Jason Jung (; ; born 15 June 1989) is an American-born professional tennis player who represents

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. He is a

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alumnus who has cracked the Top 150 in the ATP rankings and also won four

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events.

Personal life

Jung played college tennis at the

, 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

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(along with fellow Michigan alum

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and up-and-coming players

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and

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) that highlighted the struggles and low prize money in playing on the

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Tour.

Career

Jung's reached his first quarterfinal at the 2018 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport, Rhode Island. He defeated veteran

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in the second round, but his run was ended by

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, who outlasted Jung 6–1, 5–7, 6–4 in a nearly two-hour, 185-point quarterfinal match.Peter Gobis
"Big Things Brewing for Smyczek in Newport"
''The Sun Chronicle'', Jul 19, 2018] 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

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in the second before upsetting defending champion and 3rd seed

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in the quarterfinals. He was eliminated in the semifinals by Italian veteran

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in straight sets.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 19 (8–11)

Doubles: 12 (9–3)

Performance timeline

Singles

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jung, Jason 1989 births Living people Taiwanese male tennis players American male tennis players American sportspeople of Taiwanese descent Sportspeople from Torrance, California University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts alumni Michigan Wolverines men's tennis players Universiade medalists in tennis Tennis players at the 2018 Asian Games FISU World University Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei Tennis people from California Asian Games competitors for Chinese Taipei Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade