Back Da-yeon
South Korean tennis player (born 2002)
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Back Da-yeon (born 24 January 2002) is a Korean tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 295 by the WTA, achieved on 31 March 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 278, reached on 5 January 2026. She has won 9 Singles titles and 11 Doubles titles. [1]
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| Born | 24 January 2002 | ||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Prize money | $125,000 | ||||||||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||||||||
| Career record | 202–96 | ||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 9 ITF | ||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 295 (31 March 2025) | ||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 312 (23 February 2026) | ||||||||||||||
| Doubles | |||||||||||||||
| Career record | 114–77 | ||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 11 ITF | ||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 278 (5 January 2026) | ||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 302 (23 February 2026) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated on: 1 December 2025. | |||||||||||||||
Career
Back made her WTA Tour debut at the 2022 Korea Open, after qualifying for the singles main draw. She lost in the first round to fellow South Korean player Han Na-lae.[2]
She was a winner of the Heart Award in the 2023 Billie Jean King Cup.[3]
Ranked No. 569 at the 2023 Korea Open where she received a wildcard, she upset second seed Jelena Ostapenko in a deciding tie-break having fought back from match point down earlier in the third set.[4][5][6] before losing in the next round to Kimberly Birrell.[7]
Given a wildcard for the newly upgraded WTA 500 2024 Korea Open, she was unable to repeat her success of the previous year, going out in the first round in straight sets to qualifier Carol Zhao.[8]
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 16 (9 titles, 7 runner–ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2019 | ITF Yeongwol, South Korea | W15 | Hard | 7–5, 3–6, 2–6 | |
| Win | 1–1 | Sep 2022 | ITF Yeongwol, South Korea | W15 | Hard | 7–6(2), 3–0 ret. | |
| Loss | 1–2 | Jul 2023 | ITF Nakhon, Thailand | W15 | Hard | 4–6, 4–6 | |
| Win | 2–2 | Aug 2023 | ITF Sapporo, Japan | W15 | Hard | 6–2, 6–0 | |
| Win | 3–2 | Sep 2023 | ITF Yeongwol, South Korea | W15 | Hard | 6–3, 6–0 | |
| Loss | 3–3 | Sep 2023 | ITF Yeongwol, South Korea | W15 | Hard | 2–6, 1–6 | |
| Loss | 3–4 | May 2024 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard | 4–6, 3–6 | |
| Win | 4–4 | May 2024 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard | 6–3, 6–0 | |
| Win | 5–4 | Jun 2024 | ITF Daegu, South Korea | W35 | Hard | 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 | |
| Win | 6–4 | Sep 2024 | ITF Yeongwol, South Korea | W15 | Hard | 6–2, 6–1 | |
| Win | 7–4 | Sep 2024 | ITF Yeongwol, South Korea | W15 | Hard | 6–1, 6–2 | |
| Loss | 7–5 | Mar 2025 | ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand | W35 | Hard | 3–6, 4–6 | |
| Loss | 7–6 | Mar 2025 | ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand | W15 | Hard | 6–7((3), 3–6 | |
| Win | 8–6 | May 2025 | ITF Daegu, South Korea | W15 | Hard | 5–6 ret. | |
| Win | 9–6 | Jul 2025 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W35 | Hard | 6–7(4), 6–2, 7–6(7) | |
| Loss | 9–7 | Oct 2025 | ITF Makinohara, Japan | W35 | Carpet | 1–6, 2–6 |
Doubles: 21 (11 titles, 10 runner–ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Oct 2021 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay | 7–6(5), 6–1 | ||
| Loss | 1–1 | Nov 2021 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay | 6–2, 2–6, [6–10] | ||
| Win | 2–1 | Nov 2021 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay | 7–5, 6–3 | ||
| Loss | 2–2 | Jul 2022 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard | 4–6, 1–6 | ||
| Win | 3–2 | Sep 2022 | ITF Yeongwol, South Korea | W15 | Hard | 7–5, 3–6, [13–11] | ||
| Loss | 3–3 | Sep 2022 | ITF Yeongwol, South Korea | W15 | Hard | 4–6, 6–3, [10–12] | ||
| Loss | 3–4 | Mar 2023 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | W15 | Hard | 4–6, 5–7 | ||
| Loss | 3–5 | Aug 2023 | ITF Sapporo, Japan | W15 | Hard | 3–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 3–6 | Aug 2023 | ITF Sapporo, Japan | W15 | Hard | 3–6, 3–6 | ||
| Loss | 3–7 | Sep 2023 | ITF Yeongwol, South Korea | W15 | Hard | 2–6, 3–6 | ||
| Win | 4–7 | May 2024 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 4–8 | Jul 2024 | ITF Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan | W15 | Hard | 6–7(4), 2–6 | ||
| Win | 5–8 | Aug 2024 | ITF Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan | W15 | Hard | 6–3, 6–1 | ||
| Win | 6–8 | Sep 2024 | ITF Yeongwol, South Korea | W15 | Hard | 6–1, 6–1 | ||
| Win | 7–8 | Feb 2025 | ITF Timaru, New Zealand | W35 | Hard | 7–5, 6–3 | ||
| Win | 8–8 | May 2025 | ITF Andong, South Korea | W35 | Hard | 3–6, 6–2, [10–4] | ||
| Win | 9–8 | May 2025 | ITF Daegu, South Korea | W15 | Hard | 6–1, 6–1 | ||
| Win | 10–8 | Jul 2025 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W35 | Hard | 6–3, 6–3 | ||
| Loss | 10–9 | Jul 2025 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W35 | Hard | 6–3, 3–6, [8–10] | ||
| Loss | 10–10 | Nov 2025 | ITF Playford, Australia | W75 | Hard | 2–6, 0–6 | ||
| Win | 11–10 | Feb 2026 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W35 | Hard | 6–3, 6–2 |
Top 5 highest rank wins
| # | Tournament | Category | Start date | Surface | Rd | Opponent | Rank | Score | PSR |
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| 1 | Korea Open, South Korea | WTA 250 | 9 October 2023 | Hard | 1R | No. 13 | 3–6, 6–1, 7–6(4) | No. 569 | |
| 2 | Korea Open, South Korea | WTA 250 | 19 September 2022 | Hard | Q1 | No. 218 | 7–5, 1–6, 6–1 | No. 679 | |
| 3 | Incheon Open, South Korea | ITF W100 | 2 September 2024 | Hard | 1R | No. 223 | 6–4, 6–3 | No. 344 | |
| 4 | Gold Coast Tennis International, Australia | ITF W60 | 27 November 2023 | Hard | 1R | No. 234 | 6–3, 6–3 | No. 480 | |
| 5 | Korea Open, South Korea | WTA 250 | 19 September 2022 | Hard | Q2 | No. 274 | 6–2, 6–3 | No. 679 |
- statistics correct as of 1 December 2025[update].