Choi Ji-hee
South Korean tennis player (born 1995)
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Choi Ji-hee (Korean: 최지희; born 10 February 1995) is an inactive professional South Korean tennis player. Choi has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, one doubles WTA 125 title, as well as three singles and 22 doubles titles at tournaments of the ITF Circuit.
Country(sports)
South Korea
South KoreaResidenceSeoul, South Korea
Born10 February 1995
Seoul
RetiredSeptember 2024 (last match played)
| Country (sports) | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Residence | Seoul, South Korea |
| Born | 10 February 1995 Seoul |
| Retired | September 2024 (last match played) |
| Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $125,531 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 198–196 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 3 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 339 (6 June 2016) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 255–176 |
| Career titles | 1 WTA, 1 WTA 125 |
| Highest ranking | No. 111 (15 July 2019) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | 4–6 |
| Last updated on: 30 September 2025. | |
Playing for South Korea Fed Cup team, Choi has a win–loss record of 4–6.
Career
Partnering Han Na-lae, she won the doubles title at the 2018 Korea Open, defeating Hsieh Shu-ying and Hsieh Su-wei in the final.[1] The pair repeated the feat at the 2021 Korea Open, this time overcoming Valentini Grammatikopoulou and Réka Luca Jani in the championship match.[2]
WTA Tour finals
Doubles: 1 (title)
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| Result | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | Sep 2018 | Korea Open | International[a] | Hard | Han Na-lae |
 Hsieh Shu-ying Hsieh Su-wei |
6–3, 6–2 |
WTA Challenger finals
Doubles: 1 (title)
| Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | Dec 2021 | Korea Open, South Korea | Hard (i) | Han Na-lae |
 Valentini Grammatikopoulou  Réka Luca Jani |
6–4, 6–4 |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner–ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2014 | ITF Gimcheon, South Korea | W10 | Hard | Lee Ye-ra |
2–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Jun 2014 | ITF Gimcheon, South Korea | W10 | Hard | Lee Ye-ra |
1–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 1–2 | Aug 2014 | ITF Yeongwol, South Korea | W10 | Hard |  Zhang Yuxuan |
6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Jun 2016 | ITF Sangju, South Korea | W10 | Hard |  Hanna Chang |
2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 1–4 | Jul 2016 | ITF Gimcheon, South Korea | W10 | Hard | Wang Yan |
4–6, 6–7(1) |
| Loss | 1–5 | Jun 2017 | ITF Sangju, South Korea | W15 | Hard | Jeong Su-nam |
2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 1–6 | Jun 2017 | ITF Gimcheon, South Korea | W15 | Hard | Jeong Su-nam |
3–6, 6–3, 2–6 |
| Win | 2–6 | Oct 2017 | ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand | W15 | Hard |  Lulu Sun |
6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–6 | Sep 2019 | ITF Yeongwol, South Korea | W15 | Hard | Back Da-yeon |
5–7, 6–3, 6–2 |
Doubles: 41 (26 titles, 15 runner–ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Dec 2012 | ITF Jakarta, Indonesia | W10 | Hard |  Akari Inoue |
Yuka Higuchi Juan Ting-fei |
6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–0 | Dec 2013 | ITF Hong Kong | W10 | Hard | Akari Inoue |
Kang Seo-kyung Hong Seung-yeon |
4–6, 6–1, [10–7] |
| Loss | 2–1 | Mar 2014 | ITF Nishitama, Japan | W10 | Hard | Akari Inoue |
Junri Namigata Akiko Yonemura |
2–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Jun 2014 | ITF Gimcheon, South Korea | W10 | Hard | Lee Hye-min |
Lee Ye-ra Kim So-jung |
3–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Jun 2014 | ITF Gimcheon, Korea | W10 | Hard | Makoto Ninomiya |
Lee Ye-ra Kim So-jung |
5–7, 6–2, [9–11] |
| Win | 3–3 | Jun 2014 | ITF Gimcheon, Korea | W10 | Hard | Makoto Ninomiya |
Han Na-lae Yoo Mi |
6–3, 7–6(6) |
| Win | 4–3 | Sep 2014 | ITF Yeongwol, South Korea | W10 | Hard | Lee So-ra |
Liang Chen Liu Chang |
6–2, 7–5 |
| Win | 5–3 | Dec 2014 | ITF Hong Kong | W10 | Hard | Kim Na-ri |
Nozomi Fujioka Mami Hasegawa |
6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 6–3 | Mar 2015 | ITF Jiangmen, China | W10 | Hard | Kim Na-ri |
Lee Pei-chi Li Yihong |
4–6, 6–2, [11–9] |
| Loss | 6–4 | Jun 2015 | ITF Incheon, Korea | W25 | Hard | Kim Na-ri |
Miyu Kato Kotomi Takahata |
6–4, 3–6, [7–10] |
| Win | 7–4 | Jun 2015 | ITF Gwangju, Korea | W10 | Hard | Kim Na-ri |
Hong Seung-yeon Kim Ju-eun |
6–1, 1–6, [10–5] |
| Win | 8–4 | Jul 2015 | ITF Hong Kong | W15 | Hard | Lee So-ra |
 Eudice Chong Katherine Ip |
6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 9–4 | Jul 2015 | ITF Hong Kong | W15 | Hard | Lee So-ra |
Gai Ao Sheng Yuqi |
6–1, 6–1 |
| Win | 10–4 | Aug 2015 | ITF Gimcheon, Korea | W10 | Hard | Kim Na-ri |
Jung So-hee Park Sang-hee |
6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 11–4 | Sep 2015 | ITF Bangkok, Thailand | W15 | Hard |  Peangtarn Plipuech |
Hsu Ching-wen  Emma Laine |
7–5, 6–3 |
| Loss | 11–5 | Dec 2015 | ITF Bangkok, Thailand | W25 | Hard | Peangtarn Plipuech |
 Irina Khromacheva Valeria Solovyeva |
3–6, 6–4, [5–10] |
| Win | 12–5 | Dec 2016 | ITF Navi Mumbai, India | W25 | Hard | Kim Na-ri |
 Sviatlana Pirazhenka Anastasia Pribylova |
7–5, 6–1 |
| Loss | 12–6 | May 2017 | ITF Changwon, South Korea | W25 | Hard | Kim Na-ri |
Hong Seung-yeon Kang Seo-kyung |
4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 12–7 | May 2017 | ITF Incheon, South Korea | W25 | Hard | Kim Na-ri |
Desirae Krawczyk  Giuliana Olmos |
3–6, 6–2, [8–10] |
| Win | 13–7 | Jun 2017 | ITF Sangju, South Korea | W15 | Hard | Kang Seo-kyung |
Kim Da-bin Lee So-ra |
7–6(3), 6–3 |
| Win | 14–7 | Jun 2017 | ITF Gimcheon, Korea | W15 | Hard | Kang Seo-kyung |
Kim Da-bin Lee So-ra |
6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 15–7 | Aug 2017 | ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand | W25 | Hard | Chan Chin-wei |
Varatchaya Wongteanchai Varunya Wongteanchai |
2–6, 6–1, [13–11] |
| Loss | 15–8 | Sep 2017 | ITF Yeongwol, South Korea | W15 | Hard | Kang Seo-kyung |
Kim Na-ri Lee Pei-chi |
2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 16–8 | Mar 2018 | ITF Toyota, Japan | W25 | Hard | Kim Na-ri |
Rika Fujiwara Dalma Gálfi |
6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 17–8 | Apr 2018 | ITF Osaka, Japan | W25 | Hard | Nicha Lertpitaksinchai |
Akiko Omae Peangtarn Plipuech |
6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 17–9 | Nov 2018 | Shenzhen Longhua Open, China | W100 | Hard | Luksika Kumkhum |
Shuko Aoyama Yang Zhaoxuan |
2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 18–9 | Mar 2019 | Yokohama Challenger, Japan | W25 | Hard | Han Na-lae |
 Rutuja Bhosale Akiko Omae |
6–1, 7–5 |
| Win | 19–9 | Apr 2019 | ITF Osaka, Japan | W25 | Hard | Han Na-lae |
Hsu Ching-wen Wang Xiyu |
6–4, 5–7, [10–8] |
| Loss | 19–10 | May 2019 | ITF Changwon, South Korea | W25 | Hard | Lee Ya-hsuan |
Hsu Chieh-yu  Chanel Simmonds |
3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 20–10 | Jun 2019 | ITF Incheon, Korea | W25 | Hard | Han Na-lae |
Kanako Morisaki Minori Yonehara |
6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 20–11 | Jun 2019 | ITF Deagu, Korea | W25 | Hard | Han Na-lae |
Hsieh Yu-chieh Lee Pei-chi |
3–6, 6–7(5) |
| Win | 21–11 | Nov 2019 | ITF Tokyo Open, Japan | W100 | Hard | Han Na-lae |
Haruka Kaji Junri Namigata |
6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 22–11 | Sep 2021 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard | Jeong Yeong-won |
 Elena Milovanović  Noelia Zeballos |
6–4, 3–6, [10–5] |
| Win | 23–11 | Jun 2022 | ITF Changwon, South Korea | W25 | Hard | Han Na-lae |
Lee Ya-hsuan Wu Fang-hsien |
6–3, 4–6, [15–13] |
| Win | 24–11 | Jun 2022 | ITF Incheon, South Korea | W25 | Hard | Han Na-lae |
Lee Ya-hsuan Wu Fang-hsien |
5–7, 6–4, [10–6] |
| Loss | 24–12 | Jul 2022 | ITF Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan | W25 | Hard | Han Na-lae |
Momoko Kobori Ankita Raina |
2–6, 6–3, [8–10] |
| Loss | 24–13 | Sep 2022 | ITF Leiria, Portugal | W25 | Hard | Natalija Stevanović |
 Francisca Jorge Matilde Jorge |
4–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 24–14 | Apr 2023 | ITF Jakarta, Indonesia | W25 | Hard | Park So-hyun |
Guo Hanyu Cody Wong |
2–6, 6–7(6) |
| Loss | 24–15 | Apr 2023 | ITF Osaka, Japan | W15 | Hard | Lee Ya-hsuan |
Aoi Ito Mio Mushika |
4–6, 7–6(6), [6–10] |
| Win | 25–15 | May 2023 | ITF Incheon, South Korea | W25 | Hard | Ku Yeon-woo |
Li Yu-yun Tang Qianhui |
6–1, 6–1 |
| Win | 26–15 | Jul 2024 | ITF Sapporo, Japan | W15 | Hard | Shiho Akita |
Ayumi Miyamoto Anri Nagata |
7–6(5), 6–7(5), [10–8] |
Notes
- The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
