Zhang Yu (born 26 September 1976) is a Chinese former professional
tennis
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player. He is the husband and former coach of retired WTA Tour player
Zheng Jie
Zheng Jie (born 5 July 1983) is a retired tennis player from China. In May 2009, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 15.
Zheng is one of the most successful tennis players from China. She won four WTA singles titles – Ho ...
.
Zhang represented
China
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in a total of 10
Davis Cup
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ties between 1998 and 2001, for wins in four singles rubbers.
On the
ATP Tour
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, Zhang made singles main draw appearances at the
Shanghai Open
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in both 1998 and 2000.
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1976 births
Living people
Chinese male tennis players