Li Zhe (tennis)
Li Zhe (born September 20, 1986) is a Chinese tennis player who plays in the ATP World Tour. On July 7, 2012 he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 307. His highest doubles ranking of 136 was achieved on March 7, 2011. He is currently ranked 390 in singles and ranked 323 in doubles.[1]
Personal
Li Zhe was born in Tianjin, China on September 20, 1986.[1] He began playing tennis at age 8 and turned professional in 2004. He plays right-handed, and his favorite surface is hard court. He is 6 feet, 1 inch (185 cm) and 178 pounds (81 kg).[2] His goal as a professional tennis player is to enter the top 100 ranked tennis players in the world.[3]
Career titles
International Tennis Federation
Singles titles[2]
| Year | Tournament | Opponent |
| 2012 | Israel F8 Futures | Mate Delic (Croatia) |
| 2012 | China F9 Futures | Chu-Huan Yi (Taiwan) |
| 2011 | Canada F3 Futures | Robert Rotaru (Canada) |
| 2010 | China F4 Futures | Yi-Feng Li (China) |
| 2008 | China F4 Futures | Samuel Groth (Australia) |
Doubles titles[2]
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent |
| 2013 | Turkey F7 Futures | Yu Chang | Hugo Nys (France) and Danilo. Petrovic (Serbia) |
| 2012 | China F6 Futures | Xin Gao | Yafan Wang (China) and Jiangcheng Zhao (China) |
| 2012 | Israel F7 Futures | Yu Chang | Dor Belfer (Israel) and Daniel Skripnik (Israel) |
| 2012 | China F8 Futures | Xin Gao | Peng-Xiang Gong (China) and Xiao Gong (China) |
| 2012 | China F10 Futures | Xin Gao | Nian Feng (China) and Yen-Hsun Lu (China) |
| 2012 | Hong Kong F2 Futures | Yu Chang | Constantin Belot (France) and Davy Sum (France) |
| 2011 | China F1 Futures | Mao-Xin Gong | Jan Blecha (Czech) and Koki Matsunaga (Japan) |
| 2011 | China F2 Futures | Mao-Xin Gong | |
| 2011 | China F3 Futures | Mao-Xin Gong | Su-Wei Hsieh (Taiwan) and Chieh-Yu Hsu (Taiwan) |
| 2011 | China F4 Futures | Mao-Xin Gong | |
| 2011 | China F7 Futures | Mao-Xin Gong | Hong Chung (Korea) and Jae-Won Yun (Korea) |
| 2011 | China F8 Futures | Mao-Xin Gong | S. Cheng (China) and Yen-Hsun Lu (China) |
| 2011 | Canada F3 Futures | Mao-Xin Gong | Su-Wei Hsieh (Taiwan) and Chieh-Yu Hsu (Taiwan) |
| 2011 | Indonesia F4 Futures | Chu-Huan Yi | Soong-Jae Cho (Korea) and Ji Sung Nam (Korea) |
| 2011 | Thailand F5 Futures | Kelsey Stevenson | Kevin Jordi (Switzerland) and Peerakiat Siriluethaiwattana (Thailand) |
| 2010 | China Tennis Grand Prix | Mao Xin | Gao Peng (China and Patrick RosenHolm (Sweden) |
| 2009 | National Games | Peng Shuai[4] | Yu Xinyuan (China) and Liu Wanting (China)[5] |
Rankings
Year end ATP rankings
| Year | Singles | Doubles |
| 2012 | 390 | 323 |
| 2011 | 373 | 181 |
| 2010 | 447 | 146 |
| 2009 | 757 | 395 |
| 2008 | 548 | 509 |
| 2007 | 913 | 665 |
| 2006 | 974 | 439 |
| 2005 | 1209 | 700 |
| 2004 | 1447 | – |
Sponsorship
In November 2010, Zhe Li signed as a spokesperson for Dunlop Sport, after gaining recognition as the captain of the Chinese national men's tennis team and winning the China Tennis Grand Prix men's doubles title.[6]
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