Lee Ye-ra

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Lee Ye-ra
이예라
Country (sports) South Korea
ResidenceKangwon-do, South Korea
Born (1987-09-14) September 14, 1987 (age 37)
Gangwon-do, South Korea
Turned pro2004
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$138,070
Singles
Career record252–138
Career titles10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 178 (22 September 2008)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2008)
WimbledonQ1 (2008)
US OpenQ2 (2008)
Doubles
Career record99–75
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 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

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$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

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

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

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

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