Carol Young Suh Lee (born 21 December 2001) is a Northern Mariana Islander-born American tennis player.
She has career-high rankings by the WTA of 140 in singles, achieved on 10 August 2026, and 228 in doubles, achieved on 20 April 2026. Lee became the first person from the Northern Mariana Islands to compete in a junior Grand Slam tournament, at the 2019 Australian Open.
Lee represents Pacific Oceania at the Billie Jean King Cup, where she has a win/loss record of 16–3.
Lee qualified to make her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2026 Prague Open, defeating fellow qualifier Veronika Podrez in the first round, before losing to top seed Marie Bouzková in the second.
She won her first WTA 125 singles title at the 2026 Polish Open, defeating Gabriela Knutson in the final, having overcome top seed Elsa Jacquemot in the first round.
Having won the USTA wildcard challenge, Lee made her major tournament debut at the 2026 US Open, losing in the first round to Katie Boulter in three sets.
WTA 125 finals Singles: 1 (title) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Aug 2026Polish Open, PolandHard Gabriela Knutson6–4, 7–5
Doubles: 1 (title) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Open Les Sables d'Olonne, France Hard (i) Anna Sisková Aliona Bolsova Irene Burillo 6–3, 6–3
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 8 (6 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendW50 tournaments (2–1)W35 tournaments (2–0)W15 tournaments (2–1)Finals by surfaceHard (6–2) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Jan 2025ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW15 Hard Anna Sisková 2–6, 5–7Win 1–1 Mar 2025ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Isis Louise van den Broek 6–3, 4–6, 6–2Win 2–1 Apr 2025ITF Lopota, GeorgiaW50 Hard Ekaterine Gorgodze 6–7(7), 7–6(3), 6–4Win 3–1 May 2025ITF Toyama, JapanW15 Hard Hayu Kinoshita 3–6, 6–1, 6–3Loss 3–2 Aug 2025ITF Ourense, SpainW50 Hard Polina Iatcenko 2–6, 2–6Win 4–2 Aug 2025ITF Vigo, SpainW35 Hard Vendula Valdmannová 6–3, 6–4Win 5–2 Oct 2025ITF Kunshan, ChinaW35 Hard You Xiaodi 6–4, 7–5Win6–2Jul 2026ITF Corroios-Seixal, Portugal W50Hard Gao Xinyu1–6, 6–1, 6–2
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) Legend W35 tournaments (0–1) W15 tournaments (1–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentScoreWin 1–0 May 2025ITF Toyama, JapanW15 Hard Wi Hwi-won Hayu Kinoshita Honoka Kobayashi 7–6(5), 6–2Loss 1–1 Aug 2025ITF Vigo, SpainW35 Hard Tenika McGiffin Joy de Zeeuw Vendula Valdmannová 5–7, 2–6
ITF Junior finals Category G1 Category G2 Category G3Category G4 Category G5
Singles (6–4) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 18 June 2016 Nouméa, New Caledonia Hard Lisa Mays 3–6, 4–6Loss 2. 2 July 2016 Lautoka, Fiji Hard Kaitlin Staines 4–6, 1–6Win 3. 11 June 2017 Nouméa, New Caledonia Hard Helena Mohamed 7–5, 6–2Win 4. 17 June 2017 Nouméa, New Caledonia Hard Helena Mohamed 6–1, 6–2Loss 5. 25 June 2017 Lautoka, Fiji Hard Violet Apisah 0–6, 4–6Loss 6. 1 July 2017 Lautoka, Fiji Hard Elle Christensen 2–6, 3–6Win 7. 27 May 2018 Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands Hard Lin Wing-ka 6–2, 6–1Win 8. 1 July 2018 Lautoka, Fiji Hard Ikumi Yamazaki 6–2, 6–1Win 9. 7 July 2018 Lautoka, Fiji Hard Kanami Hayashige 7–5, 6–4Loss 10. 18 August 2018 Lautok], Fiji Hard Amber Marshall 1–6, 4–6
Doubles (4–5) Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner OpponentsScoreLoss 1. 18 June 2016 Nouméa, New Caledonia Hard Ayana Rengiil Otoha Aoki Koharu Niimi 5–7, 4–6Win 2. 20 May 2017 Casablanca, Morocco Clay Skyler Marie Célestine Avomo Ella Elena Gemović 6–3, 3–6, [11–9]Win 3. 11 June 2017 Nouméa, New Caledonia Hard Holly Stewart Chiara di Tommaso Grace Schumacher 6–4, 6–0Loss 4. 17 June 2017 Nouméa, New Caledonia Hard Holly Stewart Otoha Aoki Sara Tsukamoto 3–6, 3–6Loss 5. 25 June 2017 Lautoka, Fiji Hard Maxine Ng Patricia Apisah Violet Apisah 0–6, 6–7(3)Loss 6. 1 July 2017 Lautoka, Fiji Hard Maxine Ng Ikumi Yamazaki Hikaru Yoshikawa 3–6, 3–6Loss 7. 8 October 2017 Perlis, Malaysia Hard Chiara di Tommaso Anastasia Astakhova Wang Jiaqi 7–6(5), 4–6 [7–10]Win 8. 27 May 2018 Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands Hard Lin Wing-ka Nanari Katsumi Mua Shigeta 6–1, 6–2Win 9. 7 July 2018 Lautoka, Fiji Hard Lin Wing-ka Patricia Apisah Helena Spiridis 6–4, 6–3
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