Kim Sun-yong Jr. (born 26 May 1987) is a South Korean former professional
tennis
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player.
Kim, who was born in
Seoul
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, won the junior doubles title at the
2005 Australian Open
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, partnering Taiwan's
Yi Chu-huan. He was runner-up in the boys' singles event to
Donald Young and was also a singles semi-finalist at the
2005 US Open juniors.
A right-handed player, Kim featured in three
Davis Cup
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ties for South Korea. In 2005 he won both of his singles matches against
Pacific Oceania
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, then played a dead rubber in the Group II final against
New Zealand
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, which he lost to
Jose Statham.
His only other appearance came in 2007, when he won in the singles against Dmitriy Makeyev of
Kazakhstan
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.
See also
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List of South Korea Davis Cup team representatives
References
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1987 births
Living people
South Korean male tennis players
Australian Open (tennis) junior champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles
FISU World University Games bronze medalists for South Korea
Summer World University Games medalists in tennis
Tennis players from Seoul
Asian Games medalists in tennis
Asian Games bronze medalists for South Korea
Tennis players at the 2006 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade
21st-century South Korean sportsmen