Jason Jung

Jason Jung (Chinese: 莊吉生; pinyin: Zhuāng Jíshēng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chng Kit-seng; Taiwanese Mandarin: [tswáŋ tɕǐ sə́ŋ]; born 15 June 1989) is an American-born Taiwanese professional tennis player who represents the team Chinese Taipei. He is a University of Michigan alumnus who has reached the Top 125 in the ATP rankings and has also won four ATP Challenger events.

Jason Jung
Jung at the 2022 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux
Country (sports) United States (2003–2015)
 Taiwan (2015–present)
ResidenceTorrance, California, United States
Born (1989-06-15) 15 June 1989
Torrance, California, United States
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro2011
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeMichigan
CoachOliver Messerli
Prize money$1,110,492
Singles
Career record12–25 (32.4%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 114 (30 July 2018)
Current rankingNo. 276 (31 July 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2019, 2020)
French Open1R (2020)
Wimbledon1R (2018)
US Open1R (2020)
Doubles
Career record1–2 (33.3%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 185 (26 September 2016)
Current rankingNo. 678 (31 July 2023)
Medal record
Men's tennis
Representing  Chinese Taipei
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2022 HangzhouDoubles
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2017 TaipeiSingles
Gold medal – first place 2017 TaipeiTeam
Last updated on: 19 September 2022.

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.[1]

He blogs about his experiences and his life as a professional tennis player.[2] 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.[3]

Career

Jung's reached his first quarterfinal at the 2018 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport, Rhode Island. He defeated veteran Nicolas Mahut in the second round, but his run was ended by Tim Smyczek, who outlasted Jung 6–1, 5–7, 6–4 in a nearly two-hour, 185-point quarterfinal match.[4]

His career-best result is a semifinal berth at the 2020 New York Open, where he defeated former world number 5 Kevin Anderson in the first round, followed by 7th seed Cameron Norrie in the second before upsetting defending champion and 3rd seed Reilly Opelka in the quarterfinals. He was eliminated in the semifinals by Italian veteran Andreas Seppi in straight sets.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 19 (8–11)
Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (4–5)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (4–6)
Titles by surface
Hard (8–10)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2012 USA F21, Godfrey Futures Hard Mexico Cesar Ramirez 2–6, 7–5, 6–2
Loss 1–1 May 2013 China F4, Fuzhou Futures Hard China Bai Yan 3–6, 2–4 ret.
Win 2–1 Aug 2013 USA F22, Edwardsville Futures Hard Bulgaria Dimitar Kutrovsky 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 2–2 Sep 2013 Canada F7, Toronto Futures Clay Canada Peter Polansky 1–6, 1–6
Loss 2–3 Mar 2014 USA F9, Calabasas Futures Hard United States Marcos Giron 4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss 2–4 Nov 2014 Thailand F10, Bangkok Futures Hard Thailand Danai Udomchoke 3–6, 4–6
Loss 2–5 Jan 2015 USA F2, Los Angeles Futures Hard United States Mitchell Krueger 1–6, 2–6
Win 3–5 Apr 2015 USA F13, Little Rock Futures Hard Barbados Darian King 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Loss 3–6 Apr 2015 Guadalajara, Mexico Challenger Hard United States Rajeev Ram 1–6, 2–6
Loss 3–7 Jun 2016 Canada F3, Richmond Futures Hard Canada Peter Polansky 1–6, 4–6
Win 4–7 Aug 2016 Chengdu, China, P.R. Challenger Hard Spain Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo 6–4, 6–2
Loss 4–8 Sep 2016 Shanghai, China, P.R. Challenger Hard Switzerland Henri Laaksonen 3–6, 3–6
Win 5–8 Sep 2017 Zhangjiagang, China, P.R. Challenger Hard China Zhang Ze 6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Win 6–8 Feb 2018 San Francisco, USA Challenger Hard (i) Germany Dominik Koepfer 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 6–9 Jul 2018 Winnetka, USA Challenger Hard Russia Evgeny Karlovskiy 3–6, 2–6
Loss 6–10 Sep 2018 Zhangjiagang, China, P.R. Challenger Hard Japan Yasutaka Uchiyama 2–6, 2–6
Win 7–10 May 2019 Gwangju, Korea, Rep. Challenger Hard Israel Dudi Sela 6–4, 6–2
Loss 7–11 Aug 2019 Vancouver, Canada Challenger Hard Lithuania Ricardas Berankis 3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Win 8–11 Jun 2023 M25 Jakarta, Indonesia World Tour Hard Czech Republic Dominik Palán 6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 12 (9–3)
Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (2–2)
ITF Futures Tour (7–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (7–2)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2012 Canada F5, Mississauga Futures Hard United States Evan King Canada Kamil Pajkowski
Canada Milan Pokrajac		 6–4, 6–2
Win 2–0 Nov 2012 USA F31, Niceville Futures Clay United States Ryan Thacher New Zealand Artem Sitak
Belarus Andrei Vasilevski		 7–5, 6–2
Win 3–0 Dec 2012 Hong Kong F1, Hong Kong Futures Hard United States Ryan Thacher Russia Victor Baluda
Russia Evgeny Karlovskiy		 6–1, 6–1
Win 4–0 May 2013 Korea F1, Seoul Futures Hard United States Daniel Nguyen South Korea Chung Hong
South Korea Noh Sang-woo		 7–5, 6–1
Win 5–0 Sep 2013 Canada F8, Toronto Futures Hard United States Evan King Canada Milan Pokrajac
Canada Peter Polansky		 7–5, 6–2
Win 6–0 Jan 2014 USA F2, Sunrise Futures Clay United States Evan King United States William Blumberg
United States Francis Tiafoe		 6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–6]
Loss 6–1 Jan 2014 USA F3, Weston Futures Clay United States Evan King Sweden Markus Eriksson
Sweden Milos Sekulic		 7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), [15–17]
Loss 6–2 Jun 2014 Tianjin, China, P.R. Challenger Hard United States Evan King Germany Robin Kern
France Josselin Ouanna		 7–6(7–3), 5–7, [8–10]
Win 7–2 Jan 2016 Maui, USA Challenger Hard United States Dennis Novikov Australia Alex Bolt
Germany Frank Moser		 6–3, 4–6, [10–8]
Win 8–2 May 2016 Bangkok, Thailand Challenger Hard Chinese Taipei Chen Ti South Africa Dean O'Brien
South Africa Ruan Roelofse		 6–4, 3–6, [10–8]
Win 9–2 Jul 2016 Canada F4, Kelowna Futures Hard United States John Paul Fruttero Australia Jarryd Chaplin
New Zealand Ben McLachlan		 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 9–3 Oct 2021 Las Vegas, USA Challenger Hard United States Evan King United States William Blumberg
United States Max Schnur		 5-7, 7-6(7-5), [5-10]

Performance timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles
Tournament20142015201620172018201920202021 20222023SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A Q1 Q2 Q2 A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A Q2 A Q1 Q1 A 1R Q1 Q2 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon A Q1 A Q1 1R Q1 NH Q3 Q3 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A Q1 A A A Q2 1R Q2 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 0 / 3 0–3 0%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A Q1 Q2 A A Q1 NH Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0 –
Miami Open A A A A A Q1 NH Q2 A A 0 / 0 0–0 –
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A A A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0 –
Madrid Open A A A A A A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0 –
Italian Open A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0 –
Canadian Open Q1 A A A A A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0 –
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0 –
Shanghai Masters A A A A A A NH Q1 0 / 0 0–0 –
Paris Masters A A A A A A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0 –
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0 0%

References
  1. "Men's Tennis: Jason Jung". University of Michigan. Archived from the original on 22 June 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  2. "Jason Jung". Jason Jung Tennis. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  3. "The Futures is Bleak". Grantland. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  4. Peter Gobis, "Big Things Brewing for Smyczek in Newport" The Sun Chronicle, Jul 19, 2018]
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