Li Zhe

Li Zhe (; ; born September 20, 1986) is a Chinese tennis player who plays mainly on the ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Tours. On 11 November 2019, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 193. His highest doubles ranking of No. 136 was achieved on 28 February 2011.

Li represents his native country of China competing during the Davis Cup. He competes in both singles, for which he has a record of 6–3, and doubles where his record is 5–8, for a combined total record of 11–11. He has reached 27 career singles finals, boasting a record of 14 wins and 13 losses, including a 0–2 record in ATP Challenger finals. Additionally he has reached a bountiful 81 doubles finals with a record of 53 wins and 28 losses, including a 6–7 record in ATP Challenger finals.

Personal Li Zhe was born in Tianjin, China and began playing tennis at age 8. He turned professional in 2004. He plays right-handed, and his favorite surface is hardcourt. His goal as a professional tennis player is to enter the top 100 ranked tennis players in the world.

Career In December 2018, Li defeated his compatriot Ze Zhang in three sets to win the 2019 Australian Open Asia-Pac Wildcard Play-off, which secured a wildcard place for him to make his Grand Slam singles debut at age 32 at the 2019 Australian Open.

He received a wildcard in doubles partnering Sun Fajing at the 2023 Rolex Shanghai Masters.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals Singles: 29 (16–13) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (0–2)ITF Futures Tour (16–11)Titles by surfaceHard (16–13)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

Doubles: 81 (53–28) Legend (doubles)ATP Challenger Tour (6–7)ITF Futures Tour (47–21)Titles by surfaceHard (51–26)Clay (1–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)

Performance timeline

Singles

Rankings

Year end ATP rankings Year Singles Doubles 2012 385 359 2011 374 181 2010 449 146 2009 753 396 2008 552 548 2007 894 600 2006 968 453 2005 1187 666 2004 n/a n/a

Sponsorship In November 2010, Zhe Li signed as a spokesperson for Dunlop Sport, after gaining recognition as the captain of the Chinese national men's tennis team and winning the China Tennis Grand Prix men's doubles title.