Janet Lee

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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 is 79, and her best doubles ranking world No. 20.

Janet Lee
李慧芝

Country (sports)	Chinese Taipei  United States
Residence	Rancho Palos Verdes, California, U.S.
Born	(1976-10-22) October 22, 1976 (age 48) Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	January 5, 1995
Retired	2006
Plays	Right-handed (double-handed backhand)
Prize money	$943,370
Singles
Career record	278–274
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 79 (April 6, 1998)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1999)
French Open	1R (1997, 1998, 1999, 2002)
Wimbledon	2R (1998, 1999, 2001)
US Open	3R (2000)
Doubles
Career record	193–199
Career titles	3 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 20 (February 17, 2003)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2005)
French Open	2R (1998, 2001)
Wimbledon	3R (2002)
US Open	QF (2004)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	29–8
Medal record Representing  Chinese Taipei Women's Tennis Asian Games 1998 Bangkok Women's Team 2002 Busan Mixed Doubles 2002 Busan Women's Team Universiade 1999 Palma de Majorca Women's Singles 1999 Palma de Majorca Women's Doubles 2001 Beijing Women's Singles 2001 Beijing Women's Doubles

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.^{[citation needed]} 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)

Legend
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (1–0)
Tier III (1–3)
Tier IV & V (1–0)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2001	Oklahoma City, U.S.	Hard (i)	Wynne Prakusya	Amanda Coetzer Lori McNeil	3–6, 6–2, 0–6
Win	1–1	Jul 2001	Stanford Classic, U.S	Hard	Wynne Prakusya	Nicole Arendt Caroline Vis	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	1–2	Sep 2001	Bali, Indonesia	Hard	Wynne Prakusya	Evie Dominikovic Tamarine Tanasugarn	7–6(7–4), 2–6, 3–6
Loss	1–3	Oct 2001	Japan Open	Hard	Wynne Prakusya	Liezel Huber Rachel McQuillan	2–6, 0–6
Win	2–3	Sep 2002	China Open	Hard	Anna Kournikova	Ai Sugiyama Rika Fujiwara	7–5, 6–3
Win	3–3	Feb 2003	Doha Open, Qatar	Hard	Wynne Prakusya	María Vento-Kabchi Angelique Widjaja	6–1, 6–3

ITF Circuit finals

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

Singles (2–1)

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

Doubles (9–4)

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