Country (sports) |
Taiwan United States |
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Residence | Rancho Palos Verdes, California, United States |
Born |
Lafayette, Indiana, United States |
October 22, 1976
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Turned pro | January 5, 1995 |
Retired | 2006 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$ 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 | 20 (February 17, 2003) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (2005) |
French Open | 2R (1998, 2001) |
Wimbledon | 3R (2002) |
US Open | QF (2004) |
Janet Lee (Chinese: 李慧芝, born October 22, 1976) is a Taiwanese-American retired professional tennis player. She won three doubles titles during her career on the WTA Tour. She competed in all four Grand Slam tournaments in both singles and doubles. Her highest singles ranking was 79 and her highest doubles ranking was 20.
Since retiring, she has been an assistant coach for the California State University, Fullerton(CSUF) women's tennis team. 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.
Her father is Shun-Yi Lee, a physicist, and her mother is Vanni Lee, a DP coordinator. Lee started playing tennis at age five. She graduated from high school in 1994 and decided to postpone college to pursue a professional tennis career.
Lee competed in Women's Doubles Tennis for Taiwan at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney with partner Weng Tzu-ting. They lost in the first round.
Playing women's doubles in the US Open with Peng Shuai of China, Lee reached the quarterfinals where they lost to Barbara Schett and Patty Schnyder, 6–2, 7–5. retired 2006.