Cho Yoon-jeong

Cho Yoon-jeong (Korean: 조윤정, born 2 April 1979) is a retired South Korean tennis player.

Cho Yoon-jeong
Country (sports) South Korea
ResidenceSeoul, Korea
Born (1979-04-02) 2 April 1979
Andong, Korea
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro1996
Retired2008
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$603,590
Singles
Career record255–180 (58.6%)
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 45 (14 July 2003)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open2R (2003)
French Open1R (2002, 2003, 2005)
Wimbledon2R (2003, 2005)
US Open3R (2002, 2005)
Doubles
Career record116–84 (58.0%)
Career titles1 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 98 (22 September 2003)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open1R (1999, 2006)
French Open1R (2005)
Wimbledon1R (1998, 2004)
US Open2R (2003)

In her career, she won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, at Seoul in 2004. Her best Grand Slam performance came when she made the third round of the 2005 US Open by defeating Arantxa Parra Santonja in three sets in the first round, upsetting the 27th seed Gisela Dulko in the second round, before she fell to No. 7, Justine Henin. She reached career-high WTA rankings of No. 45 in singles (in July 2003), and No. 98 in doubles (in September 2003).

Yoon-jeong retired from professional tennis in 2008.

WTA career finals

Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Legend
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (0–0)
Tier IV & V (0–3)
Result Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss Nov 2002 Pattaya Open, Thailand Hard Angelique Widjaja 2–6, 4–6
Loss Jan 2003 Auckland Open, New Zealand Hard Eleni Daniilidou 4–6, 6–4, 6–7
Loss Jan 2006 Canberra International, Australia Hard Anabel Medina Garrigues 4–6, 6–0, 4–6

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss Jul 2003 Stanford Classic, United States Hard Francesca Schiavone Cara Black
Lisa Raymond
6–7, 1–6
Win Oct 2004 Seoul Open, South Korea Hard Jeon Mi-ra Chuang Chia-jung
Hsieh Su-wei
6–3, 1–6, 7–5

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 13 (5–8)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 31 March 1996 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Choi Young-ja 2–6, 1–6
Winner 2. 6 April 1997 ITF Jakarta Hard Choi Young-ja 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up 3. 13 April 1997 ITF Jakarta Hard Choi Young-ja 1–6, 5–7
Winner 4. 18 February 2001 ITF Midland, United States Hard Tara Snyder 6–3, 6–1
Runner-up 5. 18 February 2001 ITF Seoul, South Korea Hard Miho Saeki 3–6, 0–6
Runner-up 6. 25 November 2001 ITF Nuriootpa, Australia Hard Saori Obata 4–6, 1–6
Winner 7. 21 July 2002 ITF Oyster Bay, United States Hard Irina Selyutina 7–6(5), 6–4
Winner 8. 24 November 2002 ITF Nuriootpa Hard Alicia Molik 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up 9. 8 June 2003 ITF Surbiton, United Kingdom Grass Kristina Brandi 1–6, 3–6
Runner-up 10. 21 November 2004 ITF Nuriootpa Hard Evie Dominikovic 4–6, 7–5, 4–6
Runner-up 11. 28 November 2004 ITF Mount Gambier, Australia Hard Evie Dominikovic 5–7, 3–6
Runner-up 12. 13 February 2005 ITF Midland Hard Laura Granville 3–6, 6–3, 6–7(6)
Winner 13. 20 March 2005 ITF Orange, United States Hard Julia Schruff 7–6(3), 6–1

Doubles: 16 (10–6)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 13 April 1997 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Won Kyung-joo Jasmine Choudhury
Lizzie Jelfs
4–6, 6–7
Winner 2. 5 May 1997 ITF Seoul Clay Kim Eun-ha Choi Young-ja
Park Sung-hee
6–3, 7–6(6)
Runner-up 3. 3 May 1998 ITF Gifu, Japan Grass Park Sung-hee Catherine Barclay
Kerry-Anne Guse
6–7(3), 4–6
Winner 4. 10 May 1998 ITF Seoul Clay Park Sung-hee Ding Ding
Li Ting
6–1, 3–6, 6–2
Winner 5. 21 March 1999 ITF Noda, Japan Hard Park Sung-hee Shinobu Asagoe
Yuka Yoshida
6–3, 6–3
Winner 6. 2 May 1999 ITF Gifu Carpet Chae Kyung-yee Shiho Hisamatsu
Nana Miyagi
6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Runner-up 7. 24 May 1999 ITF Warsaw, Poland Clay Park Sung-hee Magda Mihalache
Jelena Kostanić Tošić
1–6, 3–6
Winner 8. 31 January 2000 ITF Clearwater, United States Hard Yi Jing-Qian Sandra Cacic
Lindsay Lee-Waters
6–4, 7–6(7)
Winner 9. 28 May 2000 ITF Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Hard Saori Obata Li Na
Li Ting
6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 10. 28 October 2000 ITF Seoul Hard Jeon Mi-ra Surina De Beer
Marlene Weingärtner
2–4, 1–4, 4–1
Winner 11. 1 May 2002 ITF Gifu Grass Evie Dominikovic Shinobu Asagoe
Rika Fujiwara
6–2, 6–2
Winner 12. 12 May 2002 ITF Fukuoka, Japan Hard Shinobu Asagoe Julie Pullin
Lorna Woodroffe
6–2, 6–4
Winner 13. 2 May 2004 ITF Gifu Carpet Jeon Mi-ra Chuang Chia-jung
Wynne Prakusya
7–6(4), 6–2
Winner 14. 15 November 2004 ITF Nuriootpa Hard Kim Jin-hee Evie Dominikovic
Daniella Jeflea
7–5, 6–2
Runner-up 15. 4 May 2008 ITF Gimcheon, South Korea Hard Kim Jin-hee Chan Chin-wei
Jarmila Gajdošová
2–6, 0–6
Runner-up 16. 11 May 2008 ITF Changwon, South Korea Hard Kim Jin-hee Chang Kyung-mi
Lee Jin-a
5–7, 2–6


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