Janet Lee
{{short description|Taiwanese-American tennis player}}
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{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Janet Lee
李慧芝
| image =
| country = {{TPE}}
{{USA}}
| residence = Rancho Palos Verdes, California
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|10|22}}
| birth_place = Lafayette, Indiana
| height = {{height|m=1.75}}
| turnedpro = January 5, 1995
| retired = 2006
| plays = Right-handed (double-handed backhand)
| careerprizemoney = $943,370
| singlesrecord = {{tennis record|won=278|lost=274}}
| 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 = {{tennis record|won=193|lost=199}}
| 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 = {{tennis record|won=29|lost=8}}
|medaltemplates-expand = yes
|medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry|{{TPE}}}}
{{MedalSport|Women's Tennis}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}
{{MedalGold|1998 Bangkok|Women's Team}}
{{MedalGold|2002 Busan|Mixed Doubles}}
{{MedalBronze|2002 Busan|Women's Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|Universiade}}
{{MedalGold|1999 Palma de Majorca|Women's Singles}}
{{MedalGold|1999 Palma de Majorca|Women's Doubles}}
{{MedalSilver|2001 Beijing|Women's Singles}}
{{MedalBronze|2001 Beijing|Women's Doubles}}
}}
Janet Lee ({{lang-zh|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.{{Cite web |url=http://fullertontitans.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/lee_janet00.html |title=California State University, Fullerton – Women's Tennis Assistant Coach profile |access-date=July 21, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007162955/http://fullertontitans.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/lee_janet00.html |archive-date=October 7, 2008 |url-status=dead }} 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.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}} 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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! Legend |
| style="background:#fcc;" | Tier I (0–0) |
| style="background:#ccf;" | Tier II (1–0) |
| style="background:#cfc;" | Tier III (1–3) |
| style="background:#6cf;" | Tier IV & V (1–0) |
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!Result !W-L !style="width:55px"|Date !style="width:140px"|Tournament !style="width:55px"|Surface !style="width:180px"|Partner !style="width:160px"|Opponents !style="width:120px" class="unsortable"|Score |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2001 | Oklahoma City, U.S. | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|INA}} Wynne Prakusya | {{flagicon|RSA}} Amanda Coetzer | 3–6, 6–2, 0–6 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 1–1 | Jul 2001 | Stanford Classic, U.S | Hard | {{flagicon|INA}} Wynne Prakusya | {{flagicon|USA}} Nicole Arendt | 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1–2 | Sep 2001 | Bali, Indonesia | Hard | {{flagicon|INA}} Wynne Prakusya | {{flagicon|AUS}} Evie Dominikovic | 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 3–6 |
| bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1–3 | Oct 2001 | Hard | {{flagicon|INA}} Wynne Prakusya | {{flagicon|RSA}} Liezel Huber | 2–6, 0–6 |
| bgcolor=#66CCFF
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 2–3 | Sep 2002 | Hard | {{flagicon|RUS}} Anna Kournikova | {{flagicon|JPN}} Ai Sugiyama | 7–5, 6–3 |
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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 3–3 | Feb 2003 | Doha Open, Qatar | Hard | {{flagicon|INA}} Wynne Prakusya | {{flagicon|VEN}} María Vento-Kabchi | 6–1, 6–3 |
ITF Circuit finals
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| $100,000 tournaments |
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| $75,000 tournaments |
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| $50,000 tournaments |
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| $25,000 tournaments |
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| $10,000 tournaments |
=Singles (2–1)=
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| Result
!No. !Date !Tournament !Surface !Opponent !Score |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1. | 12 September 1994 | Vancouver, Canada | Hard | {{flagicon|CAN}} Sonya Jeyaseelan | 2–6, 4-6 |
| bgcolor="#ADDFAD"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 2. | 21 July 2001 | Mahwah, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|BUL}} Svetlana Krivencheva | 6–4, 7–6(5) |
| style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 3. | 2 June 2002 | Surbiton, United Kingdom | Grass | {{flagicon|USA}} Laura Granville | 4–6, 6–4, 6-4 |
=Doubles (9–4)=
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!Result !No. !Date !Tournament !Surface !Partner !Opponents !Score |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1. | 23 September 1999 | Santa Clara, United States | Hard | {{Flagicon|USA}} Laxmi Poruri | {{Flagicon|USA}} Meilen Tu | 5–7, 2–6 |
| style="background:#addfad;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 2. | 10 February 1997 | Midland, United States | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|USA}} Lindsay Lee-Waters | {{flagicon|USA}} Angela Lettiere | 3–6, 2–6 |
| style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 3. | 9 March 1997 | Rockford, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|SWE}} Maria Strandlund | {{flagicon|UKR}} Elena Brioukhovets | 7–6, 6–3 |
| style="background:#addfad;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 4. | 30 June 1997 | Queens, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Lindsay Lee-Waters | {{flagicon|USA}} Keri Phebus | 6–2, 2–6, 6–3 |
| style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 5. | 22 September 1997 | Newport Beach, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Ginger Helgeson-Nielsen | {{flagicon|USA}} Amanda Augustus | 6–3, 6-3 |
| style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 6. | 16 April 2000 | La Cañada, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|INA}} Wynne Prakusya | {{flagicon|USA}} Amanda Augustus | 3–6, 1–6 |
| style="background:#addfad;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 7. | 9 July 2000 | Los Gatos, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|CAN}} Vanessa Webb | {{flagicon|USA}} Sandra Cacic | 6–4, 6-1 |
| style="background:#addfad;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 8. | 31 July 2000 | Lexington, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|INA}} Wynne Prakusya | {{flagicon|USA}} Sandra Cacic | 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 |
| style="background:#f7e98e;"
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 9. | 29 April 2001 | Sarasota, United States | Clay | {{flagicon|USA}} Samantha Reeves | {{flagicon|USA}} Melissa Middleton | 4–6, 2–6 |
| style="background:lightblue;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 10. | 1 May 2001 | Dothan, United States | Clay | {{flagicon|USA}} Marissa Irvin | {{flagicon|RUS}} Alina Jidkova | 6–0, 6–2 |
| style="background:#f7e98e;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 11. | {{dts|5 February 2002}} | Midland, United States | Hard (i) | {{flagicon|UKR}} Elena Tatarkova | {{flagicon|BUL}} Maria Geznenge | 6–1, 6–3 |
| style="background:#addfad;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 12. | 22 July 2003 | Lexington, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Jessica Lehnhoff | {{flagicon|AUS}} Bryanne Stewart | 6–3, 6-4 |
| style="background:#addfad;"
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 13. | 4 November 2003 | Pittsburgh, United States | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Amy Frazier | {{flagicon|ARG}} Gisela Dulko | 3–6, 6–1, 6-2 |
References
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External links
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- {{ITF}}
- {{Fed Cup player}}
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Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei
Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei
Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for Chinese Taipei
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Category:Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade
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