Wu Yibing Height, Age, Girlfriend, Family, Biography & More 2024

Some Lesser Known Facts About Wu Yibing

• Wu Yibing is a Chinese tennis participant, who’s the second-highest-ranked male participant from China, with a rating of 54th within the ATP rankings. During a match on the Citi Open in Washington on July 31, 2023, he collapsed on the courtroom as a result of intense warmth and couldn’t proceed taking part in.

• He started taking part in tennis on the age of 4.

• In an interview, Wu revealed that he took up tennis to lose physique weight as he was chubby throughout his childhood. At first, he thought of taking part in badminton, however the internet was too excessive for him, so he opted for tennis as a substitute.

• When he turned 12, he went to the Potter’s Wheel International Tennis Academy in Beijing for formal coaching in tennis.

• In December 2016, Wu participated within the 2016 Orange Bowl, a Grade A junior occasion, the place he reached the ultimate match however was defeated by Miomir Kecmanović.
  

  Wu Yibing (proper) on the 2016 Orange Bowl

• He achieved notable success on the 2017 Australian Open, reaching the semifinals in each boys’ singles and doubles classes.

• In 2017, he bought an invite from the I.M.G. Academy in Bradenton, Florida for additional coaching.

• Wu turned the primary Chinese male participant to safe a Grand Slam title in junior tennis after he gained each the boys’ singles and doubles titles on the US Open in 2017. In the doubles occasion, he partnered with Hsu Yu-hsiou from Chinese Taipei.

• In the identical yr, Wu made his debut on the Davis Cup match, representing China. He performed one match and achieved a victory by defeating Jason Jung with none losses.

• In September 2017, Wu made his ATP debut as a wildcard entry on the Chengdu Open.

• In October 2017, he had the chance to take part within the Shanghai Masters as a wildcard, marking his Masters debut.

• Wu gained his first ATP title on the Shanghai Masters in 2018, the place he gained in opposition to Li Zhe within the first spherical. In the second spherical, he gained the primary set in opposition to Kei Nishikori.
  

  Wu Yibing whereas taking part in on the Shanghai Masters 2018

• In August 2022, Wu Yibing made historical past on the US Open by successful his first-round match in opposition to Nikoloz Basilashvili. He turned the primary male Chinese participant to attain this feat within the Open period and a Grand Slam match in 63 years, with Mei Fu Chi attaining an identical milestone at Wimbledon in 1959.

• In the second spherical match on the US Open 2022, Wu gained in opposition to Nuno Borges in 5 units, making him the primary Chinese male participant to achieve the third spherical of any Grand Slam occasion since 1946, when Kho Sin-Kie did so at Wimbledon. With this victory, he additionally broke a long-standing file since 1881 and have become the primary male Chinese participant to achieve the third spherical within the event’s historical past. Following this achievement, his career-high rating reached world No. 131 on 12 September 2022. However, Wu misplaced to world No. 1 Daniil Medvedev within the third spherical.
  

  Wu Yibing whereas taking part in on the US Open 2022

• In the yr 2022, he gained three Challenger titles within the US, attaining back-to-back wins in July at tournaments in Rome, Georgia, and Indianapolis. As a outcome, on 25 July 2022, he reached a career-high rating of No. 174. He later turned probably the most embellished Chinese participant within the circuit’s historical past with 4 Challenger titles total.

• On 6 February 2023, Wu achieved the World No. 97 within the Pepperstone ATP Rankings, after he attain the the finals within the Cleveland Challenger. After attaining this milestone, he turned the second Chinese male participant to enter the Top 100 Pepperstone ATP Rankings. Before him, Zhizhen Zhang achieved the milestone by reaching World No. 91 in 2022.

• In 2023, within the first spherical of the Dallas Open, Wu Yibing defeated Michael Mmoh. In the second spherical, he gained in opposition to Denis Shapovalov, reaching his first-ever ATP Tour-level quarterfinal. In the quarterfinal spherical, he gained in opposition to Adrian Mannarino and reached an ATP Tour-level semifinal. This victory made him the the second participant from China to attain this milestone, since Pan Bing in 1995.

• In the semifinal spherical of the 2023 Dallas Open, he defeated world No. 8 Taylor Fritz and have become the primary Chinese male participant to defeat a high 10-ranked participant and attain an ATP Tour-level remaining within the Open Era. By defeating John Isner within the final spherical, Wu claimed the ATP title, making him the primary Chinese man to attain such a victory within the Open Era. This victory additionally pushed him to attain the best rating ever reached by a Chinese participant, getting into the highest 60 within the ATP Rankings on 13 February 2023.
  

  Wu Yibing whereas taking part in on the Dallas Open 2023

• In 2023, he bought a chance to take part within the Adelaide International. In the qualifying spherical, he gained in opposition to Ugo Humbert, however was defeated by Alexei Popyrin.

• Wu acquired a wildcard entry on the 2023 Australian Open, the place he was defeated by Corentin Moutet within the first spherical.

• In the 2023 BNP Paribas Open, he competed as a wildcard and secured a victory in opposition to Jaume Munar.

• In the 2023 Miami Open, he had his first victory at a Masters occasion by successful in opposition to Kyle Edmund.
  

  Wu Yibing whereas taking part in on the 2023 Miami Open

• Wu defeated Richard Gasquet in three units on clay within the Italian Open 2023.

• He made it to his first clay courtroom quarterfinals in Geneva by defeating Marc-Andrea Hüsler and Marco Cecchinato. However, after being defeated by Alexander Zverevhe, Wu needed to retire within the quarterfinals.

• At the 2023 French Open, he confronted defeat in opposition to Roberto Bautista Agut and was eradicated within the first spherical.

• Wu’s ATP rating on the finish of 2022 was 119, which confirmed a big enchancment of 1000 spots from his rating on the finish of the 2021 season.

• The participant has confronted a number of accidents in his profession, together with issues along with his elbow, again, shoulder, and wrist as a consequence of which he was unable to compete in any tournaments from March 2019 till December 2021. He had surgical procedure on his elbow in 2020.

• On July 31, 2023, Wu needed to retire from a match after he skilled a collapse on the courtroom whereas taking part in within the Citi Open in Washington. He misplaced his steadiness as he was heading in the direction of his chair throughout a changeover. In an interview, he talked about it and mentioned,
  

  There was one thing fallacious with the meals I ate final night time – I even felt like I used to be shedding my consciousness on the market. I used to be higher after my medical timeout, but it surely nonetheless affected my respiration. I really feel good to play like I did, given my state of affairs. I’ll go for an extra check-up later.”

• At the start of July 2023, throughout his first-round match at Wimbledon in opposition to Frances Tiafoe, Wu Yibing skilled an identical incident the place he collapsed as a consequence of respiration points. With the help of medical assist, he managed to recuperate and continued taking part in. However, regardless of his efforts, he misplaced the match 6-7, 3-6, 4-6.