Choi Young-ja

Choi Young-ja (born 30 May 1975) is a former professional tennis player from South Korea.

This is a Korean name; the family name is Choi.
Choi Young-ja
Country (sports) South Korea
Born (1975-05-30) 30 May 1975
Seoul, South Korea
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Retired2006
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$95,879
Singles
Career record213-105
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 178 (20 May 1996)
Doubles
Career record131-85
Career titles12 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 136 (27 July 1998)
Choi Young-ja
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationChoe Yeongja
McCune–ReischauerCh'oe Yŏngcha

Biography

A right-handed player from Seoul, Choi began playing tennis at the age of 10. She won her first ITF tournament at Bangkok in 1993 and began touring professionally after graduating from high school in 1994.[1]

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta she made the second round of the singles competition, with a win over South Africa's Joannette Kruger, before she was eliminated by 11th seed Brenda Schultz-McCarthy of the Netherlands.[2]

Choi represented the South Korea Fed Cup team in a total of 16 ties. She was most successful in Fed Cup tennis as a doubles player, losing only one of her 12 matches. In singles she won three rubbers, one of which was against Li Na in 1999.

She won the women's doubles gold medal at the 2002 Asian Games and was also a bronze medalist in the team competition.[3]

ITF finals

Singles (8-12)
Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in final Score in final
Winner 1. 28 November 1993 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Jeon Mi-ra 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
Winner 2. 30 January 1994 Bandung, Indonesia Hard Kim Soon-mi 7-6, 6-1
Winner 3. 29 May 1994 Nanjing, China Hard Li Yan-ling 6-4, 1-6, 6-1
Runner–up 4. 6 June 1994 Seoul, South Korea Hard Kim Eun-ha 3–6, 5–7
Runner–up 5. 21 May 1995 Beijing, China Hard Wen Yuan 6-4, 6-4
Runner–up 6. 28 May 1995 Beijing, China Hard Li Li 2–6, 3–6
Runner–up 7. 4 June 1995 Seoul, South Korea Hard Kim Eun-ha 2–6, 2–6
Runner–up 8. 17 March 1996 Taipei, Chinese Taipei Hard Weng Tzu-ting 1-6, 6-3, 4-6
Winner 9. 24 March 1996 Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Hard Christiane Hofmann 1–6, 6–1, 6–3
Winner 10. 31 March 1996 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Cho Yoon-jeong 6–2, 6–1
Runner–up 11. 1 April 1996 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Saori Obata 2-6, 2-6
Runner–up 12. 6 May 1996 Seoul, South Korea Clay Kim Eun-ha 6–2, 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 13. 23 March 1997 Noda, Japan Hard Kerry-Anne Guse 6-0, 4-6, 2-6
Runner-up 14. 6 April 1997 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Cho Yoon-jeong 4-6, 1-6
Winner 15. 13 April 1997 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Cho Yoon-jeong 6-1, 7-5
Runner-up 16. 28 March 1999 Seoul, South Korea Clay Choi Jin-young 6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Winner 17. 21 November 1999 Haibara, Japan Carpet Kumiko Iijima 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 18. 27 February 2000 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Chae Kyung-yee 6–1, 3–6, 1–6
Winner 19. 11 June 2000 Incheon, South Korea Hard Chung Yang-jin 6-1, 6-2
Runner-up 20. 13 August 2000 Nonthaburi, Thailand Hard Jeon Mi-ra 1-6, 3-6

Doubles (12-12)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 23 May 1994 Beijing, China Hard Choi Ju-yeon Bi Ying
Li Li		 6-7, 7-6, 4-6
Winner 2. 29 May 1994 Nanjing, China Hard Choi Ju-yeon Jeon Mi-ra
Yoo Kyung-sook		 6-2, 6-3
Runner-up 3. 29 May 1995 Seoul, South Korea Hard Choi Jin Kim Ih-sook
Kim Eun-ha		 4-6, 5-7
Winner 4. 18 March 1996 Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Hard Kum Ok-im Nao Akahori
Keiko Ishida		 5-7, 1-6
Runner-up 5. 5 May 1996 Seoul, South Korea Hard Benjamas Sangaram Catherine Barclay
Kerry-Anne Guse		 1-6, 2-6
Runner-up 6. 23 March 1997 Noda, Japan Hard Jeon Mi-ra Yuko Hosoki
Keiko Nagatomi		 2-6, 2-6
Runner-up 7. 5 May 1997 Seoul, South Korea Clay Park Sung-hee Cho Yoon-jeong
Kim Eun-ha		 3–6, 6–7(6)
Winner 8. 4 August 1997 Jakarta, Indonesia Clay Kim Eun-ha Kerry-Anne Guse
Kristine Kunce		 6–3, 6–4
Winner 9. 15 September 1997 Taipei, Taiwan Hard Kim Eun-ha Kerry-Anne Guse
Catherine Barclay		 1–6, 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 10. 18 October 1998 Seoul, South Korea Clay Catherine Barclay Shinobu Asagoe
Kirstin Freye		 2-6, 6-7
Winner 11. 28 March 1999 Seoul, South Korea Clay Kim Eun-sook Tomoe Hotta
Hiroko Mochizuki		 6-4, 7-5
Runner-up 12. 9 May 1999 Seoul, South Korea Clay Kim Eun-sook Samantha Schoeffel
Iroda Tulyaganova		 3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Runner-up 13. 21 November 1999 Haibara, Japan Carpet Kim Eun-sook Maki Arai
Kumiko Iijima		 2-6, 0-6
Runner-up 14. 20 February 2000 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Kim Eun-sook Yayuk Basuki
Irawati Iskandar		 5–7, 5–7
Winner 15. 18 June 2000 Seoul, South Korea Hard Kim Eun-sook Chae Kyung-yee
Chang Kyung-mi		 6–0, 6–0
Runner-up 16. 13 August 2000 Nonthabuiri, Thailand Hard Kim Eun-sook Jeon Mi-ra
Chae Kyung-yee		 3–6, 2–6
Winner 17. 20 August 2000 Nonthabuiri, Thailand Hard Kim Eun-sook Jeon Mi-ra
Chae Kyung-yee		 1–6, 6–1, 6–1
Runner-up 18. 10 June 2001 Hilton Head, United States Hard Jeon Mi-ra Kristy Blumberg
Karin Miller		 4–6, 6–7(1)
Winner 19. 17 June 2001 Mount Pleasant, United States Hard Jeon Mi-ra Jane Chi
Lioudmila Skavronskaia		 6–7(2), 6–2, 6–2
Winner 20. 24 June 2001 Easton, United States Hard Jeon Mi-ra Kristy Blumberg
Karin Miller		 6-1, 6-1
Winner 21. 16 September 2001 Seoul, South Korea Hard Kim Eun-sook Rika Hiraki
Kim Eun-ha		 6–3, 6–3
Winner 22. 25 February 2002 New Delhi, India Hard Kim Eun-ha Eva Birnerová
Jana Hlaváčková		 6–7(4), 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 23. 2 June 2002 Tianjin, China Hard (i) Choi Jin-young Chan Chin-wei
Tong Ka-po		 3–6, 6–3, 1–6
Winner 24. 22 July 2002 Incheon, South Korea Hard Kim Mi-ok Kim Eun-sook
Cho Eun-hye		 6–2, 6–4

References
  1. "Young-Ja Choi - Bio". wtatennis.com. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  2. "Choi Yeong-Ja Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  3. "Sun too hot for rivals". BBC Online. 12 October 2002. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
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