An Jae-sung

An Jae-sung
Born	(1985-05-28) 28 May 1985 (age 39) Suncheon, South Korea
Alma mater	Konkuk University
Korean name
Hangul	안재성
Hanja	安栽成[1]
Revised Romanization	An Jaeseong
McCune–Reischauer	An Chaesŏng
Tennis career
Country (sports)	South Korea
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$77,609
Singles
Career record	3–2
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 289 (14 April 2008)
Doubles
Career record	1–1
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 454 (18 August 2008)
Last updated on: 28 March 2018.

An Jae-sung (born 28 May 1985) is a retired South Korean tennis player.

An has a career high ATP singles ranking of 289 achieved on 14 April 2008. He also has a career high doubles ranking of 454 achieved on 18 August 2008.

Early life and career

An attended Konkuk University. While a student, he represented South Korea in tennis at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, where he and his teammates won a gold medal in the men's team event, thus securing an exemption from his mandatory military service.^[2][3]

An has been a member of the South Korea Davis Cup team from 2005 until 2008, competing in the World Group first round tie in 2008 against Germany.

In 2008, he captured his only ATP Challenger Tour doubles title in Moncton, Canada.

He retired in 2014, and now runs a tennis academy in Jeju.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 11 (3–8)

ATP Challenger (0–1)

ITF Futures (3–7)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2005	Karuizawa, Japan	Futures	Clay	Kwon Oh-hee	2–6, 5–7
Loss	0–2	Apr 2007	Kōfu, Japan	Futures	Carpet	Kwon Hyung-tae	5–7, 1–6
Win	1–2	Apr 2007	Seogwipo, South Korea	Futures	Hard	Norikazu Sugiyama	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	2–2	Jun 2007	Khon Kaen, Thailand	Futures	Hard	Simon Rea	6–4, 6–1
Loss	2–3	Jun 2007	Chiang Mai, Thailand	Futures	Hard	Justin Diao Natale	4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–1	Dec 2007	New Delhi, India	Challenger	Hard	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	5–7, 4–6
Loss	2–4	Mar 2008	Nishitōkyō, Japan	Futures	Hard	Gouichi Motomura	7–5, 1–6, 2–6
Win	3–4	Apr 2009	Kōfu, Japan	Futures	Hard	Yūichi Sugita	5–7, 6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
Loss	3–5	Jun 2010	Tarakan, Indonesia	Futures	Hard (i)	Christopher Rungkat	3–6, 6–0, 2–6
Loss	3–6	Jun 2011	Shenzhen, China	Futures	Hard	Zhang Ze	4–6, 2–6
Loss	3–7	Jun 2011	Taipei, Taiwan	Futures	Hard	Hiroki Moriya	3–6, 6–4, 3–6

Doubles: 17 (9–8)

ATP Challenger (1–0)

ITF Futures (8–8)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2004	Seogwipo, South Korea	Futures	Hard	Im Kyu-tae	Kim Dong-hyun Kwon Oh-hee	6–7^(2–7), 2–6
Win	1–1	Mar 2006	Andong, South Korea	Futures	Hard	Chung Hee-seok	Jun Woong-sun Kim Sun-yong	7–5, 6–4
Win	2–1	Mar 2006	Andong, South Korea	Futures	Hard	Kwon Hyung-tae	Im Kyu-tae Takahiro Terachi	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2–2	Jun 2006	Kusatsu, Japan	Futures	Carpet	Kim Dong-hyun	Yaoki Ishii Joji Miyao	6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Loss	2–3	Aug 2006	Bangkok, Thailand	Futures	Hard	Chung Hee-seok	Yu Xinyuan Zeng Shaoxuan	2–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss	2–4	Aug 2006	Nonthaburi, Thailand	Futures	Hard	Chung Hee-seok	Yu Xinyuan Zeng Shaoxuan	2–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss	2–5	Apr 2007	Kōfu, Japan	Futures	Carpet	Daniel Yoo	Akito Higa Tomohiro Shinokawa	6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	2–6	May 2007	Gimcheon, South Korea	Futures	Hard	Chung Hee-seok	Óscar Burrieza Nikolai Nesterov	6–1, 7–5
Win	1–0	Jul 2008	Moncton, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Hiroki Kondo	Daniel Chu Adil Shamasdin	6–2, 2–6, [12–10]
Win	3–6	Apr 2010	Seogwipo, South Korea	Futures	Hard	Lee Chul-hee	Gary Lugassy Ludovic Walter	7–6^(9–7), 7–5
Win	4–6	May 2010	Gimcheon, South Korea	Futures	Hard	Lim Yong-kyu	Junn Mitsuhashi Yi Chu-huan	7–6^(7–4), 6–4
Win	5–6	Jun 2010	Bandung, Indonesia	Futures	Hard (i)	Kim Young-jun	Elbert Sie Karunuday Singh	6–2, 5–7, [10–8]
Win	6–6	Nov 2006	Daegu, South Korea	Futures	Hard	Kim Young-jun	Jaan-Frederik Brunken Michael McClune	5–7, 7–5, [10–4]
Loss	6–7	Sep 2011	Cairns, Australia	Futures	Hard	Elbert Sie	Brydan Klein James Lemke	w/o
Loss	6–8	Apr 2012	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Futures	Hard	Kim Young-jun	Denis Matsukevich Frederik Nielsen	4–6, 1–6
Win	7–8	Oct 2012	Ōarai, Japan	Futures	Hard	Arata Onozawa	Toshihide Matsui Yi Chu-huan	2–6, 6–1, [10–6]
Win	8–8	May 2013	Seoul, South Korea	Futures	Hard	Lim Yong-kyu	Chung Hyeon Nam Ji-sung	6–3, 6–2

References

1. "台塑盃網賽／賽事最終日 日韓好手大決戰" [Formosa Cup/final day of competition: showdown between Japanese & South Korean champions]. NOW News. 18 July 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
2. "-서귀포국제테니스- 안재성, 첫 단식 우승" [Seogwipo International Tennis: first singles title for An Jae-sung]. Yonhap. 29 April 2007. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
3. "<하계U대회> 테니스 안재성 '제2의 이형택 될래요'" [Summer university championships: tennis player An Jae-sung might become the 'second Lee Hyung-taik']. Yonhap. 17 August 2007. Retrieved 6 April 2018.

External links

• An Jae-sung at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• An Jae-sung at the International Tennis Federation