On December 15, Beijing time, the International Tennis Federation officially announced the 2021 ITF International Tennis Federation Junior Men's Singles World Championship, and the 16-year-old Shang Chengcheng from China was successfully elected, becoming the first Chinese player to receive this honor.
2021 is a year of rapid breakthroughs and growth for Shangcheng. In the French Open Junior Competition in May, Shang Juncheng reached the quarterfinals for the first time. A few weeks later he played in the Wimbledon junior tournament, this time making it to the final four. Although it failed to reach the top of Wimbledon, ShangCheng successfully reached the top of the Youth World After Wimbledon, ShangCheng successfully reached the top of the Youth World.
In the US Open junior competition in September, Shang Juncheng once again made a new breakthrough, this time he passed the hurdles to reach the final. In the final, facing Spain's Lin Kong, who was 2 years older than himself, Shang Juncheng regrettably lost and did not have the opportunity to win the first Grand Slam title.
After the end of the US Open, the 16-year-old Shang Juncheng officially switched to adult competitions. For two months from September to November, Shangjuncheng participated in a total of 6 races, including 5 ITF Challenges and 1 ATP Challenge. In these 6 races, Shang Zhencheng successfully won 3 championship titles. Shang became the first Asian player to win at least three challenge tournaments at the age of 16.
Throughout the season, Shang juncheng participated in a total of 20 adult competitions, and in these 20 games, he achieved an impressive record of 17 wins and 3 losses. With his outstanding performance this season, the current 16-year-old Shang Juncheng has reached 669th in the world rankings, ranking 6th among all Chinese players.
Shang Juncheng came from a sports family, his parents are engaged in sports, his father is a former Chinese men's football international Shang Yi, and his mother is Wu Na, a table tennis world champion. Shang Juncheng has been exposed to tennis training since childhood, coupled with the inheritance of his parents' excellent sports genes, I believe that in the future, Shang Juncheng will definitely be able to leave his own success in the men's tennis world.