{"id":1279,"date":"2026-04-09T18:19:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T09:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/player\/ryan-fu\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T20:01:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T11:01:22","slug":"ryan-fu","status":"publish","type":"player","link":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/player\/ryan-fu\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Fu\uff5cFrom University of Michigan tennis to PB pro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"pt-asof\"><small>\u203b\u9078\u624b\u30d7\u30ed\u30d5\u30a3\u30fc\u30eb\u60c5\u5831\u306f2026\u5e749\u670826\u65e5\u6642\u70b9\u3067\u78ba\u8a8d\u3057\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\u6599\u91d1\u30fb\u65e5\u7a0b\u30fb\u30e9\u30f3\u30ad\u30f3\u30b0\u30fb\u52df\u96c6\u72b6\u6cc1\u306f\u5909\u308f\u308b\u305f\u3081\u3001\u5229\u7528\u30fb\u53c2\u52a0\u524d\u306b\u8a18\u4e8b\u5185\u306e\u516c\u5f0f\u30ea\u30f3\u30af\u3067\u6700\u65b0\u60c5\u5831\u3092\u3054\u78ba\u8a8d\u304f\u3060\u3055\u3044\u3002<\/small><\/p>\n<h3>Profile<\/h3>\n<p>Ryan Fu is a professional pickleball player from Andover, Massachusetts. He played Division I tennis at the University of Michigan, then transferred to Bryant University. After earning an MBA, he switched to pickleball through the influence of his childhood friend James Ignatowich, a world top-5 pickleball player.<\/p>\n<h3>Career and record<\/h3>\n<p>Just two years after earning his MBA, he rose rapidly into the PPA Tour's top-50 pros. He then climbed further in the rankings, breaking into the top 30 on both the PPA Tour and MLP. He has beaten several top-5 players, including JW Johnson, Hayden Patriquin, and Gabe Tardio. As of December 2025 he had played 43 pro tournaments and 202 matches.<\/p>\n<h3>Play style<\/h3>\n<p>His weapons are the powerful strokes and athleticism built in college tennis. Also known for his distinctive personality, he is a figure who draws fans both on and off the court.<\/p>\n<h3>Latest developments<\/h3>\n<p>In MLP he belongs to the Miami Pickleball Club. Making use of his profile in the pickleball world, he also thrives on the business side as vice president of RPM.<\/p>\n<p class=\"source-links\">\ud83d\udcce Reference: <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bryant.edu\/ryan-fu-23mba-chases-pickleball-fame-paddle-and-personality\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bryant University<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pickleball.com\/players\/ryan-fu\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pickleball.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u203b\u9078\u624b\u30d7\u30ed\u30d5\u30a3\u30fc\u30eb\u60c5\u5831\u306f2026\u5e749\u670826\u65e5\u6642\u70b9\u3067\u78ba\u8a8d\u3057\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\u3002\u6599\u91d1\u30fb\u65e5\u7a0b\u30fb\u30e9\u30f3\u30ad\u30f3\u30b0\u30fb\u52df\u96c6\u72b6\u6cc1\u306f\u5909\u308f\u308b\u305f\u3081 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ssp_meta_description":"\u30e9\u30a4\u30a2\u30f3\u30fb\u30d5\u30fc\uff08Ryan Fu\uff09\u306e\u30d7\u30ed\u30d5\u30a3\u30fc\u30eb\u30fb\u6226\u7e3e\u30fb\u30d7\u30ec\u30fc\u30b9\u30bf\u30a4\u30eb\u3092\u5fb9\u5e95\u89e3\u8aac\u3002\u30d4\u30c3\u30af\u30eb\u30dc\u30fc\u30eb\u9078\u624b\u56f3\u9451\u3002","swell_btn_cv_data":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[106,105,57,113],"player_country":[138],"player_level":[148],"player_hand":[152],"player_gender":[154],"region":[1973],"class_list":["post-1279","player","type-player","status-publish","hentry","category-overseas","tag-mlp","tag-ppa","tag-us","tag-pro-player","player_country-usa","player_level-pro","player_hand-right","player_gender-male","region-united-states"],"acf":{"dupr_rating":"","achievements":"","sns_x":"","sns_ig":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/player\/1279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/player"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/player"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1279"},{"taxonomy":"player_country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/player_country?post=1279"},{"taxonomy":"player_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/player_level?post=1279"},{"taxonomy":"player_hand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/player_hand?post=1279"},{"taxonomy":"player_gender","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/player_gender?post=1279"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pickle-times.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=1279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}