Back Da-yeon (born 24 January 2002) is a Korean tennis player.

Back Da-yeon
Country (sports) South Korea
Born (2002-01-24) 24 January 2002 (age 22)
Prize money$40,329
Singles
Career record96–47 (67.1%)
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 453 (29 January 2024)
Current rankingNo. 475 (4 March 2024)
Doubles
Career record47–37 (56.0%)
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 563 (17 October 2022)
Current rankingNo. 744 (4 March 2024)
Medal record
Women's tennis
Representing  South Korea
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Doubles
Last updated on: 4 March 2024.

Back has a career-high singles ranking of 453 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), achieved on 29 January 2024. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 563, reached on 17 October 2022.[1]

Career edit

Back made her WTA Tour debut at the 2022 Korea Open, after qualifying for the singles main draw.

She is a winner of the Heart Award in the 2023 Billie Jean King Cup.[2]

Ranked No. 569, at the 2023 Korea Open where she received a wildcard, she upset second seed Jelena Ostapenko.[3]

ITF Circuit finals edit

Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner–ups) edit

Legend
W15 tournaments (3–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–3)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2019 ITF Yeongwol, South Korea W15 Hard   Choi Ji-hee 7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Sep 2022 ITF Yeongwol, South Korea W15 Hard   Kim Da-bin 7–6(2), 3–0 ret.
Loss 1–2 Jul 2023 ITF Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand W15 Hard   Lanlana Tararudee 4–6, 4–6
Win 2–2 Aug 2023 ITF Sapporo, Japan W15 Hard   Miho Kuramochi 6–2, 6–0
Win 3–2 Sep 2023 ITF Yeongwol, South Korea W15 Hard   Dasha Ivanova 6–3, 6–0
Loss 3–3 Sep 2023 ITF Yeongwol, South Korea W15 Hard   Kim Da-bin 2–6, 1–6

Doubles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner–ups) edit

Legend
W15 tournaments (3–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–5)
Clay (2–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay   Tian Fangran   Doğa Türkmen
  Melis Ayda Uyar
7–6(5), 6–1
Loss 1–1 Nov 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay   Tian Fangran   Ksenia Laskutova
  Aleksandra Pospelova
6–2, 2–6, [6–10]
Win 2–1 Nov 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay   Tian Fangran   Anna Chekanskaya
  Zoziya Kardava
7–5, 6–3
Loss 2–2 Jul 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Jeong Bo-young   Priska Madelyn Nugroho
  Wei Sijia
4–6, 1–6
Win 3–2 Sep 2022 ITF Yeongwol, South Korea W15 Hard   Lee Eun-hye   Junri Namigata
  Riko Sawayanagi
7–5, 3–6, [13–11]
Loss 3–3 Sep 2022 ITF Yeongwol, South Korea W15 Hard   Lee Eun-hye   Kim Da-bin
  Lee So-ra
4–6, 6–3, [10–12]
Loss 3–4 Mar 2023 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W15 Hard   Jeong Bo-young   Polina Iatcenko
  Sandra Samir
4–6, 5–7
Loss 3–5 Aug 2023 ITF Sapporo, Japan W15 Hard   Jeong Bo-young   Nana Kawagishi
  Kisa Yoshioka
3–6, 3–6
Loss 3–6 Sep 2023 ITF Yeongwol, South Korea W15 Hard   Jeong Bo-young   Kim Da-bin
  Kim Na-ri
2–6, 3–6

References edit

  1. ^ "Dayeon Back | Player Stats & More – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association.
  2. ^ "Fernandez, Back, Peterson and Riera named Heart Award winners". Billie Jean King Cup. May 23, 2023. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Back upsets Ostapenko, Jang knocks out Kenin in Seoul". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2023-11-23.

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