Ku Yeon-woo

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Ku Yeon-woo
Country (sports)Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Born (2003-03-15) 15 March 2003 (age 21)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$63,580
Singles
Career record155–89
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 411 (20 March 2023)
Current rankingNo. 417 (4 November 2024)
Doubles
Career record54–41
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 394 (14 August 2023)
Current rankingNo. 550 (4 November 2024)
Last updated on: 4 November 2024.

Ku Yeon-woo (born 15 March 2003) is a South Korean tennis player.

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She has a career-high singles ranking of 411 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), achieved on 20 March 2023, and a best WTA doubles ranking of 394, reached on 14 August 2023. [1]

Ku made her WTA Tour main-draw singles debut at the 2023 Korea Open as a qualifier, losing in the first round to Claire Liu [2]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
W35 tournaments (0–2)
W15 tournaments (3–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Sep 2019ITF Yeongwol,
South Korea
W15Hard Flag of Thailand.svg Watsachol Sawatdee 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win2–0Oct 2021ITF Sozopol,
Bulgaria
W15Hard Flag of Bulgaria.svg Julia Terziyska 6–4, 6–2
Win3–0Nov 2021ITF Lousada,
Portugal
W15Hard (i) Flag of Slovenia.svg Živa Falkner 6–0, 7–5
Loss3–1Feb 2024ITF Gurugram,
India
W35Hard Flag of Lithuania.svg Justina Mikulskytė 0–6, 1–6
Loss3–2Mar 2024ITF Nagpur,
India
W35Clay Flag of Slovenia.svg Dalila Jakupović 1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
W25/35 tournaments (2–3)
W15 tournaments (2–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (3–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Mar 2021ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW15Hard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Raphaella Lacasse Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alicia Barnett
Flag of Japan.svg Lily Miyazaki
4–6, 1–6
Win1–1Aug 2021ITF Bad Waltersdorf,
Austria
W15Clay Flag of Indonesia.svg Priska Madelyn Nugroho Flag of Italy.svg Giulia Crescenzi
Flag of Italy.svg Arianna Zucchini
6–4, 6–3
Loss1–2Sep 2021ITF Aix-en-Provence,
France
W15Clay Flag of Russia.svg Maria Bondarenko Flag of France.svg Julie Belgraver
Flag of France.svg Léa Tholey
1–6, 2–6
Win2–2Sep 2021ITF Melilla,
Spain
W15Clay Flag of Sweden.svg Cajisa Hennemann Flag of Germany.svg Luisa Meyer auf der Heide
Flag of Croatia.svg Chantal Sauvant
6–3, 6–0
Win3–2Oct 2021ITF Seville,
Spain
W25Clay Flag of Sweden.svg Cajisa Hennemann Flag of North Macedonia.svg Lina Gjorcheska
Flag of Croatia.svg Tena Lukas
7–5, 6–1
Loss3–3Jul 2022ITF Quinta da Lago,
Portugal
W25Clay Flag of Hungary.svg Adrienn Nagy Flag of Portugal.svg Francisca Jorge
Flag of Portugal.svg Matilde Jorge
4–6, 4–6
Win4–3May 2023ITF Incheon,
South Korea
W25Hard Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Ji-hee Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Li Yu-yun
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tang Qianhui
6–1, 6–1
Loss4–4Jul 2023ITF El Espinar,
Spain
W25Hard Flag of Latvia.svg Diāna Marcinkēviča Flag of the United States.svg Rasheeda McAdoo
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alexandra Osborne
4–6, 3–6
Loss4–5Mar 2024ITF Nagpur,
India
W35Clay Flag of Lithuania.svg Justina Mikulskytė Flag of Romania.svg Irina Bara
Flag of Slovenia.svg Dalila Jakupović
7–6(8), 6–7(5), [7–10]

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References

  1. "Yeon Woo Ku | Player Stats & More – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association.
  2. "Korea Open: Liu advances to second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 5 November 2024.