Choi Young-ja

Choi Young-ja (born 30 May 1975) is a former professional tennis player from South Korea.

Biography A right-handed player from Seoul, Choi began playing tennis at the age of 10. She won her first ITF tournament at Bangkok in 1993 and began touring professionally after graduating from high school in 1994.

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta she made the second round of the singles competition, with a win over South Africa's Joannette Kruger, before she was eliminated by 11th seed Brenda Schultz-McCarthy of the Netherlands.

Choi represented the South Korea Fed Cup team in a total of 16 ties. She was most successful in Fed Cup tennis as a doubles player, losing only one of her 12 matches. In singles she won three rubbers, one of which was against Li Na in 1999.

She won the women's doubles gold medal at the 2002 Asian Games and was also a bronze medalist in the team competition.

ITF finals Singles (8-12) Legend $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. 28 November 1993 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Jeon Mi-ra 2-6, 6-4, 6-3Win 2. 30 January 1994 Bandung, Indonesia Hard Kim Soon-mi 7-6, 6-1Win 3. 29 May 1994 Nanjing, China Hard Li Yan-ling 6-4, 1-6, 6-1Loss 4. 6 June 1994 Seoul, South Korea Hard Kim Eun-ha 3–6, 5–7Loss 5. 21 May 1995 Beijing, China Hard Wen Yuan 6-4, 6-4Loss 6. 28 May 1995 Beijing, China Hard Li Li 2–6, 3–6Loss 7. 4 June 1995 Seoul, South Korea Hard Kim Eun-ha 2–6, 2–6Loss 8. 17 March 1996 Taipei, Chinese Taipei Hard Weng Tzu-ting 1-6, 6-3, 4-6Win 9. 24 March 1996 Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Hard Christiane Hofmann 1–6, 6–1, 6–3Win 10. 31 March 1996 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Cho Yoon-jeong 6–2, 6–1Loss 11. 1 April 1996 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Saori Obata 2-6, 2-6Loss 12. 6 May 1996 Seoul, South Korea Clay Kim Eun-ha 6–2, 2–6, 3–6Loss 13. 23 March 1997 Noda, Japan Hard Kerry-Anne Guse 6-0, 4-6, 2-6Loss 14. 6 April 1997 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Cho Yoon-jeong 4-6, 1-6Win 15. 13 April 1997 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Cho Yoon-jeong 6-1, 7-5Loss 16. 28 March 1999 Seoul, South Korea Clay Choi Jin-young 6–4, 4–6, 1–6Win 17. 21 November 1999 Haibara, Japan Carpet Kumiko Iijima 6–3, 6–4Loss 18. 27 February 2000 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Chae Kyung-yee 6–1, 3–6, 1–6Win 19. 11 June 2000 Incheon, South Korea Hard Chung Yang-jin 6-1, 6-2Loss 20. 13 August 2000 Nonthaburi, Thailand Hard Jeon Mi-ra 1-6, 3-6

Doubles (12-12) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentScoreLoss 1. 23 May 1994 Beijing, China Hard Choi Ju-yeon Bi Ying Li Li 6-7, 7-6, 4-6Win 2. 29 May 1994 Nanjing, China Hard Choi Ju-yeon Jeon Mi-ra Yoo Kyung-sook 6-2, 6-3Loss 3. 29 May 1995 Seoul, South Korea Hard Choi Jin Kim Ih-sook Kim Eun-ha 4-6, 5-7Win 4. 18 March 1996 Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Hard Kum Ok-im Nao Akahori Keiko Ishida 5-7, 1-6Loss 5. 5 May 1996 Seoul, South Korea Hard Benjamas Sangaram Catherine Barclay Kerry-Anne Guse 1-6, 2-6Loss 6. 23 March 1997 Noda, Japan Hard Jeon Mi-ra Yuko Hosoki Keiko Nagatomi 2-6, 2-6Loss 7. 5 May 1997 Seoul, South Korea Clay Park Sung-hee Cho Yoon-jeong Kim Eun-ha 3–6, 6–7(6)Win 8. 4 August 1997 Jakarta, Indonesia Clay Kim Eun-ha Kerry-Anne Guse Kristine Kunce 6–3, 6–4Win 9. 15 September 1997 Taipei, Taiwan Hard Kim Eun-ha Kerry-Anne Guse Catherine Barclay 1–6, 6–4, 6–3Loss 10. 18 October 1998 Seoul, South Korea Clay Catherine Barclay Shinobu Asagoe Kirstin Freye 2-6, 6-7Win 11. 28 March 1999 Seoul, South Korea Clay Kim Eun-sook Tomoe Hotta Hiroko Mochizuki 6-4, 7-5Loss 12. 9 May 1999 Seoul, South Korea Clay Kim Eun-sook Samantha Schoeffel Iroda Tulyaganova 3–6, 6–4, 4–6Loss 13. 21 November 1999 Haibara, Japan Carpet Kim Eun-sook Maki Arai Kumiko Iijima 2-6, 0-6Loss 14. 20 February 2000 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Kim Eun-sook Yayuk Basuki Irawati Iskandar 5–7, 5–7Win 15. 18 June 2000 Seoul, South Korea Hard Kim Eun-sook Chae Kyung-yee Chang Kyung-mi 6–0, 6–0Loss 16. 13 August 2000 Nonthabuiri, Thailand Hard Kim Eun-sook Jeon Mi-ra Chae Kyung-yee 3–6, 2–6Win 17. 20 August 2000 Nonthabuiri, Thailand Hard Kim Eun-sook Jeon Mi-ra Chae Kyung-yee 1–6, 6–1, 6–1Loss 18. 10 June 2001 Hilton Head, United States Hard Jeon Mi-ra Kristy Blumberg Karin Miller 4–6, 6–7(1)Win 19. 17 June 2001 Mount Pleasant, United States Hard Jeon Mi-ra Jane Chi Lioudmila Skavronskaia 6–7(2), 6–2, 6–2Win 20. 24 June 2001 Easton, United States Hard Jeon Mi-ra Kristy Blumberg Karin Miller 6-1, 6-1Win 21. 16 September 2001 Seoul, South Korea Hard Kim Eun-sook Rika Hiraki Kim Eun-ha 6–3, 6–3Winner 22. 25 February 2002 New Delhi, India Hard Kim Eun-ha Eva Birnerová Jana Hlaváčková 6–7(4), 6–4, 6–3Loss 23. 2 June 2002 Tianjin, China Hard (i) Choi Jin-young Chan Chin-wei Tong Ka-po 3–6, 6–3, 1–6Win 24. 22 July 2002 Incheon, South Korea Hard Kim Mi-ok Kim Eun-sook Cho Eun-hye 6–2, 6–4