Wang Yu (born 1 August 1981) is a Chinese former professional

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player. A left-handed player from

Tianjin Tianjin (; ; Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Tientsin (), is a municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China, with a total popul ...

, Wang had a career high singles ranking of 309 on the professional tour and was a Chinese number one. His best performance in an

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tournament came at the 2005 China Open, where he won in the first round, against Luka Gregorc. Wang won a silver medal for China partnering

Xie Yanze Xie Yanze (born 11 January 1984) is a former Chinese professional tennis player. In her career, she won six singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 7 June 2004, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 184. On 27 Sept ...

in mixed doubles at the 2003 University Games in Daegu and was also an

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representative player. At

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level, Wang was a regular fixture in the national side between 2000 and 2006, featuring in a total of 12 ties. He won six singles and one doubles rubber.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Yu 1981 births Living people Chinese male tennis players Tennis players from Tianjin Tennis players at the 2002 Asian Games Tennis players at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for China Universiade medalists in tennis Universiade silver medalists for China Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade 21st-century Chinese people