Park Sung-hee

Park Sung-hee
박성희
Country (sports)	South Korea
Residence	Seoul, Korea
Born	17 February 1975 (age 49); Busan, Korea
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro	1989
Retired	2000
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$439,788
Singles
Career record	196–152 (56.3%)
Career titles	7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 57 (25 September 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1995-96)
French Open	2R (1996-98)
Wimbledon	2R (1995-96)
US Open	2R (1998)
Doubles
Career record	120–96 (55.6%)
Career titles	7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 34 (15 June 1998)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (1997-98)
French Open	3R (1996)
Wimbledon	2R (1997)
US Open	2R (1996-97)

Park Sung-hee (Korean: 박성희; born 17 February 1975) is a former tennis player from South Korea.

Career[edit]

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[edit]

Doubles: 4 (4 runner-ups)[edit]

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Tier I
Tier II (0–1)
Tier III (0–1)
Tier IV & V (0–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Sep 1995	Nagoya, Japan	Carpet (i)	Rika Hiraki	Kerry-Anne Guse Kristine Kunce	6–4, 6–4
Loss	2.	Jan 1996	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Kerry-Anne Guse	Yayuk Basuki Kyoko Nagatsuka	7–6^(9–7), 6–3
Loss	3.	Sep 1996	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Wang Shi-ting	Amanda Coetzer Mary Pierce	6–1, 7–6^(7–5)
Loss	4.	Jan 1998	Gold Coast, Australia	Hard	Wang Shi-ting	Elena Likhovtseva Ai Sugiyama	1–6, 6–3, 6–4

ITF finals[edit]

Legend
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 13 (7–6)[edit]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	30 September 1991	ITF Sekisho, Japan	Hard	Chen Li	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	7 June 1992	ITF Incheon, South Korea	Clay	Kim Yeon-sook	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	3.	8 June 1992	ITF Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Kim Il-soon	4–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	10 August 1992	ITF Taipei, Taiwan	Hard	Tamarine Tanasugarn	6–3, 6–1
Winner	5.	17 August 1992	ITF Taipei, Taiwan	Hard	Lihini Weerasuriya	6–3, 1–6, 7–6⁽²⁾
Winner	6.	24 August 1992	ITF Taipei, Taiwan	Hard	Lihini Weerasuriya	7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Winner	7.	31 August 1992	ITF Taipei, Taiwan	Hard	Lihini Weerasuriya	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Winner	8.	6 June 1993	ITF Incheon, South Korea	Clay	Kim Yeon-sook	2-6, 7–5, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
Winner	9.	14 September 1997	ITF Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Kerry-Anne Guse	6–3, 6–4
Winner	10.	26 October 1997	ITF Houston, United States	Hard	Haruka Inoue	6–1, 7–6⁽²⁾
Runner-up	11.	3 May 1998	Kangaroo Cup, Japan	Grass	Misumi Miyauchi	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	12.	18 October 1998	ITF Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Choi Ju-yeon	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	13.	2 May 1999	Kōfu International Open, Japan	Grass	Wang Shi-ting	7–6, 5–7, 2–6

Doubles: 15 (7–8)[edit]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	18 August 1991	ITF Taipei, Taiwan	Hard	Pyo Hye-jeong	Choi Jin Choi Jeom-sang	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	1 September 1991	ITF Taipei, Taiwan	Hard	Pyo Hye-jeong	Kim Il-soon Sohn Mi-ae	5–7, 4–6
Winner	3.	17 August 1992	ITF Taipei, Taiwan	Hard	Seo Hye-jin	Doh Jeom-ja Lee Mi-jeong	6–2, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
Winner	4.	24 August 1992	ITF Taipei, Taiwan	Hard	Seo Hye-jin	Doh Jeom-ja Lee Mi-jeong	6–2, 7–6⁽⁶⁾
Runner-up	5.	6 June 1993	ITF Incheon, South Korea	Clay	Seo Hye-jin	Kim Soon-mi Pyo Hye-jeong	2–6, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Winner	6.	30 May 1994	ITF Daegu, South Korea	Clay	Kim Il-soon	Kim Soon-mi Pyo Hye-jeong	6–7⁽¹⁾, 6–1, 6–4
Winner	7.	11 July 1994	ITF Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Choi Ju-yeon	Bettina Fulco Patricia Tarabini	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	8.	5 May 1997	ITF Seoul, South Korea	Clay	Choi Young-ja	Cho Yoon-jeong Kim Eun-ha	3–6, 6–7⁽⁶⁾
Runner-up	9.	14 September 1997	ITF Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Wang Shi-ting	Catherine Barclay Kerry-Anne Guse	6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Winner	10.	27 October 1997	ITF Austin, United States	Hard	Miho Saeki	Debbie Graham Meredith McGrath	6–4, 5–7, 6–2
Runner-up	11.	3 May 1998	Kangaroo Cup, Japan	Grass	Cho Yoon-jeong	Catherine Barclay Kerry-Anne Guse	6–7⁽³⁾, 4–6
Winner	12.	10 May 1998	ITF Seoul, South Korea	Clay	Cho Yoon-jeong	Ding Ding Li Ting	6–1, 3–6, 6–2
Winner	13.	21 March 1999	ITF Noda, Japan	Hard	Cho Yoon-jeong	Shinobu Asagoe Yuka Yoshida	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	14.	24 May 1999	ITF Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Cho Yoon-jeong	Magda Mihalache Jelena Kostanić Tošić	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	15.	3 October 1999	ITF Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Tamarine Tanasugarn	Catherine Barclay Kim Eun-ha	6–4, 4–6, 2–6