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Park Sung-hee

Park Sung-hee (Korean: 박성희; born 17 February 1975) is a former tennis player from South Korea.

Park Sung-hee
박성희
Country (sports) South Korea
ResidenceSeoul, Korea
Born (1975-02-17) 17 February 1975 (age 49)
Busan, Korea
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro1989
Retired2000
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$439,788
Singles
Career record196–152
Career titles7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 57 (25 September 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1995-96)
French Open2R (1996-98)
Wimbledon2R (1995-96)
US Open2R (1998)
Doubles
Career record120–96
Career titles7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 34 (15 June 1998)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (1997-98)
French Open3R (1996)
Wimbledon2R (1997)
US Open2R (1996-97)

Career

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Park who turned professional in 1989 won seven singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In her career, she reached four doubles finals on the WTA Tour but always ended runner-up. Her best Grand Slam performances came in doubles, reaching the round of 16 at the 1996 French Open, 1997 Australian Open, and the 1998 Australian Open, all partnering with 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 nine years 34 ties 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 career finals

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Doubles: 4 (4 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Tier I
Tier II (0–1)
Tier III (0–1)
Tier IV & V (0–2)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. Sep 1995 Nagoya, Japan Carpet (i) Japan  Rika Hiraki Australia  Kerry-Anne Guse
Australia  Kristine Kunce 		6–4, 6–4
Loss 2. Jan 1996 Hobart, Australia Hard Australia  Kerry-Anne Guse Indonesia  Yayuk Basuki
Japan  Kyoko Nagatsuka 		7–6(9–7), 6–3
Loss 3. Sep 1996 Tokyo, Japan Hard Chinese Taipei  Wang Shi-ting South Africa  Amanda Coetzer
France  Mary Pierce 		6–1, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 4. Jan 1998 Gold Coast, Australia Hard Chinese Taipei  Wang Shi-ting Russia  Elena Likhovtseva
Japan  Ai Sugiyama 		1–6, 6–3, 6–4

ITF finals

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Legend
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 13 (7–6)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 30 September 1991 ITF Sekisho, Japan Hard China  Chen Li 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 7 June 1992 ITF Incheon, South Korea Clay South Korea  Kim Yeon-sook 3–6, 1–6
Runner-up 3. 8 June 1992 ITF Seoul, South Korea Hard South Korea  Kim Il-soon 4–6, 3–6
Winner 4. 10 August 1992 ITF Taipei, Taiwan Hard Thailand  Tamarine Tanasugarn 6–3, 6–1
Winner 5. 17 August 1992 ITF Taipei, Taiwan Hard Sri Lanka  Lihini Weerasuriya 6–3, 1–6, 7–6(2)
Winner 6. 24 August 1992 ITF Taipei, Taiwan Hard Sri Lanka  Lihini Weerasuriya 7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Winner 7. 31 August 1992 ITF Taipei, Taiwan Hard Sri Lanka  Lihini Weerasuriya 6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Winner 8. 6 June 1993 ITF Incheon, South Korea Clay South Korea  Kim Yeon-sook 2-6, 7–5, 7–6(5)
Winner 9. 14 September 1997 ITF Seoul, South Korea Hard Australia  Kerry-Anne Guse 6–3, 6–4
Winner 10. 26 October 1997 ITF Houston, United States Hard Japan  Haruka Inoue 6–1, 7–6(2)
Runner-up 11. 3 May 1998 Kangaroo Cup, Japan Grass Japan  Misumi Miyauchi 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 12. 18 October 1998 ITF Seoul, South Korea Hard South Korea  Choi Ju-yeon 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up 13. 2 May 1999 Kōfu International Open, Japan Grass Chinese Taipei  Wang Shi-ting 7–6, 5–7, 2–6

Doubles: 15 (7–8)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 18 August 1991 ITF Taipei, Taiwan Hard South Korea  Pyo Hye-jeong South Korea  Choi Jin
South Korea  Choi Jeom-sang 		2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 2. 1 September 1991 ITF Taipei, Taiwan Hard South Korea  Pyo Hye-jeong South Korea  Kim Il-soon
South Korea  Sohn Mi-ae 		5–7, 4–6
Winner 3. 17 August 1992 ITF Taipei, Taiwan Hard South Korea  Seo Hye-jin South Korea  Doh Jeom-ja
South Korea  Lee Mi-jeong 		6–2, 7–6(5)
Winner 4. 24 August 1992 ITF Taipei, Taiwan Hard South Korea  Seo Hye-jin South Korea  Doh Jeom-ja
South Korea  Lee Mi-jeong 		6–2, 7–6(6)
Runner-up 5. 6 June 1993 ITF Incheon, South Korea Clay South Korea  Seo Hye-jin South Korea  Kim Soon-mi
South Korea  Pyo Hye-jeong 		2–6, 6–7(5)
Winner 6. 30 May 1994 ITF Daegu, South Korea Clay South Korea  Kim Il-soon South Korea  Kim Soon-mi
South Korea  Pyo Hye-jeong 		6–7(1), 6–1, 6–4
Winner 7. 11 July 1994 ITF Darmstadt, Germany Clay South Korea  Choi Ju-yeon Argentina  Bettina Fulco
Argentina  Patricia Tarabini 		6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 8. 5 May 1997 ITF Seoul, South Korea Clay South Korea  Choi Young-ja South Korea  Cho Yoon-jeong
South Korea  Kim Eun-ha 		3–6, 6–7(6)
Runner-up 9. 14 September 1997 ITF Seoul, South Korea Hard Chinese Taipei  Wang Shi-ting Australia  Catherine Barclay
Australia  Kerry-Anne Guse 		6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Winner 10. 27 October 1997 ITF Austin, United States Hard Japan  Miho Saeki United States  Debbie Graham
United States  Meredith McGrath 		6–4, 5–7, 6–2
Runner-up 11. 3 May 1998 Kangaroo Cup, Japan Grass South Korea  Cho Yoon-jeong Australia  Catherine Barclay
Australia  Kerry-Anne Guse 		6–7(3), 4–6
Winner 12. 10 May 1998 ITF Seoul, South Korea Clay South Korea  Cho Yoon-jeong China  Ding Ding
China  Li Ting 		6–1, 3–6, 6–2
Winner 13. 21 March 1999 ITF Noda, Japan Hard South Korea  Cho Yoon-jeong Japan  Shinobu Asagoe
Japan  Yuka Yoshida 		6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 14. 24 May 1999 ITF Warsaw, Poland Clay South Korea  Cho Yoon-jeong Romania  Magda Mihalache
Croatia  Jelena Kostanić Tošić 		1–6, 3–6
Runner-up 15. 3 October 1999 ITF Seoul, South Korea Hard Thailand  Tamarine Tanasugarn Australia  Catherine Barclay
South Korea  Kim Eun-ha 		6–4, 4–6, 2–6

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