Kim Mi-ok

Kim Mi-ok (born 1 October 1978) is a South Korean professional tennis player.

Kim Mi-ok
Country (sports) South Korea
Born (1978-10-01) 1 October 1978
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$26,421
Singles
Career record56–39
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 451 (11 October 2004)
Doubles
Career record92–32
Career titles13 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 257 (19 Jul 2004)
Medal record
Asian Games
2002 BusanWomen's Doubles
Summer Universiade
2001 BeijingWomen's Doubles

Tennis career

A right-handed player, Kim was a gold medalist for South Korea at the 2002 Asian Games, partnering Choi Young-ja in the women's doubles. The pair, who were unseeded, won the gold medal with a win in the final over the tournament's top seeds, Indonesians Wynne Prakusya and Angelique Widjaja.[1]

Between 2002 and 2006 she represented the South Korea Fed Cup team in a total of nine ties. Her only singles win came against Hong Kong's Kristin Godridge and she won five doubles rubbers.

Kim has featured mostly in ITF level events during her professional career, with 3 singles and 13 doubles titles to her name. She made a WTA Tour main draw appearance in the doubles at the Korea Open in 2005, reaching the quarter-finals. They defeated Marion Bartoli and Tamarine Tanasugarn in the first round.[2]

Initially retiring in 2006, Kim has played in the occasional ITF tournament in her home country since 2016 and won two $25,000 doubles titles in 2018.

ITF finals
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 5 (3–2)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 22 July 2002 Incheon, South Korea Hard Seiko Okamoto 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 1. 31 May 2004 Changwon, South Korea Hard Lee Eun-jeong 7–6(1), 3–6, 4–6
Winner 2. 5 July 2005 Daegu, South Korea Hard Lee Eun-jeong 6–2, 6–0
Runner-up 2. 17 July 2005 Seogwipo, South Korea Hard Yoo Mi 2–6, 3–6
Winner 3. 16 May 2006 Daegu, South Korea Hard Lim Sae-mi 4–6, 6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 18 (13–5)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 3 June 2001 Baotou, China Hard Choi Jin-young Ma Enyue
Xie Yanze		 6–3, 6–3
Winner 2. 17 June 2001 Seoul, South Korea Hard Choi Jin-young Chung Yang-jin
Lee Eun-jeong		 6–0, 6–1
Winner 3. 25 June 2001 Incheon, South Korea Hard Choi Jin-young Liu Jingjing
Chen Yan		 6–1, 6–3
Winner 4. 21 April 2002 Seoul, South Korea Hard Choi Jin-young Chan Chin-wei
Hsieh Su-wei		 6–2, 7–6(4)
Winner 5. 22 July 2002 Incheon, South Korea Hard Choi Young-ja Kim Eun-sook
Cho Eun-hye		 6–2, 6–4
Winner 6. 20 April 2003 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Hard Choi Jin-young Shiho Hisamatsu
Seiko Okamoto		 6–1, 6–2
Winner 7. 15 June 2003 Seoul, South Korea Hard Choi Jin-young Chan Chin-wei
Chuang Chia-jung		 6–2, 4–6, 7–5
Winner 8. 27 July 2003 Changwon, South Korea Hard Choi Jin-young Shizu Katsumi
Akiko Kinebuchi		 6–3, 6–4
Winner 9. 30 May 2004 Seoul, South Korea Hard Choi Jin-young Shiho Hisamatsu
Remi Tezuka		 4–6, 6–1, 6–1
Runner-up 1. 26 June 2004 Incheon, South Korea Hard Choi Jin-young Chan Chin-wei
Hsieh Su-wei		 2–6, 0–6
Winner 10. 11 July 2004 Seoul, South Korea Hard Lee Jin-a Chan Chin-wei
Chen Yi		 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 2. 17 July 2005 Seogwipo, South Korea Hard Chang Kyung-mi Yoo Mi
Chae Kyung-yee		 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up 3. 21 May 2006 Daegu, South Korea Hard Chang Kyung-mi Yoo Mi
Lee Jin-a		 6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Winner 11. 25 June 2006 Changwon, South Korea Hard Chang Kyung-mi Chen Yanchong
Liu Wanting		 7–5, 6–1
Runner-up 4. 9 July 2016 Gimcheon, South Korea Hard Kim Hae-sung Katherine Ip
Jessy Rompies		 3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 5. 4 September 2016 Yeongwol, South Korea Hard Kim Ju-eun Jung So-hee
Park Sang-hee		 7–5, 4–6, [2–10]
Winner 12. 12 June 2018 Gyeongsan, South Korea Hard Yu Min-hwa Jung So-hee
Park Sang-hee		 6–2, 1–6, 10–5
Winner 13. 21 August 2018 Gimcheon, South Korea Hard Jung So-hee Emily Appleton
Joanna Garland		 6–7(5), 7–6(5), 14–12

References
  1. "Sun too hot for rivals". BBC News. 12 October 2002.
  2. "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Seoul - 26 September - 02 October 2005". itftennis.com.
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