Lu Yen-hsun
Lu Yen - hsun (Chinese卢彦勋, Pinyin County Louth Yànxūn; born August 14, 1983 in Taipei) is a Taiwanese tennis player.
- 2.2.1 Siege 2.2.1.1 ATP World Tour
- 2.2.1.2 ATP Challenger Tour
Career
2004 managed Lu was the first Taiwanese ever made it into the top 100 in the ATP world rankings due to good performance in Challenger tournaments in the first half. In the same year he was also the first win against a top 10 player at the tournament succeeded in Queens when he beat Argentina's Guillermo Coria.
After another Challenger title in Fargona and an ATP doubles title at the side of Rainer Schuettler in Chennai in the first half of 2005, however, Lu could not continue his success due to injury.
Lu 2006 reached a number of semi-finals at various Challenger tournaments. In Rimouski, he lost in the final against his friend Kristian Pless of Denmark, two weeks later he won the tournament in Caloundra, when he defeated Peter Luczak.
2007 Memphis Lu reached first quarter -finals of an ATP tournament when he won the Austrian Jurgen Melzer beat in the second round. However, in the quarter-finals, he was eliminated by the eventual tournament finalist Andy Roddick. End of the year he won in Kaohsiung another Challenger title.
2008 Lu won three Challenger tournaments in Waikoloa, New Delhi and Tashkent. In San Jose, he reached again on ATP level quarter -finals, losing against Radek Stepanek here however. At the 2008 Summer Olympics Lu defeated in the first round of the British favorite Andy Murray in straight sets ( 7-6, 6-4 ) in the second round he beat Argentina's Agustin Calleri also, however, eliminated in the third round against Jurgen Melzer from.
In January 2009, Lu managed at the Australian Open for the first time made it into the third round of a Grand Slam tournament, on the way there he defeated the tenth set Argentine David Nalbandian in five sets. As the year progresses Lu still won two Challenger titles in Ramat haScharon and Chuncheon, however, was able to record on the ATP level no greater success.
The year 2010 began with a quarter- final appearance at the ATP tournament in Johannesburg and two successful qualifications and Erstrundensiegen at the Masters Series Indian Wells and Miami. In June 2010, Lu marched to the quarter finals at Wimbledon by, inter alia, defeating last year's finalist Andy Roddick. However, towards Novak Djokovic, he was then no chance in three sets. After this success, Lu was first performed in the top 50 in the world rankings.
Lu Yen - hsun participated in Beijing and 2012 in London at the 2008 Summer Olympics.