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Li Tu (born 27 May 1996) is an Australian tennis player who mainly competes on the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour.

Li Tu

Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Adelaide, Australia
Born	(1996-05-27) 27 May 1996 (age 26)
Turned pro	returned in 2020
Retired	2014
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$178,537
Singles
Career record	0–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	7 ITF, 1 Challenger
Highest ranking	No. 190 (17 October 2022)
Current ranking	No. 190 (17 October 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2021)
Doubles
Career record	2–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 204 (1 August 2022)
Current ranking	No. 212 (17 October 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2022)
Last updated on: 17 October 2022.

Tu has career-high rankings by the ATP of 190 in singles, reached on 17 October 2022, and 204 in doubles, achieved on 1 August 2022.[1]

He made his ATP Tour debut at the 2021 Murray River Open, where he received a wildcard into the singles main draw.[2]

Career

2011–2014: Debut and retirement

Tu made his ITF Futures debut in February 2011 at the Australia F2. He played four other tournaments, losing in the first round in all.

Tu competed in the 2012 Junior Davis Cup alongside Thanasi Kokkinakis, later working as a tennis coach prior to his debut on the senior tour.[3]

In February 2014, he won his first match on ITF-level. In April 2014, Tu reached the quarterfinal of the Australia F5, his best result this level, but retired in June 2014.[4]

2020–2021: Return, ATP and major debut, four ITF titles

In 2020, Tu was inspired to return to playing tennis and enjoyed success on the Australian UTR Pro Tennis Series.[4]

Tu made his Grand Slam debut at the 2021 Australian Open, after receiving a wildcard. He lost in the first round to Feliciano López.[5]

In August 2021, Tu won his first ITF title as an unranked qualifier at a M15 tournament in Tunisia. He was competing in his first international event since June 2014.[4]

In September 2021, Tu won the singles and doubles titles at a tournament in Monastir, Tunisia.[6]

Tu ended the season with an ATP ranking of No. 521.

2022: Maiden Challenger title, top 200 debut

Tu lost in the first round of the 2022 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying.[7] He made his Grand Slam debut in doubles and reached the third round after receiving a wildcard with Dane Sweeny.

In May, he scooped an ITF title in Cairo and finished runner-up at another ITF event at Monastir,[8] winning 11 of his past 12 matches. He raised 55 places to a new career-high of world No. 342 on 9 May 2022.[9]

In July, Tu made his debut on the ATP Challenger Tour in Rome, Georgia, USA, where he lost to Yasutaka Uchiyama. The following week in Indianapolis, as an alternate, he won his first Challenger match against Michail Pervolarakis, but lost to Dominik Koepfer in the second round. He then made his first Challenger quarterfinal in Winnipeg, defeating seventh seed Gijs Brouwer in the second round, before losing to Enzo Couacaud. ^{[citation needed]} As a result he reached world No. 252 on 1 August 2022.

In October, Tu made his first Challenger semifinal in Seoul after qualifying by beating Cho Se-hyuk and Mukund Sasikumar. In the main draw, he beat Kaichi Uchida, fellow qualifier Naoki Nakagawa and the fifth seed, compatriot Christopher O'Connell. He defeated the sixth seed, compatriot James Duckworth in the semifinals to reach his first Challenger final. He defeated Wu Yibing in straight sets in the final.^{[citation needed]} As a result, he moved more then 100 positions up inside the top 200 in the rankings at world No. 190 on 17 October 2022.

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tour finals

Singles: 10 (8–2)

Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (1–0) ITF World Tennis Tour (7–2)

Finals by surface Hard (6–1) Clay (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2021	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Mateo Nicolás Martínez	6–1, 6–1
Win	2–0	Sep 2021	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Gabriel Décamps	6–2, 6–1
Win	3–0	Sep 2021	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Ryota Tanuma	3–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win	4–0	Nov 2021	M25 Saint-Dizier, France	World Tennis Tour	Hard (i)	Dane Sweeny	1–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win	5–0	Feb 2022	M25 Bendigo, Australia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Andrew Harris	6–3, 6–1
Win	6–0	May 2022	M25 Cairo, Egypt	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Colin Sinclair	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Loss	6-1	May 2022	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Skander Mansouri	4–6, 2–6
Win	7–1	May 2022	M25 Monastir, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Skander Mansouri	6–7(3–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	7–2	Jul 2022	M15 Waco, Texas, USA	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Adam Walton	5–7, 6–0, 1–6
Win	8–2	Oct 2022	Seoul, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Wu Yibing	7–6(7–5), 6–4

Doubles: 5 (4–1)

Legend $25,000 tournaments (2–1) $15,000 tournaments (2–0)

Finals by surface Hard (3–1) Clay (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Level	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1–0	Aug 2021	M15	Monastir, Tunisia	Hard	Jeremy Beale	August Holmgren Johannes Ingildsen	6–4, 6–2
Winner	2–0	Sep 2021	M15	Monastir, Tunisia	Hard	Ajeet Rai	Martin Breysach Lilian Marmousez	6–0, 6–4
Winner	3–0	Feb 2022	M25	Canberra, Australia	Hard	Dane Sweeny	Jayden Court David Hough	6–3, 7–5
Loss	3–1	Mar 2022	M25	Bendigo, Australia	Hard	Dane Sweeny	Akira Santillan Philip Sekulic	5–7, 7–6, [7–10]
Win	4–1	Mar 2022	M25	Canberra, Australia	Clay	Dane Sweeny	Matthew Romios Eric Vanshelboim	7–6, 3–6, [10–7]

References

External links

• Li Tu at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Li Tu at the International Tennis Federation
• Li Tu at Tennis Australia
• Li Tu at Universal Tennis

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Li Tu (* 27. Mai 1996 in Adelaide, South Australia) ist ein australischer Tennisspieler.

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