Jane Chi

Jane Chi (; born June 21, 1974) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Early career Chi was born in El Paso, Texas, to parents Steven and Ling. At the age of 11 she started playing tennis and after graduating from high school in 1992 played collegially at the University of California, Los Angeles. She attended the university for three years, while studying for a political science degree, during which time he earned multiple All-American honors. Her regular doubles partner was younger sister Stephanie.

In 1994 she played internationally for Chinese Taipei, first in a Fed Cup World Group tie against Indonesia in Frankfurt, then at the Asian Games in Hiroshima, where she won a bronze medal in the team competition.

During the 1995 season, her last for UCLA, Chi was America's top ranked player in college tennis, ending with a No. 3 ranking.

Professional tennis From 1995 she competed on the professional circuit. At the 1996 US Open she made her Grand Slam debut and reached the second round, with a win over María Sánchez Lorenzo. She was a semifinalist at the 1998 Challenge Bell, a WTA Tour tournament in Quebec City. Her run included an upset win over second seed Sandrine Testud. Her only other WTA Tour semifinal was at the Japan Open in 1999, a year in which she reached her career best ranking of 62 in the world, with second round appearances at both the Australian Open and US Open. After retiring from tennis she earned a Doctor of Law degree at the University of Idaho and now works in Seattle.

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Singles (6–3) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWinner 1. 15 October 1995 Tokyo, Japan Hard Yuki Fujii 6–0, 6–1Winner 2. 22 October 1995 Kugayama, Japan Hard Trudi Musgrave 7–5, 6–1Winner 3. 29 October 1995 Kyoto, Japan Hard Wen-yuan 4–6, 6–2, 7–5Winner 4. 19 November 1995 Manila, Philippines Hard Kim Soon-nam 7–5, 6–3Winner 5. 23 June 1996 Peachtree City, United States Hard Stephanie Mabry 6–1, 3–6, 7–5Winner 6. 5 August 1996 Austin, United States Hard Olga Barabanschikova 6–2, 4–6, 6–2Runner-up 7. 17 May 1998 Grenelefe, United States Hard Justine Henin 2–6, 3–6Runner-up 8. 11 October 1998 Albuquerque, United States Hard Anne Kremer 6–2, 4–6, 4–6Runner-up 9. 28 January 2001 Miami, United States Hard Gisela Dulko 7–5, 3–6, 6–7

Doubles (2–5) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWinner 1. 26 June 1995 Hilton Head, United States Hard Stephanie Chi Tina Samara Stacy Sheppard 6–3, 7–6(5)Runner-up 2. 15 October 1995 Tokyo, Japan Hard Mindy Weiner Keiko Nagatomi Yoshiko Sasano 2–6, 2–6Runner-up 3. 28 July 1996 Fayetteville, United States Hard Kelly Pace-Wilson Sonya Jeyaseelan Rene Simpson 6–3, 4–6, 2–6Winner 4. 26 January 1997 San Antonio, United States Hard Kelly Pace-Wilson Keirsten Alley Pam Nelson 6–4, 4–6, 6–4Runner-up 5. 19 July 1998 Mahwah, United States Hard Jean Okada Amy Frazier Rika Hiraki 6–4, 4–6, 4–6Runner-up 6. 22 January 2001 Miami, United States Hard Lioudmila Skavronskaia Evgenia Kulikovskaya Jolene Watanabe 2–6, 4–6Runner-up 7. 11 June 2001 Mount Pleasant, United States Hard Lioudmila Skavronskaia Choi Young-ja Jeon Mi-ra 7–6(2), 2–6, 2–6