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Lee Hyung-taik

South Korean tennis player

Lee Hyung-taik

Country (sports)	South Korea
Residence	Seoul, South Korea
Born	(1976-01-03) 3 January 1976 (age 48) Hoengseong, South Korea
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	1995
Retired	2009
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,355,686
Singles
Career record	161–164
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 36 (6 August 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2003, 2008)
French Open	3R (2004, 2005)
Wimbledon	3R (2007)
US Open	4R (2000, 2007)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2004)
Doubles
Career record	40–72
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 95 (16 January 2006)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2005, 2008)
French Open	3R (2005)
Wimbledon	1R (2003, 2005, 2007)
US Open	2R (2003, 2007)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2000)
Korean name
Hangul	이형택
Hanja	李亨澤
Revised Romanization	I Hyeong-taek
McCune–Reischauer	I Hyŏngt'aek
Medal record Men's tennis Representing  South Korea Asian Games 1998 Bangkok Men's team 2006 Doha Men's team 1998 Bangkok Men's doubles 2002 Busan Men's singles 2002 Busan Men's doubles 2002 Busan Men's team 2006 Doha Men's singles Summer Universiade 1997 Catania Men's doubles 1999 Palma Men's singles 1995 Fukuoka Men's singles
Last updated on: 21 July 2022.

Lee Hyung-taik (Korean: 이형택, born 3 January 1976) is a former professional tennis player from South Korea. He won one singles title and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 36, in August 2007.

Personal life[edit]

Lee was born in a potato-farming village in Hoengseong County, South Korea. He began playing tennis at age nine with a school teacher. After retirement, he is running his own academy in Gangwon province in the tennis center at Song-ahm Sports Town in Chuncheon named "Lee Hyung Taik Tennis Academy", which opened on 12 September 2009.^[1]

Tennis career[edit]

2000[edit]

With the help of Coach Hee June Choi, Lee made a splash at the US Open tournament, reaching the fourth round before losing to Pete Sampras. En route to his fourth-round appearance against Sampras, Lee defeated Jeff Tarango, 13th seed Franco Squillari, and future Australian Open runner-up Rainer Schüttler.

2003[edit]

In 2003, Lee became the first Korean to win ATP Tour singles and doubles titles by winning the singles tournament at the Sydney International as a qualifier (beating Juan Carlos Ferrero in the final) and the doubles tournament at the Siebel Open in San Jose, California (partnering with Belarusian Vladimir Voltchkov).

AtWimbledon, he was defeated in the first round by eventual champion Roger Federer in straight sets.

2006[edit]

In the second round at Wimbledon, Lee was defeated by former champion and two-time semifinalist Lleyton Hewitt in five sets, including three tie-breakers. Lee had set points in the third set tie-breaker, but went on to lose the set after an incorrect line call. As Lee went on to win the fourth set the call probably prevented him winning the match against the eventual quarterfinalist.

2007[edit]

Lee matched his best Grand Slam performance by making the fourth round of the US Open tournament. In the first round, he was forced to five sets before defeating Dominik Hrbatý. Lee was pit against Guillermo Cañas, who was the fourteenth seed in the tournament, in the second round. He defeated Cañas in three sets, setting up a third round showdown against nineteenth seed Andy Murray. Lee got out to a quick two set advantage against Murray, eventually winning in four sets. In the fourth round, Lee played fourth seed Nikolay Davydenko, who defeated the Korean in three sets.

His fourth round showing at the US Open capped a very successful hardcourt series. During the US Open Series, Lee reached the semifinals at the Countrywide Classic in Los Angeles, the quarterfinals at the Indianapolis Tennis Championships and at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic.

Lee set personal bests in a handful of categories, including match wins and money earned. He won a career-high 25 matches and earned $386,230. Overall, Lee compiled records of 16–15 on hard, 5–5 on clay, 3–3 on grass and 1–0 on carpet. In August, he achieved his career best ranking in singles as world No. 36 with the help of his coach, Hee June Choi.

2008[edit]

In the 2008 season, Lee had a disappointing losing streak and eventually fell out of the top 100. He did, however, match his best Masters Series result by making the fourth round of Indian Wells, beating Michaël Llodra, Jarkko Nieminen and No. 5 seed David Ferrer along the way.

2009[edit]

In 2009, Lee played one final time for Korea, in the Davis Cup play-off between Korea and China. He announced his retirement from pro tennis after the Davis Cup match, with Korea triumphing 3–2.

Doubles[edit]

Lee sometimes played doubles alongside Korean-American player Kevin Kim. The pair reached the third round of the 2005 French Open.

Playing style[edit]

Lee is right-handed and uses a single-handed backhand. He considers his backhand as his best shot. His favorite surface is hardcourt. He was coached by countryman and former ATP professional Yoon Yong-il (since March 2006).

ATP career finals[edit]

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)[edit]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2001	Houston, United States	World Series	Clay	Andy Roddick	5–7, 3–6
Win	1–1	Jan 2003	Sydney, Australia	World Series	Hard	Juan Carlos Ferrero	4–6, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4)

Doubles: 1 (1 title)[edit]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2003	San Jose, United States	World Series	Hard	Vladimir Voltchkov	Paul Goldstein Robert Kendrick	7–5, 4–6, 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals[edit]

Singles: 27 (22–5)[edit]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	May 1998	Korea F1, Sogwipo	Futures	Hard	Paradorn Srichaphan	6–3, 6–3
Win	2–0	Jun 1998	Korea F2, Sogwipo	Futures	Hard	Nir Welgreen	6–0, 6–3
Win	3–0	Jun 1998	Canada F2, Montreal	Futures	Hard	Michael Russell	6–0, 7–5
Win	4–0	Jul 1998	Canada F3, Boucherville	Futures	Hard	James Sekulov	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Loss	4–1	Aug 1998	Lexington, United States	Challenger	Hard	Paul Goldstein	1–6, 4–6
Win	5–1	Oct 1998	Japan F4, Maishima	Futures	Carpet	Yoon Yong-Il	7–6, 2–6, 6–4
Win	6–1	Mar 1999	Japan F1, Isawa	Futures	Clay	Gouichi Motomura	7–6, 1–6, 5–2 ret.
Win	7–1	May 1999	China F1, Beijing	Futures	Hard	Dmitriy Tomashevich	6–3, 6–2
Win	8–1	May 1999	China F2, Shenyang	Futures	Hard	Danai Udomchoke	6–0, 6–0
Loss	8–2	May 1999	Korea F2, Seoul	Futures	Clay	Baek Seung-bok	6–3, 2–6, 2–6
Win	9–2	Oct 1999	Japan F5, Kobe	Futures	Carpet	Kwon Oh-Hee	6–1, 7–5
Win	10–2	Nov 1999	Yokohama, Japan	Challenger	Carpet	Paradorn Srichaphan	6–3, 6–0
Win	11–2	Aug 2000	Bronx, United States	Challenger	Hard	Reginald Willems	6–4, 6–1
Win	12–2	Nov 2000	Seoul, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Radek Štěpánek	6–4, 6–4
Loss	12–3	Nov 2000	Osaka, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Michel Kratochvil	6–2, 2–6, 2–6
Win	13–3	Oct 2001	Seoul, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Gouichi Motomura	6–3, 6–4
Win	14–3	Dec 2002	Yokohama, Japan	Challenger	Carpet	John van Lottum	2–6, 7–6(2–7), 7–6(8–6)
Win	15–3	Sep 2003	Seoul, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Dennis van Scheppingen	6–3, 6–3
Win	16–3	Sep 2004	Seoul, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Jean-René Lisnard	3–6, 7–5, 6–2
Loss	16–4	Dec 2004	Port Louis, Mauritius	Challenger	Hard	Andrei Pavel	3–6, 1–6
Win	17–4	Oct 2005	Seoul, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Nicolas Thomann	4–6, 6–1, 7–6(8–6)
Win	18–4	Jun 2006	Busan, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Danai Udomchoke	6–3, 6–2
Win	19–4	Jul 2006	Lexington, United States	Challenger	Hard	Amer Delić	5–7, 6–2, 6–3
Win	20–4	Nov 2006	Seoul, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Björn Phau	6–2, 6–2
Win	21–4	Oct 2008	Seoul, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Ivo Minář	6–4, 6–0
Win	22–4	Nov 2008	Yokohama, Japan	Challenger	Carpet	Go Soeda	7–5, 6–3
Loss	22–5	Nov 2008	Toyota, Japan	Challenger	Carpet	Go Soeda	2–6, 6–7(7–9)

Doubles: 22 (14–8)[edit]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 1996	Seoul, South Korea	Challenger	Clay	Yoon Yong-Il	Fredrik Bergh Patrik Fredriksson	6–4, 6–4
Win	2–0	Mar 1998	Philippines F2, Manila	Futures	Hard	Chen Chih-Jung	David Caldwell Chris Tontz	6–1, 6–4
Win	3–0	May 1998	China F2, Tianjin	Futures	Hard	Yoon Yong-Il	Chen Chih-Jung Andrian Raturandang	6–1, 5–7, 6–3
Loss	3–1	Jul 1998	Canada F3, Boucherville	Futures	Hard	Yoon Yong-Il	Tad Berkowitz Javier Gutierrez-Lima	3–6, 6–1, 3–6
Win	4–1	Oct 1998	Japan F4, Maishima	Futures	Carpet	Yoon Yong-Il	Chen Chih-Jung Lin Bing-Chao	6–4, 1–4 ret.
Loss	4–2	Mar 1999	Kyoto, Japan	Challenger	Carpet	Giorgio Galimberti	Julian Knowle Lorenzo Manta	1–6, 7–6, 2–6
Win	5–2	Mar 1999	Japan F1, Isawa	Futures	Clay	Kevin Kim	Mitty Arnold Todd Meringoff	6–4, 6–4
Loss	5–3	May 1999	Korea F1, Seoul	Futures	Clay	Han Min-kyu	Chung Hee-Seok Chung Hee-sung	4–6, 4–6
Win	6–3	May 1999	Korea F2, Seoul	Futures	Clay	Kim Dong-Hyun	Han Min-kyu Lee Sang-Hoon	6–3, 6–4
Loss	6–4	Aug 1999	Binghamton, United States	Challenger	Hard	Kevin Kim	Mitch Sprengelmeyer Jason Weir-Smith	7–5, 4–6, 2–6
Loss	6–5	Oct 1999	Japan F5, Kobe	Futures	Carpet	Danai Udomchoke	Tasuku Iwami Ryuso Tsujino	5–7, 6–4, 4–6
Win	7–5	May 2000	Japan F4, Fukuoka	Futures	Hard	Yoon Yong-Il	Doug Bohaboy Alex Witt	6–7(4–7), 7–5, 6–2
Win	8–5	Jul 2000	Granby, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Yoon Yong-Il	Frédéric Niemeyer Jerry Turek	7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win	9–5	Jul 2000	Winnetka, United States	Challenger	Hard	Yoon Yong-Il	Matthew Breen Luke Smith	2–6, 7–5, 6–3
Loss	9–6	Aug 2000	Bronx, United States	Challenger	Hard	Yoon Yong-Il	Petr Luxa Wesley Whitehouse	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Win	10–6	Sep 2003	Seoul, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Alex Kim	Alex Bogomolov Jr. Jeff Salzenstein	1–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win	11–6	May 2004	Korea F1, Seogwipo	Futures	Hard	Im Kyu-Tae	Chung Hee-Seok Chung Hee-sung	7–5, 6–4
Win	12–6	Mar 2006	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Challenger	Hard	Cecil Mamiit	Jacob Adaktusson Dudi Sela	6–4, 6–2
Loss	12–7	Apr 2006	Korea F3, Seogwipo	Futures	Hard	Chung Hee-Seok	Jun Woong-sun Kim Sun-Yong	2–6, 0–6
Win	13–7	Apr 2014	Korea F1, Seoul	Futures	Hard	Lim Yong-kyu	Henrique Cunha Daniel Nguyen	6–2, 4–6, [10–4]
Loss	13–8	May 2015	Seoul, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Danai Udomchoke	Gong Maoxin Peng Hsien-yin	4–6, 5–7
Win	14–8	May 2015	Korea F1, Daegu	Futures	Hard	Hong Seong Chan	Nam Jisung Song Min-kyu	6–3, 6–3

Performance timelines[edit]

Singles[edit]

Doubles[edit]

Filmography[edit]

Television shows[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• (in Korean) Lee Hyung Taik Tennis Academy
• Lee Hyung-taik at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Lee Hyung-taik at the International Tennis Federation
• Lee Hyung-taik at the Davis Cup
• Lee Recent Match Results
• Lee World Ranking History
• Korean Men Recent Match Results
• ATP interview^{[permanent dead link]}