Yu Min-hwa

Yu Min-hwa
유민화
Country (sports) South Korea
Born (1988-03-25) 25 March 1988 (age 36)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$34,067
Singles
Career record96–88
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 513 (26 July 2010)
Doubles
Career record104–70
Career titles9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 338 (21 June 2010)
Team competitions
Fed Cup2–6
Yu Min-hwa
Hangul
유민화
Revised RomanizationYu Minhwa
McCune–ReischauerYu Minhwa

Yu Min-hwa (Korean: 유민화; born 25 March 1988) is a South Korean former tennis player.

Yu has career-high WTA rankings of 513 in singles, achieved on 26 July 2010, and 338 in doubles, reached on 21 June 2010. She won one singles title and nine doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Yu has represented South Korea in Fed Cup, where she has a win–loss record of 2–6.

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 1 (title)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 1 June 2008 ITF Bangkok, Thailand Hard South Korea Kim Sun-jung 6–4, 5–7, 6–1

Doubles: 16 (9 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 5 May 2008 ITF Thiruvananthapuram, India Clay Japan Miki Miyamura Georgia (country) Magda Okruashvili
India Poojashree Venkatesha
7–6(6), 6–2
Win 2. 28 June 2009 ITF Gimcheon, South Korea Clay South Korea Kim Kun-hee South Korea Kim Na-ri
South Korea Lee Cho-won
6–1, 1–6, [13–11]
Loss 3. 5 July 2009 ITF Gimcheon Clay South Korea Kim Kun-hee South Korea Chang Kyung-mi
South Korea Lee Jin-a
1–6, 2–6
Win 4. 12 July 2009 ITF Sunchang, South Korea Hard South Korea Kim Kun-hee South Korea Kim Na-ri
South Korea Lee Cho-won
6–2, 6–2
Loss 5. 2 May 2010 ITF Gimcheon, South Korea Clay South Korea Kim Kun-hee South Korea Chang Kyung-mi
South Korea Lee Jin-a
5–7, 3–6
Win 6. 23 May 2010 ITF Sunchang, South Korea Hard South Korea Kim Kun-hee South Korea Chang Kyung-mi
South Korea Lee Ye-ra
6–7(5), 6–4, [10–4]
Win 7. 30 May 2010 ITF Goyang, South Korea Hard South Korea Kim Kun-hee South Korea Chang Kyung-mi
South Korea Lee Jin-a
6–4, 6–4
Loss 8. 6 June 2010 ITF Komoro, Japan Clay South Korea Kim Kun-hee Japan Shuko Aoyama
Japan Maya Kato
6–2, 2–6, [9–11]
Loss 9. 28 June 2010 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand Hard South Korea Kim Kun-hee Chinese Taipei Chen Yi
Thailand Varatchaya Wongteanchai
2–6, 2–6
Loss 10. 22 May 2011 ITF Goyang, South Korea Hard South Korea Kim Kun-hee South Korea Kim Ji-young
South Korea Yoo Mi
4–6, 2–6
Win 11. 2 September 2012 ITF Yeongwol, South Korea Hard South Korea Kim Sun-jung South Korea Han Na-lae
South Korea Jang Su-jeong
6–3, 7–5
Win 12. 1 September 2013 ITF Yeongwol Hard South Korea Kim Sun-jung South Korea Kang Seo-kyung
South Korea Kim Ji-young
6-1, 7–5
Loss 13. 3 November 2013 ITF Seoul, South Korea Hard South Korea Kim Sun-jung South Korea Han Na-lae
South Korea Yoo Mi
6–2, 3–6, [6–10]
Win 14. 10 September 2016 ITF Yeongwol, South Korea Hard South Korea Kim Na-ri South Korea Jung So-hee
South Korea Park Sang-hee
7–6(2), 6–2
Loss 15. 27 May 2018 ITF Changwon, South Korea Hard South Korea Kim Da-bin South Korea Kim Na-ri
South Korea Lee So-ra
1–6, 1–6
Win 16. 12 June 2018 ITF Gyeongs, South Korea Hard South Korea Kim Mi-ok South Korea Jung So-hee
South Korea Park Sang-hee
6–2, 1–6, [10–5]