Xu Ran (born 10 October 1980) is a Chinese former professional

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player. Xu played

Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and is contested annually between teams from competing countries in a knock-out format. It is described by the organis ...

for China as a doubles specialist, featuring in 11 ties between 2000 and 2004, from which he won a total of five rubbers. He also represented his country at the

2002 Asian Games The 2002 Asian Games ( ko, 2002년 아시아 경기대회/2002년 아시안 게임, Icheoni-nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheoni-nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the XIV Asian Games ( ko, 제14회 아시아 경기대회/제14회 아시안 � ...

and reached the quarter-finals of both the men's doubles and mixed doubles. On the

ATP Tour The ATP Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for men organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals. The second-tier tour is the ATP Challenger Tour and the third-tier is the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour. The equivalent women's organis ...

, Xu made two main draw appearances at the

Shanghai Open The Shanghai Masters ( zh, , s=上海大师赛, also known as Shanghai Rolex Masters for sponsorship reasons) is a professional men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, and held annually in early October at the Qizhong Forest Sports ...

, in 2000 and 2001.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Xu, Ran 1980 births Living people Chinese male tennis players Asian Games competitors for China Tennis players at the 2002 Asian Games 21st-century Chinese sportspeople