TENNIS PLAYERS from South Korea

Top 3

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary South Korean Tennis Players of all time. This list of famous South Korean Tennis Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

1. Chung Hyeon (1996 - )

With an HPI of 34.49, Chung Hyeon is the most famous South Korean Tennis Player.  Her biography has been translated into 25 different languages on wikipedia.

Chung Hyeon (Korean: 정현; Hanja: 鄭泫; Korean pronunciation: [tɕəːŋ çʌn]; born 19 May 1996) is a South Korean professional tennis player. He is the 2017 Next Gen Finals champion. As an unseeded player, he became the first Korean player to reach a Grand Slam semifinal at the 2018 Australian Open.

2. Lee Hyung-taik (1976 - )

With an HPI of 33.78, Lee Hyung-taik is the 2nd most famous South Korean Tennis Player.  His biography has been translated into 19 different languages.

Lee Hyung-taik (Korean: 이형택, born 3 January 1976) is a former 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.

3. Cho Yoon-jeong (1979 - )

With an HPI of 29.88, Cho Yoon-jeong is the 3rd most famous South Korean Tennis Player.  Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Cho Yoon-jeong (Korean: 조윤정, born 2 April 1979) is a South Korean former tennis player. In her career, she won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, at Seoul in 2004. Her best Grand Slam performance came when she made the third round of the 2005 US Open by defeating Arantxa Parra Santonja in three sets in the first round, upsetting the 27th seed Gisela Dulko in the second round, before she fell to No. 7, Justine Henin. She reached career-high WTA rankings of No. 45 in singles (in July 2003), and No. 98 in doubles (in September 2003). Yoon-jeong retired from professional tennis in 2008.