Park Seong-Hui

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full namePark•Seong-Hui
Used namePark•Seong-Hui
Name orderOriental
Original name박•성희
Other namesPark Sung-Hee
Born17 February 1975 in Busan, Busan (KOR)
Measurements165 cm / 53 kg
AffiliationsSamsung Securities Co., Ltd (KOR)
NOC Republic of Korea

Biography

Park Seong-Hui was a South Korean tennis player who played professionally from 1989 to 2000. Park achieved a career-best singles ranking of #57 in the world in September 1995, and a doubles ranking of #34 in the world in June 1998.

Between August 1992 and March 1999 Park won seven singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. From September 1995 to January 1998 Park reached four WTA doubles finals but finished as a runner-up each time. She reached the doubles third round at Grand Slams on three occasions, once at the French Open (1996) and twice at the Australian Open (1997-98), each time partnered with Wang Shi-ting.

Park won a bronze medal at the 1994 Asian Games and a silver at the 1998 Asian Games, both in the doubles. She competed at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and the 2000 Sydney Olympics but did progress past the first round.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1996 Summer Olympics Tennis KOR Park Seong-Hui
Singles, Women (Olympic) =33
Doubles, Women (Olympic) Kim Eun-Ha =17
2000 Summer Olympics Tennis KOR Park Seong-Hui
Doubles, Women (Olympic) Jo Yun-Jeong =17

Special Notes