Zhu Benqiang

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Zhu Benqiang
Full name Zhu Benqiang
Country (sports)  China
Born (1979-03-13) 13 March 1979 (age 45)
Hubei
Plays Right-handed
(Double handed backhand)
Prize money $79,836
Singles
Career record 14–13
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 276 (19 May 2003)
Doubles
Career record 5–7
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 131 (9 August 2004)

Zhu Benqiang (born 13 March 1979) is a former professional tennis player from the People's Republic of China.

Biography

Zhu, a right-handed player from Hubei, was a regular member of the China Davis Cup team from 1999 to 2005. He played in a total of 15 ties and competed in 30 matches, for 19 wins. One of his wins was a rare triple bagle, over Kuwait's Musaad Al-Jazzaf in Shenzhen in 2002. He won China the Asia/Oceania Zone Group II final against South Korea in 2004 when he came from two sets down to defeat Young-Jun Kim in the fifth and decisive match.[1]

He won a gold medal with Li Na in the mixed doubles at the 2001 Summer Universiade and competed in the 2002 Asian Games.[2][3]

His best performance on the ATP Tour was in the doubles at the 2003 Shanghai Open. He and partner Zeng Shaoxuan became the first players from China to reach a tour-level doubles final.[4] They lost the final to Wayne Arthurs and Paul Hanley.[4]

ATP Tour career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 2003 Shanghai, China Hard China Zeng Shaoxuan Australia Wayne Arthurs
Australia Paul Hanley
2–6, 4–6

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