Lee Hyung-Taik
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| Country (sports) |
 South Korea
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| Residence | Seoul, South Korea |
| Born |
January 3, 1976 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 |
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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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