Zhang Zhizhen


Zhang Zhizhen, is a Chinese professional tennis player. He has won two singles and two doubles titles on the Challenger tour and two singles and two doubles titles on the Futures Tour. He reached his career high singles ranking of World No. 136 in February 2020.

Career

Zhang made his first ATP tour debut in the 2015 Shenzhen Open. As a qualifier, he defeated Japanese Go Soeda in straight sets in the first round. He eventually lost to the 6th seed Jiří Veselý in straight sets.
In the 2017 ATP Shenzhen Open, Zhang, as a qualifier, upset the 4th seed and world No. 39 Paolo Lorenzi in the second round. He then lost to Henri Laaksonen in the third round.
On 26 November 2017, defeating Te Rigele 5–7, 7–6, 6–3, Zhang won the China Tennis Grand Prix Cup title for the first time.
In 2019, Zhang won two ATP challenger titles in Jinan and Shenzhen. At the ATP level, he reached the second rounds at Zhuhai and Beijing, both as wildcard holder, defeating German Dominik Koepfer and British Kyle Edmund in the first round matches respectively.

Challengers and Futures Finals

Singles: (4–4)


ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Jun 2015France F10, Mont-de-MarsanFuturesClay Adrien Puget6–4, 7–6
Loss1–1Jul 2015France F13, Bourg-En-BresseFuturesClay Jordi Samper Montaña3–6, 4–6
Loss1–2May 2017China F9, Lu'anFuturesHard Alexander Sarkissian2–6, 1–6
Win2–2Jul 2017China F11, ShenzhenFuturesHard Prajnesh Gunneswaran2–6, 7–5, 5–0 ret.
Loss2–3Jul 2017China F13, YinchuanFuturesHard Sora Fukuda3–6, 5–7
Loss2–4Jul 2018Italy F18, CasinalboFuturesClay Jelle Sels0–6, 3–6
Win3–4Sep 2019Jinan, China P.R.ChallengerHard Go Soeda7–5, 2–6, 6–4
Win4–4Nov 2019Shenzhen, China P.R.ChallengerHard Li Zhe6–3, 4–6, 6–1

Doubles: (4–5)


ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Jul 2014China F8, ShenzhenFuturesHard Bai Yan Hua Runhao
Qiu Zhuoyang		6–4, 4–6,
Loss1–1Jul 2015France F14, Saint-GervaisFuturesHard Daniil Medvedev Calo Silva
Ricardo Urzúa-Rivera		6–7, 1–6
Loss1–2Aug 2015Belarus F2, MinskFuturesHard Daniil Medvedev Egor Gerasimov
Ilya Ivashka		1–6, 3–6
Win2–2Sep 2016Nanchang, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Wu Di Nicolas Barrientos
Ruben Gonzales		7–6, 6–3
Win3–2Apr 2017China F5, LuzhouFuturesHard He Yecong Xia Zihao
Peng Hsien-yin		7–6, 6–3
Loss3–3Jun 2017China F10, KunshanFuturesHard He Yecong Gao Xin
Li Zhe		3–6, 2–6
Win4–3Sep 2017Zhangjiagang, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Gao Xin Chen Ti
Yi Chu-huan		6–2, 6–3
Loss4–4Sep 2018Shanghai, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Hua Runhao Gong Maoxin
Zhang Ze		4–6, 6–3,
Loss4–5Jan 2019Tunisia M15, MonastirFuturesHard Jannik Sinner Gábor Borsos
Péter Nagy		1–6, 6–3,

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