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Kim Jin-hee (tennis)

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Kim Jin-hee
Country (sports) South Korea
Born (1981-06-14) 14 June 1981 (age 43)
Turned pro1998
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$88,458
Singles
Career record173–156
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 235 (8 September 2003)
Doubles
Career record147–130
Career titles9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 191 (26 July 2004)

Kim Jin-hee (born 14 June 1981) is a female South Korean former professional tennis player.

Career

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Jin-hee attempted to qualify for a number of WTA Tour events, but has failed to qualify in most of them. She lost to Liza Andriyani in the first round of qualifying in Bali, 2002. However, she qualified for the 2002 Japan Open, where she lost in the first round. In 2003, she lost in the second round of qualifying at the Pan Pacific Open, before she took part in the Hyderabad Open where she lost in the qualifying round to Manisha Malhotra.

However, she also failed to qualify for the Japan Open before gaining entry into the main draw as a lucky loser and losing to Maria Sharapova. In 2004, she played at the Korea Open losing in the first round.

ITF Circuit finals

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$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 8 (4–4)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 30 September 2001 ITF Kyoto, Japan Carpet (i) Australia Samantha Stosur 1–6, 5–7
Winner 2. 25 November 2001 ITF Kofu, Japan Clay Japan Sachie Umehara 6–1, 4–6, 7–6(4)
Winner 3. 27 July 2003 ITF Changwon, South Korea Hard South Korea Chang Kyung-mi w/o
Runner-up 4. 14 August 2003 ITF Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand Hard India Isha Lakhani 4–6, 2–6
Winner 5. 30 May 2004 ITF Seoul, South Korea Hard Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei 6–2, 6–4
Winner 6. 22 May 2005 ITF Changwon, South Korea Hard Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 7. 11 June 2005 ITF Seoul, South Korea Hard Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei 2–6, 6–2, 3–6
Runner-up 8. 3 August 2008 ITF Surakarta, Indonesia Hard Indonesia Sandy Gumulya 7–6(5), 1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 23 (9–14)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 29 November 1998 ITF Manila, Philippines Hard South Korea Chang Kyung-mi Indonesia Liza Andriyani
Indonesia Irawati Iskandar
6–3, 7–6
Runner-up 2. 4 April 1999 ITF Incheon, South Korea Clay South Korea Chang Kyung-mi South Korea Lee Eun-jeong
South Korea Park Seon-young
3–6, 2–6
Runner-up 3. 5 November 2000 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia Hard South Korea Chae Kyung-yee Indonesia Liza Andriyani
Indonesia Angelique Widjaja
4–2, 3–5, 2–4, 4–0, 0–4
Winner 4. 19 November 2000 ITF Manila, Philippines Hard South Korea Chae Kyung-yee Germany Catherine Turinsky
Netherlands Andrea van den Hurk
4–2, 4–2, 4–0
Runner-up 5. 18 March 2001 ITF Kaohsiung, Taiwan Hard South Korea Chae Kyung-yee Indonesia Dea Sumantri
Indonesia Angelique Widjaja
3–6, 2–6
Runner-up 6. 22 July 2001 ITF Baltimore, United States Hard Japan Sachie Umehara United States Celena McCoury
United States Sarah Riske
3–6, 6–4, 2–6
Runner-up 7. 12 August 2001 ITF Bangkok, Thailand Hard South Korea Chae Kyung-yee Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei
Chinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei
1–6, 3–6
Runner-up 8. 19 August 2001 ITF Bangkok, Thailand Hard South Korea Chae Kyung-yee Indonesia Romana Tedjakusuma
Indonesia Angelique Widjaja
6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Runner-up 9. 25 November 2001 ITF Kofu, Japan Clay Chinese Taipei Weng Tzu-ting Japan Etsuko Kitazaki
Japan Eriko Mizuno
6–4, 6–7(5), ret.
Winner 10. 3 December 2001 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand Hard Croatia Ivana Abramović South Korea Jeon Mi-ra
India Manisha Malhotra
6–1, 7–5
Runner-up 11. 21 July 2002 ITF Baltimore, United States Hard Belarus Natallia Dziamidzenka Puerto Rico Vilmarie Castellvi
United States Agnes Wiski
1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Winner 12. 28 July 2002 ITF Evansville, United States Hard Japan Aiko Nakamura Australia Gabrielle Baker
Australia Deanna Roberts
6–4, 6–0
Runner-up 13. 10 August 2003 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand Hard Japan Ryoko Takemura Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei
Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
2–6, 5–7
Winner 14. 6 June 2004 ITF Changwon, South Korea Hard South Korea Chang Kyung-mi Japan Ayami Takase
Japan Tomoko Yonemura
7–5, 6–4
Winner 15. 15 November 2004 ITF Nuriootpa, Australia Hard South Korea Cho Yoon-jeong Australia Evie Dominikovic
Australia Daniella Jeflea
7–5, 6–2
Runner-up 16. 7 July 2007 ITF Nagoya, Japan Hard South Korea Chang Kyung-mi Japan Junri Namigata
Japan Akiko Yonemura
2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up 17. 4 May 2008 ITF Gimcheon, South Korea Hard South Korea Cho Yoon-jeong Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei
Australia Jarmila Gajdošová
2–6, 0–6
Runner-up 18. 11 May 2008 ITF Changwon, South Korea Hard South Korea Cho Yoon-jeong South Korea Chang Kyung-mi
South Korea Lee Jin-a
5–7, 2–6
Winner 19. 28 July 2008 ITF Surakarta, Indonesia Hard Chinese Taipei Chen Yi Indonesia Sandy Gumulya
Indonesia Lavinia Tananta
6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 20. 4 August 2008 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Chinese Taipei Chen Yi Indonesia Liza Andriyani
Indonesia Angelique Widjaja
3–6, 1–6
Winner 21. 30 August 2008 ITF Gimhae, South Korea Hard South Korea Hong Da-jung South Korea Kim Sun-jung
South Korea Lee Cho-won
6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 22. 1 November 2010 ITF Manila, Philippines Hard South Korea Kim Ji-young China Yang Zhaoxuan
China Zhu Lin
4–6, 7–6(5), [7–10]
Winner 23. 11 September 2011 ITF Yeongwol, South Korea Hard South Korea Kim Ji-young Chinese Taipei Lee Hua-chen
Chinese Taipei Lee Pei-chi
6–1, 6–1
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