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Cho Yoon-jeong
Country (sports) South Korea
ResidenceSeoul, Korea
Born (1979-04-02) 2 April 1979 (age 45)
Andong, Korea
Height1.67 m (5 ft 5+12 in)
Turned pro1996
Retired2008
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS $603,590
Singles
Career record255–180
Career titles0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 45 (14 July 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2003)
French Open1R (2002, 2003 ,2005)
Wimbledon2R (2003, 2005)
US Open3R (2002, 2005)
Doubles
Career record116–84
Career titles1 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 98 (22 September 2003)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (1999, 2006)
French Open1R (2005)
Wimbledon1R (1998, 2004)
US Open2R (2003)


Cho Yoon-jeong (Korean: 조윤정, born 2 April 1979) is a former South Korean tennis player. Cho won one doubles title during her career on the WTA Tour, at Seoul in 2004. Her best Grand Slam performance was when she made the third round of the 2005 U.S. Open, by defeating Arantxa Parra Santonja in three sets in the first round, upsetting the 27th seed Gisela Dulko in the second round, and fell, 6–0, 6–7(4) to number 7 Justine Henin-Hardenne. She reached career-high rankings of No. 45 in singes (in July 2003), and No. 98 in doubles (in September 2003). Cho Yoon-jeong retired from tennis 2008.

WTA career finals

Singles: 3 (0–3)

Legend: Before 2009 Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Championships (0–0)
Tier I (0–0) Premier Mandatory (0–0)
Tier II (0–0) Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier III (0–0) Premier (0–0)
Tier IV & V (0–3) International (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 10 November 2002 Pattaya, Thailand Hard Indonesia Angelique Widjaja 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 5 January 2003 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Greece Eleni Daniilidou 4–6, 6–4, 6–7
Runner-up 3. 13 January 2006 Canberra, Australia Hard Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–4, 0–6, 6–4

Doubles: 2 (1-1)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 27 July 2003 Stanford, United States Hard Italy Francesca Schiavone Zimbabwe Cara Black
United States Lisa Raymond
6–7, 1–6
Winner 2. 3 October 2004 Seoul, South Korea Hard South Korea Jeon Mi-ra Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
6–3, 1–6, 7–5