Jang Su-jeong

South Korean tennis player
Jang Su-jeong
장수정
Jang at the 2023 US Open
Country (sports) South Korea
Born (1995-03-13) 13 March 1995 (age 29)
Busan, South Korea
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$741,172
Singles
Career record383–266 (59.0%)
Career titles1 WTA Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 114 (11 July 2022)
Current rankingNo. 215 (18 March 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2022)
French OpenQ3 (2017)
WimbledonQ3 (2022)
US OpenQ3 (2017)
Doubles
Career record175–124 (58.5%)
Career titles1 WTA Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 82 (22 May 2023)
Current rankingNo. 138 (15 January 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup18–11 (62.1%)
Last updated on: 1 February 2024.

Jang Su-jeong (Korean: 장수정 Hanja: 張修貞; born 13 March 1995) is a South Korean professional tennis player.

Jang has won one singles and one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. She has also won 12 tournaments in singles and 15 in doubles on the ITF Circuit. On 11 July 2022, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 114. On 22 May 2023, she peaked at No. 82 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Career

Jang had a good career as a singles junior player, reaching her highest ranking in that category as world No. 68. Her best junior Grand Slam tournament was at the 2011 US Open, where she reached the third round. Her lone junior singles title was at the Yangdu International Junior Championships (Gangwon, 2008).

She won her first ITF Circuit title in Bundaberg, Australia on 30 March 2013, winning the doubles tournament alongside Lee So-ra. The pair defeated Miki Miyamura and Varatchaya Wongteanchai in the final in a close three-setter.

Her most successful performance to date came at the 2013 Korea Open, where she reached the quarterfinals with a three-set win over Ons Jabeur.

She qualified into the singles main draw of the 2022 Australian Open for her major debut. She became the eighth South Korean woman to contest a Grand Slam main draw in the Open Era, and fourth this century following Cho Yoon-jeong, Jeon Mi-ra and Han Na-lae.[1]

She won her first WTA Challenger title at the 2022 Swedish Open where she defeated Rebeka Masarova in the final.[2]

At the 2023 Korea Open, she upset fifth seed Sofia Kenin.[3]

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2023 Thailand Open.

Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A Q1 Q2 Q1 A A A 1R Q2 Q2 0–1
French Open A A A A Q3 Q1 A A A Q1 Q1 0–0
Wimbledon A A Q1 A Q1 A A A A Q3 Q1 0–0
US Open A Q1 A Q1 Q3 Q1 A A A Q1 Q2 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0-1
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[a] A A A A A A A A A A Q2 0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 1 2 3 4 2 0[b] 0[b] 0 2 1 16
Overall win-loss 2–1 1–2 1–4 3–6 2–4 0–2 2–1 3–2 0–0 3–2 1–1 18–25

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2017 Hawaii Open, United States Hard China Zhang Shuai 6–0, 2–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2022 Swedish Open, Sweden Clay Spain Rebeka Masarova 3–6, 6–3, 6–1

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2022 Buenos Aires Open, Argentina Clay China You Xiaodi Romania Irina Bara
Italy Sara Errani
1–6, 5–7
Win 1–1 Jun 2023 Veneto Open, Italy Grass South Korea Han Na-lae Poland Weronika Falkowska
Poland Katarzyna Piter
6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
Loss 1–2 Jul 2023 Bastad Open, Sweden Clay Japan Eri Hozumi Irina Khromacheva
Hungary Panna Udvardy
6–4, 3–6, [5–10]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 29 (12 titles, 17 runner–ups)

Legend
$80,000 tournaments
$50/60,000 tournaments (2–4)
$25,000 tournaments (5–9)
$10/15,000 tournaments (5–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–13)
Clay (3–3)
Grass (2–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2012 ITF Andijan, Uzbekistan 10,000 Hard Uzbekistan Sabina Sharipova 2–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 2012 ITF Pattaya, Thailand 10,000 Hard Thailand Nungnadda Wannasuk 4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win 1–2 Feb 2014 ITF Salisbury, Australia 15,000 Hard China Wang Yafan 6–3, 7–6(6)
Win 2–2 Mar 2014 ITF Mildura, Australia 15,000 Grass Australia Alison Bai 6–1, 6–3
Win 3–2 May 2014 ITF Karuizawa, Japan 25,000 Grass Australia Arina Rodionova 6–3, 6–4
Win 4–2 Feb 2015 ITF Clare, Australia 15,000 Hard Austria Pia König 6–3, 6–3
Loss 4–3 Mar 2015 ITF Port Pirie, Australia 15,000 Hard South Korea Han Na-lae 6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Win 5–3 Mar 2015 ITF Bangkok, Thailand 15,000 Hard Japan Miyabi Inoue 6–2, 6–4
Loss 5–4 May 2015 ITF Nanning, China 25,000 Hard Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei 2–6, 3–6
Loss 5–5 May 2015 Seoul Open, South Korea 50,000 Hard Japan Riko Sawayanagi 4–6, 4–6
Loss 5–6 Aug 2015 ITF Tsukuba, Japan 25,000 Hard Chinese Taipei Lee Ya-hsuan 3–6, 3–6
Loss 5–7 Feb 2016 ITF Perth, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Jaimee Fourlis 4–6, 6–2, 6–7(1)
Win 6–7 Apr 2016 ITF Kashiwa, Japan 25,000 Hard China Wang Yafan 6–4, 1–6, 6–3
Loss 6–8 Jun 2016 ITF Tokyo, Japan 25,000 Hard Japan Akiko Omae 2–6, 1–6
Loss 6–9 Oct 2016 ITF Iizuka Japan 25,000 Hard Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-chen 3–6, 4–6
Loss 6–10 Oct 2016 Liuzhou Open, China 50,000 Hard Serbia Nina Stojanović 3–6, 4–6
Loss 6–11 Apr 2017 ITF Kashiwa, Japan 25,000 Hard Japan Mai Minokoshi 6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Loss 6–12 May 2017 Fukuoka International, Japan 60,000 Carpet Slovakia Magdaléna Rybáriková 2–6, 3–6
Win 7–12 Jul 2019 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand 25,000 Hard China Xun Fangying 6–1, 2–6, 6–4
Loss 7–13 Aug 2019 ITF Guiyang, China 25,000 Hard Bulgaria Aleksandrina Naydenova 4–6, 2–6
Loss 7–14 Mar 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Italy Nuria Brancaccio 5–7, 4–6
Win 8–14 Mar 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Japan Mai Hontama 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss 8–15 Apr 2021 ITF Oeiras, Portugal 25,000 Clay Ukraine Anhelina Kalinina 4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win 9–15 Aug 2021 ITF Oldenzaal, Netherlands 25,000 Clay Norway Malene Helgø 6–3, 6–2
Win 10–15 Apr 2022 Clay Court International, Australia 60,000 Clay Japan Yuki Naito 6–7(3), 6–1, 6–4
Loss 10–16 Oct 2022 Toronto Challenger, Canada 60,000 Clay United States Robin Anderson 2–6, 4–6
Win 11–16 Mar 2023 Nur-Sultan Challenger, Kazakhstan 60,000 Hard (i) Japan Moyuka Uchijima 6–1, 6–4
Win 12–16 Apr 2023 ITF Kofu, Japan 25,000 Hard South Korea Han Na-lae 2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss 12–17 Apr 2023 ITF Kashiwa, Japan 25,000 Hard Japan Nao Hibino 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 27 (15 titles, 12 runner-ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–1)
$80,000 tournaments (1–0)
$60,000 tournaments (2–2)
$40,000 tournaments (0–1)
$25,000 tournaments (7–3)
$10/15,000 tournaments (4–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (9–9)
Clay (4–3)
Grass (2–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2012 ITF Yeongwol, South Korea 10,000 Hard South Korea Han Na-lae South Korea Kim Sun-jung
South Korea Yu Min-hwa
3–6, 5–7
Win 1–1 Mar 2013 ITF Bundaberg, Australia 25,000 Clay South Korea Lee So-ra Japan Miki Miyamura
Thailand Varatchaya Wongteanchai
7–6(4), 4–6, [10–8]
Loss 1–2 Jun 2013 ITF Gimcheon, South Korea 10,000 Hard Japan Riko Sawayanagi South Korea Kim Na-ri
South Korea Lee Ye-ra
3–6, 3–6
Loss 1–3 Jun 2013 ITF Gimcheon, South Korea 10,000 Hard Japan Riko Sawayanagi South Korea Kang Seo-kyung
South Korea Kim Ji-young
5–7, 1–6
Loss 1–4 Feb 2014 ITF Salisbury, Australia 15,000 Hard South Korea Lee So-ra Japan Misa Eguchi
Japan Miki Miyamura
2–6, 1–6
Win 2–4 Mar 2014 ITF Mildura, Australia 15,000 Grass South Korea Lee So-ra Australia Jessica Moore
Bulgaria Aleksandrina Naydenova
6–1, 1–6, [10–4]
Loss 2–5 Jun 2014 ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland 25,000 Clay Poland Justyna Jegiołka United States Louisa Chirico
United States Sanaz Marand
3–6, 4–6
Win 3–5 Mar 2015 ITF Bangkok, Thailand 15,000 Hard Serbia Vojislava Lukić South Africa Chanel Simmonds
United Kingdom Emily Webley-Smith
6–4, 6–4
Loss 3–6 Apr 2015 ITF Shenzhen, China 25,000 Hard South Korea Han Na-lae Thailand Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
China Lu Jiajing
4–6, 5–7
Win 4–6 Jul 2015 ITF Zhengzhou, China 25,000 Hard South Korea Han Na-lae China Liu Chang
Hong Kong Zhang Ling
6–3, 6–0
Win 5–6 Sep 2015 ITF Noto, Japan 25,000 Hard South Korea Lee So-ra Japan Chiaki Okadaue
Japan Kyōka Okamura
6–3, 2–6, [10–8]
Loss 5–7 Feb 2016 ITF Perth, Australia 25,000 Hard South Korea Han Na-lae Australia Tammi Patterson
Poland Katarzyna Piter
6–4, 2–6, [3–10]
Win 6–7 Apr 2017 ITF Kashiwa, Japan 25,000 Hard Chinese Taipei Lee Ya-hsuan South Korea Han Na-lae
Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech
6–3, 3–6, [10–4]
Win 7–7 Aug 2019 ITF Huangshan, China 25,000 Hard South Korea Kim Na-ri Hong Kong Eudice Chong
China Ye Qiuyu
7–5, 6–1
Loss 7–8 Mar 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay South Korea Park So-hyun United States Jessie Aney
Brazil Ingrid Martins
2–6, 2–6
Win 8–8 Mar 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Germany Sina Herrmann Czech Republic Anastasia Dețiuc
Czech Republic Darja Viďmanová
w/o
Win 9–8 Apr 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay South Korea Lee So-ra Colombia María Paulina Pérez
Mexico María Portillo Ramírez
6–2, 2–6, [10–7]
Win 10–8 Jul 2021 ITF Kyiv, Ukraine 25,000 Hard Serbia Bojana Marinković United Kingdom Ali Collins
Venezuela Andrea Gámiz
3–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Loss 10–9 Aug 2021 Kozerki Open, Poland 60,000 Clay Chinese Taipei Lee Ya-hsuan Chile Bárbara Gatica
Brazil Rebeca Pereira
3–6, 1–6
Win 11–9 Mar 2022 Clay Court International, Australia 60,000 Clay South Korea Han Na-lae Japan Yuki Naito
Japan Moyuka Uchijima
3–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Win 12–9 Jun 2022 Ilkley Trophy, United Kingdom 100,000 Grass Australia Lizette Cabrera United Kingdom Naiktha Bains
United Kingdom Maia Lumsden
6–7(7), 6–0, [11–9]
Loss 12–10 Aug 2022 Landisville Tennis Challenge, United States 100,000 Hard South Korea Han Na-lae United States Sophie Chang
Kazakhstan Anna Danilina
6–2, 6–7(4), [9–11]
Win 13–10 Oct 2022 Toronto Challenger, Canada 60,000 Hard (i) Czech Republic Michaela Bayerlová Australia Elysia Bolton
United States Jamie Loeb
6–3, 6–2
Loss 13–11 Mar 2023 ITF Astana, Kazakhstan 40,000 Hard (i) South Korea Han Na-lae Kazakhstan Anna Danilina
Belarus Iryna Shymanovich
4–6, 7–6(8), [7–10]
Loss 13–12 Mar 2023 Nur-Sultan Challenger, Kazakhstan 60,000 Hard (i) South Korea Han Na-lae Russia Polina Kudermetova
Russia Anastasia Tikhonova
6–2, 3–6, [7–10]
Win 14–12 Apr 2023 ITF Kofu, Japan 25,000 Hard South Korea Han Na-lae Spain Georgina García Pérez
Japan Eri Hozumi
6–0, 6–4
Win 15–12 May 2023 Kangaroo Cup, Japan 80,000 Hard South Korea Han Na-lae Chinese Taipei Lee Ya-hsuan
Chinese Taipei Wu Fang-hsien
7–6(3), 2–6, [10–8]

Notes

  1. ^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  2. ^ a b During the season, she did not play in the main draw of any tour-level tournaments. However, she played in the Billie Jean King Cup, which is not counted as a played tournament but matches are counted.

References

  1. ^ "Introducing the 2022 Australian Open's Grand Slam debutantes".
  2. ^ "Jang triumphs over Masarova at Bastad 125 for career-best title".
  3. ^ https://www.wtatennis.com/news/3733198/back-upsets-ostapenko-jang-knocks-out-kenin-in-seoul

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