Lee Ye-ra

Lee Ye-ra
이예라

Country (sports)	South Korea
Residence	Kangwon-do, South Korea
Born	(1987-09-14) September 14, 1987 (age 36) Gangwon-do, South Korea
Turned pro	2004
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$138,070
Singles
Career record	252–138 (64.6%)
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 178 (22 September 2008)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2008)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2008)
US Open	Q2 (2008)
Doubles
Career record	99–75 (56.9%)
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 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

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

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

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

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

External links

• Lee Ye-ra at the Women's Tennis Association
• Lee Ye-ra at the International Tennis Federation
• Lee Ye-ra at the Billie Jean King Cup

This page was last edited on 17 September 2023, at 15:07