| Full name | Lee Duck-hee | ||||||||||||||
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| Country (sports) |  South Korea | ||||||||||||||
| Residence | Jecheon, South Korea | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 May 1998 Jecheon, South Korea | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2013 | ||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||||
| Prize money | $411,134 | ||||||||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||||||||
| Career record | 3–3 | ||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 130 (10 April 2017) | ||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 805 (4 April 2023) | ||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | Q3 (2017, 2018) | ||||||||||||||
| French Open | Q3 (2018) | ||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | Q1 (2017, 2018) | ||||||||||||||
| US Open | Q2 (2016, 2017) | ||||||||||||||
| Doubles | |||||||||||||||
| Career record | 0–1 | ||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 561 (27 May 2019) | ||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 1216 (4 April 2023) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated on: 4 April 2023. | |||||||||||||||
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| Lee Duck-hee | |
| Hangul | 이덕희 |
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| Revised Romanization | I Deokhui |
| McCune–Reischauer | I Tŏkhŭi |
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.
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)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| 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)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| 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
- ↑ Deafness no problem for rising star Lee
- ↑ "ANZ Your World – Global Blog". Archived from the original on 7 April 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ↑ "Lee Duck-hee becomes first deaf player to win ATP Tour main draw match". BBC Sport. 20 August 2019.
External links
- Lee Duck-hee at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Lee Duck-hee at the International Tennis Federation
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