Tung-Lin Wu | Bio | ATP Tour

Nickname is Tony.
Father, Wu Chung-Fong, and mother, Ma Hua-Ying, are teachers; brother, Wu Tung-Jung.
Discovered tennis as a 10-year-old when he and his cousin spent summer at their grandparents' house. Grandparents left TV on sports channel and kept remote out of reach. Cousins had to watch Wimbledon in the morning and baseball in the afternoon. Later, grandpa and grandma would go to the tennis courts after dinner and bring Tony and his cousins.
Favourite shot is serve, surface is hard and tournament is Kaohsiung Challenger.
Growing up, idolised Roger Federer.
Also enjoys baseball and can pitch 90 miles per hour. Favourite team is Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.
Learned English while traveling alone to junior tournaments. Did not have much money to travel with a coach, so had to practise speaking my himself. Says he learned a lot in those tough situations.
Favourite book is The Inner Game of Tennis by W. Timothy Gallwey.
Favourite musician is Jay Chou.
Dream job is to be a sports commentator.
Biggest influence is his mental coach: "He has helped me the most. Just changing your attitude and way of thinking and it improves your performance on the court."
Favourite subject in school was sport science.
Says that his best quality is that he's easygoing and his worst quality is overthinking.
Favourite food is steak.

(UPDATED 9MARCH 2023)

Former Top-30 junior broke into Top 200 in June 2022 and achieved career-high No. 163 in February 2023.
Beat Bublik for 1st ATP Tour win at 2023 ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells, where he qualified for 5th ATP Tour main draw.
Owns 7-2 Davis Cup record for Chinese Taipei, including 6-2 in singles.
Advanced to 6 Challenger finals, winning lone title at 2022 Tallahassee.
Pitches 90 miles per hour after watching both baseball and tennis on TV as a child at his grandparents’ home.