YibingWu

Yibing Wu is the second highest-rated male player in ATP history behind his fellow countryman Zhang Zhizhen. He picked up a tennis racquet at the age of 6, originally with the goal of losing weight. Wu topped off his junior career by winning the both the boys' singles and doubles champions at the 2017 US Open, earning him a No. 1 ITF Junior Circuit rank. While he made his professional debut at the Chengdu Open that year, he had to take a hiatus from March 2019 to December 2021 due to multiple injuries. He came back strong in 2022 with back-to-back Challenger title wins and became the first male Chinese player to qualify for the US Open that year. Success followed him into 2023, breaking into the top 100 following Zhang in February and earning his first career title at the Dallas Open, becoming the first Chinese ATP titleholder in history.