Wu Di (; ; born 14 September 1991) is a Chinese former professional tennis player.
Professional career
Wu has a career high singles ranking of world No. 140 achieved on 25 April 2016, and a career high doubles ranking of world No. 186 achieved on 2 April 2018. He has reached 24 singles finals on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures Tour, posting a record of 13–11, which includes a 1–4 record in ATP Challenger finals. Additionally, he has reached 15 doubles finals posting a record of 6–9, which includes a 3–4 record in ATP Challenger finals.
Wu participated in the 2012 Hopman Cup together with the country's best female player Li Na. Wu had the chance to try out in a much bigger stage but he could not manage to win a match, as he and team China were eliminated in the round robin stage of the tournament.
In the Asia-Pacific Australian Open Wildcard Play-off men's final, Wu defeated Thai Danai Udomchoke to obtain his wildcard to compete in the 2013 Australian Open main draw. On his way to the final, Wu beat top seed Yuichi Sugita of Japan and No. 4 seed and compatriot Ze Zhang. In the main draw, Wu lost to Ivan Dodig in four sets."http://2012.australianopen.com/en_AU/news/articles/2012-10-23/201210221350915309730.html?promo=rss"
In late 2013, he once again qualified for the 2014 Australian Open by winning the Asia-Pacific Australian Open Wildcard Plays-off men's final, on the route to the main draw, Wu defeated countryman Zhe Li, Yuki Bhambri of India and compatriot Ze Zhang. However, he lost to Kenny de Schepper in the first round of the main draw.
Wu Di earned his biggest win in his career by upsetting Denis Istomin in four sets in the Asia Pacific Davis Cup singles rubber.
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 24 (13–11) LegendATP Challenger (1–4)ITF Futures (12–7)Finals by surfaceHard (13–11)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0China F3, ChongqingFuturesHard Marin Bradaric7–5 ret.Win2–0China F6, JiaxingFuturesHard Gong Maoxin7–5, 5–7, 6–4Win3–0China F1, Mengzi CityFuturesHard Joshua Milton2–6, 7–5, 6–3Loss3–1Korea F3, GimcheonFuturesHard Im Kyu-Tae2–6, 2–6Loss3–2China F5, ChengduFuturesHard Zhang Ze6–7(3–7), 3–6Win4–2China F6, ChengduFuturesHard Zhang Ze6–1, 7–6(8–6)Win5–2China F8, FuzhouFuturesHard Chen Ti6–1, 6–2Win6–2Korea F3, GimcheonFuturesHard Michael McClune6–1, 6–1Loss6–3China F9, ShenyangFuturesHard Li Zhe6–1, 6–7(3–7), 3–6Loss6–4China F10, ShenyangFuturesHard Gong Maoxin4–6, 3–6Loss6–5Beijing, ChinaChallengerHard Grega Žemlja3–6, 0–6Win7–5China F1, ChengduFuturesHard Boy Westerhof7–5, 2–6, 6–4Win8–5China F2, ChengduFuturesHard Nick Kyrgios6–3, 6–3Win9–5Japan F1, NishitamaFuturesHard Takuto Niki6–2, 6–4Win10–5China F4, ChengduFuturesHard Borna Ćorić6–4, 6–2Win11–5China F5, WuhanFuturesHard Li Zhe3–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3)Loss11–6China F7, WuhanFuturesHard Huang Liang-Chi6–3, 3–6, 4–6Win12–6China F8, ZhangjiagangFuturesHard Li Zhe6–3, 6–7(2–7), 6–3Loss12–7China F13, PutianFuturesHard Duckhee Lee2–6, 3–6Loss12–8Shanghai, ChinaChallengerHard Yuki Bhambri6–3, 0–6, 6–7(3–7)Win13–8Maui, United StatesChallengerHard Kyle Edmund4–6, 6–3, 6–4Loss13–9Shenzhen, ChinaChallengerHard Dudi Sela4–6, 3–6Loss13–10China F7, LuzhouFuturesHard Li Zhe6–2, 2–6, 2–6Loss13–11Shanghai, ChinaChallengerHard Yasutaka Uchiyama 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Doubles: 15 (6–9) LegendATP Challenger (3–4)ITF Futures (3–5)Finals by surfaceHard (5–9)Clay (1–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0China F4, WuhanFuturesHard Bai Yan Feng Xue Zeng Shaoxuan6–2, 6–1Loss1–1Israel F1, EilatFuturesHard Zhang Ze Andrej Martin Miloslav Mečíř2–6, 3–6Loss1–2Azerbaijan F2, BakuFuturesHard Zhang Ze Matwe Middelkoop Antal Van Der Duim6–7(8–10), 5–7Win2–2China F3, ChongqingFuturesHard Zhang Ze Gong Maoxin Li Zhe6–3, 1–6, [10–8]Loss2–3Astana, KazakhstanChallengerHard Zhang Ze Michail Elgin Nikolaus Moser0–6, 4–6Loss2–4USA F6, HarlingenFuturesHard Thomas Fabbiano Tennys Sandgren Rhyne Williams7–6(8–6), 5–7, [6–10]Loss2–5China F6, ChengduFuturesHard Chang Yu Gao Xin Li Zhe2–2 ret.Loss2–6China F9, ShenyangFuturesHard Gao Peng Huang Liang-Chi Yi Chu-Huan6–7(1–7), 5–7Win3–6China F3, YuxiFuturesHard Li Zhe Lim Yong-kyu Nam Ji-sung6–4, 6–4Win4–6Anning, ChinaChallengerClay Bai Yan Karunuday Singh Andrew Whittington6–3, 6–4Win5–6Shanghai, ChinaChallengerHard Yi Chu-huan Thomas Fabbiano Luca Vanni6–3, 7–5Loss5–7Zhuhai, ChinaChallengerHard Hsieh Cheng-peng Gong Maoxin Yi Chu-huan6–2, 1–6, [5–10]Win6–7Nanchang, ChinaChallengerHard Zhang Zhizhen Nicolás Barrientos Ruben Gonzales7–6(7–4), 6–3Loss6–8Bangkok, ThailandChallengerHard Yūichi Sugita Grégoire Barrère Jonathan Eysseric3–6, 2–6Loss6–9Qujing, ChinaChallengerHard Zhang Ze Aliaksandr Bury Peng Hsien-yin7–6(7–3), 4–6, [10–12]
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament20132014201520162017201820192020SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open1R1RA1RQ3Q2AA0 / 30–3French OpenQ2Q1AQ1Q1AAA0 / 00–0WimbledonAAAQ1Q1AANH0 / 00–0US OpenQ2Q3AQ2Q1AAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–10–10–00–10–00–00–00–00 / 30–0ATP World Tour Masters 1000Shanghai Masters1R1R1R2R2RQ1Q1NH0 / 7Win–loss0–10–10–11–11–10–00–00–00 / 72–5
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