Rendy Lu

Rendy Lu is the first Taiwanese tennis player to reach the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament. The epic performance at Wimbledon 2010 saw Lu beating Andy Roddick in a 4.5-hour-long match. That year, he reached a career-high ranking of 33, making him the highest-ranking Asian tennis pro at the time.

During his days as a junior player, Lu was consistently top-ranked but was only allowed by his parents to seriously pursue competing internationally when he won the ITF 14 and Under Asian Championship in 1997. He turned pro in 2001, and under the guidance of German coach Dirk Hordorff, became the first Taiwanese to enter the ATP Top 100 in 2004. He is also the only male tennis player to compete in Singles at five Olympics, his final being the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, where he was one of two official flag bearers for Taiwan at the opening ceremony.

Although retired, Lu remains passionate about the sport. In 2022, he founded the International Tennis School, hoping to use his 20 years of experience to cultivate the talents of Taiwanese teenagers and allow them to compete professionally.