Grace Kim (tennis)
Full name | Grace Kim |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Born | South Korea | April 16, 1968
Prize money | $128,636 |
Singles | |
Highest ranking | No. 78 (August 31, 1987) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
French Open | 2R (1985) |
Wimbledon | 2R (1984) |
US Open | 3R (1983, 1985) |
Grace Kim (born April 16, 1968) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.
Biography[]
Kim grew up in Ridgewood, New Jersey but was born in South Korea.[1] She twice made the third round of the US Open, the first time in 1983 was as a 15-year old. Turning professional in 1984, she was a quarter-finalist that year at the Canadian Open, which included a win over Kathy Horvath. At the 1985 US Open she reached the third round again by beating Bettina Bunge and Mary-Lou Piatek, before falling to top seed Chris Evert.[2] One of her biggest wins came in 1986 when she defeated Gabriela Sabatini en route to the quarter-finals in Zurich.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Kiamesha Lake, N.Y." United Press International. November 28, 1982. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ Sarni, Jim (September 1, 1985). "Evert Walks Over Kim At Open `Home`". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ "Kim upsets Sabatini". Del Rio News-Herald . October 9, 1986. p. 10. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
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Categories:
- 1968 births
- Living people
- American female tennis players
- South Korean emigrants to the United States
- Tennis people from New Jersey
- People from Ridgewood, New Jersey
- Sportspeople from Bergen County, New Jersey
- 21st-century American women