Zhang Zhizhen

Zhang Zhizhen
张之臻
	Zhang Zhizhen at the 2023 US Open
Country (sports)	China
Born	16 October 1996 (age 27); Shanghai, China
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	2012
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 383,009
Singles
Career record	6–9
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 136 (10 February 2020)
Current ranking	No. 178 (21 June 2021)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2021)
French Open	Q2 (2021)
Wimbledon	1R (2021)
Doubles
Career record	1–6
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 211 (11 September 2017)
Current ranking	No. 558 (21 June 2021)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	2–0
	Last updated on: 21 June 2021.

Zhang Zhizhen (Chinese: 张之臻; pinyin: Zhāng Zhīzhēn; Mandarin pronunciation: [ʈʂáŋ ʈʂɻ̩́ ʈʂə́n]; born 16 October 1996), is a Chinese professional tennis player. He is currently the No. 1 Chinese tennis player. Zhang became the first Chinese man in Open era to play in the main draw at The All England Club, when he qualified for the 2021 Wimbledon Championships.^[2] He has won two singles and two doubles titles on the ATP Challenger and two singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Futures Tour. He reached his career high singles ranking of World No. 136 in February 2020 and his career high doubles ranking of World No. 211 in September 2017.

Career

2015: ATP debut

Zhang made his first ATP tour debut in the 2015 Shenzhen Open. As a qualifier, he defeated Japanese Go Soeda in straight sets in the first round. He eventually lost to the 6th seed Jiří Veselý in straight sets.

2017

In the 2017 Shenzhen Open, Zhang, as a qualifier, upset the 4th seed and world No. 39 Paolo Lorenzi in the second round. He then lost to Henri Laaksonen in the third round.^[3]^[4]

On 26 November 2017, defeating Te Rigele 5–7, 7–6^(8–6), 6–3, Zhang won the China Tennis Grand Prix Cup title for the first time.^[5]

2019: Two Challenger titles, China No. 1 player, Top 150 debut, Career high Year-end ranking

In 2019, Zhang won two ATP challenger titles in Jinan and Shenzhen. At the ATP level, he reached the second rounds at Zhuhai and Beijing, both as wildcard holder, defeating German Dominik Koepfer and British Kyle Edmund in the first round matches respectively.

2020-2021: Career-high singles ranking and Grand Slam debut, First Chinese man in Open era to play at Wimbledon

Zhang qualified for the first time in his career at a Grand Slam into the 2021 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles main draw. He became the first Chinese male tennis player in the Open era to qualify to play in this Grand Slam main draw.^[6] He is also only the fourth Chinese man to play singles in the main draw of any Grand Slam since 1968, with the others being Wu Di at the Australian Open in 2013, 2014 and 2016, Zhang Ze at the Australian Open in 2014 and 2015, and Li Zhe at the 2019 Australian Open.^[2]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 8 (4–4)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–0)
ITF Futures (2–4)

Finals by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2015	France F10, Mont-de-Marsan	Futures	Clay	Adrien Puget	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
Loss	1–1	Jul 2015	France F13, Bourg-En-Bresse	Futures	Clay	Jordi Samper Montaña	3–6, 4–6
Loss	1–2	Jun 2017	China F9, Lu'an	Futures	Hard	Alexander Sarkissian	2–6, 1–6
Win	2–2	Jul 2017	France F11, Shenzhen	Futures	Hard	Prajnesh Gunneswaran	2–6, 7–5, 5–0 ret.
Loss	2–3	Jul 2017	China F13, Yinchuan	Futures	Hard	Sora Fukuda	3–6, 5–7
Loss	2–4	Jul 2018	Italy F18, Casinalbo	Futures	Clay	Jelle Sels	0–6, 3–6
Win	3–4	Sep 2019	Jinan, China	Challenger	Hard	Go Soeda	7–5, 2–6, 6–4
Win	4–4	Nov 2019	Shenzhen, China	Challenger	Hard	Li Zhe	6–3, 4–6, 6–1

Doubles: 9 (4–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–1)
ITF Futures (2–4)

Finals by surface
Hard (4–4)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2014	China F8, Shenzhen	Futures	Hard	Bai Yan	Hua Runhao Qiu Zhuoyang	6–4, 4–6, [10–3]
Loss	1–1	Jul 2015	France F14, Saint-Gervais	Futures	Clay	Daniil Medvedev	Calo Silva Ricardo Urzúa-Rivera	6–7^(4–7), 1–6
Loss	1–2	Aug 2015	Belarus F2, Minsk	Futures	Hard	Daniil Medvedev	Egor Gerasimov Ilya Ivashka	1–6, 3–6
Win	2–2	Sep 2016	Nanchang, China	Challenger	Hard	Wu Di	Nicolas Barrientos Ruben Gonzales	7–6^(7–4), 6–3
Win	3–2	Apr 2017	China F5, Luzhou	Futures	Hard	He Yecong	Xia Zihao Peng Hsien-yin	7–6^(7–5), 6–3
Loss	3–3	Jul 2017	China F10, Kunshan	Futures	Hard	He Yecong	Gao Xin Li Zhe	3–6, 2–6
Win	4–3	Sep 2017	Zhangjiagang, China	Challenger	Hard	Gao Xin	Chen Ti Yi Chu-huan	6–2, 6–3
Loss	4–4	Sep 2018	Shanghai, China	Challenger	Hard	Hua Runhao	Gong Maoxin Zhang Ze	4–6, 6–3, [4–10]
Loss	4–5	Jan 2019	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Jannik Sinner	Gábor Borsos Péter Nagy	1–6, 6–3, [7–10]