Back Da-yeon explained

Back Da-yeon
Birth Date:2002 1, df=yes
Plays:Right-handed
Careerprizemoney:$69,160
Singlestitles:5 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 302 (7 October 2024)
Currentsinglesranking:No. 314 (11 November 2024)
Doublestitles:6 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 522 (9 September 2024)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 544 (30 September 2024)
Updated:30 September 2024

Back Da-yeon (born 24 January 2002) is a Korean tennis player.Back has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 319 by the WTA, achieved on 9 September 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 522, reached on 9 September 2024.[1]

Career

Back made her WTA Tour debut at the 2022 Korea Open, after qualifying for the singles main draw. She lost in the first round to fellow South Korean player Han Na-lae.[2]

She was a winner of the Heart Award in the 2023 Billie Jean King Cup.[3]

Ranked No. 569 at the 2023 Korea Open where she received a wildcard, she upset second seed Jelena Ostapenko in a deciding tie-break having fought back from match point down earlier in the third set.[4] [5] [6] before losing in the next round to Kimberly Birrell.[7]

Given a wildcard for the newly upgraded WTA 500 2024 Korea Open, she was unable to repeat her success of the previous year, going out in the first round in straight sets to qualifier Carol Zhao.[8]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 11 (7 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Legend
W35 tournaments (1–0)
W15 tournaments (6–4)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentclass=unsortableScore
Loss0–1Sep 2019ITF Yeongwol, South KoreaW15Hard Choi Ji-hee7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Win1–1Sep 2022ITF Yeongwol, South KoreaW15Hard Kim Da-bin7–6(2), 3–0 ret.
Loss1–2Jul 2023ITF Nakhon, ThailandW15Hard Lanlana Tararudee4–6, 4–6
Win2–2Aug 2023ITF Sapporo, JapanW15Hard Miho Kuramochi6–2, 6–0
Win3–2Sep 2023ITF Yeongwol, South KoreaW15Hard Dasha Ivanova6–3, 6–0
Loss3–3Sep 2023ITF Yeongwol, South KoreaW15Hard Kim Da-bin2–6, 1–6
Loss3–4May 2024ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Mariia Tkacheva4–6, 3–6
Win4–4May 2024ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Katarína Kužmová6–3, 6–0
Win5–4Jun 2024ITF Daegu, South KoreaW35Hard Eri Shimizu4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win6–4Sep 2024ITF Yeongwol, South KoreaW15Hard Lee Eun-hye6–2, 6–1
Win7–4Sep 2024ITF Yeongwol, South KoreaW15Hard Jeong Bo-young6–1, 6–2

Doubles: 14 (6 titles, 8 runner–ups)

Finals by surface
Hard (4–7)
Clay (2–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsclass=unsortableScore
Win1–0Oct 2021ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15Clay Tian Fangran Doğa Türkmen
Melis Ayda Uyar		7–6(5), 6–1
Loss1–1Nov 2021ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15Clay Tian Fangran Ksenia Laskutova
Aleksandra Pospelova		6–2, 2–6, [6–10]
Win2–1Nov 2021ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15Clay Tian Fangran Anna Chekanskaya
Zoziya Kardava		7–5, 6–3
Loss2–2Jul 2022ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Jeong Bo-young Priska Madelyn Nugroho
Wei Sijia		4–6, 1–6
Win3–2Sep 2022ITF Yeongwol, South KoreaW15Hard Lee Eun-hye Junri Namigata
Riko Sawayanagi		7–5, 3–6, [13–11]
Loss3–3Sep 2022ITF Yeongwol, South KoreaW15Hard Lee Eun-hye Kim Da-bin
Lee So-ra		4–6, 6–3, [10–12]
Loss3–4Mar 2023ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW15Hard Jeong Bo-young Polina Iatcenko
Sandra Samir		4–6, 5–7
Loss3–5Aug 2023ITF Sapporo, JapanW15Hard Jeong Bo-young Mao Mushika
Himari Sato		3–6, 4–6
Loss3–6Aug 2023ITF Sapporo, JapanW15Hard Jeong Bo-young Nana Kawagishi
Kisa Yoshioka		3–6, 3–6
Loss3–7Sep 2023ITF Yeongwol, South KoreaW15Hard Jeong Bo-young Kim Da-bin
Kim Na-ri		2–6, 3–6
Win4–7May 2024ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard María Herazo González Natsuho Arakawa
Zhang Ying		6–4, 6–4
Loss4–8Jul 2024ITF Ust-Kamenogorsk, KazakhstanW15Hard Ayumi Koshiishi Aglaya Fedorova
Daria Khomutsianskaya		6–7(4), 2–6
Win5–8Aug 2024ITF Ust-Kamenogorsk, KazakhstanW15Hard Anastasia Sukhotina Varvara Panshina
Daria Shubina		6–3, 6–1
Win6–8Sep 2024ITF Yeongwol, South KoreaW15Hard Lee Eun-hye Kim Na-ri
Ye Qiuyu		6–1, 6–1

Top 5 highest rank wins

TournamentCategoryStart dateSurfaceOpponentRankScore
1Korea Open, South KoreaWTA 2509 October 2023Hardbgcolor=afeeee align="center"1R Jeļena OstapenkoNo. 133–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–4)No. 569
2Korea Open, South KoreaWTA 25019 September 2022HardQ1 Lina GlushkoNo. 2187–5, 1–6, 6–1No. 679
3Incheon Open, South KoreaITF W1002 September 2024Hardbgcolor=afeeee align="center"1R Ma YexinNo. 2236–4, 6–3No. 344
4Gold Coast Tennis International, AustraliaITF W6027 November 2023Hardbgcolor=afeeee align="center"1R Seone MendezNo. 2346–3, 6–3No. 480
5Korea Open, South KoreaWTA 25019 September 2022HardQ2 Daniela VismaneNo. 2746–2, 6–3No. 679

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dayeon Back | Player Stats & More – WTA Official. Women's Tennis Association.
  2. Web site: Jang Su-jeong out of Korea Open; Han Na-lae advances. 19 September 2022 . Korea JoongAng Daily. 16 September 2024.
  3. News: Fernandez, Back, Peterson and Riera named Heart Award winners . 10 October 2023 . Billie Jean King Cup . May 23, 2023 . en.
  4. Web site: Back upsets Ostapenko, Jang knocks out Kenin in Seoul . 2023-11-23 . Women's Tennis Association . en.
  5. Web site: Korea Open: Dayeon Back stuns Jelena Ostapenko in huge shock, Jessica Pegula cruises past Viktoria Hruncakova. Eurosport. 16 September 2024.
  6. Web site: Jelena Ostapenko ousted by 569th-ranked Back Dayeon at Hana Bank Korea Open. Tennis.com. 16 September 2024.
  7. Web site: Birrell enjoying career-best run at WTA tournament in Seoul. Tennis Australia. 16 September 2024.
  8. Web site: Korea Open: Zhao through to second round. 16 September 2024 . Tennis Majors. 16 September 2024.

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