Zhou Yi (born 14 March 2005) is a Chinese tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 217 achieved on 25 May 2026 and a doubles ranking of No. 357 achieved on 14 October 2024.
Zhou reached an ITF junior combined ranking of world No. 3 on 29 May 2023.
Early life Zhou was born in Beijing and began playing tennis at the age of 10; he had played badminton before picking up tennis. He also goes by the English name Justin.
Career Zhou made his ATP main draw debut at the 2023 Zhuhai Championships after receiving a wildcard for the singles main draw. He also received singles and doubles main draw wildcards for the 2023 China Open, and the 2024 Chengdu Open where he recorded his first ATP singles win over Tseng Chun-hsin. As a result, he moved close to a 100 positions up in the top 450, having had a ranking of No. 531 at the start of the tournament.
He received wildcards for the main draw in singles and doubles for the 2024 China Open, and the 2024 Shanghai Masters for his debut at this tournament and at the ATP 1000-level. Ranked No. 440, he advanced to the second round after his opponent, Yoshihito Nishioka retired due to injury, recording his first Masters 1000 win. As a result, he climbed 60 positions up in the rankings into the top 380 on 14 October 2024. He lost to 13th seed Frances Tiafoe.
Ranked No. 304 at the 2025 Chengdu Open, where again he received a main draw wildcard, Zhou upset fifth seed Cameron Norrie, recording the most significant win of his career.Chinese Wild Card Yi Zhou Upsets Cameron Norrie in Chengdu
National representation Zhou represents China at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 2–1. He helped lead China to victory over Slovenia to reach World Group II finals in 2024.
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament2023202420252026SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAA0 / 00–0French OpenAAAQ10 / 00–0WimbledonAAAQ30 / 00–0US OpenAAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00 / 00–0ATP Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAAAA0 / 00–0Miami OpenAAAA0 / 00–0Monte Carlo MastersAAA0 / 00–0Madrid OpenAAA0 / 00-0Italian OpenAAA0 / 00–0Canadian OpenAAA0 / 00–0Cincinnati MastersAAA0 / 00–0Shanghai MastersQ12R1R0 / 21–2Paris MastersAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–01–20 / 21–2
ATP Challenger Tour finals
Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (0–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Tyler Championships, USChallengerHard Wu Yibing4–6, 6–3, 3–6Loss0–2Shenzhen Futian Open, ChinaChallengerHard Kyrian Jacquet3–6, 3–6Loss0–3Phan Thiết Challenger II, VietnamChallengerHard Ilia Simakin5–7, 4–6
Doubles: 1 (runner-up) LegendATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Shenzhen Luohu Challenger, ChinaChallengerHard Wang Aoran Yuta Shimizu James Trotter6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7)
ITF World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) LegendITF WTT (2–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1M25 Luzhou, ChinaWTTHard Bai Yan6–7(4–7), 6–7(6–8)Win1–1M15 Tianjin, ChinaWTTHard Evgeny Donskoy6–3, 6–4Win2–1M25 Tianjin, ChinaWTTHard Sun Fajing4–6, 6–3, 7–5
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