Grace Kim | |
Fullname: | Grace Kim |
Birth Date: | 16 April 1968 |
Birth Place: | South Korea |
Careerprizemoney: | $128,636 |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 78 (August 31, 1987) |
Frenchopenresult: | 2R (1985) |
Wimbledonresult: | 2R (1984) |
Usopenresult: | 3R (1983, 1985) |
Grace Kim (born April 16, 1968) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.
Kim grew up in Ridgewood, New Jersey but was born in South Korea.[1] She twice made the third round of the US Open, the first time in 1983 was as a 15-year old. Turning professional in 1984, she was a quarter-finalist that year at the Canadian Open, which included a win over Kathy Horvath. At the 1985 US Open she reached the third round again by beating Bettina Bunge and Mary-Lou Piatek, before falling to top seed Chris Evert.[2] One of her biggest wins came in 1986 when she defeated Gabriela Sabatini en route to the quarter-finals in Zurich.[3]