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Janet Lee

TPE Age 49 175 cm / 5'9" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 1993–2005

Janet Lee represented Taiwan on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 79. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 31–67 and no singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak singles rank

79 (Apr 6, 1998)

Elo peak

1571 (28th percentile)

Singles record

31–67 (31.6%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$943,370

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Janet Lee's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Tzipora Obziler #156	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 29, 2005*	R32	Guangzhou Open	Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250	Hard
Tina Pisnik #31	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 30, 2003*	R32	Philadelphia	Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500	Hard
Shinobu Asagoe #81	3-6 6-7(2)	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 25, 2003*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Maria Vento-Kabchi #137	6-2 5-7 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 12, 2003*	R32	Birmingham	Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250	Grass
Marlene Weingartner #67	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 11, 2003*	R64	Birmingham	Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250	Grass

Rivals all rivalries →

Janet Lee's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Joannette Kruger	3	3	Oct 4, 2001	H2H
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	3	3	Sep 28, 2001	H2H
Amy Frazier	3	3	Jun 29, 2001	H2H
Amanda Coetzer	3	3	Jul 27, 2000	H2H
Anke Huber	3	3	Mar 21, 1998	H2H

Career Results

Janet Lee career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1993	16	0	1	1	0.0%	547	547
1994	17	1	2	3	33.3%	547	270
1995	18	4	7	11	36.4%	269	169
1996	19	0	2	2	0.0%	164	175
1997	20	3	4	7	42.9%	177	114
1998	21	4	14	18	22.2%	114	86
1999	22	5	10	15	33.3%	86	95
2000	23	5	8	13	38.5%	95	117
2001	24	7	9	16	43.8%	117	111
2002	25	1	6	7	14.3%	111	217
2003	26	1	3	4	25.0%	217	162
2005	28	0	1	1	0.0%	306	694
Career		31	67	98	31.6%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Janet Lee career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1993	16	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1994	17	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1995	18	3	3	6	50.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	4	7	11	36.4%
1996	19	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1997	20	3	3	6	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	4	7	42.9%
1998	21	3	10	13	23.1%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	14	18	22.2%
1999	22	4	5	9	44.4%	0	4	4	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	5	10	15	33.3%
2000	23	5	7	12	41.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	5	8	13	38.5%
2001	24	6	8	14	42.9%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	7	9	16	43.8%
2002	25	1	3	4	25.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	6	7	14.3%
2003	26	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%
2005	28	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	26	46	72	36.1%	1	11	12	8.3%	4	8	12	33.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	31	67	98	31.6%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Janet Lee career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1994	17	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1995	18	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	3	6	9	33.3%
1996	19	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1997	20	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	1	0	1	100.0%	2	4	6	33.3%
1998	21	0	2	2	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	1	9	10	10.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	4	14	18	22.2%
1999	22	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	7	8	12.5%	4	1	5	80.0%	5	10	15	33.3%
2000	23	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	4	8	12	33.3%
2001	24	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	4	1	5	80.0%	7	9	16	43.8%
2002	25	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	0	0	—	—	1	6	7	14.3%
2003	26	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
2005	28	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	10	10	0.0%	1	12	13	7.7%	12	34	46	26.1%	15	9	24	62.5%	28	65	93	30.1%

Opponent ranking data available for 93/98 (94.9%) of Janet Lee's WTA main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Janet Lee performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
2003	26	1/4	5.0	1.0	62.0%	59.1%	33.3%	42.9%	50.0%	49.3%	41.9%
Career		1/98	5.0	1.0	62.0%	59.1%	33.3%	42.9%	50.0%	49.3%	41.9%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 1/98 (1.0%) of Janet Lee's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Janet Lee advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1993	16	1492	98.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-5.00	—	—	—	+0.01
1994	17	1508	115.6	—	—	—	—	+41	—	—	28.6%	-1.57	1–0	—	—	-0.45
1995	18	1519	101.0	—	—	—	—	+57	+14	—	28.6%	-2.14	1–0	3–0 (100%)	—	-0.04
1996	19	1514	120.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	0–1	—	-0.48
1997	20	1526	105.6	—	—	—	—	+53	—	—	37.5%	-1.13	2–0	0–1	—	+0.41
1998	21	1499	121.6	—	—	—	—	+38	—	—	30.0%	-1.10	0–6 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	92.7	-0.18
1999	22	1488	111.5	—	—	—	—	+57	-62	—	38.2%	-0.50	1–3 (25%)	1–1	—	+0.61
2000	23	1515	113.7	—	—	—	—	+33	—	—	43.3%	-0.40	1–3 (25%)	1–2 (33%)	—	+0.35
2001	24	1556	116.3	—	—	—	—	+6	—	—	47.2%	+0.08	3–3 (50%)	0–2	—	+0.01
2002	25	1525	103.5	—	—	—	—	+29	—	—	13.3%	-2.93	1–0	1–1	—	-0.90
2003	26	1512	102.1	-0.98	-0.78	0.826	45.5%	—	—	+13	33.3%	-0.45	0–1	0–1	—	+0.01
2005	28	1496	98.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	—	—	+0.09
Career		1571	119.2	-0.98	-0.78	0.826	45.5%	+36	-24	+13	34.3%	-1.01	10–16 (38%)	7–12 (37%)	93.8	-0.58

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Janet Lee Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1993	16	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1995	18	—	—	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
1996	19	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1997	20	—	R128	—	R64	1–2 (33%)
1998	21	R128	R128	R64	R128	1–4 (20%)
1999	22	R32	R128	R64	R128	3–4 (43%)
2000	23	R128	—	—	R32	2–2 (50%)
2001	24	R128	—	R64	—	1–2 (33%)
2002	25	R128	R128	R128	—	0–3 (0%)
2003	26	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–6 (25%)	0–4 (0%)	3–5 (38%)	4–6 (40%)	9–21 (30%)

WTA 1000

Janet Lee WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	IW	MIA	BER	KEY	W-L Win %
1994	17	—	—	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
1995	18	—	—	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
1998	21	—	—	R64	R64	1–2 (33%)
1999	22	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
2000	23	R64	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
2002	25	—	R64	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–4 (43%)	5–7 (42%)

WTA 500

Janet Lee WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	DLB	SDG	LOS	PHI	STA	SYD	TOY	W-L Win %
1995	18	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1998	21	—	R32	—	—	R32	R16	R32	1–4 (20%)
2000	23	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2001	24	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	0–2 (0%)
2003	26	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	2–9 (18%)

WTA 250

Janet Lee WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	SHA	JAP	BAL	BEL	BIR	GUA	HOP	JAK	KUA	OKL	PAL	PAT	PRA	QUE	STR	TAS	WAI	WAR	W-L Win %
1994	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1995	18	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	1–4 (20%)
1996	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1997	20	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1998	21	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	1–4 (20%)
1999	22	—	QF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	2–5 (29%)
2000	23	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	2–4 (33%)
2001	24	QF	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	6–5 (55%)
2002	25	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
2003	26	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
2005	28	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–3 (40%)	6–5 (55%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	15–30 (33%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Apr 6, 1998

First Top 100

Jan 19, 1998

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Janet Lee ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1993	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	547
1994	17	541	522	345	346	336	330	327	—	277	279	268	270
1995	18	275	263	209	199	199	200	194	195	169	166	165	169
1996	19	147	148	159	164	167	167	168	163	232	230	220	175
1997	20	188	176	163	133	120	108	119	121	114	111	112	114
1998	21	80	87	80	98	92	104	94	89	90	84	86	86
1999	22	127	103	116	106	105	105	110	111	106	106	96	95
2000	23	111	110	105	113	122	121	123	133	112	109	118	117
2001	24	124	125	134	123	116	100	88	88	115	117	112	111
2002	25	111	108	108	102	103	113	142	138	164	197	217	217
2003	26	204	209	242	214	205	209	175	177	170	169	160	162
2004	27	160	159	157	177	179	206	254	258	270	274	303	306
2005	28	341	352	357	396	441	457	766	817	701	684	676	694
2006	29	690	870	876	883	875	871	855	863	—	—	—	—

Data coverage: WTA match coverage from Jeff Sackmann's archive is incomplete before 2000. Career win-loss totals, surface splits, and head-to-head counts for this player's pre-2000 era may understate actual results.

Similar Players

Other WTA players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Janet Lee's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Seda Noorlander	NED	#80	1,528	80	24	56	30.0%	$623,689	1993–2005	Rivalries	Match log
Wynne Prakusya	INA	#74	1,542	62	19	43	30.6%	$549,498	1996–2005	Rivalries	Match log
Giulia Casoni	ITA	#83	1,572	33	10	23	30.3%	$326,934	1995–2004	Rivalries	Match log
Sandra Nacuk	SCG	#81	1,547	40	11	29	27.5%	$305,150	1998–2001	Rivalries	Match log
Lea Ghirardi	FRA	#73	1,549	69	23	46	33.3%	$355,867	1993–1999	Rivalries	Match log
Eva Dyrberg	DEN	#77	1,596	23	8	15	34.8%	$225,828	2000–2003	Rivalries	Match log
Pavlina Nola	NZL	#68	1,611	80	25	55	31.3%	$416,682	1997–2002	Rivalries	Match log
Miroslava Vavrinec	SUI	#76	1,603	61	24	37	39.3%	$260,832	1999–2001	Rivalries	Match log
Holly Parkinson	USA	#85	1,522	28	8	20	28.6%	$186,323	2000–2001	Rivalries	Match log
Romana Tedjakusuma	INA	#82	1,584	27	10	17	37.0%	$156,848	1993–2001	Rivalries	Match log
Lenka Nemeckova	CZE	#72	1,570	73	27	46	37.0%	$533,966	1995–2005	Rivalries	Match log
Nancy Feber	BEL	#79	1,566	72	25	47	34.7%	$315,324	1992–1997	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Janet Lee?: Janet Lee is 49 years old, born on October 22, 1976.
Which country does Janet Lee represent?: Janet Lee represents Taiwan in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Janet Lee?: Janet Lee is 175 cm / 5'9".
Does Janet Lee use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Janet Lee uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Janet Lee left-handed or right-handed?: Janet Lee plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Janet Lee won?: Janet Lee has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Janet Lee won?: TennisDB does not group any of Janet Lee's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Janet Lee's highest WTA ranking?: Janet Lee's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 79, first achieved on April 6, 1998.
What is Janet Lee's career win-loss record?: Janet Lee has a career WTA singles record of 31 wins and 67 losses (31.6%).
How much career prize money has Janet Lee earned?: Janet Lee has earned at least $943,370 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Janet Lee's career appear in TennisDB?: Janet Lee appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1993 through 2005.
On which surface does Janet Lee have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Janet Lee's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 36.1% (26–46).
Who has Janet Lee faced most often?: Janet Lee's most frequent opponent is Joannette Kruger, with a head-to-head record of 0–3 across 3 meetings.