Tseng Chun-hsin explained

Tseng Chun-hsin
曾俊欣
Residence:Taipei, Taiwan
Birth Date:2001 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Taipei, Taiwan
Height:1.75m (05.74feet)
Turnedpro:2019
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach:Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh
Careerprizemoney:US$ 935,217
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 83 (8 August 2022)
Currentsinglesranking:No. 115 (19 August 2024)
Australianopenresult:1R (2022, 2023)
Frenchopenresult:1R (2022)
Wimbledonresult:1R (2022)
Usopenresult:1R (2022)
Doublestitles:0
Highestdoublesranking:No. 305 (8 August 2022)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 631 (19 August 2024)
Updated:19 August 2024
T:曾俊欣
S:曾俊欣
P:Zēng Jùnxīn

Tseng Chun-hsin (; born 8 August 2001), also known as Jason Tseng,[1] is a Taiwanese tennis player.He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 83 by the ATP, achieved on 8 August 2022. Tseng is currently the No. 1 Taiwanese player on the ATP Tour.[2]

He was also the ITF junior No. 1, first reaching this ranking on 11 June 2018 after winning the French Open Boys' Singles. He is also part of the Chinese Taipei Davis Cup team since 2018, with a W/L record of 1–0.

Early and personal life

Tseng began playing tennis at the age of five with his father, who worked at a night market in Taiwan.[3] [4] He first trained in elementary school team located in Yonghe District, New Taipei City.[5]

He is nicknamed "the Night Market Champion" by the Taiwanese media as his parents used to sell Tanghulu at the Lehua Night Market in New Taipei City in order to support his tennis career.[3] [6] [7]

Career

Pre-2019: Junior years

He continued his training at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in France from age 13 to 17.[8] During that period, he won singles title at the Petits As in 2015.[9]

In 2018, He won his first ITF Futures event in Vietnam.[10] He won the boys' singles title at the French Open and claimed the Wimbledon boys' singles title in the following month.[11]

2019: ATP and Masters debut

He made his ATP debut at the 2019 Miami Open as a wildcard.

In the 2019 Summer Universiade, Tseng won the gold medal in men's singles.[12]

2021–2022: Challenger breakthrough, Grand Slam & top 100 debuts

In December 2021, Tseng won his first ATP Challenger title in Maia, Portugal.[13] [14] He made his debut in the top 200 at world No. 188 on 20 December 2021.

He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2022 Australian Open where he received a wildcard.[15] [16]

The following month in February 2022, Tseng won his second ATP Challenger title in Bangalore, India.[17] In April 2022, Tseng won his third ATP Challenger title in Murcia, Spain.[18] He reached a career-high ranking of world No. 110 on 16 May 2022.

He qualified for his second Grand Slam tournament at the 2022 French Open to make his debut at this major.[19] He lost in the first round in five sets in a match that lasted 4 hours 23 minutes against João Sousa.[20]

As a result of reaching the semifinals in Bratislava, Tseng made his debut in the top 100, at No. 97 on 13 June 2022.

He participated in the 2022 Next Generation ATP Finals as the sixth seed.[21]

2023–2024: First Masters win and ATP quarterfinal, back to top 115

Ranked No. 380, he made his debut in qualifying at the Masters 1000, the 2023 Rolex Shanghai Masters. He qualified for the main draw and defeated Alexander Shevchenko on his debut at this tournament, recording his first Masters win. As a result, he moved close to 80 positions back up, one position shy of the top 300 on 16 October 2023.

In March 2024, he won his fourth Challenger at the Kiskút Open in Szekesfehevar, Hungary and returned to the top 250 on 18 March 2024.[22]

Following his fifth Challenger title at the 2024 Internazionali di Tennis Città di Vicenza in June, and a final showing at the 2024 UniCredit Czech Open in Prostejov, he moved again 80 positions back up and returned to the top 175 on 10 June 2024.

Ranked No. 159, he entered the second round of the main draw at the Croatia Open as a lucky loser replacing third seed Holger Rune and defeated Fabio Fognini to reach his first ATP Tour quarterfinal.[23] [24] As a result, he returned to the top 150 in the rankings on 29 July 2024 and to the top 115, three weeks later following a final showing at the 2024 San Marino Open.

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals

Singles (9–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (5–4)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (4–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–0)
Clay (5–5)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Vietnam F1, Thừa Thiên HuếFuturesHard Lý Hoàng Nam6–3, 7–6(7–0)
Win2–0Portugal F9, Póvoa de VarzimFuturesHard Nuno Borges6–3, 6–4
Win3–0Chinese Taipei F2, TaipeiFuturesHard Chen Ti6–1, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–1)
Loss3–1Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Mario Vilella Martínez4–6, 2–6
Loss3–2M25 Hamburg, GermanyWorld Tennis TourClay Kacper Żuk4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win4–2M25 Pitești, RomaniaWorld Tennis TourClay Hernán Casanova6–3, 3–6, 6–0
Loss4–3Maia, PortugalChallengerClay (i) Geoffrey Blancaneaux6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Win5–3Maia, PortugalChallengerClay (i) Nuno Borges5–7, 7–5, 6–2
Win6–3Bengaluru, IndiaChallengerHard Borna Gojo6–4, 7–5
Loss6–4Roseto degli Abruzzi, ItalyChallengerClay Manuel Guinard1–6, 2–6
Win7–4Murcia, SpainChallengerClay Norbert Gombos6–4, 6–1
Win8–4Székesfehérvár, HungaryChallengerClay Titouan Droguet4–1 ret.
Win9–4Vicenza, ItalyChallengerClay Marco Trungelliti6–3, 6–2
Loss9–5style=background:moccasinProstějov, Czech Republicstyle=background:moccasinChallengerClay Jérôme Kym2–6, 6–3, 2–6

Doubles (2–0)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0M25 Pitești, RomaniaWorld Tennis TourClay Valentin Royer Corentin Denolly
Clément Tabur
4–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Win1–0Barletta, ItalyChallengerClay Zdeněk Kolář Théo Arribagé
Benjamin Bonzi
1–6, 6–3, [10–7]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles (2–1)

ResultYearwidth=130TournamentSurfacewidth=150Opponentwidth=130Score
Loss2018Australian OpenHard Sebastian Korda6–7(6–8), 4–6
Win2018French OpenClay Sebastián Báez7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win2018WimbledonGrass Jack Draper6–1, 6–7 (2–7), 6–4

Doubles (0–1)

Performance timeline

Singles

Tournament201920202021202220232024SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAA1R1RA0 / 20–2
French OpenAAA1RQ2A0 / 10–1
WimbledonQ1style=color:#767676NHA1RQ1A0 / 10–1
US OpenAAA1RAQ20 / 10–1
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–00–40–10–00 / 50–5
ATP Tour Masters 1000
bgcolor=efefef align=leftIndian Wells MastersANHAQ1AA0 / 00–0
bgcolor=efefef align=leftMiami Open1Rstyle=color:#767676NHAAAA0 / 10–1
bgcolor=efefef align=leftMadrid OpenAstyle=color:#767676NHAAQ1A0 / 00–0
bgcolor=efefef align=leftCincinnati MastersAAAQ2A0 / 00–0
bgcolor=efefef align=leftShanghai MastersANH2R0 / 11–1

Notes and References

  1. Web site: With Roland-Garros triumphs, Jason Tseng and Coco Gauff prove they are two of a kind . mouratoglou.com.
  2. Web site: ATP Rankings . ATP Tour . ATP Tour, Inc. . 20 March 2022.
  3. Web site: David Waldstein. Mom Sells Tomatoes as Her Son Seeks Tennis Titles. The New York Times. 21 December 2018. 22 June 2022.
  4. Web site: David Waldstein. 夜市小吃攤中崛起的台灣網球之光. The New York Times. zh. 27 December 2018. 22 June 2022.
  5. News: 年需400萬 曾媽賣糖葫蘆強撐. zh. CTS. 3 February 2015. 22 June 2022.
  6. News: 翁 . 聿煌 . 「夜市球王」曾俊欣衣錦還鄉!樂華夜市自治會頒獎學金 . 20 March 2022 . The Liberty Times . 18 July 2018.
  7. Web site: Meet the #NextGenATP on the Rise in Chinese Taipei. ATP Tour .
  8. Web site: Chun-Hsin Tseng's Bio. atptour.com. 22 June 2022.
  9. Web site: Potapova and Tseng claim Les Petits As titles. Alex Macpherson. 1 February 2015. 22 June 2022.
  10. Web site: Chun Hsin Tseng, one to watch. tennishead.net. 23 October 2018. 22 June 2022.
  11. Web site: Tennis prodigy Tseng Chun-hsin named ITF boys' world champion. Taiwan Today. 12 December 2018. 22 June 2022.
  12. Web site: Japan and Chinese Taipei win women's and men's singles titles . University Sports News . International University Sports Federation . 12 September 2020.
  13. Web site: Borges to Face Tseng in Maia Open Final . 18 December 2021 . 29 April 2022 . 23 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221123010853/https://www.tennis-tourtalk.com/83557/borges-to-face-tseng-in-maia-open-final . dead .
  14. News: 吳 . 嘉倪 . 決賽三盤逆轉!「夜市球王」曾俊欣奪生涯挑戰賽首冠 . 19 December 2021 . 聯合線上公司 . 19 December 2021.
  15. Web site: 2018 French Open boys' singles champion awarded wild card into Australian Open. 25 December 2021 .
  16. Web site: Thanasi Kokkinakis among AO wildcard recipients .
  17. News: Chun-hsin Tseng pockets Bengaluru Open title . The Times of India . 13 February 2022 . 13 February 2022.
  18. News: Huang . Chiao-wen . Lo . James . Taiwan's Tseng Chun-hsin wins tennis title at 2022 Murcia Open in Spain . 10 April 2022 . Focus Taiwan . 10 April 2022.
  19. Web site: #NextGenATP Star Chun-hsin Tseng Qualifies for Roland Garros. ATP Tour .
  20. 1529101255091834880. rolandgarros. Wow Joao A four hour and 23 minute epic comes to an end #RolandGarros. 24 May 2022.
  21. Web site: Tseng Claims Spot In Milan . 25 October 2022. ATP Tour.
  22. Web site: Borges defends Phoenix Challenger crown: 'On cloud nine'; Varillas, Squire and Tseng also win Challenger titles. ATP Tour. 18 March 2024.
  23. First ever ATP main tour quarter-final for Chun Hsin Tseng. 1816203159749955586. EdgeAI.
  24. Web site: ATP roundup: Mattia Bellucci heads to quarterfinals at Atlanta Open. . 24 July 2024.