Kim Mi-ok

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

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.

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.

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) Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface OpponentScoreWinner 1. 22 July 2002 Incheon, South Korea Hard Seiko Okamoto 4–6, 6–3, 6–4Runner-up 1. 31 May 2004 Changwon, South Korea Hard Lee Eun-jeong 7–6(1), 3–6, 4–6Winner 2. 5 July 2005 Daegu, South Korea Hard Lee Eun-jeong 6–2, 6–0Runner-up 2. 17 July 2005 Seogwipo, South Korea Hard Yoo Mi 2–6, 3–6Winner 3. 16 May 2006 Daegu, South Korea Hard Lim Sae-mi 4–6, 6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 18 (13–5) Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner OpponentsScoreWinner 1. 3 June 2001 Baotou, China Hard Choi Jin-young Ma Enyue Xie Yanze 6–3, 6–3Winner 2. 17 June 2001 Seoul, South Korea Hard Choi Jin-young Chung Yang-jin Lee Eun-jeong 6–0, 6–1Winner 3. 25 June 2001 Incheon, South Korea Hard Choi Jin-young Liu Jingjing Chen Yan 6–1, 6–3Winner 4. 21 April 2002 Seoul, South Korea Hard Choi Jin-young Chan Chin-wei Hsieh Su-wei 6–2, 7–6(4)Winner 5. 22 July 2002 Incheon, South Korea Hard Choi Young-ja Kim Eun-sook Cho Eun-hye 6–2, 6–4Winner 6. 20 April 2003 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Hard Choi Jin-young Shiho Hisamatsu Seiko Okamoto 6–1, 6–2Winner 7. 15 June 2003 Seoul, South Korea Hard Choi Jin-young Chan Chin-wei Chuang Chia-jung 6–2, 4–6, 7–5Winner 8. 27 July 2003 Changwon, South Korea Hard Choi Jin-young Shizu Katsumi Akiko Kinebuchi 6–3, 6–4Winner 9. 30 May 2004 Seoul, South Korea Hard Choi Jin-young Shiho Hisamatsu Remi Tezuka 4–6, 6–1, 6–1Runner-up 1. 26 June 2004 Incheon, South Korea Hard Choi Jin-young Chan Chin-wei Hsieh Su-wei 2–6, 0–6Winner 10. 11 July 2004 Seoul, South Korea Hard Lee Jin-a Chan Chin-wei Chen Yi 6–4, 6–4Runner-up 2. 17 July 2005 Seogwipo, South Korea Hard Chang Kyung-mi Yoo Mi Chae Kyung-yee 2–6, 1–6Runner-up 3. 21 May 2006 Daegu, South Korea Hard Chang Kyung-mi Yoo Mi Lee Jin-a 6–4, 4–6, 2–6 Winner 11. 25 June 2006 Changwon, South Korea Hard Chang Kyung-mi Chen Yanchong Liu Wanting 7–5, 6–1Runner-up 4. 9 July 2016 Gimcheon, South Korea Hard Kim Hae-sung Katherine Ip Jessy Rompies 3–6, 3–6Runner-up 5. 4 September 2016 Yeongwol, South Korea Hard Kim Ju-eun Jung So-hee Park Sang-hee 7–5, 4–6, [2–10]Winner 12. 12 June 2018 Gyeongsan, South Korea Hard Yu Min-hwa Jung So-hee Park Sang-hee 6–2, 1–6, [10–5]Winner 13. 21 August 2018 Gimcheon, South Korea Hard Jung So-hee Emily Appleton Joanna Garland 6–7(5), 7–6(5), [14–12]