Yu Xinyuan

Yu Xinyuan
Nation:	People's Republic of China
Birthday:	February 13, 1985
1st professional season:	2003
Resignation:	2010
Playing hand:	Left
Trainer:	Xie Zhao
Prize money:	$ 78,457
singles
Career record:	6: 8
Highest ranking:	389 (July 10, 2006)
Double
Career record:	10: 9
Highest ranking:	136 (November 3, 2008)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Yu Xinyuan ( Chinese  于 欣 源 ; born February 13, 1985 in Beijing ) is a former Chinese tennis player .

Career

Beginnings of the career and medal winning at the Asian Games (2003-2006)

Yu played his first tournaments on the ITF Future Tour in 2003 . Just one year later he was nominated for the first time for the Chinese Davis Cup team . Both in the game against the Philippines and against Kuwait , he was able to win his games. After his first successes in doubles, he received a wildcard for the main draw in Beijing and made his debut on the ATP World Tour , but failed in the first round. A year later he was back in the main draw of the same tournament thanks to another wildcard. Unlike last year, he and his partner Zeng Shaoxuan made it to the semi-finals this time, where they were eliminated from Michael Berrer and Kenneth Carlsen . In December, Yu took part in the Asian Games . He played in doubles, in team competition and in mixed. While he was eliminated in the first round in doubles and team, he won the bronze medal in mixed together with Sun Tiantian .

First successes on the Challenger Tour and participation in the Olympic Games (2007-2008)

In March he won the double title at his first tournament on the ATP Challenger Tour in Ho Chi Minh City . In May of that year he was among the top 200 in the world rankings for the first time . While his career stagnated somewhat in singles - he no longer won a future title and rarely got past the second round at Challenger tournaments - he was all the more successful in doubles. He was in the final with his permanent partner Zeng in Recanati and won his second challenger title in New Delhi in December .

The following year he won his next titles in Guangzhou and Reggio nell'Emilia . At the Summer Olympics in Beijing , he played both singles and doubles . In the singles he was eliminated in the first round against Tomáš Berdych , in doubles alongside Sun Peng against the Polish duo Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski . In September, Yu contributed with his double success in the Davis Cup encounter against New Zealand to ensure that China was promoted to Group I in the Oceania / Asia zone. After surviving the opening round of a World Tour event in Beijing for the first time, he achieved his career record in doubles with 136th place in November.

Slipping in the world rankings and end of career (2009-2010)

In 2009, Yu could not build on his successes from previous years, which caused him to slip out of the top 500 in the world rankings. Since he was no longer qualified for Challenger tournaments, he mainly played tournaments of the Future Tour and only won two other titles there. He received a wildcard for the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 in Shanghai , but retired with Gao Wan in the first round against Julian Knowle and Jürgen Melzer . This was his last major tournament and he ended his professional career in 2010.

successes

Legend (number of victories)

Grand Slam

ATP World Tour Finals

ATP World Tour Masters 1000

ATP World Tour 500 Series

ATP World Tour 250 Series

ATP Challenger Tour (4)

Double

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	March 18, 2007	Ho Chi Minh City	Hard court	Zeng Shaoxuan	Sebastian Rieschick Wang Yeu-tzuoo	7: 6 2 , 6: 3
2.	December 7, 2007	New Delhi	Hard court	Zeng Shaoxuan	Pavel Chekhov Mikhail Jelgin	6: 3, 6: 3
3.	February 2, 2008	Guangzhou	Hard court	Zeng Shaoxuan	Phillip King Danai Udomchoke	1: 6, 6: 3, [10: 5]
4th	June 28, 2008	Reggio nell'Emilia	sand	Zeng Shaoxuan	Mariano Hood Leonardo Mayer	6: 3, 6: 4

Web links

• ATP profile of Yu Xinyuan (English)
• ITF profile Yu Xinyuan (English)
• ITF junior profile Yu Xinyuan (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Yu Xinyuan (English)

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Yu is the family name here, Xinyuan is the first name.