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Lu Yen-hsun (; born 14 August 1983) is a Taiwanese coach and a former player, who goes by the nickname Rendy Lu. He won the most titles on the ATP Challenger Tour in tennis history. His favorite surface is hardcourt, though several of his ATP Tour career highlights came on grass, including reaching the quarterfinals of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships.

Juniors
Lu was an accomplished junior player, reaching as high as No. 3 in the ITF junior singles rankings in February 2001 (and No. 9 in doubles). In his junior career, he compiled a singles win–loss record of 80–37 (63–34 in doubles) and defeated a handful of future stars, including Robin Söderling, Mario Ančić, and Philipp Kohlschreiber.

His result in Junior Grand Slam events are as follows:

  • Australian Open: 1R (2001)
  • French Open: 1R (2000)
  • Wimbledon: 1R (2000)
  • US Open: 2R (2000)

Tennis career
In 2004, Lu became the first player from Taiwan to break into the top 100, thanks to a solid performance in the Challenger Tour in the first half of 2004. He started to participate in many tour-level events. Although he suffered many defeats, his effort yielded some good wins. His most notable win came on grass in the Queen's Club Championships, where he gained his first top-10 win by defeating then world No. 3, .

A series of injuries caused his ranking to fall rapidly in 2005. He did not participate in any tournaments after withdrawing in the second round in Ho Chi Minh City.

2006–2007
Returning to the circuit, Lu enjoyed a solid performance throughout the season, and a late surge at the end of the season, advancing to semifinals or better in four consecutive Challengers (Rimouski, Busan, Caloundra, and Kawana). He lost in the final of Rimouski to his friend . Two weeks later, Lu won the Caloundra Challenger, beating . The following week, he lost in the final to Julien Jeanpierre. Lu's hot streak moved him from No. 140 in the ATP in October to No. 89 at year-end.

In winter 2006, Lu was training with Rainer Schüttler and Janko Tipsarević in Dubai, under Dirk Hordorff. The training seemed to yield good results, as Lu reached the second round at the Australian Open and his first ATP level quarter-final in Memphis in 2007. By defeating Jürgen Melzer in the second round, Lu reached his first ATP level quarter-final, but lost to eventual finalist . With this strong performance, Lu broke into the top 80 in February.

2008
In 2008, Lu did well on the Challenger Tour, 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 quarter-finals in 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.

Perhaps Lu's best performance during the season came at the Beijing Olympics, representing . Lu shocked audiences by defeating then sixth ranked player in the world, , in straight sets in the first round. Lu continued his winning streak at the Olympics by defeating Agustín Calleri of Argentina to advance to the third round (round of 16), but eventually lost to Jürgen Melzer of Austria.

2009
At the 2009 Australian Open, Lu advanced to the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time, defeating 10th seeded in five sets in the second round. He lost to in the third round.

Lu, ranked 82, defeated former world No. 1, , in the first round of the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships. He then lost to .

In May 2009, Lu won the $100k Israel Open at , beating German , who was forced to retire.

Lu retired in his first-round match against Mathieu Montcourt at , whilst trailing 2–6.

He was defeated by in the first round of Wimbledon in three sets.

In November 2009, Lu won the $100k Flea Market Cup at Chuncheon, beating Dutch player .

2010
At 2010 Wimbledon, Lu became the first Taiwanese player to reach the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam championship, and the first man from Asia to reach the quarter-finals at a major in 15 years. He made it to the fourth round without dropping a set defeating , Michał Przysiężny, and , with Mayer withdrawing in the third set. The unseeded Lu achieved the biggest of the upsets on "Manic Monday" by beating world No. 5, (who was ranked 77 places higher than Lu), in 4 hours and 36 mins with the fifth set going to 9–7. He lost to No. 3 seed but moved up 40 places to 42nd in the ATP after Wimbledon. The ATP named Lu's fourth-round Wimbledon upset against Roddick as the biggest upset of 2010. At the beginning of November, Lu reached a career-high ATP ranking of 33.

2011–2013
At the 2011 Farmers Classic, Lu defeated in the first round. He then defeated before losing to in the quarter-finals. He started the Odlum Brown Vancouver Open as the number one seeded player, defeating in the first round before losing to . At the Rogers Cup, Lu lost to in the first round.

On 15 June 2012, Lu clinched a huge maiden victory with a third set tie-break triumph over third seed Janko Tipsarević to reach the quarter-finals at Queen's Club.

Lu lost in the second round in all Grand Slam events held in 2013.

2014–2015
On 10 January 2014, Lu reached his maiden ATP final in Auckland against by defeating in the semifinals but lost in the final 6–7, 6–7. During the 2014 Asian Games, the ATP threatened to fine and ban Lu for three years if he did not report to the China Open on September 29. He had signed up to participate in both events, but the final for the Asian Games did not take place until September 30, a schedule conflict the ATP would not accommodate. In response, Lu dropped out of the China Open. The ATP then announced that Lu would be fined, but not banned.

In 2015, Lu won his third doubles tournament with , at the Chennai Open. Lu also reached a career milestone by becoming only the second player in history to reach 300 career Challenger wins behind Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo.

2016–2020
In 2016, Lu reached the finals of six more challenger events and won four. His best ATP Tour performance of the year was a quarterfinal appearance at the 2016 Winston-Salem Open.

On 12 August 2017, Lu won his 37th and last challenger singles title against Ričardas Berankis. Lu would end his career with a combined 56 Challenger titles between the singles and doubles. He holds the record for the most singles Challenger titles and the most combined singles and doubles Challenger titles.

In 2018, Lu underwent shoulder surgery which kept him out of play for most of the 2018 season and all of the 2019 season.

Lu officially came back at the 2020 Australian Open where he gained a protected ranking in the main draw. He lost to Gaël Monfils in the first round in straight sets.

2021
At the Miami Open, Lu recorded his last ATP match win against . He would then lose in the next round to world No. 2, .

In June 2021, after playing a few more ATP matches, Lu announced that he would retire from tennis and that the 2021 Wimbledon Championships and the 2021 Tokyo Olympics would be his last tournaments on the tour.

At the Tokyo Olympics, he was one of the two official flag bearers for (Chinese Taipei) at the opening ceremony.

On 25 July 2021, Lu played his last career tennis match at the Olympics against where he lost in straight sets. With this appearance, he became one of 6 male tennis players with 5 or more appearances at the Olympics, and is the only male tennis player alongside Novak Djokovic to date who competed in singles at 5 Olympics.

Coaching career
Lu is the current coach of Chinese tennis player .

ATP career finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up)
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Grand Slam tournaments
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
ATP World Tour 500 Series
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)
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Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
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Runner-up0–1Jan 2014Auckland Open, New ZealandHard6–7(4–7), 6–7(7–9)

Doubles: 6 (3–3)
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Grand Slam tournaments
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
ATP World Tour 500 Series
ATP World Tour 250 Series (3–3)
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Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
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Winner1–0Jan 2005, IndiaHardRainer Schüttler 7–5, 4–6,
Runner-up1–1Sep 2007China OpenHardRik de Voest
7–6(7–3), 0–6, 6–10
Runner-up1–2Jan 2010Chennai Open, IndiaHardJanko Tipsarević 5–7, 2–6
Winner2–2Sep 2012Thailand OpenHard (i)
Paul Hanley		6–3, 6–4
Winner3–2Jan 2015Chennai Open, IndiaHard
6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up3–3May 2015, SwitzerlandClayRaven KlaasenJuan Sebastián Cabal
Robert Farah		5–7, 6–4, 7–10

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 56 (37–19)
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ATP Challenger Tour (29–17)
ITF Futures Tour (8–2)
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Hard (34–15)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (2–1)
Carpet (1–3)
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Win1–0 Hong Kong F1, Hong KongFuturesHard6–3, 6–4
Loss1–1 Vietnam F1, FuturesHard4–6, 3–4 ret.
Win2–1 Israel F1, FuturesHard6–4, 6–4
Win3–1 China F1, FuturesHardBenjamin Cassaigne6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–5)
Win4–1 China F2, FuturesHardBenjamin Cassaigne2–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–3
Win5–1 Japan F7, SaitamaFuturesHard6–2, 6–2
Win6–1 China F1, TaizhouFuturesHard7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win7–1 Japan F6, FuturesHard6–1, 3–6, 6–1
Loss7–2 Japan F7, SaitamaFuturesHardTakahiro Terachi2–6, ret.
Win8–2 USA F30, HammondFuturesHard6–2, 6–2
Win9–2 Joplin, United StatesChallengerHard6–4, 6–2
Loss9–3 Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamChallengerHard3–6, 7–6(7–3), 3–6
Loss9–4 , JapanChallengerCarpet6–7(5–7), 3–4 ret.
Win10–4 , AustraliaChallengerHard6–3, 6–0
Loss10–5 , South KoreaChallengerHard3–6, 7–5, 3–6
Loss10–6 , MexicoChallengerHardJeff Morrison6–4, 6–7(3–7), 2–6
Win11–6 , AustraliaChallengerHard6–0, 7–5
Win12–6 , UzbekistanChallengerHard6–1, 7–6(7–2)
Loss12–7 Waikoloa, United StatesChallengerHard7–6(17–15), 2–6, 2–6
Loss12–8 , JapanChallengerCarpet4–6, 1–6
Loss12–9 , CanadaChallengerCarpet4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win13–9 , AustraliaChallengerHard6–3, 6–1
Loss13–10 Kawana, AustraliaChallengerHardJulien Jeanpierre3–6, 6–1, 4–6
Loss13–11 Granby, CanadaChallengerHard4–6, 4–6
Loss13–12 , United StatesChallengerHard2–6, 3–6
Win14–12 , TaiwanChallengerHard6–3, 6–3
Win15–12 Waikoloa, United StatesChallengerHard6–2, 6–0
Loss15–13 , South KoreaChallengerHard2–6, ret.
Loss15–14 , SpainChallengerHardStéphane Bohli3–6, 4–6
Win16–14 , IndiaChallengerHardBrendan Evans5–7, 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Loss16–15 , IndiaChallengerHard3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win17–15 , UzbekistanChallengerHardMathieu Montcourt6–3, 6–2
Win18–15 , IsraelChallengerHard6–3, 3–1 ret.
Win19–15 , South KoreaChallengerHard6–2, 6–3
Win20–15 , GreeceChallengerHardRainer Schüttler3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4
Loss20–16 , South KoreaChallengerHard1–6, 4–6
Win21–16 , South KoreaChallengerHardKevin Anderson6–3, 6–4
Win22–16 , ChinaChallengerHardJürgen Zopp6–2, 3–6, 6–1
Win23–16 , South KoreaChallengerHardJimmy Wang7–5, 6–3
Win24–16 , SingaporeChallengerHard6–3, 6–4
Win25–16 , ChinaChallengerHard7–5, 6–0
Win26–16 , South KoreaChallengerHardYūichi Sugita6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win27–16 , ChinaChallengerHardGo Soeda6–2, 6–4
Win28–16 , TaiwanChallengerHard6–4, 6–3
Win29–16 , TaiwanChallengerHard6–7(7–9), 6–4, 6–4
Win30–16 , ChinaChallengerHardJürgen Zopp7–6(7–3), 6–1
Loss30–17 , South KoreaChallengerHardSergiy Stakhovsky6–4, 3–6, 6–7(7–9)
Loss30–18 , Great BritainChallengerGrassDustin Brown6–7(5–7), 1–6
Win31–18 , Great BritainChallengerGrass7–5, 7–6(13-11)
Win32–18 , Great BritainChallengerGrass7–6(7–4), 6–2
Win33–18 , ChinaChallengerHard6–3, 6–1
Win34–18 Suzhou, ChinaChallengerHard6–0, 6–1
Win35–18 , TaiwanChallengerCarpet6–1, 7–6(7–4)
Win36–18 , ChinaChallengerHard6–3, 6–4
Win37–18 , ChinaChallengerHardRičardas Berankis6–3, 6–1
Loss37–19 , ChinaChallengerHard6–7(6–8), ret.

Doubles: 31 (19–12)
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ATP Challenger Tour (13–6)
ITF Futures Tour (6–6)
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Hard (18–11)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)
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Loss0–1 Thailand F1, FuturesHardFrank Moser
3–6, 2–6
Win1–1 Thailand F2, FuturesHardFrank MoserRik de Voest
Johan Du Randt		6–2, 6–4
Loss1–2 Vietnam F1, FuturesHardFrank MoserLior Dahan
Rik de Voest		walkover
Win2–2 United Arab Emirates F2, FuturesHardTomas Janci
Roman Kukal		7–5, 7–5
Win3–2 Israel F1, FuturesHardLior DahanJosef Neštický
7–5, 6–4
Loss3–3 China F2, FuturesHardJohn Hui
6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–5), 4–6
Win4–3 Japan F4, FuturesHardJohn HuiNiko Karagiannis
6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Win5–3 Japan F5, FuturesHardHiroki Kondo
Masahide Sakamoto		6–2, 6–1
Loss5–4 Campos do Jordão, BrazilChallengerHardAlejandro Hernández
walkover
Loss5–5 Japan F6, FuturesHard
3–6, 2–6
Loss5–6 Hong Kong F2, Hong KongFuturesHardJohn HuiFred Hemmes
3–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win6–6 , JapanChallengerCarpetDanai UdomchokeIvo Karlović
Mark Nielsen		7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win7–6 Granby, CanadaChallengerHardDanai Udomchoke
6–7(4–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–0)
Loss7–7 Japan F7, SaitamaFuturesHardMark Nielsen
6–4, 3–3 ret.
Win8–7 USA F30, HammondFuturesHardAmer Delić
6–4, 6–4
Win9–7 Austin, United StatesChallengerHardJason MarshallJosh Goffi
6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Win10–7 Joplin, United StatesChallengerHardBruno Soares
Brian Baker		3–6, 6–1, 6–1
Loss10–8 , JapanChallengerCarpetJason MarshallFred Hemmes
Rik de Voest		3–6, 7–6(10–8), 4–6
Win11–8 , AustraliaChallengerHardRik de Voest
6–3, 1–6, 7–5
Loss11–9 , MexicoChallengerHardDanai Udomchoke
5–7, 6–7(6–8)
Win12–9 , AustraliaChallengerHardMark Hlawaty
7–6(7–2), 7–5
Win13–9 , FinlandChallengerHard
Massimo Dell'Acqua		6–2, 6–2
Loss13–10 , UzbekistanChallengerHard
1–6, 3–6
Win14–10 Granby, CanadaChallengerHard
4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–5
Win15–10 , AustraliaChallengerHardLuke Bourgeois
Alun Jones		6–3, 6–2
Loss15–11 , IndiaChallengerHardDanai UdomchokeSonchat Ratiwatana
Sanchai Ratiwatana		3–6, 2–6
Loss15–12 Granby, CanadaChallengerHardFrank MoserAlessandro Gravina
2–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win16–12 , South KoreaChallengerHardRik de VoestSonchat Ratiwatana
Sanchai Ratiwatana		6–3, 7–5
Win17–12 , South KoreaChallengerHardRik de VoestSonchat Ratiwatana
Sanchai Ratiwatana		7–6(7–5), 3–6, 10–6
Win18–12 , GreeceChallengerHardRik de Voest
6–3, 6–4
Win19–12 , ThailandChallengerHard
walkover

Performance timelines
Singles
Grand Slam tournaments
AAQ1Q11R1R2R1R3R1R1R3R2R2R1RA1RAA1R1R0 / 147–14
AAAQ2AA1RA1R1R1R1R2R11R2R1R1RAAA1R0 / 112–10
WimbledonAAQ12R2R1R1R1R1RQF3R1R2R2R1R2R1RAANH1R0 / 1511–15
US OpenAQ1Q11RAAA2R1R1R1R1R2R1R1R1R2RAAAA0 / 113–11
Win–loss0–00–00–01–21–20–21–31–32–44–42–42–44–32–41–41–31–40–00–00–10–30 / 5123–50
Summer OlympicsNot Held1RNot Held3RNot Held1RNot Held1RNot Held1R0 / 52–5
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells MastersAAAAAAA1R2R2R2R1R3R3R1RA1RAANHA0 / 97–9
Miami OpenAAAAAAA1R2R2R2R2R2R2R1RA2RAANH2R0 / 108–10
Monte-Carlo MastersAAAAAAAAAAAAA2RAAAAANHA0 / 11–150%
Madrid Open2AAAAQ1AAAAA2RAAAAAAAANHA0 / 11–150%
Italian OpenAAAQ1AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0N/A
Canadian OpenAAAQ1AAAQ11R3R1R1R1R2R1R2RAAANHA0 / 84–8
Cincinnati MastersAAA1RAAAA1R1RA2RQ13R1RQ1AAAAA0 / 63–6
Shanghai MastersNot ATP Masters SeriesA2R1R2RQ22R1RQ2Q2AANH0 / 53–5
AAAAAAAAAAAAA1RAAAAAAA0 / 10–10%
Win–loss0–00–00–00–10–00–00–00–22–45–53–53–53–38–70–51–11–20–00–00–01–10 / 4127–41
Career statistics
Titles / finals0 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 10 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 1
Overall win–loss2–10–03–25–106–82–77–1511–1510–2315–2012–2112–1817–1724–2119–217–99–140–00–00–21–7162–231
Win % N/A N/AN/A0%
Year-end ranking543192190871588911064983582596538776471532–1008568$5,179,843
1 At the 2013 French Open, Lu withdrew prior to the second round.
2 Held as Hamburg Masters until 2008, Madrid Masters (clay) 2009 – present.

Doubles
Grand Slam tournaments
3RA1RA1R1R2RA2R1R1RA1RAA1R1R0 / 114–11
AAAA1RA1R2R1R1R1RA1RAAA2R0 / 82–8
WimbledonAAAA1R3RA2R1R1R2R1RAAANH1R0 / 84–8
US OpenAAA1R3R1RA1R2R2RA2R2RAAAA0 / 86–8
Win–loss2–10–00–10–12–42–31–22–22–41–41–31–21–30–00–00–11–30 / 3316–34
Career statistics
Titles / finals1 / 10 / 00 / 10 / 00 / 00 / 10 / 01 / 10 / 00 / 01 / 20 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 03 / 6
Year-end ranking11620522379417788208144194577117462235–––525

Wins over top 10 players
Yen-hsun has a record against players who were, at the time the match was played, in the top 10.
7

1.3London, EnglandGrass2R6–2, 6–4
2.6Beijing, ChinaHard1R7–6(7–5), 6–4
3.7Wimbledon, EnglandGrass4R4–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7), 9–7
4.Janko Tipsarević8London, EnglandGrass3R6–3, 2–6, 7–6(7–5)
5.5Beijing, ChinaHard1R5–4 ret.
6.David Ferrer3Auckland, New ZealandHardSF6–4, 7–6(7–4)
7.Tomáš Berdych5, United StatesHard2R3–6, 6–3, 6–4

Equipment
Lu was sponsored by (apparel and shoes), Head (rackets), and CPC Corporation. On court, Lu used a Head IG Extreme Pro racket, Signum Poly Pro strings, and a Tournagrip overgrip.

See also
  • Sport in Taiwan
  • List of flag bearers for Chinese Taipei at the Olympics

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