Jane Chi
| Full name | Jane Chi | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country (sports) |
 Chinese Taipei United States
|
||||||||||||
| Born |
June 21, 1974 El Paso, Texas, U.S. |
||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) | ||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 1995 | ||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed | ||||||||||||
| Prize money | $250,663 | ||||||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||||||
| Career record | 184–153 | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 62 (April 26, 1999) | ||||||||||||
| Grand Slam Singles results | |||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 2R (1999) | ||||||||||||
| French Open | 1R (1999) | ||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 1R (1999) | ||||||||||||
| US Open | 2R (1996, 1999) | ||||||||||||
| Doubles | |||||||||||||
| Career record | 61–74 | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 178 (November 23, 1998) | ||||||||||||
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |||||||||||||
| US Open | 1R (1996) | ||||||||||||
|
Medal record
|
|||||||||||||
Jane Chi (born June 21, 1974) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.
Chi was born in El Paso, Texas, to parents Steven and Ling. At the age of 11 she started playing tennis and after graduating from high school in 1992 played collegially at the University of California, Los Angeles. She attended the university for three years, while studying for a political science degree, during which time he earned multiple All-American honors. Her regular doubles partner was younger sister Stephanie.
In 1994 she played internationally for Chinese Taipei, first in a Fed Cup World Group tie against Indonesia in Frankfurt, then at the Asian Games in Hiroshima, where she won a bronze medal in the team competition.
During the 1995 season, her last for UCLA, Chi was America's top ranked player in college tennis and ended ranked number three.
From 1995 she competed on the professional circuit. At the 1996 US Open she made her Grand Slam debut and reached the second round, with a win over María Sánchez Lorenzo. She was a semi-finalist at the 1998 Challenge Bell, a WTA tournament in Quebec City. Her run included an upset win over second seed Sandrine Testud. Her only other WTA Tour semi-final was at the Japan Open in 1999, a year in which she reached her career best ranking of 62 in the world, with second round appearances at both the Australian Open and US Open.
After retiring from tennis she earned a Doctor of Law degree at the University of Idaho and now works in Seattle.
...
Wikipedia