Cho Yoon-jeong (, born 2 April 1979) is a

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n former

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player. In her career, she won one doubles title on the

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, at

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in 2004. Her best Grand Slam performance came when she made the third round of the 2005 US Open by defeating

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in three sets in the first round, upsetting the 27th seed

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in the second round, before she fell to No. 7,

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. She reached career-high WTA rankings of No. 45 in singles (in July 2003), and No. 98 in doubles (in September 2003). Yoon-jeong retired from professional tennis in 2008.

WTA career finals

Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 13 (5–8)

Doubles: 16 (10–6)

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