Age:
22 (January 27, 2004)
Birthplace:
Chesapeake, Virginia
Residence:
Montville, New Jersey
Age:
22 (January 27, 2004)
Birthplace:
Chesapeake, Virginia
Residence:
Montville, New Jersey
On Court
- Reached the 2022 Wimbledon boys' singles final
- Climbed to a career high junior ranking of World No. 22
- Runner-up at the NCAA Division I singles championships in spring 2024
- Won the NCAA Division I singles title in November 2024, beating Ozan Baris of Michigan State
- Columbia's first NCAA singles champion since 1906 and the first from an Ivy League school since 1922
- Defended the NCAA singles title in November 2025, beating Trevor Svajda of SMU
- The first man to win back-to-back NCAA singles titles since Steve Johnson in 2011 and 2012, and only the ninth in history
- Holds the NCAA record with 19 career individual tournament wins
- Three-time Ivy League Player of the Year and a four-time First Team All-Ivy selection in both singles and doubles
- The first Ivy League tennis player to earn ITA All-American honors four times
- Won three ATP Challenger titles in 2025, including Columbus and Tiburon
- Recorded his first tour-level win at the 2026 Australian Open, beating Sebastian Korda
- Qualified for the main draw at the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open in 2026
- Beat Cameron Norrie in a fifth set tiebreak in the first round of Wimbledon 2026, the biggest win of his career
- Reached the third round at both Wimbledon and the US Open in 2026
- Climbed to a career high World No. 88 in August 2026
Off court
- Graduated from Columbia University in May 2026 after four years of college tennis
- Two-time Academic All-America first team selection
- Named the Universal Tennis Foundation's 2026 Hurd Award Champion
- Part of the PIF ATP Next Gen Accelerator programme
More info
- His Chinese name is 郑瑞 (Zhèng Ruì)
- Started playing tennis at age 6
- Joined the USTA junior development programme at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing around age nine, commuting from New Jersey three days a week
- Won the New Jersey state singles championship for Delbarton School in 2021, then transferred to Dwight Global Online School to accommodate his travel schedule
- Turned professional while still competing for Columbia, keeping his NCAA eligibility intact
What to watch and listen to
- Michael Zheng on the Changeover Podcast: link
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