Wu Yibing (; ; born 14 October 1999) is a Chinese professional
tennis
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player. He has a career-high singles ranking of No. 58, achieved on 13 February 2023, and a doubles ranking of No. 295, achieved on 23 April 2018. He is the first Chinese man in the
Open Era
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to reach, and to win, an
ATP Tour
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-level singles final, doing so at the
2023 Dallas Open
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.
Wu became the world No. 1 in the
ITF Junior Circuit ranking
after winning the boys' singles title at the
2017 US Open.
Wu represented
China
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at the 2017
Davis Cup
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, where he has a W/L record of 1–0. He defeated
Jason Jung
Jason Jung (; ; born 15 June 1989) is an American-born professional tennis player who represents Taiwan. He is a University of Michigan alumnus who has cracked the Top 150 in the ATP rankings and also won four ATP Challenger events.
Pers ...
in his first Davis Cup match.
Juniors
In December 2016, Wu reached the final of the
2016 Orange Bowl
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, a Grade A junior event, losing to
Miomir Kecmanović in the final.
In 2017, Wu reached the semifinals in both boys'
singles
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and
doubles
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at the
Australian Open
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, and won both the boys'
singles
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and
doubles
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champions (with Chinese Taipei's
Hsu Yu-hsiou) at the
US Open, thus became the first Chinese male to win a Grand Slam title.
Professional career
2017–2018: ATP and Masters debuts, first ATP win
In September 2017 he made his ATP debut at the
2017 Chengdu Open as a wildcard.
In October 2017 he made his Masters debut at the
Shanghai Masters as a wildcard.
In 2018, Wu recorded his first ATP win against
Li Zhe at the
Shanghai Masters. In the second round he won the first set against
Kei Nishikori.
2019–2021: Hiatus due to injury
He did not compete from March 2019 to December 2021 due to injury.
2022: Historic major debut & third round, top 125
In 2022, he won three Challenger titles in the United States, including back-to-back trophy runs in July in Rome, Georgia and Indianapolis. As a result, he reached the top 200 at a career-high of No. 174, on 25 July 2022. His four career total Challenger titles made him the most decorated Chinese player in the circuit’s history.
At the
US Open he qualified to make his Grand Slam debut. He became the first male Chinese in the
Open Era
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to qualify at the US Open, winning his last qualifying match before
Zhang Zhizhen
Zhang Zhizhen (; ; born 16 October 1996) is a Chinese professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 69 on 8 May 2023, and his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 211 in September 2017. He has won two ...
also won his last match later in the same day. Wu won his first round match against 31st seed
Nikoloz Basilashvili, becoming the first male Chinese player to win a US Open match in the
Open era
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and a Grand Slam match in 63 years since Mei Fu Chi at Wimbledon 1959. He beat fellow qualifier
Nuno Borges in five sets in the second round to become the first Chinese male player to reach the third round of any Grand Slam event since
Kho Sin-Kie
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in
1946 Wimbledon. He also became the first Chinese man ever to reach the third round in the tournament history (since 1881). As a result, he moved 43 positions up to world No. 131 in the rankings on 12 September 2022. He then lost to world No. 1,
Daniil Medvedev
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, in the third round.
He finished his year ranked No. 119, 1000 spots higher than his ranking at the end of the 2021 season.
2023: Australian Open debut, Historic title & Top 10 win & Top 60 debut, Chinese No. 1
Wu started his season playing the first
Adelaide International, where, in qualifying, he defeated
Ugo Humbert
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but lost to
Alexei Popyrin. He received a wildcard into the
2023 Australian Open
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, where he lost to
Corentin Moutet
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in the first round.
Following a final showing in the
Cleveland
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Challenger, Wu made his debut in the top 100 at world No. 97 on 6 February 2023, becoming the second Chinese male player to do so after
Zhang Zhizhen
Zhang Zhizhen (; ; born 16 October 1996) is a Chinese professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 69 on 8 May 2023, and his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 211 in September 2017. He has won two ...
four months earlier.
In
Dallas
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, Wu defeated
Michael Mmoh in the first round, then claimed the biggest win of his career by defeating third seed
Denis Shapovalov in the second round to reach his first ATP Tour-level quarterfinal. He then beat
Adrian Mannarino
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to become the first Chinese player since
Pan Bing in
1995
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to reach an
ATP Tour
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level semifinal, and only the second ever player from China to do so. By defeating top seed and world No. 8
Taylor Fritz
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in the semifinals, he became the first Chinese male to make an ATP Tour level final in the
Open Era
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. He went one step further to win the title defeating
John Isner
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Considered one of the best servers ...
after saving four championship points in the match, and become the first Chinese man in the
Open Era
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to win an ATP title. In doing so, he became the highest-ranked Chinese player in the history of the ATP Rankings, and overtook Zhang to become the first Chinese player to enter the top 60 on 13 February 2023.
[https://www.atptour.com/en/news/isner-wu-dallas-2023-sunday-final]
Performance timelines
Singles
''Current through the
2023 Dallas Open
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.''
Doubles
ATP career finals
Singles: 1 (1 title)
Challengers and Futures finals
Singles: 9 (6–3)
Doubles: 1 (0–1)
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (title)
Doubles: 1 (title)
Record against top 10 players
Wu's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only
ATP Tour
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main draw matches and
Davis Cup
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matches are considered:
Wins over top 10 players
Wu has a record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
References
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1999 births
Living people
Chinese male tennis players
Sportspeople from Hangzhou
US Open (tennis) junior champions
Tennis players at the 2018 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
Asian Games medalists in tennis
Asian Games silver medalists for China
Tennis players from Zhejiang
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles
21st-century Chinese people