image 1	JPY Banknotes.png
image title 1	Banknotes
image 2	JPY coins 2.png
image title 2	Coins
iso code	JPY
using countries
inflation rate	0.0% Feb. 2011
inflation source date	''The Statistics Bureau and the Director-General for Policy Planning'', 2010 Feb. est.
subunit ratio 1	1/100
subunit name 1	sen
subunit ratio 2	1/1000
subunit name 2	rin
international symbol	¥
japanese symbols	円 (Present Day) or 圓 (Traditional)
no plural	Y
used coins	¥1, ¥5, ¥10, ¥50, ¥100, ¥500
used banknotes	¥1000, ¥2000, ¥5000, ¥10000
banknote article	Banknotes of the Japanese yen
issuing authority	Bank of Japan
issuing authority website	www.boj.or.jp
printer	National Printing Bureau
printer website	www.npb.go.jp
mint	Japan Mint
mint website	www.mint.go.jp }}

The (sign: ¥; code: JPY) is the official currency of Japan. It is the third most-traded currency in the foreign exchange market after the United States dollar and the euro. It is also widely used as a reserve currency after the U.S. dollar, the euro and the pound sterling. As is common when counting in East Asia, large quantities of yen are often counted in multiples of 10,000 (''man'', 万) in the same way as values in Western countries are often quoted in thousands.

Pronunciation and etymology

Yen is pronounced "en" in Japanese. The word (Shinjitai: 円, Traditional Chinese/Kyūjitai: 圓) literally means "round object" in Japanese, as ''yuán'' does in Chinese or ''won'' in Korean. Originally, Chinese had traded silver in mass (see sycee) and when Spanish and Mexican silver coins arrived, they called them 銀圓 (silver round) for their circular shapes. The coins and the name also appeared in Japan. Later, the Chinese replaced 圓 with 元 which has the same pronunciation in Mandarin (but not in Japanese). The Japanese preferred 圓 which remains until now (replacing with simplified form 円 after World War II.)

The spelling and pronunciation "yen" is standard in English. This is because mainly English speakers who visited Japan at the end of the Edo period to the early Meiji period spelled words this way. ゑん/wen/ in historical kana orthography. In the 16th century, Japanese /e/(え) and /we/(ゑ) both had been pronounced and Portuguese missionaries had spelled them "ye". Some time thereafter, by the middle of the 18th century, /e/ and /we/ came to be pronounced as in modern Japanese, although some regions retain the pronunciation. Walter Henry Medhurst, who had not come to Japan and interviewed some Japanese in Batavia (Jakarta), spelled some "e"s as "ye" in his ''An English and Japanese, and Japanese and English Vocabulary'' (1830). In the early Meiji era, James Curtis Hepburn, following Medhurst, spelled all "e"s as "ye" in his ''A Japanese and English dictionary'' (1st ed. 1867). That was the first full-scale Japanese-English/English-Japanese dictionary, which had a strong influence on Westerners in Japan and probably prompted the spelling "yen". Hepburn revised most of "ye"s to "e" in the 3rd edition (1886) in order to mirror the contemporary pronunciation, except "yen". This was probably already fixed and has remained so ever since.

History

Introduction of the yen

In the 19th century silver Spanish dollar coins were prolific throughout South east Asia, the China coast, and Japan. These coins had been introduced through Manila over a period of two hundred and fifty years, arriving on ships from Acapulco in Mexico. These ships were known as the Manila galleons. Until the 19th century these silver dollar coins were actual Spanish dollars minted in the new world, mostly at Mexico City. But from the 1840s they were increasingly replaced by silver dollars of the new Latin American republics. In the latter half of the 19th century some local coins in the region were made in the likeness of the Mexican peso. The first of these local silver coins was the Hong Kong silver dollar coin that was minted in Hong Kong between the years 1866 and 1868. The Chinese were slow to accept unfamiliar coinage and preferred the familiar Mexican dollars, and so the Hong Kong government ceased minting these coins and sold the mint machinery to Japan.

The Japanese then decided to adopt a silver dollar coinage under the name of 'yen', meaning 'a round object'. The yen was officially adopted by the Meiji government in an Act signed on May 10, 1871. The new currency was gradually introduced beginning from July of that year. The yen was therefore basically a dollar unit, like all dollars, descended from the Spanish Pieces of eight, and up until the year 1873, all the dollars in the world had more or less the same value. The yen replaced Tokugawa coinage, a complex monetary system of the Edo period based on the mon. The ''New Currency Act'' of 1871 stipulated the adoption of the decimal accounting system of yen (1, 圓), sen (, 銭), and rin (, 厘), with the coins being round and cast as in the West. The yen was legally defined as 0.78 troy ounces (24.26 g) of pure silver, or 1.5 grams of pure gold (as recommended by the European Congress of Economists in Paris in 1867; the 5-yen coin was equivalent to the Argentine 5 peso fuerte coin), hence putting it on a bimetallic standard. (The same amount of silver is worth about 1181 modern yen, while the same amount of gold is worth about 4715 yen.)

Following the silver devaluation of 1873, the yen devalued against the US dollar and the Canadian dollar units since they adhered to a gold standard, and by the year 1897 the yen was worth only about US$0.50. In that year, Japan adopted a gold exchange standard and hence froze the value of the yen at $0.50.

(The sen and the rin were eventually taken out of circulation at the end of 1953.)

Fixed value of the yen to the US dollar

The yen lost most of its value during and after World War II. After a period of instability, in 1949, the value of the yen was fixed at ¥360 per US$1 through a United States plan, which was part of the Bretton Woods System, to stabilize prices in the Japanese economy. That exchange rate was maintained until 1971, when the United States abandoned the gold standard, which had been a key element of the Bretton Woods System, and imposed a 10 percent surcharge on imports, setting in motion changes that eventually led to floating exchange rates in 1973. As of 2011, the yen has become much stronger and the USD to JPY ratio is about ¥80 to the dollar.

Undervalued yen

By 1971 the yen had become undervalued. Japanese exports were costing too little in international markets, and imports from abroad were costing the Japanese too much. This undervaluation was reflected in the current account balance, which had risen from the deficits of the early 1960s to a then-large surplus of US$5.8 billion in 1971. The belief that the yen, and several other major currencies, were undervalued motivated the United States' actions in 1971.

Yen and major currencies float

Following the United States' measures to devalue the dollar in the summer of 1971, the Japanese government agreed to a new, fixed exchange rate as part of the Smithsonian Agreement, signed at the end of the year. This agreement set the exchange rate at ¥308 per US$1. However, the new fixed rates of the Smithsonian Agreement were difficult to maintain in the face of supply and demand pressures in the foreign-exchange market. In early 1973, the rates were abandoned, and the major nations of the world allowed their currencies to float.

Japanese government intervention in the currency market

In the 1970s, Japanese government and business people were very concerned that a rise in the value of the yen would hurt export growth by making Japanese products less competitive and would damage the industrial base. The government therefore continued to intervene heavily in foreign-exchange marketing (buying or selling dollars), even after the 1973 decision to allow the yen to float.

Despite intervention, market pressures caused the yen to continue climbing in value, peaking temporarily at an average of ¥271 per US$1 in 1973 before the impact of the 1973 oil crisis was felt. The increased costs of imported oil caused the yen to depreciate to a range of ¥290 to ¥300 between 1974 and 1976. The re-emergence of trade surpluses drove the yen back up to ¥211 in 1978. This currency strengthening was again reversed by the second oil shock in 1979, with the yen dropping to ¥227 by 1980.

Yen in the early 1980s

During the first half of the 1980s, the yen failed to rise in value even though current account surpluses returned and grew quickly. From ¥221 in 1981, the average value of the yen actually dropped to ¥239 in 1985. The rise in the current account surplus generated stronger demand for yen in foreign-exchange markets, but this trade-related demand for yen was offset by other factors. A wide differential in interest rates, with United States interest rates much higher than those in Japan, and the continuing moves to deregulate the international flow of capital, led to a large net outflow of capital from Japan. This capital flow increased the supply of yen in foreign-exchange markets, as Japanese investors changed their yen for other currencies (mainly dollars) to invest overseas. This kept the yen weak relative to the dollar and fostered the rapid rise in the Japanese trade surplus that took place in the 1980s.

Effect of the Plaza Accord

In 1985 a dramatic change began. Finance officials from major nations signed an agreement (the Plaza Accord) affirming that the dollar was overvalued (and, therefore, the yen undervalued). This agreement, and shifting supply and demand pressures in the markets, led to a rapid rise in the value of the yen. From its average of ¥239 per US$1 in 1985, the yen rose to a peak of ¥128 in 1988, virtually doubling its value relative to the dollar. After declining somewhat in 1989 and 1990, it reached a new high of ¥123 to US$1 in December 1992. In April 1995, the yen hit a peak of under 80 yen per dollar, temporarily making Japan's economy nearly the size of the US.

Post-bubble years

The yen declined during the Japanese asset price bubble and continued to do so afterwards, reaching a low of ¥134 to US$1 in February 2002. The Bank of Japan's policy of zero interest rates has discouraged yen investments, with the carry trade of investors borrowing yen and investing in better-paying currencies (thus further pushing down the yen) estimated to be as large as $1 trillion. In February 2007 ''The Economist'' estimated that the yen was 15% undervalued against the dollar, and as much as 40% undervalued against the euro.

After the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami the yen reached a post-war record of 76 yen per dollar.

Coins

Coins were introduced in 1870. There were silver 5, 10, 20 and 50 sen and 1 yen, and gold 2, 5, 10 and 20 yen. Gold 1 yen were introduced in 1871, followed by copper 1 rin, ½, 1 and 2 sen in 1873.

Cupronickel 5 sen coins were introduced in 1889. In 1897, the silver 1 yen coin was demonetized and the sizes of the gold coins were reduced by 50%, with 5, 10 and 20 yen coins issued. In 1920, cupro-nickel 10 sen coins were introduced. Production of silver coins ceased in 1938, after which a variety of base metals were used to produce 1, 5 and 10 sen coins during the Second World War. Clay 5 and 10 yen coins were produced in 1945 but not issued for circulation. After the war, brass 50 yen, 1 and 5 yen were introduced between 1946 and 1948. In 1949, the current type of holed 5 yen was introduced, followed by bronze 10 yen (of the type still in circulation) in 1951.

Coins in denominations of less than 1 yen became invalid on December 31, 1953, following enforcement of the .

In 1955 the current type of aluminium 1 yen was introduced, along with unholed, nickel 50 yen. In 1957, silver 100 yen pieces were introduced. These were replaced in 1967 by the current, cupro-nickel type, along with the holed 50 yen coin. In 1982 the first 500 yen coins were introduced.

The date (expressed as the year in the reign of the emperor at the time the coin was stamped) is on the reverse of all coins, and, in most cases, country name (through 1945, 大日本 or ''Dai Nippon'', "Great Japan"; after 1945, 日本国, ''Nihon koku'', "State of Japan") and the value in kanji is on the obverse, except for the present 5-yen coin where the country name is on the reverse.

the 500 yen coin was the highest-valued coin to be used regularly in the world (depending on exchange rates, the rarely-used 5 Cuban convertible peso coin is sometimes the highest-valued), with value of over US$6. Because of this high face value, the 500 yen has been a favorite target for counterfeiters; it was counterfeited to such an extent that in 2000 a new series of coins was issued with various security features, but counterfeiting continued.

The 1 yen coin is made out of 100% aluminum.

On various occasions, commemorative coins are minted, often using gold and silver with face values as high as 100,000 yen. The first of these were silver ¥100 and ¥1000 Summer Olympic coins issued for the 1964 games. Recently this practice is undertaken with the 500 yen coin, first in commemoration of the Nagano Olympic games in 1998, and then the Aichi Expo in 2005. The current commemorative 500 and 1000 yen coin series began circulation in December, 2009, with 47 unique designs for each with only one available from banks in each prefecture. 100000 of each have been minted and they are all currently (as of October, 2010) still available in major banks at face value. Someone collecting one of each coin would need to invest 70500 yen, thus creating a major source of income for the Japanese government. Even though all commemorative coins can be used, they are not seen often in typical daily use and normally do not circulate.

Instead of displaying the CE year of mintage like most nations' coins, yen coins instead display the year of the current emperor's reign. For example, a coin minted in 2009 would bear the date Heisei 21 (the 21st year of Emperor Akihito's reign).

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%" !colspan="10"|Currently circulating coins |- !rowspan="2"| Image !!rowspan="2"| Value !!colspan="4"| Technical parameters !!colspan="3"| Description !!rowspan="2"| Date of first minting |- ! Diameter !! Thickness !! Mass !! Composition !! Edge !! Obverse !! Reverse |- |align="center" bgcolor="#000000"| | ¥1 || 20 mm || 1.2 mm || 1 g || 100% aluminium | Smooth || Young tree, state title, value || Value, year of minting || 1955 |- |align="center" bgcolor="#000000"| | ¥5 || 22 mm || 1.5 mm || 3.75 g || 60–70% copper30–40% zinc | Smooth || Ear of Rice, gear, water, value || State title, year of minting || 1959 |- |align="center" bgcolor="#000000" rowspan="2"| | rowspan="2"|¥10 || rowspan="2"|23.5 mm || rowspan="2"|1.5 mm || rowspan="2"|4.5 g || rowspan="2"|95% copper3–4% zinc1–2% tin | Reeded || rowspan="2"|Hōōdō Temple, Byōdō-in, state title, value || rowspan="2"|Evergreen tree, value, year of minting || 1951 |- | Smooth || 1959 |- |align="center" bgcolor="#000000"| | ¥50 || 21 mm || 1.7 mm || 4 g || Cupronickel75% copper25% nickel |Reeded || Chrysanthemum, state title, value ||Value, year of minting || 1967 |- |align="center" bgcolor="#000000"| | ¥100 || 22.6 mm || 1.7 mm || 4.8 g || Cupronickel75% copper25% nickel |Reeded || Cherry blossoms, state title, value ||Value, year of minting || 1967 |- |align="center" bgcolor="#000000"| | rowspan="2"|¥500 ||rowspan="2"| 26.5 mm ||rowspan="2"| 2 mm || 7.2 g || Cupronickel75% copper25% nickel | Smooth with lettering ("NIPPON ◆ 500 ◆ NIPPON ◆ 500 ◆") ||rowspan="2"| Paulownia, state title, value || Value, bamboo, Mandarin orange, year of minting || 1982 (no longer in mintage, limited circulation) |- |align="center" bgcolor="#000000"| | 7 g || 72% copper20% zinc8% nickel | Reeded slantingly || Value, bamboo, Mandarin orange, year of minting, latent image || 2000 |- |colspan="10"| |}

Due to the great differences in style, size, weight and the pattern present on the edge of the coin they are very easy for people with visual impairments to tell apart from one another.

style="width:40%"		Unholed	Holed
! Smooth edge	¥1 (light)¥10 (medium)	¥5
reeding>Reeded edge	¥100 (medium)¥500 (heavy)	¥50

==Banknotes== The issuance of the yen banknotes began in 1872, two years after the currency was introduced. Throughout its history, the denominations have ranged from 10 yen to 10000 yen.

Before and during World War II, various bodies issued banknotes in yen, such as the Ministry of Finance and the Imperial Japanese National Bank. The Allied forces also issued some notes shortly after the war. Since then, the Bank of Japan has been the exclusive note issuing authority. The bank has issued five series after World War II. Series E, the current series, consists of ¥1000, ¥2000, ¥5000, and ¥10,000. The ¥2000 bills are rare these days, and often not accepted as a means of payment, not even in dispensing machines.

Determinants of value

Beginning in December 1931, Japan gradually shifted from the gold standard system to the managed currency system.

The relative value of the yen is determined in foreign exchange markets by the economic forces of supply and demand. The supply of the yen in the market is governed by the desire of yen holders to exchange their yen for other currencies to purchase goods, services, or assets. The demand for the yen is governed by the desire of foreigners to buy goods and services in Japan and by their interest in investing in Japan (buying yen-denominated real and financial assets).

Since the 1990s, the Bank of Japan, the country's central bank, has kept interest rates low in order to spur economic growth. Short-term lending rates have responded to this monetary relaxation and fell from 3.7% to 1.3% between 1993 and 2008. Low interest rates combined with a ready liquidity for the yen prompted investors to borrow money in Japan and invest it in other countries (a practice known as carry trade). This has helped to keep the value of the yen low compared to other currencies.

International reserve currency

SDR basket

The Special Drawing Rights (SDR) valuation is an IMF basket of currencies, including the Japanese yen. The SDR is linked to a basket of currencies with 41.9% for the dollar, 37.4% for the euro, 11.3% for the pound sterling, and 9.4% for the yen (as of 2011). The percentage for the yen has however declined from 18% in 2000. The exchange rate for the Japanese yen is expressed in terms of currency units per U.S. dollar; other rates are expressed as U.S. dollars per currency unit. The SDR currency value is calculated daily and the valuation basket is reviewed and adjusted every five years. The SDR was created in 1969 to support the fixed exchange system.

Historical exchange rate

The table below shows the number of yen per U.S. dollar (monthly average). 265.83 276.00 293.80 299.70 277.30 223.40 209.30 248.61 208.84 240.64 237.92 225.52 258.43 178.83 151.56 127.23 130.35 153.19 137.09 132.75 117.02 105.12  90.77 105.85 122.66 128.83 119.71 106.62 121.21 131.15 118.49 108.57 105.30 117.31 117.29 100.83  97.83  90.56  81.62

rowspan="2"	Year	Month
! Jan !! Feb !! Mar !! Apr !! May !! Jun !! Jul !! Aug !! Sep !! Oct !! Nov !! Dec
! 1949–71	colspan="12"	360
! 1972
! 1973	301.15	270.00	|	265.50	264.95	265.30	263.45	265.30	265.70	266.68	279.00	280.00
1974	299.00	287.60	|	279.75	281.90	284.10	297.80	302.70	298.50	299.85	300.10	300.95
1975	297.85	286.60	|	293.30	291.35	296.35	297.35	297.90	302.70	301.80	303.00	305.15
1976	303.70	302.25	|	299.40	299.95	297.40	293.40	288.76	287.30	293.70	296.45	293.00
1977	288.25	283.25	|	277.50	277.30	266.50	266.30	267.43	264.50	250.65	244.20	240.00
1978	241.74	238.83	|	223.90	223.15	204.50	190.80	190.00	189.15	176.05	197.80	195.10
1979	201.40	202.35	|	219.15	219.70	217.00	216.90	220.05	223.45	237.80	249.50	239.90
1980	237.73	244.07	|	251.45	228.06	218.11	220.91	224.34	214.95	209.21	212.99	209.79
1981	202.19	205.76	|	215.07	220.78	224.21	232.11	233.62	229.83	231.40	223.76	219.02
1982	224.55	235.25	|	244.90	236.97	251.11	255.10	258.67	262.74	271.33	265.02	242.49
1983	232.90	236.27	|	237.70	234.78	240.06	240.49	244.36	242.71	233.00	235.25	234.34
1984	233.95	233.67	|	224.95	230.67	233.29	242.72	242.24	245.19	246.89	243.29	247.96
1985	254.11	260.34	|	251.67	251.57	248.95	241.70	237.20	236.91	214.84	203.85	202.75
1986	200.05	184.62	|	175.56	166.89	167.82	158.65	154.11	154.78	156.04	162.72	162.13
1987	154.48	153.49	|	142.96	140.47	144.52	150.20	147.57	143.03	143.48	135.25	128.25
1988	127.44	129.26	|	124.88	124.74	127.20	133.10	133.63	134.45	128.85	123.16	123.63
1989	127.24	127.77	|	132.01	138.40	143.92	140.63	141.20	145.06	141.99	143.55	143.62
1990	145.09	145.54	|	158.50	153.52	153.78	149.23	147.46	138.96	129.73	129.01	133.72
1991	133.65	130.44	|	137.15	138.02	139.83	137.98	136.85	134.59	130.81	129.64	128.07
1992	125.05	127.53	|	133.59	130.55	126.90	125.66	126.34	122.72	121.14	123.84	123.98
1993	125.02	120.97	|	112.37	110.23	107.29	107.77	103.72	105.27	106.94	107.81	109.72
1994	111.49	106.14	|	103.48	104.00	102.69	98.54	99.86	98.79	98.40	98.00	100.17
1995	99.79	98.23	|	83.53	85.21	84.54	87.24	94.56	100.31	100.68	101.89	101.86
1996	105.81	105.70	|	107.40	106.49	108.82	109.25	107.84	109.76	112.30	112.27	113.74
1997	118.18	123.01	|	125.47	118.91	114.31	115.10	117.89	120.74	121.13	125.35	129.52
1998	129.45	125.85	|	131.81	135.08	140.35	140.66	144.76	134.50	121.33	120.61	117.40
1999	113.14	116.73	|	119.66	122.14	120.81	119.76	113.30	107.45	106.00	104.83	102.61
2000	105.21	109.34	|	105.35	108.13	106.13	107.90	108.02	106.75	108.34	108.87	112.21
2001	117.10	116.10	|	123.77	121.83	122.19	124.63	121.53	118.91	121.32	122.33	127.32
2002	132.66	133.53	|	131.01	126.39	123.44	118.08	119.03	120.49	123.88	121.54	122.17
2003	118.67	119.29	|	119.82	117.26	118.27	118.65	118.81	115.09	109.58	109.18	107.87
2004	106.39	106.54	|	107.31	112.27	109.45	109.34	110.41	110.05	108.90	104.86	103.82
2005	103.27	104.84	|	107.35	106.94	108.62	111.94	110.65	111.03	114.84	118.45	118.60
2006	115.33	117.81	|	117.13	111.53	114.57	115.59	115.86	117.02	118.59	117.33	117.26
2007	120.59	120.49	|	118.81	120.77	122.64	121.56	116.74	115.01	115.77	111.24	112.28
2008	107.60	107.18	|	102.41	104.11	106.86	106.76	109.24	106.71	100.20	96.89	91.21
2009	90.35	92.53	|	98.92	96.43	96.58	94.49	94.90	91.40	90.28	89.11	89.52
2010	91.26	90.28	|	93.43	91.79	90.89	87.67	85.44	84.31	81.80	82.43	83.38
2011	82.63	82.52	|	83.20	81.19	80.46	79.25
Year	! Jan !! Feb !! Mar !! Apr !! May !! Jun !! Jul !! Aug !! Sep !! Oct !! Nov !! Dec
	Month

See also

Japan Mint

Japanese military yen

Economy of Japan

Capital flows in Japan

Monetary and fiscal policy of Japan

Balance of payments accounts of Japan (1960–90)

Gold Standard

Older currency

Japanese mon (currency)

Koban (coin)

Ryō (Japanese coin)

Wadōkaichin

Notes

Further reading

Medhurst, Walter Henry. (1830). ''An English and Japanese, and Japanese and English Vocabulary: Compiled from Native Works.'' Batavia, Dutch East Indies: [s.n.]. OCLC 5452087

Hepburn, James Curtis. (1867). ''A Japanese and English Dictionary.'' Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press. OCLC 32634467

Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō, 1652]. ''Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, ''Annales des empereurs du Japon.'' Paris: Oriental Translation Society of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 5850691

External links

Japanese Yen on Wikinvest

Japanese currency FAQ in Currency Museum, Bank of Japan

Money in Japan. A guide while traveling.

Images of historic and modern Japanese bank notes

German

Chart: US-Dollar in Yen

Chart: 100 Yen in Euro

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Name	Donnie Yen
Tradchinesename	甄子丹
Simpchinesename	甄子丹
Pinyinchinesename	Zhēn Zǐdān
Jyutpingchinesename	Jan1 Zi2daan1
Ancestry	Taishan, Guangdong, China
Origin	Hong Kong
Birth date	July 27, 1963
Birth place	Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Occupation	Actor, martial artist, film director and producer, action choreographer
Yearsactive	1983 - present
Spouse	Cecilia Cissy Wang (2003 - present)
Website	http://www.DonnieYen.asia
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Goldenhorseawards	Best Action Choreography2003 ''The Twins Effect''2007 ''Flash Point''
Hongkongfilmwards	Best Action Choreography2003 ''The Twins Effect''2005 ''SPL: Sha Po Lang''2008 ''Flash Point''
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height
weight lb	165
weight class	Lightweight Weltereight| height
style	Wushu, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Taekwondo, Boxing, Muay Thai, Amateur Wrestling, Wing Chun, Judo, Kickboxing
stance	Orthodox stance
rank	6th degree black belt in Taekwondo Purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Medalist at world Wushu tournament
website	http://www.donnieyen.asia/ }}

Donnie Yen (born 27 July 1963) is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, film director and producer, action choreographer, and world wushu tournament medalist. Apart from being a well-known film and television actor in Hong Kong, Yen has also gained international recognition for appearing in many films together with other prominent and internationally-known actors such as Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh.

Yen is widely credited by many as the person responsible for popularizing the traditional martial arts style known as Wing Chun. He played the role of Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man in the 2008 film ''Ip Man'', which was a box office success. This has led to an increase in the number of people taking up Wing Chun, leading to hundreds of new Wing Chun schools to be opened up in mainland China and other parts of Asia. Ip Chun, the eldest son of Ip Man, even mentioned that he is grateful to Yen for making his family art popular and allowing his father's legacy to be remembered.

Yen is considered to be Hong Kong's top action star; director Peter Chan mentioned that he "is the 'it' action person right now" and "has built himself into a bona fide leading man, who happens to be an action star." Yen is widely credited for bringing mixed martial arts (MMA) into the mainstream of Asian culture, by choreographing MMA in many of his recent films. Yen has displayed notable skills in MMA, being well-versed in Boxing, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, wrestling and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. Seen as one of the most popular film stars in Asia in recent years, Yen is currently the highest paid actor in the whole of Asia.

Early life

Yen's mother, Bow-sim Mark (麥寶嬋), is a Wudangquan (internal martial arts) grandmaster, while his father, Klyster Yen (甄雲龍), is a newspaper editor. When Yen was two years old, his family moved to Hong Kong, and then to Boston, Massachusetts, United States when he was 11. His younger sister, Chris Yen, is also a martial artist and actress, and appeared in the 2007 film ''Adventures of Johnny Tao: Rock Around the Dragon''.

At a young age, under influence from his mother, Yen developed an interest in martial arts and began experimenting with various styles, including tai-chi and other traditional Chinese martial arts. Yen focused on practicing wushu after dropping out of school. His parents were concerned that he was spending too much time in the Boston Combat Zone, that they sent him to Beijing on a two-year training program with the Beijing Wushu Team. When Yen decided to return to the United States, he made a side-trip to Hong Kong and met action choreographer Yuen Woo-ping there.

Yen also came from a family of musicians. His mother is a soprano, in addition to being a martial arts teacher in Boston, while his father is a violinist. Since young, he was taught by his parents to play musical instruments, including the piano. He also knows hip-hop dancing and breakdancing.

Career

Yen took on the role of a stuntman in his earliest films, ''Shaolin Drunkard'' (1983) and ''Taoism Drunkard'' (1984). At the age of 20, he took on his first acting role in the 1984 film ''Drunken Tai Chi'', and the film helped to make Yen more notable, even though it was not a critical success.

After filming ''Drunken Tai Chi'' and ''Tiger Cage'' (1988), Yen made his breakthrough role as General Nap-lan in ''Once Upon a Time in China II'' (1992), which included a dramatic fight scene between his character and Wong Fei-hung (played by Jet Li). Yen and Li appeared together again in the 2002 film ''Hero'', where Yen played a spear (or qiang) fighter who fought with Li's character, an unnamed swordsman. The film was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar at the 2003 Academy Awards but lost to the German film ''Nowhere in Africa''.

In 1995, Yen starred as Chen Zhen (Cantonese: Chan Zan) in the television series ''Fist of Fury'' produced by ATV, which is adapted from the 1972 film of the same title that starred Bruce Lee as Chen Zhen. Yen reprised his role as Chen Zhen in the 2010 film ''Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen''.

In 1997, Yen started a production company called Bullet Films, and made his directorial debut in ''Legend of the Wolf'' (1997) and ''Ballistic Kiss'' (1998), in which he played the lead character. Yen went on to choreograph fight scenes and appeared in minor roles in some Hollywood films, such as ''Highlander: Endgame'' (2000) and ''Blade II'' (2002).

In 2003, Yen co-starred with Jackie Chan in ''Shanghai Knights''. His role of the antagonist, Wu Chow, was originally offered to Robin Shou, who played his on-screen nemesis in ''Tiger Cage 2'' (1990), but Shou turned down the offer due to scheduling conflicts and Yen took the role.

Yen choreographed most of the fight animation in the 2004 video game ''Onimusha 3'', which featured actors Takeshi Kaneshiro and Jean Reno. Yen continued to be active in the Hong Kong cinema in the 2000s, starring as Chu Zhaonan in Tsui Hark's wuxia epic film ''Seven Swords'', and as Ma Kwun in Wilson Yip's brutal crime drama film ''SPL: Sha Po Lang'' in 2005. Both films were featured at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival. Later that year, Yen co-starred with Nicholas Tse and Shawn Yue in Wilson Yip's ''Dragon Tiger Gate'', an adaptation of Wong Yuk-long's manhua series ''Oriental Heroes''. Yen also worked as action choreographer in ''Stormbreaker'', starring Alex Pettyfer. Yen's continued to work with Wilson Yip in ''Flash Point'' (2007) in which he starred as the lead character and served as producer and action choreographer for the film. He won the Best Action Choreography at the Golden Horse Film Awards and the Hong Kong Film Awards for his performance in ''Flash Point''.

In 2008, Yen starred in ''Ip Man'', a semi-biographical account of Yip Man, the Wing Chun master of Bruce Lee. ''Ip Man'' marked Yen's fourth collaboration with director Wilson Yip, reuniting him with his co-stars in ''SPL: Sha Po Lang'', Sammo Hung and Simon Yam. ''Ip Man'' became the biggest box office hit to date which featured Yen in the leading role, grossing HK$25 million in Hong Kong and 100 million yuan in China. In July 2011 it was announced that Yen and Cecilia Cheung would be cast in a Hong Kong remake of ''Mr. & Mrs. Smith'', titled ''Assassin Couple'', with a reported pay of 30 million yuan.

In August 2011, while Yen was on a vacation with his family in the United States, he reportedly received an invitation by producer Avi Lerner to star in ''The Expendables 2''. It was stated that Yen is considering the offer, and have many films at hand, and will not decide until he sees if the script appeals to him or not.

Action choreography

Apart from being an acclaimed martial artist and actor, Yen is also a world class action choreographer, and his on-screen choreography has been recognized through the numerous awards he has attained.

In recent years, Yen was successful in including mixed martial arts (MMA) into his action choreography in various films, a feat most other action directors have been unsuccessful at accomplishing so far. ''Flash Point'', a film fully choreographed by Yen using MMA was a huge success. His work as a choreographer won him "Best Action Choreography" awards at the 27th Hong Kong Film Awards and the 2008 Golden Horse Film Awards. Another notable MMA film involving Yen is ''SPL: Sha Po Lang''.

Yen was the fight choreographer for the 2010 film ''Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen''. For this film, Yen mentioned that he included Jeet Kune Do elements as a tribute to Bruce Lee, who played Chen Zhen in the 1972 film ''Fist of Fury''. Furthermore he incorporated many MMA elements in the film, coupled with the utilisation of Wing Chun. MMA is an interdisciplinary form of fighting utilising elements of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, judo, karate, boxing, kickboxing and wrestling, which is evident in the film. Yen also stated that the concept behind Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do is similar to that of MMA, hence the incorporation of many forms of martial arts is a necessity in this film.

Due to his notable success in action choreography, he is invited to choreograph most of his latest and upcoming films such as ''The Lost Bladesman'', ''Wu Xia'' and ''The Monkey King''.

Martial arts history, style and philosophy

Yen describes himself as a mixed martial artist, and this is evident from his style. He has learnt wushu since young, under his mother's teachings. He then went on to learn taekwondo in his teenage years, and currently holds a 6th degree black belt in taekwondo. When he was a teenager, he obtained a medal in a wushu competition held in the United States, known as Boston Combat Zone. The Beijing wushu team had a scouting in the United States at the same time, inviting Yen over to Beijing, China, where he began training at the Beijing Sports Institute, the same facility where champion-turned actor Jet Li trained, this is where the two of them crossed-path for the first time.

Yen later went on to discover and to seek knowledge on other martial arts style, he would later obtain belts from judo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and went on to study the art of parkour, wrestling, Muay Thai, kickboxing and boxing under various trainers. His exposure of mixed martial arts (MMA) was heightened when he went back to the United States from 2000 to 2003, while making his Hollywood debut, he also took time off to learn the various martial arts form. The progress was evident when he returned back to Asia, where he implemented his new found knowledge of MMA showcased in films such as ''SPL: Sha Po Lang'' (2005) and ''Flash Point'' (2007).

Near the end of 2007, Yen added a new arsenal to his martial arts system. He was offered the role of Wing Chun grandmaster and Bruce Lee's mentor, Ip Man, in a 2008 film named after the grandmaster. He worked hard and studied Wing Chun under Ip Man's eldest son, Ip Chun for 9 months before tackling the role.Ip Chun has since praised Yen for his effort, and complimented that Yen is a great martial artist and a fast learner, and has managed to grasp the full concept of Wing Chun much faster than anyone he has taught.

Yen believes in practical combat, and in his opinion, MMA is the most authentic type of practical combat. He has particular interest in the art of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and has obtained a purple belt. He has mentioned that he would have entered the Octagon, joining the Ultimate Fighting Championship if he did not have a recurring shoulder injury.

Yen's philosophy is that, even though there are many technical aspects of the various martial arts form, however the most effective form of combat is when the strength of the martial arts are added together, when various martial arts work together harmoniously. The essence of martial arts is the flow, the flow or images, the flow of music, the flow of communication between an artist and the audience. Martial art is a form of expression, an expression from your inner self to your hands and legs. Yen has a famous quote, "When you watch my films, you're feeling my heart."

Personal life

Yen married Cecilia Cissy Wang in Toronto in 2003. Wang was the winner of the 2000 Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant, including the "Miss Vitality" and "Miss Perfect Figure" awards. They have a daughter, Jasmine, born in 2004, and a son, James, born in 2007. In April 2010 his wife reportedly had a miscarriage.

Yen has stated that he is a big fan of the MMA organization Ultimate Fighting Championship, and has watched almost every UFC event available.

See also

Donnie Yen filmography

Cinema of Hong Kong

Cinema of China

References

External links

Donnie Yen's Sina blog site

"An Action Star Moves to the Lead," New York Times article

Donnie Yen profile page at Hong Kong Cinemagic

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Name	Sammo Hung
Tradchinesename
Simpchinesename
Pinyinchinesename	Hóng Jīnbǎo
Jyutpingchinesename	Hung4 Gam1bou2
Ancestry	Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Origin	Hong Kong
Birth date	January 07, 1952
Birth place	Hong Kong
Othername	Yuen Lung (元龍) / Chu Yuen Lung (朱元龍), Dai Goh Dai (大哥大; Big, Big Brother)
Occupation	Actor, martial artist, director, producer, action choreographer, screenwriter, film presenter
Yearsactive	1961–present
Spouse	Jo Yun Ok (1973–1994)Joyce Godenzi (1995–present)
Children	Timmy Hung Tin MingJimmy Hung Tin CheungSammy Hung Tin ChiuStephanie Hung Chao Yu
Parents	Hung Shen (father)
Hongkongfilmwards	Best Actor1983 ''Carry On Pickpocket'' 1989 ''Painted Faces''Best Action Choreography1983 ''The Prodigal Son''2009 ''Ip Man''2011 ''Ip Man 2''
Goldenhorseawards	Best Action Choreography2009 ''Ip Man'' 2010 ''Ip Man 2''
Awards	Asia-Pacific Film FestivalBest Actor 1988 ''Painted Faces'' }}

Sammo Hung (born Hung Kam Po, 7 January 1952) is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, film producer and director, known for his work in many martial arts films and Hong Kong action cinema. He has been a fight choreographer for, amongst others, Jackie Chan, King Hu, and John Woo.

Hung is one of the pivotal figures who spearheaded the Hong Kong New Wave movement of the 1980s, helped reinvent the martial arts genre and started the vampire-like Jiang Shi genre. He is widely credited with assisting many of his compatriots, giving them their starts in the Hong Kong film industry, by casting them in the films he produced, or giving them roles in the production crew.

In East Asia, it is common for people to address their elders or influential people with familial nouns as a sign of familiarity and respect. Jackie Chan, for example, is often addressed as "Dai Goh" (), meaning Big Brother. Hung was also known as "Dai Goh", until the filming of ''Project A'', which featured both actors. As Hung was the eldest of the kung fu "brothers", and the first to make a mark on the industry, he was given the nickname "Dai Goh Dai" (), meaning, Big, Big Brother or Biggest Big Brother.

Early years

Hung's ancestral hometown is Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. Born Hung Kam Po in Hong Kong, both of his parents worked as wardrobe artists in the local film industry and guardianship was thrust upon his grandparents. His grandmother was archetypal martial-arts actress Chin Tsi-ang and his grandfather was film director Hung Chung-Ho.

Hung joined the China Drama Academy, a Peking Opera School in Hong Kong, in 1961. He was enrolled for a period of seven years, beginning at the age of 9, after his grandparents heard about the school from their friends. The opera school was run by Master Yu Jim Yuen and as was customary for all students, Hung adopted the given name of his sifu as his family name whilst attending. Going by the name ''Yuen Lung'', Hung became the foremost member of the Seven Little Fortunes (七小福) performing group, and would establish a friendly rivalry with one of the younger students, ''Yuen Lo''. Yuen Lo would go on to become international superstar Jackie Chan. At the age of 14, Hung was selected by a teacher who had connections to the Hong Kong film industry to perform stunts on a movie. This brief foray into the industry piqued his interest in film and he took particular interest in the operation of film cameras. As the eldest of the troupe, Hung would give his opera school brothers pocket money from his earnings, endearing him greatly to his young friends. Shortly before leaving the Academy at the age of 16, Hung suffered an injury that left him bedridden for an extended period, during which time his weight ballooned. After finding work in the film industry as a stuntman, he was given a nickname after a well-known Chinese cartoon character, Sam-mo (三毛; Three Hairs).

Many years later, in 1988, Hung starred in Alex Law's ''Painted Faces'', a dramatic re-telling of his experiences at the ''China Drama Academy''. Among the exercises featured in the film are numerous acrobatic backflips, and hours of handstands performed against a wall. Despite some of the more brutal exercises and physical punishments shown in ''Painted Faces'', Hung and the rest of the Seven Little Fortunes consider the film a toned-down version of their actual experiences.

Film career

1960s and 1970s

Hung appeared as a child actor in several films for Cathay Asia and Bo Bo Films during the early 1960s. His film debut was in the 1961 film ''Education of Love''. In 1962, he made his first appearance alongside Jackie Chan in the film ''Big and Little Wong Tin Bar'', followed by a role in ''The Birth of Yue Fei'', in which he played the ten year old Yue Fei, the historical figure from the Song Dynasty who would go on to become a famous Chinese general and martyr. The majority of Hung's performance was alongside another actor portraying Zhou Tong, Yue's elderly military arts tutor. In 1966, at the age of just 14, Hung began working for Shaw Brothers Studio, assisting the action director Han Yingjie, on King Hu's film ''Come Drink with Me''. Between 1966 and 1974, Hung worked on over 30 wuxia films for Shaw Brothers, progressing through the roles of extra, stuntman, stunt co-ordinator and ultimately, action director.

In 1970, Hung began working for Raymond Chow and the Golden Harvest film company. He was initially hired to choreograph the action scenes for the very first Golden Harvest film, ''The Angry River'' (1970). His popularity soon began to grow, and due to the quality of his choreography and disciplined approach to his work, he again caught the eye of celebrated Taiwanese director, King Hu. Hung choreographed two of Hu's films, ''A Touch of Zen'' (1971) and ''The Fate of Lee Khan'' (1973).

In the same year, Hung went to South Korea to study the martial art Hapkido under master Ji Han Jae.

Also in 1973, he was seen in the Bruce Lee classic, ''Enter the Dragon''. Hung was the Shaolin student Bruce faces in the opening sequence.

Toward the late 1970s, Hong Kong cinema began to shift away from the Mandarin-language, epic martial arts films popularised by directors such as Chang Cheh. In a series of films, Hung, along with Jackie Chan, began reinterpreting the genre by making comedic Cantonese kung fu. While these films still strongly featured martial arts, it was mixed with a liberal dose of humour.

In 1977, Hung was given his first lead role in a Golden Harvest production, in the film ''Shaolin Plot''. His next film, released the same year, was also his directorial debut, ''The Iron-Fisted Monk'', one of the earliest kung fu comedies.

In 1978, Raymond Chow gave Hung the task of completing the fight co-ordination for the re-shoot of ''Game of Death'', the film Bruce Lee was unable to complete before his death in 1973.

In 1979, Hung directed his second film, the comedy ''Enter the Fat Dragon'', for H.K. Fong Ming Motion Picture Company. He also played the lead role in, a character who idolises and impersonates Bruce Lee. Hung has impersonated Lee on film twice more - in the final fight scene against Cynthia Rothrock in ''Millionaire's Express'' (1986)., and throughout the 1990 Lau Kar Wing film ''Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon''.

After Jackie Chan's success with ''Drunken Master'' (1978), Hung was scheduled to make a similar film featuring ''Drunken Master'''s "Beggar So" character played by Yuen Siu Tien (aka Simon Yuen). As his elder, Sammo's films were expected to surpass Chan's in popularity. The film was ''Magnificent Butcher'' (1979), which Hung co-directed with Yuen Woo-ping. However, during filming Yuen Siu Tien died of a heart attack. He was replaced by Fan Mei Sheng and Yuen's absence may have led to low ticket sales.

1980s

As Hung's fame grew, he used his newly-found influence to assist his former China Drama Academy classmates, as well as the former students of "rival" school, ''The Spring and Autumn Drama School''. Aside from regular collaborations with Chan, others such as Yuen Biao, Yuen Wah, Lam Ching-ying and Mang Hoi also began to make regular appearances in his films.

In 1978 and 1981, Hung made two films that contain fine examples of the Wing Chun style. The first, ''Warriors Two'' was the most significant role to date for South Korean super kicker Casanova Wong, who teamed up with Hung in the final fight. The second film was ''The Prodigal Son'', in which the Wing Chun fighting was performed by Lam Ching-Ying. The release of ''The Prodigal Son'', along with another film directed by and co-starring Hung, ''Knockabout'' (1979) also shot his fellow Opera schoolmate Yuen Biao to stardom.

Hung's martial arts films of the 1980s helped reconfigure how martial arts were presented on screen. While the martial arts films of the 1970s generally featured highly-stylised fighting sequences in period or fantasy settings, Hung's choreography, set in modern urban areas, was more realistic and frenetic - featuring long one-on-one fight scenes. The fight sequences from several of these films, such as those in ''Winners and Sinners'' (1982) and ''Wheels on Meals'' (1985) came to define 1980s martial arts movies.

In 1983, the collaboration between the triumverate of Hung, Jackie Chan, and Yuen Biao began with Chan's ''Project A''. Hung, Chan and Yuen were known as the 'Three Dragons' and their alliance lasted for 5 years. Although Yuen continued to appear in the films of Hung and Chan, the final film to date starring all three was 1988's ''Dragons Forever''.

Hung was also responsible for the ''Lucky Stars'' comedy film series in the 1980s. He directed and co-starred in the original trilogy, ''Winners and Sinners'' (1983), ''My Lucky Stars'' (1985) and ''Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars'' (1985). These first three films featured Chan and Biao in supporting roles. Hung also produced and played a supporting role in the fourth film, ''Lucky Stars Go Places'' (1986), and made a cameo appearance in the sixth and final film, ''How to Meet the Lucky Stars'' (1996).

During the 1980s, Hung was instrumental in the creating the genre of ''Jiang Shi'' (; literally "stiff corpse"), the Jiang Shi being hopping re-animated corpses - a Chinese equivalent to Western vampires. Two landmark films, ''Encounters of the Spooky Kind'' (1980) and ''The Dead and the Deadly'' (1983) feature Jiang Shi who move in standing jumps towards their victims, as well as Taoist priests with the ability to quell these vampires (and at times, each other) through magical spells and charms. These films meld Chinese folklore with special effects and kung fu action to create a genre that is uniquely Chinese. Hung's Jiang Shi films would pave the way for films such as the popular ''Mr. Vampire'' (1985), which he also produced, and its sequels. He revitalised the sub-genre of female-led kung fu films, producing cop films such as ''Yes, Madam'' aka ''Police Assassins'' (both 1985), which introduced stars Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock.

1990s

Film

After some relatively poor performances at the domestic box-office, Hung had a dispute with studio head, Raymond Chow. Hung had produced the thriller ''Into the Fire'' (1989), but Hung felt Golden Harvest had withdrawn the film from cinemas too soon. The disagreement led to Hung parting company with Golden Harvest in 1991, after 21 years with the company.

Whilst continuing to produce films through his own company Bojon Films Company Ltd, Hung failed to equal his early successes. His fortunes improved somewhat as the helmer of "Mr. Nice Guy" (1997), a long-awaited reunion with Chan.

In 1994, Hung coordinated the fight sequences in Wong Kar-wai's wuxia epic, Ashes of Time.

Television

In 1998, US television network CBS began to broadcast ''Martial Law'' (1998–2000) on Saturday nights, an action-drama built around Hung. The hour-long shows were a surprise success and installed Hung as the only East Asian headlining a prime time network series. The television series was executive produced and occasionally directed by Stanley Tong, and co-starred Arsenio Hall. Hung reportedly recited some of his English dialogue phonetically. The show was an eastern remake of Due South, which starred Paul Gross.

2000s

Film

During 2000-2001, Hung expressed interest in creating a film adaptation of the video game ''Soulcalibur''. The production agreement for the film was made around April 2001 with an estimated budget of $50 million. Hung had the idea of producing a martial arts epic with Chen Lung Jackie Chan in the lead role, but the film was never made. Hung's plans were detailed on his website, but after a year the announcement was removed. The film rights have since been acquired by Warren Zide, the producer of ''American Pie'' and ''Final Destination''.

Hung found renewed success in Hong Kong film industry in the 2000s, beginning with ''The Legend of Zu'' (2001), the long-awaited sequel to the 1983 hit ''Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain''. In 2004, Stephen Chow's ''Kung Fu Hustle'' was released. Though Yuen Woo-ping was credited for the martial arts choreography on ''Kung Fu Hustle'', Hung actually did the preliminary work but left the film midway through, and Yuen filled in to complete it. Because of his departure from the film, there was tabloid speculation that he and Chow had strong differences over the film, resulting in their separation. Chow has since responded that Hung left for personal reasons and not because of speculated tensions. In 2004, Hung again worked with Jackie Chan, in a brief but notable appearance in Disney's ''Around the World in 80 Days'' as the legendary folk hero Wong Fei Hung, a character which, curiously, had been played by Chan himself in the ''Drunken Master'' series.

In 2005, Hung was involved in Daniel Lee's ''Dragon Squad'' and Wilson Yip's ''SPL: Sha Po Lang'' (aka ''Kill Zone''). In the latter, Hung played a villain for the first time in over 25 years, and had his first ever fight scene against Donnie Yen. One of the key relationships in ''SPL'' had been Hung's role as the adoptive father of Wu Jing's character. However, these scenes were dropped from the final film as the director couldn't find a way to fit them into the film. In response to this, a prequel film was planned. Hung appeared alongside Wu Jing again in 2007's ''Twins Mission'' with stars, the Twins. In early 2008, Hung starred in ''Fatal Move'', in which he and Ken Lo played a pair of rival triad gang leaders. He also starred in, and performed action choreography for, Daniel Lee's ''Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon'', with Andy Lau and Maggie Q. The film, was based on the book ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms''.

Antony Szeto's film, ''Wushu'', which stars Hung premiered in Beijing in October, 2008. The film was unveiled by Golden Network at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. Jackie Chan was the film's executive producer, and worked on the film in an advisory capacity, assisting with marketing and casting. Hung then worked again with director Wilson Yip and star Donnie Yen, as the action director for the 2008 film ''Ip Man''.

In 2010, Hung was given a lifetime achievement award at the New York Asian Film Festival, where four of his films were shown. Hung appears in and choreographed ''Ip Man 2 (2010)''. His role is that of a Hung Gar master who challenges Ip Man.

Television

In between films and special appearances, Hung has appeared in several East Asian television series. In 2003 he was in two mainland Chinese series - ''Undercover Cop'' with Fan Bingbing, followed by ''The Valley of Lost Vengeance'' (aka ''End Enmity Hollow''). More recently, he played a master con-artist in the Taiwanese series ''Coming Lies'' and Wing Chun master Wong Wah-bo in ''Wing Chun'', reprising the role he played in ''The Prodigal Son'' over 20 years earlier. He co-starred in the series alongside Yuen Biao, Nicholas Tse and his youngest son, Sammy Hung.

Hung appeared as a guest judge on the China Beijing TV Station reality television series ''The Disciple'', which aired in mainland China and was produced by, and featured, Jackie Chan. The aim of the program was to find a new star, skilled in acting and martial arts, to become Chan's "successor", the champion being awarded the lead role in a film. It concluded on June 7, 2008, with the series winner announced in Beijing.

In another mainland Chinese television series, ''The Shaolin Warriors'', set during the Ming Dynasty, Hung played Big Foot, a Shaolin warrior monk joining General Qi Jiguang's marines to help defend the nation against Japanese pirates. Sammy Hung also has a role, as Big Foot's disciple.

Future

Forthcoming film roles for Hung include starring roles in another Daniel Lee film, entitled ''Duel'' and in Vincent Kok's horror comedy, ''V for Vampire''. These will be followed by a co-starring role alongside Bruce Liang in ''He Who Would Be King'' produced by Ju Long's new film studio and Kevin Munroe's ''War Monkeys'' for Dark Horse Indie, a branch of Dark Horse Entertainment. Hung is also expected to work once again with Stephen Chow, playing a role in the director's forthcoming wuxia comedy film. The film is currently in the script-writing phase and is as-yet unnamed.

Hung has also directed and starred in another martial arts epic entitled ''Howling Arrow''. According to Hung's official website, it stars Aaron Kwok, Wu Jing, and Zhou Xun and was filmed for Tsui Siu-Ming’s Sundream Motion Pictures. Filming was supposed to begin in 2007, but the film appears to have been delayed indefinitely.

Filmography

Hung has starred in 75 films, and worked on over 230, beginning as a child actor whilst still attending the ''China Drama Academy''. Upon leaving the opera school, he worked as an extra and stuntman, and progressed through other roles including fight choreographer, stunt co-ordinator, action director, actor, writer, producer and director.

Film production

Gar Bo Motion Picture Company

In 1978 Sammo Hung formed Gar Bo Motion Picture Company, a subsidiary of Golden Harvest, with director Karl Maka and former actor-choreographer Lau Kar Wing (brother of actors Lau Kar-leung and Gordon Liu). The company's name consists of the "Gar" sound from Lau ''Kar'' Wing and Karl Maka (Mak ''Kar''), and "Bo" from Hung Kam ''Bo''.). The company disbanded in 1980, when Maka moved on to form Cinema City & Films Co. with Raymond Wong and Dean Shek. Gar Bo released two films, both starring Hung and Lau:

''Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog'' (1978)

''Odd Couple'' (1979)

Bo Ho Film Company Ltd

1980 saw Raymond Chow pull one of Hung's films from local cinemas after just two weeks. Hung responded by starting his own production company Bo Ho Film Company Ltd, allowing him to have greater control to produce Hong Kong films. Whilst Bo Ho produced, Golden Harvest still operated as distributors. In all, 40 films were released by Bo Ho, several of which starred Hung:

''Encounters of the Spooky Kind'' (1980)

''Long Arm of the Law'' (1984)

''Pom Pom'' (1984)

''Hocus Pocus'' (1984)

''Mr. Vampire'' (1985)

''Heart of Dragon (1985)

''Those Merry Souls'' (1985)

''Lucky Stars Go Places'' (1986)

''Millionaire's Express'' aka ''Shanghai Express'' (1986)

''Paper Marriage'' (1986)

''Righting Wrongs'' aka ''Above the Law'' (1986)

''Rosa'' (1986)

''The Strange Bedfellow'' (1986)

''Mr. Vampire Part 2'' (1986)

''Eastern Condors'' (1987)

''Mr. Vampire Part 3'' (1987)

''The Final Test'' (1987)

''The Happy Bigamist'' (1987)

''My Cousin, the Ghost'' (1987)

''Scared Stiff'' (1987)

''Sworn Brothers'' (1987)

''To Err is Humane'' aka ''To Err is Human'' (1987)

''China's Last Eunuch'' aka ''Lai Shi, China's Last Eunuch'' (1988)

''Mr. Vampire Saga 4'' (1988)

''On the Run'' (1988)

''Picture of a Nymph'' aka ''Portrait of a Nymph'' (1988)

''One Husband Too Many'' (1988)

''Blonde Fury'' (1989)

''Three Against the World'' (1989)

''A Fishy Story'' (1989)

''Doctor's Heart'' (1990)

''Her Fatal Ways'' (1990)

''Mortuary Blues'' (1990)

''Shanghai, Shanghai'' aka ''Shanghai Encounter'' (1990)

''She Shoots Straight'' aka ''Lethal Lady'' (1990)

''Queens Bench III'' (1990)

''The Top Bet'' (1991)

''Lover at Large'' (1992)

''Scorpion King'' aka ''Operation Scorpio'' (1992)

D&B; Films Company Ltd

In 1983, Hung co-founded another production company, D&B; Films Company Ltd ("D&B;" being short for "Duk-Bo"), with Dickson Poon and John Shum. The company operated until 1992 and produced a total of 77 Hong Kong films:

''Hong Kong 1941'' (1984)

''The Owl vs Bumbo'' aka ''The Owl vs Bombo'' (1984)

''The Return of Pom Pom'' (1984)

''The Island'' (1985)

''It's a Drink, It's a Bomb'' (1985)

''Mr. Boo Meets Pom Pom'' (1985)

''Yes, Madam'' aka Police Assassins'' (1985)

''Night Caller'' (1985)

''Dream Lovers'' (1986)

''Silent Love'' (1986)

''Passion (1986)

''Legacy of Rage'' (1986)

''My Family'' (1986)

''Pom Pom Strikes Back'' (1986)

''Conduct Zero'' (1986)

''In the Line of Duty'' aka ''Royal Warriors'' (1986)

''Brotherhood'' (1986)

''From Here to Prosperity'' (1986)

''The Lunatics'' (1986)

''Caper'' (1986)

''Devoted to You'' (1986)

''On the Red'' (1986)

''Where's Officer Tuba?'' (1986)

''Kiss Me Goodbye'' (1986)

''It's a Mad Mad World'' (1987)

''Porky's Meatballs'' (1987)

''The Wrong Couple'' aka ''The Wrong Couples'' (1987)

''Wonder Women'' (1987)

''Magnificent Warriors'' aka ''Yes, Madam 3'' (1987)

''You're OK, I'm OK!'' (1987)

''The Final Victory'' (1987)

''Easy Money'' (1987)

''The Gang Don't Shoot Straight'' aka ''The Goofy Gang'' (1987)

''An Autumn's Tale'' (1987)

''In the Line of Duty 3'' aka ''Yes, Madam 2'' (1987)

''Sapporo Story'' (1987)

''Heart To Hearts'' (1988)

''It's A Mad Mad World 2'' (1988)

''Tiger Cage'' (1988)

''Fury'' (1988)

''Classmate Party'' aka ''Student Union'' (1988)

''In the Blood'' (1988)

''Double Fattiness'' (1988)

''Vengeance is Mine'' (1988)

''Keep on Dancing'' (1988)

''Bless This House'' (1988)

''Women's Prison'' (1988)

''Darkside Of Chinatown'' (1989)

''Happy Together'' (1989)

''In the Line of Duty 4'' aka ''In the Line of Duty'' aka ''Yes, Madam 4'' (1989)

''Mr. Fortune'' (1989)

''Unfaithfully Yours'' (1989)

''It's A Mad Mad World 3'' (1989)

''The Nobles'' (1989)

''Funny Ghost'' (1989)

''You Bet Your Life'' (1989)

''A Bite of Love'' (1990)

''Love is Love'' (1990)

''Middle Man'' (1990)

''Tiger Cage 2'' (1990)

''Heart Into Hearts'' (1990)

''BB 30'' (1990)

''Brave Young Girls'' (1990)

''Look Out, Officer!'' (1990)

''Perfect Girls'' (1990)

''Vampire Settle on Police Camp'' (1990)

''Forbidden Arsenal'' (1991)

''The Perfect Match'' (1991)

''The Plot'' (1991)

''Sea Wolves'' (1991)

''Dreams of Glory, A Boxer's Story'' (1991)

''Tiger Cage 3'' (1991)

''Black Cat'' (1991)

''His Fatal Ways'' (1991)

''Will of Iron'' (1991)

''Black Cat 2'' (1992)

''Heart Against Hearts'' (1992)

Bojon Films Company Ltd

In 1989, Hung formed a new production company, Bojon Films Company Ltd. The company produced 5 films, all of which starred Hung:

''Pedicab Driver'' (1989)

''Encounters of the Spooky Kind 2'' (1990)

''Pantyhose Hero'' aka ''Pantyhose Killer'' (1990)

''Slickers vs. Killers'' (1991)

''Don't Give a Damn'' aka ''Burger Cop'' (1995)

Personal life

Hung's grandmother was martial-arts actress Chin Tsi-ang, who starred in almost 80 films between 1941 and 2002. His grandfather was film director and writer Hung Chung Ho, who directed over 40 films between 1937 and 1950.

Hung's younger brother, Lee Chi Kit, has worked on almost 40 films, many of which Hung was also involved with. Lee also worked on Hung's ''Martial Law'' series. He works primarily as a supporting actor and action director. He has three sons and a daughter, Timmy Hung Tin Ming (洪天明; born 1974), Jimmy Hung Tin Cheung (洪天祥; born 1977), Sammy Hung Tin Chiu (洪天照; born 1979) and Stephanie Hung Chao Yu (洪煦榆; born 1983) with Jo Yun Ok (曹恩玉), whom he grew up with in martial arts training school. He divorced Jo in 1994 and married model and actress Joyce Godenzi in 1995. Godenzi appeared in several of his films including ''The Haunted Island'', ''Eastern Condors'' (both 1986), and ''Paper Marriage'' (1988) prior to the pair becoming a couple. She also appeared in ''Mr. Nice Guy'' (1997).

Timmy Hung has appeared alongside his father in ''SPL: Sha Po Lang'', ''Legend of the Dragon'', and Kung Fu Chefs, as well as having a recurring role in Sammo's series, ''Martial Law''.

Sammy Hung appeared as the nemesis to Nicholas Tse's character in the 2007 television series ''Wing Chun'', a remake of the original series broadcast in 1994, and the subsequent film ''Wing Chun''. The series also starred Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao. Sammy will also appear alongside his father in the upcoming film Choy Lee Fut.

In popular culture

A pop band from Wales named themselves ''Sammo Hung'' after the actor.

Master Elehung Kinpo, from ''Juken Sentai Gekiranger'', is named after him. Coincidentally, Yū Mizushima, the voice actor for Elehung Kinpo, did the dubbing for Sammo Hung.

A martial artist named Samohan Kinpou is frequently referred to in the anime Negima?!

See also

Cinema of Hong Kong

Hong Kong action cinema

References

External links

Sammo Hung Profile at subtitledonline.com

Sammo Hung Kam Bo at Hong Kong Cinemagic

Sammo Hung Kam-Bo at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase

Sammo Hung Interview at Best For Film

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Name	Andy Roddick
Name	Andy Roddick
Nickname	A-Rod
Country
Residence	Austin, Texas
Birth date	August 30, 1982
Birth place	Omaha, Nebraska
Spouse(s)	Brooklyn Decker
Height
Weight
Turnedpro	2000
Careerprizemoney	$19,648,091
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Singlesrecord	571–184 (75.66%)
Singlestitles	30
Highestsinglesranking	No. 1 (November 3, 2003)
Currentsinglesranking	No. 21 (August 22, 2011)
Othertournaments	No
Masterscupresult	SF (2003, 2004, 2007)
Australianopenresult	SF (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009)
Frenchopenresult	4R (2009)
Wimbledonresult	F (2004, 2005, 2009)
Usopenresult	W (2003)
Doublesrecord	58–38
Doublestitles	4
Highestdoublesranking	No. 50 (January 11, 2010)
Grandslamsdoublesresults	yes
Frenchopendoublesresult	1R (2009)
Wimbledondoublesresult	1R (2001)
Usopendoublesresult	2R (1999, 2000)
Updated	October 12, 2009 }}

Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick (born August 30, 1982) is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is the second highest-ranked American player, behind Mardy Fish. Known for his extremely powerful serve, Roddick held the world record for the fastest serve at 155 mph between 2004 and 2011 until it was beaten by Ivo Karlović at 156 mph in March 2011.

He became a Grand Slam singles champion when he won the title at the 2003 US Open, defeating Juan Carlos Ferrero in the finals, which currently makes him the last North American male player to win a grand slam singles event. Roddick has reached four other Grand Slam finals (Wimbledon three times and the US Open once), losing to Roger Federer each time.

He is married to Brooklyn Decker, a ''Sports Illustrated'' swim wear model and actress.

Personal life

Roddick was born in Omaha, Nebraska to Jerry and Blanche Roddick. Roddick's father was a businessman and his mother was a school teacher. She now directs the Andy Roddick Foundation. Roddick has two older brothers, Lawrence and John (All-American tennis player at University of Georgia (1996–98) and head tennis coach at the University of Oklahoma), who were both promising tennis players at a young age.

Roddick lived in Austin, Texas, from age 4 until he was 11, and then moved to Boca Raton, Florida, in the interest of his brother's tennis career, attending Boca Prep International School, and graduating from the Class of 2000. Roddick played varsity basketball in high school alongside his future Davis Cup teammate Mardy Fish, who trained and lived with Roddick in 1999. During that time period, he sometimes trained with Venus and Serena Williams; he later moved back to Austin.

It was while Roddick was flipping through a previous swimsuit issue of ''Sports Illustrated'' that Roddick first noticed Brooklyn Decker, to whom he is now married. The two had been dating since 2007, and on March 31, 2008, Roddick announced on his website that he and Decker had become engaged. The couple were married in Austin on April 17, 2009.

Career

Breakthrough

Roddick seriously considered quitting competitive tennis at the age of 17, when he had a losing streak in the juniors. His coach, Tarik Benhabiles, talked him into giving tennis four more months of undivided attention. Roddick finished as the No. 6 junior in the U.S. in 1999, and as the No. 1 junior in the world in 2000. He won six world junior singles and seven doubles titles, and won the US Open and Australian Open junior singles titles in 2000. In March, in Miami, in the first round Roddick had his first major victory as he beat world No. 41 Fernando Vicente of Spain, 6–4, 6–0. In August, in Washington, D.C., he beat world No. 30 Fabrice Santoro of France, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3. Roddick played the ''Banana Bowl'' in the city of São Paulo and won, beating Joachim Johansson in the final. Roddick also won the Australian Junior Open, defeating Mario Ančić in the final. In 2001, Roddick defeated former French Open champion Michael Chang in 5 sets in the second round of the tournament, despite clay being Roddick's worst surface. During the following Wimbledon, he further showed potential by taking a set from eventual winner Goran Ivanišević. He also defeated 7-time Wimbledon champion, world No. 4, and fellow American Pete Sampras, at the age of 19, at the Miami Masters 7–6 , 6–3, and world No. 1 Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil 6–7, 6–4, 6–2 in August.

Roddick's breakthrough year was in 2003, in which he defeated Younes El Aynaoui in the quarterfinals of the 2003 Australian Open. Roddick and the Moroccan battled for five hours, with the fifth set (21–19 in favor of Roddick) at the time the longest fifth set in a Grand Slam tournament during the open era, at 2 hours and 23 minutes. Despite a lackluster French Open, Roddick enjoyed success in the United Kingdom by winning Queen's Club, beating World No. 2 Andre Agassi 6–1, 6–7, 7–6 along the way, and reaching the Wimbledon semifinals, where he lost to eventual champion Roger Federer in straight sets. He avenged that loss in August, beating then World Number 3 Federer in Montreal, 6–4, 3–6, 7–6. It is one of two times that Roddick has defeated him in an official ATP tournament as of yet.

World No. 1

Roddick's hardcourt record in 2003 included his first Masters Series titles – coming at Canada and Cincinnati – and his only Grand Slam title. At the US Open, Roddick rallied from two sets down and a match point in the semifinals to beat David Nalbandian 6–7, 3–6, 7–6, 6–1, 6–3. He then defeated world No. 3 Juan Carlos Ferrero in the final, 6–3, 7–6, 6–3. At the Tennis Masters Cup in Houston he defeated world No. 7 Carlos Moyá of Spain, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, and world No. 4 Guillermo Coria of Argentina, 6–3, 6–7, 6–3, before losing to Federer in the semifinals. By the end of the year, at age 21, he was ranked No. 1, the first American to finish a year at No. 1 since Andre Agassi in 1999. He also became the youngest American to hold this rank since computer rankings were started in 1973.

Roddick's reign at No. 1 ended the following February, when Roger Federer ascended to the top position after winning his first Australian Open; the 2004 Australian Open would be the only time in Roddick's career where he was the number-one seed in a Grand Slam. In April Roddick again beat world No. 6 Moya, this time 5–7, 6–2, 7–5. In June, Roddick advanced to his first Wimbledon final, and after taking the first set from defending champion Federer, lost in four sets. Roddick was knocked out during the 2004 US Open in a five-set quarterfinal against another big server, Joachim Johansson. Later in September in Bangkok he beat world No. 9 Marat Safin of Russia, 7–6, 6–7, 7–6. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Roddick lost to Chilean Fernando González, the eventual bronze medal winner, in the third round. In November he beat world No. 7 Tim Henman of Great Britain 7–5, 7–6, world No. 4 Safin, 7–6, 7–6, and world No. 6 Coria 7–6, 6–3. Later that year, Roddick teamed up with Mardy Fish and Bob and Mike Bryan on the U.S. Davis Cup team that lost to Spain in the final in Seville. Roddick lost his singles match against Rafael Nadal, who would in the following year win the French Open. Towards the end of 2004, Roddick fired his coach of 18 months, Brad Gilbert, and hired assistant Davis Cup coach Dean Goldfine. Roddick finished 2004 ranked as the world No. 2, the U.S.'s No. 1, and the player with the most aces (1,017). In 2004 Roddick saved fellow tennis player Sjeng Schalken and other guests (including close friends Ben Campezi and Dean Monroe) from a hotel fire. Roddick's first 2005 tournament victory was the SAP Open in San Jose, California, where he became the first to win the event in consecutive years since Mark Philippoussis in 1999 and 2000. The top-seeded Roddick defeated Cyril Saulnier 6–0, 6–4 in 50 minutes, the event's first championship shutout set since Arthur Ashe beat Guillermo Vilas in 1975. In March he defeated World No. 7 Carlos Moyá 6–7, 6–4, 6–1. In April, Roddick won the U.S. Men's Claycourt Championships, reclaiming the title he won in 2001 and 2002. (He lost in 2003 to Agassi, and in 2004 to Tommy Haas.) In May, Roddick had match point against Spain's Fernando Verdasco. Verdasco was attempting to save the match point on his second serve, when the linesman erroneously called the serve out. If this call had held, Roddick would have won the match. Roddick motioned to the umpire, pointing to the clear ball mark on the clay indicating the ball was in, and the call was consequently changed. Verdasco went on to win the match. At the French Open, Roddick lost to the unseeded Argentine José Acasuso in the second round, and at Wimbledon, Roddick lost to Federer in the final for the second consecutive year. In August, he defeated World No. 3 Lleyton Hewitt, 6–4, 7–6 at the Masters Series tournament in Cincinnati. At the US Open, Roddick was defeated by World No. 70 Gilles Müller in the first round. Roddick's last US Open first round loss had been in 2000. At the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, Roddick defeated Gaël Monfils to wrap up a tournament without losing a set or getting his serve broken.

New coach

Roddick's first ATP event of the year was the Australian Open. There he reached the fourth round before being upset by unseeded and eventual finalist, Marcos Baghdatis. At the French Open Roddick retired in the first round, after sustaining a foot injury during the match. Two weeks later at Wimbledon, Roddick was upset in the third round by British hopeful Andy Murray. This loss caused Roddick to fall below the top 10 for the first time since 2002. After Wimbledon, Roddick began working with a new coach, tennis legend Jimmy Connors. In his first event with his new coach, Roddick reached the final of Indianapolis before losing to good friend, and fellow American, James Blake. His resurgence finally came at the Cincinnati Masters, where he won the event by defeating Juan Carlos Ferrero in the final, making this the first masters event he won since 2004. At the US Open, Roddick easily won his first two matches against Florent Serra and Kristian Pless. He then played a thriller five-set match against Fernando Verdasco, winning 6–2 in the final set. Next, he beat Benjamin Becker, who was coming off a huge win against recently retired Andre Agassi. In the quarterfinals, Roddick beat Lleyton Hewitt, avenging his loss in 2001, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4. Now in the semifinals for the first time since he won in 2003, Roddick played Mikhail Youzhny, and beat him 6–7, 6–0, 7–6, 6–3. In the finals of a Grand Slam for the first time since Wimbledon a year prior, Roddick was to play world No. 1 Federer. He lost however, 2–6, 6–4, 5–7, 1–6. He then qualified for the year-ending Tennis Masters Cup, where he defeated world No. 4 Ivan Ljubicˇic of Croatia 6–4, 6–7, 6–1, but lost in the round robin to world No. 1 Federer 6–4, 6–7, 4–6 in a tough three-set battle.

Roddick entered the 2007 Australian Open as the sixth seed. In his first round match, he lost a marathon first-set tiebreak 20–18, but eventually won the match in four sets against wild card Jo-Wilfried Tsonga from France. Roddick defeated 26th-seeded Marat Safin in the third round, and 9th seeded Mario Ancˇic´ in a five-set fourth round match. Roddick won his quarterfinal match against fellow American Mardy Fish 6–2, 6–2, 6–2. His run ended in the semifinals by world No. 1 Federer, who defeated him in straight sets 6–4, 6–0, 6–2, making his head-to-head record against Federer 1–13. In first round Davis Cup action, Roddick helped the US defeat the Czech Republic, winning his singles matches against Ivo Minárˇ and Tomásˇ Berdych. Roddick reached at least the semifinals of his next two tournaments. He bowed out to Andy Murray in the semifinals of the SAP Open in San Jose, California, a reprise of 2006. Roddick then defeated Murray in the semifinals of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup in Memphis, Tennessee, before losing in the final to defending champion Tommy Haas 6–3, 6–2. Reaching the final, however, enabled Roddick to overtake Nikolay Davydenko for the world No. 3 position, his first week inside the top three since March 6, 2006. At the first ATP Masters Series tournament of the year, after beating world No. 8 Ljubicic 6–4, 6–7, 6–1, Roddick reached the semifinals of the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, lost to world No. 2 Rafael Nadal 6–4, 6–3.

Series of injuries

Roddick then played the Miami Masters, where he retired from his quarterfinal match against Andy Murray due to a left hamstring injury. Roddick then helped the U.S. defeat Spain and advance to the Davis Cup semifinals, winning his lone singles match against Fernando Verdasco 7–6, 6–1, 6–4. However, Roddick re-aggravated his hamstring injury during the Davis Cup tie, and was subsequently forced to pull out of the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston, Texas. Roddick also announced that he would withdraw from the Monte Carlo Masters, citing the injury. His next tournament was at the Internazionali d'Italia. After a first round bye, he won his first match against Gastón Gaudio, where he saved all three break points and fired nine aces. However, he was unable to stop Juan Ignacio Chela in the third round, losing 6–0, 6–4. Roddick then withdrew from the Masters Series Hamburg tournament because, according to his website, he needed time to physically prepare himself for the upcoming French Open. Roddick was seeded third at the French Open, but was eliminated in the first round by Russian Igor Andreev in four sets 6–3, 4–6, 3–6, 4–6. Roddick was victorious at the Stella Artois Championships for the fourth time when he defeated Nicolas Mahut in the final 4–6, 7–6, 7–6. At Wimbledon, Roddick was seeded third and considered one of the pre-tournament favorites behind Federer and Nadal. He reached the quarterfinals after wins against Justin Gimelstob of the U.S., Danai Udomchoke of Thailand, Fernando Verdasco of Spain, and Paul-Henri Mathieu of France. In the quarterfinals, Roddick lost in five close sets to Richard Gasquet of France 4–6, 4–6, 7–6, 7–6, 8–6. During the summer hardcourt season, Roddick played four tournaments in four weeks. Roddick made it to the semifinals of the Indianapolis Tennis Championships, where he was upset by Frank Dancevic of Canada 6–4, 7–6. The next week, however, Roddick claimed his second ATP title of the year by winning the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington, D.C. for the third time, when he beat American newcomer John Isner 6–4, 7–6. He then lost in the quarterfinals of the Rogers Cup in Montreal to Novak Djokovic, and in the third round of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters tournament in Cincinnati, Ohio to David Ferrer of Spain. At the US Open, Roddick defeated Gimelstob in the first round 7–6, 6–3, 6–3. He won his next three matches, one in straight sets and the other two when his opponent retired. In the quarterfinals, Roddick once again lost to Federer 7–6, 7–6, 6–2, bringing his head-to-head record with Federer 1–14. There were no breaks of serve and only one break point total in the first two sets, that being on Federer's serve. Two weeks later, Roddick anchored the U.S. Davis Cup team during its 4–1 semifinal defeat of Sweden. Roddick won both his singles matches, opening the tie with a defeat of Joachim Johansson 7–6, 7–6, 6–3, and clinching it with a 6–2, 7–6, 6–4 victory over Jonas Björkman. This was the ninth time in nine tries that Roddick has clinched a tie for the American team.

Roddick's then set his sights on the Madrid Masters, but pulled out, citing a knee injury. At his next tournament two weeks later in Lyon, France, Roddick lost in the first round to Frenchman Fabrice Santoro 7–6, 2–6, 6–4. Roddick then withdrew from the Paris Masters, incurring a $22,600 fine for not fulfilling his media obligations at the tournament. At the season-ending Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, Roddick defeated world No. 4 Nikolay Davydenko 6–3, 4–6, 6–2 in his first round-robin match, and then defeated world No. 7 Fernando González in his next match to become the first player to qualify for the semifinals of the tournament. In his third and final round-robin match, Roddick lost once again to Federer, 6–4, 6–2 for the 15th time in 16 career matches. In the semifinals, Roddick lost 6–1, 6–3 to No. 6 seed David Ferrer, who had won all three of his round-robin matches. This was Roddick's third semifinal finish out of the last five years at the Tennis Masters Cup (he reached the semifinals in 2003 and 2004, withdrew in 2005, and failed to advance to the semifinals in 2006 after a 1–2 round-robin record). Roddick finished the year by helping the U.S. defeat Russia and win the 2007 Davis Cup, its 32nd Davis Cup victory but first since 1995. Roddick won his rubber against Dmitry Tursunov 6–4, 6–4, 6–2, before James Blake and Bob and Mike Bryan completed the victory. Having secured the tie with an unassailable 3–0 lead, Roddick decided to sit out his second singles match of the tie.

Roddick started 2008 strongly, defeating Ljubicic´ 6–3, 6–0, and Safin 6–3, 6–3 to reach AAMI Kooyong Classic final for four consecutive seasons. In the final, he defeated Baghdatis 7–5, 6–3 to win the tournament for the third consecutive year. Roddick was seeded sixth in the 2008 Australian Open. In the first round, he defeated Lukás Dlouhy of the Czech Republic 6–3, 6–4, 7–5. In the second round, he defeated German Michael Berrer 6–2, 6–2, 6–4. He then lost to the No. 29 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany in the third round in a 5-set match 4–6, 6–3, 6–7, 7–6, 6–8. Despite losing, Roddick served a career-high of 42 aces in a match. Roddick won his 24th career title and his 3rd title at the SAP Open in San Jose, California. He defeated the Czech Radek Stepánek in straight sets, 6–4, 7–5. Roddick's next tournament was the Dubai Tennis Championships. He made it to the semi-finals by defeating world No. 2 Rafael Nadal of Spain 7–6, 6–2, his first victory over Nadal since the second round of the 2004 US Open. The win also marked Roddick's first victory over a player ranked in the top two since June 2003. He progressed through to the finals by defeating world No. 3 and 2008 Australian Open Singles Champion Novak Djokovic 7–6, 6–3 in the semi-final. By making it to the final, he became the first American to reach the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships final in the tournament's 16-year history. In the final he defeated Feliciano López 6–7, 6–4, 6–2, to win his 25th career title. He never lost his serve during the entire tournament.

Split with coach

Following Roddick's quarterfinal match in Dubai, he announced that he had split with his coach of two years, Jimmy Connors. Connors had resigned a week earlier, saying he wanted to spend more time with his family. Roddick would continue to be coached by his brother, John Roddick. He then fell to former world No. 2 Tommy Haas at the Pacific Life Open in the 2nd round, 6–4, 6–4. At the 2008 Sony Ericsson Open, Roddick advanced to the semifinals after defeating world No. 1 Federer 7–6 , 4–6, 6–3 an hour after proposing to Brooklyn Decker, bringing his head-to-head record against Federer to 2–15. Roddick improved to 3–0 against top-3 players in 2008. Roddick lost in the semifinals to Nikolay Davydenko 6–7, 2–6. Roddick's next tournament was the Masters tournament in Rome. There he equaled his best result by reaching the semifinals, where he retired against Stanislas Wawrinka in the pair's first encounter, due to a back injury.

Roddick was forced to pull out of the 2008 French Open due to a shoulder injury. After a visit to a doctor in New York it was determined this was nothing more than an inflammation of the rotator cuff. His first tournament after the shoulder injury was the Artois Championship, his annual Wimbledon preparation, where he was the defending champion after winning the title last year, one of four wins at the tournament. In the tournament, Roddick defeated Mardy Fish and Andy Murray before losing to eventual champion Nadal in the semifinals. In the 2008 Wimbledon, Roddick suffered a 2nd round defeat to Serbia's Janko Tipsarević 6–7, 7–5, 6–4, 7–6. This was his earliest exit at Wimbledon. Roddick was beaten at the Rogers Cup in the third round by Marin Cˇilic´, 4–6, 6–4, 4–6. He was then forced to pull out of the Cincinnati Masters following a neck injury, which he said may have been caused by a poor sleeping posture. He stated in an interview that the neck injury had nothing to do with his shoulder injury. Roddick did not participate in the 2008 Summer Olympics, with his reason being to concentrate on the 2008 US Open. In order to prepare for the US Open, Roddick then played in the smaller hard court tournaments in the US Open Series, including those at Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. At the Countrywide Classic in Los Angeles, Roddick lost to Juan Martín del Potro in the final, 1–6, 6–7.

At the 2008 US Open, Roddick defeated Fabrice Santoro in the first round 6–2, 6–2, 6–2. Roddick then won his next 3 matches against Ernests Gulbis, Andreas Seppi, and Fernando González. In the quarterfinals, Roddick lost to the World No. 3 and reigning Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic 2–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–7 bringing his head-to-head record to 1–2.

Success in Asia

thumb|right|Capturing the 26th title of his career in China, 2008Roddick captured his 26th ATP title in Beijing at the China Open on September 28, 2008. He defeated Dudi Sela of Israel, 6–4, 6–7, 6–3. The victory was part of Roddick's strong showing in Asia, as he reached the semifinal round of the AIG Japan Open where he lost to eventual champion Tomásˇ Berdych after squandering a 5–3 lead in the third and deciding set. In the third round of the Madrid Masters he lost to Frenchman Gaël Monfils in three sets 4–6, 6–3, 3–6. Two weeks later, Roddick reached the quarterfinals of Paris Masters by defeating Frenchman Gilles Simon, 6–3, 7–5, before losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Due to his performance in the tournament, Roddick automatically qualified for the season-ending Tennis Masters Cup. At the Masters Cup in Shanghai, he played Andy Murray in his first round robin match and lost 4–6, 6–1, 1–6. He was then scheduled to play Federer, but retired due to an ankle injury and was replaced by Sˇteˇpánek.

Return to form in 2009

Roddick hired Larry Stefanki as his new coach and started working with him on December 1, 2008. Stefanki had previously trained John McEnroe, Marcelo Ríos, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Fernando González, and Tim Henman. Under Stefanki's guidance, both Rios and Kafelnikov rose to the World No. 1 ranking, and Henman and González reached the top five, including a 2007 Australian Open runner-up finish by Gonzalez.

Roddick began official tournament competition at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open. He defeated Gaël Monfils in the semifinals 7–6, 3–6, 6–3 before losing to Andy Murray in the final. At the Australian Open, Roddick defeated Xavier Malisse in the second round 4–6, 6–2, 7–6, 6–2. After victories over Fabrice Santoro and 21st-seeded Tommy Robredo, Roddick played the defending champion and World No. 3 Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals. Djokovic retired in the fourth set while trailing 6–7, 6–4, 6–2, 2–1, which allowed Roddick to reach the fourth Australian Open semifinal of his career. Roddick was defeated there by eventual runner-up Roger Federer 6–2, 7–5, 7–5.

His next tournament was the SAP Open in San Jose, U.S. He snapped a three-match losing streak against Tommy Haas in the quarterfinals 7–5, 6–4 before losing in the semifinals to Radek Sˇteˇpánek for the first time in his career 3–6, 7–6, 6–4. At the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis, U.S., Roddick defeated Australian Lleyton Hewitt in the semifinals 2–6, 7–6, 6–4, to reach the final. He took his first title of the year by beating Sˇteˇpánek in the final 7–5, 7–5.

Roddick chose not to defend his Dubai title, with prize money of $2 million, to protest the refusal of the United Arab Emirates to grant Israeli Shahar Pe'er a visa for the Women's Tennis Association event. "I really didn't agree with what went on over there", Roddick said.

Roddick played both of the spring ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events in the U.S. He was seeded seventh at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. He defeated defending champion Djokovic in the quarterfinals 6–3, 6–2. His run was ended by World No. 1 Rafael Nadal in the semifinals 6–4, 7–6. However, he won the doubles title with partner Mardy Fish. It was his fourth doubles title overall and his second partnering Fish. At the Miami Masters, Roddick beat ninth-seeded Monfils in the fourth round 7–6, 6–2 to secure a place in the quarterfinals, where he lost to Federer 6–3, 4–6, 6–4.

After a break from tournament tennis to get married, Roddick returned to action at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 clay court event in Madrid. In his first match, Roddick survived two match points in the second set tiebreaker to defeat Haas 1–6, 7–6, 6–4. In the quarterfinals, Roddick again lost to Federer 7–5, 6–7, 6–1. Roddick had his career best result at the French Open when he defeated Marc Gicquel in the third round. He lost in the fourth round to Monfils 6–4, 6–2, 6–3.

A twisted ankle forced Roddick to retire from his semifinal match against James Blake at the AEGON Championships, his first grass court tournament of the year. He was seeded sixth at Wimbledon. He defeated Hewitt in the quarterfinals 6–3, 6–7, 7–6, 4–6, 6–4, serving a career-high 43 aces, and third-seeded Andy Murray in the semifinals, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6, 7–6. He then lost to Federer for the third time in a Wimbledon final 5–7, 7–6, 7–6, 3–6, 16–14. Roddick was praised for his performance and received a lot of compliments. Even though Roddick lost this match, he set a record for number of games won in a Wimbledon final at 39. This was their fourth meeting in a Grand Slam final, all having been won by Federer. The match set records for the longest men's Grand Slam final in history at 77 games and the longest fifth set in a men's grand slam final. Following the match, when asked to elaborate on his marathon performance, Roddick replied, "I lost." On the strength of his Wimbledon performance, Roddick returned to the top five on July 13, 2009.

Roddick returned to action as the top seed at the ATP World Tour 500 event in Washington. He defeated Benjamin Becker 6–3, 6–2 and then Sam Querrey 7–6, 6–4 for his 500th career ATP tour victory. He defeated Ivo Karlović in the quarter-finals 7–6, 7–6, and John Isner 6–7, 6–2, 7–5 in the semi-finals. In the final, he lost to defending champion Juan Martín del Potro 3–6, 7–5, 7–6 despite saving three match points.

Roddick played the next week at the ATP World Tour 1000 event in Montreal, where he was seeded fifth. He defeated Igor Andreev 6–1, 7–6 then World No.11 Fernando Verdasco 7–6, 4–6, 7–6 and in the quarterfinals defeated World No.4 Novak Djokovic 6–4, 7–6 improving his career record against Djokovic to 4–2 (3–0 in 2009). He then lost to World No.6 Juan Martín del Potro 4–6, 6–2, 7–5 in the semifinals, despite having a match point. The loss dropped his career record against del Potro to 0–3 (0–2 in 2009).

Roddick next played at the ATP World Tour 1000 event in Cincinnati, where he was seeded fifth. He lost to Sam Querrey 7–6, 7–6 in his first match, after having received a bye in the first round. Roddick entered the US Open as the 5th seeded player. In his first round match, he defeated the German veteran Björn Phau 6–1, 6–4, 6–2. On September 3, 2009 during the US Open, he faced Frenchman Marc Gicquel and won 6–1, 6–4, 6–4 as his parents and newly wed wife watched on from the stands. In the 3rd round, he was eliminated by fellow American John Isner 7–6, 6–3, 3–6, 5–7, 7–6. Ironically, he lost his serve only once during the match, as was the case in the Wimbledon final.

Roddick's next tournament was the 2009 China Open in Beijing where he was the defending champion. In a shocking upset he was defeated in the first round by Polish qualifier and world No.143 Łukasz Kubot 2–6, 4–6. He also played doubles at the event with Mark Knowles. The pair reached the final, losing to Bob and Mike Bryan 6–4, 6–2.

Roddick was forced to retire from his first round match at the 2009 Shanghai Masters against Stanislas Wawrinka while leading 4–3. It was later announced that Roddick would return to the United States to seek medical advice on a left knee injury. Once again, he qualified for the Year-End Masters in London securing the sixth spot. However, Roddick withdrew from the 2009 Valencia Open 500, the 2009 BNP Paribas Masters and the 2009 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals due to the injury he suffered from at the Shanghai Masters. He finished 2009 as the number seven ranked player in the world.

Roddick started his 2010 campaign at the 2010 Brisbane International as the top seed. In the final, Roddick defeated defending champion Radek Štěpánek 7–6, 7–6 for his first ATP Tour title since February 2009, and making 2010 his tenth consecutive season with at least one ATP singles title. Roddick teamed with James Blake in the men's doubles and made it to the semi-finals before losing to eventual champions Jérémy Chardy and Marc Gicquel. Roddick announced that he would not represent the United States in Davis Cup competition for the 2010 season.

Roddick entered the 2010 Australian Open as the seventh seed. He lost in the quarterfinals to Marin Čilić, despite coming back from two sets down while battling an apparent shoulder injury, 7–6, 6–3, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3.

He then played in the 2010 SAP Open, where, in the semi-finals he lost the first set 2–6 to Sam Querrey but came back winning the final two sets in tie-breaks 7–6, 7–6 and went to the finals where he lost to Fernando Verdasco 6–3, 4–6, 4–6. He then entered the 2010 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships where he lost in the quarterfinals in a rematch of the San Jose semi-finals to Sam Querrey 5–7, 6–3, 1–6.

Playing in the 2010 BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, Roddick went to the semi-finals where he faced Robin Söderling, and despite a 0–2 record against him, won 6–4, 3–6, 6–3. Roddick lost to Ivan Ljubičić 7–6, 7–6 in the finals. This was Roddick's first Masters Series finals since the 2006 Cincinnati Masters and also reaching a final in the US.

In the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open Roddick defeated Igor Andreev, Sergiy Stakhovsky, Benjamin Becker, and Nicolás Almagro. In the semifinals he upset 4th seed Rafael Nadal 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 to reach his fourth final of the year. In the final Roddick won his second Sony Ericsson Open title after defeating Berdych, 7–5, 6–4. This was Roddick's 29th title in 49 finals, 5th ATP Masters 1000 title, and first Masters 1000 title since 2006.

2010

Roddick did not fare well during the clay court season, withdrawing from Rome due to personal reasons and from Madrid due to a stomach virus. Roddick then lost in the third round of the 2010 French Open to Teymuraz Gabashvili in straight sets, 6–4, 6–4, 6–2.

Failure at Roland Garros was followed by another disappointment when Roddick suffered his earliest ever exit in the 2010 AEGON Championships, a grass court, Wimbledon tune-up event. On June 10, 2010, he was beaten 6–4, 7–6 by Dudi Sela in the third round.

At the 2010 Wimbledon Championships Roddick was seeded fifth which was two spots higher than his ATP ranking of seven. He was defeated in the fourth round by Lu Yen-hsun of Taiwan in five sets, losing 6–4, 6–7, 6–7, 7–6, 7–9. Like his final match with Roger Federer the previous year, his serve was broken only once during the match, in the fifth set.

Roddick next took a wild card to play in the Atlanta Tennis Championships, the first event of the US Open Series, where he was the top seed. He was eliminated in the semifinals by eventual champion Mardy Fish 7–6, 6–3. His next tournament was in Washington D.C., where he lost in the round of 16 to Gilles Simon 6–3, 6–3. The only American man in the ATP top-ten prior to the tournament, the loss dropped him from the list. For the first time since the inception of the ATP world rankings, there was no American man in the top ten. Following the Washington tournament, Roddick withdrew from the Canada Masters due to illness, leading to a drop in ranking to No. 13, his lowest rank since 2002.

On August 14, 2010, Roddick revealed that he had been diagnosed with mononucleosis, the same illness that hurt rival Roger Federer's form in 2008, although he said his doctor believed it was in its later stages and he would make a complete recovery soon.

In the Cincinnati Masters, he defeated world No.5 Robin Söderling 6–4, 6–7, 7–6 to reach the quarterfinals, where he defeated two seed Novak Djokovic 6–4, 7–5 the win was Roddick's fourth consecutive over Djokovic, raising his career head-to-head record against Djokovic to 5–2, and ensured Roddick's return to the top-ten world rankings. In the semifinals, Roddick faced fellow American Mardy Fish but lost 4–6, 7–6, 6–1, failing to serve out the match at 5–3 in the second set.

In the second round of the 2010 US Open, Roddick suffered was beaten by Janko Tipsarević of Serbia in four sets: 6–3, 5–7, 3–6, 6–7.

Roddick was seeded tenth at the 2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters 1000. In the first round Roddick defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber after Kohlschreiber retired in the second set (3–6, 1–2) down. Roddick second round opponent was Guillermo García López. Leading 6–3, 2–3, Roddick suffered a groin injury and was forced to retire from the match.

At the 2010 Davidoff Swiss Indoors in Basel, Roddick was seeded fourth. He defeated compatriot Sam Querrey, Andrey Golubev and David Nalbandian, earning a semifinal match against Roger Federer, their first meeting since the 2009 Wimbledon final. He lost to Federer, 6–2, 6–4.

At the BNP Paribas Masters Roddick was the eighth seed and received a bye in the first round. He advanced to the quarter-finals with wins over Jarkko Nieminen and Ernests Gulbisin the second and third round respectively. Roddick then fell to World No.5 Robin Söderling 5–7, 4–6. With Fernando Verdasco failing to reach the final, Roddick automatically qualified for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals for the eighth consecutive year. Though he had dropped out of top ten in the ATP rankings after his early exit from the US Open, his victory over Gulbis in Paris assured his return to the top-ten at the year end, making him and Federer the only players to maintain year-end top-ten ATP rankings from 2002 through 2010.

Roddick played his final tournament of the year at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Roddick was placed in Group A along with Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Tomáš Berdych. In the tournament Roddick lost all of his round robin matches. Losing to Nadal; 6–3, 6–7, 4–6, Berdych; 5–7, 2–6 and Djokovic; 2–6, 3–6. respectively. Roddick ended the year World No.8, his eighth consecutive season finishing in the top ten.

Roddick won two titles in 2010 and was the runner up at San Jose and Indian Wells. Roddick also qualified for the year-end championships, his eighth consecutive season of qualification. This season saw Roddick make back-to-back finals at the Masters Series 1000 tournament (a feat he has not done since 2003) in Indian Wells and Miami and also his first Masters Series 1000 title since his victory at Cincinnati in 2006.

2011

Roddick began his 2011 campaign in the Brisbane International as the 2nd seed and the defending champion where he was defeated 6–3 7–5 by Swedish no. 1 seed Robin Söderling in the final.

In the Australian Open, Roddick was the number eight seed. In the round of 16, Roddick lost to Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka 3–6, 4–6, 4–6. He then won the 2011 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships, defeating Milos Raonic in the final 7–6, 6–7, 7–5, along with Richard Berankis 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, Janko Tipsarević 6–1, 7–6 Lleyton Hewitt 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 and Juan Martín del Potro 6–3, 6–4.

Roddick began his 2011 Davis Cup campaign for the United States against Chile. He faced Nicolas Massu in the opener and defeated him in 4 sets 6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4. He would then face Paul Capdeville to clinch the victory for the U.S. and he did so by winning in 4 sets 3–6, 7–6, 6–3, 6–3. Roddick improved his record to 12–0 in Davis Cup clinchers. In his next Davis Cup match against Spain, Roddick drew David Ferrer first, but lost respctively in three tight sets 6–7, 5–7, 3–6. Roddick was supposed to play Feliciano Lopez in reverse singles, but after David Ferrer wrapped up the victory for Spain by defeating Mardy Fish, their match was cancelled.

At the 2011 BNP Paribas Open, he was beaten by Richard Gasquet in the fourth round 6–3, 7–6. In the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open, as the defending champion Roddick was upset by Pablo Cuevas in the second round after receiving a bye 4–6, 6–7. This loss would drop Roddick to number 12 in the rankings and the second ranked American behind compatriot Mardy Fish.

Roddick then began his clay court season at the 2011 Madrid Open, but he was upset in the first round by Italian qualifier Flavio Cipolla in three sets 4–6, 7–6, 3–6. Roddick continued to warm up for the 2011 French Open in Italy playing the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, but lost in the first round for the second straight tournament to Gilles Simon of France 3–6, 3–6. He teamed up with Mardy Fish to play doubles in Rome and they went to the final before Roddick had to withdraw because of a shoulder injury. Roddick also withdrew from the Nice Open in France and pulled out of the 2011 French Open after failing to recover from it.

Roddick returned to action at the 2011 AEGON Championships where he is a four-time champion. In the semifinals, he played Andy Murray, their first meeting since the Wimbledon 2009 semifinals, but was defeated 3–6, 1–6. Andy Roddick is seeded number 8 for Wimbledon and in the first round, he beat Andreas Beck of Germany in straight sets 6–4, 7–6, 6–3. In the second round, Roddick defeated Victor Hanescu 6–4, 6–3, 6–4. In the third round, Roddick was beaten in straight sets by left-handed Spaniard Feliciano Lopez, 7–6, 7–6, 6–4. The upset loss to Lopez means that Roddick has failed to reach the quarterfinals of any grandslam since the 2010 Australian open. This is the longest Roddick has ever gone in his career without reaching the quarterfinals of a major.

Roddick withdrew from the Legg Masson Tennis Classic, and Rogers Cup in Montreal after partially tearing his oblique muscle while practicing. He returned to action after a couple week rest from his injury and played at the 2011 Cincinatti Masters. He lost in the first round to Philipp Kohlschreiber 7–6, 5–7, 1–6. This loss will make him drop out of the top 20 for the first time since August of 2001.

After suffering an early exit at Cincinnati, Roddick played at the Winston-Salem Event in North Carolina, where he received the top seed at the tournament after the withdrawal of the top-ranked American Mardy Fish. Roddick lost in the semifinal to John Isner, 7-6, 6-4.

Andy Roddick is ranked #21 at the U.S. Open and he will face fellow American Michael Russell in the first round.

Nicknames and on-court behavior

Roddick is often called "A-Rod", referring to his first initial and the first three letters of his last name.

Roddick is famous for his funny on court behavior, and witty answers off court in interviews and press conferences. He and Novak Djokovic are especially known for imitating players, with both doing impersonations of Maria Sharapova, Rafael Nadal, Lleyton Hewitt and each other. Roddick was also coached by Jimmy Connors for two years, who was known for his flamboyant personality during his playing career.

Roddick however is also known for frequent outbursts against umpires and linesmen on the court. His most notable outburst was during his 3rd round match at the Australian Open in 2008 where he abused umpire Emmanuel Joseph saying " You're an idiot! Stay in school kids or you'll end up being an umpire." He lost his temper again at the 2010 Australian Open, but later admitted to his mistake and later again that year launched into a tirade at a female official over a foot fault call, at the 2010 US Open, a match he eventually lost to Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic. 2011 saw Andy throwing another tantrum and snapping at the chair umpire at Indian Wells on his way to losing to Richard Gasquet.

At the 2011 Cincinnatti Masters, Roddick was given a penalty point, which resulted in a critical break of serve in favor of Philipp Kohlschreiber, Roddick's opponent in the 2nd round. The penalty point was given due to ball abuse, when Roddick smashed a ball into the stands in frustration, after he had already been warned earlier in the match by umpire Carlos Bernardes for an episode of racquet abuse. This triggered another series of altercations with the umpire, with Roddick expressing his displeasure at the umpire's call. Roddick subsequently lost the match to Kohlschreiber and suffered an early exit from the tournament.

Equipment

Roddick uses a discontinued version of the Babolat Pure Drive, extended to 27.5 inches. The racquet itself is heavily customised with additional weight placed in the head via the use of lead tape. The resulting racquet exhibits a more head heavy balance point and a higher swingweight than the stock model with a higher overall weight, though this is similar to the model he endorses at approximately 12 oz. Modifications of this sort are common for professional players.

Roddick's racquets are painted to resemble the Pure Drive Roddick GT Plus in order to market the current model of the same name which Babolat sells. The cortex in particular is visibly painted onto the racquet. For marketing purposes Roddick endorses the Pure Drive Roddick GT Plus Cortex Racquet, a signature racquet designed for him by racquet sponsor Babolat, which is slightly heavier (11.9 oz), stiffer (Babolat RDC index 72), and longer (27.5") than the standard Pure Drive Series (11.3 oz, Babolat RDC 71, 27"). The racquet is designed for a strong service due to its weight, stiffness, and length. According to Tennis Warehouse, it is the best one for this fundamental stroke. He strings with a custom hybrid (RPM Blast + VS Gut). Roddick previously used Babolat Pro Hurricane Tour and Babolat Revenge (used only for a short period of time) as his mains, until he began using Babolat's new string, RPM Blast. Roddick's tensions varies, he strings roughly at 65 lbs.

Roddick also uses Babolat Propulse III tennis shoes, which are his signature gear. In matches, Roddick wears shirts, shorts, and caps manufactured for him by Lacoste.

Playing style

Roddick's serve is known for its power, usually serving at around 130–150 mph (209~242 km/h), which he uses to earn free points with aces and unreturnable serves. Roddick's favorite shot is his off-forehand which he uses in combination with his kicker out wide. In the past, Roddick used to play his off-forehand frequently but has since adjusted and used it to create points. He usually targets the two corners to win aces. As for his second serve, he usually employs a heavy kick serve, then tries to use a variety of spins, slices, and angles in the rally to throw off his opponent. He is noted to use heavy topspin on both his serves and his twist serve is probably the highest-kicking serve anyone hits.

Roddick will also occasionally use the serve-and-volley tactic on both first and second services to surprise his opponent, though he generally prefers to remain near the baseline after a serve. He has developed a more all-court playing style compared to the aggressive baseline style he played with for most of his early career. Under new coach Larry Stefanki, he has been in the fittest shape of his career, as well as developing his volleying skills. Although Roddick's backhand is still a weakness today, it is considered to have improved somewhat in 2009 under Stefanki's guidance.

Media appearances

On April 5, 2002, Roddick guest-starred on the television show ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch'' as himself. In the episode, Sabrina summoned him so he could give her tennis lessons.

Roddick appeared on ''The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn'' talk show in 2002 and 2003, ''Late Show with David Letterman in 2003 and 2009'', ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'', and ''Live with Regis and Kelly'' in 2003, ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' in 2004 and 2005, ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' in 2005 and 2007, and ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'' in 2006. Roddick also appeared on ''Friday Night with Jonathan Ross'' in 2007 and 2010.

Roddick hosted ''Saturday Night Live'' on November 8, 2003, becoming the second professional tennis player to host (Chris Evert being the first).

Roddick also appeared on a 2004 episode of the Anne Robinson version of ''The Weakest Link'', but ended up being voted off.

Roddick is in a ''This is SportsCenter'' ad with Stuart Scott, in which he confronts the Sports Center anchor about the anchors not calling him "A-Rod", and asks him "Did Alex Rodriguez put you up to this?" Scott replies "Who?" Roddick says "A-Rod!" Scott gets a sneaky look on his face, and Roddick leaves disgusted.

The June/July issue of ''Men's Fitness'' magazine carried an article on Roddick. The cover shot featured the tennis ace in a t-shirt, straining to contain massive, pumped-up biceps and hulking shoulder and chest muscles. The image set off widespread online speculation that the magazine had altered Roddick's likeness, a suspicion echoed by Roddick himself. Roddick has quipped that he saw the photo, and that "Nadal wanted his arms back."

In March 2009, Andy Roddick appeared in the "Speed Feels Better" music video for singer/songwriter Michael Tolcher. Other athletes in the video included Amanda Beard, Barry Sanders, Kimmie Meissner, and Rick Ankiel.

Andy Roddick played tennis while using a frying pan instead of a racquet for the book "Andy Roddick Beat Me With a Frying Pan" by Todd Gallagher.

In 2011, Roddick made a cameo at the end of the film ''Just Go With It'', as the new lover of the film's jilted bride (played by Brooklyn Decker, his actual wife).

In 2011 Roddick co-hosted a radio show for one day on ''Fox Sports Radio''

Awards and records

In 2004, Roddick produced what was then the fastest serve in professional tennis: 249.4 km/h (155 mph) during a Davis Cup semi-final match with Vladimir Voltchkov on hard court in Charleston. Roddick's record serve has since been superseded by Ivo Karlović, who served at 251 km/h (156 mph) playing at the Davis Cup in March 2011. Roddick also had the fastest serve in U.S. Open history: 244 km/h (152 mph) against American Scoville Jenkins. Roddick also won the 2004 ESPY Award for Best Male Tennis Player.

That same year he won the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award of the Year because of his charity efforts, which included: raising money for the survivors of the tsunami following 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake through Serving for Tsunami Relief and other efforts; auctioning off several rackets and autographs to raise money for UNICEF; and creating the Andy Roddick Foundation to help at-risk youth. The foundation is partly funded through the sale of blue wristbands inscribed "No Compromise", inspired by Lance Armstrong's yellow Livestrong wristbands.

In 2007 Roddick and the Andy Roddick Foundation was awarded by the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health. Roddick was the first male tennis player ever to receive the award.

Serve records:

Fastest serve in Australian open: 148 mph .

Fastest serve in Dubai: 150 mph.

Fastest average in first serve: 134 mph.

Fastest serve in Beijing: 148 mph.

Fastest serve in San jose: 150 mph.

Fastest serve in Madrid: 151 mph.

Fastest serve in Washington: 151 mph.

Fastest serve in Queen's :153 mph.

Fastest serve in Lyon: 142 mph.

Fastest serve in Roland Garros: 144 mph (2006–2010).

Fastest serve in Wimbledon: 143 mph (2011)

Personal life

Roddick is married to Brooklyn Decker, a ''Sports Illustrated'' swim wear model and actress. He sometimes trains with major league baseball player Michael Schwimer in the off-season.

Records and achievements

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These records were attained in Open Era of tennis.

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Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 5 (1–4)

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Masters Series finals

Singles: 9 (5–4)

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Career statistics

See also

World TeamTennis, currently playing on the Philadelphia Freedoms

References

Further reading

External links

Official website

Andy Roddick Foundation

Andy's U.S. Olympic Team bio ... with links to photo gallery

In losing a match, Roddick became a true sportsman, a May 2005 article written by Frank Deford

Roddick reverses form on the lawns

Tennis Academy – Roddick Total Tennis Academy

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Name	Lu Yen-hsun 盧彥勳
Nickname	''Rendy''
Country	Taiwan
Residence	Taipei, Taiwan
Birth date	August 14, 1983
Birth place	Taoyuan County, Taiwan
Height
Weight
Turnedpro	2001
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney	$1,220,412
Singlesrecord	51–88
Singlestitles	0
Highestsinglesranking	No. 33 (November 1, 2010)
Currentsinglesranking	No. 83 (August 15, 2011)
Australianopenresult	3R (2009)
Frenchopenresult	1R (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011)
Wimbledonresult	QF (2010)
Usopenresult	2R (2008)
Othertournaments	Yes
Olympicsresult	3R (2008)
Doublesrecord	21–31
Doublestitles	1
Highestdoublesranking	No. 86 (January 31, 2005)
Currentdoublesranking	No. 89 (November 8, 2010)
Grandslamsdoublesresults	yes
australianopendoublesresult	3R (2005)
frenchopendoublesresult	1R (2009, 2010, 2011)
wimbledondoublesresult	3R (2010)
usopendoublesresult	3R (2009)
Updated	April 18, 2010 }}

}} Lu Yen-hsun (; born August 14, 1983 in Taoyuan, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. He goes by the nickname ''Rendy''. As of November 1, 2010, Lu is ranked #33 in the world and #1 in Asia. 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 quarter-finals of a Grand Slam, and the first man from Asia to reach the quarter-finals 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, 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, 7–6, 6–7, 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. The ATP named Lu's 4th round Wimbledon upset against Roddick as the biggest upset of 2010.

2011

At the 2011 Farmers Classic, Lu defeated Robby Ginepri in the first round 6–4, 7–5. He then defeated Marcos Baghdatis 6–3, 6–4 before losing 3–6, 6–3, 4–6 to Ryan Harrison in the quarter finals. At the Odlum Brown Vancouver Open as the number one seeded player, defeating George Bastl 6–2, 6–1 in the first round before losing to Alex Bogdanovic 4–6, 6–3, 3–6. At the Rogers Cup, Lu lost to Bernard Tomic 6–7, 3–6 in the first round.

Singles Titles

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{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !No. !Date !Tournament !Surface !Opponent in the final !Score |-bgcolor=#cffcff |1. |October 1, 2001 | Hong Kong |Hard | Peter Handoyo |6–3, 6–4 |-bgcolor=#cffcff |2. |February 11, 2002 | Ramat Hasharon |Hard | Nir Welgreen |6–4, 6–4 |-bgcolor=#cffcff |3. |April 15, 2002 | Kunming |Hard | Benjamin Cassaigne |6–4, 3–6, 7–6 |-bgcolor=#cffcff |4. |April 22, 2002 | Kunming |Hard | Benjamin Cassaigne |2–6, 7–6, 6–3 |-bgcolor=#cffcff |5. |September 9, 2002 | Kashiwa |Hard | Takahiro Terachi |6–2, 6–2 |-bgcolor=#cffcff |6. |April 14, 2003 | Kunming |Hard | Zhu Benqiang |7–6, 6–2 |-bgcolor=#cffcff |7. |September 1, 2003 | Saitama |Hard | Tasuku Iwami |6–1, 3–6, 6–1 |-bgcolor=#cffcff |8. |October 27, 2003 | Hammond |Hard | Lesley Joseph |6–2, 6–2 |-bgcolor=moccasin |9. |February 9, 2004 | Joplin |Hard (I) | Glenn Weiner |6–4, 6–2 |-bgcolor=moccasin |10. |March 22, 2004 | Burnie |Hard | Robert Lindstedt |6–3, 6–0 |-bgcolor=moccasin |11. |November 1, 2004 | Caloundra |Hard | Takahiro Terachi |6–0, 7–5 |-bgcolor=moccasin |12. |May 16, 2005 | Fergana |Hard | Danai Udomchoke |6–1, 7–6 |-bgcolor=moccasin |13. |November 13, 2006 | Caloundra |Hard | Peter Luczak |6–3, 6–1 |-bgcolor=moccasin |14. |November 12, 2007 | Kaohsiung |Hard | Dudi Sela |6–3, 6–3 |-bgcolor=moccasin |15. |January 21, 2008 | Waikoloa |Hard | Vincent Spadea |6–2, 6–0 |-bgcolor=moccasin |16. |May 12, 2008 | New Delhi |Hard | Brendan Evans |5–7, 7–6^(7–5), 6–3 |-bgcolor=moccasin |17. |October 13, 2008 | Tashkent |Hard | Mathieu Montcourt |6–3, 6–2 |-bgcolor=moccasin |18. |May 9, 2009 | Ramat Hasharon |Hard | Benjamin Becker |6–3, 3–1 ret. |-bgcolor=moccasin |19. |November 8, 2009 | Chuncheon |Hard | Igor Sijsling |6–2, 6–3 |-bgcolor=moccasin |20. |April 25, 2010 | Athens |Hard | Rainer Schüttler |3–6, 7–6^(7–3), 6–4 |-bgcolor=moccasin |21. |October 24, 2010 | Seoul |Hard | Kevin Anderson |6–3, 6–4 |}

Doubles Wins

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{|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Surface!!Partnering!!Opponents in the final!!Score |-bgcolor=#dfe2e9 |1. |9 January 2005 |Chennai, India |Hard | Rainer Schüttler | Jonas Björkman Mahesh Bhupathi |7–5, 4–6, 7–6^{(7–4) |}}

Singles Performance Timeline

''To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only after a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. Davis Cup matches are included in the statistics. This table is current through the 2011 US Open. {|class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:97% !Tournament!!2001!!2002!!2003!!2004!!2005!!2006!!2007!!2008!!2009!!2010!!2011!!SR!!W–L |- |colspan=20 align=left|'''Grand Slam Tournaments |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Australian Open |A |A |A |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 7 |bgcolor=#efefef|3–7 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|French Open |A |A |A |A |A |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 4 |bgcolor=#efefef|0–4 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Wimbledon |A |A |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#ffebcd|QF |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 8 |bgcolor=#efefef|8–8 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|US Open |A |A |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |A |A |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 5 |bgcolor=#efefef|1–5 |- !style=text-align:left|Win–Loss !0–0 !0–0 !0–0 !0–1 !0–0 !0–0 !0–0 !0–2 !2–4 !5–5 !3–4 !0 / 16 !10–16 |- |colspan=20 align=left|'''ATP World Tour Masters 1000 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Indian Wells Masters |A |A |A |A |A |A |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 4 |bgcolor=#efefef|3–4 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Miami Masters |A |A |A |A |A |A |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 4 |bgcolor=#efefef|3–4 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Monte Carlo Masters |A |A |A |A |A |A |A |A |A |A |A |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 0 |bgcolor=#efefef|0–0 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Rome Masters |A |A |A |A |A |A |A |A |A |A |A |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 0 |bgcolor=#efefef|0–0 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Madrid Masters (Stuttgart) |A |A |A |A |A |A |A |A |A |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 1 |bgcolor=#efefef|1–1 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Canada Masters |A |A |A |A |A |A |A |LQ |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|3R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 3 |bgcolor=#efefef|2–3 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Cincinnati Masters |A |A |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |A |A |A |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R |bgcolor=#afeeee|1R | |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 3 |bgcolor=#efefef|0–3 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Shanghai Masters |colspan=8 style=color:#ccc|Not ATP Masters Series |A |bgcolor=#afeeee|2R | |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 1 |bgcolor=#efefef|1–1 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Paris Masters |A |A |A |A |A |A |A |A |A |A | |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 0 |bgcolor=#efefef|0–0 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Hamburg Masters |A |A |A |A |A |A |A |A |colspan=3 style=color:#ccc|NM1 |bgcolor=#efefef|0 / 0 |bgcolor=#efefef|0–0 |- !style=text-align:left|Win–Loss !0–0 !0–0 !0–0 !1–2 !1–2 !0–2 !1–3 !1–3 !2–4 !4–4 !2–4 !0 / 24 !12–24 |- |colspan=20 align=left|'''Career Statistics |- !style=text-align:left|Titles–Runner-ups !0–0 !0–0 !0–0 !0–0 !0–0 !0–0 !0–0 !0–0 !0–0 !0–0 !0–0 !0 / !0–0 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Hardcourt Win–Loss |1–0 |0–0 |2–1 |2–7 |3–6 |1–5 |6–11 |11–12 |9–17 |10–16 |7–13 |bgcolor=#efefef| |bgcolor=#efefef|52–88 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Grass Win–Loss |0–0 |0–0 |0–0 |3–3 |2–2 |1–2 |0–3 |0–3 |1–3 |5–3 |3–2 |bgcolor=#efefef| |bgcolor=#efefef|15–20 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Carpet Win–Loss |0–0 |0–0 |1–0 |0–0 |1–0 |0–0 |1–1 |0–0 |0–0 |0–0 |0–0 |bgcolor=#efefef| |bgcolor=#efefef|3–1 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Clay Win–Loss |1–1 |0–0 |0–0 |0–0 |0–0 |0–0 |0–1 |0–0 |0–3 |0–1 |1–4 |bgcolor=#efefef| |bgcolor=#efefef|2–10 |- !style=text-align:left|Overall Win–Loss !2–1 !0–0 !3–1 !5–10 !6–8 !2–7 !7–15 !11–15 !10–23 !15–20 !11–19 ! !72–119 |- |bgcolor=#efefef align=left|Year End Ranking |543 |192 |190 |87 |158 |89 |110 |64 |98 |35 | !colspan=2| |}

Equipment

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).

See also

Sport in Taiwan

Chinese Taipei

Taiwanese People

References

External links

Official Website

Yen-Hsun Recent Match Results

Yen-Hsun World Ranking History

Davis Cup Profile

ITF Profile

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