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Yang Zi-jun also known as Jessica Yang[1] (Chinese: 楊子君; Jyutping: joeng4 zi2 gwan1, 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]

Yang Zi-Jun
Country (sports) Hong Kong
ResidenceHong Kong
Born (1990-02-08) 8 February 1990 (age 32)
Hong Kong
Turned pro2006
Singles
Career record6–3
Career titles0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 418 (30 November 2009)
Doubles
Career record6–6
Career titles0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 746 (26 July 2010)

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 where 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 tier tournaments in the WTA Tour.


ITF finals



Singles (1–0)


$10,000 tournaments
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 10 May 2009 Tarakan, Indonesia Hard Yang Yi 7–5, 6–1

Doubles (1–3)


Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 6 August 2006 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Uthumporn Pudtra Lee Jin-a
Pichittra Thongdach
2–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 5 May 2008 Tarakan, Indonesia Hard Tiffany Welford Ayu Fani Damayanti
Liza Andriyani
2–6, 3–6
Win 1–2 24 August 2009 Nonthaburi, Thailand Hard Zhang Ling Beatrice Gumulya
Lavinia Tananta
6–4, 6–3
Loss 1–3 11 April 2010 Ningbo, China Hard Lu Jiaxiang Wang Yafan
Yang Zhaoxuan
6–1, 2–6, [4–10]

References


  1. Andy Yanne (2008). "Jessica Yang to face 56th-ranked Anna Orlik in SW19 opener". Hong Kong Tennis Association. Retrieved July 5, 2008.
  2. Core Tennis Profile for Zi-Jun Yang
  3. ITF Player Profile for Zi-Jun Yang
  4. CoreTennis: Toyota Open, 2007, Girls 18 - Results
  5. Andy Yanne (2008). "Jessica sole flag bearer at The Junior Championships, Wimbledon". Hong Kong Tennis Association. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  6. Andy Yanne (2008). "World No. 3 awaits Jessica in round two of Jr Wimbledon". Hong Kong Tennis Association. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  7. Andy Yanne (2008). "Rampant Rus halts Jessica in round two of girls' singles". Hong Kong Tennis Association. Retrieved July 5, 2008.
  8. Yang Zi-jun profile at The WTA Tour since 1996






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