Yang_Tsung-hua

Yang Tsung-hua

Yang Tsung-hua

Taiwanese tennis player


Yang Tsung-hua (Chinese: 楊宗樺; born 29 March 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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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.

He reached 4 Junior Grand Slam finals in 2008, winning 3 titles. He started by losing the 2008 Australian Open – Boys' singles final, then rebounded to win the 2008 Australian Open – Boys' doubles, the 2008 French Open – Boys' singles and the 2008 Wimbledon Boys' Doubles titles.

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 into the ATP Bangkok, where he lost in the 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 Dušan Lajović. At the Maui Challenger, he reached the final which he lost to Bradley Klahn. At the Liberec Challenger, he beat world No. 40 Pablo Cuevas and Norbert Gombos to reach the semifinals, where he was defeated by Horacio Zeballos.

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 24 (11–13)

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Doubles: 45 (25–20)

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Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

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Singles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through the end of 2021 Acapulco.

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References

  1. "atpworldtour.com Profile". atpworldtour.com. ATP Tour, Inc. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
  2. "itftennis.com Men's Circuit record". itftennis.com. ITF Licensing (UK) Ltd. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
  3. "itftennis.com Junior record". itftennis.com. ITF Licensing (UK) Ltd. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
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