Kim Nam-hoon (born 8 March 1970) is a South Korean former professional
tennis
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...
player.
Kim, a graduate of
Yeungnam High School in
Daegu
Daegu (; ), formerly spelled Taegu and officially Daegu Metropolitan City (), is a city in southeastern South Korea. It is the third-largest urban agglomeration in South Korea after Seoul and Busan; the fourth-largest List of provincial-level ci ...
, attended
Ulsan University and was a men's doubles gold medalist for South Korea at the
1993 Summer Universiade
The 1993 Summer Universiade, also known as XVII Summer Universiade or World University Games Buffalo '93, took place in Buffalo, New York, as the main site. For the first time in history the event was hosted by two countries, as some events wer ...
in Buffalo.
On the professional tour, Kim was a three-time doubles main draw entrant on the ATP Tour's
Korea Open and a singles quarter-finalist at a Seoul
Challenger tournament in 1994, beating the top-seeded
Tim Henman
Timothy Henry Henman (born 6 September 1974) is a British former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 4 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) during the early 2000s. Henman won 15 career ATP Tour titl ...
en route.
Kim was a member of the
South Korea Davis Cup team
The South Korea men's national tennis team represents South Korea in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by thKorea Tennis Association
In 2020, South Korea will compete in World Group I.
Current team (March 2020)
2020 Davis Cup qua ...
in 1998 and secured a tie against China with a win in doubles, partnering
Kim Dong-hyun.
He also captained the side after being appointed men's national coach in 2008.
See also
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List of South Korea Davis Cup team representatives
This is a list of tennis players who have represented the South Korea Davis Cup team in an official Davis Cup match. South Korea have taken part in the competition since 1960.
Players
References
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1970 births
Living people
South Korean male tennis players
Sportspeople from Daegu
University of Ulsan alumni
Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade
FISU World University Games gold medalists for South Korea
Summer World University Games medalists in tennis
20th-century South Korean people