Kim So-jung (tennis)

This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.
Kim So-Jung
Country  South Korea
Residence Seoul, Korea
Born March 18, 1986
Seoul, Korea
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $119,299
Singles
Career record 212 - 158
Career titles 0 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking No. 204 (20 September 2010)
Current ranking No. 580 (10 September 2014)
Doubles
Career record 99 - 100
Career titles 0 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking No. 233 (17 July 2006)
Current ranking No. 407 (10 September 2014)
Last updated on: 10 September 2014.

Kim So-Jung (born March 3, 1986 in Seoul) is a South Korean tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 214, which she reached on August 9, 2010. Her career high in doubles is 382, which she reached on July 17, 2006. She won silver for the mixed double teams event after defeat the Taiwanese team at the 2009 Universiade Games.[1] She has played in the Korea Open [2]

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles finals: 7 (5–2)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 12 April 2004 Japan Yamaguchi, Japan Clay Chinese Taipei Chin-Wei Chan 7-6 (7) 6-2
Winner 2. 26 April 2004 Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Indonesia Liza Andriyani 6-2 6-2
Winner 3. 1 November 2005 South Korea Busan, Korea Hard Russia Alla Kudryavtseva 3-6 6-1 6-2
Winner 4. 23 March 2009 New Zealand Wellington, New Zealand Hard South Korea Kyung Yee Chae 4-6 6-3 7-5
Runner-up 5. 27 April 2009 South Korea Gimcheon, Korea Hard South Korea Jin-A Lee 4-6 5-7
Winner 6. 11 April 2011 South Korea Incheon, Korea Hard South Korea Jin-A Lee 2-6 6-3 6-1
Runner-up 7. 29 April 2013 South Korea Seoul, Korea Hard China Han Xinyun 2-6 1-6

Doubles: 12 (7–5)

$100,000 tournaments
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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 05 September 2005 China Beijing, China Hard (i) Japan Maki Arai Chinese Taipei Yung-Jan Chan
Chinese Taipei I-Hsuan Hwang
6-4 6-0
Winner 2. 18 Aug 2008 South Korea Gimhae, Korea Hard Japan Ayaka Maekawa South Korea Jeong A Cho
South Korea Ji-Young Kim
2-6 6-3 10-4
Runner–up 3. 01 September 2008 South Korea Goyang, Korea Hard Japan Ayaka Maekawa South Korea Kyung Yee Chae
South Korea Kyung-Mi Chang
5-7 6-3 5-10
Winner 4. 09 March 2009 New Zealand North Shore City, New Zealand Hard Japan Ayaka Maekawa Australia Alison Bai
Australia Renee Binnie
7-5 7-6
Winner 5. 16 March 2009 New Zealand Hamilton, New Zealand Hard Japan Ayaka Maekawa Indonesia Jessy Rompies
Thailand Varatchaya Wongteanchai
7-5 6-3
Winner 6. 23 March 2009 New Zealand Wellington, New Zealand Hard Japan Ayaka Maekawa South Korea Kyung Yee Chae
South Korea Hae-Sung Kim
6-4 6-4
Runner–up 7. 7 September 2009 Japan Noto, Japan Carpet China Han Xinyun Chinese Taipei Hsu Wenhsin
Chinese Taipei Hwang I-Hsuan
3-6 6-1 9-11
Runner–up 8. 19 July 2010 Thailand Nonthaburi, Thailand Hard Japan Remi Tezuka Japan Akiko Yonemura
Japan Tomoko Yonemura
2-6 4-6
Runner–up 9. 29 Aug 2011 Japan Tsukuba, Japan Hard Japan Erika Takao Chinese Taipei Chin-Wei Chan
Chinese Taipei Hsu Wen-hsin
1-6 1-6
Runner–up 10. 29 May 2014 South Korea Changwon, Korea Hard South Korea Lee Ye-ra Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
Japan Junri Namigata
6-7 0-6
Winner 11. 16 June 2014 South Korea Gimcheon, Korea Hard South Korea Lee Ye-ra South Korea Choi Ji-hee
South Korea Lee Hye-min
6–3, 6–1
Winner 12. 23 June 2014 South Korea Gimcheon, Korea Hard South Korea Lee Ye-ra South Korea Choi Ji-hee
Japan Makoto Ninomiya
7–5, 2–6, [11–9]

References

  1. Kim, Jason. "Big wins for Korea at Universiade". JoongAng Daily. Retrieved October 31, 2010.
  2. Chul, Yoon. "Tennis stars to play at Hansol Korea Open". Korea Times. Retrieved October 31, 2010.

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