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

Park Sung-hee
박성희
Country (sports) South Korea
ResidenceSeoul, Korea
Born (1975-02-17) 17 February 1975 (age 49)
Busan, Korea
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Turned pro1989
Retired2000
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$439,788
Singles
Career record196–152
Career titles7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 57 (25 September 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1995-96)
French Open2R (1996-98)
Wimbledon2R (1995-96)
US Open2R (1998)
Doubles
Career record120–96
Career titles7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 34 (15 June 1998)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (1997-98)
French Open3R (1996)
Wimbledon2R (1997)
US Open2R (1996-97)

Career

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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

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Doubles: 4 (4 runner-ups)

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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

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

Singles: 13 (7–6)

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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)

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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

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