Wu Yibing

Wu Yibing (Chinese: 吴易昺; pinyin: Wú Yìbǐng; Mandarin pronunciation: [ǔ î pìŋ];[2] born 14 October 1999) is a Chinese tennis player. He has become world no.1 in the ITF Juniors ranking [3] after winning boys' singles title of the 2017 US Open.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wu (吴).
Wu Yibing
吴易昺
Country (sports) China
ResidenceHangzhou, China
Born (1999-10-14) 14 October 1999
Hangzhou, China
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2017
PlaysRight-handed (two handed-backhand)
CoachChen Yanbei
Nahum García Sánchez
Prize moneyUS$114,311
Singles
Career record3–5 (37.5% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)[1]
Career titles0 (1 Challengers, 1 Futures, 1 Grand Slam Junior)[1]
Highest rankingNo. 299 (10 September 2018)
Current rankingNo. 332 (15 October 2018)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open JuniorSF (2017)
French Open Junior2R (2016)
Wimbledon JuniorQF (2017)
US Open JuniorW (2017)
Doubles
Career record1–2 (33.3% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0 (1 Grand Slam Junior)
Highest rankingNo. 295 (23 April 2018)
Current rankingNo. 368 (1 October 2018)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open JuniorSF (2017)
French Open Junior1R (2016)
Wimbledon Junior2R (2015, 2016, 2017)
US Open JuniorW (2017)
Last updated on: 1 October 2018.

In December 2016, Wu reached the final of the 2016 Orange Bowl, a Grade A junior event, losing to Miomir Kecmanović in the final.

Wu represented China at the 2017 Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 1–0. He defeated Jason Jung in his first Davis Cup match.

In 2017, Wu reached semi-finals in both boys' singles and doubles at the Australian Open, and won both the boys' singles and doubles champions (with Taiwan's Hsu Yu-hsiou) at the US Open, thus became the first Chinese male to win a Grand Slam title.[4]

In October 2018 Wu won the first set against Kei Nishikori at Shanghai Masters.[5]

Challengers and Futures finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
Legend (Singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
ITF Futures Tour (1–1)
Titles by Surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2017 China F3, Anning Futures Clay Danilo Petrović 6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Win 2–0 Sep 2017 Shanghai, China Challenger Hard Lu Yen-hsun 7–6(8–6), 0–0 ret.
Loss 2–1 July 2018 China F10, Shenzhen Futures Hard Te Rigele 6–4, 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Legend (Doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (0–1)
Titles by Surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2017 Spain F12, Lleida Futures Clay Boris Arias Erik Crepaldi
Pascal Meis		 6–7(3–7), 4–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)
Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner2017US OpenHard Axel Geller6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Winner 2017 US Open Hard Hsu Yu-hsiou Toru Horie
Yuta Shimizu		 6–4, 5–7, [11–9]

References
  1. "Yibing Wu - Overview - ATP World Tour". ATP. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  2. "The pronunciation by Wu Yibing himself". ATPWorldTour.com. Retrieved 2018-10-16.
  3. "Junior ITF - Ranking List". ITFTennis.com. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  4. "US Open 2017: Wu Yibing wins boys' singles and doubles title, says Chinese tennis is on the rise". FirstPost. 11 September 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  5. ATP
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