Jason Jung


Jason Jung is an American-born professional tennis player who represents Taiwan. He is a University of Michigan alumnus who has cracked the Top 150 in the ATP rankings and also won four ATP Challenger events.

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.
He blogs about his experiences and his life as a professional tennis player. He was featured in an article by ESPN's Grantland that highlighted the struggles and low prize money in playing on the ITF Futures Tour.

Career

Jung's reached his first quarterfinal at the 2018 Dell Technologies 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.
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.

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 18 (7–11)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0USA F21, GodfreyFuturesHard Cesar Ramirez2–6, 7–5, 6–2
Loss1–1China F4, FuzhouFuturesHard Bai Yan3–6, 2–4 ret.
Win2–1USA F22, EdwardsvilleFuturesHard Dimitar Kutrovsky6–2, 7–6
Loss2–2Canada F7, TorontoFuturesClay Peter Polansky1–6, 1–6
Loss2–3USA F9, CalabasasFuturesHard Marcos Giron4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss2–4Thailand F10, BangkokFuturesHard Danai Udomchoke3–6, 4–6
Loss2–5USA F2, Los AngelesFuturesHard Mitchell Krueger1–6, 2–6
Win3–5USA F13, Little RockFuturesHard Darian King6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Loss3–62015 Jalisco Open – Singles|Guadalajara, MexicoChallengerHard Rajeev Ram1–6, 2–6
Loss3–7Canada F3, RichmondFuturesHard Peter Polansky1–6, 4–6
Win4–72016 Chengdu Challenger – Singles|Chengdu, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo6–4, 6–2
Loss4–82016 Shanghai Challenger – Singles|Shanghai, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Henri Laaksonen3–6, 3–6
Win5–82017 International Challenger Zhangjiagang – Singles|Zhangjiagang, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Zhang Ze6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Win6–82018 Kunal Patel San Francisco Open – Singles|San Francisco, USAChallengerHard Dominik Koepfer6–4, 2–6, 7–6
Loss6–92018 Nielsen Pro Tennis Championships – Singles|Winnetka, USAChallengerHard Evgeny Karlovskiy3–6, 2–6
Loss6–102018 International Challenger Zhangjiagang – Singles|Zhangjiagang, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Yasutaka Uchiyama2–6, 2–6
Win7–102019 Gwangju Open – Singles|Gwangju, Korea, Rep.ChallengerHard Dudi Sela6–4, 6–2
Loss7–112019 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open – Men's Singles|Vancouver, CanadaChallengerHard Ricardas Berankis3–6, 7–5, 4–6

Doubles: 11 (9–2)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Canada F5, MississaugaFuturesHard Evan King Kamil Pajkowski
Milan Pokrajac		6–4, 6–2
Win2–0USA F31, NicevilleFuturesClay Ryan Thacher Artem Sitak
Andrei Vasilevski		7–5, 6–2
Win3–0Hong Kong F1, Hong KongFuturesHard Ryan Thacher Victor Baluda
Evgeny Karlovskiy		6–1, 6–1
Win4–0Korea F1, SeoulFuturesHard Daniel Nguyen Chung Hong
Noh Sang-woo		7–5, 6–1
Win5–0Canada F8, TorontoFuturesHard Evan King Milan Pokrajac
Peter Polansky		7–5, 6–2
Win6–0USA F2, SunriseFuturesClay Evan King William Blumberg
Francis Tiafoe		6–7, 6–4,
Loss6–1USA F3, WestonFuturesClay Evan King Markus Eriksson
Milos Sekulic		7–6, 6–7,
Loss6–2Tianjin, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Evan King Robin Kern
Josselin Ouanna		7–6, 5–7,
Win7–22016 Tennis Championships of Maui – Men's Doubles|Maui, USAChallengerHard Dennis Novikov Alex Bolt
Frank Moser		6–3, 4–6,
Win8–22016 KPN Renewables Bangkok Open – Doubles|Bangkok, ThailandChallengerHard Chen Ti Dean O'Brien
Ruan Roelofse		6–4, 3–6,
Win9–2Canada F4, KelownaFuturesHard John Paul Fruttero Jarryd Chaplin
Ben McLachlan		6–4, 7–6