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Janet Lee

Taiwanese-American tennis player (born 1976)


Summary

Taiwanese-American tennis player (born 1976)

FieldValue
nameJanet Lee
李慧芝
country
residenceRancho Palos Verdes, California, U.S.
birth_date
birth_placeLafayette, Indiana, U.S.
height
turnedproJanuary 5, 1995
retired2006
playsRight-handed (double-handed backhand)
careerprizemoney$943,370
singlesrecord
singlestitles0 WTA, 2 ITF
highestsinglesrankingNo. 79 (April 6, 1998)
AustralianOpenresult3R (1999)
FrenchOpenresult1R (1997, 1998, 1999, 2002)
Wimbledonresult2R (1998, 1999, 2001)
USOpenresult3R (2000)
doublesrecord
doublestitles3 WTA, 9 ITF
highestdoublesrankingNo. 20 (February 17, 2003)
AustralianOpenDoublesresult3R (2005)
FrenchOpenDoublesresult2R (1998, 2001)
WimbledonDoublesresult3R (2002)
USOpenDoublesresultQF (2004)
Teamyes
FedCupresult
medaltemplates-expandyes

李慧芝

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Janet Lee (李慧芝, born October 22, 1976) is a Taiwanese-American retired tennis player. She won three doubles titles during her professional career on the WTA Tour. She competed in all four Grand Slam tournaments in both singles and doubles. Her career-high singles ranking is 79, and her best doubles ranking world No. 20.

Since retiring, she has been an assistant coach for the California State University, Fullerton(CSUF) women's tennis team. She was a full-time undergraduate student at the university, majoring in Business with an emphasis in Accounting and Finance. After earning her B.A. at CSUF, she joined the professional services firm Deloitte & Touche, LLP.

Personal

Her father is Shun-Yi Lee, a physicist, and her mother is Vanni Lee, a DP coordinator. Lee graduated from high school in 1994 and decided to postpone college to pursue a professional tennis career. She started playing tennis at age five.

Career

Lee competed in tennis competitions for Chinese Taipei at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney women's doubles with partner Weng Tzu-ting. They lost in the first round.

Playing doubles at the 2004 US Open with Peng Shuai, Lee reached the quarterfinals where they lost to Barbara Schett and Patty Schnyder, 2–6, 5–7.

Lee retired from professional tennis in 2006.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (1–0)
Tier III (1–3)
Tier IV & V (1–0)
ResultW-LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Feb 2001Oklahoma City, U.S.Hard (i)INA Wynne PrakusyaRSA Amanda Coetzer
USA Lori McNeil3–6, 6–2, 0–6
Win1–1Jul 2001Stanford Classic, U.S.HardINA Wynne PrakusyaUSA Nicole Arendt
NED Caroline Vis3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss1–2Sep 2001Bali, IndonesiaHardINA Wynne PrakusyaAUS Evie Dominikovic
THA Tamarine Tanasugarn7–6(7–4), 2–6, 3–6
Loss1–3Oct 2001Japan OpenHardINA Wynne PrakusyaRSA Liezel Huber
AUS Rachel McQuillan2–6, 0–6
Win2–3Sep 2002China OpenHardRUS Anna KournikovaJPN Ai Sugiyama
JPN Rika Fujiwara7–5, 6–3
Win3–3Feb 2003Doha Open, QatarHardINA Wynne PrakusyaVEN María Vento-Kabchi
INA Angelique Widjaja6–1, 6–3

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (2–1)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1.12 September 1994Vancouver, CanadaHardCAN Sonya Jeyaseelan2–6, 4–6
Win2.21 July 2001Mahwah, United StatesHardBUL Svetlana Krivencheva6–4, 7–6(5)
Win3.2 June 2002Surbiton, United KingdomGrassUSA Laura Granville4–6, 6–4, 6–4

Doubles (9–4)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.23 September 1999Santa Clara, United StatesHardUSA Laxmi PoruriUSA Meilen Tu
GBR Amanda Wainwright5–7, 2–6
Loss2.10 February 1997Midland, United StatesHard (i)USA Lindsay Lee-WatersUSA Angela Lettiere
JPN Nana Smith3–6, 2–6
Win3.9 March 1997Rockford, United StatesHardSWE Maria StrandlundUKR Elena Brioukhovets
FRA Noëlle van Lottum7–6, 6–3
Win4.30 June 1997Queens, United StatesHardUSA Lindsay Lee-WatersUSA Keri Phebus
CHN Fang Li6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Win5.22 September 1997Newport Beach, United StatesHardUSA Ginger Helgeson-NielsenUSA Amanda Augustus
AUS Amy Jensen6–3, 6–3
Loss6.16 April 2000La Cañada, United StatesHardINA Wynne PrakusyaUSA Amanda Augustus
USA Julie Scott3–6, 1–6
Win7.9 July 2000Los Gatos, United StatesHardCAN Vanessa WebbUSA Sandra Cacic
CAN Renata Kolbovic6–4, 6–1
Win8.31 July 2000Lexington, United StatesHardINA Wynne PrakusyaUSA Sandra Cacic
CAN Renata Kolbovic6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Loss9.29 April 2001Sarasota, United StatesClayUSA Samantha ReevesUSA Melissa Middleton
IND Nirupama Sanjeev4–6, 2–6
Win10.1 May 2001Dothan, United StatesClayUSA Marissa IrvinRUS Alina Jidkova
SVK Gabriela Voleková6–0, 6–2
Win11.Midland, United StatesHard (i)UKR Elena TatarkovaBUL Maria Geznenge
CZE Michaela Paštiková6–1, 6–3
Win12.22 July 2003Lexington, United StatesHardUSA Jessica LehnhoffAUS Bryanne Stewart
AUS Christina Wheeler6–3, 6–4
Win13.4 November 2003Pittsburgh, United StatesHardUSA Amy FrazierARG Gisela Dulko
USA Meilen Tu3–6, 6–1, 6–2

References

References

  1. "California State University, Fullerton – Women's Tennis Assistant Coach profile".
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