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Lee Duck-hee
South Korean tennis player
Lee Duck-hee Full name Lee Duck-hee Country (sports) South Korea Residence Jecheon , South KoreaBorn (1998-05-29 ) 29 May 1998 (age 24) Jecheon, South KoreaHeight 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Turned pro 2013 Plays Right-handed (two handed-backhand) Prize money $411,134 Career record 3-3 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 130 (10 April 2017) Current ranking No. 394 (21 March 2022) Australian Open Q3 (2017 , 2018 ) French Open Q3 (2018 ) Wimbledon Q1 (2017 , 2018 ) US Open Q2 (2016 , 2017 ) Career record 0-1 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 561 (27 May 2019) Current ranking No. 982 (21 March 2022) Last updated on: 25 March 2022.
Lee Duck-hee (; born 29 May 1998) is a South Korean professional tennis player. He has won 10 titles on the ITF Junior Circuit as a teenager, including Grade 2 tournaments in Nanjing and Sarawak .
Personal life
Lee was born deaf. On the tennis court, he can hear vibrations, but must rely on hand gestures to pick up line calls and the umpire.[1] In 2015, his story was included during a campaign for the ANZ Bank , which was a sponsor for the Australian Open that year.[2]
Professional career
He turned pro in 2013. He played his first Challenger match at age 14. In August 2019 he became the first deaf player to compete in and win a match in the main draw of an ATP tournament with a win over Henri Laaksonen at the Winston-Salem Open.[3]
Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 18 (13-5)
Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0-2)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (13-3)
Titles by surface
Hard (12-5)
Clay (1-0)
Grass (0-0)
Carpet (0-0)
Result
W-L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
0-1
Nov 2013
India F11, Raipur
Futures
Hard
Ramkumar Ramanathan
6-3, 6-7(6-8) , 4-6
Win
1-1
Jul 2014
Hong Kong F1, Hong Kong
Futures
Hard
Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul
6-1, 6-4
Loss
1-2
Jul 2014
Hong Kong F2, Hong Kong
Futures
Hard
Ruan Roelofse
4-6, 6-3, 0-2 ret.
Win
2-2
Nov 2014
Cambodia F2, Phnom Penh
Futures
Hard
Dekel Bar
7-6(7-3) , 6-4
Win
3-2
Apr 2015
Indonesia F2, Tegal
Futures
Hard
Shuichi Sekiguchi
6-1, 3-0 ret.
Win
4-2
Apr 2015
Indonesia F3, Jakarta
Futures
Hard
Christopher Rungkat
6-4, 6-3
Win
5-2
Jun 2015
Japan F6, Kashiwa
Futures
Hard
Toshihide Matsui
6-4, 6-2
Win
6-2
Aug 2015
China F6, Putian
Futures
Hard
Wu Di
6-2, 6-3
Win
7-2
Nov 2015
Thailand F8, Bangkok
Futures
Hard
Mi?elis L?bietis
6-1, 6-4
Win
8-2
Mar 2016
Japan F3, K?fu
Futures
Hard
Yuya Kibi
6-2, 6-3
Loss
8-3
Apr 2016
China F4, Zhangjiagang
Futures
Hard
Jimmy Wang
5-7, 3-6
Win
9-3
Mar 2016
Japan F6, Karuizawa
Futures
Clay
Yasutaka Uchiyama
7-6(7-5) , 6-3
Win
10-3
Jul 2016
China F10, Longyan
Futures
Hard
Li Zhe
6-4, 6-4
Loss
10-4
Sep 2016
Kaohsiung , Chinese Taipei
Challenger
Hard
Chung Hyeon
4-6, 2-6
Win
11-4
Dec 2017
Indonesia F8, Jakarta
Futures
Hard
Prajnesh Gunneswaran
6-3, 4-6, 7-6(8-6)
Loss
11-5
Jun 2019
Little Rock , USA
Challenger
Hard
Dudi Sela
1-6, 3-4 ret.
Win
12-5
Dec 2019
M15, Nonthaburi , Thailand
World Tennis Tour
Hard
Shintaro Imai
6-1, 6-4
Win
13-5
Feb 2022
M15, Sharm El Sheikh , Egypt
World Tennis Tour
Hard
Ben Patael
6-2, 1-6, 7-5
Doubles: 3 (0-3)
Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0-0)
ITF Futures Tour (0-3)
Titles by surface
Hard (0-3)
Clay (0-0)
Grass (0-0)
Carpet (0-0)
Result
W-L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
0-1
Jun 2013
Korea F6, Gimcheon
Futures
Hard
Chung Hyeon
Chung Hong Noh Sang-woo
1-6, 5-7
Loss
0-2
Apr 2014
Japan F4, Tsukuba
Futures
Hard
Finn Tearney
Sho Katayama Bumpei Sato
4-6, 4-6
Loss
0-3
Jun 2015
Japan F6, Kashiwa
Futures
Hard
Woo Chung-hyo
Yuya Kibi Takuto Niki
0-6, 3-6
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