Janet Lee
Country (sports) | ![]() ![]() |
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Residence | Rancho Palos Verdes, California |
Born | Lafayette, Indiana | October 22, 1976
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Turned pro | January 5, 1995 |
Retired | 2006 |
Plays | Right-handed (double-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $943,370 |
Singles | |
Career record | 278–274 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 2 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 79 (April 6, 1998) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (1999) |
French Open | 1R (1997, 1998, 1999, 2002) |
Wimbledon | 2R (1998, 1999, 2001) |
US Open | 3R (2000) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 193–199 |
Career titles | 3 WTA, 9 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 20 (February 17, 2003) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (2005) |
French Open | 2R (1998, 2001) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2002) |
US Open | QF (2004) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 29–8 |
Janet Lee (Chinese: 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.[1] 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
[edit]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.[citation needed] She started playing tennis at age five.
Career
[edit]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
[edit]Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)
[edit]Legend |
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Tier I (0–0) |
Tier II (1–0) |
Tier III (1–3) |
Tier IV & V (1–0) |
Result | W-L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2001 | Oklahoma City, U.S. | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–2, 0–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Jul 2001 | Stanford Classic, U.S | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 1–2 | Sep 2001 | Bali, Indonesia | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(7–4), 2–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 1–3 | Oct 2001 | Japan Open | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 0–6 |
Win | 2–3 | Sep 2002 | China Open | Hard | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–3 |
Win | 3–3 | Feb 2003 | Doha Open, Qatar | Hard | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–3 |
ITF Circuit finals
[edit]Legend |
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$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Singles (2–1)
[edit]Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1. | 12 September 1994 | Vancouver, Canada | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 4-6 |
Win | 2. | 21 July 2001 | Mahwah, United States | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 7–6(5) |
Win | 3. | 2 June 2002 | Surbiton, United Kingdom | Grass | ![]() |
4–6, 6–4, 6-4 |
Doubles (9–4)
[edit]Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1. | 23 September 1999 | Santa Clara, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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5–7, 2–6 |
Loss | 2. | 10 February 1997 | Midland, United States | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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3–6, 2–6 |
Win | 3. | 9 March 1997 | Rockford, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6, 6–3 |
Win | 4. | 30 June 1997 | Queens, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 2–6, 6–3 |
Win | 5. | 22 September 1997 | Newport Beach, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6-3 |
Loss | 6. | 16 April 2000 | La Cañada, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 1–6 |
Win | 7. | 9 July 2000 | Los Gatos, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 6-1 |
Win | 8. | 31 July 2000 | Lexington, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 3–6, 6–2 |
Loss | 9. | 29 April 2001 | Sarasota, United States | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 10. | 1 May 2001 | Dothan, United States | Clay | ![]() |
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6–0, 6–2 |
Win | 11. | 5 February 2002 | Midland, United States | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–3 |
Win | 12. | 22 July 2003 | Lexington, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6-4 |
Win | 13. | 4 November 2003 | Pittsburgh, United States | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–1, 6-2 |
References
[edit]- ^ "California State University, Fullerton – Women's Tennis Assistant Coach profile". Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved July 21, 2008.
External links
[edit]- Janet Lee at the Women's Tennis Association
- Janet Lee at the International Tennis Federation
- Janet Lee at the Billie Jean King Cup
- Olympic tennis players for Taiwan
- Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- American sportspeople of Taiwanese descent
- Taiwanese female tennis players
- Tennis players from California
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Lafayette, Indiana
- Asian Games medalists in tennis
- Tennis players at the 1998 Asian Games
- Tennis players at the 2002 Asian Games
- American female tennis players
- American tennis players of Taiwanese descent
- Summer World University Games medalists in tennis
- Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Chinese Taipei
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei
- Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade
- 21st-century American women