Lee Duck-hee (; born 29 May 1998) is a South Korean professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 130 achieved on 10 April 2017 and a doubles ranking of No. 561 achieved on 27 May 2019.
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.Deafness no problem for rising star Lee In 2015, his story was included during a campaign for the ANZ Bank, which was a sponsor for the Australian Open that year.
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.
ATP Challenger Tour finals
Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (0–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Kaohsiung, Chinese TaipeiChallengerHard Chung Hyeon4–6, 2–6Loss0–2Little Rock, USAChallengerHard Dudi Sela1–6, 3–4 ret.
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Gwangju, South KoreaChallengerHard Cui Jie Lee Jea-moon Song Min-kyu6–1, 1–6, [3-10]
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 18 (13 titles, 5 runner-ups) LegendITF Futures/WTT (13–5)Finals by surfaceHard (12–5)Clay (1–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1India F11, RaipurFuturesHard Ramkumar Ramanathan6–3, 6–7(6–8), 4–6Win1–1Hong Kong F1, Hong KongFuturesHard Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul6–1, 6–4Loss1–2Hong Kong F2, Hong KongFuturesHard Ruan Roelofse4–6, 6–3, 0–2 ret.Win2–2Cambodia F2, Phnom PenhFuturesHard Dekel Bar7–6(7–3), 6–4Win3–2Indonesia F2, Tegal CityFuturesHard Shuichi Sekiguchi6–1, 3–0 ret.Win4–2Indonesia F3, JakartaFuturesHard Christopher Rungkat6–4, 6–3Win5–2Japan F6, KashiwaFuturesHard Toshihide Matsui6–4, 6–2Win6–2China F6, PutianFuturesHard Wu Di6–2, 6–3Win7–2Thailand F8, BangkokFuturesHard Miķelis Lībietis6–1, 6–4Win8–2Japan F3, KōfuFuturesHard Yuya Kibi6–2, 6–3Loss8–3China F4, ZhangjiagangFuturesHard Jimmy Wang5–7, 3–6Win9–3Japan F6, KaruizawaFuturesClay Yasutaka Uchiyama7–6(7–5), 6–3Win10–3China F10, LongyanFuturesHard Li Zhe6–4, 6–4Win11–3Indonesia F8, JakartaFuturesHard Prajnesh Gunneswaran6–3, 4–6, 7–6(8–6)Win12–3M15 Nonthaburi, ThailandWTTHard Shintaro Imai6–1, 6-4Win13–3M15 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWTTHard Ben Patael6–2, 1–6, 7-5Loss13–4M15 Yanagawa, JapanWTTHard Sanhui Shin3–6, 4–6Loss13–5M15 Nishitokyo, JapanWTTHard Hikaru Shiraishi4–6, 6–7(7–9)
Doubles: 5 (5 runner-ups) LegendITF Futures/WTT (0–5)Finals by surfaceHard (0–5)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Korea F6, GimcheonFuturesHard Chung Hyeon Chung Hong Noh Sang-woo1–6, 5–7Loss0–2Japan F4, TsukubaFuturesHard Finn Tearney Sho Katayama Bumpei Sato4–6, 4–6Loss0–3Japan F6, KashiwaFuturesHard Woo Chung-hyo Yuya Kibi Takuto Niki0–6, 3–6Loss0–4M15 Jakarta, IndonesiaWTTHard Huang Tsung-hao Nathan A. Barki Christopher Rungkat2–6, 4–6Loss0–5M25 Lu'an, ChinaWTTHard Cui Jie Sun Fajing Ajeet Rai2–6, 2–6
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