Jo See Tan (born March 1991) is an Australian amateur

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player. Her best result was winning the 2022 Australian Open Singles championship and the 2023 Australian Open Doubles championship. She has also been a finalist at the

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on one occasion in singles and two occasions in doubles. She has represented Australia at the Bathurst Cup on two occasions, and has won the women's Australian Amateur on three occasions.

Career

Tan began playing

at the Royal Melbourne Tennis Club in 2015 at the invitation of club professional

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. Tan progressed quickly through the club ranks, winning the B division of the Australian Amateur in 2016. Tan made her Open debut at the 2017 Australian Open, where she lost in the first round to Prue McCahey. Tan made her international debut at the 2017 Ladies World Championship in

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, where she won her first round match, but lost in the second round to

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. In the doubles, Tan reached the quarter final, losing to the mother-daughter pair and eventual tournament runners-up of

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and Tara Lumley. Later that year, she won her first Australian Amateur singles championship. In 2018, Tan played in the Australian Open again, but lost in the first round to Isabel Candy, and failed to defend her Australian Amateur championship. Similarly, 2019 she failed to pass the first round at the Australian Open, losing to Jess Garside. The 2019 Ladies World Championship was held in

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in Tan's home country. Tan lost her first round singles match to Becca Lunnon, but reached the semi finals of the doubles partnered with

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. She also won the plate competition. After a break from tournaments due to the

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, Tan won her first Open championship at the delayed

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, comfortably beating Emma Clyde, who she had previously beaten in the final travel-restricted 2022 Melbourne Open. She also won her second Australian Amateur in 2022, defeating Becca Lunnon. Later in the season, she made her

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debut, losing in three sets to

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in the first round. She then represented the

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at the inaugural women's Bathurst Cup against

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but failed to win any matches. At the

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, Tan earned her biggest scalp of her career, defeating Australian professional

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in the semi final in three sets. In the final, she lost to Dutch Champion Saskia Bollerman. Playing with Bollerman, she won the doubles draw, Tan's first doubles title. In March, she made her

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debut, winning through the first two rounds before falling to Tara Lumley in the quarter final. In the doubles, Tan partnered former

Penny Lumley and reached the semi final, losing to eventual champions

and Tara Lumley. The following month, she played in the 2023 Ladies Real Tennis World Championship at

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. She won through the first two rounds before losing to Georgie Willis in the quarter final. However, in the doubles she and Penny Lumley reached the semi final, again running into Fahey and Tara Lumley. At the end of the season, she returned to the

, losing her quarter final to

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. She also won her third Australian Amateur title. In 2024, Tan again represented the

at the Bathurst Cup, held at Tan's home club of

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. Tan won one of her singles fixtures against

, but lost her other against Georgie Willis. At the subsequent

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, she reached the quarter final stage. Later that year, Tan made her

debut in

, where she reached her third career final, losing in straight sets to

. In 2025, she reached the semi finals of both the singles and doubles draws of the

, losing both to Fahey in straight sets. She partnered with Fahey for the doubles draw at the 2025 US Open where they lost the final to

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and Annie Clark in three sets. Tan lost to Fahey in the singles semi final.

Performance Timeline

Women's Singles

''Current through the 2025 US Open''

Women's Doubles

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tan, Jo See 1991 births Living people Australian real tennis players