Zhu Benqiang 朱本强 | |
Fullname: | Zhu Benqiang |
Birth Date: | 13 March 1979 |
Birth Place: | Hubei, China |
Plays: | Right-handed (Double handed backhand) |
Careerprizemoney: | $79,836 |
Singlesrecord: | 14–13 |
Singlestitles: | 0 |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 276 (19 May 2003) |
Doublesrecord: | 5–7 |
Doublestitles: | 0 |
Highestdoublesranking: | No. 131 (9 August 2004) |
Zhu Benqiang (; ; born 13 March 1979) is a former professional tennis player from the People's Republic of China.
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 bagel, 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]