Wu Di (; ; born 14 September 1991) is a professional Chinese tennis player.

Professional career

Wu has a career high singles ranking of world No. 140 achieved on April 25 2016, and a career high doubles ranking of world No. 186 achieved on April 2 2018. He has reached 24 singles finals on the

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and ITF Futures Tour, posting a record of 13–11, which includes a 1–4 record in ATP Challenger finals. Additionally, he has reached 15 doubles finals posting a record of 6–9, which includes a 3–4 record in ATP Challenger finals. Wu participated in the

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together with the country's best female player

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. Wu had the chance to try out in a much bigger stage but he could not manage to win a match, as he and team China were eliminated in the round robin stage of the tournament. In the Asia-Pacific Australian Open Wildcard Play-off men's final, Wu defeated Thai

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7–6⁽¹⁾, 6–4 to obtain his wildcard to compete in the 2013 Australian Open main draw. On his way to the final, Wu beat top seed Yuichi Sugita of Japan and No. 4 seed and compatriot

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. In the main draw, Wu lost to

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in four sets."http://2012.australianopen.com/en_AU/news/articles/2012-10-23/201210221350915309730.html?promo=rss" In late 2013, he once again qualified for the

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by winning the Asia-Pacific Australian Open Wildcard Plays-off men's final, on the route to the main draw, Wu defeated countryman Zhe Li 6–3, 6–3,

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of India 7–6⁽⁶⁾, 6–4 and compatriot Ze Zhang 6–0, 6–3. However, he lost to

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5–7, 5–7, 6–7⁽²⁾ in the first round of the main draw. Wu Di earned his biggest win in his career by upsetting

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in four sets in the Asia Pacific Davis Cup singles rubber.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 24 (13–11)

Doubles: 15 (6–9)

Performance timeline

Singles

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wu, Di 1991 births Living people Chinese male tennis players Tennis players from Wuhan Tennis players at the 2010 Asian Games Tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games Tennis players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in tennis Asian Games silver medalists for China Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games 21st-century Chinese people