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Choi Young-ja

{{short description|South Korean tennis player}}

{{family name hatnote|Choi||lang=Korean}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Choi Young-ja

| image =

| full_name =

| country_represented = {{KOR}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|5|30|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Seoul, South Korea

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = 1.70 m

| plays = Right-handed

| retired = 2006

| careerprizemoney = $95,879

| singlesrecord = 213-105

| singlestitles = 8 ITF

| highestsinglesranking = No. 178 (20 May 1996)

| currentsinglesranking =

| AustralianOpenresult =

| FrenchOpenresult =

| Wimbledonresult =

| USOpenresult =

| doublesrecord = 131-85

| doublestitles = 12 ITF

| highestdoublesranking = No. 136 (27 July 1998)

| currentdoublesranking =

| AustralianOpenDoublesresult =

| FrenchOpenDoublesresult =

| WimbledonDoublesresult =

| USOpenDoublesresult =

}}

{{Infobox Korean name

| hangul = 최영자

| hanja = {{linktext|崔|榮|子}}

| rr = Choe Yeongja

| mr = Ch'oe Yŏngcha

| koreanipa =

| context =

| image =

| caption =

}}

Choi Young-ja (born 30 May 1975) is a former professional tennis player from South Korea.

Biography

A right-handed player from Seoul, Choi began playing tennis at the age of 10. She won her first ITF tournament at Bangkok in 1993 and began touring professionally after graduating from high school in 1994.{{cite web|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/30332/title/young-ja-choi#bio|title=Young-Ja Choi - Bio|work=WTA Tennis |date=7 April 2017 |publisher=wtatennis.com|accessdate=22 May 2018 |author1=Admin }}

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta she made the second round of the singles competition, with a win over South Africa's Joannette Kruger, before she was eliminated by 11th seed Brenda Schultz-McCarthy of the Netherlands.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/choi-yeong-ja-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417234224/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/choi-yeong-ja-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|title=Choi Yeong-Ja Bio, Stats, and Results|publisher=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=22 May 2018}}

Choi represented the South Korea Fed Cup team in a total of 16 ties. She was most successful in Fed Cup tennis as a doubles player, losing only one of her 12 matches. In singles she won three rubbers, one of which was against Li Na in 1999.

She won the women's doubles gold medal at the 2002 Asian Games and was also a bronze medalist in the team competition.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/2322409.stm|title=Sun too hot for rivals|date=12 October 2002|work=BBC Online|accessdate=22 May 2018}}

ITF finals

= Singles (8-12)=

class=wikitable style="font-size:85%"

!Legend

style="background:#addfad;"

| $50,000 tournaments

style="background:lightblue;"

| $25,000 tournaments

style="background:#f0f8ff;"

| $10,000 tournaments

class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97%

!Result

!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Surface

!Opponent

!Score

bgcolor="#f0f8ff"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 1.

| 28 November 1993

| Bangkok, Thailand

| Hard

| {{Flagicon|KOR}} Jeon Mi-ra

| 2-6, 6-4, 6-3

bgcolor="#f0f8ff"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 2.

| 30 January 1994

| Bandung, Indonesia

| Hard

| {{Flagicon|KOR}} Kim Soon-mi

| 7-6, 6-1

bgcolor="#f0f8ff"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 3.

| 29 May 1994

| Nanjing, China

| Hard

| {{Flagicon|CHN}} Li Yan-ling

| 6-4, 1-6, 6-1

bgcolor="#f0f8ff"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 4.

| 6 June 1994

| Seoul, South Korea

| Hard

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Eun-ha

| 3–6, 5–7

style="background:#f0f8ff;"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 5.

| 21 May 1995

| Beijing, China

| Hard

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Wen Yuan

| 6-4, 6-4

style="background:#f0f8ff;"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 6.

| 28 May 1995

| Beijing, China

| Hard

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Li Li

| 2–6, 3–6

bgcolor="#f0f8ff"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 7.

| 4 June 1995

| Seoul, South Korea

| Hard

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Eun-ha

| 2–6, 2–6

style="background:lightblue;"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 8.

| 17 March 1996

| Taipei, Chinese Taipei

| Hard

| {{Flagicon|TPE}} Weng Tzu-ting

| 1-6, 6-3, 4-6

bgcolor=f0f8ff

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 9.

| 24 March 1996

| Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei

| Hard

| {{flagicon|GER}} Christiane Hofmann

| 1–6, 6–1, 6–3

bgcolor="#f0f8ff"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 10.

| 31 March 1996

| Jakarta, Indonesia

| Hard

| {{Flagicon|KOR}} Cho Yoon-jeong

| 6–2, 6–1

bgcolor="#f0f8ff"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 11.

| 1 April 1996

| Jakarta, Indonesia

| Hard

| {{Flagicon|JPN}} Saori Obata

| 2-6, 2-6

bgcolor="lightblue"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 12.

| 6 May 1996

| Seoul, South Korea

| Clay

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Eun-ha

| 6–2, 2–6, 3–6

style="background:lightblue;"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 13.

| 23 March 1997

| Noda, Japan

| Hard

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Kerry-Anne Guse

| 6-0, 4-6, 2-6

bgcolor="#f0f8ff"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 14.

| 6 April 1997

| Jakarta, Indonesia

| Hard

| {{Flagicon|KOR}} Cho Yoon-jeong

| 4-6, 1-6

bgcolor="#f0f8ff"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 15.

| 13 April 1997

| Jakarta, Indonesia

| Hard

| {{Flagicon|KOR}} Cho Yoon-jeong

| 6-1, 7-5

style="background:#f0f8ff;"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 16.

| 28 March 1999

| Seoul, South Korea

| Clay

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Choi Jin-young

| 6–4, 4–6, 1–6

style="background:#f0f8ff;"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 17.

| 21 November 1999

| Haibara, Japan

| Carpet

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Kumiko Iijima

| 6–3, 6–4

bgcolor="#f0f8ff"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 18.

| 27 February 2000

| Jakarta, Indonesia

| Hard

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Chae Kyung-yee

| 6–1, 3–6, 1–6

style="background:#f0f8ff;"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 19.

| 11 June 2000

| Incheon, South Korea

| Hard

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Chung Yang-jin

| 6-1, 6-2

bgcolor="#f0f8ff"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 20.

| 13 August 2000

| Nonthaburi, Thailand

| Hard

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Jeon Mi-ra

| 1-6, 3-6

=Doubles (12-12)=

class="sortable wikitable"

!Result

!No.

!width=100|Date

!width=180|Tournament

!Surface

!width=200|Partner

!width=200|Opponent

!width=125|Score

style="background:#f0f8ff;"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 1.

| 23 May 1994

| Beijing, China

| Hard

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Choi Ju-yeon

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Bi Ying
{{flagicon|CHN}} Li Li

| 6-7, 7-6, 4-6

bgcolor="#f0f8ff"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 2.

| 29 May 1994

| Nanjing, China

| Hard

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Choi Ju-yeon

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Jeon Mi-ra
{{flagicon|KOR}} Yoo Kyung-sook

| 6-2, 6-3

bgcolor="#f0f8ff"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 3.

| 29 May 1995

| Seoul, South Korea

| Hard

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Choi Jin

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Ih-sook
{{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Eun-ha

| 4-6, 5-7

bgcolor=f0f8ff

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 4.

| 18 March 1996

| Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei

| Hard

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Kum Ok-im

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Nao Akahori
{{flagicon|JPN}} Keiko Ishida

| 5-7, 1-6

style="background:lightblue;"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 5.

| 5 May 1996

| Seoul, South Korea

| Hard

| {{flagicon|THA}} Benjamas Sangaram

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Catherine Barclay
{{flagicon|AUS}} Kerry-Anne Guse

| 1-6, 2-6

style="background:lightblue;"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 6.

| 23 March 1997

| Noda, Japan

| Hard

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Jeon Mi-ra

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuko Hosoki
{{flagicon|JPN}} Keiko Nagatomi

| 2-6, 2-6

style="background:lightblue;"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 7.

| 5 May 1997

| Seoul, South Korea

| Clay

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Park Sung-hee

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Cho Yoon-jeong
{{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Eun-ha

| 3–6, 6–7(6)

style="background:#addfad;"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 8.

| 4 August 1997

| Jakarta, Indonesia

| Clay

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Eun-ha

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Kerry-Anne Guse
{{flagicon|AUS}} Kristine Kunce

| 6–3, 6–4

style="background:#addfad;"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 9.

| 15 September 1997

| Taipei, Taiwan

| Hard

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Eun-ha

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Kerry-Anne Guse
{{flagicon|AUS}} Catherine Barclay

| 1–6, 6–4, 6–3

style="background:lightblue;"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 10.

| 18 October 1998

| Seoul, South Korea

| Clay

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Catherine Barclay

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Shinobu Asagoe
{{flagicon|GER}} Kirstin Freye

| 2-6, 6-7

bgcolor="#f0f8ff"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 11.

| 28 March 1999

| Seoul, South Korea

| Clay

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Eun-sook

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Tomoe Hotta
{{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroko Mochizuki

| 6-4, 7-5

style="background:lightblue;"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 12.

| 9 May 1999

| Seoul, South Korea

| Clay

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Eun-sook

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Samantha Schoeffel
{{flagicon|UZB}} Iroda Tulyaganova

| 3–6, 6–4, 4–6

style="background:#f0f8ff;"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 13.

| 21 November 1999

| Haibara, Japan

| Carpet

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Eun-sook

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Maki Arai
{{flagicon|JPN}} Kumiko Iijima

| 2-6, 0-6

style="background:#f0f8ff;"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 14.

| 20 February 2000

| Jakarta, Indonesia

| Hard

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Eun-sook

| {{flagicon|INA}} Yayuk Basuki
{{flagicon|INA}} Irawati Iskandar

| 5–7, 5–7

bgcolor="#f0f8ff"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 15.

| 18 June 2000

| Seoul, South Korea

| Hard

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Eun-sook

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Chae Kyung-yee
{{flagicon|KOR}} Chang Kyung-mi

| 6–0, 6–0

bgcolor="#f0f8ff"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 16.

| 13 August 2000

| Nonthabuiri, Thailand

| Hard

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Eun-sook

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Jeon Mi-ra
{{flagicon|KOR}} Chae Kyung-yee

| 3–6, 2–6

bgcolor="#f0f8ff"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 17.

| 20 August 2000

| Nonthabuiri, Thailand

| Hard

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Eun-sook

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Jeon Mi-ra
{{flagicon|KOR}} Chae Kyung-yee

| 1–6, 6–1, 6–1

bgcolor="#f0f8ff"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 18.

| 10 June 2001

| Hilton Head, United States

| Hard

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Jeon Mi-ra

| {{flagicon|USA}} Kristy Blumberg
{{flagicon|USA}} Karin Miller

| 4–6, 6–7(1)

style="background:lightblue;"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 19.

| 17 June 2001

| Mount Pleasant, United States

| Hard

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Jeon Mi-ra

| {{flagicon|USA}} Jane Chi
{{flagicon|RUS}} Lioudmila Skavronskaia

| 6–7(2), 6–2, 6–2

bgcolor="#f0f8ff"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 20.

| 24 June 2001

| Easton, United States

| Hard

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Jeon Mi-ra

| {{flagicon|USA}} Kristy Blumberg
{{flagicon|USA}} Karin Miller

| 6-1, 6-1

style="background:#addfad;"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 21.

| 16 September 2001

| Seoul, South Korea

| Hard

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Eun-sook

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Rika Hiraki
{{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Eun-ha

| 6–3, 6–3

style="background:lightblue;"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner

| 22.

| 25 February 2002

| New Delhi, India

| Hard

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Eun-ha

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Eva Birnerová
{{flagicon|CZE}} Jana Hlaváčková

| 6–7(4), 6–4, 6–3

style="background:#f0f8ff;"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 23.

| 2 June 2002

| Tianjin, China

| Hard (i)

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Choi Jin-young

| {{flagicon|TPE}} Chan Chin-wei
{{flagicon|HKG}} Tong Ka-po

| 3–6, 6–3, 1–6

bgcolor="#f0f8ff"

| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 24.

| 22 July 2002

| Incheon, South Korea

| Hard

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Mi-ok

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Eun-sook
{{flagicon|KOR}} Cho Eun-hye

| 6–2, 6–4

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

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Category:1975 births

Category:Living people

Category:South Korean female tennis players

Category:Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic tennis players for South Korea

Category:Tennis players at the 1998 Asian Games

Category:Tennis players at the 2002 Asian Games

Category:Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games

Category:Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea

Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea

Category:Asian Games medalists in tennis

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