Lee Ye-ra

Lee Ye-ra
이예라
Country (sports) South Korea
ResidenceKangwon-do, South Korea
Born (1987-09-14) September 14, 1987
Gangwon-do, South Korea
Turned pro2004
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$138,070
Singles
Career record252–138
Career titles10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 178 (22 September 2008)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2008)
WimbledonQ1 (2008)
US OpenQ2 (2008)
Doubles
Career record99–75
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 215 (11 February 2008)

Lee Ye-ra (Korean: 이예라, lit.'Yi Ye-ra'; born 14 September 1987) is a South Korean former tennis player. Her highest singles ranking is world No. 178, achieved in September 2008. Her career-high doubles ranking is world No. 215, reached in February 2008. In her career, she won ten singles and eight doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Circuit.

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

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

ITF Circuit finals

$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 14 (10 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 1 November 2004 ITF Manila, Philippines Clay (i) Hee Sun Lyoo-suh 6–3, 6–2
Win 2. 8 November 2004 ITF Manila Clay (i) Ayu Fani Damayanti 6–0, 1–0 ret.
Win 3. 22 February 2005 ITF Bendigo, Australia Hard Shayna McDowell 6–3, 6–2
Loss 4. 1 May 2007 ITF Incheon, South Korea Hard Regina Kulikova 3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss 5. 19 November 2007 ITF Mount Gambier, Australia Hard Monica Niculescu 3–6, 1–6
Win 6. 9 November 2009 ITF Manila, Philippines Hard Yoo Mi 6–4, 6–6 ret.
Win 7. 26 April 2010 ITF Gimcheon, South Korea Clay Kim Na-ri 6–2, 7–5
Win 8. 17 May 2010 ITF Sunchang, South Korea Hard Kim Na-ri 7–5, 6–1
Loss 9. 16 May 2011 ITF Goyang, South Korea Hard Chanel Simmonds 7–6, 1–6, 6–7
Win 10. 10 June 2013 ITF Gimcheon Hard Kim Na-ri 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–0
Win 11. 17 June 2013 ITF Gimcheon Hard Yoo Mi 6–2, 2–6, 6–4
Win 12. 16 June 2014 ITF Gimcheon Hard Choi Ji-hee 6–2, 6–2
Win 13. 23 June 2014 ITF Gimcheon Hard Choi Ji-hee 6–1, 7–5
Loss 14. 31 May 2015 ITF Changwon, South Korea Hard Kristie Ahn 3–6, 2–3 ret.

Doubles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 1 November 2004 ITF Manila, Philippines Clay (i) Kim Hae-sung Ayu Fani Damayanti
Septi Mende
7–6(7–2), 1–6, 6–0
Loss 2. 13 December 2004 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Chang Kyung-mi Yoo Mi
Julia Efremova
3–6, 3–6
Loss 3. 13 June 2005 ITF Incheon, South Korea Hard Choi Jin-young Chan Chin-wei
Hsieh Su-wei
2–6, 6–7
Win 4. 13 February 2007 ITF Melbourne, Australia Clay Hwang I-hsuan Natsumi Hamamura
Ayumi Morita
6–2, 6–1
Win 5. 6 March 2007 ITF Hamilton, New Zealand Hard Mari Tanaka Emelyn Starr
Jenny Swift
6–2, 6–4
Loss 6. 31 March 2008 ITF Pelham, United States Clay Remi Tezuka Michaela Paštiková
Ahsha Rolle
5–7, 2–6
Win 7. 9 November 2009 ITF Manila, Philippines Hard Kim Sun-jung Yoo Mi
Han Na-lae
6–4, 4–6, [10–6]
Loss 8. 23 May 2010 ITF Sunchang, South Korea Hard Chang Kyung-mi Kim Kun-hee
Yu Min-hwa
7–6, 4–6, [4–10]
Win 9. 26 November 2012 ITF Bangkok, Thailand Hard Kim Na-ri Napatsakorn Sankaew
Yang Chia-hsien
6–1, 4–6, [10–7]
Loss 10. 3 December 2012 ITF Bangkok, Thailand Hard Kim Na-ri Wang Yafan
Xin Wen
5–7, 5–7
Win 11. 10 June 2013 ITF Gimcheon, South Korea Hard Kim Na-ri Jang Su-jeong
Riko Sawayanagi
6–3, 6–3
Loss 12. 29 May 2014 ITF Changwon, South Korea Hard Kim So-jung Chuang Chia-jung
Junri Namigata
6–7, 0–6
Win 13. 16 June 2014 ITF Gimcheon, South Korea Hard Kim So-jung Choi Ji-hee
Lee Hye-min
6–3, 6–1
Win 14. 23 June 2014 ITF Gimcheon, South Korea Hard Kim So-jung Choi Ji-hee
Makoto Ninomiya
7–5, 2–6, [11–9]