Michael Zheng

Michael Zheng (born January 27, 2004) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 227, achieved on 22 September 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 490, achieved on 25 August 2025.^[1]

Michael Zheng

Country (sports)	United States
Born	(2004-01-27) January 27, 2004 (age 21)
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	Columbia
Prize money	US $176,137
Singles
Career record	0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 3 Challenger
Highest ranking	No. 227 (22 September 2025)
Current ranking	No. 228 (29 September 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open	Q2 (2023, 2025)
Doubles
Career record	0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 490 (25 August 2025)
Current ranking	No. 493 (29 September 2025)
Last updated on: 29 September 2025.

Junior career and college

Raised in Montville, New Jersey, Zheng attended Delbarton School, where he won the state singles tennis championship in 2021.^[2][3]

Zheng reached the final of the Wimbledon boys' singles tournament in 2022, losing in the final to Mili Poljičak.^[4] He is enrolled to play college tennis at Columbia.^[5][6] In the 2022–23 season, his first year at Columbia, he became the first first-year student athlete at the school to be named an ITA All-American, in addition to winning Ivy League player of the year.^[7] He represented Columbia at the NCAA tennis tournament in singles, where he was eliminated by Ondřej Štyler.^[8] He reached the final of the 2024 NCAA Division I tennis men's singles championships, where he lost to Filip Planinšek of Alabama.^[9] After the NCAA decided to move up the individual NCAA tournaments to the fall season instead of the spring, he once again reached the final of the Division I tennis men's singles championships. He defeated Ozan Baris to become the first NCAA singles champion from Columbia since 1906.^[10][11]

Professional career

Zheng reached his first ATP Challenger Challenger final at the 2023 Caribbean Open, losing to Kei Nishikori.^[12]

In May 2025, Zheng reached the final of the 2025 Little Rock Challenger, losing to Patrick Kypson.^[13] In July, Zheng reached his first Challenger doubles final at the 2025 Cranbrook Tennis Classic with Theodore Winegar.^[14] In August, Zheng won his first Challenger title in Chicago, defeating Hsu Yu-hsiou in the final.^[15]

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (3–2) ITF WTT (1–1)

Finals by surface Hard (4–2) Clay (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2023	Caribbean Open, Puerto Rico	Challenger	Hard	Kei Nishikori	2–6, 5–7
Loss	0–2	May 2025	Little Rock Challenger, US	Challenger	Hard	Patrick Kypson	1–6, 6–1, 5–7
Win	1–2	Aug 2025	Chicago Challenger, US	Challenger	Hard	Hsu Yu-hsiou	6–4, 6–2
Win	2–2	Sep 2025	Columbus Challenger, US	Challenger	Hard (i)	Martin Damm	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win	3–2	Sep 2025	Tiburon Challenger, US	Challenger	Hard	Tyler Zink	6–4, 6–4

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2022	M15 Orange Park, US	WTT	Clay	Wu Yibing	6–7(4–7), 5–7
Win	1–1	Aug 2024	M25 Southaven, US	WTT	Hard	Tyler Zink	6–4, 7–6(7–3)

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (0–2) ITF WTT (1–0)

Finals by surface Hard (1–2) Clay (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2025	Cranbrook Tennis Classic, US	Challenger	Hard	Theodore Winegar	Hsu Yu-hsiou Huang Tsung-hao	6–4, 3–6, [9–11]
Loss	0–2	Aug 2025	Chicago Challenger, US	Challenger	Hard	Theodore Winegar	Mac Kiger Ryan Seggerman	4–6, 6–3, [5–10]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2024	M25 Southaven, US	WTT	Hard	Lui Maxted	Keshav Chopra Andres Martin	6–2, 6–4

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	2022	Wimbledon	Grass	Mili Poljičak	6–7(2–7), 6–7(3–7)