Yang Tsung-hua
Yang Tsung-hua (Chinese: 楊宗樺 born March 29, 1991) is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. On the junior circuit, Yang reached a career-high combined ranking of No. 1 in 2008, when he won the French Open singles title against Polish player Jerzy Janowicz in two sets, and the Australian Open and Wimbledon doubles titles alongside Hsieh Cheng-peng.
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Residence | Taiwan | |||||||||||||
Born | Taiwan | March 29, 1991|||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||
Turned pro | 2006 | |||||||||||||
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | |||||||||||||
Prize money | $516,342 | |||||||||||||
Singles | ||||||||||||||
Career record | 7–19 | |||||||||||||
Career titles | 0 0 Challengers, 11 Futures | |||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 164 (14 May 2012) | |||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 316 (17 February 2020) | |||||||||||||
Grand Slam Singles results | ||||||||||||||
Australian Open | Q3 (2014) | |||||||||||||
French Open | Q2 (2009) | |||||||||||||
Wimbledon | Q1 (2012, 2013, 2015, 2018) | |||||||||||||
US Open | Q3 (2012) | |||||||||||||
Doubles | ||||||||||||||
Career record | 4–8 | |||||||||||||
Career titles | 0 12 Challengers, 13 Futures | |||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 127 (15 July 2019) | |||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 169 (17 February 2020) | |||||||||||||
Grand Slam Doubles results | ||||||||||||||
Australian Open | 1R (2016, 2017) | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: 18 February 2020. |
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Traditional Chinese | 楊宗樺 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 杨宗桦 | ||||||
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Career
Juniors
Yang was named International Tennis Federation (ITF) Junior World Champion for the 2008 season by the ITF.
As a junior, he compiled a 66–23 win/loss record in singles (and 61–16 in doubles), achieving his combined ranking of No. 1 in the world in July 2008.
Pro tour
Yang competes today on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP World Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 164, on 14 May 2012, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 127, on 15 July 2019. Yang is coached by Lhen Man.[1][2][3]
In the 2012 US Open, Yang reached the third qualifying round, where he lost to Teymuraz Gabashvili. Later he qualified to the ATP Bangkok, where he lost in first round to Grigor Dimitrov.
In 2013, he defeated Tatsuma Ito to reach semifinals of the An-Ning Challenger, where he lost to James Ward. At Kun-Ming he also reached semifinals after winning over Yuichi Sugita and Wu Di.
Yang defeated Marius Copil to reach third round of qualifying of the 2014 Australian Open, after which he lost to Dusan Lajovic. At the Maui Challenger he reach the final, where he lost to Bradley Klahn. At the Liberec Challenger he beat world number 40 Pablo Cuevas and Norbert Gombos to reach semifinals, where he was defeated by Horacio Zeballos.
Challenger and Futures finals
Singles: 22 (11–11)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jan 2009 | China F1, Guangzhou | Futures | Hard | 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 | |
Loss | 1–1 | Jun 2009 | Malaysia F2, Petaling Jaya | Futures | Hard | 2–6, 2–6 | |
Loss | 1–2 | Jul 2009 | Korean Rep. F5, Gyeongsan | Futures | Hard | 2–6, 2–6 | |
Loss | 1–3 | Jul 2009 | Korean Rep. F6, Gyeongsan | Futures | Hard | 4–6, 1–6 | |
Loss | 1–4 | Oct 2009 | Japan F8, Kashiwa | Futures | Hard | 1–6, 6–7(4–7) | |
Win | 2–4 | Jun 2010 | Malaysia F1, Kuala Lumpur | Futures | Hard | 6–2, 6–2 | |
Win | 3–4 | Jul 2011 | Chinese Taipei F1, Taipei | Futures | Hard | 6–0, 6–3 | |
Loss | 3–5 | Aug 2011 | Beijing, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | 1–6, 6–7(4–7) | |
Loss | 3–6 | Jan 2014 | Maui, USA | Challenger | Hard | 2–6, 3–6 | |
Loss | 3–7 | Jun 2014 | China F7, Putian | Futures | Hard | 5–7, 3–6 | |
Win | 4–7 | Apr 2015 | China F1, Anning | Futures | Clay | 7–6(7–3), 6–4 | |
Win | 5–7 | Apr 2015 | China F2, Anning | Futures | Clay | 6–0, 7–5 | |
Loss | 5–8 | Apr 2015 | China F3, Anning | Futures | Clay | 3–6, 2–6 | |
Win | 6–8 | Aug 2015 | Chinese Taipei F1, Kaohsiung | Futures | Hard | 4–6, 6–4, 1–0 ret. | |
Loss | 6–9 | Aug 2015 | Chinese Taipei F2, Kaohsiung | Futures | Hard | 3–6, 4–6 | |
Win | 7–9 | Feb 2017 | China F2, Anning | Futures | Clay | 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(9–7) | |
Win | 8–9 | Aug 2017 | Macedonia F2, Skopje | Futures | Clay | 7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–3 | |
Win | 9–9 | Aug 2017 | Turkey F29, Mersin | Futures | Clay | 6–1, 6–0 | |
Loss | 9–10 | Aug 2017 | Turkey F30, Istanbul | Futures | Clay | 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 5–7 | |
Loss | 9–11 | Sep 2017 | Gwangju, Korea, Rep. | Challenger | Hard | 3–6, 4–6 | |
Win | 10–11 | Jan 2018 | China F2, Anning | Futures | Clay | 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–4) | |
Win | 11–11 | Jan 2018 | China F3, Anning | Futures | Clay | 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–1 |
Doubles: 45 (25–20)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2006 | Japan F9, Osaka | Futures | Carpet | 4–6, 3–6 | ||
Loss | 0–2 | Jun 2007 | India F5, Delhi | Futures | Hard | 4–6, 5–7 | ||
Win | 1–2 | Jun 2007 | China F4, Guangzhou | Futures | Hard | 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–5) | ||
Loss | 1–3 | Aug 2007 | Indonesia F2, Semarang | Futures | Hard | 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 3–6 | ||
Win | 2–3 | Oct 2008 | Japan F10, Kashiwa | Futures | Hard | 6–1, 6–2 | ||
Loss | 2–4 | Oct 2008 | Japan F11, Tokyo | Futures | Hard | 4–6, 2–6 | ||
Loss | 2–5 | Nov 2008 | Cancún, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | 5–7, 2–6 | ||
Win | 3–5 | Jan 2009 | China F1, Guangzhou | Futures | Hard | 6–0, 6–3 | ||
Win | 4–5 | Apr 2009 | Japan F3, Kōfu | Futures | Hard | 6–1, 6–0 | ||
Loss | 4–6 | Jun 2009 | Malaysia F1, Kuala Lumpur | Futures | Hard | 6–7(4–7), 4–6 | ||
Win | 5–6 | Jul 2009 | Malaysia F3, Kuala Lumpur | Futures | Hard | 7–6(7–4), 6–3 | ||
Win | 6–6 | Jul 2009 | Korean Rep. F5, Gyeongsan | Futures | Hard | 7–6(7–4), 6–4 | ||
Win | 7–6 | Jul 2009 | Korean Rep. F6, Gyeongsan | Futures | Hard | 7–6(7–4), 5–7, [10–8] | ||
Win | 8–6 | Aug 2009 | Almaty, Kazakhstan | Challenger | Hard | 4–6, 7–6(7–5), [11–9] | ||
Win | 9–6 | Sep 2009 | Thailand F3, Nonthaburi | Futures | Hard | 7–6(7–4), 6–4 | ||
Loss | 9–7 | Oct 2009 | Japan F8, Kashiwa | Futures | Hard | 4–6, 2–6 | ||
Loss | 9–8 | Nov 2009 | Chuncheon, Korea, Rep. | Challenger | Hard | 6–3, 3–6, [2–10] | ||
Win | 10–8 | Nov 2009 | Yokohama, Japan | Challenger | Hard | 6–7(9–11), 6–3, [12–10] | ||
Loss | 10–9 | Mar 2010 | China F1, Kaiyuan | Futures | Hard | 6–4, 3–6, [9–11] | ||
Loss | 10–10 | Mar 2010 | China F2, Mengzi | Futures | Hard | 2–6, 5–7 | ||
Loss | 10–11 | May 2010 | Busan, Korea, Rep. | Challenger | Hard | 4–6, 5–7 | ||
Win | 11–11 | Jun 2010 | Malaysia F1, Kuala Lumpur | Futures | Hard | 6–3, 6–3 | ||
Loss | 11–12 | Aug 2010 | Samarkand, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Clay | 5–7, 3–6 | ||
Win | 12–12 | Jul 2011 | Wuhai, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | 6–2, 7–6(7–4) | ||
Win | 13–12 | May 2013 | Busan, Korea, Rep. | Challenger | Hard | 6–4, 6–3 | ||
Loss | 13–13 | Jun 2014 | China F6, Putian | Futures | Hard | 1–6, 3–6 | ||
Win | 14–13 | Jun 2014 | China F7, Putian | Futures | Hard | 1–6, 6–1, [15–13] | ||
Loss | 14–14 | Aug 2014 | Chinese Taipei F2, Kaohsiung | Futures | Hard | 3–6, 2–6 | ||
Loss | 14–15 | Nov 2014 | Toyota, Japan | Challenger | Carpet (i) | 6–7(6–8), 2–6 | ||
Loss | 14–16 | Apr 2015 | China F1, Anning | Futures | Clay | 3–6, 6–4, [7–10] | ||
Win | 15–16 | Aug 2015 | China F12, Fuzhou | Futures | Hard | 6–3, 7–5 | ||
Win | 16–16 | Aug 2015 | Chinese Taipei F1, Kaohsiung | Futures | Hard | 6–4, 7–6(7–5) | ||
Win | 17–16 | Sep 2015 | Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei | Challenger | Hard | 6–2, 6–2 | ||
Win | 18–16 | May 2016 | Taipei, Chinese Taipei | Challenger | Carpet (i) | 7–6(8–6), 6–4 | ||
Loss | 18–17 | May 2016 | Samarkand, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Clay | 4–6, 7–5, [5–10] | ||
Win | 19–17 | Jul 2016 | Gimcheon, Korea, Rep. | Challenger | Hard | w/o | ||
Loss | 19–18 | Jul 2017 | Macedonia F1, Skopje | Futures | Clay | 6–7(1–7), 3–6 | ||
Win | 20–18 | Aug 2017 | Macedonia F2, Skopje | Futures | Clay | 3–6, 6–4, [10–2] | ||
Win | 21–18 | Aug 2018 | Jinan, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | 7–6(7–5), 4–6, [10–5] | ||
Win | 22–18 | Sep 2018 | Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei | Challenger | Hard (i) | 6–7(3–7), 6–2, [10–8] | ||
Loss | 22–19 | Nov 2018 | Pune, India | Challenger | Hard | 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–5), [7–10] | ||
Win | 23–19 | Jun 2019 | Shymkent, Kazakhstan | Challenger | Clay | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
Loss | 23–20 | Jun 2019 | Fergana, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Hard | 3–6, 7–5, [4–10] | ||
Win | 24–20 | Sep 2019 | Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei | Challenger | Hard | 6–4, 7–6(7–4) | ||
Win | 25–20 | Nov 2019 | Shenzhen, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | 6–2, 7–5 |
References
- "atpworldtour.com Profile". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
- "itftennis.com Men's Circuit record". itftennis.com. ITF Licensing (UK) Ltd. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
- "itftennis.com Junior record". itftennis.com. ITF Licensing (UK) Ltd. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yang Tsung-hua. |
- Yang Tsung-hua at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Yang Tsung-hua at the International Tennis Federation
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ITF Junior World Champion 2008 |
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