Han Na-lae

In this Korean name, the family name is Han.
Han Na-lae
한나래
Han at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports) South Korea
ResidenceIncheon, South Korea
Born (1992-07-06) 6 July 1992
Incheon
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Turned pro2011
Retired2024
PlaysLeft (two-handed both sides)
Prize moneyUS$ 672,435
Singles
Career record356–262
Career titles13 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 149 (17 June 2019)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2020)
French OpenQ1 (2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
WimbledonQ1 (2017, 2021, 2022, 2023)
US Open1R (2023)
Doubles
Career record276–148
Career titles1 WTA, 2 WTA Challengers
Highest rankingNo. 95 (7 November 2022)
Team competitions
Fed Cup22–21
Han Na-lae
Hangul
한나래
RRHan Narae
MRHan Narae

Han Na-lae (Korean: 한나래; born 6 July 1992) is a South Korean former professional tennis player. Han has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 149, achieved June 2019, and a doubles ranking of No. 95, set on 7 November 2022. Han won one doubles title on the WTA Tour and two doubles titles on the Challenger Tour, along with 13 singles titles and 28 doubles titles (nine alongside Yoo Mi and four with Jang Su-jeong, both fellow Korean players) on the ITF Circuit. A left-hander, she hits both forehand and backhand with two hands.

Career

Han made her WTA Tour main-draw singles debut at the 2014 Korea Open.

She made her Grand Slam tournament main-draw debut at the 2020 Australian Open having received a wildcard,[1] but lost in the first round to Tamara Zidanšek.[2]

At the 2017 Korea Open, Han defeated top 50 player Kristýna Plíšková as one of her biggest victories.[3]

Partnering Choi Ji-hee, she won the doubles title at the 2018 Korea Open, defeating Hsieh Shu-ying and Hsieh Su-wei in the final.[4] The pair repeated the feat at the 2021 Korea Open, this time overcoming Valentini Grammatikopoulou and Réka Luca Jani in the championship match.[5]

Partnering Jang Su-jeong, Han won the doubles title at the 2023 WTA 125 Veneto Open, defeating Weronika Falkowska and Katarzyna Piter in the final.[6]

Ranked No. 241 at the 2023 US Open, she qualified for the main draw making her second appearance at a major,[7] losing to ninth seed Markéta Vondroušová in the first round.[8]

Han announced in May 2024 that she would retire at the end of the season.[9] She made her final appearance at the Korean National Sports Festival.[10]

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss record.

Singles

Current through the 2023 US Open.

Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A Q1 A Q1 1R Q2 A Q2 0 / 1 0–1
French Open A A A Q1 A Q1 A Q1 Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A A A Q1 A A NH Q1 Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0
US Open A Q1 Q2 Q1 A Q2 A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0 / 2 0–2
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup[a] Z1 Z1 Z1 Z1 Z1 Z1 Z1[b] Z1 0 / 0 14–10
WTA 1000
Canadian Open A A A A A A NH A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 Career total: 12
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Overall win–loss 1–2 2–2 3–3 1–3 1–3 2–2 3–3 0–1 4–1 1–2 0 / 12 18–22
Year–end ranking[c] 273 276 179 256 216 179 204 273 176 $662,782

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

Legend
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Result    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win Sep 2018 Korea Open, South Korea International[d] Hard South Korea Choi Ji-hee Chinese Taipei Hsieh Shu-ying
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei 		6–3, 6–2

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Dec 2021 Korea Open, South Korea Hard (i) South Korea Choi Ji-hee Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Hungary Réka Luca Jani 		6–4, 6–4
Win 2–0 Jun 2023 Veneto Open, Italy Grass South Korea Jang Su-jeong Poland Weronika Falkowska
Poland Katarzyna Piter 		6–3, 3–6, [10–6]

ITF Circuit titles

Singles: 25 (13 titles, 12 runner–ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (0–1)
$25,000 tournaments (11–8)
$10/15,000 tournaments (2–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (13–12)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2011 ITF Hyderabad, India 10,000 Hard Israel Keren Shlomo 1–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Aug 2011 ITF Taipei, Taiwan 10,000 Hard Japan Emi Mutaguchi 6–3, ret.
Loss 1–2 May 2013 ITF Seoul, South Korea 15,000 Hard China Zhou Yimiao 2–6, 1–6
Win 2–2 Oct 2013 ITF Seoul, South Korea 25,000 Hard South Korea Kim Da-hye 6–4, 6–4
Loss 2–3 Jun 2014 ITF Gimcheon, South Korea 10,000 Hard South Korea Lee So-ra 7–6(7–2), 2–6, 6–4
Win 3–3 Mar 2015 ITF Port Pirie, Australia 15,000 Hard South Korea Jang Su-jeong 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win 4–3 Dec 2015 ITF Bangkok, Thailand 25,000 Hard Japan Risa Ozaki 6–2, 6–4
Win 5–3 May 2016 ITF Goyang, South Korea 25,000 Hard United Kingdom Harriet Dart 6–3, 6–2
Loss 5–4 May 2016 Incheon Open, South Korea 25,000 Hard South Korea Jeong Su-nam 4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win 6–4 Jun 2016 ITF Yuxi, China 25,000 Hard China Lu Jiaxi 5–7, 6–1, 6–3
Loss 6–5 Mar 2017 Kōfu International Open, Japan 25,000 Hard Japan Mayo Hibi 7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Win 7–5 May 2017 Incheon Open, South Korea 25,000 Hard Thailand Luksika Kumkhum 7–6(7–2), 7–5
Loss 7–6 May 2018 Incheon Open, South Korea 25,000 Hard Chinese Taipei Liang En-shuo 2–6, 6–0, 5–7
Win 8–6 Jun 2018 ITF Daegu, South Korea 25,000 Hard Japan Misaki Doi 5–2 ret.
Loss 8–7 Oct 2018 Liuzhou Open, China 60,000 Hard China Wang Yafan 4–6, 2–6
Loss 8–8 Jan 2019 ITF Singapore 25,000 Hard China Zhu Lin 2–6, 3–6
Win 9–8 Apr 2019 ITF Osaka, Japan 25,000 Hard China Wang Xiyu 7–5, 3–6, 6–3
Win 10–8 May 2019 Incheon Open, South Korea 25,000 Hard Russia Anastasia Gasanova 6–3, 6–0
Win 11–8 Jun 2019 ITF Daegu, South Korea 25,000 Hard Japan Haruna Arakawa 6–1, 6–2
Win 12–8 Jan 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 25,000 Hard Canada Katherine Sebov 6–3, 6–2
Loss 12–9 Jan 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 25,000 Hard Uzbekistan Nigina Abduraimova 3–6, 6–4, 6–7(7–9)
Loss 12–10 Jun 2022 ITF Changwon, South Korea 25,000 Hard Japan Kurumi Nara 3–6, 1–6
Win 13–10 Nov 2022 Yokohama Challenger, Japan 25,000 Hard Japan Miyu Kato 7–5, 6–0
Loss 13–11 Apr 2023 Kōfu International Open, Japan 25,000 Hard South Korea Jang Su-jeong 6–2, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 13–12 Apr 2023 ITF Osaka, Japan 25,000 Hard Australia Maddison Inglis 3–6, 6–7(2–7)

Doubles: 49 (28 titles, 21 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–1)
$80,000 tournaments (1–0)
$60,000 tournaments (1–3)
$40,000 tournaments (0–1)
$25,000 tournaments (18–11)
$10/15,000 tournaments (7–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (25–21)
Clay (3–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2009 ITF Manila, Philippines 10,000 Hard South Korea Yoo Mi South Korea Kim Sun-jung
South Korea Lee Ye-ra 		4–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Win 1–1 Nov 2009 ITF Manila, Philippines 10,000 Hard South Korea Yoo Mi Philippines Czarina Arevalo
Germany Katharina Lehnert 		6–0, 6–3
Win 2–1 May 2011 ITF Hyderabad, India 10,000 Hard South Korea Lee So-ra India Sowjanya Bavisetti
India Natasha Palha 		6–3, 6–2
Loss 2–2 Sep 2012 ITF Yeongwol, South Korea 10,000 Hard South Korea Jang Su-jeong South Korea Kim Sun-jung
South Korea Yu Min-hwa 		3–6, 5–7
Win 3–2 Feb 2013 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay South Korea Lee Jin-a Spain Eva Fernández Brugués
Bulgaria Isabella Shinikova 		6–3, 6–3
Loss 3–3 Mar 2013 ITF Kōfu, Japan 10,000 Hard China Yang Zi Japan Akari Inoue
Japan Hiroko Kuwata 		6–3, 5–7, [7–10]
Win 4–3 Mar 2013 ITF Nishitama, Japan 10,000 Hard South Korea Kang Seo-kyung Japan Makoto Ninomiya
Japan Eri Hozumi 		6–4, 6–7(4), [10–6]
Loss 4–4 May 2013 ITF Goyang, Korea 25,000 Hard South Korea Yoo Mi Japan Nao Hibino
Japan Akiko Omae 		4–6, 4–6
Win 5–4 Jun 2013 ITF Gimcheon, South Korea 10,000 Hard South Korea Yoo Mi South Korea Kim Yun-hee
South Korea Yoo Jin 		6–3, 6–3
Win 6–4 Nov 2013 ITF Seoul, South Korea 25,000 Hard South Korea Yoo Mi South Korea Kim Sun-jung
South Korea Yu Min-hwa 		2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win 7–4 Mar 2014 ITF Shenzhen, China 10,000 Hard South Korea Yoo Mi Russia Natela Dzalamidze
Russia Polina Leykina 		6–1, 6–1
Loss 7–5 May 2014 ITF Seoul, South Korea 15,000 Hard South Korea Yoo Mi China Liu Chang
China Tian Ran 		4–6, 7–6(5), [6–10]
Win 8–5 May 2014 Incheon Open, South Korea 25,000 Hard South Korea Yoo Mi Thailand Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
Turkey Melis Sezer 		6–1, 6–1
Loss 8–6 Jul 2014 ITF Gimcheon, Korea 10,000 Hard South Korea Yoo Mi South Korea Choi Ji-hee
Japan Makoto Ninomiya 		3–6, 6–7(6)
Win 9–6 Jul 2014 ITF Phuket, Thailand 25,000 Hard (i) South Korea Yoo Mi Japan Akari Inoue
Chinese Taipei Lee Ya-hsuan 		6–4, 6–3
Loss 9–7 Jul 2014 ITF Phuket, Thailand 25,000 Hard (i) South Korea Yoo Mi Thailand Nicha Lertpitaksinchai
Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech 		3–6, 7–6(5), [9–11]
Loss 9–8 Apr 2015 ITF Shenzhen, China 25,000 Hard South Korea Jang Su-jeong Thailand Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
China Lu Jiajing 		4–6, 5–7
Win 10–8 May 2015 ITF Changwon, South Korea 25,000 Hard South Korea Yoo Mi Japan Mana Ayukawa
Japan Makoto Ninomiya 		6–3, 6–1
Win 11–8 Jun 2015 ITF Goyang, South Korea 25,000 Hard South Korea Yoo Mi China Liu Chang
China Lu Jiajing 		6–1, 7–5
Win 12–8 Jul 2015 ITF Zhengzhou, China 25,000 Hard South Korea Jang Su-jeong China Liu Chang
Hong Kong Zhang Ling 		6–3, 6–0
Loss 12–9 Feb 2016 ITF Perth, Australia 25,000 Hard South Korea Jang Su-jeong Australia Tammi Patterson
Poland Katarzyna Piter 		6–4, 2–6, [3–10]
Win 13–9 Apr 2016 ITF Changwon, South Korea 25,000 Hard South Korea Yoo Mi China Lu Jiajing
Belgium Elise Mertens 		4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Win 14–9 Apr 2017 Kōfu International Open, Japan 25,000 Hard Thailand Luksika Kumkhum Japan Erina Hayashi
Japan Robu Kajitani 		6–3, 6–0
Loss 14–10 Apr 2017 ITF Kashiwa, Japan 25,000 Hard Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech South Korea Jang Su-jeong
Chinese Taipei Lee Ya-hsuan 		3–6, 6–3, [4–10]
Loss 14–11 Apr 2018 ITF Kashiwa, Japan 25,000 Hard Japan Robu Kajitani Japan Kyōka Okamura
Japan Ayaka Okuno 		2–6, 2–6
Win 15–11 May 2018 ITF Goyang, South Korea 25,000 Hard South Korea Lee So-ra Norway Ulrikke Eikeri
Japan Akiko Omae 		6–2, 5–7, [10–2]
Win 16–11 May 2018 Incheon Open, South Korea 25,000 Hard South Korea Kim Na-ri Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-chen
Chinese Taipei Hsu Ching-wen 		5–0 ret.
Loss 16–12 Jun 2018 ITF Singapore 25,000 Hard South Korea Lee So-ra Japan Haruka Kaji
Japan Akiko Omae 		5–7, 2–6
Win 17–12 Mar 2019 Yokohama Challenger, Japan 25,000 Hard South Korea Choi Ji-hee India Rutuja Bhosale
Japan Akiko Omae 		6–1, 7–5
Win 18–12 Apr 2019 ITF Osaka, Japan 25,000 Hard South Korea Choi Ji-hee Chinese Taipei Hsu Ching-wen
China Wang Xiyu 		6–4, 5–7, [10–8]
Win 19–12 Jun 2019 Incheon Open, Korea 25,000 Hard South Korea Choi Ji-hee Japan Kanako Morisaki
Japan Minori Yonehara 		6–3, 6–3
Loss 19–13 Jun 2019 ITF Deagu, Korea 25,000 Hard South Korea Choi Ji-hee Chinese Taipei Hsieh Yu-chieh
Chinese Taipei Lee Pei-chi 		3–6, 6–7(5)
Win 20–13 Nov 2019 Tokyo Open, Japan 100,000 Hard South Korea Choi Ji-hee Japan Haruka Kaji
Japan Junri Namigata 		6–3, 6–3
Win 21–13 Mar 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay South Korea Lee So-ra United States Jessie Aney
South Korea Park So-hyun 		4–6, 7–5, [10–4]
Loss 21–14 Jun 2021 ITF Madrid, Spain 25,000 Hard Japan Mana Ayukawa Australia Destanee Aiava
Australia Olivia Gadecki 		3–6, 3–6
Win 22–14 Jun 2021 ITF Lisbon, Portugal 25,000 Hard Japan Momoko Kobori Brazil Ingrid Gamarra Martins
China Ma Shuyue 		6–3, 6–1
Win 23–14 Jan 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 25,000 Hard Hong Kong Eudice Chong Belarus Anna Kubareva
Russia Maria Timofeeva 		7–5, 6–3
Win 24–14 Mar 2022 Clay Court International, Australia 60,000 Clay South Korea Jang Su-jeong Japan Yuki Naito
Japan Moyuka Uchijima 		3–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Win 25–14 Jun 2022 ITF Changwon, South Korea 25,000 Hard South Korea Choi Ji-hee Chinese Taipei Lee Ya-hsuan
Chinese Taipei Wu Fang-hsien 		6–3, 4–6, [15–13]
Win 26–14 Jun 2022 Incheon Open, South Korea 25,000 Hard South Korea Choi Ji-hee Chinese Taipei Lee Ya-hsuan
Chinese Taipei Wu Fang-hsien 		5–7, 6–4, [10–6]
Loss 26–15 Jul 2022 ITF Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan 25,000 Hard South Korea Choi Ji-hee Japan Momoko Kobori
India Ankita Raina 		2–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Loss 26–16 Aug 2022 Landisville Challenge, United States 100,000 Hard South Korea Jang Su-jeong United States Sophie Chang
Kazakhstan Anna Danilina 		6–2, 6–7(4), [9–11]
Loss 26–17 Aug 2022 Bronx Open, United States 60,000 Hard Japan Hiroko Kuwata Anna Blinkova
Switzerland Simona Waltert 		3–6, 3–6
Loss 26–18 Oct 2022 Playford International, Australia 60,000 Hard Indonesia Priska Madelyn Nugroho Australia Alexandra Bozovic
Australia Talia Gibson 		5–7, 4–6
Loss 26–19 Nov 2022 Yokohama Challenger, Japan 25,000 Hard Japan Mai Hontama Japan Saki Imamura
Japan Naho Sato 		4–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Loss 26–20 Mar 2023 ITF Astana, Kazakhstan 40,000 Hard (i) South Korea Jang Su-jeong Kazakhstan Anna Danilina
Iryna Shymanovich 		4–6, 7–6(8), [7–10]
Loss 26–21 Mar 2023 Nur-Sultan Challenger, Kazakhstan 60,000 Hard (i) South Korea Jang Su-jeong Polina Kudermetova
Anastasia Tikhonova 		6–2, 3–6, [7–10]
Win 27–21 Apr 2023 Kofu International, Japan 25,000 Hard South Korea Jang Su-jeong Spain Georgina Garcia-Perez
Japan Eri Hozumi 		6–0, 6–4
Win 28–21 May 2023 Kangaroo Cup, Japan 80,000 Hard South Korea Jang Su-jeong Chinese Taipei Lee Ya-hsuan
Chinese Taipei Wu Fang-hsien 		7–63, 2–6, [10–8]

Notes

  1. ^ Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
  2. ^ Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19.
  3. ^ 2009: WTA ranking–885, 2010: WTA ranking–958, 2011: WTA ranking–483, 2012: WTA ranking–806, 2013: WTA ranking–483.
  4. ^ The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.

References

  1. ^ WTA Staff (December 8, 2019). "Han wins wildcard for 2020 Australian Open". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Australian Open: Serena Williams to play Tamara Zidansek for the first time". lobandsmash.com. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  3. ^ WTA Staff (September 19, 2017). "Han earns home win over Kristyna Pliskova in Seoul". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  4. ^ "S. Korean doubles duo wins WTA title at home". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Zhu sweeps past Mladenovic in Seoul to win first WTA 125 title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  6. ^ "Krueger triumphs in Gaiba; claims first career WTA 125 title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Meet the 2023 US Open women's qualifiers". Women's Tennis Association.
  8. ^ "Vondroušová, Plíšková advance at US Open, Krejčíková out in first round". Radio Prague International. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
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