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

Kim Mi-ok
Country (sports) South Korea
Born (1978-10-01) 1 October 1978 (age 46)
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)
Team competitions
Fed Cup6–4
Medal record
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Busan Women's doubles
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2001 Beijing Women's doubles

Tennis career

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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 South Korea 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 three singles and thirteen 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 $25k doubles titles in 2018.

ITF finals

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$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 5 (3–2)

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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)

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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

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  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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