Yang Zi-Jun

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Yang Zi-Jun
Country (sports)Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
ResidenceHong Kong
Born (1990-02-08) 8 February 1990 (age 33)
Hong Kong
Turned pro2006
Singles
Career record6–3
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 418 (30 November 2009)
Doubles
Career record6–6
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 746 (26 July 2010)

Yang Zi-jun, also known as Jessica Yang [1] (Chinese :楊子君; Jyutping :joeng4 zi2 gwan1, born February 8, 1990), [2] is a former professional tennis player from Hong Kong. A member of the Hong Kong Fed Cup team (last match in 2012), she has a career-high ranking of No. 22 in the world in juniors. [3]

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Tennis career

Junior

She has reached the latter stages of many junior tournaments; she won the 2007 Girls Under-18 Toyota Open in Bangkok, Thailand, beating Khunpak Issara 6–3, 6–0. [4]

In the 2008 Wimbledon girls' singles, where she just missed out on being seeded, [5] she beat Anna Orlik of Belarus, 6–2, 6–1. [6] Her run was halted in the second round when she was beaten by junior world No. 3, Arantxa Rus, 6–3, 6–0. [7]

Professional years

Her best performance in a professional tournament is reaching the second round of various tournaments; the Bangkok tournament in 2006, where she lost to Thassha Vitayaviroj; at another tournament in Bangkok in 2006, as a qualifier, she lost to Lee Jin-a; in Jakarta in 2006 where she lost to Lavinia Tananta, and the 2008 tournament in Bulungan where she lost in the 2nd round to second seed Liang Chen. [8] All the tournaments are $10,000 tier tournaments, the lowest category of the ITF Women's Circuit.

ITF finals

Singles (1–0)

Result   Date   TournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win10 May 2009 Tarakan, IndonesiaHard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Yi 7–5, 6–1

Doubles (1–3)

ResultW–L   Date   LocationSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–16 August 2006 Bangkok, ThailandHard Flag of Thailand.svg Uthumporn Pudtra Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Jin-a
Flag of Thailand.svg Pichittra Thongdach
2–6, 1–6
Loss0–25 May 2008 Tarakan, IndonesiaHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tiffany Welford Flag of Indonesia.svg Ayu Fani Damayanti
Flag of Indonesia.svg Liza Andriyani
2–6, 3–6
Win1–224 August 2009Nonthaburi, ThailandHard Flag of Hong Kong.svg Zhang Ling Flag of Indonesia.svg Beatrice Gumulya
Flag of Indonesia.svg Lavinia Tananta
6–4, 6–3
Loss1–311 April 2010 Ningbo, ChinaHard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lu Jiaxiang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Yafan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Zhaoxuan
6–1, 2–6, [4–10]

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