Lee Duck-hee

Lee Duck-hee
Full name Lee Duck-hee
Country (sports)  South Korea
Residence Jecheon, South Korea
Born (1998-05-29) 29 May 1998
Jecheon, South Korea
Plays Right-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money $33,937
Singles
Career titles 8 ITF
Highest ranking No. 214 (4 April 2016)
Current ranking No. 214 (4 April 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Q1 (2016)
Australian Open Junior QF (2015)
French Open Junior 3R (2014)
Wimbledon Junior 3R (2015)
US Open Junior QF (2014)
Doubles
Highest ranking No. 1009 (2 March 2015)
Current ranking No. 1249 (12 October 2015)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open Junior 1R (2013, 2014)
French Open Junior 2R (2014)
Wimbledon Junior 1R (2013, 2014)
US Open Junior QF (2014)
Last updated on: 9 April 2016.
This is a Korean name; the family name is Lee.

Lee Duck-hee (born 29 May 1998 in Jecheon) is a South Korean junior tennis player. He has won 8 titles on the ITF Junior Circuit as a teenager, including Grade 2 tournaments in Nanjing and Sarawak.

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 an ANZ Bank, which was a sponsor for the Australian Open that year.[2]

Junior career

On the junior tour, Lee has been ranked as high as No. 3 in the ITF Junior Combined rankings.

Professional career

Lee made his debut on the ITF Futures tour at the age of 14, and began regularly playing events in Asia by the age of 15. He has already won 8 titles and cracked the Top 250 of the ATP rankings before turning 18.

Tour finals

Singles (8–3)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (0)
ITF Futures (8–3)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 1 December 2013 India F11 (ITF18) Hard India Ramkumar Ramanathan 6–3, 6–7, 4–6
Winner 2. 13 July 2014 Hong Kong F1 (ITF18) Hard Thailand Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up 3. 20 July 2014 Hong Kong F2 (ITF18) Hard South Africa Ruan Roelfose 4–6, 6–3, 0–2 (ret.)
Winner 4. 30 November 2014 Cambodia F2 (ITF18) Hard Israel Dekel Bar 7–6, 6–4
Winner 5. 12 April 2015 Indonesia F2 (ITF18) Hard Japan Shuichi Sekiguchi 6–1, 3–0 (ret.)
Winner 6. 19 April 2015 Indonesia F3 (ITF18) Hard Indonesia Christopher Rungkat 6–4, 6–3
Winner 7. 14 June 2015 Japan F6 (ITF18) Carpet Japan Toshihide Matsui 6–4, 6–2
Winner 8. 16 August 2015 China F13 (ITF27) Hard China Di Wu 6–2, 6–3
Winner 9. 29 November 2015 Thailand F8 (ITF27) Hard Latvia Mikelis Libietis 6–1, 6–4
Winner 10. 27 March 2016 Japan F3 (ITF18) Hard Japan Yuya Kibi 6–2, 6–3
Runner-up 11. 10 April 2016 China F4 (ITF27) Hard Chinese Taipei Jimmy Wang 5–7, 3–6

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