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Lu Yen-Hsun (盧彥勳; born August 14, 1983 in Taoyuan, Taiwan) is a professional tennis player. He goes by the nickname Rendy. As of July 5, 2010, Lu is ranked #42 in the world and #1 in Asia. Lu is sponsored by Adidas (apparel and shoes), Head (rackets), Chunghwa Telecom and CPC Corporation. On court, Lu currently uses Head Flexpoint Instinct (racket), the Alu Big Banger (string) and Tournagrip (overgrip). His favorite surface is hardcourt.
Career highlights
Junior career
Lu was an accomplished junior's player, reaching career-high #3 in the ITF circuit (February 5, 2001). During his junior years, he defeated a handful of future ATP stars, including Robin Söderling, Mario Ančić and Philipp Kohlschreiber.
2004
In 2004, Lu became the first player from Taiwan to break into ATP Top 100, thanks to a solid performance in the Challenger circuit in the first half of 2004. Continuing on from the good form, he started to participate in many tour level events. Although he suffered many defeats, his effort yielded some good wins. The most notable win came on the grass court in Queen's, where he gained his first top 10 win by defeating then world number 3 Guillermo Coria.
2005
A series of injuries caused his ranking to fall rapidly in 2005. He did not participate in any tournaments after walking over in the second round from Ho Chi Minh City.
2006
Returning to the circuit, Lu enjoyed a solid performance throughout the season, and a late surge at the end of the season, advancing to semi-finals or better in four consecutive Challengers (Rimouski, Busan, Caloundra, Kawana). Lu lost in the finals of Rimouski to his friend Kristian Pless. Two weeks later, Lu won the Caloundra challenger, beating Australia's Peter Luczak. The following week, Lu lost in the final to Julien Jeanpierre of France. Lu's hot streak moved him from #140 in the ATP in October to #89 at the year-end.
2007
In winter 2006, Lu was training with Rainer Schüttler and Janko Tipsarević in Dubai, under Dirk Hordorff. The training seems to yield good results, as Lu reached second round in Australian Open and his first ATP level quarter final in Memphis in 2007. By defeating Jürgen Melzer in 2nd round, Lu entered his first ATP level quarter final, but lost to eventual finalist Andy Roddick. With the strong performance in Memphis, Lu broke into top 80 in the ranking released on February 26, 2007.
2008
In 2008, Lu did well on the Challenger circuit, taking home titles in Waikoloa, New Delhi and Tashkent, while reaching the finals of three other Challenger events. On the ATP tour, Lu booked a spot in the quarterfinals in San Jose by defeating Max Mirnyi in the first round and Wayne Odesnik in straight sets in the second round. He then lost to Radek Štěpánek in the quarter finals in two sets with the score of 2–6, 6–7.
Perhaps Lu's best performance during the season came at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, representing Chinese Taipei. Lu shocked audiences by defeating then sixth ranked player in the world, Andy Murray, in straight sets with a 7-6, 6-4 victory in the first round. Lu continued his winning streak at the Olympics by defeating (6-4, 6-4) Agustín Calleri of Argentina to advance to the third round (Round of 16), but eventually lost to Jürgen Melzer of Austria (6-2, 6-4).
2009
At the 2009 Australian Open, Lu advanced to the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time, defeating 10th seeded Argentinian player, David Nalbandian, in five sets by a score of 6-4, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the second round. He lost to Tommy Robredo in the third round.
Lu, seeded 82, defeated former world no.1 Lleyton Hewitt in the first round of Delray Beach International Tennis Championships. He then lost to Stefan Koubek.
In May 2009, Lu won the US$100,000 Israel Open at Ramat HaSharon, beating German Benjamin Becker 6-3, 3-1, ret.
He retired in his first round match against Mathieu Montcourt at Roland Garros, trailing 2-6.
He was defeated by Roger Federer in the first round of Wimbledon in a score of 7-5, 6-3, 6-2.
In November 2009, Lu won the US$100,000 Flea Market Cup at Chuncheon, beating Dutch player Igor Sijsling 6-2, 6-3.
2010
At Wimbledon, Lu became the first Taiwanese player to reach the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam, and the first man from Asia to reach the quarterfinals at a Major in fifteen years. He made it to the fourth round without dropping a set defeating Horacio Zeballos (7-5, 6-4, 6-3), Michał Przysiężny (6-4, 7-6(7), 6-3), and Florian Mayer (6-4, 6-4, 2-1) with Mayer withdrawing in the third set. The unseeded Lu achieved the biggest of the upsets on "Manic Monday", by beating world #5 and fifth-seeded Andy Roddick 4-6, 7-6(3), 7-6(4), 6-7(5), 9-7, in 4 hours and 36 mins. He lost to No. 3 seed Novak Djokovic 3-6, 2-6, 2-6. Lu moved up 40 places to 42nd in the ATP after Wimbledon.
