Sun Fajing (Chinese: 孙发京; pinyin: Sūn Fājīng; Mandarin pronunciation: [swə́n fá tɕíŋ]; born 3 October 1996) is a Chinese tennis player.

Sun Fajing
孙发京
Country (sports) China
ResidenceBeijing, China
Born (1996-10-03) 3 October 1996 (age 27)
Shanxi, China
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$212,423
Singles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 351 (10 February 2020)
Current rankingNo. 429 (15 January 2024)
Doubles
Career record0–6 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 181 (26 February 2024)
Current rankingNo. 181 (26 February 2024)
Last updated on: 29 February 2024.

Sun has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 351 achieved on 10 February 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 181 achieved on 26 February 2024. He has reached 13 career singles finals posting a record of 5 wins and 8 losses, all coming on the ITF Futures tour. Additionally, he has reached 31 doubles finals posting a record of 16 wins and 15 losses, which includes 2 ATP Challenger Tour doubles titles.

Career edit

Sun made his ATP main draw debut at the 2016 Chengdu Open, where he was granted a wildcard entry in the doubles draw alongside compatriot He Yecong. They were defeated in the first round by Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram in straight sets 4–6, 5–7.

The following year, he was again given a wildcard at the 2017 Chengdu Open with partner Te Rigele, and again he would lose in the first round to Nenad Zimonjic and Santiago Gonzalez in straight sets 4–6, 4–6.

In his third main draw appearance, he and partner Zhizhen Zhang were given a wildcard entry into the doubles draw of the 2018 ATP Shenzhen Open but lost in the first round to Marcin Matkowski and Nicholas Monroe 4–6, 2–6.

His fourth and most recent ATP appearance (also his third at the tournament) was a wildcard entry into the doubles draw of the 2019 Chengdu Open pairing up with Wang Aoran, and to round up an 0–4 record he lost to Dominic Inglot and Austin Krajicek 1–6, 6–0, [8–10].

He was given a wildcard at the 2023 China Open (tennis) partnering Zhou Yi (tennis). He received also a wildcard in doubles partnering Li Zhe (tennis) at the 2023 Rolex Shanghai Masters.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals edit

Singles: 13 (5–8) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (5–8)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–8)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2016 Thailand F1, Hua Hin Futures Hard   Chen Ti 3–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Feb 2017 Indonesia F1, Jakarta Futures Hard   Chen Ti 6–7(4-7), 3–6
Win 1–2 Apr 2017 China F5, Luzhou Futures Hard   Bradley Mousley 7–6(7-2), 6–2
Loss 1–3 Mar 2018 Qatar F1, Doha Futures Hard   Scott Griekspoor 4–6, 3–6
Loss 1–4 May 2018 China F6, Lu'an Futures Hard   Patrik Niklas-Salminen 6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Loss 1–5 Feb 2019 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard   Filip Bergevi 6–7(2-7)
Win 2–5 May 2019 M25 Lu'an, China World Tennis Tour Hard   Cui Jie 7–5, 6–4
Loss 2–6 Jun 2019 M25 Hengyang, China World Tennis Tour Hard   Harry Bourchier 6–7(7-9), 1–6
Win 3–6 Jul 2019 M25 Kunshan, China World Tennis Tour Hard   Yang Tsung-Hua 6–2, 6–2
Loss 3–7 Jul 2019 M25 Qujing, China World Tennis Tour Hard   Bai Yan 3–6, 1–6
Loss 3–8 Oct 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Christoph Negritu 6–7(5-7), 6–7(5-7)
Win 4–8 Jun 2023 M25 Martos, Spain World Tennis Tour Hard   Pedro Vives Marcos 7–6(7-3), 6–4
Win 5–8 Aug 2023 M25 Anning, China World Tennis Tour Clay   Cui Jie 6–3, 4-6, 6–2

Doubles: 31 (16–15) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–1)
ITF Futures (14–14)
Finals by surface
Hard (13–13)
Clay (3–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2016 China F1, Anning Futures Clay   Wang Aoran   Enrique Lopez-Perez
  Lin Hsin
walkover
Loss 0–2 Jul 2016 China F10, Longyan Futures Hard   Wang Aoran   Bai Yan
  Li Zhe
6–7(1–7), 4–6
Win 1–2 Jul 2016 China F11, Anning Futures Clay   Wang Aoran   Ning Yuqing
  Qiu Zhuoyang
6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–3 Mar 2017 Egypt F8, Longyan Futures Hard   Chen Ti   Francis Casey Alcantara
  Benjamin Lock
3–6, 7–6(9–7), [7–10]
Win 2–3 May 2017 China F8, Fuzhou Futures Hard   Te Rigele   Alexander Sarkissian
  Finn Tearney
6–2, 6–4
Win 3–3 Jul 2017 China F12, Shenzhen Futures Hard   Lý Hoàng Nam   Francis Casey Alcantara
  Karunuday Singh
6–4, 6–4
Win 4–3 Oct 2017 Suzhou, China Challenger Hard   Xin Gao   Gong Maoxin
  Zhang Ze
7–6(7–5), 4–6, [10–7]
Loss 4–4 Dec 2017 Thailand F12, Hua Hin Futures Hard   Xin Gao   Chung Hong
  Song Min-kyu
6–7(5–7), 6–3, [6–10]
Win 5–4 Mar 2018 Qatar F3, Doha Futures Hard   Wong Chun-hun   Marek Gengel
  Matej Vocel
6–3, 6–3
Loss 5–5 May 2018 China F4, Wuhan Futures Hard   Wang Ruikai   Te Rigele
  Yuta Shimizu
6–7(3-7), 3–6
Loss 5–6 Jun 2018 China F7, Luzhou Futures Hard   Francis Casey Alcantara   Rhett Purcell
  Sami Reinwein
5–7, 3–6
Win 6–6 Jun 2018 China F8, Yinchuan Futures Hard   Francis Casey Alcantara   Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul
  Kento Takeuchi
6–4, 2–6, [10–5]
Win 7–6 May 2019 M25 Wuhan, China World Tennis Tour Hard   Te Rigele   Sora Fakuda
  Yuki Mochizuki
6–1, 3–6, [12–10]
Loss 7–7 Jun 2019 M25 Luzhou, China World Tennis Tour Hard   Xin Gao   Wang Aoran
  Wu Hao
6–3, 1–6, [7–10]
Win 8–7 Jul 2019 M25 Kunshan, China World Tennis Tour Hard   Xin Gao   Hua Runhao
  Zeng Shihong
6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Win 9–7 Jul 2019 M25 Qujing, China World Tennis Tour Hard   Hua Runhao   Francis Casey Alcantara
  Rhett Purcell
6–1, 6–1
Win 10–7 Sep 2019 Shanghai, China Challenger Hard   Xin Gao   Marc Polmans
  Scott Puodziunas
2–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Win 11–7 May 2022 M25 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Hsu Yu-hsiou   Jayden Court
  Dane Sweeny
7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win 12–7 May 2022 M25 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Hsu Yu-hsiou   Blake Bayldon
  Jordan Smith
6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 12–8 Jun 2022 M25 Chiang Rai, Thailand World Tennis Tour Hard   Hsu Yu-hsiou   Congsup Congcar
  Shintaro Imai
4–6, 6–1, [8–10]
Win 13–8 Jul 2022 M15 Kottingbrunn, Austria World Tennis Tour Clay   Niklas Schell   Stefano Battaglino
  Lorenzo Rottoli
6–4, 6–2
Loss 13–9 Oct 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Bruno Kuzuhara   James Frawley
  Christoph Negritu
4–6, 6–1, [6–10]
Loss 13–10 Oct 2022 M25 Jakarta, Indonesia World Tennis Tour Hard   Seita Watanabe   Thomas Fancutt
  Brandon Walkin
6–4, 3–6, [6–10]
Loss 13–11 Nov 2022 M25 Jakarta, Indonesia World Tennis Tour Hard   Coleman Wong   Tomohiro Masabayashi
  Seita Watanabe
6–4, 4–6, [7–10]
Loss 13–12 Apr 2023 M15 Singapore, Singapore World Tennis Tour Hard   Francis Casey Alcantara   Justin Barki
  Igor Sijsling
1–6, 1–6
Win 14–12 Apr 2023 M25 Jakarta, Indonesia World Tennis Tour Hard   Ray Ho   Francis Casey Alcantara
  Pruchya Isaro
6–4, 7–5
Win 15–12 Jun 2023 M25 La Nucia, Spain World Tennis Tour Clay   Amr Elsayed   Dimitris Sakellaridis
  Stefanos Sakellaridis
6–2, 6–3
Win 16–12 Jul 2023 M25 Bakio, Spain World Tennis Tour Hard   John Echeverria   Robin Bertrand
  Noah Lopez
6–3, 6–2
Loss 16–13 Jul 2023 M25 Roda de Bara, Spain World Tennis Tour Hard   John Echeverria   Alberto Barroso Campos
  Pedro Vives Marcos
7–5, 3–6, [4–10]
Loss 16–14 Jul 2023 Segovia, Spain Challenger Hard   Francis Casey Alcantara   Dan Added
  Pierre-Hugues Herbert
6–4, 3–6, [10–12]
Loss 16–15 Aug 2023 M25 Anning, China World Tennis Tour Clay   Evan Zhu   Cui Jie
  Wang Xiaofei
6–3, 2–6, [8–10]

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