Jang Su-jeong

Jang Su-jeong (Korean: 장수정 Hanja: ; born 13 March 1995) is a South Korean professional tennis player.

Jang Su-jeong
장수정
Jang at the 2023 US Open
Country (sports) South Korea
Born (1995-03-13) 13 March 1995 (age 29)
Busan, South Korea
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$771,435
Singles
Career record385–269 (58.9%)
Career titles1 WTA Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 114 (11 July 2022)
Current rankingNo. 267 (15 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2022)
French OpenQ3 (2017)
WimbledonQ3 (2022)
US OpenQ3 (2017)
Doubles
Career record175–125 (58.3%)
Career titles1 WTA Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 82 (22 May 2023)
Current rankingNo. 188 (15 April 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup21–11 (65.6%)
Last updated on: 19 April 2024.

Jang has won one singles and one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. She has also won 12 tournaments in singles and 15 in doubles on the ITF Circuit. On 11 July 2022, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 114. On 22 May 2023, she peaked at No. 82 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Playing for South Korea Fed Cup team, Jang has a win-loss record of 21-11 as of April 2024.

Career

Jang had a good career as a singles junior player, reaching her highest ranking in that category as world No. 68. Her best junior Grand Slam tournament was at the 2011 US Open, where she reached the third round. Her lone junior singles title was at the Yangdu International Junior Championships (Gangwon, 2008).

She won her first ITF Circuit title in Bundaberg, Australia on 30 March 2013, winning the doubles tournament alongside Lee So-ra. The pair defeated Miki Miyamura and Varatchaya Wongteanchai in the final in a close three-setter.

Her most successful performance to date came at the 2013 Korea Open, where she reached the quarterfinals with a three-set win over Ons Jabeur.

She qualified into the singles main draw of the 2022 Australian Open for her major debut. She became the eighth South Korean woman to contest a Grand Slam main draw in the Open Era, and fourth this century following Cho Yoon-jeong, Jeon Mi-ra and Han Na-lae.[1]

She won her first WTA Challenger title at the 2022 Swedish Open where she defeated Rebeka Masarova in the final.[2]

At the 2023 Korea Open, she upset fifth seed Sofia Kenin.[3]

Performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2023 Thailand Open.

Tournament201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAAQ1Q2Q1AAA1RQ2Q20–1
French OpenAAAAQ3Q1AAAQ1Q10–0
WimbledonAAQ1AQ1AAAAQ3Q10–0
US OpenAQ1AQ1Q3Q1AAAQ1Q20–0
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–10–00-1
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[a]AAAAAAAAAAQ20–0
Career statistics
Tournaments1123420[b]0[b]02116
Overall win-loss2–11–21–43–62–40–22–13–20–03–21–118–25

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Nov 2017Hawaii Open, United StatesHard Zhang Shuai6–0, 2–6, 3–6
Win1–1Jul 2022Swedish Open, SwedenClay Rebeka Masarova3–6, 6–3, 6–1

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

ResultW–L   Date   TournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Nov 2022Buenos Aires Open, ArgentinaClay You Xiaodi Irina Bara
Sara Errani
1–6, 5–7
Win1–1Jun 2023Veneto Open, ItalyGrass Han Na-lae Weronika Falkowska
Katarzyna Piter
6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
Loss1–2Jul 2023Bastad Open, SwedenClay Eri Hozumi Irina Khromacheva
Panna Udvardy
6–4, 3–6, [5–10]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 29 (12 titles, 17 runner–ups)

Legend
$50/60,000 tournaments (2–4)
$40/50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments (5–9)
$10/15,000 tournaments (5–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–13)
Clay (3–3)
Grass (2–0)
Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Apr 2012ITF Andijan, Uzbekistan10,000Hard Sabina Sharipova2–6, 4–6
Loss0–2Jul 2012ITF Pattaya, Thailand10,000Hard Nungnadda Wannasuk4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win1–2Feb 2014ITF Salisbury, Australia15,000Hard Wang Yafan6–3, 7–6(6)
Win2–2Mar 2014ITF Mildura, Australia15,000Grass Alison Bai6–1, 6–3
Win3–2May 2014ITF Karuizawa, Japan25,000Grass Arina Rodionova6–3, 6–4
Win4–2Feb 2015ITF Clare, Australia15,000Hard Pia König6–3, 6–3
Loss4–3Mar 2015ITF Port Pirie, Australia15,000Hard Han Na-lae6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Win5–3Mar 2015ITF Bangkok, Thailand15,000Hard Miyabi Inoue6–2, 6–4
Loss5–4May 2015ITF Nanning, China25,000Hard Hsieh Su-wei2–6, 3–6
Loss5–5May 2015Seoul Open, South Korea50,000Hard Riko Sawayanagi4–6, 4–6
Loss5–6Aug 2015ITF Tsukuba, Japan25,000Hard Lee Ya-hsuan3–6, 3–6
Loss5–7Feb 2016ITF Perth, Australia25,000Hard Jaimee Fourlis4–6, 6–2, 6–7(1)
Win6–7Apr 2016ITF Kashiwa, Japan25,000Hard Wang Yafan6–4, 1–6, 6–3
Loss6–8Jun 2016ITF Tokyo, Japan25,000Hard Akiko Omae2–6, 1–6
Loss6–9Oct 2016ITF Iizuka Japan25,000Hard Chang Kai-chen3–6, 4–6
Loss6–10Oct 2016Liuzhou Open, China50,000Hard Nina Stojanović3–6, 4–6
Loss6–11Apr 2017ITF Kashiwa, Japan25,000Hard Mai Minokoshi6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Loss6–12May 2017Fukuoka International, Japan60,000Carpet Magdaléna Rybáriková2–6, 3–6
Win7–12Jul 2019ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand25,000Hard Xun Fangying6–1, 2–6, 6–4
Loss7–13Aug 2019ITF Guiyang, China25,000Hard Aleksandrina Naydenova4–6, 2–6
Loss7–14Mar 2021ITF Antalya, Turkey15,000Clay Nuria Brancaccio5–7, 4–6
Win8–14Mar 2021ITF Antalya, Turkey15,000Clay Mai Hontama4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss8–15Apr 2021ITF Oeiras, Portugal25,000Clay Anhelina Kalinina4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win9–15Aug 2021ITF Oldenzaal, Netherlands25,000Clay Malene Helgø6–3, 6–2
Win10–15Apr 2022Clay Court International, Australia60,000Clay Yuki Naito6–7(3), 6–1, 6–4
Loss10–16Oct 2022Toronto Challenger, Canada60,000Clay Robin Anderson2–6, 4–6
Win11–16Mar 2023Nur-Sultan Challenger, Kazakhstan60,000Hard (i) Moyuka Uchijima6–1, 6–4
Win12–16Apr 2023ITF Kofu, Japan25,000Hard Han Na-lae2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss12–17Apr 2023ITF Kashiwa, Japan25,000Hard Nao Hibino4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 27 (15 titles, 12 runner-ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–1)
$80,000 tournaments (1–0)
$60,000 tournaments (2–2)
$40,000 tournaments (0–1)
$25,000 tournaments (7–3)
$10/15,000 tournaments (4–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (9–9)
Clay (4–3)
Grass (2–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Sep 2012ITF Yeongwol, South Korea10,000Hard Han Na-lae Kim Sun-jung
Yu Min-hwa
3–6, 5–7
Win1–1Mar 2013ITF Bundaberg, Australia25,000Clay Lee So-ra Miki Miyamura
Varatchaya Wongteanchai
7–6(4), 4–6, [10–8]
Loss1–2Jun 2013ITF Gimcheon, South Korea10,000Hard Riko Sawayanagi Kim Na-ri
Lee Ye-ra
3–6, 3–6
Loss1–3Jun 2013ITF Gimcheon, South Korea10,000Hard Riko Sawayanagi Kang Seo-kyung
Kim Ji-young
5–7, 1–6
Loss1–4Feb 2014ITF Salisbury, Australia15,000Hard Lee So-ra Misa Eguchi
Miki Miyamura
2–6, 1–6
Win2–4Mar 2014ITF Mildura, Australia15,000Grass Lee So-ra Jessica Moore
Aleksandrina Naydenova
6–1, 1–6, [10–4]
Loss2–5Jun 2014ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland25,000Clay Justyna Jegiołka Louisa Chirico
Sanaz Marand
3–6, 4–6
Win3–5Mar 2015ITF Bangkok, Thailand15,000Hard Vojislava Lukić Chanel Simmonds
Emily Webley-Smith
6–4, 6–4
Loss3–6Apr 2015ITF Shenzhen, China25,000Hard Han Na-lae Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
Lu Jiajing
4–6, 5–7
Win4–6Jul 2015ITF Zhengzhou, China25,000Hard Han Na-lae Liu Chang
Zhang Ling
6–3, 6–0
Win5–6Sep 2015ITF Noto, Japan25,000Hard Lee So-ra Chiaki Okadaue
Kyōka Okamura
6–3, 2–6, [10–8]
Loss5–7Feb 2016ITF Perth, Australia25,000Hard Han Na-lae Tammi Patterson
Katarzyna Piter
6–4, 2–6, [3–10]
Win6–7Apr 2017ITF Kashiwa, Japan25,000Hard Lee Ya-hsuan Han Na-lae
Peangtarn Plipuech
6–3, 3–6, [10–4]
Win7–7Aug 2019ITF Huangshan, China25,000Hard Kim Na-ri Eudice Chong
Ye Qiuyu
7–5, 6–1
Loss7–8Mar 2021ITF Antalya, Turkey15,000Clay Park So-hyun Jessie Aney
Ingrid Martins
2–6, 2–6
Win8–8Mar 2021ITF Antalya, Turkey15,000Clay Sina Herrmann Anastasia Dețiuc
Darja Viďmanová
w/o
Win9–8Apr 2021ITF Antalya, Turkey15,000Clay Lee So-ra María Paulina Pérez
María Portillo Ramírez
6–2, 2–6, [10–7]
Win10–8Jul 2021ITF Kyiv, Ukraine25,000Hard Bojana Marinković Ali Collins
Andrea Gámiz
3–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Loss10–9Aug 2021Kozerki Open, Poland60,000Clay Lee Ya-hsuan Bárbara Gatica
Rebeca Pereira
3–6, 1–6
Win11–9Mar 2022Clay Court International, Australia60,000Clay Han Na-lae Yuki Naito
Moyuka Uchijima
3–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Win12–9Jun 2022Ilkley Trophy, United Kingdom100,000Grass Lizette Cabrera Naiktha Bains
Maia Lumsden
6–7(7), 6–0, [11–9]
Loss12–10Aug 2022Landisville Tennis Challenge, United States100,000Hard Han Na-lae Sophie Chang
Anna Danilina
6–2, 6–7(4), [9–11]
Win13–10Oct 2022Toronto Challenger, Canada60,000Hard (i) Michaela Bayerlová Elysia Bolton
Jamie Loeb
6–3, 6–2
Loss13–11Mar 2023Nur-Sultan Challenger, Kazakhstan40,000Hard (i) Han Na-lae Anna Danilina
Iryna Shymanovich
4–6, 7–6(8), [7–10]
Loss13–12Mar 2023Nur-Sultan Challenger 2, Kazakhstan60,000Hard (i) Han Na-lae Polina Kudermetova
Anastasia Tikhonova
6–2, 3–6, [7–10]
Win14–12Apr 2023ITF Kofu, Japan25,000Hard Han Na-lae Georgina García Pérez
Eri Hozumi
6–0, 6–4
Win15–12May 2023Kangaroo Cup, Japan80,000Hard Han Na-lae Lee Ya-hsuan
Wu Fang-hsien
7–6(3), 2–6, [10–8]

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