Kwon Soon-woo (Korean: 권순우; born 2 December 1997) is a South Korean professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 52 ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved in November 2021. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 227, attained in October 2022. Since turning professional in 2015, Kwon has won five singles titles on the ITF World Tennis Tour and three on the ATP Challenger Tour. He broke into the top 100 of the ATP singles rankings in August 2019 after reaching the quarterfinals at the Los Cabos Open and contested his first ATP Tour final at the Astana Open in September 2021, where he won his maiden title and made his top 60 debut.

Kwon Soon-woo
권순우

Kwon at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports)	South Korea
Born	(1997-12-02) 2 December 1997 (age 24) Sangju, South Korea
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	2015
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Daniel Yoo
Prize money	US$ $2,300,615
Singles
Career record	57–56 (50.4% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 52 (1 November 2021)
Current ranking	No. 85 (31 October 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2022)
French Open	3R (2021)
Wimbledon	2R (2021)
US Open	2R (2020, 2022)
Doubles
Career record	7–13 (35.0% at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 227 (3 October 2022)
Current ranking	No. 229 (10 October 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2022)
French Open	1R (2020, 2022)
Wimbledon	1R (2022)
US Open	1R (2021, 2022)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	9–3 (Singles 9–2, Doubles 0–1)
Last updated on: 10 October 2022.

Early life

Kwon was born in a small town Sangju and began playing tennis at age 10. He moved to Seoul at age 16 and attended high school there with Lee Duck-hee, another future ATP player. His father Younghun is a talented amateur tennis player and introduced him to tennis. His favorite surface is hard and favorite shots are down-the-line forehand and drop shot. Kwon enjoys singing and watching movies.[1]

Professional career

2018–2019: ATP tour and Grand Slam debut, Top 100 debut

Kwon made his tour-level and Grand Slam debut after winning the 2018 Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff for the main draw of the 2018 Australian Open.[2]

He made his top 100 debut on 5 August 2019 at World No. 97 after reaching the quarterfinals as a qualifier at the 2019 Los Cabos Open.

2020–2021: First Major win at US Open; French Open third round, Maiden ATP title

In February 2020, Kwon reached four consecutive ATP Tour-level quarter-finals in Pune, New York, Delray Beach and Acapulco. As a result, Kwon rose to a career-high ranking of 69 on 2 March 2020. Kwon defeated World No. 24 Dušan Lajović in straight sets to reach the quarter-finals in Acapulco, which was his first ATP 500 event. He lost to eventual champion Rafael Nadal in the quarter-finals.

At the 2020 US Open Kwon recorded his first win in a Grand Slam defeating wildcard Thai-Son Kwiatkowski.

Kwon reached the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career at the 2021 French Open where he defeated South African Kevin Anderson and Andreas Seppi before losing to another Italian 9th seed and eventual quarterfinalist Matteo Berrettini.

Despite losing in qualifications at the Eastbourne International, Kwon entered with a second-round bye as a lucky loser after Reilly Opelka withdrew.[3] He made the semifinals before falling to Alex de Minaur. Kwon was competing in his maiden ATP tour semifinal after winning his first quarterfinal in his eighth attempt against Ilya Ivashka.[4]

In Nur-Sultan, Kwon won his first ATP tour level title. There, he defeated qualifier Evgeny Donskoy, 3rd seed Dušan Lajović, and 7th seed Laslo Đere to reach his second ATP semifinal. In the semifinal, he defeated home favourite and second seed Alexander Bublik to advance to his first ATP tour-level final. He defeated James Duckworth in straight sets to win his first ATP title and became the first South Korean to win on the ATP Tour and only the second Korean to win a tour-level title in the Open Era since 2003 Sydney champion Hyung-Taik Lee.[5] As a result, he reached a new career-high of No. 57 on 27 September 2021.[6]

2022: Maiden ATP 500 singles semifinal , Australian Open doubles third round

At the 2022 Australian Open, he won his first match defeating Holger Rune in five sets. He lost in the second round to Denis Shapovalov in a tight five set match with three tiebreaks.

At Wimbledon, he lost in the first round to the top seed and eventual champion Novak Djokovic in four sets.

Ranked No. 120 at the 2022 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, he reached the quarterfinals for a second time at an ATP 500 tour-level defeating sixth seed Alex de Minaur and Mackenzie McDonald.[7] He defeated Pedro Martinez (tennis) to reach his first ATP 500 tour-level semifinal. As a result he moved more then 30 positions up in the rankings back into the top 100.

National representation

Kwon has represented South Korea in the Davis Cup.[8] He was first nominated to the team for the 2017 Davis Cup, making his debut against Uzbek tennis player Denis Istomin.

Kwon represented South Korea at the 2022 Davis Cup Finals and recorded his first victory over a top-20 player by defeating World no. 13 Felix Auger-Aliassime 7–6(5), 6–3 in the group stage tie versus Canada.[9]

Performance timelines

Singles

Current through the 2022 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships.

Doubles

Current through the 2022 Korea Open.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2021	Astana Open, Kazakhstan	250 Series	Hard (i)	James Duckworth	7–6(8–6), 6–3

Davis Cup

• indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

Rubber outcome	Rubber	Match type (partner if any)	Opponent nation	Opponent player(s)	Score
1–3; 3–5 February 2017; Gimcheon Sports Town Tennis Courts, Gimcheon, South Korea; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Hard surface
Defeat	IV	Singles	Uzbekistan	Denis Istomin	6–3, 6–7(5–7), 2–6, 6–7(12–14)
2–3; 7–9 April 2017; ASB Tennis Arena, Auckland, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania First round play-offs; Hard surface
Victory	II	Singles	New Zealand	Michael Venus	6–2, 6–2, 7–6(7–1)
Victory	IV	Singles		Jose Statham	6–3, 6–2, 6–4
2–3; 15–17 September 2017; Yang Gu Tennis Park, Yang Gu, South Korea; Group I Asia/Oceania Second round play-offs; Hard surface
Victory	II	Singles	Chinese Taipei	Jason Jung	6–3, 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–4)
0–4; 2–3 February 2018; Pakistan Sports Complex, Islamabad, Pakistan; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Grass surface
Defeat	I	Singles	Pakistan	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	3–6, 6–1, 6–7(6–8)
Defeat	III	Doubles (with Lim Yong-kyu)		Aqeel Khan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6–7(8–10), 4–6
3–1; 14–15 September 2019; Guiyang Olympic Sports Center Tennis Stadium, Guiyang, China; Group I Asia/Oceania; Hard surface
Victory	I	Singles	China	Zhang Zhizhen	7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), 7–5
Victory	IV	Singles		Bai Yan	6–4, 6–3
3–1; 17–18 September 2021; The International Tennis Hall of Fame, Newport, USA; World Group I; Grass surface
Victory	II	Singles	New Zealand	Finn Reynolds	7–6(7–1), 6–3
Victory	IV	Singles		Rubin Statham	6–3, 6–3

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 11 (8–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2015	Cambodia F1, Phnom Penh	Futures	Hard	Son Ji-hoon	7–5, 6–1
Win	2–0	Dec 2015	Cambodia F2, Phnom Penh	Futures	Hard	Huang Liang-chi	6–3, 6–3
Win	3–0	Mar 2016	Japan F2, Nishitōkyō	Futures	Hard	Yuya Kibi	6–3, 6–4
Win	4–0	Jul 2016	Korea F5, Gimcheon	Futures	Hard	Cho Min-hyeok	6–4, 6–4
Win	5–0	Dec 2016	Thailand F5, Hua Hin	Futures	Hard	Daniel Altmaier	6–2, 6–2
Loss	5–1	Mar 2017	Yokohama, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Yūichi Sugita	4–6, 6–2, 6–7(2–7)
Loss	5–2	May 2017	Seoul, Korea, Rep.	Challenger	Hard	Thomas Fabbiano	6–1, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	5–3	Sep 2018	Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei	Challenger	Hard (i)	Gaël Monfils	4–6, 6–2, 1–6
Win	6–3	Mar 2019	Yokohama, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Oscar Otte	7–6, 6–3
Win	7–3	May 2019	Seoul, Korea, Rep.	Challenger	Hard	Max Purcell	7–5, 7–5
Win	8–3	Feb 2021	Biella, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Lorenzo Musetti	6–2, 6–3

Doubles: 6 (2–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2015	Korea F6, Ansung	Futures	Clay (i)	Son Ji-hoon	Nam Ji-sung Noh Sang-woo	6–7(4–7), 6–3, [13–11]
Loss	1–1	Nov 2015	Cambodia F1, Phnom Penh	Futures	Hard	Son Ji-hoon	Lee Kuan-yi Liu Shao-fan	7–6(8–6), 4–6, [11–13]
Win	2–1	Mar 2016	Japan F2, Nishitōkyō	Futures	Hard	Chung Yun-seong	Issei Okamura Kento Takeuchi	2–6, 6–2, [10–3]
Loss	2–2	Dec 2016	Thailand F5, Hua Hin	Futures	Hard	Lee Jea-moon	Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2–3	Jun 2018	Korea F3, Daegu	Futures	Hard	Lim Yong-kyu	Chung Yun-seong Hong Seong-chan	w/o
Loss	2–4	Jun 2019	Surbiton, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Ramkumar Ramanathan	Marcel Granollers Ben McLachlan	6–4, 3–6, [2–10]

Record against other players

Record against top 10 players

Kwon's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw and Davis Cup matches are considered:

Player	Record	Win %	Hard	Clay	Grass	Last Match
Number 1 ranked players
Rafael Nadal	0–1	0%	0–1	0–0	0–0	Lost (2–6, 1–6) at 2020 Acapulco
Carlos Alcaraz	0–2	0%	0–1	0–1	0–0	Lost (4–6, 6–7(1–7)) at 2022 Davis Cup
Novak Djokovic	0–2	0%	0–0	0–1	0–1	Lost (3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 4–6) at 2022 Wimbledon Championships
Number 3 ranked players
Milos Raonic	1–0	100%	1–0	0–0	0–0	Won (7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), 6–4) at 2020 Uniondale
Marin Čilić	0–1	0%	0–1	0–0	0–0	Lost (2–6, 6–2, 5–7) at 2021 Singapore
Number 5 ranked players
Kevin Anderson	1–0	100%	0–0	1–0	0–0	Won (5–7, 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–4)) at 2021 French Open
Andrey Rublev	0–4	0%	0–3	0–1	0–0	Lost (3–6, 0–6, 4–6) at 2022 US Open
Number 6 ranked players
Matteo Berrettini	0–1	0%	0–0	0–1	0–0	Lost (6–7(3–7), 3–6, 4–6) at 2021 French Open
Number 7 ranked players
Fernando Verdasco	1–0	100%	1–0	0–0	0–0	Won (6–2, 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–3) at 2022 US Open
Richard Gasquet	1–1	50%	1–1	0–0	0–0	Lost (5–7, 4–6) at 2022 Montpellier
Number 8 ranked players
Felix Auger-Aliassime	1–0	100%	1–0	0–0	0–0	Won (7–6(7–5), 6–3) at 2022 Davis Cup
Karen Khachanov	0–1	0%	0–0	0–0	0–1	Lost (6–7(6–8), 4–6, 6–4, 5–7) at 2019 Wimbledon Championships
Cameron Norrie	0–2	0%	0–1	0–1	0–0	Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2022 Madrid Masters
Number 10 ranked players
Lucas Pouille	1–0	100%	1–0	0–0	0–0	Won (7–6(7–4), 6–2) at 2019 Zhuhai
Denis Shapovalov	0–2	0%	0–2	0–0	0–0	Lost (6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–3), 7–6(8–6), 5–7, 2–6) at 2022 Australian Open
Pablo Carreno Busta	0–2	0%	0–1	0–1	0–0	Lost (3–6, 6–3, 4–6) at 2021 Winston-Salem
Total	6–19	24%	5–11 (31.25%)	1–6 (14.29%)	0–2 (0%)	* Statistics correct as of 18 September 2022[update].

Record against players ranked No. 11–20

Active players are in boldface.

*As of 31 October 2022^[update]

ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors

Singles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Category	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2013	2013 Gimcheon International Junior Championships, South Korea	Category G5	Hard	Chung Yun-seong	4–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Apr 2014	2014 Gimcheon International Junior Championships, South Korea	Category G5	Hard	Shin San-hui	6–3, 6–0
Win	2–1	Sep 2014	China Junior 15 Guangzhou, China	Category G3	Hard	Daniel Nolan	6–1, 6–2
Win	3–1	Apr 2015	2015 ITF Sunchang International Junior Championships, South Korea	Category G5	Hard	Christopher Yun	5–1 ret.
Win	4–1	Apr 2015	2015 Gimcheon International Junior Championships, South Korea	Category G5	Hard	Im Seong-taek	6–1, 6–2

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runners-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Category	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2012	2012 Gimcheon International Junior Championships, South Korea	Category G5	Hard	Kim Young-seok	Hong Seong-chan Kang Ku-keon	3–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Apr 2013	2013 Jeju International Junior Championships, South Korea	Category G4	Hard	Oh Chan-yeong	Han Jin-sung Hyun Geong-hwan	6–3, 6–2
Win	2–1	Apr 2013	2013 Sunchang International Junior Championships, South Korea	Category G5	Hard	Oh Chan-yeong	Lee Min-hyun Shin San-hui	6–4, 3–6, [10–1]
Win	3–1	Apr 2014	2014 Jeju International Junior Championships, South Korea	Category G4	Hard	Go Hyun-sik	Lim Min-seob Shin San-hui	6–4, 7–5
Loss	3–2	Nov 2014	2014 Lee Duk Hee Cup Chuncheon International Junior Tennis Championships, South Korea	Category G2	Hard	Oh Chan-yeong	Jake Delaney Akira Santillan	6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss	3–3	Nov 2014	2014 Seogwipo Asia Oceania International Junior Tennis Championships, South Korea	Category G1	Hard	Shin San-hui	Shohei Chikami Yosuke Watanuki	3–6, 4–6

References

External links

• Kwon Soon-woo at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Kwon Soon-woo at the International Tennis Federation
• Kwon Soon-woo at the Davis Cup

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