Yang Zi-jun also known as Jessica Yang (born February 8, 1990 in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

) is a Hongkonger tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 player. A member of the Hong Kong Fed Cup team

Hong Kong Fed Cup team

The Hong Kong Fed Cup team represents Hong Kong in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Hong Kong Tennis Association. They currently compete in the Asia/Oceania Zone Group II.-Current team:*Ka-Po Tong*Po-Kuen Lam*Ling Zhang*Wing-Yau Chan...

, she is currently ranked No. 24 in the world in juniors and has a career-high ranking of No. 22.

Junior

She has reached the latter stages of many junior tournaments; she won the 2007 Girls Under 18 Toyota Open in Bangkok, Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

, beating Khunpak Issara 6-3 6-0.

In the 2008 Wimbledon Girls Singles

2008 Wimbledon Championships - Girls' Singles

Urszula Radwańska was the defending champion, but did not compete in the Juniors that year.Laura Robson won in the final 6–3, 3–6, 6–1, against Noppawan Lertcheewakarn.-Seeds:# Melanie Oudin # Arantxa Rus ...

, where she just missed out on being seeded, she beat Anna Orlik

Anna Orlik

Anna Orlik is a Belarussian tennis player. On October 26, 2009, she achieved her career-high WTA Event singles ranking of No. 585. On March 1, 2010, she claimed her highest doubles rank of No. 387.-Career Summary:...

 of Belarus

Belarus

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, 6-2, 6-1. Her run was halted in the second round where she was beaten by World Junior No. 3 Arantxa Rus

Arantxa Rus

Arantxa Rus is a Dutch female tennis player. In 2008 she won the Australian Open for juniors, defeating Jessica Moore from Australia. Because of this win she went from 35th to 2nd place on the junior tennis list, but soon she became new junior No.1 player...

 6-3, 6-0.

Pro

Her best performance in a professional

Professional

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 tournament is reaching the second round of various tournaments; the Bangkok

Bangkok

Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...

 tournament in 2006, where she lost to Thassha Vitayaviroj; at another tournament in Bangkok in 2006, as a qualifier, she lost to Lee Jin-A

Lee Jin-a

Lee Jin-a is a professional Korean tennis player playing in the ITF Women's Circuit. On June 21, 2010 she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 178. She is coached by Ryo Young-Sil. She started playing tennis at the age of 11...

; in Jakarta

Jakarta

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 in 2006 where she lost to Lavinia Tananta

Lavinia Tananta

Lavinia Tananta is an Indonesian professional tennis player. She made her debut as a professional in May 2003, aged 15, at an ITF tournament in Jakarta....

, and the 2008 tournament in Bulungan

Bulungan

Bulungan Regency is a regency of East Kalimantan in Indonesia....

 where she lost in the 2nd round to second seed Liang Chen. All the tournaments are $10,000 tier tournaments, the lowest tier tournaments in the WTA Tour.