Choi Ji-hee

Choi Ji-hee
Hangul	최지희
Revised Romanization	Choe Jihui
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'oe Chihŭi

Choi Ji-hee
최지희
Country (sports)	South Korea
Residence	Seoul, South Korea
Born	10 February 1995 (age 29); Seoul
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)
Current ranking	No. 1,120 (9 December 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	4–6
	Last updated on: 9 December 2024.

Choi Ji-hee (Korean: 최지희; born 10 February 1995) is a professional South Korean tennis player.

Choi has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour with one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, as well as three singles and 22 doubles titles at tournaments of the ITF Circuit.

Playing for South Korea Fed Cup team, Choi has a win–loss record of 4–6.

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)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (1–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

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)

Legend
$10/15,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (3–6)

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)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (22–12)

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]