Kim Sun-yong (born 26 May 1987) is a South Korean former professional tennis player.
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Born | (1987-05-26) 26 May 1987 (age 35) Seoul, South Korea | |||||||||||||
Plays | Right-handed | |||||||||||||
Singles | ||||||||||||||
Career record | 3-1 | |||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 660 (8 May 2006) | |||||||||||||
Doubles | ||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 327 (10 July 2006) | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kim, who was born in Seoul, won the junior doubles title at the 2005 Australian Open, partnering Taiwan's Yi Chu-huan. He was runner-up in the boys' singles event to Donald Young and was also a singles semi-finalist at the 2005 US Open juniors.[1]
A right-handed player, Kim featured in three Davis Cup ties for South Korea. In 2005 he won both of his singles matches against Pacific Oceania, then played a dead rubber in the Group II final against New Zealand, which he lost to Jose Statham.[2] His only other appearance came in 2007, when he won in the singles against Dmitriy Makeyev of Kazakhstan.