South Korean tennis player
Lee Jong-min Country (sports) South Korea Born 1977 (age 46–47)Seoul , South Korea Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Plays Right-handed College UCLA Bruins Prize money $3,125 Career record 0–0 Career titles 0 0 Challenger , 9 Futures Highest ranking No. 1242 (10 June 1996) Career record 2–2 (ATP Tour & Davis Cup) Career titles 0 0 Challenger , 9 Futures Highest ranking No. 421 (28 October 1996) Last updated on: 25 July 2023.
Lee Jong-min (born 1977) is a South Korean former professional tennis player.
Born in Seoul , Lee moved to Australia as an 11-year old to pursue a career in tennis and studied at Geelong Grammar School 1989-1992 then Geelong College from 1993 to 1995. Locally he won national singles championships in both the 16s and 18s age groups, as well as finishing runner-up to Nicolas Kiefer at the 1995 Australian Open juniors. He won that year's Australian Open boys' doubles title (with Luke Bourgeois ) and also claimed the 1995 US Open title (with Jocelyn Robichaud ).[ 1] [ 2]
Lee represented South Korea in a 1996 Davis Cup tie against New Zealand in Seoul and featured mainly on the professional tour as a specialist doubles player, for which he attained a world ranking of 421.[ 3]
From 1997 to 1999, Lee attended UC Santa Barbara , then from 1999 to 2000 he was at the University of California, Los Angeles . He was a two-time All-American tennis player for the UCLA Bruins .[ 4]
Junior Grand Slam finals
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