- Lu Yen-hsun
Infobox Tennis player
playername= Yen-Hsun Lu
country= flagicon|TaiwanTaiwan
residence=Taipei ,Taiwan
datebirth= birth date and age|1983|8|14
placebirth=Taoyuan ,Taiwan
height= height|m=1.80
weight= convert|72|kg|lb st|abbr=on|lk=on
turnedpro= 2001
coach= Dirk Hordorff, Jan Stoces
plays= Right-handed; two-handed backhand
careerprizemoney= $739,991
singlesrecord= 31–52
singlestitles= 0
highestsinglesranking= No. 69 (September 29, 2008)
AustralianOpenresult= 2R(2007 )
FrenchOpenresult= -
Wimbledonresult= 2R(2004 ,2005 )
USOpenresult= 2R(2008 )
Othertournaments = Yes
Olympicsresult = 3R (2008)
doublesrecord= 16–18
doublestitles= 1
highestdoublesranking= No. 86 (January 31, 2005)
updated=July 21 ,2008 Lu Yen-Hsun (盧彥勳; born
August 14 ,1983 inTaoyuan ,Taiwan ) is the number oneprofessional tennis player inTaiwan , and the rest ofAsia . He goes by the nickname "Rendy." As of September 29, 2008, Lu is ranked #69 in the world and #1 in Asia (making him the highest ranking non-Western male player).Lu is sponsored by
Adidas (apparel and shoes), Head (rackets) and CPC Corporation. On court, Lu currently uses Head Flexpoint Instinct (racket), the Alu Big Banger (string) and Tournagrip (overgrip). His favorite surface is hard.Career Highlights
Junior career
Lu was an accomplished junior's player, reaching career-high #3 in the ITF circuit (February 5, 2001). During his junior years, he defeated a handful of future ATP stars, including
Robin Söderling ,Mario Ančić andPhilipp Kohlschreiber .2004
In 2004, Lu became the first player from Taiwan to break into ATP Top 100, thanks to a solid performance from the Challenger circuit. After solid challenger performance in the first half of 2004, he started to participate in many tour level events. Though suffering from a lot of defeats, his effort also yielded some good wins. The most notable win came on the grass court in Queen's, where he gained first career top 10 win by defeating then world number 3
Guillermo Coria .2005
However, a series of injures caused his ranking to fall rapidly in 2005. He did not participate in any tournaments after walking over in the second round from 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 semi-finals or better in four consecutive Challengers (Rimouski, Busan, Caloundra, Kawana). Lu lost in the finals of Rimouski to his friend
Kristian Pless . Two weeks later, Lu won the Caloundra challenger, beating Australia'sPeter Luzak . The following week, Lu lost in the final toJulien Jeanpierre of France. Lu's hot streak moved him from #140 in the ATP in October to #89 at the year-end.2007
In winter 2006, Lu was training with
Rainer Schüttler andJanko Tipsarević in Dubai, underDirk Hordorff . The training seems to yield good result, seeing Lu reached second round in Australian Open and his first ATP level quarter final in Memphis in 2007. By defeatingJürgen Melzer in 2nd round, Lu entered his first ATP level quarter final, but lost to eventual finalistAndy Roddick . With the strong performance in Memphis, Lu broke into top 80 in the ranking released on February 26, 2007.2008
Lu participated in the San Jose ATP tournament in California. He defeated Max Mirnyi in the first round. Then he defeated Wayne Odesnik in straight sets to book a spot in the quarterfinals. He then lost to Radek Stepanek in the quarter finals in two sets with the score of 2–6, 6–7.
Lu participated at the
Beijing Olympics with a first round match againstAndy Murray , currently ranked world number six. Despite the difficulties of the match he shocked the audiences by defeating Murray in two straight sets with a 7-6, 6-4 victory to reach the second round (Round of 32). Lu continued his winning streak at the Olympics by defeating (6-4, 6-4)Agustín Calleri of Argentina to advance to the fourth round (Round of 16). He eventually lost toJürgen Melzer of Austria (6-2, 6-4) in the third round.ingles Titles
ingles Performance Timeline
"To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only after a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. Davis Cup matches are included in the statistics. This table is current through
2008 Australian Open , which concluded onJanuary 14 ,2008 ."A = did not participate in the tournament.
SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
1The win total does not include walkovers.
ee also
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Sport in Taiwan
*Chinese Taipei External links
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* [http://steveghelper.com/MatchResults.php?players=Yen-Hsun&weeks=12 Yen-Hsun Recent Match Results]
* [http://steveghelper.com/RankingHistory.php?player=Yen-Hsun Yen-Hsun World Ranking History]
* [http://www.daviscup.com/teams/player.asp?player=30019224 Davis Cup Profile]
* [http://www.itftennis.com/Mens/players/player.asp?player=30019224 ITF Profile]
* [http://www.rendylu.com Official Website]
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