Back Da-yeon

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Back Da-yeon
Country (sports)Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Born (2002-01-24) 24 January 2002 (age 22)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$69,160
Singles
Career record134–63
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 302 (7 October 2024)
Current rankingNo. 314 (11 November 2024)
Doubles
Career record65–49
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 522 (9 September 2024)
Current rankingNo. 544 (30 September 2024)
Medal record
Women's tennis
Representing Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Asian Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou Doubles
Last updated on: 30 September 2024.

Back Da-yeon (born 24 January 2002) is a Korean tennis player. Back has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 319 by the WTA, achieved on 9 September 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 522, reached on 9 September 2024. [1]

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Career

Back made her WTA Tour debut at the 2022 Korea Open, after qualifying for the singles main draw. She lost in the first round to fellow South Korean player Han Na-lae. [2]

She was a winner of the Heart Award in the 2023 Billie Jean King Cup. [3]

Ranked No. 569 at the 2023 Korea Open where she received a wildcard, she upset second seed Jelena Ostapenko in a deciding tie-break having fought back from match point down earlier in the third set. [4] [5] [6] before losing in the next round to Kimberly Birrell. [7]

Given a wildcard for the newly upgraded WTA 500 2024 Korea Open, she was unable to repeat her success of the previous year, going out in the first round in straight sets to qualifier Carol Zhao. [8]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 11 (7 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Legend
W35 tournaments (1–0)
W15 tournaments (6–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–4)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Sep 2019ITF Yeongwol, South KoreaW15Hard Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Ji-hee 7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Win1–1Sep 2022ITF Yeongwol, South KoreaW15Hard Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Da-bin 7–6(2), 3–0 ret.
Loss1–2Jul 2023ITF Nakhon, ThailandW15Hard Flag of Thailand.svg Lanlana Tararudee 4–6, 4–6
Win2–2Aug 2023ITF Sapporo, JapanW15Hard Flag of Japan.svg Miho Kuramochi 6–2, 6–0
Win3–2Sep 2023ITF Yeongwol, South KoreaW15Hard Flag of the United States.svg Dasha Ivanova 6–3, 6–0
Loss3–3Sep 2023ITF Yeongwol, South KoreaW15Hard Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Da-bin2–6, 1–6
Loss3–4May 2024ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15HardFlag placeholder.svg Mariia Tkacheva 4–6, 3–6
Win4–4May 2024ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Flag of Slovakia.svg Katarína Kužmová 6–3, 6–0
Win5–4Jun 2024ITF Daegu, South KoreaW35Hard Flag of Japan.svg Eri Shimizu 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win6–4Sep 2024ITF Yeongwol, South KoreaW15Hard Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Eun-hye 6–2, 6–1
Win7–4Sep 2024ITF Yeongwol, South KoreaW15Hard Flag of South Korea.svg Jeong Bo-young 6–1, 6–2

Doubles: 14 (6 titles, 8 runner–ups)

Legend
W15 tournaments (6–8)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–7)
Clay (2–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Oct 2021ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15Clay Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tian Fangran Flag of Turkey.svg Doğa Türkmen
Flag of Turkey.svg Melis Ayda Uyar
7–6(5), 6–1
Loss1–1Nov 2021ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15Clay Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tian Fangran Flag of Russia.svg Ksenia Laskutova
Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandra Pospelova
6–2, 2–6, [6–10]
Win2–1Nov 2021ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15Clay Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tian Fangran Flag of Russia.svg Anna Chekanskaya
Flag of Georgia.svg Zoziya Kardava
7–5, 6–3
Loss2–2Jul 2022ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Flag of South Korea.svg Jeong Bo-young Flag of Indonesia.svg Priska Madelyn Nugroho
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wei Sijia
4–6, 1–6
Win3–2Sep 2022ITF Yeongwol, South KoreaW15Hard Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Eun-hye Flag of Japan.svg Junri Namigata
Flag of Japan.svg Riko Sawayanagi
7–5, 3–6, [13–11]
Loss3–3Sep 2022ITF Yeongwol, South KoreaW15Hard Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Eun-hye Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Da-bin
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee So-ra
4–6, 6–3, [10–12]
Loss3–4Mar 2023ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW15Hard Flag of South Korea.svg Jeong Bo-youngFlag placeholder.svg Polina Iatcenko
Flag of Egypt.svg Sandra Samir
4–6, 5–7
Loss3–5Aug 2023ITF Sapporo, JapanW15Hard Flag of South Korea.svg Jeong Bo-young Flag of Japan.svg Mao Mushika
Flag of Japan.svg Himari Sato
3–6, 4–6
Loss3–6Aug 2023ITF Sapporo, JapanW15Hard Flag of South Korea.svg Jeong Bo-young Flag of Japan.svg Nana Kawagishi
Flag of Japan.svg Kisa Yoshioka
3–6, 3–6
Loss3–7Sep 2023ITF Yeongwol, South KoreaW15Hard Flag of South Korea.svg Jeong Bo-young Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Da-bin
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Na-ri
2–6, 3–6
Win4–7May 2024ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Flag of Colombia.svg María Herazo González Flag of Japan.svg Natsuho Arakawa
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Ying
6–4, 6–4
Loss4–8Jul 2024ITF Ust-Kamenogorsk, KazakhstanW15Hard Flag of Japan.svg Ayumi Koshiishi Flag placeholder.svg Aglaya Fedorova
Flag placeholder.svg Daria Khomutsianskaya
6–7(4), 2–6
Win5–8Aug 2024ITF Ust-Kamenogorsk, KazakhstanW15HardFlag placeholder.svg Anastasia Sukhotina Flag placeholder.svg Varvara Panshina
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Daria Shubina
6–3, 6–1
Win6–8Sep 2024ITF Yeongwol, South KoreaW15Hard Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Eun-hye Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Na-ri
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ye Qiuyu
6–1, 6–1

Top 5 highest rank wins

#TournamentCategoryStart dateSurfaceRdOpponentRankScorePSR
1 Korea Open, South KoreaWTA 2509 October 2023Hard1R Flag of Latvia.svg Jeļena Ostapenko No. 133–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–4)No. 569
2 Korea Open, South KoreaWTA 25019 September 2022HardQ1 Flag of Israel.svg Lina Glushko No. 2187–5, 1–6, 6–1No. 679
3 Incheon Open, South KoreaITF W1002 September 2024Hard1R Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Yexin No. 2236–4, 6–3No. 344
4 Gold Coast Tennis International, AustraliaITF W6027 November 2023Hard1R Flag of Australia (converted).svg Seone Mendez No. 2346–3, 6–3No. 480
5 Korea Open, South KoreaWTA 25019 September 2022HardQ2 Flag of Latvia.svg Daniela Vismane No. 2746–2, 6–3No. 679

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