Choi Ji-hee

Choi Ji-hee
Nation:	South Korea
Birthday:	February 10, 1995
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Choi Joon-Cheol
Prize money:	$ 85,635
singles
Career record:	165: 147
Career title:	0 WTA , 3 ITF
Highest ranking:	339 (June 6, 2016)
Current placement:	802
Double
Career record:	183: 120
Career title:	1 WTA, 20 ITF
Highest ranking:	111 (July 15, 2019)
Current placement:	120
Last update of the infobox: September 9, 2019
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Choi Ji-hee (born February 10, 1995 in Seoul ) is a South Korean tennis player .

Career

Choi did not start playing tennis until she was twelve and her preferred surface is the hard court. So far she has won three singles and 20 doubles titles at ITF Women's Circuit tournaments , as well as one double title on the WTA Tour .

She played her first professional tournament in April 2009 at an ITF tournament in Gimcheon .

At the Hansol Korea Open 2011 in Seoul , her first WTA tournament, she received a wildcard from the organizer for qualification . But she lost there in the first round to Jaroslawa Schwedowa with 0: 6 and 0: 6.

In 2012, together with her partner Akari Inoue , she won her first double title on the ITF tour in Jakarta .

In June 2014 she reached the finals of a US $ 10,000 tournament in Gimcheon twice in a row before she won her first individual title in Yeongwol at the end of August 2014 . In June 2015, she reached the singles final of the $ 25,000 ITF tournament in Incheon . In October 2017, she achieved her second tournament victory in singles at the $ 15,000 tournament in Nonthaburi .

In September 2018 she achieved her first double victory at the KEB Hana Bank Korea Open at a WTA tournament together with her partner Han Na-lae . At the end of September 2018 she was ranked 144th in the double world rankings, the highest ranking of her career to date.

She has been playing for the South Korean Fed Cup team since 2015 ; their Fed Cup record now shows two wins in one defeat.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	August 31, 2014	Yeongwol	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Zhang Yuxuan	6: 3, 6: 4
2.	October 7, 2017	Nonthaburi	ITF $ 15,000	Hard court	Lulu Sun	6: 2, 6: 3
3.	September 8, 2019	Yeongwol	ITF $ 15,000	Hard court	Back Dayeon	5: 7, 6: 3, 6: 2

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
3.	5th July 2014	Gimcheon	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Makoto Ninomiya	Han Na-lae Mi Yoo	6: 3, 7: 6 6
11.	October 2nd, 2015	Bangkok	ITF $ 15,000	Hard court	Peangtarn Plipuech	Hsu Ching-wen Emma Laine	7: 5, 6: 3
17th	April 14, 2018	Osaka	ITF $ 25,000	Hard court	Nicha Lertpitaksinchai	Akiko Omae Peangtarn Plipuech	6: 3, 6: 4
18th	23rd September 2018	Seoul	WTA International	Hard court	Han Na-lae	Hsieh Shu-ying Hsieh Su-wei	6: 3, 6: 2

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Web links

• WTA profile of Choi Ji-hee (English)
• ITF profile Choi Ji-hee (English)
• ITF junior profile Choi Ji-hee (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Choi Ji-hee (English)

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Choi is the family name here, Ji-hee is the first name.