Lee Duck-hee
| Full name | Lee Duck-hee |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |
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| Residence | Jecheon, South Korea |
| Born |
29 May 1998 Jecheon, South Korea |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Plays | Right-handed (two handed-backhand) |
| Prize money | $223,544 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 0–1 |
| Career titles |
0 0 Challenger, 10 Futures |
| Highest ranking | No. 130 (10 April 2017) |
| Current ranking | No. 228 (16 July 2018) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | Q3 (2017, 2018) |
| French Open | Q3 (2018) |
| Wimbledon | Q1 (2017, 2018) |
| US Open | Q2 (2016, 2017) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0–1 |
| Career titles |
0 0 Challenger, 0 Futures |
| Highest ranking | No. 600 (17 July 2017) |
| Current ranking | No. 913 (11 December 2017) |
| Last updated on: 11 December 2017. | |
| Lee Duck-hee | |
| Hangul | 이덕희 |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization | I Deokhui |
| McCune–Reischauer | I Tŏkhŭi |
Lee Duck-hee (이덕희; born 29 May 1998 in Jecheon) is a South Korean professional tennis player. He has won 10 titles on the ITF Junior Circuit as a teenager, including Grade 2 tournaments in Nanjing and Sarawak.
Personal life
Lee was born deaf. On the tennis court, he can hear vibrations, but must rely on hand gestures to pick up line calls and the umpire.[1] In 2015, his story was included during a campaign for the ANZ Bank, which was a sponsor for the Australian Open that year.[2]
Junior career
On the junior tour, Lee has been ranked as high as No. 3 in the ITF Junior Combined rankings.
Professional career
Early years
Lee made his debut on the ITF Futures tour at the age of 14, and began regularly playing events in Asia by the age of 15. Before turning 18, he already won 8 titles and cracked the Top 250 of the ATP rankings. After struggling early on at the Challenger level in 2015, he saw some increased success in 2016. Towards the end of the year, he reached two semi-finals and one final on the ATP Challenger Tour, the latter of which he lost to his compatriot Chung Hyeon, who was the top-ranked Korean player at the time. Lee finished 2016 ranked inside the Top 150 as the 3rd-highest ranked 18 year old (behind Americans Frances Tiafoe and Stefan Kozlov) and 11th-highest ranked player under 21.
Tour finals
Singles (8–4)
| Legend |
|---|
| Grand Slam (0) |
| ATP Masters Series (0) |
| ATP Tour (0) |
| Challengers (0–1) |
| ITF Futures (8–3) |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | 1 December 2013 | India F11 (ITF18) | Hard |  |
6–3, 6–7, 4–6 |
| Winner | 1. | 13 July 2014 | Hong Kong F1 (ITF18) | Hard |  |
6–1, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 20 July 2014 | Hong Kong F2 (ITF18) | Hard |  |
4–6, 6–3, 0–2 (ret.) |
| Winner | 2. | 30 November 2014 | Cambodia F2 (ITF18) | Hard |  |
7–6, 6–4 |
| Winner | 3. | 12 April 2015 | Indonesia F2 (ITF18) | Hard |  |
6–1, 3–0 (ret.) |
| Winner | 4. | 19 April 2015 | Indonesia F3 (ITF18) | Hard |  |
6–4, 6–3 |
| Winner | 5. | 14 June 2015 | Japan F6 (ITF18) | Carpet | |
6–4, 6–2 |
| Winner | 6. | 16 August 2015 | China F13 (ITF27) | Hard |  |
6–2, 6–3 |
| Winner | 7. | 29 November 2015 | Thailand F8 (ITF27) | Hard |  |
6–1, 6–4 |
| Winner | 8. | 27 March 2016 | Japan F3 (ITF18) | Hard | |
6–2, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 10 April 2016 | China F4 (ITF27) | Hard |  |
5–7, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 25 September 2016 | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | Hard | |
4–6, 2–6 |
References
- ↑ Deafness no problem for rising star Lee
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-07. Retrieved 2015-01-25.
External links
- ATP profile
- Lee Duck-hee at the International Tennis Federation
- Lee Duck-hee at the International Tennis Federation – Junior profile
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