Zhang Ze

Zhang Ze
Country (sports)	China
Residence	Nanjing, China
Born	July 4, 1990 (age 34); Nanjing, China
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.

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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

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
ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	22 May 2010	Fergana Challenger	Hard	Evgeny Kirillov	3–6, 6–2, 2–6

Futures titles (8)

Legend (Singles)
Futures

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
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