Lu Yen-hsun

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Lu Yen-hsun
盧彥勳
Lu Yen-hsun, Aegon Championships, London, UK - Diliff.jpg
Country (sports)  Chinese Taipei
Residence Taipei, Taiwan
Born (1983-08-14) August 14, 1983 (age 40)
Sanchong District of New Taipei City, Taiwan
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro 2001
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $3,778,903
Singles
Career record 137–191 (41.8%)
Career titles 0
19 Challengers
Highest ranking No. 33 (November 1, 2010)
Current ranking No. 78 (July 20, 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 3R (2009, 2012)
French Open 2R (2013, 2015)
Wimbledon QF (2010)
US Open 2R (2008, 2013)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games 3R (2008)
Doubles
Career record 56-80 (41.2%)
Career titles 3
Highest ranking No. 86 (January 31, 2005)
Current ranking No. 143 (July 13, 2015)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 3R (2005)
French Open 2R (2012)
Wimbledon 3R (2010)
US Open 3R (2009, 2013)
Last updated on: July 13, 2015.
Lu Yen-hsun
Medal record
Tennis
Representing  Chinese Taipei
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Busan Mixed Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Doha Team Event
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Doha Mixed Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Team Event
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon Men's Singles
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Beijing Men's Singles
Gold medal – first place 2003 Daegu Men's Singles

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This is a Chinese name; the family name is Lu.

Lu Yen-hsun (simplified Chinese: 卢彦勋; traditional Chinese: 盧彥勳; pinyin: Lú Yànxūn; born August 14, 1983 in Sanchong District of New Taipei City, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. He goes by the nickname Rendy. His favorite surface is hard court, though several of his ATP Tour career highlights have come on grass courts, including reaching the quarterfinals of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships.

Tennis career

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 Kohlschreiber.

Junior Slam results:

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

2004

In 2004, Lu became the first player from Taiwan to break into ATP Top 100, thanks to a solid performance in the Challenger circuit 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). Lu lost in the final of Rimouski to his friend Kristian Pless. Two weeks later, Lu won the Caloundra challenger, beating Australia's Peter Luczak. The following week, Lu lost in the final to Julien Jeanpierre of France. 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 in Australian Open and his first ATP level quarter final in Memphis in 2007. By defeating Jürgen Melzer in 2nd round, Lu entered his first ATP level quarter final, but lost to eventual finalist Andy Roddick. With the strong performance in Memphis, Lu broke into top 80 in the ranking released on February 26, 2007.

2008

Lu at the 2008 US Open.

In 2008, Lu did well on the Challenger circuit, 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 quarter finals in two sets.

Perhaps Lu's best performance during the season came at the 2008 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 Argentinian player, 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 US$100,000 Israel Open at Ramat HaSharon, beating German Benjamin Becker, who 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 US$100,000 Flea Market Cup at Chuncheon, beating Dutch player Igor Sijsling.

2010

At Wimbledon, Lu became the first Taiwanese player to reach the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam, and the first man from Asia to reach the quarter-finals at a major in fifteen 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 #5 and fifth-seeded 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] Lu moved up 40 places to 42nd in the ATP after Wimbledon. The ATP named Lu's 4th round Wimbledon upset against Roddick as the biggest upset of 2010.[10] At the beginning of November 2010, Lu reached a career-high ATP ranking of 33rd.

2011

At Wimbledon, 2011

At the 2011 Farmers Classic, Lu defeated Robby Ginepri in the first round. He then defeated Marcos Baghdatis before losing to Ryan Harrison in the quarter finals. 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 for all Grand Slam events which 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(4–7), 6–7(7–9). 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 2015 Aircel 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 (Singles)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)
Titles 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 United States John Isner 6–7(4–7), 6–7(7–9)

Doubles: 6 (3–3)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (3–3)
Titles by Surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. January 9, 2005 Chennai Open, Chennai, India Hard Germany Rainer Schüttler Sweden Jonas Björkman
India Mahesh Bhupathi		 7–5, 4–6, 7–6 (7–4)
Runner-up 1. September 10, 2007 China Open, Beijing, China Hard South Africa Chris Haggard South Africa Rik de Voest
Australia Ashley Fisher		 7–6 (7–3), 0–6, [6–10]
Runner-up 2. January 9, 2010 Chennai Open, Chennai, India Hard Serbia Janko Tipsarević Spain Marcel Granollers
Spain Santiago Ventura		 5–7, 2–6
Winner 2. September 30, 2012 PTT Thailand Open, Bangkok, Thailand Hard (i) Thailand Danai Udomchoke United States Eric Butorac
Australia Paul Hanley		 6–3, 6–4
Winner 3. January 11, 2015 Chennai Open, Chennai, India Hard United Kingdom Jonathan Marray South Africa Raven Klaasen
India Leander Paes		 6–3, 7–6 (7–4)
Runner-up 3. 23 May 2015 Geneva Open, Geneva, Switzerland Hard South Africa Raven Klaasen Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal
Colombia Robert Farah		 5–7, 6–4, [7–10]

Singles performance timeline

Current through the 2015 US Open.

Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 1R 2R 1R 3R 1R 1R 3R 2R 2R 1R 7–11
French Open A A A 1R A 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R 2–8
Wimbledon 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R QF 3R 1R 2R 2R 1R 10–12
US Open 1R A A A 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 2–9
Win–Loss 1–2 1–2 0–2 1–3 1–3 2–4 4–4 2–4 2–4 4–4 2–4 1–4 21–40
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics 1R Not Held 3R Not Held 1R Not Held 2–3
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A 1R 2R 2R 2R 1R 3R 3R 1R 7–8
Miami Masters A A A A 1R 2R 2R 2R 2R 2R 2R 1R 6–8
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A A A A A A A 2R A 1–1
Rome Masters A A A A A A A A A A A A 0–0
Madrid Masters A A A A A A A 2R A A A A 1–1
Canada Masters A A A A LQ 1R 3R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 3–7
Cincinnati Masters 1R A A A A 1R 1R A 2R Q1 3R 1R 3–6
Shanghai Masters Not ATP Masters Series A 2R 1R 2R Q2 2R 1R 3–5
Paris Masters A A A A A A A A A A 1R 0–1
Win–Loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–4 5–5 3–5 3–5 3–3 8–7 0–5 24–37
Career statistics
Titles–Finals 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1
Year End Ranking 87 158 89 110 64 98 35 82 59 65 38

Doubles performance timeline

Current through the 2015 US Open.

Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open 3R A 1R A 1R 1R 2R A 2R 1R 1R 4–8
French Open A A A A 1R A 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1–6
Wimbledon A A A A 1R 3R A 2R 1R 1R 2R 4–6
US Open A A A 1R 3R 1R A 1R 2R 2R A 4–6
Win–Loss 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–4 2–3 1–2 2–3 2–4 1–4 1–3 13–26

Wins over top 10 players

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

Equipment

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

See also

References

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