Yang Zi-Jun

{{Short description|Hong Kong tennis player (born 1990)}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Yang Zi-Jun | image = | country = {{HKG}} | residence = Hong Kong | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|2|8}} | birth_place = Hong Kong | height = | turnedpro = 2006 | retired = | plays = Right-handed | careerprizemoney = $12,279 | singlesrecord = 44–42 | singlestitles = 1 ITF | highestsinglesranking = No. 418 (30 November 2009) | doublesrecord = 21–25 | doublestitles = 1 ITF | highestdoublesranking = No. 746 (26 July 2010) }}

{{family name hatnote|Yang|lang=Chinese}} '''Yang Zi-jun''', also known as '''Jessica Yang'''<ref name="28/6/08">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tennishk.org/Archive/Articles/tabid/441/ctl/ArticleView/mid/369/articleId/1434/JessicaYangtoface56thrankedAnnaOrlikinSW19opener.aspx|title=Jessica Yang to face 56th-ranked Anna Orlik in SW19 opener|access-date=July 5, 2008|publisher=Hong Kong Tennis Association|year=2008|author=Andy Yanne|archive-date=July 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704204239/http://www.tennishk.org/Archive/Articles/tabid/441/ctl/ArticleView/mid/369/articleId/1434/JessicaYangtoface56thrankedAnnaOrlikinSW19opener.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> ({{zh|c=楊子君|j=joeng4 zi2 gwan1}}, born February 8, 1990),<ref>[http://www.coretennis.net/majic/pageServer/0l01000009/en/pid/3086/index.html Core Tennis Profile for Zi-Jun Yang]</ref> is a former professional tennis player from Hong Kong and former 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.<ref>[http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/players/player.asp?player=100057397 ITF Player Profile for Zi-Jun Yang]</ref>

==Tennis career== ===Juniors=== 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 in straight sets.<ref>[http://www.coretennis.net/majic/pageServer/0r0100000c/en/tid/3441/index.html CoreTennis: Toyota Open, 2007, Girls 18 - Results]</ref>

In the 2008 Wimbledon girls' singles, where she just missed out on being seeded,<ref name="26/6/08">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tennishk.org/Archive/Articles/tabid/441/ctl/ArticleView/mid/369/articleId/1433/JessicasoleflagbeareratTheJuniorChampionshipsWimbledon.aspx|title=Jessica sole flag bearer at The Junior Championships, Wimbledon|access-date=2008-07-05|publisher=Hong Kong Tennis Association|year=2008|author=Andy Yanne|archive-date=2008-07-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704204213/http://www.tennishk.org/Archive/Articles/tabid/441/ctl/ArticleView/mid/369/articleId/1433/JessicasoleflagbeareratTheJuniorChampionshipsWimbledon.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> she beat Anna Orlik of Belarus, 6–2, 6–1.<ref name="29/6/08">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tennishk.org/Archive/Articles/tabid/441/ctl/ArticleView/mid/369/articleId/1435/WorldNo3awaitsJessicainroundtwoofJrWimbledon.aspx|title=World No. 3 awaits Jessica in round two of Jr Wimbledon|access-date=2008-07-05|publisher=Hong Kong Tennis Association|year=2008|author=Andy Yanne|archive-date=2008-07-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704204244/http://www.tennishk.org/Archive/Articles/tabid/441/ctl/ArticleView/mid/369/articleId/1435/WorldNo3awaitsJessicainroundtwoofJrWimbledon.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> Her run was halted in the second round when she was beaten by junior world No. 3, Arantxa Rus, 6–3, 6–0.<ref name="5/7/08">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tennishk.org/Archive/Articles/tabid/441/ctl/ArticleView/mid/369/articleId/1439/RampantRushaltsJessicainroundtwoofgirlssingles.aspx|title=Rampant Rus halts Jessica in round two of girls' singles|access-date=July 5, 2008|publisher=Hong Kong Tennis Association|year=2008|author=Andy Yanne|archive-date=July 6, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706003817/http://www.tennishk.org/Archive/Articles/tabid/441/ctl/ArticleView/mid/369/articleId/1439/RampantRushaltsJessicainroundtwoofgirlssingles.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Professional=== 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 round two to second seed Liang Chen.<ref>[http://www.wta96.com/wiki/lresults.php?spnr=9313 Yang Zi-jun profile at The WTA Tour since 1996]</ref> All the tournaments are $10,000 tier tournaments, the lowest category of the ITF Women's Circuit.

==ITF Circuit finals== ===Singles (1–0)=== {|class="wikitable" style="font-size:97%;" !Result !{{ns}}Date{{ns}} !Location !Surface !Opponent !Score |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 10 May 2009 | Tarakan, Indonesia | Hard | {{flagicon|CHN}} Yang Yi | 7–5, 6–1 |}

===Doubles (1–3)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size:97%;" |- !Result !class="unsortable"|W–L !{{ns}}Date{{ns}} !Location !Surface !Partner !Opponents !class="unsortable"|Score |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 0–1 | 6 August 2006 | Bangkok, Thailand | Hard | {{flagicon|THA}} Uthumporn Pudtra | {{flagicon|KOR}} Lee Jin-a {{flagicon|THA}} Pichittra Thongdach | 2–6, 1–6 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 0–2 | 5 May 2008 | Tarakan, Indonesia | Hard | {{flagicon|AUS}} Tiffany Welford | {{flagicon|INA}} Ayu Fani Damayanti {{flagicon|INA}} Liza Andriyani | 2–6, 3–6 |- | bgcolor="98FB98"|Win | 1–2 | 24 August 2009 | Nonthaburi, Thailand | Hard | {{flagicon|HKG}} Zhang Ling | {{flagicon|INA}} Beatrice Gumulya {{flagicon|INA}} Lavinia Tananta | 6–4, 6–3 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1–3 | 11 April 2010 | Ningbo, China | Hard | {{flagicon|CHN}} Lu Jiaxiang | {{flagicon|CHN}} Wang Yafan {{flagicon|CHN}} Yang Zhaoxuan | 6–1, 2–6, [4–10] |}

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

==External links== * {{WTA profile}} * {{ITF profile}}

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