Janet Lee
Taiwanese-American tennis player (born 1976)
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::summary Taiwanese-American tennis player (born 1976) ::
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| name | Janet Lee |
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| | residence | Rancho Palos Verdes, California, U.S. | | birth_date | | | birth_place | Lafayette, Indiana, U.S. | | height | | | turnedpro | January 5, 1995 | | retired | 2006 | | plays | Right-handed (double-handed backhand) | | careerprizemoney | $943,370 | | singlesrecord | | | singlestitles | 0 WTA, 2 ITF | | highestsinglesranking | No. 79 (April 6, 1998) | | AustralianOpenresult | 3R (1999) | | FrenchOpenresult | 1R (1997, 1998, 1999, 2002) | | Wimbledonresult | 2R (1998, 1999, 2001) | | USOpenresult | 3R (2000) | | doublesrecord | | | doublestitles | 3 WTA, 9 ITF | | highestdoublesranking | No. 20 (February 17, 2003) | | AustralianOpenDoublesresult | 3R (2005) | | FrenchOpenDoublesresult | 2R (1998, 2001) | | WimbledonDoublesresult | 3R (2002) | | USOpenDoublesresult | QF (2004) | | Team | yes | | FedCupresult | | | medaltemplates-expand | yes | ::
| name = Janet Lee 李慧芝 | image = | country =
| residence = Rancho Palos Verdes, California, U.S. | birth_date = | birth_place = Lafayette, Indiana, U.S. | height = | turnedpro = January 5, 1995 | retired = 2006 | plays = Right-handed (double-handed backhand) | careerprizemoney = $943,370 | singlesrecord = | singlestitles = 0 WTA, 2 ITF | highestsinglesranking = No. 79 (April 6, 1998) | AustralianOpenresult = 3R (1999) | FrenchOpenresult = 1R (1997, 1998, 1999, 2002) | Wimbledonresult = 2R (1998, 1999, 2001) | USOpenresult = 3R (2000) | doublesrecord = | doublestitles = 3 WTA, 9 ITF | highestdoublesranking = No. 20 (February 17, 2003) | AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 3R (2005) | FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 2R (1998, 2001) | WimbledonDoublesresult = 3R (2002) | USOpenDoublesresult = QF (2004) | Team = yes | FedCupresult = |medaltemplates-expand = yes |medaltemplates =
Janet Lee (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 is 79, and her best doubles ranking world No. 20.
Since retiring, she has been an assistant coach for the California State University, Fullerton(CSUF) women's tennis team. 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: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)
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| Tier I (0–0) |
| Tier II (1–0) |
| Tier III (1–3) |
| Tier IV & V (1–0) |
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| Result | W-L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2001 | Oklahoma City, U.S. | Hard (i) | INA Wynne Prakusya | RSA Amanda Coetzer | |
| USA Lori McNeil | 3–6, 6–2, 0–6 | ||||||
| Win | 1–1 | Jul 2001 | Stanford Classic, U.S. | Hard | INA Wynne Prakusya | USA Nicole Arendt | |
| NED Caroline Vis | 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 | ||||||
| Loss | 1–2 | Sep 2001 | Bali, Indonesia | Hard | INA Wynne Prakusya | AUS Evie Dominikovic | |
| THA Tamarine Tanasugarn | 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 3–6 | ||||||
| Loss | 1–3 | Oct 2001 | Japan Open | Hard | INA Wynne Prakusya | RSA Liezel Huber | |
| AUS Rachel McQuillan | 2–6, 0–6 | ||||||
| Win | 2–3 | Sep 2002 | China Open | Hard | RUS Anna Kournikova | JPN Ai Sugiyama | |
| JPN Rika Fujiwara | 7–5, 6–3 | ||||||
| Win | 3–3 | Feb 2003 | Doha Open, Qatar | Hard | INA Wynne Prakusya | VEN María Vento-Kabchi | |
| INA Angelique Widjaja | 6–1, 6–3 | ||||||
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ITF Circuit finals
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| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
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Singles (2–1)
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| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 1. | 12 September 1994 | Vancouver, Canada | Hard | CAN Sonya Jeyaseelan | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2. | 21 July 2001 | Mahwah, United States | Hard | BUL Svetlana Krivencheva | 6–4, 7–6(5) |
| Win | 3. | 2 June 2002 | Surbiton, United Kingdom | Grass | USA Laura Granville | 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
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Doubles (9–4)
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| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 1. | 23 September 1999 | Santa Clara, United States | Hard | USA Laxmi Poruri | USA Meilen Tu | |
| GBR Amanda Wainwright | 5–7, 2–6 | ||||||
| Loss | 2. | 10 February 1997 | Midland, United States | Hard (i) | USA Lindsay Lee-Waters | USA Angela Lettiere | |
| JPN Nana Smith | 3–6, 2–6 | ||||||
| Win | 3. | 9 March 1997 | Rockford, United States | Hard | SWE Maria Strandlund | UKR Elena Brioukhovets | |
| FRA Noëlle van Lottum | 7–6, 6–3 | ||||||
| Win | 4. | 30 June 1997 | Queens, United States | Hard | USA Lindsay Lee-Waters | USA Keri Phebus | |
| CHN Fang Li | 6–2, 2–6, 6–3 | ||||||
| Win | 5. | 22 September 1997 | Newport Beach, United States | Hard | USA Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen | USA Amanda Augustus | |
| AUS Amy Jensen | 6–3, 6–3 | ||||||
| Loss | 6. | 16 April 2000 | La Cañada, United States | Hard | INA Wynne Prakusya | USA Amanda Augustus | |
| USA Julie Scott | 3–6, 1–6 | ||||||
| Win | 7. | 9 July 2000 | Los Gatos, United States | Hard | CAN Vanessa Webb | USA Sandra Cacic | |
| CAN Renata Kolbovic | 6–4, 6–1 | ||||||
| Win | 8. | 31 July 2000 | Lexington, United States | Hard | INA Wynne Prakusya | USA Sandra Cacic | |
| CAN Renata Kolbovic | 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 | ||||||
| Loss | 9. | 29 April 2001 | Sarasota, United States | Clay | USA Samantha Reeves | USA Melissa Middleton | |
| IND Nirupama Sanjeev | 4–6, 2–6 | ||||||
| Win | 10. | 1 May 2001 | Dothan, United States | Clay | USA Marissa Irvin | RUS Alina Jidkova | |
| SVK Gabriela Voleková | 6–0, 6–2 | ||||||
| Win | 11. | Midland, United States | Hard (i) | UKR Elena Tatarkova | BUL Maria Geznenge | ||
| CZE Michaela Paštiková | 6–1, 6–3 | ||||||
| Win | 12. | 22 July 2003 | Lexington, United States | Hard | USA Jessica Lehnhoff | AUS Bryanne Stewart | |
| AUS Christina Wheeler | 6–3, 6–4 | ||||||
| Win | 13. | 4 November 2003 | Pittsburgh, United States | Hard | USA Amy Frazier | ARG Gisela Dulko | |
| USA Meilen Tu | 3–6, 6–1, 6–2 | ||||||
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