Kim Jin-hee

Country (sports)	South Korea
Born	(1981-06-14) 14 June 1981 (age 42)
Turned pro	1998
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$88,458
Singles
Career record	173–156 (52.6%)
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 235 (8 September 2003)
Doubles
Career record	147–130 (53.1%)
Career titles	9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 191 (26 July 2004)

Kim Jin-hee (born 14 June 1981) is a female South Korean former professional tennis player.

Career[edit]

Jin-hee attempted to qualify for a number of WTA Tour events, but has failed to qualify in most of them. She lost to Liza Andriyani in the first round of qualifying in Bali, 2002. However, she qualified for the 2002 Japan Open, where she lost in the first round. In 2003, she lost in the second round of qualifying at the Pan Pacific Open, before she took part in the Hyderabad Open where she lost in the qualifying round to Manisha Malhotra.

However, she also failed to qualify for the Japan Open before gaining entry into the main draw as a lucky loser and losing to Maria Sharapova. In 2004, she played at the Korea Open losing in the first round.

ITF Circuit finals[edit]

Singles: 8 (4–4)[edit]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	30 September 2001	ITF Kyoto, Japan	Carpet (i)	Samantha Stosur	1–6, 5–7
Winner	2.	25 November 2001	ITF Kofu, Japan	Clay	Sachie Umehara	6–1, 4–6, 7–6(4)
Winner	3.	27 July 2003	ITF Changwon, South Korea	Hard	Chang Kyung-mi	w/o
Runner-up	4.	14 August 2003	ITF Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand	Hard	Isha Lakhani	4–6, 2–6
Winner	5.	30 May 2004	ITF Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Hsieh Su-wei	6–2, 6–4
Winner	6.	22 May 2005	ITF Changwon, South Korea	Hard	Chuang Chia-jung	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	11 June 2005	ITF Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Hsieh Su-wei	2–6, 6–2, 3–6
Runner-up	8.	3 August 2008	ITF Surakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Sandy Gumulya	7–6(5), 1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 23 (9–14)[edit]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	29 November 1998	ITF Manila, Philippines	Hard	Chang Kyung-mi	Liza Andriyani Irawati Iskandar	6–3, 7–6
Runner-up	2.	4 April 1999	ITF Incheon, South Korea	Clay	Chang Kyung-mi	Lee Eun-jeong Park Seon-young	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	5 November 2000	ITF Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Chae Kyung-yee	Liza Andriyani Angelique Widjaja	4–2, 3–5, 2–4, 4–0, 0–4
Winner	4.	19 November 2000	ITF Manila, Philippines	Hard	Chae Kyung-yee	Catherine Turinsky Andrea van den Hurk	4–2, 4–2, 4–0
Runner-up	5.	18 March 2001	ITF Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Hard	Chae Kyung-yee	Dea Sumantri Angelique Widjaja	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	6.	22 July 2001	ITF Baltimore, United States	Hard	Sachie Umehara	Celena McCoury Sarah Riske	3–6, 6–4, 2–6
Runner-up	7.	12 August 2001	ITF Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Chae Kyung-yee	Chan Chin-wei Hsieh Su-wei	1–6, 3–6
Runner-up	8.	19 August 2001	ITF Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Chae Kyung-yee	Romana Tedjakusuma Angelique Widjaja	6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	9.	25 November 2001	ITF Kofu, Japan	Clay	Weng Tzu-ting	Etsuko Kitazaki Eriko Mizuno	6–4, 6–7(5), ret.
Winner	10.	3 December 2001	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Ivana Abramović	Jeon Mi-ra Manisha Malhotra	6–1, 7–5
Runner-up	11.	21 July 2002	ITF Baltimore, United States	Hard	Natallia Dziamidzenka	Vilmarie Castellvi Agnes Wiski	1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Winner	12.	28 July 2002	ITF Evansville, United States	Hard	Aiko Nakamura	Gabrielle Baker Deanna Roberts	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	13.	10 August 2003	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Ryoko Takemura	Chan Chin-wei Chuang Chia-jung	2–6, 5–7
Winner	14.	6 June 2004	ITF Changwon, South Korea	Hard	Chang Kyung-mi	Ayami Takase Tomoko Yonemura	7–5, 6–4
Winner	15.	15 November 2004	ITF Nuriootpa, Australia	Hard	Cho Yoon-jeong	Evie Dominikovic Daniella Jeflea	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	16.	7 July 2007	ITF Nagoya, Japan	Hard	Chang Kyung-mi	Junri Namigata Akiko Yonemura	2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up	17.	4 May 2008	ITF Gimcheon, South Korea	Hard	Cho Yoon-jeong	Chan Chin-wei Jarmila Gajdošová	2–6, 0–6
Runner-up	18.	11 May 2008	ITF Changwon, South Korea	Hard	Cho Yoon-jeong	Chang Kyung-mi Lee Jin-a	5–7, 2–6
Winner	19.	28 July 2008	ITF Surakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Chen Yi	Sandy Gumulya Lavinia Tananta	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	20.	4 August 2008	ITF Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Chen Yi	Liza Andriyani Angelique Widjaja	3–6, 1–6
Winner	21.	30 August 2008	ITF Gimhae, South Korea	Hard	Hong Da-jung	Kim Sun-jung Lee Cho-won	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	22.	1 November 2010	ITF Manila, Philippines	Hard	Kim Ji-young	Yang Zhaoxuan Zhu Lin	4–6, 7–6(5), [7–10]
Winner	23.	11 September 2011	ITF Yeongwol, South Korea	Hard	Kim Ji-young	Lee Hua-chen Lee Pei-chi	6–1, 6–1

External links[edit]

• Kim Jin-hee at the Women's Tennis Association
• Kim Jin-hee at the International Tennis Federation