Zhang Ze

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang (张).

Zhang Ze (Chinese: 张择; pinyin: Zhāng Zé; Mandarin pronunciation: [ʈʂáŋ tsɤ̌]; born July 4, 1990), is a Chinese male tennis player.

Zhang Ze
张择

Country (sports)	China
Residence	Nanjing, China
Born	(1990-07-04) July 4, 1990 (age 34) Nanjing, China
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2005
Plays	right-handed
Coach	Jiang Wei
Prize money	US$1,102,532
Singles
Career record	19–41 (ATP World Tour, Grand Slam main draw and Davis Cup matches)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 148 (27 May 2013)
Current ranking	No. 886 (23 May 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2014, 2015)
French Open	Q2 (2012, 2019)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2012, 2014, 2015)
US Open	Q3 (2014)
Doubles
Career record	12–27
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 78 (18 March 2019)
Current ranking	No. 445 (23 May 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2019)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2015)
Medal record Representing  China Men's tennis Asian Games 2014 Incheon Team Event 2014 Incheon Mixed Doubles
Last updated on: 23 May 2022.

Zhang's career highlights include reaching the quarterfinals of the 2012 China Open (defeating Richard Gasquet en route), playing the Australian Open main draw in two consecutive years (2014 and 2015), and teaming up with Roger Federer to play doubles at the 2013 Shanghai Rolex Masters.

Career

Zhang's early years were spent on the ITF Circuit throughout Asia. In February 2008, Zhang made his first appearance in the qualifying draw of an ATP Challenger tournament in Melbourne, defeating Mikal Statham. In the second round, Zhang lost to Nima Roshan.^[1]

On 28 March 2010, Zhang won the first single's title of his professional career in an ITF Futures event in Mengzi City, China. He defeated Riccardo Ghedin.^[2] Just under two months later, on 22 May, Zhang reached his first final on the Challenger Tour in Fergana, Uzbekistan, after entering as a qualifier. He lost to Evgeny Kirillov.^[3]

In 2010, Zhang became, for the first time in his career, Chinese champion in both singles and doubles of the QuanYunHui. He was selected to play for China’s Davis Cup team.

On 22 May 2011, exactly a year to the day of his first final on the Challenger Tour, Zhang won his second ITF single's title by defeating Lee Hsin-han in Guiyang, China.

He played the qualifying rounds at the 2012 Wimbledon, and the 2012 US Open, where he made it to the second round but lost.

In the 2012 China Open, Zhang defeated world No.14 Richard Gasquet in the second round, before he lost to Florian Mayer on the following day.^[4]

In October 2013, Zhang teamed up with Roger Federer at the 2013 Shanghai Rolex Masters. They beat Kevin Anderson and Dmitry Tursunov. However, the pair were defeated in the second round.

In January 2014, Zhang qualified in men's singles for the 2014 Australian Open, his first grand slam tournament. In the first round he lost to world No. 33 and 31-seed Fernando Verdasco in four sets.

In January 2015, 187-ranked Zhang earned one of eight wildcards to the 2015 Australian Open men's singles main draw. Zhang was the highest-ranked men's singles player from China at the time and was the only China representative in men's singles, men's doubles, and mixed doubles (male). In singles he lost in the first round to unseeded Australian two-time Grand Slam winner Lleyton Hewitt, ranked 87 in the world at the time, in four sets. In men's doubles, Zhang and partner Lee Hsin-han of Taiwan were given a wildcard to the main draw and faced number 2 seeds Julien Benneteau and Édouard Roger-Vasselin of France in the first round and lost in straight sets. In mixed doubles, Zhang and partner Chang Kai-Chen of Taiwan were given a wildcard to the main draw and they advanced to the second round.

In October 2015, Zhang was one of three players to receive a wildcard into the main draw of the China Open. After upsetting Denis Istomin in the first round, Zhang was defeated by world No.1 and defending champion Novak Djokovic, who went on to win the tournament for the sixth time. Despite a comfortable win for Djokovic, he heaped praise on the youngster, saying he has "Top 100 stuff."^[5]

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 26 (10–16)

Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (2–5) ITF Futures Tour (8–11)

Titles by surface Hard (9–16) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2009	China F2, Shenzhen	Futures	Hard	Zeng Shaoxuan	4–6, 0–2 ret.
Loss	0–2	May 2009	China F3, Taizhou	Futures	Hard	Gong Maoxin	3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	0–3	Feb 2010	Israel F2, Eilat	Futures	Hard	Andrej Martin	1–6, 1–6
Win	1–3	Mar 2010	China F2, Mengzi	Futures	Hard	Riccardo Ghedin	6–1, 6–4
Loss	1–4	Apr 2010	Korea F3, Changwon	Futures	Hard	Jordan Cox	4–6, 3–6
Loss	1–5	May 2010	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Evgeny Kirillov	3–6, 6–2, 2–6
Loss	1–6	Jan 2011	China F2, Mengzi	Futures	Hard	Gong Maoxin	1–6, 7–6(7–3), 2–6
Win	2–6	May 2011	China F6, Guiyang	Futures	Hard (i)	Lee Hsin-han	6–1, 6–0
Win	3–6	Jun 2011	China F7, Shenzhen	Futures	Hard	An Jae-sung	6–4, 6–2
Loss	3–7	Jan 2012	China F2, Shenzhen	Futures	Hard	Austin Krajicek	6–3, 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	3–8	Feb 2012	Australia F1, Toowoomba	Futures	Hard	Érik Chvojka	2–6, 6–1, 6–7(4–7)
Win	4–8	Apr 2012	China F5, Chengdu	Futures	Hard	Wu Di	7–6(7–3), 6–3
Loss	4–9	Apr 2012	China F6, Chengdu	Futures	Hard	Wu Di	1–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win	5–9	Jul 2012	Netherlands F3, Breda	Futures	Clay	Thiemo de Bakker	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Win	6–9	Feb 2013	Kazakhstan F1, Aktobe	Futures	Hard (i)	Marek Semjan	6–2, 6–7(6–8), 6–1
Loss	6–10	Mar 2013	Kazakhstan F2, Aktobe	Futures	Hard (i)	Marek Semjan	3–6, 7–6(7–5), 2–6
Win	7–10	Mar 2014	China F3, Yuxi	Futures	Hard	Chung Hyeon	7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3)
Win	8–10	Apr 2014	China F5, Chengdu	Futures	Hard	Dzmitry Zhyrmont	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	8–11	Jul 2015	China F10, Xi'an	Futures	Hard	Li Zhe	2–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss	8–12	Feb 2016	Kyoto, Japan	Challenger	Hard (i)	Yūichi Sugita	7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	8–13	Mar 2016	Zhuhai, China, P.R.	Challenger	Hard	Thomas Fabbiano	7–5, 1–6, 3–6
Win	9–13	Feb 2017	San Francisco, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Vasek Pospisil	7–5, 3–6, 6–2
Loss	9–14	Sep 2017	Zhangjiagang, China, P.R.	Challenger	Hard	Jason Jung	4–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss	9–15	Mar 2018	Shenzhen, China, P.R.	Challenger	Hard	Ilya Ivashka	4–6, 2–6
Win	10–15	Aug 2018	Chengdu, China, P.R.	Challenger	Hard	Henri Laaksonen	2–6, 5–2 ret.
Loss	10–16	May 2021	Greece, Heraklion	Futures	Hard	Ryan Peniston	4–6, 1–6

Doubles: 36 (16–20)

Legend (doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (11–13) ITF Futures Tour (5–7)

Titles by surface Hard (14–16) Clay (1–3) Grass (1–1) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2009	China F2, Shenzhen	Futures	Hard	Zeng Shaoxuan	Rylan Rizza Kaes Van't Hof	3–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Feb 2009	Australia F2, Berri	Futures	Grass	Zeng Shaoxuan	Kaden Hensel Adam Hubble	6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
Win	2–1	Aug 2009	China F5, Chongqing	Futures	Hard	Zeng Shaoxuan	Chen I-ta Yi Chu-huan	7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	2–2	Aug 2009	China F6, Jiaxing	Futures	Hard	Zeng Shaoxuan	Gong Maoxin Xue Feng	7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), [7–10]
Win	3–2	Sep 2009	France F13, Bagnères-de-Bigorre	Futures	Hard	Gong Maoxin	Fabrice Martin Adil Shamasdin	6–4, 6–4
Loss	3–3	Jan 2010	Israel F1, Eilat	Futures	Hard	Wu Di	Andrej Martin Miloslav Mečíř	2–6, 3–6
Loss	3–4	Feb 2010	Azerbaijan F2, Baku	Futures	Hard (i)	Wu Di	Matwé Middelkoop Antal van der Duim	6–7(8–10), 5–7
Win	4–4	Apr 2010	China F3, Chongqing	Futures	Hard	Wu Di	Gong Maoxin Li Zhe	6–3, 1–6, [10–8]
Loss	4–5	Aug 2010	Astana, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Hard (i)	Wu Di	Mikhail Elgin Nikolaus Moser	0–6, 4–6
Loss	4–6	Jul 2011	Wuhai, China, P.R.	Challenger	Hard	Feng He	Lee Hsin-han Yang Tsung-hua	2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	4–7	Sep 2012	Ningbo, China, P.R.	Challenger	Hard	Gong Maoxin	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	4–6, 2–6
Loss	4–8	Mar 2013	Kazakhstan F2, Aktobe	Futures	Hard (i)	Gong Maoxin	Victor Baluda Mate Pavić	2–6, 3–6
Loss	4–9	Jul 2013	Beijing, China, P.R.	Challenger	Hard	Gong Maoxin	Toshihide Matsui Danai Udomchoke	6–4, 6–7(6–8), [8–10]
Loss	4–10	Jun 2014	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Lee Hsin-han	Roman Jebavý Jiří Veselý	1–6, 3–6
Win	5–10	Aug 2016	Chengdu, China, P.R.	Challenger	Hard	Gong Maoxin	Gao Xin Li Zhe	6–3, 4–6, [13–11]
Loss	5–11	Aug 2016	Qingdao, China, P.R.	Challenger	Clay	Gong Maoxin	Danilo Petrović Tak Khunn Wang	2–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Loss	5–12	Feb 2017	San Francisco, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Gong Maoxin	Matt Reid John-Patrick Smith	7–6(7–4), 5–7, [7–10]
Win	6–12	Mar 2017	Zhuhai, China, P.R.	Challenger	Hard	Gong Maoxin	Ruan Roelofse Yi Chu-huan	6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	6–13	Oct 2017	Suzhou, China, P.R.	Challenger	Hard	Gong Maoxin	Gao Xin Sun Fajing	6–7(5–7), 6–4, [7–10]
Loss	6–14	Mar 2018	Qujing, China, P.R.	Challenger	Hard	Wu Di	Aliaksandr Bury Peng Hsien-yin	7–6(7–3), 4–6, [10–12]
Win	7–14	Apr 2018	Nanchang, China, P.R.	Challenger	Clay (i)	Gong Maoxin	Ruben Gonzales Christopher Rungkat	3–6, 7–6(9–7), [10–7]
Loss	7–15	Apr 2018	Anning, China, P.R.	Challenger	Clay	Gong Maoxin	Aliaksandr Bury Lloyd Harris	3–6, 4–6
Win	8–15	Jul 2018	Recanati, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Gong Maoxin	Gonzalo Escobar Fernando Romboli	2–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–8]
Win	9–15	Aug 2018	Chengdu, China, P.R.	Challenger	Hard	Gong Maoxin	Mikhail Elgin Yaraslav Shyla	6–4, 6–4
Win	10–15	Sep 2018	Zhangjiagang, China, P.R.	Challenger	Hard	Gong Maoxin	Bradley Mousley Akira Santillan	w/o
Win	11–15	Sep 2018	Shanghai, China, P.R.	Challenger	Hard	Gong Maoxin	Hua Runhao Zhang Zhizhen	6–4, 3–6, [10–4]
Win	12–15	Oct 2018	Ningbo, China, P.R.	Challenger	Hard	Gong Maoxin	Hsieh Cheng-peng Christopher Rungkat	7–5, 2–6, [10–5]
Win	13–15	Oct 2018	Liuzhou, China, P.R.	Challenger	Hard	Gong Maoxin	Hsieh Cheng-peng Christopher Rungkat	6–3, 2–6, [10–3]
Win	14–15	Feb 2019	Bangkok, Thailand	Challenger	Hard	Gong Maoxin	Hsieh Cheng-peng Christopher Rungkat	6–4, 6–4
Win	15–15	Mar 2019	Zhuhai, China, P.R.	Challenger	Hard	Gong Maoxin	Max Purcell Luke Saville	6–4, 6–4
Loss	15–16	Jun 2019	Nottingham, Great Britain	Challenger	Grass	Gong Maoxin	Santiago González Aisam Qureshi	6–4, 6–7(5–7), [5–10]
Loss	15–17	Aug 2019	Yokkaichi, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Gong Maoxin	Nam Ji-sung Song Min-kyu	3–6, 6–3, [12–14]
Loss	15–18	Jan 2020	Bangkok, Thailand	Challenger	Hard	Gong Maoxin	Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela Gonzalo Escobar	3–6, 3-6
Loss	15–19	May 2021	M15 Heraklion, Greece	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Hua Runhao	Petros Chrysochos Mark Whitehouse	6–4, 2–6; [6–10]
Loss	15–20	Jun 2021	M15 Heraklion, Greece	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Hua Runhao	Yuki Mochizuki Takuto Niki	3–6, 4–6
Win	16–20	Jun 2021	M15 Heraklion, Greece	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Hua Runhao	Makoto Ochi Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi	6–2, 6–7(6–8), [10–7]

References

1. "Melbourne Challenger". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
2. "China F2 Futures". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
3. "ATP Results: Fergana 2010". Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
4. "Wild Card Zhang Surprises No.14 Gasquet in 2nd Round".
5. "Is China Tennis' Next Frontier?".

External links

• Zhang Ze at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Zhang Ze at the International Tennis Federation
• Zhang Ze at the Davis Cup