Kwon Soon-woo

Kwon Soon-woo (Korean: 권순우; born 2 December 1997) is a South Korean tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 52 achieved on 1 November 2021. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 270 achieved on 3 February 2020.

In this Korean name, the family name is Kwon.
Kwon Soon-woo
권순우
Kwon at the 2021 French Open
Country (sports) South Korea
Born (1997-12-02) 2 December 1997
Sangju, South Korea
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Turned pro2015
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachDaniel Yoo
Prize moneyUS$ 1,715,190
Singles
Career record48–43 (52.7% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 52 (1 November 2021)
Current rankingNo. 73 (2 May 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2022)
French Open3R (2021)
Wimbledon2R (2021)
US Open2R (2020)
Doubles
Career record5–9 (35.7% at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 270 (3 February 2020)
Current rankingNo. 279 (28 February 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2022)
French Open1R (2020)
US Open1R (2021)
Team competitions
Davis Cup6–3 (Singles 6–2, Doubles 0–1)
Last updated on: 4 March 2022.
Kwon Soon-woo
Hangul
권순우
Revised RomanizationGwon Sunu
McCune–ReischauerKwŏn Sunu

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: US Open second round and first Major win; 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 since Lee Hyung-taik at the Sydney International in 2003, and only the second Korean to win a tour-level title in the Open Era.[5][6] As a result he reached a new career-high of No. 57 on 27 September 2021.[7]

2022: Australian Open third round in doubles

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.

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.

Performance timelines
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Current through the 2022 Miami Open.

Tournament20172018201920202021 2022SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R Q1 1R 1R 2R 0 / 4 1–4
French Open A A Q1 1R 3R 0 / 2 2–2
Wimbledon Q1 A 1R NH 2R 0 / 2 1–2
US Open Q1 A 1R 2R 1R 0 / 3 1–3
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–3 3–4 1–1 0 / 11 5–11
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A NH 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2
Miami Open A A A NH 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A NH A Q1 0 / 0 0–0
Madrid Open A A A NH A 0 / 0 0–0
Italian Open A A A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0
Canadian Open A A 1R NH A 0 / 1 0–1
Cincinnati Masters A A A Q2 Q1 0 / 0 0–0
Shanghai Masters A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0
Paris Masters A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 0–2 0 / 5 0–5
National representation
Davis Cup Z1 Z1 Z1 A WG1 0 / 0 9–2
Career statistics
20172018201920202021 2022Career
Tournaments 1 2 8 7 16 9 43
Titles / Finals 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 1
Overall win–loss 3–1 0–2 7–7 8–7 19–15 9–9 46–41
Year-end ranking 168 235 88 95 53 53%

Doubles

Current through the 2022 Australian Open.

Tournament2018201920202021 2022SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R A 3R 0 / 2 2–2
French Open A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1
Wimbledon A A NH A 0 / 0 0–0
US Open A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–1 2–1 0 / 4 2–4
National representation
Davis Cup Z1 A A A 0 / 0 0–1
Career statistics
2018201920202021 2022Career
Tournaments 1 2 2 1 3 9
Titles / Finals 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0
Overall win–loss 0–1 2–2 0–2 0–1 3–3 5–9
Year-end ranking 0 280 342 851 36%

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 Series (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–0)
Indoor (1–0)
Outcome 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
Legend
Group membership
World Group (0)
Group I (7–3)
Group II (0)
Group III (0)
Group IV (0)
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)
Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (3–3)
ITF Futures Tour (5–0)
Titles by surface
Hard (8–3)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
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 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)
Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
ITF Futures Tour (2–3)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
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 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 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
Novak Djokovic 0–1 0% 0–0 0–1 0–0 Lost (1–6, 3–6) at 2021 Belgrade 1
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
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
Richard Gasquet 1–0 100% 1–0 0–0 0–0 Won (1–6, 6–3, 6–4) at 2019 Antwerp
Number 8 ranked players
Karen Khachanov 0–1 0% 0–0 0–0 0–1 Lost (6–7(6-8), 4–6, 6–4, 7–5) at 2019 Wimbledon Championships
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 0–1 0% 0–1 0–0 0–0 Lost (7–6(7-5), 4–6, 4–6, 2–6) at 2020 US 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 4–8 33.33% 3–4
(42.86%)		 1–3
(25%)		 0–1
(0%)		 * Statistics correct as of 24 August 2021.

References
  1. ATP Staff (26 September 2021). "First-Time Winner Spotlight: Soonwoo Kwon". ATP Tour. ATP Tour, Inc. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  2. "#NextGenATP de Minaur, Kwon Earn Australian Open Wild Cards | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  3. "Kwon Soon-woo reaches semifinals at Eastbourne International".
  4. "Lorenzo Sonego Reaches Second Final of Season at Eastbourne | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  5. "Kwon Captures Maiden ATP Tour Title In Nur-Sultan | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  6. "Kwon the first South Korean to win on ATP Tour in 18 years". Reuters. 27 September 2021.
  7. "Kwon Soon-woo rises to 57th in world tennis rankings after first ATP Tour title". 27 September 2021.
  8. "Korea to play Uzbekistan in Davis Cup qualifier". 1 February 2017.
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