Jason Jung Explained

Jason Jung should not be confused with Jace Jung.

Jason Jung (Chinese: c=莊吉生|p=Zhuāng Jíshēng|poj=Chng Kit-seng; ; born 15 June 1989) is an American-Taiwanese professional tennis player representing team Chinese Taipei. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 114 achieved on 30 July 2018 and has won four ATP Challenger titles.Jung has attended the University of Michigan.

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.^[1]

He blogs about his experiences and his life as a professional tennis player.^[2] He was featured in an article by ESPN's Grantland (along with fellow Michigan alum Evan King and up-and-coming players Frances Tiafoe and William Blumberg) that highlighted the struggles and low prize money in playing on the ITF Futures Tour.^[3]

Career

Jung's reached his first quarterfinal at the 2018 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.^[4]

His career-best result is a semifinal berth at the 2020 New York Open, where he defeated former champion and former world No. 5 Kevin Anderson in the first round,^[5] followed by seventh seed Cameron Norrie in the second, before upsetting defending champion and third seed Reilly Opelka in the quarterfinals. He was eliminated in the semifinals by Italian veteran Andreas Seppi in straight sets.^[6]

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals

Singles: 19 (8–11)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0		USA F21, Godfrey	Futures	Hard	César Ramírez	2–6, 7–5, 6–2
Loss	1–1		China F4, Fuzhou	Futures	Hard	Bai Yan	3–6, 2–4 ret.
Win	2–1		USA F22, Edwardsville	Futures	Hard	Dimitar Kutrovsky	6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	2–2		Canada F7, Toronto	Futures	Clay	Peter Polansky	1–6, 1–6
Loss	2–3		USA F9, Calabasas	Futures	Hard	Marcos Giron	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	2–4		Thailand F10, Bangkok	Futures	Hard	Danai Udomchoke	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2–5		USA F2, Los Angeles	Futures	Hard	Mitchell Krueger	1–6, 2–6
Win	3–5		USA F13, Little Rock	Futures	Hard	Darian King	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	3–6		Guadalajara, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Rajeev Ram	1–6, 2–6
Loss	3–7		Canada F3, Richmond	Futures	Hard	Peter Polansky	1–6, 4–6
Win	4–7		Chengdu, China, P.R.	Challenger	Hard	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	6–4, 6–2
Loss	4–8		Shanghai, China, P.R.	Challenger	Hard	Henri Laaksonen	3–6, 3–6
Win	5–8		Zhangjiagang, China, P.R.	Challenger	Hard	Zhang Ze	6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Win	6–8		San Francisco, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Dominik Koepfer	6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	6–9		Winnetka, USA	Challenger	Hard	Evgeny Karlovskiy	3–6, 2–6
Loss	6–10		Zhangjiagang, China, P.R.	Challenger	Hard	Yasutaka Uchiyama	2–6, 2–6
Win	7–10		Gwangju, Korea, Rep.	Challenger	Hard	Dudi Sela	6–4, 6–2
Loss	7–11		Vancouver, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Ričardas Berankis	3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Win	8–11		M25 Jakarta, Indonesia	World Tour	Hard	Dominik Palán	6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 12 (9–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0		Canada F5, Mississauga	Futures	Hard	Evan King	Kamil Pajkowski Milan Pokrajac	6–4, 6–2
Win	2–0		USA F31, Niceville	Futures	Clay	Ryan Thacher	Artem Sitak Andrei Vasilevski	7–5, 6–2
Win	3–0		Hong Kong F1, Hong Kong	Futures	Hard	Ryan Thacher	Victor Baluda Evgeny Karlovskiy	6–1, 6–1
Win	4–0		Korea F1, Seoul	Futures	Hard	Daniel Nguyen	Chung Hong Noh Sang-woo	7–5, 6–1
Win	5–0		Canada F8, Toronto	Futures	Hard	Evan King	Milan Pokrajac Peter Polansky	7–5, 6–2
Win	6–0		USA F2, Sunrise	Futures	Clay	Evan King	William Blumberg Frances Tiafoe	6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–6]
Loss	6–1		USA F3, Weston	Futures	Clay	Evan King	Markus Eriksson Milos Sekulic	7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), [15–17]
Loss	6–2		bgcolor=moccasin	Tianjin, China, P.R.	bgcolor=moccasin	Challenger	Hard	Evan King	Robin Kern Josselin Ouanna	7–6(7–3), 5–7, [8–10]
Win	7–2		Maui, USA	Challenger	Hard	Dennis Novikov	Alex Bolt Frank Moser	6–3, 4–6, [10–8]
Win	8–2		Bangkok, Thailand	Challenger	Hard	Chen Ti	Dean O'Brien Ruan Roelofse	6–4, 3–6, [10–8]
Win	9–2		Canada F4, Kelowna	Futures	Hard	John Paul Fruttero	Jarryd Chaplin Ben McLachlan	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	9–3		Las Vegas, USA	Challenger	Hard	Evan King	William Blumberg Max Schnur	5–7, 7–6(7–5), [5–10]

Performance timeline

Singles

Notes and References

1. Web site: Men's Tennis: Jason Jung. University of Michigan. 10 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170622182245/http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/m-tennis/mtt/jason_jung_453006.html. 22 June 2017. dead.
2. Web site: Jason Jung. Jason Jung Tennis. 10 August 2016.
3. Web site: Wachter . Paul . The Futures Is Bleak . Grantland . 2014-02-05 . 2025-11-08.
4. News: Big Things Brewing for Smyczek in Newport. The Sun Chronicle. Jul 19, 2018. PETER . GOBIS.
5. Web site: Kevin Anderson ousted by qualifier Jason Jung at New York Open. 11 February 2020. 30 October 2024. ESPN.
6. News: Taiwan's Jason Jung falls in semi-final in New York. 17 February 2024. 30 October 2024. The Taipei Times.