Yang Zi-Jun Explained

Yang Zi-Jun
Residence:Hong Kong
Birth Date:1990 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Hong Kong
Turnedpro:2006
Singlesrecord:6–3
Singlestitles:1 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 418 (30 November 2009)
Doublesrecord:6–6
Doublestitles:1 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 746 (26 July 2010)

Yang Zi-jun, also known as Jessica Yang[1] (born February 8, 1990),[2] 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.[3]

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.[4]

In the 2008 Wimbledon girls' singles, where she just missed out on being seeded,[5] she beat Anna Orlik of Belarus, 6–2, 6–1.[6] Her run was halted in the second round when she was beaten by junior world No. 3, Arantxa Rus, 6–3, 6–0.[7]

Professional years

Her best performance in a professional tournament is reaching the second round of various tournaments; the Bangkok 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; in Jakarta in 2006 where she lost to Lavinia Tananta, and the 2008 tournament in Bulungan where she lost in the 2nd round to second seed Liang Chen.[8] All the tournaments are $10,000 tier tournaments, the lowest category of the ITF Women's Circuit.

ITF finals

Doubles (1–3)

ResultW–LDateLocationSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–16 August 2006Bangkok, ThailandHard Lee Jin-a
Pichittra Thongdach
2–6, 1–6
Loss0–25 May 2008Tarakan, IndonesiaHard Ayu Fani Damayanti
Liza Andriyani
2–6, 3–6
Win1–224 August 2009Nonthaburi, ThailandHard Zhang Ling Beatrice Gumulya
Lavinia Tananta
6–4, 6–3
Loss1–311 April 2010Ningbo, ChinaHard Wang Yafan
Yang Zhaoxuan
6–1, 2–6, [4–10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jessica Yang to face 56th-ranked Anna Orlik in SW19 opener . July 5, 2008. Hong Kong Tennis Association. 2008. Andy Yanne.
  2. http://www.coretennis.net/majic/pageServer/0l01000009/en/pid/3086/index.html Core Tennis Profile for Zi-Jun Yang
  3. http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/players/player.asp?player=100057397 ITF Player Profile for Zi-Jun Yang
  4. http://www.coretennis.net/majic/pageServer/0r0100000c/en/tid/3441/index.html CoreTennis: Toyota Open, 2007, Girls 18 - Results
  5. Web site: Jessica sole flag bearer at The Junior Championships, Wimbledon . 2008-07-05. Hong Kong Tennis Association. 2008. Andy Yanne.
  6. Web site: World No. 3 awaits Jessica in round two of Jr Wimbledon . 2008-07-05. Hong Kong Tennis Association. 2008. Andy Yanne.
  7. Web site: Rampant Rus halts Jessica in round two of girls' singles. July 5, 2008. Hong Kong Tennis Association. 2008. Andy Yanne.
  8. http://www.wta96.com/wiki/lresults.php?spnr=9313 Yang Zi-jun profile at The WTA Tour since 1996