Choi Ji-hee

Choi Ji-hee
최지희
Country (sports) South Korea
ResidenceSeoul, South Korea
Born (1995-02-10) 10 February 1995
Seoul
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$125,531
Singles
Career record198–196
Career titles0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 339 (6 June 2016)
Doubles
Career record255–176
Career titles1 WTA, 1 WTA 125
Highest rankingNo. 111 (15 July 2019)
Current rankingNo. 1,120 (9 December 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup4–6
Last updated on: 9 December 2024.
Choi Ji-hee
Hangul
최지희
RRChoe Jihui
MRCh'oe Chihŭi

Choi Ji-hee (Korean: 최지희; born 10 February 1995) is a professional South Korean tennis player.

Choi has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour with one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, as well as three singles and 22 doubles titles at tournaments of the ITF Circuit.

Playing for South Korea Fed Cup team, Choi has a win–loss record of 4–6.

Partnering Han Na-lae, she won the doubles title at the 2018 Korea Open, defeating Hsieh Shu-ying and Hsieh Su-wei in the final.[1] The pair repeated the feat at the 2021 Korea Open, this time overcoming Valentini Grammatikopoulou and Réka Luca Jani in the championship match.[2]

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win Sep 2018 Korea Open International[a] Hard Han Na-lae Hsieh Shu-ying
Hsieh Su-wei
6–3, 6–2

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

Result    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win Dec 2021 Korea Open, South Korea Hard (i) Han Na-lae Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Réka Luca Jani
6–4, 6–4

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Legend
$10/15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (3–6)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2014 ITF Gimcheon, South Korea W10 Hard Lee Ye-ra 2–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Jun 2014 ITF Gimcheon, South Korea W10 Hard Lee Ye-ra 1–6, 5–7
Win 1–2 Aug 2014 ITF Yeongwol, South Korea W10 Hard Zhang Yuxuan 6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–3 Jun 2016 ITF Sangju, South Korea W10 Hard Hanna Chang 2–6, 3–6
Loss 1–4 Jul 2016 ITF Gimcheon, South Korea W10 Hard Wang Yan 4–6, 6–7(1)
Loss 1–5 Jun 2017 ITF Sangju, South Korea W15 Hard Jeong Su-nam 2–6, 3–6
Loss 1–6 Jun 2017 ITF Gimcheon, South Korea W15 Hard Jeong Su-nam 3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win 2–6 Oct 2017 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand W15 Hard Lulu Sun 6–2, 6–3
Win 3–6 Sep 2019 ITF Yeongwol, South Korea W15 Hard Back Da-yeon 5–7, 6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 41 (26 titles, 15 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (22–12)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Dec 2012 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia W10 Hard Akari Inoue Yuka Higuchi
Juan Ting-fei
6–3, 6–4
Win 2–0 Dec 2013 ITF Hong Kong W10 Hard Akari Inoue Kang Seo-kyung
Hong Seung-yeon
4–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Loss 2–1 Mar 2014 ITF Nishitama, Japan W10 Hard Akari Inoue Junri Namigata
Akiko Yonemura
2–6, 4–6
Loss 2–2 Jun 2014 ITF Gimcheon, South Korea W10 Hard Lee Hye-min Lee Ye-ra
Kim So-jung
3–6, 1–6
Loss 2–3 Jun 2014 ITF Gimcheon, Korea W10 Hard Makoto Ninomiya Lee Ye-ra
Kim So-jung
5–7, 6–2, [9–11]
Win 3–3 Jun 2014 ITF Gimcheon, Korea W10 Hard Makoto Ninomiya Han Na-lae
Yoo Mi
6–3, 7–6(6)
Win 4–3 Sep 2014 ITF Yeongwol, South Korea W10 Hard Lee So-ra Liang Chen
Liu Chang
6–2, 7–5
Win 5–3 Dec 2014 ITF Hong Kong W10 Hard Kim Na-ri Nozomi Fujioka
Mami Hasegawa
6–3, 6–2
Win 6–3 Mar 2015 ITF Jiangmen, China W10 Hard Kim Na-ri Lee Pei-chi
Li Yihong
4–6, 6–2, [11–9]
Loss 6–4 Jun 2015 ITF Incheon, Korea W25 Hard Kim Na-ri Miyu Kato
Kotomi Takahata
6–4, 3–6, [7–10]
Win 7–4 Jun 2015 ITF Gwangju, Korea W10 Hard Kim Na-ri Hong Seung-yeon
Kim Ju-eun
6–1, 1–6, [10–5]
Win 8–4 Jul 2015 ITF Hong Kong W15 Hard Lee So-ra Eudice Chong
Katherine Ip
6–2, 6–2
Win 9–4 Jul 2015 ITF Hong Kong W15 Hard Lee So-ra Gai Ao
Sheng Yuqi
6–1, 6–1
Win 10–4 Aug 2015 ITF Gimcheon, Korea W10 Hard Kim Na-ri Jung So-hee
Park Sang-hee
6–3, 6–2
Win 11–4 Sep 2015 ITF Bangkok, Thailand W15 Hard Peangtarn Plipuech Hsu Ching-wen
Emma Laine
7–5, 6–3
Loss 11–5 Dec 2015 ITF Bangkok, Thailand W25 Hard Peangtarn Plipuech Irina Khromacheva
Valeria Solovyeva
3–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Win 12–5 Dec 2016 ITF Navi Mumbai, India W25 Hard Kim Na-ri Sviatlana Pirazhenka
Anastasia Pribylova
7–5, 6–1
Loss 12–6 May 2017 ITF Changwon, South Korea W25 Hard Kim Na-ri Hong Seung-yeon
Kang Seo-kyung
4–6, 3–6
Loss 12–7 May 2017 ITF Incheon, South Korea W25 Hard Kim Na-ri Desirae Krawczyk
Giuliana Olmos
3–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Win 13–7 Jun 2017 ITF Sangju, South Korea W15 Hard Kang Seo-kyung Kim Da-bin
Lee So-ra
7–6(3), 6–3
Win 14–7 Jun 2017 ITF Gimcheon, Korea W15 Hard Kang Seo-kyung Kim Da-bin
Lee So-ra
6–4, 6–2
Win 15–7 Aug 2017 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand W25 Hard Chan Chin-wei Varatchaya Wongteanchai
Varunya Wongteanchai
2–6, 6–1, [13–11]
Loss 15–8 Sep 2017 ITF Yeongwol, South Korea W15 Hard Kang Seo-kyung Kim Na-ri
Lee Pei-chi
2–6, 2–6
Win 16–8 Mar 2018 ITF Toyota, Japan W25 Hard Kim Na-ri Rika Fujiwara
Dalma Gálfi
6–2, 6–3
Win 17–8 Apr 2018 ITF Osaka, Japan W25 Hard Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Akiko Omae
Peangtarn Plipuech
6–3, 6–4
Loss 17–9 Nov 2018 Shenzhen Longhua Open, China W100 Hard Luksika Kumkhum Shuko Aoyama
Yang Zhaoxuan
2–6, 3–6
Win 18–9 Mar 2019 Yokohama Challenger, Japan W25 Hard Han Na-lae Rutuja Bhosale
Akiko Omae
6–1, 7–5
Win 19–9 Apr 2019 ITF Osaka, Japan W25 Hard Han Na-lae Hsu Ching-wen
Wang Xiyu
6–4, 5–7, [10–8]
Loss 19–10 May 2019 ITF Changwon, South Korea W25 Hard Lee Ya-hsuan Hsu Chieh-yu
Chanel Simmonds
3–6, 4–6
Win 20–10 Jun 2019 ITF Incheon, Korea W25 Hard Han Na-lae Kanako Morisaki
Minori Yonehara
6–3, 6–3
Loss 20–11 Jun 2019 ITF Deagu, Korea W25 Hard Han Na-lae Hsieh Yu-chieh
Lee Pei-chi
3–6, 6–7(5)
Win 21–11 Nov 2019 ITF Tokyo Open, Japan W100 Hard Han Na-lae Haruka Kaji
Junri Namigata
6–3, 6–3
Win 22–11 Sep 2021 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard Jeong Yeong-won Elena Milovanović
Noelia Zeballos
6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
Win 23–11 Jun 2022 ITF Changwon, South Korea W25 Hard Han Na-lae Lee Ya-hsuan
Wu Fang-hsien
6–3, 4–6, [15–13]
Win 24–11 Jun 2022 ITF Incheon, South Korea W25 Hard Han Na-lae Lee Ya-hsuan
Wu Fang-hsien
5–7, 6–4, [10–6]
Loss 24–12 Jul 2022 ITF Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan W25 Hard Han Na-lae Momoko Kobori
Ankita Raina
2–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Loss 24–13 Sep 2022 ITF Leiria, Portugal W25 Hard Natalija Stevanović Francisca Jorge
Matilde Jorge
4–6, 0–6
Loss 24–14 Apr 2023 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia W25 Hard Park So-hyun Guo Hanyu
Cody Wong
2–6, 6–7(6)
Loss 24–15 Apr 2023 ITF Osaka, Japan W15 Hard Lee Ya-hsuan Aoi Ito
Mio Mushika
4–6, 7–6(6), [6–10]
Win 25–15 May 2023 ITF Incheon, South Korea W25 Hard Ku Yeon-woo Li Yu-yun
Tang Qianhui
6–1, 6–1
Win 26–15 Jul 2024 ITF Sapporo, Japan W15 Hard Shiho Akita Ayumi Miyamoto
Anri Nagata
7–6(5), 6–7(5), [10–8]

Notes

  1. ^ The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.

References

  1. ^ "S. Korean doubles duo wins WTA title at home". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Zhu sweeps past Mladenovic in Seoul to win first WTA 125 title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 11 December 2024.