Yang Tsung-hua

Yang Tsung-hua
楊宗樺

Country (sports)	Chinese Taipei
Residence	Taiwan
Born	(1991-03-29) March 29, 1991 Taiwan
Height
Turned pro	2006
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$334,765
Singles
Career record	5–18
Career titles	0 0 Challengers, 5 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 164 (14 May 2012)
Current ranking	No. 216 (9 November 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2014)
French Open	Q2 (2009)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2012, 2013, 2015)
US Open	Q3 (2012)
Doubles
Career record	3–5
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 144 (23 November 2009)
Current ranking	No. 206 (9 November 2015)
Medal record Representing Chinese Taipei Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou Team Event 2010 Guangzhou Mixed Doubles
Last updated on: 9 November 2015.

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Yang (楊).

Yang Tsung-hua (Chinese: 楊宗樺, born March 29, 1991 in Taiwan, is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. On the junior circuit, Yang reached a career-high combined ranking of No. 1 in 2008, when he won the French Open singles title against polish player Jerzy Janowicz in two sets, and the Australian Open and Wimbledon doubles titles alongside Hsieh Cheng-peng.

Career

Juniors

Yang was named International Tennis Federation (ITF) Junior World Champion for the 2008 season by the ITF.

As a junior he compiled a 66–23 win/loss record in singles (and 61–16 in doubles), achieving his combined ranking of No. 1 in the world in July 2008.

Singles

Tournament	2008
Junior Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	F
French Open	W
Wimbledon	3R
US Open	SF

Doubles

Tournament	2008
Junior Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	W
French Open	QF
Wimbledon	W
US Open	QF

Pro tour

Yang competes today on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP World Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 164, on May 14, 2012, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 144, on November 23, 2009. Yang is coached by Lhen Man.

In the 2012 US Open, Yang reached the third qualifying round, where he lost to Teymuraz Gabashvili. Later he qualified to the ATP 250 Bangkok, where he lost in first round to Grigor Dimitrov.

In 2013, he defeated Tatsuma Ito to reach semifinals of the An-Ning Challenger, where he lost to James Ward. At Kun-Ming he also reached semifinals after winning over Yuichi Sugita and Wu Di.

Yang defeated Marius Copil to reach third round of qualifying of the 2014 Australian Open, after which he lost to Dusan Lajovic. At the Maui Challenger he reach the final, where he lost to Bradley Klahn. At the Liberec Challenger he beat world number 40 Pablo Cuevas and Norbert Gombos to reach semifinals, where he was defeated by Horacio Zeballos.

Futures and Challenger finals: 23 (11–12)

Singles: 6 (1–5)

Legend
Challengers (0–1)
Futures (1–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	January 5, 2009	Guangzhou, P.R. China	Hard	Zeng Shaoxuan	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	June 22, 2009	Petaling Jaya, Malaysia	Hard	Luigi d'Agord	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	July 13, 2009	Gyeongsan, South Korea	Hard	Ti Chen	2–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	July 20, 2009	Gyeongsan, South Korea	Hard	Kim Young-jun	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	4.	October 12, 2009	Kashiwa, Japan	Hard	Junn Mitsuhashi	1–6, 6–7(4–7)
Runner-up	5.	August 8, 2011	Beijing, China	Hard	Farrukh Dustov	1–6, 6–7(4–7)

Doubles: 19 (11–8)

Legend
Challengers (3–2)
Futures (8–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	September 11, 2006	Osaka, Japan	Carpet	Lee Hsin-han	Yaoki Ishii Hiroki Kondo	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	June 11, 2007	Delhi, India	Hard	Lee Hsin-han	Tushar Liberhan Sanam Singh	6–4, 7–5
Winner	1.	June 18, 2007	Guangzhou, P.R. China	Hard	Lee Hsin-han	Yu Xin-yuan Zeng Shao-xuan	1–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up	3.	August 6, 2007	Semarang, Indonesia	Hard	Peng Hsien-yin	Hiroki Kondo Takahiro Terachi	3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Winner	2.	October 13, 2008	Kashiwa, Japan	Hard	Yi Chu-huan	Huang Chin-yu Peng Hsien-yin	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	October 20, 2008	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Yi Chu-huan	Yaoki Ishii Hiroki Kondo	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	November 24, 2008	Cancún, Mexico	Clay (Red)	Lee Hsin-han	Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach	7–5, 6–2
Winner	3.	January 5, 2009	Guangzhou, P.R. China	Hard	Lee Hsin-han	Li Zhe Wang Yu Jr.	6–0, 6–3
Winner	4.	March 30, 2009	Kōfu, Japan	Hard	Yi Chu-huan	Yuuya Kibi Tomohiro Shinokawa	6–1, 6–0
Runner-up	6.	June 15, 2009	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard	Lee Hsin-han	Arnau Brugués-Davi Luigi d'Agord	7–6(7–4), 6–4
Winner	5.	June 29, 2009	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard	Xin-yuan Yu	Aqeel Khan Yew-Ming Si	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Winner	6.	July 13, 2009	Gyeongsan, South Korea	Hard	Chen Ti	Satoshi Iwabuchi Gouichi Motomura	7–6(7–4), 6–4
Winner	7.	July 20, 2009	Gyeongsan, South Korea	Hard	Lee Hsin-han	Chen Ti Satoshi Iwabuchi	7–6(7–4), 5–7, [10–8]
Winner	8.	August 24, 2009	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Hard	Denys Molchanov	Pierre-Ludovic Duclos Alexey Kedryuk	4–6, 7–6(7–5), [11–9]
Winner	9.	August 31, 2009	Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Lee Hsin-han	Ketut-Nesa Arta Christopher Rungkat	7–6(7–4), 6–4
Runner-up	7.	October 12, 2009	Kashiwa, Japan	Hard	Lee Hsin-han	Junn Mitsuhashi Yi Chu-huan	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	8.	November 2, 2009	Chuncheon, South Korea	Hard	Lee Hsin-han	Andis Juška Dmitri Sitak	3–6, 6–3, [10–2]
Winner	10.	November 16, 2009	Yokohama, Japan	Hard	Yi Chu-huan	Alexey Kedryuk Junn Mitsuhashi	6–7(9–11), 6–3, [12–10]
Winner	11.	July 31, 2011	Wuhai, China	Hard	Lee Hsin-han	Feng He Zhang Ze	6–2, 7–6(7–4)

External links

• Yang Tsung-hua at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Yang Tsung-hua at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile

Awards
Preceded by Ričardas Berankis	ITF Junior World Champion 2008	Succeeded by Daniel Berta