Zhang Ze


Zhang Ze, is a Chinese male tennis player.
Zhang's career highlights include reaching the quarterfinals of the 2012 China Open, playing the Australian Open main draw in two consecutive years, 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.
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. 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.
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 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 in the second round, before he lost to Florian Mayer on the following day.
In October 2013, Zhang teamed up with Roger Federer at the 2013 Shanghai Rolex Masters. They beat Kevin Anderson and Dmitry Tursunov, 6–2, 6–1. 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: 7–5, 3–6, 2–6, 3–6.
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. 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: 3–6, 6–1, 0–6, 4–6. 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 1–6, 4–6. 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."

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 25 (10–15)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1China F2, ShenzhenFuturesHard Zeng Shaoxuan4–6, 0–2 ret.
Loss0–2China F3, TaizhouFuturesHard Gong Maoxin3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss0–3Israel F2, EilatFuturesHard Andrej Martin1–6, 1–6
Win1–3China F2, MengziFuturesHard Riccardo Ghedin6–1, 6–4
Loss1–4Korea F3, ChangwonFuturesHard Jordan Cox4–6, 3–6
Loss1–52010 Fergana Challenger – Singles|Fergana, UzbekistanChallengerHard Evgeny Kirillov3–6, 6–2, 2–6
Loss1–6China F2, MengziFuturesHard Gong Maoxin1–6, 7–6, 2–6
Win2–6China F6, GuiyangFuturesHard Lee Hsin-han6–1, 6–0
Win3–6China F7, ShenzhenFuturesHard An Jae-sung6–4, 6–2
Loss3–7China F2, ShenzhenFuturesHard Austin Krajicek6–3, 3–6, 6–7
Loss3–8Australia F1, ToowoombaFuturesHard Érik Chvojka2–6, 6–1, 6–7
Win4–8China F5, ChengduFuturesHard Wu Di7–6, 6–3
Loss4–9China F6, ChengduFuturesHard Wu Di1–6, 6–7
Win5–9Netherlands F3, BredaFuturesClay Thiemo de Bakker6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Win6–9Kazakhstan F1, AktobeFuturesHard Marek Semjan6–2, 6–7, 6–1
Loss6–10Kazakhstan F2, AktobeFuturesHard Marek Semjan3–6, 7–6, 2–6
Win7–10China F3, YuxiFuturesHard Chung Hyeon7–6, 7–6
Win8–10China F5, ChengduFuturesHard Dzmitry Zhyrmont3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss8–11China F10, Xi'anFuturesHard Li Zhe2–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss8–122016 Shimadzu All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships – Singles|Kyoto, JapanChallengerHard Yūichi Sugita7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Loss8–132016 Zhuhai Challenger – Singles|Zhuhai, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Thomas Fabbiano7–5, 1–6, 3–6
Win9–132017 Kunal Patel San Francisco Open – Singles|San Francisco, USAChallengerHard Vasek Pospisil7–5, 3–6, 6–2
Loss9–142017 International Challenger Zhangjiagang – Singles|Zhangjiagang, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Jason Jung4–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss9–152018 Pingshan Open – Men's Singles|Shenzhen, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Ilya Ivashka4–6, 2–6
Win10–152018 Chengdu Challenger – Singles|Chengdu, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Henri Laaksonen2–6, 5–2 ret.

Doubles: 33 (15–18)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1China F2, ShenzhenFuturesHard Zeng Shaoxuan Rylan Rizza
Kaes Van't Hof		3–6, 2–6
Win1–1Australia F2, BerriFuturesGrass Zeng Shaoxuan Kaden Hensel
Adam Hubble		6–3, 3–6,
Win2–1China F5, ChongqingFuturesHard Zeng Shaoxuan Chen I-ta
Yi Chu-huan		7–5, 7–6
Loss2–2China F6, JiaxingFuturesHard Zeng Shaoxuan Gong Maoxin
Xue Feng		7–6, 6–7,
Win3–2France F13, Bagnères-de-BigorreFuturesHard Gong Maoxin Fabrice Martin
Adil Shamasdin		6–4, 6–4
Loss3–3Israel F1, EilatFuturesHard Wu Di Andrej Martin
Miloslav Mečíř		2–6, 3–6
Loss3–4Azerbaijan F2, BakuFuturesHard Wu Di Matwé Middelkoop
Antal van der Duim		6–7, 5–7
Win4–4China F3, ChongqingFuturesHard Wu Di Gong Maoxin
Li Zhe		6–3, 1–6,
Loss4–52010 Astana Cup – Doubles|Astana, KazakhstanChallengerHard Wu Di Mikhail Elgin
Nikolaus Moser		0–6, 4–6
Loss4–62011 ATP China Challenger International – Doubles|Wuhai, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Feng He Lee Hsin-han
Yang Tsung-hua		2–6, 6–7
Loss4–72012 Ningbo Challenger – Men's Doubles|Ningbo, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Gong Maoxin Sanchai Ratiwatana
Sonchat Ratiwatana		4–6, 2–6
Loss4–8Kazakhstan F2, AktobeFuturesHard Gong Maoxin Victor Baluda
Mate Pavić		2–6, 3–6
Loss4–92013 Beijing International Challenger – Men's Doubles|Beijing, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Gong Maoxin Toshihide Matsui
Danai Udomchoke		6–4, 6–7,
Loss4–102014 Prague Open – Doubles|Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Lee Hsin-han Roman Jebavý
Jiří Veselý		1–6, 3–6
Win5–102016 Chengdu Challenger – Doubles|Chengdu, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Gong Maoxin Gao Xin
Li Zhe		6–3, 4–6,
Loss5–112016 ZS-Sports China International Challenger – Doubles|Qingdao, China, P.R.ChallengerClay Gong Maoxin Danilo Petrović
Tak Khunn Wang		2–6, 6–4,
Loss5–122017 Kunal Patel San Francisco Open – Doubles|San Francisco, USAChallengerHard Gong Maoxin Matt Reid
John-Patrick Smith		7–6, 5–7,
Win6–122017 Zhuhai Open – Men's Doubles|Zhuhai, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Gong Maoxin Ruan Roelofse
Yi Chu-huan		6–3, 7–6
Loss6–132017 China International Suzhou – Doubles|Suzhou, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Gong Maoxin Gao Xin
Sun Fajing		6–7, 6–4,
Loss6–142018 Qujing International Challenger – Doubles|Qujing, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Wu Di Aliaksandr Bury
Peng Hsien-yin		7–6, 4–6,
Win7–142018 ATP Challenger China International – Nanchang – Doubles|Nanchang, China, P.R.ChallengerClay Gong Maoxin Ruben Gonzales
Christopher Rungkat		3–6, 7–6,
Loss7–152018 Kunming Open – Men's Doubles|Anning, China, P.R.ChallengerClay Gong Maoxin Aliaksandr Bury
Lloyd Harris		3–6, 4–6
Win8–152018 Guzzini Challenger – Doubles|Recanati, ItalyChallengerHard Gong Maoxin Gonzalo Escobar
Fernando Romboli		2–6, 7–6,
Win9–152018 Chengdu Challenger – Doubles|Chengdu, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Gong Maoxin Mikhail Elgin
Yaraslav Shyla		6–4, 6–4
Win10–152018 International Challenger Zhangjiagang – Doubles|Zhangjiagang, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Gong Maoxin Bradley Mousley
Akira Santillan		w/o
Win11–152018 Shanghai Challenger – Doubles|Shanghai, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Gong Maoxin Hua Runhao
Zhang Zhizhen		6–4, 3–6,
Win12–152018 Ningbo Challenger – Doubles|Ningbo, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Gong Maoxin Hsieh Cheng-peng
Christopher Rungkat		7–5, 2–6,
Win13–152018 Liuzhou International Challenger – Men's Doubles|Liuzhou, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Gong Maoxin Hsieh Cheng-peng
Christopher Rungkat		6–3, 2–6,
Win14–152019 Bangkok Challenger – Doubles|Bangkok, ThailandChallengerHard Gong Maoxin Hsieh Cheng-peng
Christopher Rungkat		6–4, 6–4
Win15–152019 Zhuhai Open – Doubles|Zhuhai, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Gong Maoxin Max Purcell
Luke Saville		6–4, 6–4
Loss15–162019 Nottingham Open – Men's Doubles|Nottingham, Great BritainChallengerGrass Gong Maoxin Santiago González
Aisam Qureshi		6–4, 6–7,
Loss15–172019 Yokkaichi Challenger – Doubles|Yokkaichi, JapanChallengerHard Gong Maoxin Nam Ji-sung
Song Min-kyu		3–6, 6–3,
Loss15–182020 Bangkok Challenger II – Doubles|Bangkok, ThailandChallengerHard Gong Maoxin Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela
Gonzalo Escobar		3–6, 3-6