This article is about a tennis player. For the archer, see
Cho Youn-jeong .
South Korean tennis player (born 1979)
Cho Yoon-jeong Country (sports) South Korea Residence Seoul , KoreaBorn (1979-04-02 ) 2 April 1979 (age 45) Andong , KoreaHeight 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) Turned pro 1996 Retired 2008 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Prize money $603,590 Career record 255–180 Career titles 5 ITF Highest ranking No. 45 (14 July 2003) Australian Open 2R (2003 ) French Open 1R (2002 , 2003 , 2005 ) Wimbledon 2R (2003 , 2005 ) US Open 3R (2002 , 2005 ) Career record 116–84 Career titles 1 WTA, 10 ITF Highest ranking No. 98 (22 September 2003) Australian Open 1R (1999, 2006) French Open 1R (2005) Wimbledon 1R (1998, 2004) US Open 2R (2003)
Cho Yoon-jeong (Korean : 조윤정 , born 2 April 1979) is a South Korean former tennis player.
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)
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
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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