Wu Di (tennis)


Wu Di is a professional Chinese tennis player.

Professional career

Wu participated in the 2012 Hopman Cup together with the country's best female player Li Na. Wu had the chance to try out in a much bigger stage but he could not manage to win a match.
In the Asia-Pacific Australian Open Wildcard Play-off men's final, Wu defeated Thai Danai Udomchoke 7–6, 6–4 to obtain his wildcard to compete in the 2013 Australian Open main draw. On his way to the final,Wu beat top seed Yuichi Sugita of Japan and No.4 seed and compatriot Ze Zhang. In the main draw, Wu lost to Ivan Dodig in four sets.
In late 2013, he once again qualified for the 2014 Australian Open by winning the Asia-Pacific Australian Open Wildcard Plays-off men's final, on the route to the main draw, Wu defeated countryman Zhe Li 6–3, 6–3, Yuki Bhambri of India 7–6, 6–4 and compatriot Ze Zhang 6–0, 6–3. However, he lost to Kenny de Schepper 5–7, 5–7, 6–7 in the first round of the main draw.
Wu Di earned his biggest win in his career by upsetting Denis Istomin in four sets in the Asia Pacific Davis Cup singles rubber.

Singles titles

Wu Di has won 12 ITF Futures events and one Challenger title.

Challenger finals

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.30 July 2012Beijing International ChallengerHard Grega Žemlja3–6, 0–6
Runner-up2.5 September 2015Shanghai ChallengerHard Yuki Bhambri6–3, 0–6, 6–7
Winner1.31 January 2016Tennis Championships of MauiHard Kyle Edmund4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up3.27 March 2016Gemdale ATP ChallengerHard Dudi Sela4–6, 3–6
Runner-up4.15 September 2019Shanghai ChallengerHard Yasutaka Uchiyama4–6, 6–7

Futures titles (12)

No.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponent in the finalScore
1.11 April 2010Chongqing, F3Hard Marin Bradarić7–5, RET
2.13 June 2010Jiaxing, F6Hard Gong Maoxin7–5, 5–7, 6–4
3.16 January 2011Mengzi City, F1Hard Joshua Milton2–6, 7–5, 6–3
4.22 April 2012Chengdu, F6Hard Zhang Ze6–1, 7–6
5.27 May 2012Fuzhou, F8Hard Chen Ti6–1, 6–2
6.3 June 2012Gimcheon, F3Hard Michael McClune6–1, 6–1
7.8 April 2013Chengdu, F1Hard Boy Westerhof7–5, 2–6, 6–4
8.15 April 2013Chengdu, F2Hard Nick Kyrgios6–3, 6–3
9.10 March 2014Nishitama, F1Hard Takuto Niki6–2, 6–4
10.7 April 2014Chengdu, F4Hard Borna Ćorić6–4, 6–2
11.18 May 2015Wuhan, F5Hard Li Zhe3–6, 6–4, 7–6
12.22 June 2015Zhangjiagang, F8Hard Li Zhe6–3, 6–7, 6–3

Doubles titles

Challenger finals

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentScore
Runner-up1.23 August 2010Astana CupHard Zhang Ze Michail Elgin
Nikolaus Moser
0–6, 4–6
Winner1.27 April 2015Anning ChallengerHard Bai Yan Karunuday Singh
Andrew Whittington
6–3, 6–4
Winner2.5 September 2015Shanghai ChallengerHard Yi Chu-huan Thomas Fabbiano
Luca Vanni
6–3, 7–5
Runner-up2.7 March 2016Zhuhai ChallengerHard Hsieh Cheng-peng Gong Maoxin
Yi Chu-huan
6–2, 1–6,
Winner3.12 September 2016Nanchang ChallengerHard Zhang Zhizhen Nicolás Barrientos
Ruben Gonzales
7–6, 6–3
Runner-up3.2 January 2017Bangkok ChallengerHard Yūichi Sugita Grégoire Barrère
Jonathan Eysseric
3–6, 2–6

Futures titles