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Jason Jung
American-born taipei professional tennis player

Jason Jung

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American-born taipei professional tennis player
Work field
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Torrance, Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A.
Age
35 years
Stats
Height:
178 cm
Weight:
68 kg
The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Jason Jung (born 15 June 1989) is an American-born professional tennis player who represents Chinese Taipei. He is a Michigan alum who has cracked the Top 200 in the ATP rankings and also won an ATP Challenger event.

Personal life

Jung played college tennis at the University of Michigan, where he majored in political science. As a tennis player, he was the National and Midwest Regional winner of the ITA/Arthur Ashe Award for Leadership & Sportsmanship in 2010, made the All Big Ten team as a junior and senior, and is 4th all-time in Michigan history in career doubles wins.

He blogs about his experiences and his life as a professional tennis player. He was featured in an article by ESPN's Grantland (along with fellow Michigan alum Evan King and up-and-coming players Frances Tiafoe and William Blumberg) that highlighted the struggles and low prize money in playing on the ITF Futures Tour.

Career

Jung's career best result is a Challenger title in the maiden event at Chengdu in China. He defeated veteran Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo in the final and did not drop a set during the tournament.

Tour finals

Singles (4–8)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (1–2)
ITF Futures (3–6)
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.July 21, 2012United States United States F21HardMexico Cesar Ramirez2–6, 7–5, 6–2
Runner-up2.May 19, 2013China China F4HardChina Yan Bai3–6, 2–4 (ret.)
Winner3.August 11, 2013United States United States F22HardBulgaria Dimitar Kutrovsky6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Runner-up4.September 8, 2013Canada Canada F7ClayCanada Peter Polansky1–6, 1–6
Runner-up5.March 23, 2014United States United States F9HardUnited States Marcos Giron4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Runner-up6.November 30, 2014Thailand Thailand F10HardThailand Danai Udomchoke3–6, 4–6
Runner-up7.January 11, 2015United States United States F2ClayUnited States Mitchell Krueger1–6, 2–6
Winner8.April 19, 2015United States United States F13ClayBarbados Darian King6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up9.April 26, 2015Mexico GuadalajaraHardUnited States Rajeev Ram1–6, 2–6
Runner-up10.June 26, 2016Canada Canada F3HardCanada Peter Polansky1–6, 4–6
Winner11.August 7, 2016China ChengduHardSpain Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo6–4, 6–2
Runner-up12.September 12, 2016China ShanghaiHardSwitzerland Henri Laaksonen3–6, 3–6

Doubles

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (1–0)
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.30 January 2016MauiHardUnited States Dennis NovikovAustralia Alex Bolt
Germany Frank Moser
6–3, 4–6, [10–8]

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