Career
Until the emergence of Lu Yen-Hsun, Wang was the highest ranked player from Taiwan. The right-hander stands 5 feet 10 inches and weighs 141 pounds. Wang"s trademark look is his wearing a white baseball cap backwards.
Juniors
Wang started playing tennis at age seven and quickly emerged as one of Asia"s most highly touted junior players.
He made the final of the 2001 Australian Open Boys" Singles (losing to Janko Tipsarević) and the final of the United States Open Boys" Singles (losing to Gilles Müller). 3 in the world junior singles rankings in April 2001 (and Number 8 in doubles).
Junior Slam results - Singles:
Australian Open: F (2001)
French Open: 1R (2000, 2001)
Wimbledon: San Francisco (2001)
United States Open: F (2001)
Pro tour
Wang turned pro in 2003 and has improved his game and ranking year each he has been on the professional circuit. In 2005, Wang broke into the Association of Tennis Professionals Top 100 for the first time by virtue of three straight Challenger final appearances, winning a title at Istanbul, Turkey.
The 21-year-old also reached the quarterfinal round of the Association of Tennis Professionals event in Bangkok, Thailand, and lost to Rafael Nadal in the 1st round in Beijing, China at the China Open.
Wang made his Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon in 2004, losing to Andy Roddick in the first round. In 2006, he reached the second round, bowing out to James Blake 3 sets to 1. Wang"s best Grand Slam performance to date came at Wimbledon in 2014, where he defeated Alejandro González and Mikhail Youzhny to advance to the third round, ultimately losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
His coach is Serb Dejan Petrovic.