Kim Mi-ok

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Kim Mi-ok
Country (sports)Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Born (1978-10-01) 1 October 1978 (age 45)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$26,421
Singles
Career record56–39
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 451 (11 October 2004)
Doubles
Career record92–32
Career titles13 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 257 (19 Jul 2004)
Team competitions
Fed Cup 6–4
Medal record
Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Busan Women's doubles
Summer Universiade
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2001 Beijing Women's doubles

Kim Mi-ok (born 1 October 1978) is a South Korean former professional tennis player.

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Tennis career

A right-handed player, Kim was a gold medalist for South Korea at the 2002 Asian Games, partnering Choi Young-ja in the women's doubles. The pair, who were unseeded, won the gold medal with a win in the final over the tournament's top seeds, Indonesians Wynne Prakusya and Angelique Widjaja. [1]

Between 2002 and 2006, she represented South Korea in a total of nine ties. Her only singles win came against Hong Kong's Kristin Godridge and she won five doubles rubbers.

Kim has featured mostly in ITF level events during her professional career, with three singles and thirteen doubles titles to her name. She made a WTA Tour main-draw appearance in the doubles at the Korea Open in 2005, reaching the quarter-finals. They defeated Marion Bartoli and Tamarine Tanasugarn in the first round. [2]

Initially retiring in 2006, Kim has played in the occasional ITF tournament in her home country since 2016 and won two $25k doubles titles in 2018.

ITF finals

$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 5 (3–2)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.22 July 2002 Incheon, South KoreaHard Flag of Japan.svg Seiko Okamoto 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up1.31 May 2004 Changwon, South KoreaHard Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Eun-jeong 7–6(1), 3–6, 4–6
Winner2.5 July 2005 Daegu, South KoreaHard Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Eun-jeong6–2, 6–0
Runner-up2.17 July 2005 Seogwipo, South KoreaHard Flag of South Korea.svg Yoo Mi 2–6, 3–6
Winner3.16 May 2006Daegu, South KoreaHard Flag of South Korea.svg Lim Sae-mi4–6, 6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 18 (13–5)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.3 June 2001 Baotou, ChinaHard Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Jin-young Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Enyue
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xie Yanze
6–3, 6–3
Winner2.17 June 2001 Seoul, South KoreaHard Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Jin-young Flag of South Korea.svg Chung Yang-jin
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Eun-jeong
6–0, 6–1
Winner3.25 June 2001 Incheon, South KoreaHard Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Jin-young Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Jingjing
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Yan
6–1, 6–3
Winner4.21 April 2002Seoul, South KoreaHard Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Jin-young Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Chin-wei
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Su-wei
6–2, 7–6(4)
Winner5.22 July 2002Incheon, South KoreaHard Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Young-ja Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Eun-sook
Flag of South Korea.svg Cho Eun-hye
6–2, 6–4
Winner6.20 April 2003 Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamHard Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Jin-young Flag of Japan.svg Shiho Hisamatsu
Flag of Japan.svg Seiko Okamoto
6–1, 6–2
Winner7.15 June 2003Seoul, South KoreaHard Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Jin-young Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Chin-wei
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chuang Chia-jung
6–2, 4–6, 7–5
Winner8.27 July 2003Changwon, South KoreaHard Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Jin-young Flag of Japan.svg Shizu Katsumi
Flag of Japan.svg Akiko Kinebuchi
6–3, 6–4
Winner9.30 May 2004Seoul, South KoreaHard Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Jin-young Flag of Japan.svg Shiho Hisamatsu
Flag of Japan.svg Remi Tezuka
4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Runner-up1.26 June 2004Incheon, South KoreaHard Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Jin-young Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Chin-wei
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsieh Su-wei
2–6, 0–6
Winner10.11 July 2004Seoul, South KoreaHard Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Jin-a Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chan Chin-wei
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chen Yi
6–4, 6–4
Runner-up2.17 July 2005 Seogwipo, South KoreaHard Flag of South Korea.svg Chang Kyung-mi Flag of South Korea.svg Yoo Mi
Flag of South Korea.svg Chae Kyung-yee
2–6, 1–6
Runner-up3.21 May 2006 Daegu, South KoreaHard Flag of South Korea.svg Chang Kyung-mi Flag of South Korea.svg Yoo Mi
Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Jin-a
6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Winner11.25 June 2006Changwon, South KoreaHard Flag of South Korea.svg Chang Kyung-mi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Yanchong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Wanting
7–5, 6–1
Runner-up4.9 July 2016 Gimcheon, South KoreaHard Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Hae-sung Flag of Hong Kong.svg Katherine Ip
Flag of Indonesia.svg Jessy Rompies
3–6, 3–6
Runner-up5.4 September 2016 Yeongwol, South KoreaHard Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Ju-eun Flag of South Korea.svg Jung So-hee
Flag of South Korea.svg Park Sang-hee
7–5, 4–6, [2–10]
Winner12.12 June 2018 Gyeongsan, South KoreaHard Flag of South Korea.svg Yu Min-hwa Flag of South Korea.svg Jung So-hee
Flag of South Korea.svg Park Sang-hee
6–2, 1–6, [10–5]
Winner13.21 August 2018Gimcheon, South KoreaHard Flag of South Korea.svg Jung So-hee Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Emily Appleton
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Joanna Garland
6–7(5), 7–6(5), [14–12]

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