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Cho Yoon-jeong

b. 1979

South Korean tennis player

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Born 1979. Cho Yoon-jeong is a South Korean tennis player.

Cho Yoon-jeong (, 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) LegendTier I (0–0)Tier II (0–0)Tier III (0–0)Tier IV & V (0–3) ResultDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss Nov 2002 Pattaya Open, Thailand Hard Angelique Widjaja 2–6, 4–6Loss Jan 2003 Auckland Open, New Zealand Hard Eleni Daniilidou 4–6, 6–4, 6–7(2–7)Loss Jan 2006 Canberra International, Australia Hard Anabel Medina Garrigues 4–6, 6–0, 4–6

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss Jul 2003 Stanford Classic, United States Hard Francesca Schiavone Cara Black Lisa Raymond 6–7(5–7), 1–6Win 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

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreRunner-up 1. 31 March 1996 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Choi Young-ja 2–6, 1–6Winner 2. 6 April 1997 ITF Jakarta Hard Choi Young-ja 6–4, 6–1Runner-up 3. 13 April 1997 ITF Jakarta Hard Choi Young-ja 1–6, 5–7Winner 4. 18 February 2001 ITF Midland, United States Hard Tara Snyder 6–3, 6–1Runner-up 5. 18 February 2001 ITF Seoul, South Korea Hard Miho Saeki 3–6, 0–6Runner-up 6. 25 November 2001 ITF Nuriootpa, Australia Hard Saori Obata 4–6, 1–6Winner 7. 21 July 2002 ITF Oyster Bay, United States Hard Irina Selyutina 7–6(5), 6–4Winner 8. 24 November 2002 ITF Nuriootpa Hard Alicia Molik 6–4, 6–1Runner-up 9. 8 June 2003 ITF Surbiton, United Kingdom Grass Kristina Brandi 1–6, 3–6Runner-up 10. 21 November 2004 ITF Nuriootpa Hard Evie Dominikovic 4–6, 7–5, 4–6Runner-up 11. 28 November 2004 ITF Mount Gambier, Australia Hard Evie Dominikovic 5–7, 3–6Runner-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) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreRunner-up 1. ITF Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Won Kyung-joo Jasmine Choudhury Lizzie Jelfs 4–6, 6–7Winner 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), 4–6Winner 4. 10 May 1998 ITF Seoul Clay Park Sung-hee Ding Ding Li Ting 6–1, 3–6, 6–2Winner 5. 21 March 1999 ITF Noda, Japan Hard Park Sung-hee Shinobu Asagoe Yuka Yoshida 6–3, 6–3Winner 6. 2 May 1999 ITF Gifu Carpet Chae Kyung-yee Shiho Hisamatsu Nana Miyagi 6–2, 4–6, 6–2Runner-up 7. 24 May 1999 ITF Warsaw, Poland Clay Park Sung-hee Magda Mihalache Jelena Kostanić Tošić 1–6, 3–6Winner 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, 6–2Runner-up 10. 28 October 2000 ITF Seoul Hard Jeon Mi-ra Surina De Beer Marlene Weingärtner 2–4, 1–4, 4–1Winner 11. 1 May 2002 ITF Gifu Grass Evie Dominikovic Shinobu Asagoe Rika Fujiwara 6–2, 6–2Winner 12. 12 May 2002 ITF Fukuoka, Japan Hard Shinobu Asagoe Julie Pullin Lorna Woodroffe 6–2, 6–4Winner 13. 2 May 2004 ITF Gifu Carpet Jeon Mi-ra Chuang Chia-jung Wynne Prakusya 7–6(4), 6–2Winner 14. 15 November 2004 ITF Nuriootpa Hard Kim Jin-hee Evie Dominikovic Daniella Jeflea 7–5, 6–2Runner-up 15. 4 May 2008 ITF Gimcheon, South Korea Hard Kim Jin-hee Chan Chin-wei Jarmila Gajdošová 2–6, 0–6Runner-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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Cho Yoon-jeong was born on 2 April 1979 in Andong.

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