennis over dancing at the age of 16, he joined the boys national team and then the Elite sport centre.
On ATP Tour
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2010
In 2010, Zhang became, for the first time in his career, Chinese champion in both singles and doubles of the QuanYunHui. He was selected to play for China’s Davis Cup team.
2012
He played the qualifying rounds at the 2012 Wimbledon, and the 2012 US Open, where he made it to the second round but lost. In October 2012 he achieved his highest ATP ranking of No. 165. Zhang is coached by Frenchman Guillaume Peyre, former coach of Marcos Baghdatis and Richard Gasquet. In the 2012 China Open, Zhang defeated world No.14 Richard Gasquet 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 in the second round, before he lost to Florian Mayer on the following day.[2]
2013
In October 2013, Zhang teamed up with Roger Federer at the 2013 Shanghai Rolex Masters. They beat Kevin Anderson and Dmitry Tursunov, 6-2, 6-1. However, the pair were defeated in the second round.[3]
2014
In January 2014, Zhang qualified in men's singles for the 2014 Australian Open, his first grand slam tournament. In the first round he lost to world No. 33 and 31-seed Fernando Verdasco in four sets: 7–5, 3–6, 2–6, 3–6.
2015
Australian Open
In January 2015, 187-ranked Zhang earned one of eight wildcards to the 2015 Australian Open men's singles main draw. Zhang was the highest-ranked men's singles player from China at the time and was the only China representative in men's singles, men's doubles, and mixed doubles (male). In singles he lost in the first round to unseeded Australian two-time Grand Slam winner Lleyton Hewitt, ranked 87 in the world at the time, in four sets: 3–6, 6–1, 0–6, 4–6. In men's doubles, Zhang and partner Lee Hsin-han of Taiwan were given a wildcard to the main draw and faced number 2 seeds Julien Benneteau and Édouard Roger-Vasselin of France in the first round and lost in straight sets 1–6, 4–6. In mixed doubles, Zhang and partner Chang Kai-Chen of Taiwan were given a wildcard to the main draw and they advanced to the second round.
Singles titles
Zhang Ze has won 8 ITF Futures events, and reached one Challenger final.
Challenger finals
Legend |
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ATP Challenger Tour (0–1) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 22 May 2010 | Fergana Challenger | Hard | Evgeny Kirillov | 3–6, 6–2, 2–6 |
Futures titles (8)
Legend (Singles) |
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Futures |
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
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1. | 28 March 2010 | Mengzi, F2 | Hard | Riccardo Ghedin | 6–1, 6–4 |
2. | 22 May 2011 | Guiyang, F6 | Hard | Lee Hsin-Han | 6–1, 6–0 |
3. | 12 June 2011 | Shenzhen, F7 | Hard | An Jae-Sung | 6–4, 6–2 |
4. | 15 April 2012 | Chengdu, F5 | Hard | Wu Di | 7–6(7–3), 6–3 |
5. | 1 July 2012 | Breda, F3 | Clay | Thiemo de Bakker | 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 |
6. | 23 February 2013 | Aktobe, F1 | Hard | Marek Semjan | 6–2, 6–7(6–8), 6–1 |
7. | 23 March 2014 | Yuxi, F3 | Hard | Chung Hyeon | 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3) |
8. | 20 April 2014 | Chengdu, F5 | Hard | Dzmitry Zhyrmont | 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
References
External links
- Zhang Ze at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- {{ITF profile}} template using deprecated numeric ID.
- Zhang Ze at the Davis Cup
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