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Park Sung-hee

b. 1975

South Korean tennis player

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Born 1975. Park Sung-hee is a South Korean tennis player.

Park Sung-hee (; born 17 February 1975) is a former tennis player from South Korea.

Career Park who turned professional in 1989 won seven singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In her career, she reached four doubles finals on the WTA Tour but always ended runner-up. Her best Grand Slam performances came in doubles, reaching the round of 16 at the 1996 French Open, 1997 Australian Open, and the 1998 Australian Open, all partnering with Wang Shi-ting. She reached career-high rankings of No. 34 in doubles (in June 1998) and No. 57 in singles (in September 1995).

Park played in nine years 34 ties for the South Korea Fed Cup team, with a 30–14 record overall and 24–12 in singles, all team records. She retired from the tour in 2000.

WTA career finals Doubles: 4 (4 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournamentsTier ITier II (0–1)Tier III (0–1)Tier IV & V (0–2) Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner OpponentsScore Loss 1. Sep 1995 Nagoya, Japan Carpet (i) Rika Hiraki Kerry-Anne Guse Kristine Kunce 6–4, 6–4 Loss 2. Jan 1996 Hobart, Australia Hard Kerry-Anne Guse Yayuk Basuki Kyoko Nagatsuka 7–6(9–7), 6–3 Loss 3. Sep 1996 Tokyo, Japan Hard Wang Shi-ting Amanda Coetzer Mary Pierce 6–1, 7–6(7–5) Loss 4. Jan 1998 Gold Coast, Australia Hard Wang Shi-ting Elena Likhovtseva Ai Sugiyama 1–6, 6–3, 6–4

ITF finals Legend $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Singles: 13 (7–6) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 30 September 1991 ITF Sekisho, Japan Hard Chen Li 2–6, 4–6Loss 2. 7 June 1992 ITF Incheon, South Korea Clay Kim Yeon-sook 3–6, 1–6Loss 3. 8 June 1992 ITF Seoul, South Korea Hard Kim Il-soon 4–6, 3–6Win 4. ITF Taipei, Taiwan Hard Tamarine Tanasugarn 6–3, 6–1Win 5. 17 August 1992 ITF Taipei, Taiwan Hard Lihini Weerasuriya 6–3, 1–6, 7–6(2)Win 6. 24 August 1992 ITF Taipei, Taiwan Hard Lihini Weerasuriya 7–5, 3–6, 6–4Win 7. 31 August 1992 ITF Taipei, Taiwan Hard Lihini Weerasuriya 6–2, 3–6, 6–4Win 8. 6 June 1993 ITF Incheon, South Korea Clay Kim Yeon-sook 2-6, 7–5, 7–6(5)Win 9. 14 September 1997 ITF Seoul, South Korea Hard Kerry-Anne Guse 6–3, 6–4Win 10. 26 October 1997 ITF Houston, United States Hard Haruka Inoue 6–1, 7–6(2)Loss 11. 3 May 1998 Kangaroo Cup, Japan Grass Misumi Miyauchi 3–6, 4–6Loss 12. 18 October 1998 ITF Seoul, South Korea Hard Choi Ju-yeon 4–6, 3–6Loss 13. 2 May 1999 Kōfu International Open, Japan Grass Wang Shi-ting 7–6, 5–7, 2–6

Doubles: 15 (7–8) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. 18 August 1991 ITF Taipei, Taiwan Hard Pyo Hye-jeong Choi Jin Choi Jeom-sang 2–6, 3–6Loss 2. 1 September 1991 ITF Taipei, Taiwan Hard Pyo Hye-jeong Kim Il-soon Sohn Mi-ae 5–7, 4–6Win 3. 17 August 1992 ITF Taipei, Taiwan Hard Seo Hye-jin Doh Jeom-ja Lee Mi-jeong 6–2, 7–6(5)Win 4. 24 August 1992 ITF Taipei, Taiwan Hard Seo Hye-jin Doh Jeom-ja Lee Mi-jeong 6–2, 7–6(6)Loss 5. 6 June 1993 ITF Incheon, South Korea Clay Seo Hye-jin Kim Soon-mi Pyo Hye-jeong 2–6, 6–7(5)Win 6. 30 May 1994 ITF Daegu, South Korea Clay Kim Il-soon Kim Soon-mi Pyo Hye-jeong 6–7(1), 6–1, 6–4Win 7. 11 July 1994 ITF Darmstadt, Germany Clay Choi Ju-yeon Bettina Fulco Patricia Tarabini 6–4, 6–3Loss 8. 5 May 1997 ITF Seoul, South Korea Clay Choi Young-ja Cho Yoon-jeong Kim Eun-ha 3–6, 6–7(6)Loss 9. 14 September 1997 ITF Seoul, South Korea Hard Wang Shi-ting Catherine Barclay Kerry-Anne Guse 6–4, 4–6, 1–6Win 10. ITF Austin, United States Hard Miho Saeki Debbie Graham Meredith McGrath 6–4, 5–7, 6–2Loss 11. 3 May 1998 Kangaroo Cup, Japan Grass Cho Yoon-jeong Catherine Barclay Kerry-Anne Guse 6–7(3), 4–6Win 12. 10 May 1998 ITF Seoul, South Korea Clay Cho Yoon-jeong Ding Ding Li Ting 6–1, 3–6, 6–2Win 13. 21 March 1999 ITF Noda, Japan Hard Cho Yoon-jeong Shinobu Asagoe Yuka Yoshida 6–3, 6–3Loss 14. 24 May 1999 ITF Warsaw, Poland Clay Cho Yoon-jeong Magda Mihalache Jelena Kostanić Tošić 1–6, 3–6Loss 15. 3 October 1999 ITF Seoul, South Korea Hard Tamarine Tanasugarn Catherine Barclay Kim Eun-ha 6–4, 4–6, 2–6

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South Korean tennis player

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Park Sung-hee was born on 17 February 1975 in Busan.

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