Park Sung-hee explained

Park Sung-hee
박성희
Residence:Seoul, Korea
Birth Date:17 February 1975
Birth Place:Busan, Korea
Turnedpro:1989
Retired:2000
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$439,788
Singlestitles:7 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 57 (25 September 1995)
Australianopenresult:2R (1995-96)
Frenchopenresult:2R (1996-98)
Wimbledonresult:2R (1995-96)
Usopenresult:2R (1998)
Doublestitles:7 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 34 (15 June 1998)
Australianopendoublesresult:3R (1997-98)
Frenchopendoublesresult:3R (1996)
Wimbledondoublesresult:2R (1997)
Usopendoublesresult:2R (1996-97)

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)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Tier I
Tier II (0–1)
Tier III (0–1)
Tier IV & V (0–2)
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.Sep 1995Nagoya, JapanCarpet (i) Rika Hiraki Kerry-Anne Guse
Kristine Kunce
6–4, 6–4
Loss2.Jan 1996Hobart, AustraliaHard Kerry-Anne Guse Yayuk Basuki
Kyoko Nagatsuka
7–6(9–7), 6–3
Loss3.Sep 1996Tokyo, JapanHard Wang Shi-ting Amanda Coetzer
Mary Pierce
6–1, 7–6(7–5)
Loss4.Jan 1998Gold Coast, AustraliaHard 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)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.30 September 1991ITF Sekisho, JapanHard Chen Li2–6, 4–6
Runner-up2.7 June 1992ITF Incheon, South KoreaClay Kim Yeon-sook3–6, 1–6
Runner-up3.8 June 1992ITF Seoul, South KoreaHard Kim Il-soon4–6, 3–6
Winner4.ITF Taipei, TaiwanHard Tamarine Tanasugarn6–3, 6–1
Winner5.17 August 1992ITF Taipei, TaiwanHard Lihini Weerasuriya6–3, 1–6, 7–6(2)
Winner6.24 August 1992ITF Taipei, TaiwanHard Lihini Weerasuriya7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Winner7.31 August 1992ITF Taipei, TaiwanHard Lihini Weerasuriya6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Winner8.6 June 1993ITF Incheon, South KoreaClay Kim Yeon-sook2-6, 7–5, 7–6(5)
Winner9.14 September 1997ITF Seoul, South Korea Hard Kerry-Anne Guse6–3, 6–4
Winner10.26 October 1997ITF Houston, United States Hard Haruka Inoue6–1, 7–6(2)
Runner-up11.3 May 1998Kangaroo Cup, JapanGrass Misumi Miyauchi3–6, 4–6
Runner-up12.18 October 1998ITF Seoul, South KoreaHard Choi Ju-yeon4–6, 3–6
Runner-up13.2 May 1999Kōfu International Open, JapanGrass Wang Shi-ting7–6, 5–7, 2–6

Doubles: 15 (7–8)

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OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.18 August 1991ITF Taipei, TaiwanHard Pyo Hye-jeong Choi Jin
Choi Jeom-sang
2–6, 3–6
Runner-up2.1 September 1991ITF Taipei, TaiwanHard Pyo Hye-jeong Kim Il-soon
Sohn Mi-ae
5–7, 4–6
Winner3.17 August 1992ITF Taipei, TaiwanHard Doh Jeom-ja
Lee Mi-jeong
6–2, 7–6(5)
Winner4.24 August 1992ITF Taipei, TaiwanHard Seo Hye-jin Doh Jeom-ja
Lee Mi-jeong
6–2, 7–6(6)
Runner-up5.6 June 1993ITF Incheon, South KoreaClay Seo Hye-jin Kim Soon-mi
Pyo Hye-jeong
2–6, 6–7(5)
Winner6.30 May 1994ITF Daegu, South KoreaClay Kim Il-soon Kim Soon-mi
Pyo Hye-jeong
6–7(1), 6–1, 6–4
Winner7.11 July 1994ITF Darmstadt, GermanyClay Choi Ju-yeon Bettina Fulco
Patricia Tarabini
6–4, 6–3
Runner-up8.5 May 1997ITF Seoul, South KoreaClay Choi Young-ja Cho Yoon-jeong
Kim Eun-ha
3–6, 6–7(6)
Runner-up9.14 September 1997ITF Seoul, South KoreaHard Wang Shi-ting Catherine Barclay
Kerry-Anne Guse
6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Winner10.ITF Austin, United StatesHard Debbie Graham
Meredith McGrath
6–4, 5–7, 6–2
Runner-up 11.3 May 1998Kangaroo Cup, JapanGrass Cho Yoon-jeong Catherine Barclay
Kerry-Anne Guse
6–7(3), 4–6
Winner12.10 May 1998ITF Seoul, South KoreaClay Cho Yoon-jeong Ding Ding
Li Ting
6–1, 3–6, 6–2
Winner13.21 March 1999ITF Noda, JapanHard Cho Yoon-jeong Shinobu Asagoe
Yuka Yoshida
6–3, 6–3
Runner-up14.24 May 1999ITF Warsaw, PolandClay Cho Yoon-jeong Magda Mihalache
Jelena Kostanić Tošić
1–6, 3–6
Runner-up15.3 October 1999ITF Seoul, South KoreaHard Tamarine Tanasugarn Catherine Barclay
Kim Eun-ha
6–4, 4–6, 2–6