Lee Jeong-soon

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Lee Jeong-soon
Country (sports)Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Born (1961-02-23) 23 February 1961 (age 61)
Retired1989
Singles
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 359 (15 March 1987)
Doubles
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 284 (2 February 1987)

Lee Jeong-soon (born 23 February 1961) is a South Korean former professional tennis player.

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Biography

Lee competed on the professional tour in the 1980s, which included a main draw appearance at the 1984 Santista Textile Open, a Virginia Slim tournament held in Rio de Janeiro. She made it through to the second round, where she was beaten by a 14-year old Gabriela Sabatini. [1]

From 1984 to 1986 she featured in 12 ties for the South Korea Federation Cup team. During her Federation Cup career she registered seven singles wins, including victories over Argentina's Mercedes Paz and Brazil's Patricia Medrado.

At the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul, Lee won a total of four medals for South Korea, one of them a mixed doubles gold partnering Yoo Jin-sun.

ITF finals

Singles (3–2)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.5 June 1984 Gwangju, South KoreaClay Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Soo-ok 2–6, 6–3, 1–6
Runner-up2.1 June 1986St. Simons, United StatesClay Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Marjorie Blackwood 1–6, 2–6
Winner1.22 June 1986Fayetteville, United StatesHard Flag of Poland.svg Renata Baranski 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Winner2.18 June 1989 Incheon, South KoreaClay Flag of South Korea.svg Park Mal-sim 6–2, 6–4
Winner3.25 June 1989 Gwangju, South KoreaClay Flag of South Korea.svg Park Mal-sim 6–4, 6–3

Doubles (4–2)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.28 May 1984 Incheon, South KoreaClay Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Soo-ok Flag of South Korea.svg Seol Min-kyung
Flag of South Korea.svg Shin Soon-ho
6–4, 6–2
Winner2.5 June 1984 Gwangju, South KoreaClay Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Soo-ok Flag of South Korea.svg Seol Min-kyung
Flag of South Korea.svg Shin Soon-ho
4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up1.1 June 1986St. Simons, United StatesClay Flag of South Korea.svg Park Jun-re Flag of the United States.svg Alissa Finerman
Flag of the United States.svg Anna Ivan
1–6, 3–6
Winner3.8 June 1986Miramar, United StatesHard Flag of South Korea.svg Park Jun-re Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Marjorie Blackwood
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Susan Leo
4–6, 7–5, 6–3
Winner4.18 June 1989 Incheon, South KoreaClay Flag of South Korea.svg Park Mal-sim Flag of South Korea.svg Park Yang-ja
Flag of South Korea.svg Han Eun-ju
6–3, 6–1
Runner-up2.25 June 1989 Gwangju, South KoreaClay Flag of South Korea.svg Park Mal-sim Flag of South Korea.svg Park Yang-ja
Flag of South Korea.svg Han Eun-ju
4–6, 1–6

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References

  1. "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Rio De Janeiro - 09 July - 15 July 1984". itftennis.com.