Buyunchaokete[a] (born 19 January 2002) is a Chinese tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 96 achieved on 23 September 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 274 achieved on 23 October 2023.[1] He is the current No. 3 Chinese player.[2]
.jpg) Bu at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships | |
| Full name | Buyunchaokete |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  China |
| Born | 19 January 2002 Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Turned pro | January 2022 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $628,598 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 8–6 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 69 (30 September 2024) |
| Current ranking | No. 69 (30 September 2024) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | Q1 (2024) |
| French Open | Q2 (2024) |
| Wimbledon | Q2 (2024) |
| US Open | 1R (2024) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 274 (23 October 2023) |
| Current ranking | No. 611 (23 September 2024) |
| Last updated on: 12 August 2024. | |
Early life
editBuyunchaokete was born in an ethnic Mongolian family from Bortala in northwestern Xinjiang. His father died when he was young, and his mother remarried. Following the Mongolian custom of attaching more importance to the paternal family, Buyunchaokete continued to live with his grandparents. But his grandparents did not know Mandarin, so in order to allow him to receive a better education in the city, he was sent to the Urumqi SOS Children's Village. At the age of 5 (2007), he was discovered by coach Luo Yong and sent to Huzhou, Zhejiang for training. [3]
Career
edit2023: Maiden Challenger title, first Masters win
editHe won his maiden Challenger title at the 2023 Seoul Open, defeating Aleksandar Vukic in straight sets. As a result, he moved close to 80 positions up at a new career-high ranking of No. 164 on 8 May 2023.[1]
He won his first match at a Masters 1000 level as a wildcard at the 2023 Rolex Shanghai Masters against Miomir Kecmanović.[4]
2024: Grand Slam debut, first ATP 500 quarterfinal and top 100
editHe won his second Challenger at the 2024 Wuxi Open in China, defeating Egor Gerasimov and becoming the youngest Chinese player to win multiple titles at this level.[5] As a result he climbed 50 positions back up back to the top 200 at world No. 189 on 20 May 2024. Two months later, he reached the top 150 at No. 147 on 22 July 2024, following another Challenger title in Granby, Canada. He reached the top 125 following a semifinal showing at the 2024 Lincoln Challenger on 12 August 2024.
Ranked No. 123, he made his Grand Slam debut, after qualifying for the main draw at the US Open. He was defeated in the first round by Casper Ruud.
At the 2024 Hangzhou Open where he entered as a wildcard, he defeated Hugo Gaston and second seed Karen Khachanov to make his first ATP Tour quarterfinal becoming just the sixth Chinese player to accomplish the feat in the Open Era.[6][7] Next he defeated Mikhail Kukushkin to reach the first ATP Tour semifinal in his career. Next, he met compatriot Zhang Zhizhen in a historic all-Chinese ATP semifinal but lost in straight sets. As a result he moved into the top 100 in the rankings, on 23 September 2024 at world No. 96, becoming only the fourth Chinese player to reach the milestone.[8] At the 2024 China Open where he also received a wildcard he defeated this time his other compatriot Shang Juncheng recording his first ATP 500-level win[9] and stunned sixth seed Lorenzo Musetti making his first ATP 500 quarterfinal, only the second Chinese man to reach that far in the tournament.[10] He then upset fourth seed and world no. 6 Andrey Rublev for his first top 10 win, and became the first Chinese man to reach the semifinals and the first to claim multiple top 20 wins at a single event on hardcourt since the release of the ATP rankings in 1973.[11] He lost to world No. 1 Jannik Sinner in straight sets.[12] He received a wildcard for the 2024 Shanghai Masters for his debut at this tournament,[13][14] later changed to a special exempt entry as he was still competing in Beijing.
Davis Cup
editHe represents China at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 0–2.[15]
Name
editAccording to the ATP Tour, his name is Buyunchaokete - one word - but goes by Bu or his English name, Bert.[16][17] His name on the websites of tennis' governing bodies, the ATP and the ITF Tours, is displayed as either Bu Yunchaokete or Yunchaokete Bu.
Top 10 wins
editRecord against top 10 players (including ATP World Tour, Grand Slam, and Davis Cup main draw matches).
| No. | Player | Rank | Tournament | Surface | Rd | Score | Rk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | |||||||
| 1. |  Andrey Rublev
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6 | China Open, China | Hard | QF | 7–5, 6–4 | 96 |
ATP Challenger Tour finals
editSingles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-up)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Apr 2023 | Seoul, South Korea | Challenger | Hard |  Aleksandar Vukic
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7–6(7–4), 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Apr 2024 | Gwangju, South Korea | Challenger | Hard |  Lloyd Harris
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2–6, 6–3, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | May 2024 | Wuxi, China | Challenger | Hard | Egor Gerasimov
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6–4, 6–1 |
| Win | 3–1 | Jul 2024 | Granby, Canada | Challenger | Hard |  Térence Atmane
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6–3, 6–7(7–9), 6–4 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Jul 2024 | Chicago, USA | Challenger | Hard |  Gabriel Diallo
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3–6, 6–7(3–7) |
ITF World Tennis Tour finals
editSingles: 8 (6 titles, 2 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Apr 2022 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | WTT | Hard |  Mattia Bellucci
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6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–0 | May 2022 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | WTT | Hard |  Ray Ho
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6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 3–0 | May 2022 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | WTT | Hard |  Alberto Barroso Campos
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6–1, 6–7(4–7), 6–3 |
| Win | 4–0 | Jun 2022 | M25 Chiang Rai, Thailand | WTT | Hard |  Shintaro Imai
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6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 4–1 | Jun 2022 | M15 Chiang Rai, Thailand | WTT | Hard | Shintaro Imai
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5–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 5–1 | Jun 2022 | M15 Chiang Rai, Thailand | WTT | Hard | Cui Jie
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6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 6–1 | Aug 2022 | M25 Tbilisi, Georgia | WTT | Hard |  Edan Leshem
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6–3, 2–6, 6–3 |
| Loss | 6–2 | Dec 2022 | M25 Monastir, Tunisia | WTT | Hard |  Mark Lajal
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4-6, 1-6 |
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Bu Yunchaokete | Rankings | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
- ^ "Rankings | Singles". ATP Tour.
- ^ "Bùyúnzhāokètè bù dí ǒuxiàng mù léi, sài hòu chéngqīng liǎng gè wùjiě" 布云朝克特不敌偶像穆雷，赛后澄清两个误解 [Buyunchaokete lost to his idol Murray and clarified two misunderstandings after the game]. Sohu (in Chinese). 2023-07-08. Retrieved 2024-08-28.
- ^ "Chinese Star 'Bu' Set For ATP Tour Debut In Shanghai". ATPTour. 3 October 2023.
- ^ "Bu, 22, makes Chinese tennis history; Pouille returns to Challenger titletown". 13 March 2024.
- ^ @ATPTour (20 September 2024). "Wild card, wild win 🤩 Home prodigy Bu topples Khachanov to become just the 6th Chinese player to reach a singles QF in the Open Era! 👏 @HangzhouOpen #HangzhouOpen" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Nakashima saves MPs, advances to Hangzhou QFs". ATPTour. 20 September 2024.
- ^ "History in Hangzhou! Zhang, Buyunchaokete seal first all-Chinese SF". ATPTour. 22 September 2024.
- ^ @ChinaOpen (27 September 2024). "In a battle of hometown heroes, Buyunchaokete narrowly defeats Shang Juncheng 6-7(3), 6-2, 6-4. 🇨🇳 #2024ChinaOpen #AllForPassion" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ @ChinaOpen (29 September 2024). "History in the making 🇨🇳 Yunchaokete Bu defeats No. 6 seed Lorenzo Musetti 6-2, 6-4 to earn his first career Top 20 win over the No. 18-ranked Italian. Bu becomes the 2nd Chinese men's quarter-finalist in tournament history (since 2004).#2024ChinaOpen #AllForPassion" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ @OptaAce (30 September 2024). "1 - Since the rankings were released in 1973, Bu Yunchaokete is now the first Chinese player to claim multiple ATP top 20 wins at a single event on hard court, and the first player representing China to reach the SF at the China Open. Stunning.#ChinaOpen @ChinaOpen @atptour" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Sinner sets Alcaraz blockbuster in Beijing final". ATPTour. 1 October 2024.
- ^ @SH_RolexMasters (25 September 2024). "Our first wildcards for the 2024 #RolexShanghaiMasters have been announced 🙌 @keinishikori@stanwawrinka" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Nishikori, Wawrinka headline Shanghai wild cards". ATPTour. 26 September 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ "Davis Cup – Players".
- ^ "Yunchaokete Bu | Bio | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
- ^ "China's Bu: 'I hope I can inspire'". ATP Tour.
External links
edit- Bu Yunchaokete at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Bu Yunchaokete at the International Tennis Federation
- Bu Yunchaokete at the Davis Cup
- Bu Yunchaokete on Instagram
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