Lee Duck-hee

For the Korean former tennis player on the women's circuit, see Lee Duk-hee.

Lee Duck-hee

Full name	Lee Duck-hee
Country (sports)	South Korea
Residence	Jecheon, South Korea
Born	(1998-05-29) 29 May 1998 (age 26) Jecheon, South Korea
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	2013
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US $442,347
Singles
Career record	3–3
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 130 (10 April 2017)
Current ranking	No. 744 (14 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2017, 2018)
French Open	Q3 (2018)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2017, 2018)
US Open	Q2 (2016, 2017)
Doubles
Career record	0–1
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 561 (27 May 2019)
Current ranking	No. 625 (14 October 2024)
Medal record Men's tennis Representing  South Korea Asian Games 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Singles
Last updated on: 16 October 2024.

Lee Duck-hee
Hangul	이덕희
Revised Romanization	I Deokhui
McCune–Reischauer	I Tŏkhŭi

In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.

Lee Duck-hee (Korean: 이덕희; born 29 May 1998) is a South Korean professional tennis player.

Personal life

Lee was born deaf. On the tennis court, he can hear vibrations, but must rely on hand gestures to pick up line calls and the umpire.[1] In 2015, his story was included during a campaign for the ANZ Bank, which was a sponsor for the Australian Open that year.[2]

Professional career

He turned pro in 2013. He played his first Challenger match at age 14. In August 2019 he became the first deaf player to compete in and win a match in the main draw of an ATP tournament with a win over Henri Laaksonen at the Winston-Salem Open.[3]

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (0–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2016	Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei	Challenger	Hard	Chung Hyeon	4–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Jun 2019	Little Rock, USA	Challenger	Hard	Dudi Sela	1–6, 3–4 ret.

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2024	Gwangju, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Cui Jie	Lee Jea-moon Song Min-kyu	6–1, 1–6, [3-10]

ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 18 (13 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend ITF Futures/WTT (13–5)

Finals by surface Hard (12–5) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2013	India F11, Raipur	Futures	Hard	Ramkumar Ramanathan	6–3, 6–7^(6–8), 4–6
Win	1–1	Jul 2014	Hong Kong F1, Hong Kong	Futures	Hard	Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul	6–1, 6–4
Loss	1–2	Jul 2014	Hong Kong F2, Hong Kong	Futures	Hard	Ruan Roelofse	4–6, 6–3, 0–2 ret.
Win	2–2	Nov 2014	Cambodia F2, Phnom Penh	Futures	Hard	Dekel Bar	7–6^(7–3), 6–4
Win	3–2	Apr 2015	Indonesia F2, Tegal City	Futures	Hard	Shuichi Sekiguchi	6–1, 3–0 ret.
Win	4–2	Apr 2015	Indonesia F3, Jakarta	Futures	Hard	Christopher Rungkat	6–4, 6–3
Win	5–2	Jun 2015	Japan F6, Kashiwa	Futures	Hard	Toshihide Matsui	6–4, 6–2
Win	6–2	Aug 2015	China F6, Putian	Futures	Hard	Wu Di	6–2, 6–3
Win	7–2	Nov 2015	Thailand F8, Bangkok	Futures	Hard	Miķelis Lībietis	6–1, 6–4
Win	8–2	Mar 2016	Japan F3, Kōfu	Futures	Hard	Yuya Kibi	6–2, 6–3
Loss	8–3	Apr 2016	China F4, Zhangjiagang	Futures	Hard	Jimmy Wang	5–7, 3–6
Win	9–3	Mar 2016	Japan F6, Karuizawa	Futures	Clay	Yasutaka Uchiyama	7–6^(7–5), 6–3
Win	10–3	Jul 2016	China F10, Longyan	Futures	Hard	Li Zhe	6–4, 6–4
Win	11–3	Dec 2017	Indonesia F8, Jakarta	Futures	Hard	Prajnesh Gunneswaran	6–3, 4–6, 7–6^(8–6)
Win	12–3	Dec 2019	M15 Nonthaburi, Thailand	WTT	Hard	Shintaro Imai	6–1, 6-4
Win	13–3	Feb 2022	M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	WTT	Hard	Ben Patael	6–2, 1–6, 7-5
Loss	13–4	Dec 2023	M15 Yanagawa, Japan	WTT	Hard	Sanhui Shin	3–6, 4–6
Loss	13–5	Mar 2024	M15 Nishitokyo, Japan	WTT	Hard	Hikaru Shiraishi	4–6, 6–7^(7–9)

Doubles: 5 (5 runner-ups)

Legend ITF Futures/WTT (0–5)

Finals by surface Hard (0–5) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2013	Korea F6, Gimcheon	Futures	Hard	Chung Hyeon	Chung Hong Noh Sang-woo	1–6, 5–7
Loss	0–2	Apr 2014	Japan F4, Tsukuba	Futures	Hard	Finn Tearney	Sho Katayama Bumpei Sato	4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–3	Jun 2015	Japan F6, Kashiwa	Futures	Hard	Woo Chung-hyo	Yuya Kibi Takuto Niki	0–6, 3–6
Loss	0–4	Jan 2023	M15 Jakarta, Indonesia	WTT	Hard	Huang Tsung-Hao	Nathan A. Barki Christopher Rungkat	2–6, 4–6
Loss	0–5	May 2024	M25 Lu'an, China	WTT	Hard	Cui Jie	Sun Fajing Ajeet Rai	2–6, 2–6

References

1. Deafness no problem for rising star Lee
2. "ANZ Your World – Global Blog". Archived from the original on 7 April 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
3. "Lee Duck-hee becomes first deaf player to win ATP Tour main draw match". BBC Sport. 20 August 2019.

External links

• Lee Duck-hee at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Lee Duck-hee at the International Tennis Federation