Tseng Chun-hsin

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. He is nicknamed as "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.[2][3]

Tseng Chun-hsin
曾俊欣
Tseng at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Country (sports) Chinese Taipei
ResidenceTaipei, Taiwan
Born (2001-08-08) 8 August 2001
Taipei, Taiwan
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro2019
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$237,724
Singles
Career record3–4 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 118 (2 May 2022)
Current rankingNo. 118 (2 May 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2022)
WimbledonQ1 (2019)
French Open JuniorW (2018)
US Open JuniorSF (2018)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 377 (16 August 2021)
Current rankingNo. 405 (13 December 2021)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior2R (2017, 2018)
French Open JuniorF (2018)
Wimbledon Junior1R (2017)
Last updated on: 20 December 2021.
Tseng Chun-hsin
Medal record
Men's Tennis
Representing  Chinese Taipei
Summer Universiade
2019 NaplesMen's Singles
2019 NaplesMen's Team
In this Chinese name, the family name is Tseng.
Tseng Chun-hsin
Traditional Chinese曾俊欣
Simplified Chinese曾俊欣

Tseng is currently the highest ranked Taiwanese player on the ATP tour.[4] He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 118, achieved on 2 May 2022. He was also the ITF junior No. 1, first reaching this ranking on 11 June 2018 after winning the French Open Boys' Singles.

In the 2019 Summer Universiade, Tseng won the gold medal in Men's singles.[5] He is also part of the Chinese Taipei Davis Cup team since 2018, with a W/L record of 1–0.

He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2022 Australian Open as a wildcard.[6]

Career

2021-2022: Challenger Tour Breakthrough

In December 2021, Tseng won his first ATP Challenger title in Maia, Portugal.[7][8] He made his debut in the top 200 at World No. 188 on 20 December 2021.

Two months after in February 2022, Tseng won his second ATP Challenger title in Bangalore, India.[9] In April 2022, Tseng wong his third ATP Challenger title in Murcia, Spain.[10]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 11 (7–4)
Legend
ATP Challenger (3–3)
ITF Futures (4–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–0)
Clay (3–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 2018 Vietnam F1, Thua Thien Hue Futures Hard Lý Hoàng Nam 6–3, 7–6(7–0)
Win 2–0 Jun 2018 Portugal F9, Povoa de Varzim Futures Hard Nuno Borges 6–3, 6–4
Win 3–0 Jul 2018 Chinese Taipei F2, Taipei Futures Hard Ti Chen 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–1)
Loss 3–1 Jul 2019 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Mario Vilella Martinez 4–6, 2–6
Loss 3–2 Oct 2020 M25 Hamburg, Germany World Tennis Tour Clay Kacper Zuk 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 4–2 Aug 2021 M25 Pitesti, Romania World Tennis Tour Clay Hernán Casanova 6–3, 3–6, 6–0
Loss 4–3 Dec 2021 Maia, Portugal Challenger Clay Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Win 5–3 Dec 2021 Maia, Portugal Challenger Clay Nuno Borges 5–7, 7–5, 6–2
Win 6–3 Feb 2022 Bengaluru, India Challenger Hard Borna Gojo 6–4, 7–5
Loss 6–4 Mar 2022 Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy Challenger Clay Manuel Guinard 1–6, 2–6
Win 7–4 Apr 2022 Murcia, Spain Challenger Clay Norbert Gombos 6–4, 6–1

Doubles: 1 (1–0)
Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (1–0)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2021 M25 Pitesti, Romania World Tennis Tour Clay Valentin Royer Corentin Denolly
Clément Tabur		 4–6, 6–2, [10–8]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 2018 Australian Open Hard Sebastian Korda 6–7(6–8), 4–6
Winner 2018 French Open Clay Sebastián Báez 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Winner 2018 Wimbledon Grass Jack Draper 6–1, 6–7 (2–7), 6–4

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss2018French OpenClay Ray Ho Ondřej Štyler
Naoki Tajima		4–6, 4–6

Performance timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles
Tournament2019202020212022SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon Q1 NH A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0 / 1 0–1  – 
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%

References
  1. "With Roland-Garros triumphs, Jason Tseng and Coco Gauff prove they are two of a kind". www.mouratoglou.com.
  2. Waldstein, David (21 December 2018). "Mom Sells Tomatoes as Her Son Seeks Tennis Titles". The New York Times Company. The New York Times. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  3. 翁, 聿煌 (18 July 2018). "「夜市球王」曾俊欣衣錦還鄉！樂華夜市自治會頒獎學金". The Liberty Times. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  4. "ATP Rankings". ATP Tour. ATP Tour, Inc. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  5. "Japan and Chinese Taipei win women's and men's singles titles". University Sports News. International University Sports Federation. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  6. "2018 French Open boys' singles champion awarded wild card into Australian Open".
  7. https://www.tennis-tourtalk.com/83557/borges-to-face-tseng-in-maia-open-final
  8. 吳, 嘉倪 (19 December 2021). "決賽三盤逆轉！「夜市球王」曾俊欣奪生涯挑戰賽首冠". 聯合線上公司. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  9. "Chun-hsin Tseng pockets Bengaluru Open title". The Times of India. Times of India. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  10. Huang, Chiao-wen; Lo, James (10 April 2022). "Taiwan's Tseng Chun-hsin wins tennis title at 2022 Murcia Open in Spain". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 10 April 2022.


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