Chung Hee-sung

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Chung Hee-sung
Country (sports)Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Born (1976-11-25) 25 November 1976 (age 47)
Prize money$20,278
Singles
Career record0–1 (Davis Cup)
Highest rankingNo. 680 (24 Jun 1996)
Doubles
Career record2–2 (Davis Cup)
Highest rankingNo. 434 (15 Oct 2001)

Chung Hee-sung (born 25 November 1976) is a South Korean former professional tennis player.

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Chung, a graduate of Samil Technical High School in Suwon, began competing on the professional tour in the mid 1990s and reached a best singles world ranking of 680. [1] He was a quarter-finalist at the ATP Challenger tournament in Seoul in 1995. [2] From 2000 to 2003 he represented South Korea in the Davis Cup, featuring mostly in doubles. He won six ITF Futures doubles titles during his career. In 2018 he took over as captain of the South Korea Davis Cup team. [3]

ITF Futures titles

Doubles: (6)

No.   Date   TournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.May 1999Korea F1, Seoul Clay Flag of South Korea.svg Chung Hee-seok Flag of South Korea.svg Han Min-kyu
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Hyung-taik 		6–4, 6–4
2.Jun 2001Korea Rep. F1, Seoul Clay Flag of South Korea.svg Song Hyeong-keun Flag of the United States.svg Diego Ayala
Flag of the United States.svg Rafael de Mesa		7–5, 3–6, 6–4
3.Aug 2001Chinese Taipei F2 F, Kaohsiung Hard Flag of South Korea.svg Song Hyeong-keun Flag of Japan.svg Tetsuya Chaen
Flag of Japan.svg Masahide Sakamoto		6–2, 6–4
4.Sep 2001Korea Rep. F3, Cheongju Clay Flag of South Korea.svg Song Hyeong-keun Flag of Argentina.svg Roberto Álvarez
Flag of France.svg Jordane Doble		6–3, 6–4
5.Aug 2002Korea Rep. F4, Seogwipo Hard Flag of South Korea.svg Chung Hee-seok Flag of South Korea.svg Kang Byung-kook
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Sang-hoon 		6–2, 6–2
6.May 2003Korea Rep. F1, Cheongju Clay Flag of South Korea.svg Chung Hee-seok Flag of Finland.svg Lauri Kiiski
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brad Weston		4–6, 6–2, 6–3

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References

  1. ↑ "기자가 본 남자 국가대표 정희성 감독". www.tennispeople.kr (in Korean). 17 September 2019.
  2. ↑ "정희성 '생애 최고의 날'". 중도일보 (in Korean). 27 October 1995.
  3. ↑ "남자테니스 대표팀 정희성 감독 "톱랭커 상대한 경험이 수확"". Hankyung (in Korean). 8 March 2020.
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