Tseng Chun-hsin (Chinese: 曾俊欣; pinyin: Zēng Jùnxīn; born 8 August 2001), also known as Jason Tseng,[1] is a Taiwanese tennis player.
![]() Tseng at the 2022 French Open | |
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Taipei, Taiwan |
Born | (2001-08-08) 8 August 2001 (age 21) Taipei, Taiwan |
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Turned pro | 2019 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Benjamin Ebrahimzadeh |
Prize money | US$311,669 |
Singles | |
Career record | 8–11 (42.1% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 83 (8 August 2022) |
Current ranking | No. 83 (8 August 2022) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2022) |
French Open | 1R (2022) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2022) |
US Open | 1R (2022) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–0 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 377 (16 August 2021) |
Current ranking | No. 466 (6 June 2022) |
Last updated on: 6 June 2022. |
Medal record | ||
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Men's Tennis | ||
Representing ![]() | ||
Summer Universiade | ||
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![]() | 2019 Naples | Men's Team |
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Traditional Chinese | 曾俊欣 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 曾俊欣 | ||||||
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Tseng is currently the highest ranked Taiwanese player on the ATP tour.[2] He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 83, achieved on 8 August 2022.
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.
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" (Chinese: 夜市球王) 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]
He continued his training at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in France from age 13 to 17.[8] During the 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]
In the 2019 Summer Universiade, Tseng won the gold medal in men's singles.[12]
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 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.
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | May 2018 | Vietnam F1, Thua Thien Hue | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 7–6(7–0) |
Win | 2–0 | Jun 2018 | Portugal F9, Povoa de Varzim | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 3–0 | Jul 2018 | Chinese Taipei F2, Taipei | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–1, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–1) |
Loss | 3–1 | Jul 2019 | Prague, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 3–2 | Oct 2020 | M25 Hamburg, Germany | World Tennis Tour | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 6–7(4–7) |
Win | 4–2 | Aug 2021 | M25 Pitesti, Romania | World Tennis Tour | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 3–6, 6–0 |
Loss | 4–3 | Dec 2021 | Maia, Portugal | Challenger | Clay (i) | ![]() |
6–3, 3–6, 2–6 |
Win | 5–3 | Dec 2021 | Maia, Portugal | Challenger | Clay (i) | ![]() |
5–7, 7–5, 6–2 |
Win | 6–3 | Feb 2022 | Bengaluru, India | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 7–5 |
Loss | 6–4 | Mar 2022 | Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
1–6, 2–6 |
Win | 7–4 | Apr 2022 | Murcia, Spain | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–1 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Aug 2021 | M25 Pitesti, Romania | World Tennis Tour | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–2, [10–8] |
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Runner-up | 2018 | Australian Open | Hard | ![]() |
6–7(6–8), 4–6 |
Winner | 2018 | French Open | Clay | ![]() |
7–6(7–5), 6–2 |
Winner | 2018 | Wimbledon | Grass | ![]() |
6–1, 6–7 (2–7), 6–4 |
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 2018 | French Open | Clay | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 4–6, 4–6 |
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
French Open | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Wimbledon | Q1 | NH | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
US Open | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0 / 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
ATP Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | NH | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Miami Open | 1R | NH | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | Q2 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten male singles tennis players of the Asian Tennis Federation countries | |
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Association of Tennis Professionals: ![]() | |
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as of 19 September 2022 | |
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Awards and achievements | ||
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Preceded by | ITF Junior World Champion 2018 |
Succeeded by |