Song Dong-wook (born August 20, 1962 in

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) is a former

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from

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, who represented his native country at the

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. There he was defeated in the first round by

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's eventual runner up

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. The right-hander reached his highest singles

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-ranking on April 27, 1987, when he became the number 352 of the world.

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* 1962 births Living people South Korean male tennis players Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players for South Korea Asian Games medalists in tennis Tennis players at the 1982 Asian Games Tennis players at the 1986 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Medalists at the 1982 Asian Games Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games 20th-century South Korean people {{SouthKorea-tennis-bio-stub