South Korean tennis player
For the Korean former tennis player on the women's circuit, see
Lee Duk-hee .
Lee Duck-hee Full name Lee Duck-hee Country (sports) South Korea Residence Jecheon , South KoreaBorn (1998-05-29 ) 29 May 1998 (age 26) Jecheon, South KoreaHeight 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Turned pro 2013 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Prize money $411,134 Career record 3–3 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 130 (10 April 2017) Current ranking No. 805 (4 April 2023) Australian Open Q3 (2017 , 2018 ) French Open Q3 (2018 ) Wimbledon Q1 (2017 , 2018 ) US Open Q2 (2016 , 2017 ) Career record 0–1 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 561 (27 May 2019) Current ranking No. 1216 (4 April 2023) Last updated on: 4 April 2023.
Lee Duck-hee (Korean : 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 .
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 [ edit ] 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[ edit ] Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (0–2) ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (13–5)
Titles by surface Hard (12–7) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score 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 Loss 13–6 Dec 2023 M15, Yanagawa , Japan World Tennis Tour Hard Sanhui Shin 3–6, 4–6 Loss 13–7 Mar 2024 M15, Nishitokyo , Japan World Tennis Tour Hard Hikaru Shiraishi 4–6, 6–7(7–9)
Legend (doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (0–1) ITF Futures Tour (0–5)
Titles by surface Hard (0–6) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score 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 Loss 0–4 Jan 2023 M15 Jakarta , Indonesia World Tennis Tour Hard Huang Tsung-Hao Nathan Anthony Barki Christopher Rungkat 2–6, 4–6 Loss 0–5 Apr 2024 Gwangju , South Korea Challenger Hard Cui Jie Lee Jea-moon Song Min-kyu 6–1, 1–6, [3-10] Loss 0–6 May 2024 M25 Lu'an , China World Tennis Tour Hard Cui Jie Ajeet Rai Sun Fajing 2–6, 2–6