Han Na-lae

Han Na-lae (; 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, but lost in the first round to Tamara Zidanšek.

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

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. The pair repeated the feat at the 2021 Korea Open, this time overcoming Valentini Grammatikopoulou and Réka Luca Jani in the championship match.

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.

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

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

Performance timeline

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. Tournament2014201520162017201820192020202120222023SRW–LGrand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAAAQ1AQ11RQ2AQ20 / 10–1 French OpenAAAQ1AQ1AQ1Q1Q10 / 00–0 WimbledonAAAQ1AANHQ1Q1Q10 / 00–0 US OpenAQ1Q2Q1AQ2AAA1R0 / 10–1Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–10–00–00–10 / 20–2National representationBillie Jean King CupZ1Z1Z1Z1Z1Z1Z1Z10 / 014–10WTA 1000Canadian OpenAAAAAANHAAQ10 / 00–0Career statisticsTournaments1121111112Career total: 12Titles0000000000Career total: 0Finals0000000000Career total: 0Overall win–loss1–22–23–31–31–32–23–30–14–11–20 / 1218–22Year–end ranking273276179256216179204273176261$662,782

WTA Tour finals Doubles: 1 (title) LegendWTA 500WTA 250 (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Grass (0–0)

ResultDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWinSep 2018Korea Open, South KoreaInternationalHard Choi Ji-hee Hsieh Shu-ying Hsieh Su-wei6–3, 6–2

WTA 125 finals Doubles: 2 (2 titles) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Korea Open, South Korea Hard (i) Choi Ji-hee Valentini Grammatikopoulou Réka Luca Jani 6–4, 6–4Win 2–0 Veneto Open, Italy Grass Jang Su-jeong Weronika Falkowska 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 surfaceHard (13–12) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 May 2011ITF Hyderabad, India10,000 Hard Keren Shlomo 1–6, 4–6Win 1–1 Aug 2011ITF Taipei, Taiwan10,000 Hard Emi Mutaguchi 6–3, ret.Loss 1–2 May 2013ITF Seoul, South Korea15,000 Hard Zhou Yimiao 2–6, 1–6Win 2–2 Oct 2013ITF Seoul, South Korea25,000 Hard Kim Da-hye 6–4, 6–4Loss 2–3 Jun 2014ITF Gimcheon, South Korea10,000 Hard Lee So-ra 7–6(7–2), 2–6, 6–4Win 3–3 Mar 2015ITF Port Pirie, Australia15,000 Hard Jang Su-jeong 3–6, 6–4, 6–2Win 4–3 Dec 2015ITF Bangkok, Thailand25,000 Hard Risa Ozaki 6–2, 6–4Win 5–3 May 2016ITF Goyang, South Korea25,000 Hard Harriet Dart 6–3, 6–2Loss 5–4 May 2016Incheon Open, South Korea25,000 Hard Jeong Su-nam 4–6, 6–4, 4–6Win 6–4 Jun 2016ITF Yuxi, China25,000 Hard Lu Jiaxi 5–7, 6–1, 6–3Loss 6–5 Mar 2017Kōfu International Open, Japan25,000 Hard Mayo Hibi 7–5, 3–6, 2–6Win 7–5 May 2017Incheon Open, South Korea25,000 Hard Luksika Kumkhum 7–6(7–2), 7–5Loss 7–6 May 2018Incheon Open, South Korea25,000 Hard Liang En-shuo 2–6, 6–0, 5–7Win 8–6 Jun 2018ITF Daegu, South Korea25,000 Hard Misaki Doi 5–2 ret.Loss 8–7 Oct 2018Liuzhou Open, China60,000 Hard Wang Yafan 4–6, 2–6Loss 8–8 Jan 2019ITF Singapore25,000 Hard Zhu Lin 2–6, 3–6Win 9–8 Apr 2019ITF Osaka, Japan25,000 Hard Wang Xiyu 7–5, 3–6, 6–3Win 10–8 May 2019Incheon Open, South Korea25,000 Hard Anastasia Gasanova 6–3, 6–0Win 11–8 Jun 2019ITF Daegu, South Korea25,000 Hard Haruna Arakawa 6–1, 6–2Win 12–8 Jan 2022ITF Monastir, Tunisia25,000 Hard Katherine Sebov 6–3, 6–2Loss 12–9 Jan 2022ITF Monastir, Tunisia25,000 Hard Nigina Abduraimova 3–6, 6–4, 6–7(7–9)Loss 12–10 Jun 2022ITF Changwon, South Korea 25,000 Hard Kurumi Nara 3–6, 1–6Win Nov 2022Yokohama Challenger, Japan25,000 Hard Miyu Kato 7–5, 6–0Loss 13–11 Apr 2023Kōfu International Open, Japan 25,000 Hard Jang Su-jeong 6–2, 3–6, 2–6Loss 13–12 Apr 2023ITF Osaka, Japan 25,000 Hard 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 surfaceHard (25–21)Clay (3–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Nov 2009ITF Manila, Philippines10,000 Hard Yoo Mi Kim Sun-jung Lee Ye-ra 4–6, 6–4, [6–10]Win 1–1 Nov 2009ITF Manila, Philippines10,000 Hard Yoo Mi Czarina Arevalo Katharina Lehnert 6–0, 6–3Win 2–1 May 2011ITF Hyderabad, India10,000 Hard Lee So-ra Sowjanya Bavisetti Natasha Palha 6–3, 6–2Loss 2–2 Sep 2012ITF Yeongwol, South Korea10,000 Hard Jang Su-jeong Kim Sun-jung Yu Min-hwa 3–6, 5–7Win 3–2 Feb 2013ITF Antalya, Turkey10,000 Clay Lee Jin-a Eva Fernández Brugués Isabella Shinikova 6–3, 6–3Loss 3–3 Mar 2013ITF Kōfu, Japan10,000 Hard Yang Zi Akari Inoue Hiroko Kuwata 6–3, 5–7, [7–10]Win 4–3 Mar 2013ITF Nishitama, Japan10,000 Hard Kang Seo-kyung Makoto Ninomiya Eri Hozumi 6–4, 6–7(4), [10–6]Loss 4–4 May 2013ITF Goyang, Korea25,000 Hard Yoo Mi Nao Hibino Akiko Omae 4–6, 4–6Win 5–4 Jun 2013ITF Gimcheon, South Korea10,000 Hard Yoo Mi Kim Yun-hee Yoo Jin 6–3, 6–3Win 6–4 Nov 2013ITF Seoul, South Korea25,000 Hard Yoo Mi Kim Sun-jung Yu Min-hwa 2–6, 6–3, [10–6]Win 7–4 Mar 2014ITF Shenzhen, China10,000 Hard Yoo Mi Natela Dzalamidze Polina Leykina 6–1, 6–1Loss 7–5 May 2014ITF Seoul, South Korea15,000 Hard Yoo Mi Liu Chang Tian Ran 4–6, 7–6(5), [6–10]Win 8–5 May 2014Incheon Open, South Korea25,000 Hard Yoo Mi Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Melis Sezer 6–1, 6–1Loss 8–6 Jul 2014ITF Gimcheon, Korea10,000 Hard Yoo Mi Choi Ji-hee Makoto Ninomiya 3–6, 6–7(6)Win 9–6 Jul 2014ITF Phuket, Thailand25,000 Hard (i) Yoo Mi Akari Inoue Lee Ya-hsuan 6–4, 6–3Loss 9–7 Jul 2014ITF Phuket, Thailand25,000 Hard (i) Yoo Mi Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Peangtarn Plipuech 3–6, 7–6(5), [9–11]Loss 9–8 Apr 2015ITF Shenzhen, China25,000 Hard Jang Su-jeong Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Lu Jiajing 4–6, 5–7Win 10–8 May 2015ITF Changwon, South Korea25,000 Hard Yoo Mi Mana Ayukawa Makoto Ninomiya 6–3, 6–1Win 11–8 Jun 2015ITF Goyang, South Korea25,000 Hard Yoo Mi Liu Chang Lu Jiajing 6–1, 7–5Win 12–8 Jul 2015ITF Zhengzhou, China25,000 Hard Jang Su-jeong Liu Chang Zhang Ling 6–3, 6–0 Loss 12–9 Feb 2016ITF Perth, Australia25,000 Hard Jang Su-jeong Tammi Patterson Katarzyna Piter 6–4, 2–6, [3–10]Win 13–9 Apr 2016ITF Changwon, South Korea25,000 Hard Yoo Mi Lu Jiajing Elise Mertens 4–6, 6–3, [10–7]Win 14–9 Apr 2017Kōfu International Open, Japan25,000 Hard Luksika Kumkhum Erina Hayashi Robu Kajitani 6–3, 6–0Loss 14–10 Apr 2017ITF Kashiwa, Japan25,000 Hard Peangtarn Plipuech Jang Su-jeong Lee Ya-hsuan 3–6, 6–3, [4–10]Loss 14–11 Apr 2018ITF Kashiwa, Japan25,000 Hard Robu Kajitani Kyōka Okamura Ayaka Okuno 2–6, 2–6Win 15–11 May 2018ITF Goyang, South Korea25,000 Hard Lee So-ra Ulrikke Eikeri Akiko Omae 6–2, 5–7, [10–2]Win 16–11 May 2018Incheon Open, South Korea25,000 Hard Kim Na-ri Chang Kai-chen Hsu Ching-wen 5–0 ret.Loss 16–12 Jun 2018ITF Singapore25,000 Hard Lee So-ra Haruka Kaji Akiko Omae 5–7, 2–6Win 17–12 Mar 2019Yokohama Challenger, Japan25,000 Hard Choi Ji-hee Rutuja Bhosale Akiko Omae 6–1, 7–5Win 18–12 Apr 2019ITF Osaka, Japan25,000 Hard Choi Ji-hee Hsu Ching-wen Wang Xiyu 6–4, 5–7, [10–8]Win 19–12 Jun 2019Incheon Open, Korea25,000 Hard Choi Ji-hee Kanako Morisaki Minori Yonehara 6–3, 6–3Loss 19–13 Jun 2019ITF Deagu, Korea25,000 Hard Choi Ji-hee Hsieh Yu-chieh Lee Pei-chi 3–6, 6–7(5)Win 20–13 Nov 2019Tokyo Open, Japan100,000 Hard Choi Ji-hee Haruka Kaji Junri Namigata 6–3, 6–3Win 21–13 Mar 2021ITF Antalya, Turkey15,000 Clay Lee So-ra Jessie Aney Park So-hyun 4–6, 7–5, [10–4]Loss 21–14 Jun 2021ITF Madrid, Spain25,000 Hard Mana Ayukawa Destanee Aiava Olivia Gadecki 3–6, 3–6Win 22–14 Jun 2021ITF Lisbon, Portugal25,000 Hard Momoko Kobori Ingrid Martins Ma Shuyue 6–3, 6–1Win 23–14 Jan 2022ITF Monastir, Tunisia25,000 Hard Eudice Chong Anna Kubareva Maria Timofeeva 7–5, 6–3Win 24–14 Mar 2022Clay Court International, Australia60,000 Clay Jang Su-jeong Yuki Naito Moyuka Uchijima 3–6, 6–2, [10–5]Win 25–14 Jun 2022ITF Changwon, South Korea 25,000 Hard Choi Ji-hee Lee Ya-hsuan Wu Fang-hsien 6–3, 4–6, [15–13]Win 26–14 Jun 2022Incheon Open, South Korea 25,000 Hard Choi Ji-hee Lee Ya-hsuan Wu Fang-hsien 5–7, 6–4, [10–6]Loss 26–15 Jul 2022ITF Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan25,000 Hard Choi Ji-hee Momoko Kobori Ankita Raina 2–6, 6–3, [8–10]Loss 26–16 Aug 2022Landisville Challenge, United States100,000 Hard Jang Su-jeong Sophie Chang Anna Danilina 6–2, 6–7(4), [9–11]Loss 26–17 Aug 2022Bronx Open, United States60,000 Hard Hiroko Kuwata Anna Blinkova Simona Waltert 3–6, 3–6Loss 26–18 Oct 2022Playford International, Australia60,000 Hard Priska Madelyn Nugroho Alexandra Bozovic Talia Gibson 5–7, 4–6Loss 26–19 Nov 2022Yokohama Challenger, Japan25,000 Hard Mai Hontama Saki Imamura Naho Sato 4–6, 6–4, [5–10]Loss Mar 2023ITF Astana, Kazakhstan40,000 Hard (i) Jang Su-jeong Anna Danilina Iryna Shymanovich 4–6, 7–6(8), [7–10]Loss 26–21 Mar 2023Nur-Sultan Challenger, Kazakhstan60,000 Hard (i) Jang Su-jeong Polina Kudermetova Anastasia Tikhonova 6–2, 3–6, [7–10] Win 27–21 Apr 2023Kofu International, Japan25,000 Hard Jang Su-jeong Georgina Garcia-Perez Eri Hozumi 6–0, 6–4 Win 28–21 May 2023Kangaroo Cup, Japan80,000 Hard Jang Su-jeong Lee Ya-hsuan Wu Fang-hsien 7–63, 2–6, [10–8]

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