Lee Ye-ra

Lee Ye-ra
이예라
Country  South Korea
Residence Kangwon-do, South Korea
Born September 14, 1987
Gangwon-do, South Korea
Turned pro 2004
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money US$131,596
Singles
Career record 235 - 142
Career titles 0 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest ranking No. 178 (22 September 2008)
Current ranking No. 355 (10 September 2014)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Q2 (2008)
Wimbledon Q1 (2008)
US Open Q2 (2008)
Doubles
Career record 99 - 75
Career titles 0 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking No. 215 (11 February 2008)
Current ranking No. 499 (10 September 2014)
This is a Korean name; the family name is Lee.

Lee Ye-ra (Korean: 이예라; born 14 September 1987 in Kangwon-do) is a South Korean tennis player. Her highest singles ranking to date is World No. 178, achieved in September 2008. Her highest doubles ranking to date is World No. 215, achieved in February 2008. She has won ten ITF singles titles and seven ITF doubles titles.

Lee reached the second round of the 2013 KDB Korea Open defeating Daria Gavrilova in the first round before falling to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

Playing for South Korea at the Fed Cup, Lee has a win–loss record of 12–11.

ITF Circuit finals

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

Singles finals: 13 (10–3)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 1 November 2004 Philippines Manila, Philippines Clay (i) South Korea Hee Sun Lyoo-Suh 6-3 6-2
Winner 2. 8 November 2004 Philippines Manila, Philippines Clay (i) Indonesia Ayu Fani Damayanti 6-0 1-0 ret
Winner 3. 22 February 2005 Australia Bendigo, Australia Hard Australia Shayna McDowell 6-3 6-2
Runner-up 4. 01 May 2007 South Korea Incheon, South Korea Hard Russia Regina Kulikova 3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Runner-up 5. 19 November 2007 Australia Mount Gambier, Australia Hard Romania Monica Niculescu 3-6 1-6
Winner 6. 9 November 2009 Philippines Manila, Philippines Hard South Korea Mi Yoo 6-4 6-6 RET
Winner 7. 26 April 2010 South Korea Gimcheon, South Korea Clay South Korea Na-Ri Kim 6-2 7-5
Winner 8. 17 May 2010 South Korea Sunchang, South Korea Hard South Korea Na-Ri Kim 7-5 6-1
Runner-up 9. 16 May 2011 South Korea Goyang, South Korea Hard South Africa Chanel Simmonds 7–6 1–6 6–7
Winner 10. 10 June 2013 South Korea Gimcheon, South Korea Hard South Korea Na-Ri Kim 6-7 (5) 6-2 6-0
Winner 11. 17 June 2013 South Korea Gimcheon, South Korea Hard South Korea Mi Yoo 6-2 2-6 6-4
Winner 12. 16 June 2014 South Korea Gimcheon, South Korea Hard South Korea Choi Ji-hee 6–2, 6–2
Winner 13. 23 June 2014 South Korea Gimcheon, South Korea Hard South Korea Choi Ji-hee 6–1, 7–5

Doubles: 14 (8–6)

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 1 November 2004 Philippines Manila, Philippines Clay (i) South Korea Hae-Sung Kim Indonesia Ayu Fani Damayanti
Indonesia Septi Mende
7-6 (2) 1-6 6-0
Runner–up 2. 13 December 2004 Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia Hard South Korea Kyung-Mi Chang South Korea Mi Yoo
Russia Julia Efremova
3-6 3-6
Runner-up 3. 13 June 2005 South Korea Incheon, South Korea Hard South Korea Jin-Young Choi Chinese Taipei Chin-Wei Chan
Chinese Taipei Su-Wei Hsieh
2-6 6-7
Winner 4. 13 February 2007 Australia Melbourne, Australia Clay Chinese Taipei I-Hsuan Hwang Japan Natsumi Hamamura
Japan Ayumi Morita
6-2 6-1
Winner 5. 6 March 2007 New Zealand Hamilton, New Zealand Hard Japan Mari Tanaka Australia Emelyn Starr
Australia Jenny Swift
6-2 6-4
Runner-up 6. 31 March 2008 United States Pelham, Alabama, United States Clay Japan Remi Tezuka Czech Republic Michaela Pastikova
United States Ahsha Rolle
5-7 2-6
Winner 7. 9 November 2009 Philippines Manila, Philippines Hard South Korea Sun-Jung Kim South Korea Mi Yoo
South Korea Na-Lae Han
6-4 4-6 10-6
Runner-up 8. 17 May 2010 South Korea Sunchang, South Korea Hard South Korea Kyung-Mi Chang South Korea Kun-Hee Kim
South Korea Min-Hwa Yu
7-6 4-6 4-6
Winner 9. 26 November 2012 Thailand Bangkok, Thailand Hard South Korea Na-Ri Kim Thailand Napatsakorn Sankaew
Chinese Taipei Chia Hsien Yang
6-1 4-6 10-7
Runner-up 10. 3 December 2012 Thailand Bangkok, Thailand Hard South Korea Na-Ri Kim China Yafan Wang
China Xin Wen
5-7 5-7
Winner 11. 10 June 2013 South Korea Gimcheon, South Korea Hard South Korea Na-Ri Kim South Korea Su Jeong Jang
Japan Riko Sawayanagi
6-3 6-3
Runner–up 12. 29 May 2014 South Korea Changwon, South Korea Hard South Korea Kim So-jung Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
Japan Junri Namigata
6-7 0-6
Winner 13. 16 June 2014 South Korea Gimcheon, South Korea Hard South Korea Kim So-jung South Korea Choi Ji-hee
South Korea Lee Hye-min
6–3, 6–1
Winner 14. 23 June 2014 South Korea Gimcheon, South Korea Hard South Korea Kim So-jung South Korea Choi Ji-hee
Japan Makoto Ninomiya
7–5, 2–6, [11–9]

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