Yibing Wu

Wu Yibing (; ; born 14 October 1999) is a Chinese professional tennis player. Wu is the first Chinese player in the Open Era to reach and to win an ATP Tour-level singles final, doing so at the 2023 Dallas Open. He has been ranked as high as No. 54 by the ATP, which he first achieved on 29 May 2023, making him the third highest-ranked male Chinese player in history, behind Zhang Zhizhen and Shang Juncheng. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 295, achieved on 23 April 2018. He is currently the No. 6 Chinese player.

Wu became the world No. 1 in the ITF Junior Circuit ranking after winning the boys' singles title at the 2017 US Open.

Wu represented China at the 2017 Davis Cup, where he has a win/loss record of 1–0. He defeated Jason Jung in his first Davis Cup match.

Juniors

In December 2016, Wu reached the final of the 2016 Orange Bowl, a Grade-A junior event, losing to Miomir Kecmanović in the final.

In 2017, Wu reached the semifinals in both boys' singles and doubles at the Australian Open, and won both the boys' singles and doubles champions (with Chinese Taipei's Hsu Yu-hsiou) at the US Open, thus became the first Chinese male to win a Grand Slam title.

Professional career

2017–2018: ATP and Masters debuts, first ATP Tour win

In September 2017 he made his ATP debut at the 2017 Chengdu Open as a wildcard.
In October 2017 he made his Masters debut at the Shanghai Masters as a wildcard.

In 2018, Wu recorded his first ATP win against Li Zhe at the Shanghai Masters. In the second round, he won the first set against Kei Nishikori.

2019–2021: Hiatus due to injury

He did not compete from March 2019 to December 2021 due to injury.

2022: Historic major debut, top 125

In 2022, he won three Challenger titles in the United States, including back-to-back trophy runs in July in Rome, Georgia and Indianapolis, Indiana. As a result, he reached the top 200 at a career-high of No. 174, on 25 July 2022. His four career total Challenger titles made him the most decorated Chinese player in the circuit's history.

At the US Open he qualified to make his Grand Slam debut. He became the first male Chinese in the Open Era to qualify at the US Open, winning his last qualifying match before Zhang Zhizhen also won his last match later in the same day. Wu won his first round match against 31st seed Nikoloz Basilashvili, becoming the first male Chinese player to win a US Open match in the Open era and a Grand Slam match in 63 years since Mei Fu Chi at Wimbledon 1959. He beat fellow qualifier Nuno Borges in five sets in the second round to become the first Chinese male player to reach the third round of any Grand Slam event since Kho Sin-Kie in 1946 Wimbledon. He also became the first Chinese man ever to reach the third round in the tournament history (since 1881). As a result, he moved 43 positions up to world No. 131 in the rankings on 12 September 2022. He then lost to world No. 1, Daniil Medvedev, in the third round.

He finished his year ranked No. 119, 1000 spots higher than his ranking at the end of the 2021 season.

2023: First Chinese ATP champion in the Open Era, top 60

Wu started his season playing the first Adelaide International, where, in qualifying, he defeated Ugo Humbert but lost to Alexei Popyrin. He received a wildcard into the 2023 Australian Open, where he lost to Corentin Moutet in the first round.

Following a final showing in the Cleveland Challenger, Wu made his debut in the top 100, at world No. 97 on 6 February 2023, becoming the second Chinese male player to do so after Zhang Zhizhen four months earlier.

In Dallas, Wu defeated Michael Mmoh in the first round, then claimed the biggest win of his career by defeating third seed Denis Shapovalov in the second round to reach his first ATP Tour-level quarterfinal. He then beat Adrian Mannarino to become the first Chinese player since Pan Bing in 1995 to reach an ATP Tour-level semifinal, and only the second ever player from China to do so. By defeating top seed and world No. 8 Taylor Fritz in the semifinals, he became the first Chinese male ever to defeat a top 10 ranked player and to make an ATP Tour level final in the Open Era. He went one step further to win the title defeating John Isner, after saving four championship points in the match, and become the first Chinese man in the Open Era to win an ATP Tour title. In doing so, he became the highest-ranked Chinese player in the history of the ATP rankings, and overtook Zhang to become the first Chinese player to enter the top 60 on 13 February 2023. He received a wildcard for the 2023 BNP Paribas Open where he defeated Jaume Munar for his first win at this tournament. At the 2023 Miami Open, he recorded also his first win at this Masters against Kyle Edmund.

After losing in the first round of Barcelona and Madrid, Wu won his first match on clay beating Richard Gasquet in Rome in three sets, before losing to Francisco Cerúndolo in the second round. In Geneva, he reached his first quarterfinal on clay, after beating Marc-Andrea Hüsler and Marco Cecchinato. He retired in his quarterfinal match against Alexander Zverev. At the French Open, he lost to Roberto Bautista Agut in the first round. At the 2023 Wimbledon Championships, he was beaten by tenth seed Frances Tiafoe.

2024–2025: Historic Masters third round, Sixth Challenger title

Wu made his return from an injury that halted his 2023 season at the challenger in Jinan, where despite being inactive for the majority of the season, he won the title, defeating Rio Noguchi in the final.

He then received a wildcard for 2024 Shanghai Masters, and defeated Sumit Nagal and 25th seed Nicolás Jarry to become the second-ever Chinese man to reach the third round of Shanghai (after Zhizhen Zhang), where he lost to Carlos Alcaraz.

Wu Yibing won his sixth Challenger title at the 2025 Texas Spine and Joint Championships in Tyler.

Performance timelines

Singles

''Current through the 2024 Shanghai Masters.''

Doubles

ATP Tour finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 8 (6 titles, 2 runner-ups)

ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Exhibition finals

Wins over top 10 players

Wu has a record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wu, Yibing
1999 births
Living people
Chinese male tennis players
Sportspeople from Hangzhou
US Open (tennis) junior champions
Tennis players at the 2018 Asian Games
Tennis players at the 2022 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
Asian Games medalists in tennis
Asian Games silver medalists for China
Tennis players from Zhejiang
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles
21st-century Chinese sportsmen