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Full Lu Yen-hsun Biography
Yen-Hsun Lu (盧彥勳; born August 14, 1983 in Taoyuan, Taiwan) is the number one professional tennis player in Taiwan. He goes by the nickname “Rendy.” As of October 1, 2007, Lu is ranked #96 in the world and #2 in Asia, behind Lee Hyung-taik of Korea.
Lu is sponsored by Adidas (apparel and shoes), Head (rackets) and Chinese Petroleum Corp. On court, Lu currently uses Head Flexpoint Instinct (racket), the Alu Big Banger (string) and Tournagrip (overgrip).
Lu was an accomplished juniors player, reaching career-high #3 in the ITF circuit (February 5, 2001). During his junior years, he defeated a handful of future ATP stars, including Robin Söderling, Mario Ančić and Philipp Kohlschreiber.
In 2004, Lu became the first player from Taiwan to break into ATP Top 100, thanks to a solid performance from the Challenger circuit. After solid challenger performance in the first half of 2004, he started to participate many tour level events. Though suffering from a lot of defeats, his effort also yielded some good wins. The most notable win came on the grass court in Queen's, where he gained first career top 10 win by defeating then world number 3 Guillermo Coria.
However, a series of injures caused his ranking to fall rapidly in 2005. He did not participate in any tournements after walking over in the second round from Ho Chi Minh City.
Returning to the circuit, Lu enjoyed a solid performance throughout the season, and a late surge at the end of the season, advancing to semi-finals or better in four consecutive Challengers (Rimouski, Busan, Caloundra, Kawana). Lu lost in the finals of Rimouski to his friend Kristian Pless. Two weeks later, Lu won the Caloundra challenger, beating Australia's Peter Luzak. The following week, Lu lost in the final to Julien Jeanpierre of France. Lu's hot streak moved him from #140 in the ATP in October to #89 at the year-end.
In winter 2006, Lu was training with Rainer Schüttler and Janko Tipsarević in Dubai, under Dirk Hordorff. The training seems to yield good result, seeing Lu reached second round in Australian Open and his first ATP level quarter final in Memphis in 2007. By defeating Jürgen Melzer in 2nd round, Lu entered his first ATP level quarter final, but lost to eventual finalist Andy Roddick. With the strong performance in Memphis, Lu broke into top 80 in the ranking released on February 26, 2007. |
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