Zhang Jiuhua (born 14 May 1969) is a former professional

tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

player from China.

Biography

Zhang, who was born in

Hubei Hubei is a province of China, province in Central China. It has the List of Chinese provincial-level divisions by GDP, seventh-largest economy among Chinese provinces, the second-largest within Central China, and the third-largest among inland ...

, competed in the boys' doubles event at the 1985 US Open and reached the quarter-finals. He won a silver medal for China in the singles at the

1990 Asian Games ) , nations = 31 , athletes = 6,122 , events = 308 in 27 sports , opening = 22 September 1990 , closing = 7 October 1990 , opened_by = Yang Shangkun , closed_by = Roy de Silva , athlete_oath = Chen L ...

and was a singles bronze medalist at the

1993 Summer Universiade The 1993 Summer Universiade, also known as XVII Summer Universiade or World University Games Buffalo '93, took place in Buffalo, New York, as the main site. For the first time in history the event was hosted by two countries, as some events wer ...

. His two ATP tour main draw appearances came at the 1994 Salem Open-Beijing and 1996 Shanghai Open, both times as a wildcard in the doubles events. During his career he represented the China Davis Cup team in six ties, with all of his ten career matches coming in singles.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zhang, Jiuhua 1969 births Living people Chinese male tennis players Tennis players from Hubei Tennis players at the 1990 Asian Games Medalists at the 1990 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for China Asian Games medalists in tennis Summer World University Games medalists in tennis FISU World University Games bronze medalists for China 20th-century Chinese sportsmen