Jang Su-jeong explained

Jang Su-jeong
장수정
Birth Date:13 March 1995
Birth Place:Busan, South Korea
Plays:Right (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$771,435
Singlestitles:1 WTA Challenger
Highestsinglesranking:No. 114 (11 July 2022)
Currentsinglesranking:No. 239 (19 August 2024)
Australianopenresult:1R (2022)
Frenchopenresult:Q3 (2017)
Wimbledonresult:Q3 (2022)
Usopenresult:Q3 (2017, 2024)
Doublestitles:1 WTA Challenger
Highestdoublesranking:No. 82 (22 May 2023)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 430 (5 August 2024)
Team:yes
Updated:5 August 2024

Jang Su-jeong (Korean: 장수정 ; born 13 March 1995) is a South Korean professional tennis player.

Jang has won one singles and one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. She has also won 12 tournaments in singles and 16 in doubles on the ITF Circuit. On 11 July 2022, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 114. On 22 May 2023, she peaked at No. 82 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Playing for South Korea Fed Cup team, Jang has a win-loss record of 21-11 as of July 2024.

Career

Jang had a good career as a singles junior player, reaching her highest ranking in that category as world No. 68. Her best junior Grand Slam tournament was at the 2011 US Open, where she reached the third round. Her lone junior singles title was at the Yangdu International Junior Championships (Gangwon, 2008).

She won her first ITF Circuit title in Bundaberg, Australia on 30 March 2013, winning the doubles tournament alongside Lee So-ra. The pair defeated Miki Miyamura and Varatchaya Wongteanchai in the final in a close three-setter.

Her most successful performance to date came at the 2013 Korea Open, where she reached the quarterfinals with a three-set win over Ons Jabeur.

She qualified into the singles main draw of the 2022 Australian Open for her major debut. She became the eighth South Korean woman to contest a Grand Slam main draw in the Open Era, and fourth this century following Cho Yoon-jeong, Jeon Mi-ra and Han Na-lae.[1]

She won her first WTA Challenger title at the 2022 Swedish Open where she defeated Rebeka Masarova in the final.[2]

At the 2023 Korea Open, she upset fifth seed Sofia Kenin.[3]

Performance timeline

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2023 Thailand Open.

Tournament201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAAQ1Q2Q1AAA1RQ2Q20–1
French OpenAAAAQ3Q1AAAQ1Q1A0–0
WimbledonAAQ1AQ1AAAAQ3Q1A0–0
US OpenAQ1AQ1Q3Q1AAAQ1Q20–0
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–10–00–1
align=left colspan="14" WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar OpenAAAAAAAAAAQ20–0
Career statistics
Tournaments1123420002116
Overall win-loss2–11–21–43–62–40–22–13–20–03–21–118–25

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1style=background:silverHawaii Open, United StatesHard Zhang Shuai6–0, 2–6, 3–6
Win1–1style=background:silverSwedish Open, SwedenClay Rebeka Masarova3–6, 6–3, 6–1

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Nov 2022style=background:silverBuenos Aires Open, ArgentinaClay You Xiaodi Irina Bara
Sara Errani
1–6, 5–7
Win 1–1style=background:silverVeneto Open, ItalyGrass Han Na-lae Weronika Falkowska
Katarzyna Piter
6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
Loss1–2style=background:silverBastad Open, SwedenClay Eri Hozumi Irina Khromacheva
Panna Udvardy
6–4, 3–6, [5–10]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 30 (12 titles, 18 runner–ups)

Legend
$50/60,000 tournaments (2–5)
$40/50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments (5–9)
$10/15,000 tournaments (5–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–13)
Clay (3–4)
Grass (2–0)
Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Apr 2012ITF Andijan, Uzbekistan10,000Hard Sabina Sharipova2–6, 4–6
Loss0–2Jul 2012ITF Pattaya, Thailand10,000Hard Nungnadda Wannasuk4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win1–2Feb 2014ITF Salisbury, Australia15,000Hard Wang Yafan6–3, 7–6(6)
Win2–2Mar 2014ITF Mildura, Australia15,000Grass Alison Bai6–1, 6–3
Win3–2May 2014ITF Karuizawa, Japan25,000Grass Arina Rodionova6–3, 6–4
Win4–2Feb 2015ITF Clare, Australia15,000Hard Pia König6–3, 6–3
Loss4–3Mar 2015ITF Port Pirie, Australia15,000Hard Han Na-lae6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Win5–3Mar 2015ITF Bangkok, Thailand15,000Hard Miyabi Inoue6–2, 6–4
Loss5–4May 2015ITF Nanning, China25,000Hard Hsieh Su-wei2–6, 3–6
Loss5–5May 2015Seoul Open, South Korea50,000Hard Riko Sawayanagi4–6, 4–6
Loss5–6Aug 2015ITF Tsukuba, Japan25,000Hard Lee Ya-hsuan3–6, 3–6
Loss5–7Feb 2016ITF Perth, Australia25,000Hard Jaimee Fourlis4–6, 6–2, 6–7(1)
Win6–7Apr 2016ITF Kashiwa, Japan25,000Hard Wang Yafan6–4, 1–6, 6–3
Loss6–8Jun 2016ITF Tokyo, Japan25,000Hard Akiko Omae2–6, 1–6
Loss6–9Oct 2016ITF Iizuka Japan25,000Hard Chang Kai-chen3–6, 4–6
Loss6–10Oct 2016Liuzhou Open, China50,000Hard Nina Stojanović3–6, 4–6
Loss6–11Apr 2017ITF Kashiwa, Japan25,000Hard Mai Minokoshi6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Loss6–12May 2017Fukuoka International, Japan60,000Carpet Magdaléna Rybáriková2–6, 3–6
Win7–12Jul 2019ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand25,000Hard Xun Fangying6–1, 2–6, 6–4
Loss7–13Aug 2019ITF Guiyang, China25,000Hard Aleksandrina Naydenova4–6, 2–6
Loss7–14Mar 2021ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15Clay Nuria Brancaccio5–7, 4–6
Win8–14Mar 2021ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15Clay Mai Hontama4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss8–15Apr 2021ITF Oeiras, PortugalW25Clay Anhelina Kalinina4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win9–15Aug 2021ITF Oldenzaal, NetherlandsW25Clay6–3, 6–2
Win10–15Apr 2022Clay Court International, AustraliaW60Clay Yuki Naito6–7(3), 6–1, 6–4
Loss10–16Oct 2022Toronto Challenger, CanadaW60Clay Robin Anderson2–6, 4–6
Win11–16Mar 2023Nur-Sultan Challenger, KazakhstanW60Hard (i) Moyuka Uchijima6–1, 6–4
WinApr 2023ITF Kofu, JapanW25Hard Han Na-lae2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss12–17Apr 2023ITF Kashiwa, JapanW25Hard Nao Hibino4–6, 3–6
Loss12–18Jun 2024ITS Cup Olomouc, Czech RepublicW75Clay Anna Bondár3–6, 6–7(4)

Doubles: 28 (16 titles, 12 runner-ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (2–1)
$80,000 tournaments (1–0)
$60,000 tournaments (2–2)
$40,000 tournaments (0–1)
$25,000 tournaments (7–3)
$10/15,000 tournaments (4–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (10–9)
Clay (4–3)
Grass (2–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Sep 2012ITF Yeongwol, South Korea10,000Hard Han Na-lae Kim Sun-jung
Yu Min-hwa
3–6, 5–7
Win1–1Mar 2013ITF Bundaberg, Australia25,000Clay Lee So-ra Miki Miyamura
Varatchaya Wongteanchai
7–6(4), 4–6, [10–8]
Loss1–2Jun 2013ITF Gimcheon, South Korea10,000Hard Riko Sawayanagi Kim Na-ri
Lee Ye-ra
3–6, 3–6
Loss1–3Jun 2013ITF Gimcheon, South Korea10,000Hard Riko Sawayanagi Kang Seo-kyung
Kim Ji-young
5–7, 1–6
Loss1–4Feb 2014ITF Salisbury, Australia15,000Hard Lee So-ra Misa Eguchi
Miki Miyamura
2–6, 1–6
Win2–4Mar 2014ITF Mildura, Australia15,000Grass Lee So-ra Jessica Moore
Aleksandrina Naydenova
6–1, 1–6, [10–4]
Loss2–5Jun 2014ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland25,000Clay Justyna Jegiołka Louisa Chirico
Sanaz Marand
3–6, 4–6
Win3–5Mar 2015ITF Bangkok, Thailand15,000Hard Chanel Simmonds
Emily Webley-Smith
6–4, 6–4
Loss3–6Apr 2015ITF Shenzhen, China25,000Hard Han Na-lae Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
Lu Jiajing
4–6, 5–7
Win4–6Jul 2015ITF Zhengzhou, China25,000Hard Han Na-lae Liu Chang
Zhang Ling
6–3, 6–0
Win5–6Sep 2015ITF Noto, Japan25,000Hard Lee So-ra Chiaki Okadaue
Kyōka Okamura
6–3, 2–6, [10–8]
Loss5–7Feb 2016ITF Perth, Australia25,000Hard Han Na-lae Tammi Patterson
Katarzyna Piter
6–4, 2–6, [3–10]
Win6–7Apr 2017ITF Kashiwa, Japan25,000Hard Lee Ya-hsuan Han Na-lae
Peangtarn Plipuech
6–3, 3–6, [10–4]
Win7–7Aug 2019ITF Huangshan, China25,000Hard Kim Na-ri Eudice Chong
Ye Qiuyu
7–5, 6–1
Loss7–8Mar 2021ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15Clay Park So-hyun Jessie Aney
Ingrid Martins
2–6, 2–6
Win8–8Mar 2021ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15Clay Sina Herrmann Anastasia Dețiuc
Darja Viďmanová
w/o
Win9–8Apr 2021ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15Clay Lee So-ra María Paulina Pérez
María Portillo Ramírez
6–2, 2–6, [10–7]
Win10–8Jul 2021ITF Kyiv, UkraineW25Hard Bojana Marinković Ali Collins
Andrea Gámiz
3–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Loss10–9Aug 2021Kozerki Open, PolandW60Clay Lee Ya-hsuan Bárbara Gatica
Rebeca Pereira
3–6, 1–6
Win11–9Mar 2022Clay Court International, AustraliaW60Clay Han Na-lae Yuki Naito
Moyuka Uchijima
3–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Win12–9Jun 2022Ilkley Trophy, UKW100Grass Lizette Cabrera Naiktha Bains
Maia Lumsden
6–7(7), 6–0, [11–9]
Loss12–10Aug 2022Landisville Challenge, United StatesW100Hard Han Na-lae Sophie Chang
Anna Danilina
6–2, 6–7(4), [9–11]
Win13–10Oct 2022Toronto Challenger, CanadaW60Hard (i) Michaela Bayerlová Elysia Bolton
Jamie Loeb
6–3, 6–2
Loss13–11Mar 2023Nur-Sultan Challenger, KazakhstanW40Hard (i) Han Na-lae Anna Danilina
Iryna Shymanovich
4–6, 7–6(8), [7–10]
LossMar 2023Nur-Sultan Challenger 2, KazakhstanW60Hard (i) Han Na-lae Polina Kudermetova
Anastasia Tikhonova
6–2, 3–6, [7–10]
Win14–12Apr 2023ITF Kofu, JapanW25Hard Han Na-lae Georgina García Pérez
Eri Hozumi
6–0, 6–4
Win15–12May 2023Kangaroo Cup, JapanW80Hard Han Na-lae Lee Ya-hsuan
Wu Fang-hsien
7–6(3), 2–6, [10–8]
Win16–12Apr 2024Tokyo Open, JapanW100Hard Kimberly Birrell Aleksandra Krunić
Arina Rodionova
7–5, 3–6, [10–8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Introducing the 2022 Australian Open's Grand Slam debutantes .
  2. Web site: Jang triumphs over Masarova at Bastad 125 for career-best title .
  3. https://www.wtatennis.com/news/3733198/back-upsets-ostapenko-jang-knocks-out-kenin-in-seoul