

His father Zhang Weihua (张卫华) played football in the Chinese Jia-A League as a defender for Shanghai ShenHua. In 1996, Zhang was born to a sports family in Shanghai.

As of July 2023, he is the highest ever ranked Chinese male tennis player. Then, in May 2023, he became the first Chinese man to reach an ATP Tour Masters 1000 quarterfinal. In October 2022, he became the first Chinese player to reach the top 100 in the ATP singles rankings. In 2021, Zhang became the first Chinese man in the Open Era to play in the main draw at Wimbledon. He has won three singles and two doubles titles on the ATP Challenger, and two singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Futures Tour. 52 on 26 June 2023, and his career-high doubles ranking of world No. He reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. Zhang Zhizhen ( Chinese: 张之臻 pinyin: Zhāng Zhīzhēn Mandarin pronunciation: born 16 October 1996) is a Chinese professional tennis player. Zhang at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships
