Zhang Ze (Chinese: 张择; pinyin: Zhāng Zé; Mandarin pronunciation: [ʈʂáŋ tsɤ̌]; born July 4, 1990), is a Chinese male tennis player.
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Residence | Nanjing, China | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Nanjing, China | July 4, 1990|||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Turned pro | 2005 | |||||||||||||||||
Plays | right-handed | |||||||||||||||||
Coach | Jiang Wei | |||||||||||||||||
Prize money | US$1,102,532 | |||||||||||||||||
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Career record | 19–41 (ATP World Tour, Grand Slam main draw and Davis Cup matches) | |||||||||||||||||
Career titles | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 148 (27 May 2013) | |||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 886 (23 May 2022) | |||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam singles results | ||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | 1R (2014, 2015) | |||||||||||||||||
French Open | Q2 (2012, 2019) | |||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | Q2 (2012, 2014, 2015) | |||||||||||||||||
US Open | Q3 (2014) | |||||||||||||||||
Doubles | ||||||||||||||||||
Career record | 12–27 | |||||||||||||||||
Career titles | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 78 (18 March 2019) | |||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 445 (23 May 2022) | |||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam doubles results | ||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | 2R (2019) | |||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | ||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | 2R (2015) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: 23 May 2022. |
Zhang's career highlights include reaching the quarterfinals of the 2012 China Open (defeating Richard Gasquet en route), playing the Australian Open main draw in two consecutive years (2014 and 2015), and teaming up with Roger Federer to play doubles at the 2013 Shanghai Rolex Masters.
Career
editZhang's early years were spent on the ITF Circuit throughout Asia. In February 2008, Zhang made his first appearance in the qualifying draw of an ATP Challenger tournament in Melbourne, defeating Mikal Statham. In the second round, Zhang lost to Nima Roshan.[1]
On 28 March 2010, Zhang won the first single's title of his professional career in an ITF Futures event in Mengzi City, China. He defeated Riccardo Ghedin.[2] Just under two months later, on 22 May, Zhang reached his first final on the Challenger Tour in Fergana, Uzbekistan, after entering as a qualifier. He lost to Evgeny Kirillov.[3]
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.
On 22 May 2011, exactly a year to the day of his first final on the Challenger Tour, Zhang won his second ITF single's title by defeating Lee Hsin-han in Guiyang, China.
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 the 2012 China Open, Zhang defeated world No.14 Richard Gasquet in the second round, before he lost to Florian Mayer on the following day.[4]
In October 2013, Zhang teamed up with Roger Federer at the 2013 Shanghai Rolex Masters. They beat Kevin Anderson and Dmitry Tursunov. However, the pair were defeated in the second round.
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.
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. 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. 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.
In October 2015, Zhang was one of three players to receive a wildcard into the main draw of the China Open. After upsetting Denis Istomin in the first round, Zhang was defeated by world No.1 and defending champion Novak Djokovic, who went on to win the tournament for the sixth time. Despite a comfortable win for Djokovic, he heaped praise on the youngster, saying he has "Top 100 stuff."[5]
Challenger and Futures finals
editSingles: 26 (10–16)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jan 2009 | China F2, Shenzhen | Futures | Hard | 4–6, 0–2 ret. | |
Loss | 0–2 | May 2009 | China F3, Taizhou | Futures | Hard | 3–6, 6–4, 4–6 | |
Loss | 0–3 | Feb 2010 | Israel F2, Eilat | Futures | Hard | 1–6, 1–6 | |
Win | 1–3 | Mar 2010 | China F2, Mengzi | Futures | Hard | 6–1, 6–4 | |
Loss | 1–4 | Apr 2010 | Korea F3, Changwon | Futures | Hard | 4–6, 3–6 | |
Loss | 1–5 | May 2010 | Fergana, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Hard | 3–6, 6–2, 2–6 | |
Loss | 1–6 | Jan 2011 | China F2, Mengzi | Futures | Hard | 1–6, 7–6(7–3), 2–6 | |
Win | 2–6 | May 2011 | China F6, Guiyang | Futures | Hard (i) | 6–1, 6–0 | |
Win | 3–6 | Jun 2011 | China F7, Shenzhen | Futures | Hard | 6–4, 6–2 | |
Loss | 3–7 | Jan 2012 | China F2, Shenzhen | Futures | Hard | 6–3, 3–6, 6–7(4–7) | |
Loss | 3–8 | Feb 2012 | Australia F1, Toowoomba | Futures | Hard | 2–6, 6–1, 6–7(4–7) | |
Win | 4–8 | Apr 2012 | China F5, Chengdu | Futures | Hard | 7–6(7–3), 6–3 | |
Loss | 4–9 | Apr 2012 | China F6, Chengdu | Futures | Hard | 1–6, 6–7(6–8) | |
Win | 5–9 | Jul 2012 | Netherlands F3, Breda | Futures | Clay | 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 | |
Win | 6–9 | Feb 2013 | Kazakhstan F1, Aktobe | Futures | Hard (i) | 6–2, 6–7(6–8), 6–1 | |
Loss | 6–10 | Mar 2013 | Kazakhstan F2, Aktobe | Futures | Hard (i) | 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 2–6 | |
Win | 7–10 | Mar 2014 | China F3, Yuxi | Futures | Hard | 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3) | |
Win | 8–10 | Apr 2014 | China F5, Chengdu | Futures | Hard | 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 | |
Loss | 8–11 | Jul 2015 | China F10, Xi'an | Futures | Hard | 2–6, 6–2, 4–6 | |
Loss | 8–12 | Feb 2016 | Kyoto, Japan | Challenger | Hard (i) | 7–5, 3–6, 4–6 | |
Loss | 8–13 | Mar 2016 | Zhuhai, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | 7–5, 1–6, 3–6 | |
Win | 9–13 | Feb 2017 | San Francisco, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) | 7–5, 3–6, 6–2 | |
Loss | 9–14 | Sep 2017 | Zhangjiagang, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | 4–6, 6–2, 4–6 | |
Loss | 9–15 | Mar 2018 | Shenzhen, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | 4–6, 2–6 | |
Win | 10–15 | Aug 2018 | Chengdu, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | 2–6, 5–2 ret. | |
Loss | 10–16 | May 2021 | Greece, Heraklion | Futures | Hard | 4–6, 1–6 |
Doubles: 36 (16–20)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jan 2009 | China F2, Shenzhen | Futures | Hard | 3–6, 2–6 | ||
Win | 1–1 | Feb 2009 | Australia F2, Berri | Futures | Grass | 6–3, 3–6, [10–6] | ||
Win | 2–1 | Aug 2009 | China F5, Chongqing | Futures | Hard | 7–5, 7–6(7–5) | ||
Loss | 2–2 | Aug 2009 | China F6, Jiaxing | Futures | Hard | 7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), [7–10] | ||
Win | 3–2 | Sep 2009 | France F13, Bagnères-de-Bigorre | Futures | Hard | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
Loss | 3–3 | Jan 2010 | Israel F1, Eilat | Futures | Hard | 2–6, 3–6 | ||
Loss | 3–4 | Feb 2010 | Azerbaijan F2, Baku | Futures | Hard (i) | 6–7(8–10), 5–7 | ||
Win | 4–4 | Apr 2010 | China F3, Chongqing | Futures | Hard | 6–3, 1–6, [10–8] | ||
Loss | 4–5 | Aug 2010 | Astana, Kazakhstan | Challenger | Hard (i) | 0–6, 4–6 | ||
Loss | 4–6 | Jul 2011 | Wuhai, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | 2–6, 6–7(4–7) | ||
Loss | 4–7 | Sep 2012 | Ningbo, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | 4–6, 2–6 | ||
Loss | 4–8 | Mar 2013 | Kazakhstan F2, Aktobe | Futures | Hard (i) | 2–6, 3–6 | ||
Loss | 4–9 | Jul 2013 | Beijing, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | 6–4, 6–7(6–8), [8–10] | ||
Loss | 4–10 | Jun 2014 | Prague, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | 1–6, 3–6 | ||
Win | 5–10 | Aug 2016 | Chengdu, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | 6–3, 4–6, [13–11] | ||
Loss | 5–11 | Aug 2016 | Qingdao, China, P.R. | Challenger | Clay | 2–6, 6–4, [5–10] | ||
Loss | 5–12 | Feb 2017 | San Francisco, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) | 7–6(7–4), 5–7, [7–10] | ||
Win | 6–12 | Mar 2017 | Zhuhai, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | 6–3, 7–6(7–4) | ||
Loss | 6–13 | Oct 2017 | Suzhou, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | 6–7(5–7), 6–4, [7–10] | ||
Loss | 6–14 | Mar 2018 | Qujing, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | 7–6(7–3), 4–6, [10–12] | ||
Win | 7–14 | Apr 2018 | Nanchang, China, P.R. | Challenger | Clay (i) | 3–6, 7–6(9–7), [10–7] | ||
Loss | 7–15 | Apr 2018 | Anning, China, P.R. | Challenger | Clay | 3–6, 4–6 | ||
Win | 8–15 | Jul 2018 | Recanati, Italy | Challenger | Hard | 2–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–8] | ||
Win | 9–15 | Aug 2018 | Chengdu, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
Win | 10–15 | Sep 2018 | Zhangjiagang, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | w/o | ||
Win | 11–15 | Sep 2018 | Shanghai, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | 6–4, 3–6, [10–4] | ||
Win | 12–15 | Oct 2018 | Ningbo, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | 7–5, 2–6, [10–5] | ||
Win | 13–15 | Oct 2018 | Liuzhou, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | 6–3, 2–6, [10–3] | ||
Win | 14–15 | Feb 2019 | Bangkok, Thailand | Challenger | Hard | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
Win | 15–15 | Mar 2019 | Zhuhai, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
Loss | 15–16 | Jun 2019 | Nottingham, Great Britain | Challenger | Grass | 6–4, 6–7(5–7), [5–10] | ||
Loss | 15–17 | Aug 2019 | Yokkaichi, Japan | Challenger | Hard | 3–6, 6–3, [12–14] | ||
Loss | 15–18 | Jan 2020 | Bangkok, Thailand | Challenger | Hard | 3–6, 3-6 | ||
Loss | 15–19 | May 2021 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | World Tennis Tour | Hard | 6–4, 2–6; [6–10] | ||
Loss | 15–20 | Jun 2021 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | World Tennis Tour | Hard | 3–6, 4–6 | ||
Win | 16–20 | Jun 2021 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | World Tennis Tour | Hard | 6–2, 6–7(6–8), [10–7] |
References
edit- ^ "Melbourne Challenger". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
- ^ "China F2 Futures". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
- ^ "ATP Results: Fergana 2010". Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
- ^ "Wild Card Zhang Surprises No.14 Gasquet in 2nd Round".
- ^ "Is China Tennis' Next Frontier?".
External links
edit- Zhang Ze at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Zhang Ze at the International Tennis Federation
- Zhang Ze at the Davis Cup