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Ye-Ra Lee

KOR Age 38 Plays: Left-Handed WTA Tour years active: 2006–2013

Ye-Ra Lee represented South Korea on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 178. In TennisDB's records, Ye-Ra Lee finished with a career record of 1–6 and no singles titles.

Peak ranking

178 (Sep 22, 2008)

Elo peak

1500 (5th percentile)

Career record

1–6 (14.3%)

Career titles

Prize money

$138,070

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 →

Ye-Ra Lee's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova #32	4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 20, 2013*	R16	Korea Open	WTA 250	Hard
Daria Saville #140	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 19, 2013*	R32	Korea Open	WTA 250	Hard
Kimiko Date #155	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 24, 2009*	R32	Korea Open	WTA 250	Hard
Anastasia Pivovarova #164	7-6(5) 3-6 3-5 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 25, 2008*	R32	Korea Open	WTA 250	Hard
Tamira Paszek	0-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 18, 2008*	R32	Guangzhou Open	WTA 250	Hard

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Ye-Ra Lee's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	0	1	1	Sep 20, 2013	H2H
Daria Saville	1	0	1	Sep 19, 2013	H2H
Kimiko Date	0	1	1	Sep 24, 2009	H2H
Anastasia Pivovarova	0	1	1	Sep 25, 2008	H2H
Tamira Paszek	0	1	1	Sep 18, 2008	H2H

Career Results

Ye-Ra Lee career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
2006	18	0	1	1	0.0%	354	413
2007	19	0	1	1	0.0%	413	217
2008	20	0	2	2	0.0%	217	210
2009	21	0	1	1	0.0%	210	591
2013	25	1	1	2	50.0%	679	351
Career		1	6	7	14.3%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Ye-Ra Lee career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2006	18	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2007	19	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2008	20	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
2009	21	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2013	25	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
Career	—	1	6	7	14.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	6	7	14.3%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Ye-Ra 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 %
2006	18	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2007	19	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2008	20	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
2009	21	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
2013	25	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
Career		0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	1	5	6	16.7%

Opponent ranking data available for 6/7 (85.7%) of Ye-Ra Lee's WTA main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Ye-Ra 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%
2007	19	1/1	1.0	3.0	55.6%	60.0%	35.7%	64.3%	33.3%	49.2%	35.4%
2008	20	2/2	0.0	2.5	70.9%	51.2%	40.8%	25.0%	38.1%	48.2%	39.3%
2009	21	1/1	0.0	1.0	56.1%	59.4%	52.0%	57.1%	20.0%	56.1%	35.4%
2013	25	2/2	1.5	1.5	66.9%	62.7%	32.4%	39.3%	46.7%	52.6%	46.9%
Career		6/7	0.7	2.0	64.6%	57.8%	39.0%	41.7%	37.1%	51.2%	40.5%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 6/7 (85.7%) of Ye-Ra Lee's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Ye-Ra 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
2006	18	1490	99.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-3.00	0–1	—	—	-0.09
2007	19	1486	101.7	+1.10	+2.74	0.697	43.2%	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	-0.27
2008	20	1463	101.4	-1.09	-3.21	0.759	43.7%	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.00	—	—	—	+0.02
2009	21	1460	107.4	-0.20	-2.42	0.807	45.1%	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	—	—	-0.24
2013	25	1473	105.4	-1.21	-0.08	0.989	50.4%	—	—	—	50.0%	0.00	—	—	—	-0.03
Career		1500	106.7	-0.62	-1.04	0.830	46.1%	—	—	—	23.1%	-2.23	0–1	—	—	-8.71

Tournament Results by Category

WTA 250

Ye-Ra Lee WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	KOR	GUA	W-L Win %
2006	18	R32	—	0–1 (0%)
2007	19	R32	—	0–1 (0%)
2008	20	R32	R32	0–2 (0%)
2009	21	R32	—	0–1 (0%)
2013	25	R16	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		1–5 (17%)	0–1 (0%)	1–6 (14%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

178

Career-high date

Sep 22, 2008

First Top 100

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First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Ye-Ra Lee ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2004	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	1003	1014	1038	899	607	577
2005	17	578	332	332	331	332	334	331	322	317	334	353	354
2006	18	309	469	429	406	397	383	378	373	378	369	414	413
2007	19	456	411	417	375	326	305	304	288	273	249	239	217
2008	20	206	212	205	207	199	202	195	192	190	192	190	210
2009	21	209	226	234	252	321	296	365	407	568	543	587	591
2010	22	592	506	510	457	326	306	310	292	247	265	274	278
2011	23	277	290	285	269	336	326	340	379	466	465	462	462
2012	24	458	455	480	643	670	1028	846	830	828	814	808	679
2013	25	607	602	611	605	592	464	447	447	347	347	331	351
2014	26	364	362	353	357	322	398	368	362	486	466	512	501
2015	27	499	494	491	491	535	430	518	535	485	512	524	525
2016	28	523	521	529	525	568	829	827	830	828	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Ye-Ra Lee's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Melanie Klaffner	AUT	175	1,500	9	1	8	11.1%	2007–2013	Match log
Pemra Ozgen	TUR	182	1,500	10	1	9	10.0%	2005–2022	Match log
Eva Hrdinova	CZE	168	1,500	7	1	6	14.3%	2005–2010	Match log
Chia-Jung Chuang	TPE	177	1,514	8	2	6	25.0%	2004–2017	Match log
Lauren Albanese	USA	158	1,517	8	1	7	12.5%	2006–2016	Match log
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn	THA	149	1,500	23	3	20	13.0%	2007–2012	Match log
Suchanun Viratprasert	THA	172	1,500	8	1	7	12.5%	2002–2010	Match log
Irena Pavlovic	FRA	138	1,500	7	1	6	14.3%	2009–2013	Match log
Sacha Jones	AUS	150	1,501	11	2	9	18.2%	2008–2013	Match log
Yifan Xu	CHN	148	1,500	15	2	13	13.3%	2007–2016	Match log
Ling Zhang	HKG	184	1,500	12	2	10	16.7%	2009–2018	Match log
Maria Fernanda Alves	BRA	132	1,500	8	1	7	12.5%	2002–2016	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Ye-Ra Lee?: Ye-Ra Lee is 38 years old, born on September 14, 1987.
Which country does Ye-Ra Lee represent?: Ye-Ra Lee represents South Korea in TennisDB's WTA records.
Is Ye-Ra Lee left-handed or right-handed?: Ye-Ra Lee plays left-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Ye-Ra Lee won?: Ye-Ra Lee has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Ye-Ra Lee won?: TennisDB does not group any of Ye-Ra Lee's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Ye-Ra Lee's highest WTA ranking?: Ye-Ra Lee's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 178, first achieved on September 22, 2008.
What is Ye-Ra Lee's career win-loss record?: Ye-Ra Lee has a career WTA singles record of 1 wins and 6 losses (14.3%).
How much career prize money has Ye-Ra Lee earned?: Ye-Ra Lee has earned at least $138,070 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Ye-Ra Lee's career appear in TennisDB?: Ye-Ra Lee appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 2006 through 2013.
Who has Ye-Ra Lee faced most often?: Ye-Ra Lee's most frequent opponent is Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, with a head-to-head record of 0–1 across 1 meeting.