Lu Yen-hsun

Lu Yen-hsun (born 14 August 1983) is a Taiwanese tennis player, who goes by the nickname Rendy Lu.

Lu Yen-hsun
盧彥勳

Lu at the 2016 Aegon Surbiton Trophy
Country (sports)	Chinese Taipei
Residence	Taipei, Taiwan
Born	(1983-08-14) 14 August 1983 Taoyuan, Taiwan
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$4,796,896
Singles
Career record	161–222
Career titles	0 29 Challengers
Highest ranking	No. 33 (1 November 2010)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2009, 2012)
French Open	2R (2013, 2015)
Wimbledon	QF (2010)
US Open	2R (2008, 2013, 2017)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	3R (2008)
Doubles
Career record	59–87
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 86 (31 January 2005)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2005)
French Open	2R (2012)
Wimbledon	3R (2010)
US Open	3R (2009, 2013)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2005)
Medal record Asian Games 2002 Busan Mixed Doubles 2010 Guangzhou Team Event 2014 Incheon Men's Singles 2006 Doha Team Event 2006 Doha Mixed Doubles Summer Universiade 2003 Daegu Men's Singles 2001 Beijing Men's Singles

Lu Yen-hsun
Traditional Chinese	盧彥勳
Simplified Chinese	卢彦勋
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lú Yànxūn Wade–Giles Lu^2 Yen^4-hsün^1 IPA [lǔ jɛ̂n.ɕýn]

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Lu (盧).

He won more titles on the ATP Challenger Tour than any other player in tennis history. His favorite surface was hard court, though several of his ATP Tour career highlights came on grass, including reaching the quarterfinals of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships.

Juniors

Lu was an accomplished junior player, reaching as high as No. 3 in the ITF junior world singles rankings in February 2001 (and No. 9 in doubles). In his junior career, he compiled a singles win/loss record of 80–37 (63–34 in doubles) and defeated a handful of future ATP stars, including Robin Söderling, Mario Ančić, and Philipp Kohlschreiberu

Junior Slam results:

Australian Open: 1R (2001)
French Open: 1R (2000)
Wimbledon: 1R (2000)
US Open: 2R (2000)

Tennis career

2004

In 2004, Lu became the first player from Taiwan to break into ATP top 100, thanks to a solid performance in the Challenger Tour in the first half of 2004. He started to participate in many tour-level events. Although he suffered many defeats, his effort yielded some good wins. The most notable win came on the grass court in the Queen's Club Championships, where he gained his first top-10 win by defeating then world No. 3, Guillermo Coria.

2005

A series of injuries caused his ranking to fall rapidly in 2005. He did not participate in any tournaments after withdrawing in the second round in Ho Chi Minh City.

2006

Returning to the circuit, Lu enjoyed a solid performance throughout the season, and a late surge at the end of the season, advancing to semifinals or better in four consecutive Challengers (Rimouski, Busan, Caloundra, and Kawana). He lost in the final of Rimouski to his friend Kristian Pless. Two weeks later, Lu won the Caloundra Challenger, beating Peter Luczak. The following week, he lost in the final to Julien Jeanpierre. Lu's hot streak moved him from No. 140 in the ATP in October to No. 89 at year-end.

2007

In winter 2006, Lu was training with Rainer Schüttler and Janko Tipsarević in Dubai, under Dirk Hordorff. The training seems to yield good results, as Lu reached second round at Australian Open and his first ATP level quarterfinal in Memphis in 2007. By defeating Jürgen Melzer in second round, Lu entered his first ATP level quarterfinal, but lost to eventual finalist Andy Roddick. With the strong performance in Memphis, Lu broke into top 80 in February.

2008

Lu at the 2008 US Open.

In 2008, Lu did well on the Challenger Iour, taking home titles in Waikoloa, New Delhi and Tashkent, while reaching the finals of three other Challenger events. On the ATP Tour, Lu booked a spot in the quarterfinals in San Jose by defeating Max Mirnyi in the first round and Wayne Odesnik in straight sets in the second round. He then lost to Radek Štěpánek in the quarterfinals in two sets.

Perhaps Lu's best performance during the season came at the Beijing Olympics, representing Chinese Taipei. Lu shocked audiences by defeating then sixth ranked player in the world, Andy Murray, in straight sets in the first round. Lu continued his winning streak at the Olympics by defeating Agustín Calleri of Argentina to advance to the third round (round of 16), but eventually lost to Jürgen Melzer of Austria.

2009

At the 2009 Australian Open, Lu advanced to the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time, defeating 10th seeded David Nalbandian in five sets in the second round. He lost to Tommy Robredo in the third round.

Lu, ranked 82, defeated former world No. 1, Lleyton Hewitt, in the first round of Delray Beach International Tennis Championships. He then lost to Stefan Koubek.

In May 2009, Lu won the $100k Israel Open at Ramat HaSharon, beating German Benjamin Becker, who was forced to retire.[1]

Lu retired in his first-round match against Mathieu Montcourt at Roland Garros, trailing 2–6.[2]

He was defeated by Roger Federer in the first round of Wimbledon in three sets.[3]

In November 2009, Lu won the $100k Flea Market Cup at Chuncheon, beating Dutch player Igor Sijsling.

2010

At Wimbledon, Lu became the first Taiwanese player to reach the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam championship, and the first man from Asia to reach the quarterfinals at a major in 15 years.[4] He made it to the fourth round without dropping a set defeating Horacio Zeballos, Michał Przysiężny, and Florian Mayer, with Mayer withdrawing in the third set.[5][6][7] The unseeded Lu achieved the biggest of the upsets on "Manic Monday" by beating world No. 5, Andy Roddick (who was ranked 77 places higher than Lu), in 4 hours and 36 mins with the fifth set going to 9–7.[8] He lost to No. 3 seed Novak Djokovic[9] but moved up 40 places to 42nd in the ATP after Wimbledon. The ATP named Lu's fourth-round Wimbledon upset against Roddick as the biggest upset of 2010.[10] At the beginning of November, Lu reached a career-high ATP ranking of 33.

2011

At Wimbledon, 2011

At the Farmers Classic, Lu defeated Robby Ginepri in the first round. He then defeated Marcos Baghdatis before losing to Ryan Harrison in the quarterfinals. At the Odlum Brown Vancouver Open as the number one seeded player, defeating George Bastl in the first round before losing to Alex Bogdanovic. At the Rogers Cup, Lu lost to Bernard Tomic in the first round.

2012

On 15 June 2012, Lu clinched a shock maiden victory with a third set tiebreak triumph over third seed Janko Tipsarević to reach the quarterfinals at Queen's Club.[11]

2013

Lu lost in the second round in all Grand Slam events held in 2013.

2014

On 10 January 2014, Lu made his maiden ATP final in Auckland against John Isner by defeating David Ferrer in the semifinals. He lost in the final 6–7, 6–7. During the 2014 Asian Games, the ATP threatened to fine and ban Lu for three years if he did not report to the China Open on September 29. He had signed up to participate in both events, but the final for the Asian Games did not take place until September 30, a schedule conflict the ATP would not accommodate.[12] In response, Lu dropped out of the China Open. The ATP then announced that Lu would be fined, but not banned.[13]

2015

In 2015, Lu won his third doubles tournament with Jonathan Marray, at the Chennai Open. Lu also reached a career milestone by becoming only the second player in history to reach 300 career Challenger wins.[14]

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	No	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	January 11, 2014	Heineken Open, Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	John Isner	6–7^(4–7), 6–7^(7–9)

Doubles: 6 (3–3)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (3–3)

Finals by surface Hard (3–2) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	January 9, 2005	Chennai Open, India	Hard	Rainer Schüttler	Jonas Björkman Mahesh Bhupathi	7–5, 4–6, 7–6 ^(7–4)
Runner-up	1.	September 10, 2007	China Open, Beijing	Hard	Chris Haggard	Rik de Voest Ashley Fisher	7–6 ^(7–3), 0–6, [6–10]
Runner-up	2.	January 9, 2010	Chennai Open, India	Hard	Janko Tipsarević	Marcel Granollers Santiago Ventura	5–7, 2–6
Winner	2.	September 30, 2012	PTT Thailand Open, Bangkok	Hard (i)	Danai Udomchoke	Eric Butorac Paul Hanley	6–3, 6–4
Winner	3.	January 11, 2015	Chennai Open, India	Hard	Jonathan Marray	Raven Klaasen Leander Paes	6–3, 7–6 ^(7–4)
Runner-up	3.	23 May 2015	Geneva Open, Switzerland	Hard	Raven Klaasen	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	5–7, 6–4, [7–10]

Performance timelines

Singles

Current through the 2020 Australian Open.

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	Q1	Q1	1R	1R	2R	1R	3R	1R	1R	3R	2R	2R	1R	A	1R	A	A	1R	0 / 13	7–13
French Open	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	1R	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R^1	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	A		0 / 10	2–9
Wimbledon	A	A	Q1	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	QF	3R	1R	2R	2R	1R	2R	1R	A	A		0 / 14	11–14
US Open	A	Q1	Q1	1R	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	2R	A	A		0 / 11	3–11
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–2	0–2	1–3	1–3	2–4	4–4	2–4	2–4	4–3	2–4	1–4	1–3	1–4	0–0	0–0	0–1	0 / 48	23–47
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	Not Held			1R	Not Held			3R	Not Held			1R	Not Held			1R	Not Held				0 / 4	2–4
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	2R	2R	1R	3R	3R	1R	A	1R	A	A		0 / 9	7–9
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	1R	A	2R	A	A		0 / 9	7–9
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 1	1–1
Madrid Open^2	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 1	1–1
Italian Open	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0
Canadian Open	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	Q1	1R	3R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	A	A	A		0 / 8	4–8
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	2R	Q1	3R	1R	Q1	A	A	A		0 / 6	3–6
Shanghai Masters	Not ATP Masters Series								A	2R	1R	2R	Q2	2R	1R	Q2	Q2	A	A		0 / 5	3–5
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 1	0–1
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	2–4	5–5	3–5	3–5	3–3	8–7	0–5	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 40	26–40
Career statistics
Titles / Finals	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1
Overall Win–Loss	2–1	0–0	3–2	5–10	6–8	2–7	7–15	11–15	10–23	15–20	12–21	12–18	17–17	24–21	19–21	7–9	9–14	0–0	0–0	0–1	161–223
Year-end ranking	543	192	190	87	158	89	110	64	98	35	82	59	65	38	77	64	71	532	N/A		41.93%

¹ At the 2013 French Open, Lu withdrew prior to the second round.
² Held as Hamburg Masters until 2008, Madrid Masters (clay) 2009 – present.

Doubles

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	3R	A	1R	A	1R	1R	2R	A	2R	1R	1R	A	1R	A	A	1R	0 / 10	4–10
French Open	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	1R	A	A		0 / 7	1–7
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	1R	3R	A	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	A	A	A		0 / 7	4–7
US Open	A	A	A	1R	3R	1R	A	1R	2R	2R	A	2R	2R	A	A		0 / 8	6–8
Win–Loss	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	2–4	2–3	1–2	2–2	2–4	1–4	1–3	1–2	1–3	0–0	0–0	0–1	0 / 31	15–32
Career statistics
Titles / Finals	1 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 0	1 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	1 / 2	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	3 / 6
Year-end ranking	116	205	223	794	177	88	208	144	194	577	117	462	235	N/A	N/A

Wins over top 10 players

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Round	Score
2004
1.	Guillermo Coria	3	London, Great Britain	Grass	2R	6–2, 6–4
2008
2.	Andy Murray	6	Beijing, China	Hard	1R	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
2010
3.	Andy Roddick	7	Wimbledon, Great Britain	Grass	4R	4–6, 7–6^(7–3), 7–6^(7–4), 6–7^(5–7), 9–7
2012
4.	Janko Tipsarević	8	London, Great Britain	Grass	3R	6–3, 2–6, 7–6^(7–5)
5.	David Ferrer	5	Beijing, China	Hard	1R	5–4 ret.
2014
6.	David Ferrer	3	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	SF	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
7.	Tomáš Berdych	5	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	2R	3–6, 6–3, 6–4

Equipment

Lu was sponsored by adidas (apparel and shoes), Head (rackets), Chunghwa Telecom and CPC Corporation. On court, Lu used a Head IG Extreme Pro racket, Signum Poly Pro strings, and a Tournagrip overgrip.

See also

• Sport in Taiwan

References

1. "Lu Yen-hsun's Challenger win in Israel brings back fond memories". Central News Agency. 10 May 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
2. "Murray, Verdasco Amond Early Winners at Roland Garros". The Sports Network. 24 May 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
3. "Lu to face top seed Roger Federer on Centre Court today". Taipei Times. 22 June 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
4. Danielle Rossingh (29 June 2010). "Serena Williams Faces Li Na in Wimbledon Quarterfinals as Roddick Exits". Bloomberg. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
5. "Federer, Davydenko dallies with early exit". SuperSport. 22 June 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
6. "Taiwan's Lu keeps focus to go through". AFP. 24 June 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
7. Stephen Wilson (26 June 2010). "Isner eliminated — quickly". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
8. Greg Bishop (28 June 2010). "Roddick's Drive to the Final Ends in an Upset". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
9. "Djokovic beats Lu to reach Wimbledon semifinals". Associated Press. 30 June 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
10. "BIGGEST UPSETS OF THE YEAR – TOP 2". Association of Tennis Professionals. 12 December 2010. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
11. "Taiwan's Lu shocks Tipsarevic at Queen's". 15 June 2012.
12. "ATP threatens Lu with 3-year ban over conflict with Asian Games". Central News Agency. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
13. Sabatier, Luke (30 September 2014). "Lu Yen-hsun runs out of gas in Asian Games tennis final". Central News Agency. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
14. Meiseles, Josh (13 May 2015). "Lu Hits 300 Challenger Wins Milestone". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 18 July 2015.

External links

• Lu Yen-hsun at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Lu Yen-hsun at the International Tennis Federation
• Lu Yen-hsun at the Davis Cup
• Official website
• Yen-hsun recent match results
• Yen-hsun world ranking history