Kim Eun-ha

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Kim Eun-ha
(김 은하)
Country (sports)Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Born (1975-03-08) 8 March 1975 (age 50)
South Korea
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Retired2003
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$182,957
Singles
Career record171–139
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 141 (26 October 1998)
Doubles
Career record127–94
Career titles15 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 84 (27 July 1998)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 2R (1998)
French Open 1R (1998, 1999)
Wimbledon 2R (1998)
US Open 2R (1998)

Kim Eun-ha (born 8 March 1975) is a former professional tennis player from South Korea. A right-handed player, Kim had a serve-and-volley game and was best on hardcourts.

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Biography

Early life

Kim was born in 1975, one of three daughters of fisherman Young-soo and housewife Chung In-ja. She began playing tennis while at school at the age of 10 and graduated in 1994, after which she joined the professional tour. [1]

Professional tour

Kim made the singles quarterfinals of the 1997 Danamon Open in Jakarta as a qualifier. Her performances in 1997 brought her ranking into the top 200 and she peaked at No. 141 in 1998. She won ITF singles titles in Seoul and Shenzhen during her career.

It was in doubles that she had the most success. After winning four ITF doubles events in 1997, Kim appeared in the main draw of all four Grand Slam events in the 1998 season and reached 84 in the world that year. One of those Grand Slam tournaments was the US Open where she and Virág Csurgó beat the American pairing of Jennifer Capriati and Alexandra Stevenson. [2] On the WTA Tour she twice made doubles semifinals, with Émilie Loit at the 1998 Skoda Czech Open and Jeon Mi-ra in 2001 at the Pattaya Open.

Representative

Kim made her first appearances for the South Korea Fed Cup team in 1995 and was a regular fixture in the side throughout the campaign.

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Kim was a member of the South Korean squad and featured in the women's doubles draw, with Park Sung-hee. The pair were beaten in the first round by South Africa's Amanda Coetzer and Mariaan de Swardt. [3]

In 1997, South Korea competed in the Fed Cup World Group, having qualified for the first time by beating Bulgaria in the 1996 play-off. Her win over Bulgaria's Antoaneta Pandjerova in the fourth rubber of the play-off had the distinction of securing the World Group spot for South Korea. Their 1997 World Group tie was against Argentina in Seoul and they were beaten 4-1, with Kim losing both a singles and doubles match in three sets.

Her appearances in international competition for South Korea include the 1998 Asian Games and 2001 Summer Universiade. At the Universiade, which was held in Beijing, she won two medals, a silver in the women's doubles and a bronze in the mixed doubles.

ITF Circuit finals

$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (8–4)

OutcomeNo.DateLocationSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.6 June 1994 Seoul, South KoreaHard Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Young-ja 6–3, 7–5
Winner2.19 December 1994 Manila, PhilippinesHard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yi Jingqian 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up3.8 May 1995Seoul, South KoreaClay Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Ju-yeon 4–6, 5–7
Winner4.29 May 1995Seoul, South KoreaHard Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Young-ja6–2, 6–2
Winner5.5 June 1995Seoul, South KoreaHard Flag of Japan.svg Madoka Kuki6–2, 6–1
Winner6.6 May 1996Seoul, South KoreaClay Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Young-ja2–6, 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up7.3 November 1997 Beijing, ChinaHard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yi Jingqian3–6, 5–7
Winner8.26 April 1998 Shenzhen, ChinaHard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yi Jingqian6–3, 6–1
Runner-up9.18 October 1998 Indian Wells, United StatesHard Flag of Bulgaria.svg Pavlina Nola 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up10.14 May 2000Seoul, South KoreaClay Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Na 3–6, 6–7(1–7)
Winner11.4 June 2000Shenzhen, ChinaHard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Tiantian 6–4, 6–3
Winner12.29 April 2001Seoul, South KoreaHard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yi Jingqian6–4, 6–2

Doubles (15–7)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.12 December 1994 Manila, PhilippinesHard Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Ju-yeon Flag of Japan.svg Keiko Ishida
Flag of South Korea.svg Park In-sook
6–3, 6–4
Winner2.20 March 1995 Bandar, BruneiHard Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Ju-yeon Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Soon-nam
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Ih-sook
6–4, 6–0
Winner3.8 May 1995Seoul, South KoreaClay Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Ju-yeon Flag of Japan.svg Keiko Ishida
Flag of Japan.svg Mami Donoshiro
6–3, 6–3
Winner4.22 May 1995Beijing, ChinaHard Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Ih-sook Flag of the Philippines.svg Francesca La'O
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Weng Tzu-ting
6–2, 6–3
Winner5.29 May 1995Seoul, South KoreaClay Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Ih-sook Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Jin
Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Young-ja
6–4, 7–5
Winner6.5 May 1997Seoul, South KoreaClay Flag of South Korea.svg Cho Yoon-jeong Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Young-ja
Flag of South Korea.svg Park Sung-hee
6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Winner7.4 August 1997 Jakarta, IndonesiaClay Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Young-ja Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kerry-Anne Guse
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kristine Kunce
6–3, 6–4
Winner8.15 September 1997 Taipei, TaiwanHard Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Young-ja Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kerry-Anne Guse
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Catherine Barclay
1–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner9.10 November 1997 Mount Gambier, AustraliaHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Catherine Barclay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Renee Reid
Flag of Hungary.svg Réka Vidáts
6–3, 6–2
Winner10.26 April 1998Shenzhen, ChinaHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Catherine Barclay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gail Biggs
Flag of Japan.svg Tomoe Hotta
6–3, 6–2
Runner-up11.25 October 1998 Houston, United StatesHard Flag of Japan.svg Rika Hiraki Flag of the United States.svg Nana Smith
Flag of Japan.svg Miho Saeki
1–6, 6–4, 1–6
Runner-up12.9 August 1999 Lexington Challenger,
United States
Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Julie Pullin Flag of France.svg Alexandra Fusai
Flag of Argentina.svg Florencia Labat
4–6, 1–6
Winner13.3 October 1999Seoul, South KoreaHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Catherine Barclay Flag of Thailand.svg Tamarine Tanasugarn
Flag of South Korea.svg Park Sung-hee
4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up14.4 October 1999 Saga, JapanGrass Flag of Slovenia.svg Petra Rampre Flag of Australia (converted).svg Catherine Barclay
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Vanessa Webb
7–6, 3–6, 2–6
Winner15.4 June 2000Shenzhen, ChinaHard Flag of Japan.svg Saori Obata Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Na
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Ting
6–1, 6–3
Runner-up16.25 March 2001 La Cañada, United StatesHard Flag of Japan.svg Rika Hiraki Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Julie Pullin
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lorna Woodroffe
2–6, 4–6
Winner17.29 April 2001Seoul, South KoreaHard Flag of Indonesia.svg Wynne Prakusya Flag of Germany.svg Angelika Bachmann
Flag of Hungary.svg Adrienn Hegedűs
6–3, 6–2
Winner18.6 May 2001 Kangaroo Cup, JapanCarpet Flag of Indonesia.svg Wynne Prakusya Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Julie Pullin
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lorna Woodroffe
1–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Runner-up19.16 September 2001Seoul, South KoreaHard Flag of Japan.svg Rika Hiraki Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Young-ja
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Eun-sook
3–6, 3–6
Runner-up20.18 November 2001 Port Pirie, AustraliaHard Flag of South Korea.svg Jeon Mi-ra Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lisa McShea
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Trudi Musgrave
5–7, 4–6
Winner21.25 February 2002 New Delhi, IndiaHard Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Young-ja Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Eva Birnerová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jana Hlaváčková
6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–3
Runner-up22.16 November 2003Manila, PhilippinesHard Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Ji-young Flag of Indonesia.svg Wynne Prakusya
Flag of Indonesia.svg Maya Rosa
6–2, 0–6, 4–6

References

  1. "Bio - Personal". WTA Tour. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  2. "Scoreboard". Philadelphia Daily News . 4 September 1998. p. 126. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  3. "Kim Eun-Ha Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2017.