Lee Duck-hee

Lee Duck-hee (이덕희; born 29 May 1998) is a South Korean professional tennis player. He has won 10 titles on the ITF Junior Circuit as a teenager, including Grade 2 tournaments in Nanjing and Sarawak.

For the Korean former tennis player on the women's circuit, see Lee Duk-hee.

Lee Duck-hee
Full nameLee Duck-hee
Country (sports) South Korea
ResidenceJecheon, South Korea
Born (1998-05-29) 29 May 1998
Jecheon, South Korea
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro2013
PlaysRight-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money$411,134
Singles
Career record3–3
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 130 (10 April 2017)
Current rankingNo. 394 (21 March 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2017, 2018)
French OpenQ3 (2018)
WimbledonQ1 (2017, 2018)
US OpenQ2 (2016, 2017)
Doubles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 561 (27 May 2019)
Current rankingNo. 982 (21 March 2022)
Last updated on: 25 March 2022.
Lee Duck-hee
Hangul
이덕희
Revised RomanizationI Deokhui
McCune–ReischauerI Tŏkhŭi
In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.

Personal life

Lee was born deaf. On the tennis court, he can hear vibrations, but must rely on hand gestures to pick up line calls and the umpire.[1] In 2015, his story was included during a campaign for the ANZ Bank, which was a sponsor for the Australian Open that year.[2]

Professional career

He turned pro in 2013. He played his first Challenger match at age 14. In August 2019 he became the first deaf player to compete in and win a match in the main draw of an ATP tournament with a win over Henri Laaksonen at the Winston-Salem Open.[3]

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 18 (13–5)
Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–2)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (13–3)
Titles by surface
Hard (12–5)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2013 India F11, Raipur Futures Hard Ramkumar Ramanathan 6–3, 6–7(6–8), 4–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2014 Hong Kong F1, Hong Kong Futures Hard Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul 6–1, 6–4
Loss 1–2 Jul 2014 Hong Kong F2, Hong Kong Futures Hard Ruan Roelofse 4–6, 6–3, 0–2 ret.
Win 2–2 Nov 2014 Cambodia F2, Phnom Penh Futures Hard Dekel Bar 7–6(7–3), 6–4
Win 3–2 Apr 2015 Indonesia F2, Tegal Futures Hard Shuichi Sekiguchi 6–1, 3–0 ret.
Win 4–2 Apr 2015 Indonesia F3, Jakarta Futures Hard Christopher Rungkat 6–4, 6–3
Win 5–2 Jun 2015 Japan F6, Kashiwa Futures Hard Toshihide Matsui 6–4, 6–2
Win 6–2 Aug 2015 China F6, Putian Futures Hard Wu Di 6–2, 6–3
Win 7–2 Nov 2015 Thailand F8, Bangkok Futures Hard Miķelis Lībietis 6–1, 6–4
Win 8–2 Mar 2016 Japan F3, Kōfu Futures Hard Yuya Kibi 6–2, 6–3
Loss 8–3 Apr 2016 China F4, Zhangjiagang Futures Hard Jimmy Wang 5–7, 3–6
Win 9–3 Mar 2016 Japan F6, Karuizawa Futures Clay Yasutaka Uchiyama 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win 10–3 Jul 2016 China F10, Longyan Futures Hard Li Zhe 6–4, 6–4
Loss 10–4 Sep 2016 Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei Challenger Hard Chung Hyeon 4–6, 2–6
Win 11–4 Dec 2017 Indonesia F8, Jakarta Futures Hard Prajnesh Gunneswaran 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(8–6)
Loss 11–5 Jun 2019 Little Rock, USA Challenger Hard Dudi Sela 1–6, 3–4 ret.
Win 12–5 Dec 2019 M15, Nonthaburi, Thailand World Tennis Tour Hard Shintaro Imai 6-1, 6-4
Win 13–5 Feb 2022 M15, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard Ben Patael 6-2, 1–6, 7-5

Doubles: 3 (0–3)
Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (0–3)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–3)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2013 Korea F6, Gimcheon Futures Hard Chung Hyeon Chung Hong
Noh Sang-woo		 1–6, 5–7
Loss 0–2 Apr 2014 Japan F4, Tsukuba Futures Hard Finn Tearney Sho Katayama
Bumpei Sato		 4–6, 4–6
Loss 0–3 Jun 2015 Japan F6, Kashiwa Futures Hard Woo Chung-hyo Yuya Kibi
Takuto Niki		 0–6, 3–6

References
  1. Deafness no problem for rising star Lee
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 April 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Lee Duck-hee becomes first deaf player to win ATP Tour main draw match". 20 August 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.


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