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Lee Hyung-Taik

Lee Hyung-taek
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Country (sports)  South Korea
Residence Seoul, South Korea
Born (1976-01-03) January 3, 1976 (age 41)
Hoengseong, South Korea
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro 1995
Retired November 1, 2009; comeback in 2015
Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money US$ 2,257,901
Singles
Career record 156–156
Career titles 1
Highest ranking No. 36 (August 6, 2007)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 2R (2003, 2008)
French Open 3R (2004, 2005)
Wimbledon 3R (2007)
US Open 4R (2000, 2007)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games 2R (2004)
Doubles
Career record 40–69
Career titles 1
Highest ranking No. 95 (January 16, 2006)
Korean name
Hangul 이형택
Hanja 李亨澤
Revised Romanization I Hyeong-taek
McCune–Reischauer I Hyŏngt'aek

Lee Hyung-taek (Korean: 이형택, born January 3, 1976) is a professional tennis player from South Korea. He won one singles title and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 36 in August 2007.

Lee was born in a potato-farming village in Hoengseong County, South Korea. He began playing tennis at age nine with a school teacher. After retirement, he is running his own academy named “Lee Hyung Taik Tennis Academy” in Gangwon Province.

Lee made a splash at the 2000 US Open tournament, reaching the fourth round before losing to Pete Sampras. En route to his fourth round appearance against Sampras, Lee defeated Jeff Tarango, thirteenth seed Franco Squillari, and 2003 Australian Open runner-up Rainer Schüttler.

In 2003, Lee became the first Korean to win ATP Tour singles and doubles titles by winning the singles tournament at the Adidas International in Sydney as a qualifier (beating Juan Carlos Ferrero in the final) and the doubles tournament at the Siebel Open in San Jose (partnering with Belarusian Vladimir Voltchkov).

At Wimbledon, Lee was defeated in the first round by eventual champion Roger Federer in straight sets.

In the second round of the 2006 Wimbledon, Lee was defeated by former champion and two-time semi-finalist Lleyton Hewitt in five sets, including three tie-breakers. Lee had set points in the third set tie-breakers, but went on to lose the set after an incorrect line call. As Lee went on to win the fourth set the call probably prevented him winning the match against the eventual quarter-finalist.


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