Kim Bong-soo
Kim Bong-soo 
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 South Korea
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| Birthday: | November 30, 1962 | ||||||||||||
| Size: | 180 cm | ||||||||||||
| Playing hand: | Right | ||||||||||||
| Prize money: | $ 83,173 | ||||||||||||
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| Career record: | 8:20 | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking: | 129 (December 11 1989) | ||||||||||||
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| Career record: | 1: 9 | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking: | 340 (August 20 1990) | ||||||||||||
| Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links ) | |||||||||||||
Kim Bong-soo ( kor. 김봉수 ; born November 30, 1962 in Seoul ) is a former South Korean tennis player .
Career
Kim Bong-soo was able to win a title on the ATP Challenger Tour in his career . In 1989 he prevailed in the individual competition in Beijing . A year earlier he made his only appearance at a Grand Slam tournament when he was eliminated in the first round of the Australian Open . He was defeated by the Indian Ramesh Krishnan with 3: 6, 6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 4 and 4: 6.
He took part in the 1988 Olympic Games in his native Seoul . After he won in five sets in the opening round of the individual competition against George Kalovelonis , he then met the fourth-placed French Henri Leconte . He surprisingly defeated them 4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 3, 3: 6 and 7: 5. In the round of 16 he had to admit defeat to the Argentine Martín Jaite in three sets. In the doubles competition , he was eliminated together with Yoo Jin-sun in the first round. He and Yoo were defeated by the Indians Anand and Vijay Amritraj in three sentences.
Kim Bong-soo played a total of 14 games for the South Korean Davis Cup team between 1984 and 1990 . Both his individual balance of 13: 8 and his double balance of 5: 1 are positive. Together with Yoo Jin-sun, he is the most successful double in the history of the South Korean Davis Cup.
Kim Bong-soo has been married to Kim Eun-hee since February 24, 1990.
Web links
- ATP profile of Kim Bong-soo (English)
- ITF Profile of Kim Bong-soo (English)
- Davis Cup Statistics for Kim Bong-soo (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kim, bong-soo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 김봉수 (Korean, Hangeul); 金奉洙 (Korean, Hanja); Gim, Bong-su (Revised Romanization); Kim, Pongsu (McCune-Reischauer) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South Korean tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seoul , South Korea |