Janet Lee

Janet Lee (Chinese: 李慧芝, born October 22, 1976) is a Taiwanese-American retired tennis player. She won three doubles titles during her professional career on the WTA Tour. She competed in all four Grand Slam tournaments in both singles and doubles. Her career-high singles ranking was 79 and her best doubles ranking was 20.

Janet Lee
李慧芝
Country (sports) Chinese Taipei
 United States
ResidenceRancho Palos Verdes, California, U.S.
Born (1976-10-22) October 22, 1976
Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned proJanuary 5, 1995
Retired2006
PlaysRight-handed (double-handed backhand)
Prize money$943,370
Singles
Career record278–274
Career titles0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 79 (April 6, 1998)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open3R (1999)
French Open1R (1997, 1998, 1999, 2002)
Wimbledon2R (1998, 1999, 2001)
US Open3R (2000)
Doubles
Career record193–199
Career titles3 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking20 (February 17, 2003)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open3R (2005)
French Open2R (1998, 2001)
Wimbledon3R (2002)
US OpenQF (2004)
Team competitions
Fed Cup29–8

Since retiring, she has been an assistant coach for the California State University, Fullerton(CSUF) women's tennis team.[1] She was a full-time undergraduate student at the university, majoring in Business with an emphasis in Accounting and Finance. After earning her B.A. at CSUF, she joined the professional services firm Deloitte & Touche, LLP.

Personal

Her father is Shun-Yi Lee, a physicist, and her mother is Vanni Lee, a DP coordinator. Lee graduated from high school in 1994 and decided to postpone college to pursue a professional tennis career. She started playing tennis at age five.

Career

Lee competed in tennis competitions for Chinese Taipei at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney women's doubles with partner Weng Tzu-ting. They lost in the first round.

Playing doubles at the 2004 US Open with Peng Shuai, Lee reached the quarterfinals where they lost to Barbara Schett and Patty Schnyder, 2–6, 5–7.

Lee retired from professional tennis in 2006.

WTA career finals

Doubles (3–3)

Legend
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (1–0)
Tier III (1–3)
Tier IV & V (1–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. February 19, 2001 Oklahoma City, United States Hard (i) Wynne Prakusya Amanda Coetzer
Lori McNeil
3–6, 6–2, 0–6
Winner 1. July 23, 2001 Stanford, United States Hard Wynne Prakusya Nicole Arendt
Caroline Vis
3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 2. September 24, 2001 Bali, Indonesia Hard Wynne Prakusya Evie Dominikovic
Tamarine Tanasugarn
7–6(7–4), 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 3. October 1, 2001 Tokyo, Japan Hard Wynne Prakusya Liezel Huber
Rachel McQuillan
2–6, 0–6
Winner 2. September 9, 2002 Shanghai, China Hard Anna Kournikova Ai Sugiyama
Rika Fujiwara
7–5, 6–3
Winner 3. February 10, 2003 Doha, Qatar Hard Wynne Prakusya María Vento-Kabchi
Angelique Widjaja
6–1, 6–3

ITF Finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (2–1)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 12 September 1994 Vancouver, Canada Hard Sonya Jeyaseelan 2–6, 4-6
Winner 2. 21 July 2001 Mahwah, United States Hard Svetlana Krivencheva 6–4, 7–6(5)
Winner 3. 2 June 2002 Surbiton, United Kingdom Grass Laura Granville 4–6, 6–4, 6-4

Doubles (9–4)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 23 September 1999 Santa Clara, United States Hard Laxmi Poruri Meilen Tu
Amanda Wainwright
5–7, 2–6
Runner-up 2. 10 February 1997 Midland, United States Hard (i) Lindsay Lee-Waters Angela Lettiere
Nana Smith
3–6, 2–6
Winner 3. 9 March 1997 Rockford, United States Hard Maria Strandlund Elena Brioukhovets
Noëlle van Lottum
7–6, 6–3
Winner 4. 30 June 1997 Flushing, United States Hard Lindsay Lee-Waters Keri Phebus
Fang Li
6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Winner 5. 22 September 1997 Newport Beach, United States Hard Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen Amanda Augustus
Amy Jensen
6–3, 6-3
Runner-up 6. 16 April 2000 La Cañada, United States Hard Wynne Prakusya Amanda Augustus
Julie Scott
3–6, 1–6
Winner 7. 9 July 2000 Los Gatos, United States Hard Vanessa Webb Sandra Cacic
Renata Kolbovic
6–4, 6-1
Winner 8. 31 July 2000 Lexington, United States Hard Wynne Prakusya Sandra Cacic
Renata Kolbovic
6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Runner-up 9. 29 April 2001 Sarasota, United States Clay Samantha Reeves Melissa Middleton
Nirupama Sanjeev
4–6, 2–6
Winner 10. 1 May 2001 Dothan, United States Clay Marissa Irvin Alina Jidkova
Gabriela Voleková
6–0, 6–2
Winner 11. 5 February 2002 Midland, United States Hard (i) Elena Tatarkova Maria Geznenge
Michaela Paštiková
6–1, 6–3
Winner 12. 22 July 2003 Lexington, United States Hard Jessica Lehnhoff Bryanne Stewart
Christina Wheeler
6–3, 6-4
Winner 13. 4 November 2003 Pittsburgh, United States Hard Amy Frazier Gisela Dulko
Meilen Tu
3–6, 6–1, 6-2

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