Lee Hyung-taik

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Lee Hyung-taik Tennis player
Lee Hyung-taik
Nation: Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea
Birthday: 3rd January 1976
Size: 180 cm
Weight: 82 kg
1st professional season: 1995
Resignation: 2009
Playing hand: Right
Trainer: Yoon Yong-il
Prize money: $ 2,351,672
singles
Career record: 161: 164
Career title: 1
Highest ranking: 36 (August 6, 2007)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open 2R (2003, 2008)
French Open 3R (2004, 2005)
Wimbledon 3R (2007)
US Open AF (2000, 2007)
Double
Career record: 40:71
Career title: 1
Highest ranking: 95 (January 16, 2006)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open 2R (2005, 2008)
French Open AF (2005)
Wimbledon 1R (2003, 2005, 2007)
US Open 2R (2003, 2007)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )
Korean spelling
Hangeul 이형택
Hanja 李亨澤
Revised
Romanization 		I Hyeong-taek
McCune-
Reischauer 		I Hyŏngt'aek

Lee Hyung-taik (born January 3, 1976 in Hoengseong ) is a retired South Korean tennis player .

Career

Lee was born in a small potato-growing village in Gangwon-do Province . He started playing tennis at the age of nine. In 1995 he joined professional tennis.

He first attracted attention in 2000 when he advanced to the fourth round of the US Open and only lost to the American Pete Sampras there . In 2003, Lee became the first Korean ever to win an ATP tournament. At Adidas International in Sydney he defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero as a qualifier in the final . In the same year he won the double tournament of the Siebel Open in San José together with the Belarusian Uladsimir Waltschkou .

successes

Legend (number of victories)
Grand Slam
Tennis Masters Cup
ATP Masters Series
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
ATP International Series Gold
ATP World Tour 500
ATP International Series
ATP World Tour 250 (2)
Title after covering
Sand (0)
Hard Court (2)
Lawn (0)
Carpet (0)

singles

Victories

No. date competition Topping Final opponent Final result
1. January 13, 2003 AustraliaAustralia Sydney Hard court SpainSpain Juan Carlos Ferrero 4: 6, 7: 6 6 , 7: 6 4

Final participation

No. date competition Topping Final opponent Final result
1. April 30, 2001 United StatesUnited States Houston sand United StatesUnited States Andy Roddick 5: 7, 3: 6

Double

Tournament victories

No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Final result
1. February 16, 2003 United StatesUnited States San Jose Hard court (i) BelarusBelarus Uladsimir Waltschkou United StatesUnited States Paul Goldstein Robert Kendrick
United StatesUnited States  		7: 5, 4: 6, 6: 3

Web links

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Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Lee is the family name here, Hyung-taik is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Lee, Hyung-taik
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 이형택 (Korean, Hangeul); 李亨澤 (Korean, Hanja); I, Hyeong-taek (Revised Romanization); I, Hyŏngt'aek (McCune-Reischauer)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd January 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Hoengseong , South Korea