Taiwanese tennis player
Tseng Chun-hsin Country (sports) Taiwan Residence Taipei , TaiwanBorn (2001-08-08 ) 8 August 2001 (age 23) Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Turned pro 2019 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Coach Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh Prize money US$1,011,472 Career record 12–25 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 83 (8 August 2022) Current ranking No. 119 (11 November 2024) Australian Open 1R (2022 , 2023 ) French Open 1R (2022 ) Wimbledon 1R (2022 ) US Open 1R (2022 ) Career record 3–2 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 305 (8 August 2022) Current ranking No. 630 (9 December 2024) Last updated on: 10 December 2024.
Tseng Chun-hsin (Chinese : 曾俊欣 ; pinyin : Zēng Jùnxīn Jason Tseng ,[ 1] Taiwanese tennis player.
He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 83 by the ATP , achieved on 8 August 2022. Tseng is currently the No. 1 Taiwanese player.[ 2]
He was also the ITF junior No. 1, first reaching this ranking on 11 June 2018 after winning the French Open Boys' Singles . He is also part of the Chinese Taipei Davis Cup team since 2018, with a W/L record of 1–0.
Early and personal life
Tseng began playing tennis at the age of five with his father, who worked at a night market in Taiwan.[ 3] [ 4] New Taipei City .[ 5]
He is nicknamed "the Night Market Champion" (Chinese : 夜市球王 ) by the Taiwanese media as his parents used to sell Tanghulu at the Lehua Night Market in New Taipei City in order to support his tennis career.[ 3] [ 6] [ 7]
Career
Pre-2019: Junior years
He continued his training at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in France from age 13 to 17.[ 8] Petits As in 2015.[ 9]
In 2018, He won his first ITF Futures event in Vietnam.[ 10] [ 11]
2019: ATP and Masters debut
He made his ATP debut at the 2019 Miami Open as a wildcard.
In the 2019 Summer Universiade , Tseng won the gold medal in men's singles .[ 12]
In December 2021, Tseng won his first ATP Challenger title in Maia, Portugal .[ 13] [ 14]
He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2022 Australian Open where he received a wildcard.[ 15] [ 16]
The following month in February 2022, Tseng won his second ATP Challenger title in Bangalore , India.[ 17] Murcia , Spain.[ 18]
He qualified for his second Grand Slam tournament at the 2022 French Open to make his debut at this major.[ 19] João Sousa .[ 20]
As a result of reaching the semifinals in Bratislava , Tseng made his debut in the top 100, at No. 97 on 13 June 2022.
He participated in the 2022 Next Generation ATP Finals as the sixth seed.[ 21]
Ranked No. 380, he made his debut in qualifying at the Masters 1000, the 2023 Rolex Shanghai Masters .[citation needed He qualified for the main draw and defeated Alexander Shevchenko on his debut at this tournament, recording his first Masters win. As a result, he moved close to 80 positions back up, one position shy of the top 300 on 16 October 2023.[citation needed
In March 2024, he won his fourth Challenger at the Kiskút Open in Szekesfehevar, Hungary and returned to the top 250 on 18 March 2024.[ 22]
Following his fifth Challenger title at the 2024 Internazionali di Tennis Città di Vicenza in June,[ 23] 2024 UniCredit Czech Open in Prostejov,[ 24] [citation needed
Ranked No. 159, he entered the second round of the main draw at the Croatia Open as a lucky loser replacing third seed Holger Rune and defeated Fabio Fognini to reach his first ATP Tour quarterfinal.[ 25] [ 26] 2024 San Marino Open , losing to Alexandre Müller in a deciding set tiebreak.[ 27] [citation needed
ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals
Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (5–5)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (4–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–0)
Clay (5–6)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1–0
May 2018
Vietnam F1, Thừa Thiên Huế
Futures
Hard
Lý Hoàng Nam
6–3, 7–6(7–0)
Win
2–0
Jun 2018
Portugal F9, Póvoa de Varzim
Futures
Hard
Nuno Borges
6–3, 6–4
Win
3–0
Jul 2018
Chinese Taipei F2, Taipei
Futures
Hard
Chen Ti
6–1, 6–7(5–7) , 7–6(7–1)
Loss
3–1
Jul 2019 Prague , Czech Republic
Challenger
Clay
Mario Vilella Martínez
4–6, 2–6
Loss
3–2
Oct 2020
M25 Hamburg , Germany
World Tennis Tour
Clay
Kacper Żuk
4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win
4–2
Aug 2021
M25 Pitești , Romania
World Tennis Tour
Clay
Hernán Casanova
6–3, 3–6, 6–0
Loss
4–3
Dec 2021 Maia , Portugal
Challenger
Clay (i)
Geoffrey Blancaneaux
6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Win
5–3
Dec 2021 Maia , Portugal
Challenger
Clay (i)
Nuno Borges
5–7, 7–5, 6–2
Win
6–3
Feb 2022 Bengaluru , India
Challenger
Hard
Borna Gojo
6–4, 7–5
Loss
6–4
Mar 2022 Roseto degli Abruzzi , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Manuel Guinard
1–6, 2–6
Win
7–4
Apr 2022 Murcia , Spain
Challenger
Clay
Norbert Gombos
6–4, 6–1
Win
8–4
Mar 2024 Székesfehérvár , Hungary
Challenger
Clay
Titouan Droguet
4–1 ret.
Win
9–4
May 2024 Vicenza , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Marco Trungelliti
6–3, 6–2
Loss
9–5
Jun 2024 Prostějov , Czech Republic
Challenger
Clay
Jérôme Kym
2–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss
9–6
Jul 2024 San Marino , San Marino
Challenger
Clay
Alexandre Muller
3–6, 6–4, 6–7(3-7)
Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–0)
Junior Grand Slam finals
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
DNQ
A
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Singles
References
^ "With Roland-Garros triumphs, Jason Tseng and Coco Gauff prove they are two of a kind" . mouratoglou.com .^ "ATP Rankings" . ATP Tour . ATP Tour, Inc. Retrieved 20 March 2022 .^ a b David Waldstein (21 December 2018). "Mom Sells Tomatoes as Her Son Seeks Tennis Titles" . The New York Times . Retrieved 22 June 2022 . ^ David Waldstein (27 December 2018). "夜市小吃攤中崛起的台灣網球之光" . The New York Times (in Chinese). Retrieved 22 June 2022 . ^ "年需400萬 曾媽賣糖葫蘆強撐" . CTS (in Chinese). 3 February 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2022 .^ 翁, 聿煌 (18 July 2018). "「夜市球王」曾俊欣衣錦還鄉！樂華夜市自治會頒獎學金" . The Liberty Times. Retrieved 20 March 2022 . ^ "Meet the #NextGenATP on the Rise in Chinese Taipei" . ATP Tour .^ "Chun-Hsin Tseng's Bio" . atptour.com . Retrieved 22 June 2022 .^ Alex Macpherson (1 February 2015). "Potapova and Tseng claim Les Petits As titles" . Retrieved 22 June 2022 . ^ "Chun Hsin Tseng, one to watch" . tennishead.net . 23 October 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2022 .^ "Tennis prodigy Tseng Chun-hsin named ITF boys' world champion" . Taiwan Today . 12 December 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2022 .^ "Japan and Chinese Taipei win women's and men's singles titles" . University Sports News . International University Sports Federation. Retrieved 12 September 2020 .^ "Borges to Face Tseng in Maia Open Final" . 18 December 2021. Archived from the original on 23 November 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022 .^ 吳, 嘉倪 (19 December 2021). "決賽三盤逆轉！「夜市球王」曾俊欣奪生涯挑戰賽首冠" . 聯合線上公司. Retrieved 19 December 2021 . ^ "2018 French Open boys' singles champion awarded wild card into Australian Open" . 25 December 2021.^ "Thanasi Kokkinakis among AO wildcard recipients" .^ "Chun-hsin Tseng pockets Bengaluru Open title" . The Times of India . 13 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022 .^ Huang, Chiao-wen; Lo, James (10 April 2022). "Taiwan's Tseng Chun-hsin wins tennis title at 2022 Murcia Open in Spain" . Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 10 April 2022 . ^ "#NextGenATP Star Chun-hsin Tseng Qualifies for Roland Garros" . ATP Tour .^ @rolandgarros (24 May 2022). "Wow Joao 🤯A four hour and 23 minute epic comes to an end 👊#RolandGarros" (Tweet ) – via Twitter . ^ "Tseng Claims Spot In Milan" . ATP Tour ^ "Borges defends Phoenix Challenger crown: 'On cloud nine'; Varillas, Squire and Tseng also win Challenger titles" . ATP Tour . 18 March 2024.^ "Tseng, Krueger claim second Challenger titles of 2024" . ATPTour. Retrieved 27 January 2025 .^ "Harris returns to Top 100 after Surbiton Challenger triumph; Nagal hits career-high" . ATPTour. Retrieved 28 January 2025 .^ @EdgeAI (July 24, 2024). "First ever ATP main tour quarter-final for Chun Hsin Tseng" (Tweet ) – via Twitter . ^ "ATP roundup: Mattia Bellucci heads to quarterfinals at Atlanta Open" . Reuters ^ "Muller Wins San Marino Tennis Open" . tennistourtalk.com. Retrieved 27 January 2025 .
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