South Korean tennis player
Park Sung-hee Country (sports) South Korea Residence Seoul , KoreaBorn (1975-02-17 ) February 17, 1975 (age 46) Busan , KoreaHeight 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) Turned pro 1989 Retired 2000 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Prize money US $ 439,788Career record 196–152 Career titles 0 WTA, 7 ITF Highest ranking No. 57 (25 September 1995) Australian Open 2R (1995-96) French Open 2R (1996-98) Wimbledon 2R (1995-96) US Open 2R (1998) Career record 120–96 Career titles 0 WTA, 7 ITF Highest ranking No. 34 (15 June 1998) Australian Open 3R (1997-98) French Open 3R (1996) Wimbledon 2R (1997) US Open 2R (1996-97)
Park Sung-hee (Hangul : 박성희; born 17 February 1975 in Busan , South Korea ) is a retired professional tennis player from South Korea .
Career [ ]
Park turned pro in 1989. She won 7 singles and 7 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit . She reached four doubles finals during her career on the WTA Tour . Her best Grand Slam performances came in doubles, reaching the Round of 16 at the 1996 French Open , 1997 Australian Open , and 1998 Australian Open , all partnering Wang Shi-ting . She reached career high rankings of No. 34 in doubles (in June 1998) and No. 57 in singles (in September 1995). Park played in 34 ties in 9 years for the South Korea Fed Cup team , with a 30–14 record overall and 24–12 in singles, all team records. She retired from the tour in 2000.
WTA Tour Finals [ ]
Doubles: 4 (0-4) [ ]
Legend: Before 2009
Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Olympic Gold (0–0)
WTA Championships (0–0)
Tier I (0–0)
Premier Mandatory (0–0)
Tier II (0–1)
Premier 5 (0–0)
Tier III (0–1)
Premier (0–0)
Tier IV & V (0–2)
International (0–0)
ITF Finals [ ]
Legend
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Singles (7-6) [ ]
Outcome
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
Runner-up
1.
30 September 1991
Sekisho, Japan
Hard
Chen Li
2–6, 4–6
Runner-up
2.
7 June 1992
Incheon , South Korea
Clay
3-6, 1-6
Runner-up
3.
8 June 1992
Seoul , South Korea
Hard
Kim Il-soon
4–6, 3–6
Winner
4.
10 August 1992
Taipei , Taiwan
Hard
Tamarine Tanasugarn
6-3, 6-1
Winner
5.
17 August 1992
Taipei , Taiwan
Hard
Lihini Weerasuriya
6–3, 1–6, 7–6(2)
Winner
6.
24 August 1992
Taipei , Taiwan
Hard
Lihini Weerasuriya
7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Winner
7.
31 August 1992
Taipei , Taiwan
Hard
Lihini Weerasuriya
6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Winner
8.
6 June 1993
Incheon , South Korea
Clay
2-6, 7-5, 7–6(5)
Winner
9.
14 September 1997
Seoul , South Korea
Hard
Kerry-Anne Guse
6-3, 6-4
Winner
10.
26 October 1997
Houston, United States
Hard
Haruka Inoue
6-1, 7–6(2)
Runner-up
11.
3 May 1998
Gifu, Japan
Grass
Misumi Miyauchi
3-6, 4-6
Runner-up
12.
18 October 1998
Seoul , South Korea
Hard
Choi Ju-yeon
4–6, 3–6
Runner-up
13.
2 May 1999
Kofu, Japan
Grass
Wang Shi-ting
7-6, 5-7, 2-6
Doubles (7-8) [ ]
Outcome
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Runner-up
1.
18 August 1991
Taipei , Taiwan
Hard
2–6, 3–6
Runner-up
2.
1 September 1991
Taipei , Taiwan
Hard
Kim Il-soon
5–7, 4–6
Winner
3.
17 August 1992
Taipei , Taiwan
Hard
6–2, 7–6(5)
Winner
4.
24 August 1992
Taipei , Taiwan
Hard
6–2, 7–6(6)
Runner-up
5.
6 June 1993
Incheon , South Korea
Clay
2–6, 6–7(5)
Winner
6.
30 May 1994
Daegu , South Korea
Clay
Kim Il-soon
6–7(1) , 6–1, 6–4
Winner
7.
11 July 1994
Darmstadt , Germany
Clay
Choi Ju-yeon
Bettina Fulco Patricia Tarabini
6–4, 6–3
Runner-up
8.
5 May 1997
Seoul , South Korea
Clay
Choi Young-ja
Cho Yoon-jeong Kim Eun-ha
3–6, 6–7(6)
Runner-up
9.
14 September 1997
Seoul , South Korea
Hard
Wang Shi-ting
Catherine Barclay Kerry-Anne Guse
6-4, 4-6, 1-6
Winner
10.
27 October 1997
Austin, United States
Hard
Miho Saeki
Debbie Graham Meredith McGrath
6–4, 5–7, 6–2
Runner-up
11.
3 May 1998
Gifu, Japan
Grass
Cho Yoon-jeong
Catherine Barclay Kerry-Anne Guse
6–7(3) , 4-6
Winner
12.
10 May 1998
Seoul , South Korea
Clay
Cho Yoon-jeong
Ding Ding Li Ting
6–1, 3–6, 6–2
Winner
13.
21 March 1999
Noda, Japan
Hard
Cho Yoon-jeong
Shinobu Asagoe Yuka Yoshida
6-3, 6-3
Runner-up
14.
24 May 1999
Warsaw , Poland
Clay
Cho Yoon-jeong
Magda Mihalache Jelena Kostanić Tošić
1–6, 3–6
Runner-up
15.
3 October 1999
Seoul , South Korea
Hard
Tamarine Tanasugarn
Catherine Barclay Kim Eun-ha
6-4, 4-6, 2-6
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