Chung Hyeon

Chung Hyeon

Chung Hyeon at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	South Korea
Residence	Suwon, South Korea
Born	(1996-05-19) 19 May 1996 Suwon, South Korea
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2014
Plays	Right-handed (Two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$1,687,063
Singles
Career record	51–43 (54.3%)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 44 (11 September 2017)
Current ranking	No. 58 (15 January 2018)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (2018)
French Open	3R (2017)
Wimbledon	1R (2015)
US Open	2R (2015, 2017)
Doubles
Career record	5–10 (33.3%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 187 (11 April 2016)
Current ranking	No. 377 (11 September 2017)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2018)
French Open	1R (2017)
US Open	2R (2017)
Medal record Representing South Korea Men's tennis Asian Games 2014 Incheon Men's doubles Universiade 2015 Gwangju Men's singles 2015 Gwangju Men's team
Last updated on: 09:52, 12 July 2017 (UTC).

Chung Hyeon
Hangul	정현
Hanja	鄭泫
Revised Romanization	Jeong Hyeon
McCune–Reischauer	Chŏng Hyŏn

Chung Hyeon (Korean: 정현; Korean pronunciation: [tɕəːŋ hjʌn]; born 19 May 1996) is a South Korean tennis player. He is currently the highest ranked South Korean and also the reigning Next Gen Finals champion. Chung reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 44 in September 2017.

Junior career

Chung took up tennis as a way to try to help maintain his eyesight after requiring glasses at a young age. He won the Eddie Herr International and Junior Orange Bowl Boys under-12s titles in December 2008, and was subsequently signed, along with his brother Chung Hong, to the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy at IMG in Florida. He began competing on the ITF junior tour in 2012, and was runner-up in the 2013 Wimbledon Boys' Singles, a month after winning his first Futures title. He later competed in his first ATP tournament, the Malaysian Open, being defeated in the first round. He reached a career junior high of no. 7, with an 84-32 win-loss record.

Professional career

2014

2014 saw Chung move full-time to the men's professional game, winning 3 Futures tournaments and the 2014 Bangkok Open, his first Challenger level tournament. He competed in the qualifying for the 2014 US Open and won two matches for the South Korea Davis Cup team to help keep them in the Asia/Oceania Zone Group I. He also won gold in the doubles competition at the 2014 Asian Games and ended 2014 ranked 151 in the ATP Rankings.

2015: Breakthrough

Chung reached the final qualifying round for the Australian Open, but focused his efforts on the Challenger Tour. He won at the Burnie Challenger in February to reach the world's top 150 and subsequently received a Wildcard for the ATP World Tour competition at the Miami Open, getting to the second round of this Masters level tournament. Two further Challenger titles followed in April and May 2015, which saw him enter the world top 100 for the first time. His rapid rise up the rankings and an error on behalf of the Korean Tennis Federation meant that he missed the entry deadline for the 2015 French Open. Although he was later handed a wildcard into the qualifying tournament, he was eliminated in the first round. Chung then lost in straight sets to unranked Nicholas Monroe in the first round of qualifiers in the Topshelf Open. In the 2015 Wimbledon Championships, he reached his first main draw in a Grand Slam tournament, losing 10–8 in the decisive set in the first round to Pierre-Hugues Herbert. At the 2015 US Open, Chung qualified for the main draw and recorded his first win in a Grand Slam against James Duckworth. Chung lost in the second round against fifth seed Stanislas Wawrinka in straight sets, despite taking each set to a tiebreak. He continued to play on both the Challenger and ATP tour through 2015, winning a further Challenger at Kaohsiung in September and reaching his first ATP quarterfinal at the Shenzhen Open. He was awarded the year-end ATP Most Improved Player award for 2015, after climbing over 120 places to no. 51 in the rankings.

2016

Chung won his first round match in Brisbane against Sam Groth. He lost in the second round to the 3rd seed Marin Čilić. At the Australian Open Chung lost in the first round to Novak Djokovic.

In February, Chung lost in Sofia in the first round to qualifier Marius Copil. In Rotterdam Chung reached second round, where he lost to Viktor Troicki. In Marseille he lost in the first round to David Goffin. In Dubai Chung defeated Andreas Seppi in the first round. Then he lost to Roberto Bautista Agut, winning only a single game in this match.

Chung won both singles in the Davis Cup tie against New Zealand. South Korea won 3–1.

In Indian Wells, Chung lost in the first round to Albert Ramos-Viñolas. In Miami he lost in the first round to Denis Kudla.

2017: Top 50, Next Generation Finals champion

Chung scored his first Australian Open match by defeating Renzo Olivo. He lost in the second round against eventual semifinalist Grigor Dimitrov despite winning the first set 6-1. In April, Chung reached the quarterfinals of the 2017 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, taking Rafael Nadal to a tie-break before eventually losing. To reach the quarterfinals, Chung came through qualifying and the main draw to record five wins in a row without dropping a set, including victories over Denis Istomin, Phillip Kohlschreiber, and Alexander Zverev.

In May, Chung competed at the 2017 BMW Open in Munich, reaching the semifinals. In the second round, Chung recorded a victory against Gael Monfils, who at a ranking of no. 16 was the highest-ranked player Chung had defeated. At the French Open, Chung achieved his best Grand Slam result by reaching the third round, including a win over 27th seed Sam Querrey in the first round. He lost his all-Asian encounter with the eighth seed Kei Nishikori in five sets.

In August, Chung reached the third round of the Rogers Cup, his best result at an ATP Masters 1000 tournament to date, beating 13th-ranked David Goffin in the second round in straight sets.

He qualified for the Next Generation ATP Finals in Milan and defeated Andrey Rublev in the final. As the undefeated champion, Chung won prize money of $390,000.

2018

Chung began his 2018 season at the Brisbane International where he defeated Gilles Müller in straight sets and lost in the second round to Kyle Edmund. At the ASB Classic, he reached the quarter-finals but was defeated by David Ferrer. At the 2018 Australian Open, Chung reached the fourth round by beating Mischa Zverev, Daniil Medvedev and the world no.4 Alexander Zverev Jr. in a 5 set thriller, winning 5-7,7-6,2-6,6-3,6-0.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP Finals (1–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–0)

Titles by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0)

Titles by setting Outdoor (0–0) Indoor (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2017	Next Generation ATP Finals, Italy	Finals	Hard (i)	Andrey Rublev	3–4(5–7), 4–3(7–2), 4–2, 4–2

Challenger and Futures finals

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (8–3)
ITF Futures (4–3)

Singles

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	12 May 2013	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Daniel Nguyen	6–4, 5–7, 4–6
Winner	1.	16 June 2013	Gimcheon, South Korea	Hard	Enrique López-Pérez	6–2, 6–3
Winner	2.	15 February 2014	Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Nam Ji-sung	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Winner	3.	1 March 2014	Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Marcus Willis	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	23 March 2014	Yuxi, China	Hard	Zhang Ze	6–7(3–7), 6–7(3–7)
Winner	4.	1 June 2014	Changwon, South Korea	Hard	Cho Min-hyeok	6–1, 2–6, 7–5
Runner-up	3.	8 June 2014	Daegu, South Korea	Hard	Kim Cheong-eui	5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Winner	1.	31 August 2014	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Jordan Thompson	7–6(7–0), 6–4
Winner	2.	7 February 2015	Burnie, Australia	Hard	Alex Bolt	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	1.	15 February 2015	Launceston, Australia	Hard	Bjorn Fratangelo	6–4, 2–6, 5–7
Winner	3.	26 April 2015	Savannah, USA	Clay (Green)	James McGee	6–3, 6–2
Winner	4.	10 May 2015	Busan, South Korea	Hard	Lukáš Lacko	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	2.	17 May 2015	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Go Soeda	6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Winner	5.	27 September 2015	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Hard	Yuki Bhambri	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	17 September 2016	Nanchang, China	Hard	Hiroki Moriya	6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Winner	6.	25 September 2016	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Hard	Lee Duck-hee	6–4, 6–2
Winner	7.	13 November 2016	Kobe, Japan	Hard (i)	James Duckworth	6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Winner	8.	29 January 2017	Maui, USA	Hard	Taro Daniel	7–6(7–3), 6–1

Singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Updated through the 2017 Next Generation ATP Finals.

Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	Q3	1R	2R	0 / 2	1–2	33%
French Open	A	A	Q1	1R	3R	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	A	Q2	2R	A	2R	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–2	4–3	0 / 7	5–7	42%
Year-end championships
ATP Finals	Did Not Qualify					0 / 0	0–0	–
Next Gen ATP Finals	Not Held				W	1 / 1	5–0	100%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Miami Open	A	A	2R	1R	1R	0 / 3	1–3	25%
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Canadian Open	A	A	1R	A	3R	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	Q2	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Shanghai Masters	A	A	Q2	A	2R	1 / 1	1–1	50%
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	2R	1 / 1	1–1	50%
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–2	4–5	0 / 9	5–9	36%
National representation
Summer Olympics	Not Held			A	NH	0 / 0	0–0	–
Davis Cup	A	Z1	Z1	Z1	Z1	0 / 0	10–2	83%
Win–Loss	0–0	2–1	3–1	2–0	3–0	0 / 0	10–2	83%
Career statistics
	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	Career
Tournaments	1	0	9	13	19	42
Titles	0	0	0	0	1	1
Finals	0	0	0	0	1	1
Overall Win–Loss	0–1	2–1	12–10	8–13	29–18	51–43
Win%	0%	66%	54%	38%	62%	54%
Year-end ranking	550	173	51	104	59

Wins over top 10 players

Season	2018	Total
Wins	1	1

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	CH Rank
2018
1.	Alexander Zverev	4	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	3R	5–7, 7–6(7–3), 2–6, 6–3, 6–0	58

External links

• Chung Hyeon at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Chung Hyeon at the Davis Cup