Zhizhen Zhang | Bio | ATP Tour

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Nickname is ZZZ. "My full name is too hard for people to say, so I just tell them to say whatever they want to call me and I will respond," says Zhang. "Then it became ZZZbecause there are three Zs in my name. It is much easier for people outside of China to say. And it sounds cool. Triple-Z. I also like to sleep, so 'ZZZ' is perfect."
Father, Zhang WeiHua, was a famous soccer defender and played for Shanghai ShenHua.
Mother, Qin Wei, was a shooter.
Started playing tennis at age 4 because he was quite small and his father didn’t want him to be a soccer player.
Has trained in Australia and France.
Favourite surface is hard.
Idol is Roger Federer.
Likes playing computer and mobile games.
Enjoys both Chinese and Western pop music.

(UPDATED 17 JANUARY 2026)

Became 1st Chinese player in PIF ATP Rankings history to break into Top 100 in October 2022 and Top 50 in January 2024, achieving career-high No. 31 in July 2024.
Defeated countryman Bu in 1st all-Chinese ATP Tour SF to reach 1st final at 2024 Hangzhou and partnered with Wang Xinyu to earn mixed doubles silver medal at 2024 Paris Olympics.
Won 3 consecutive matches in deciding set tiebreak to be 1st Chinese ATP Masters 1000 quarter-finalist at 2023 Madrid and advanced to 2nd ATP Masters 1000 QF at 2024 Rome.
Qualified at 2021 Wimbledon and joined fellow qualifier Wu at 2022 US Open as 1st Chinese man to compete in main draw of both events in Open Era.
First Chinese man in Open Era to reach ATP Tour SFs on clay and grass and earn Top 10 win at a Grand Slam tournament, defeating No. 5 Ruud for biggest win of career to reach US Open 3R in 2023.
Owns 81-66 Challenger record (3-3 in finals), capturing most recent title at 2022 Cordenons.

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