Yang Zi-jun, also known as Jessica Yang
(, born February 8, 1990), 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.
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.
In the
2008 Wimbledon girls' singles, where she just missed out on being seeded,
she beat
Anna Orlik of Belarus, 6–2, 6–1.
Her run was halted in the second round when she was beaten by junior world No. 3,
Arantxa Rus
Arantxa Rus (; born 13 December 1990) is a Dutch professional tennis player.
She won one WTA Tour singles title at the 2023 Hamburg European Open – Women's singles, 2023 Hamburg Open and four in doubles.
Her biggest singles successes to date ...
, 6–3, 6–0.
Professional years
Her best performance in a
professional
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tournament is reaching the second round of various tournaments; the
Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estim ...
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
Lee Jin-a (born 10 March 1985) is a South Korean former professional tennis player.
In December 2010, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 158. On 28 February 2011, she peaked at No. 197 in the WTA rankings, WTA doubles ran ...
; in
Jakarta
Jakarta (; , Betawi language, Betawi: ''Jakartè''), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (; ''DKI Jakarta'') and formerly known as Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia and ...
in 2006 where she lost to
Lavinia Tananta, and the 2008 tournament in
Bulungan
Bulungan Regency, formerly known as Bulongan, is a Regencies of Indonesia, regency of North Kalimantan Province in Indonesia. It covers an area of 13,181.92 km2 and had a population of 112,663 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, ...
where she lost in the 2nd round to second seed
Liang Chen
Liang Chen (; born 25 February 1989) is a former professional Chinese tennis player.
Liang has a career-high singles ranking of 342, achieved on 21 September 2009. Her career-high WTA doubles ranking of 35, she reached on 26 October 2015.
Lia ...
.
Yang Zi-jun profile at The WTA Tour since 1996
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The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players.
History
It serves as a developmenta ...
.
ITF finals
Singles (1–0)
Doubles (1–3)
References
External links
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1990 births
Living people
Hong Kong female tennis players
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