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| Residence | Torrance, California, U.S. |
| Birth date | 15 June 1989 (age 37) |
| Birth place | Torrance, California, U.S. |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Turnedpro | 2011 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| College | Michigan |
| Careerprizemoney | $ 1,168,101 |
| Singlestitles | 0 |
| Highestsinglesranking | No. 114 (30 July 2018) |
| Currentsinglesranking | No. 1,038 (10 November 2025) |
| Australianopenresult | Q2 (2019, 2020) |
| Frenchopenresult | 1R (2020) |
| Wimbledonresult | 1R (2018) |
| Usopenresult | 1R (2020) |
| Doublestitles | 0 |
| Highestdoublesranking | No. 185 (26 September 2016) |
| Currentdoublesranking | No. 371 (3 November 2025) |
| Updated | 13 November 2025 |
Jason Jung (born June 15, 1989) is a professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 114 achieved on July 30, 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. Jung made the All Big Ten team as a junior and senior is the fourth all-time in Michigan history in career doubles wins.[1]
Jung makes blogs about his experiences and his life as a professional tennis player.[2] He was featured in an article by ESPN subsidiary Grantland – together with fellow Michigan alum Evan King as well as then-upcoming players Frances Tiafoe and William Blumberg) – that displayed the struggles and low prize money in playing on the ITF Futures Tour.[3]
Career
Jung 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 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. Jung was eliminated in the semifinals by Italian veteran Andreas Seppi in straight sets.[6]
ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals
Singles: 20 (8–12)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Jul 2012 | USA F21, Godfrey | Futures | Hard | César Ramírez | 2–6, 7–5, 6–2 |
| Loss | 1–1 | May 2013 | China F4, Fuzhou | Futures | Hard | Bai Yan | 3–6, 2–4 ret. |
| Win | 2–1 | Aug 2013 | USA F22, Edwardsville | Futures | Hard | Dimitar Kutrovsky | 6–2, 7–6(7–5) |
| Loss | 2–2 | Sep 2013 | Canada F7, Toronto | Futures | Clay | Peter Polansky | 1–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Mar 2014 | USA F9, Calabasas | Futures | Hard | Marcos Giron | 4–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–4 | Nov 2014 | Thailand F10, Bangkok | Futures | Hard | Danai Udomchoke | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–5 | Jan 2015 | USA F2, Los Angeles | Futures | Hard | Mitchell Krueger | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 3–5 | Apr 2015 | USA F13, Little Rock | Futures | Hard | Darian King | 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3–6 | Apr 2015 | Guadalajara, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | Rajeev Ram | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 3–7 | Jun 2016 | Canada F3, Richmond | Futures | Hard | Peter Polansky | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 4–7 | Aug 2016 | Chengdu, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 4–8 | Sep 2016 | Shanghai, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | Henri Laaksonen | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 5–8 | Sep 2017 | Zhangjiagang, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | Zhang Ze | 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 6–8 | Feb 2018 | San Francisco, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) | Dominik Koepfer | 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–5) |
| Loss | 6–9 | Jul 2018 | Winnetka, USA | Challenger | Hard | Evgeny Karlovskiy | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 6–10 | Sep 2018 | Zhangjiagang, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | Yasutaka Uchiyama | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 7–10 | May 2019 | Gwangju, Korea, Rep. | Challenger | Hard | Dudi Sela | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 7–11 | Aug 2019 | Vancouver, Canada | Challenger | Hard | Ričardas Berankis | 3–6, 7–5, 4–6 |
| Win | 8–11 | Jun 2023 | M25 Jakarta, Indonesia | World Tour | Hard | Dominik Palán | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 8–12 | Aug 2023 | Zhuhai, China | Challenger | Hard | Arthur Weber | 3–6, 7–5, 3–6 |
Doubles: 15 (11–4)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
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| Win | 1–0 | Aug 2012 | Canada F5, Mississauga | Futures | Hard | Evan King | Kamil Pajkowski Milan Pokrajac | 6–4, 6–2 | |
| Win | 2–0 | Nov 2012 | USA F31, Niceville | Futures | Clay | Ryan Thacher | Artem Sitak Andrei Vasilevski | 7–5, 6–2 | |
| Win | 3–0 | Dec 2012 | Hong Kong F1, Hong Kong | Futures | Hard | Ryan Thacher | Victor Baluda Evgeny Karlovskiy | 6–1, 6–1 | |
| Win | 4–0 | May 2013 | Korea F1, Seoul | Futures | Hard | Daniel Nguyen | Chung Hong Noh Sang-woo | 7–5, 6–1 | |
| Win | 5–0 | Sep 2013 | Canada F8, Toronto | Futures | Hard | Evan King | Milan Pokrajac Peter Polansky | 7–5, 6–2 | |
| Win | 6–0 | Jan 2014 | USA F2, Sunrise | Futures | Clay | Evan King | William Blumberg Frances Tiafoe | 6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–6] | |
| Loss | 6–1 | Jan 2014 | USA F3, Weston | Futures | Clay | Evan King | Markus Eriksson Milos Sekulic | 7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), [15–17] | |
| Loss | 6–2 | Jun 2014 | Tianjin, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard | Evan King | Robin Kern Josselin Ouanna | 7–6(7–3), 5–7, [8–10] | |
| Win | 7–2 | Jan 2016 | Maui, USA | Challenger | Hard | Dennis Novikov | Alex Bolt Frank Moser | 6–3, 4–6, [10–8] | |
| Win | 8–2 | May 2016 | Bangkok, Thailand | Challenger | Hard | Chen Ti | Dean O'Brien Ruan Roelofse | 6–4, 3–6, [10–8] | |
| Win | 9–2 | Jul 2016 | Canada F4, Kelowna | Futures | Hard | John Paul Fruttero | Jarryd Chaplin Ben McLachlan | 6–4, 7–6(7–4) | |
| Loss | 9–3 | Oct 2021 | Las Vegas, USA | Challenger | Hard | Evan King | William Blumberg Max Schnur | 5–7, 7–6(7–5), [5–10] | |
| Loss | 9–4 | Sep 2025 | Shanghai, China | Challenger | Hard | Reese Stalder | Pruchya Isaro Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha | 4–6, 7–6(7–2), [8–10] | 6–3, 4–6, [10–8] |
| Win | 10–4 | Mar 2026 | M15 Hinode, Japan | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Kaito Uesugi | Shinji Hazawa Masamichi Imamura | 5–7, 7–5, [10–7] | |
| Win | 11–4 | Apr 2026 | Wuning, China | Challenger | Hard | Kaito Uesugi | Keegan Smith Zheng Baoluo | 6–7(3–7), 6–3, [10–6]. |
Performance timeline
Singles
| Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | Q1 | Q2 | Q2 | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
| French Open | A | Q2 | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | 1R | Q1 | Q2 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||
| Wimbledon | A | Q1 | A | Q1 | 1R | Q1 | NH | Q3 | Q3 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||
| US Open | A | Q1 | A | A | A | Q2 | 1R | Q2 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |||
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | ||
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | Q1 | Q2 | A | A | Q1 | NH | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | NH | Q2 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Canadian Open | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Shanghai Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | 0% |
| Year-end ranking | 800 | $1,152,926 | |||||||||||
References
- ^ "Men's Tennis: Jason Jung". University of Michigan. Archived from the original on June 22, 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ "Jason Jung". Jason Jung Tennis. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ Wachter, Paul (February 5, 2014). "The Futures Is Bleak". Grantland. Retrieved November 8, 2025.
- ^ Gobis, Peter (July 19, 2018). "Big Things Brewing for Smyczek in Newport". The Sun Chronicle. Triboro Massachusetts News Media.
- ^ "Kevin Anderson ousted by qualifier Jason Jung at New York Open". ESPN. February 11, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
- ^ "Taiwan's Jason Jung falls in semi-final in New York". Taipei Times. The Liberty Times Group. February 17, 2024. Retrieved October 30, 2024.