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South Korea Davis Cup team

Korea
Flag of South Korea.svg
CaptainHeesung Chung
ITF ranking27 Increase 2
Colorsred & white
First year1960
Years played59
Ties played (W–L)114 (51-63)
Years in
World Group
3 (0-3)
Best finishWG 1r (1981, 1987 & 2008)
Most total winsHyung-Taik Lee (51-24)
Most singles winsHyung-Taik Lee (41-9)
Most doubles winsJin-Sun Yoo (10-6)
Hyung-Taik Lee (10-15)
Best doubles teamJin-Sun Yoo and Bong-Soo Kim (5-1)
Most ties playedHyung-Taik Lee (31)
Most years playedHyung-Taik Lee (15)

The South Korea Davis Cup team represents South Korea in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Korea Tennis Association.

In 2020, South Korea will compete in World Group I.

Current team (March 2020)

2020 Davis Cup Qualifying Round against Italy:

  • Chung Hong
  • Lee Duck-hee
  • Nam Ji Sung
  • Chung Yunseong
  • Song Min-kyu

History

South Korea competed in its first Davis Cup in 1960.

Squad members

Active players listed in bold; active player rankings (in parentheses) as of December 5, 2011; 2011's record is included

Player Years Played Total W-L Singles W-L Doubles W-L
Cho Soong-Jae (630) 1 (2011) 2–0 1–0 1–0
Chung Hong (717) 1 (2011) 0–0 0–0 0–0
Im Kyu-tae (492) 8 (2003–2005, 2007–2011) 6–9 5–7 1–2
Jeong Suk-Young (793) 2 (2010–2011) 1–2 1–2 0–0
Kim Hyun-Joon (908) 2 (2010–2011) 3–4 2–1 1–3
Kim Young-Jun (474) 4 (2003–2004, 2010–2011) 6–4 6–3 0–1
Lim Yong-Kyu (288) 3 (2009–2011) 7–6 5–6 2–0
Seol Jae-Min (none) 2 (2010-2011) 2–2 0–0 2–2
An Jae-Sung 3 (2005, 2007–2008) 4–3 3–2 1–1
Bae Nam-Ju 2 (1988, 1990) 1–3 0–2 1–1
Baek Se-Hyun 1 (1965) 0–1 0–1 0–0
Baek Seung-Bok 2 (2001–2002) 0–4 0–3 0–1
Chang Eui-jong 6 (1991–1996) 13–11 8–7 5–4
Choi Boo-Kil 4 (1974–1977) 2–4 2–1 0–3
Chung Hee-seok 5 (2002–2006) 14–8 7–3 7–5
Chung Hee-Sung 3 (2000, 2002–2003) 2–3 0–1 2–2
Chung Yong-Ho 8 (1962, 1965, 1968–1969, 1971–1974) 1–18 1–11 0–7
Im Chung-Yang 4 (1964–1967) 2–9 2–5 0–4
Jeon Chang-Dae 3 (1979–1981) 5–5 5–4 0–1
Jeon Young-Dai 7 (1979–1983, 1985–1986) 14–10 11–4 3–6
Ji Seung-ho 2 (1991–1992) 3–3 2–2 1–1
Ju Chang-Nam 4 (1975–1978) 4–8 2–5 2–3
Jun Woong-sun 5 (2004–2008) 12–8 9–5 3–3
Kim Bong-Soo 7 (1984–1990) 18–9 13–8 5–1
Kim Bong-Suk 5 (1977–1981) 2–6 1–3 1–3
Kim Chi-wan 4 (1992–1995) 6–4 1–1 5–3
Kim Choon-ho 6 (1979–1984) 8–11 7–8 1–3
Kim Dong-hyun 7 (1997–1999, 2001–2003, 2005) 5–7 3–4 2–3
Kim Doo-Hwan 8 (1962–1967, 1969, 1971) 2–15 2–11 0–4
Kim Jae-sik 3 (1989–1990, 1992) 5–4 4–2 1–2
Kim Ke-Hwan 1 (1960) 0–1 0–0 0–1
Kim Moon-Il 6 (1968, 1972–1975, 1977) 3–13 2–8 1–5
Kim Nam-Hoon 1 (1998) 1–0 0–0 0–1
Kim Sun-yong 2 (2005, 2007) 3–1 3–1 0–0
Kim Sung-Bae 5 (1971–1975) 4–8 4–6 0–2
Kwon Oh-Hee 3 (2002, 2005–2006) 3–1 1–0 2–1
Lee Ek-Son 1 (1968) 0–1 0–1 0–0
Lee Hyung-taik 14 (1995–2002, 2004–2009) 51–23 41–9 10–14
Lee Jeong-Min 1 (1996) 0–1 0–0 0–1
Lee Sang-Yoon 3 (1960, 1962–1963) 0–8 0–5 0–3
Lee Tong-Won 1 (1962) 0–1 0–1 0–0
Lee Woo-Ryong 2 (1981, 1983) 1–3 0–3 1–0
Lee Seung-Hoon 2 (2000–2001) 0–3 0–3 0–0
Nam Hyun-woo 1 (2004) 1–0 1–0 0–0
Park Do-Sung 1 (1963) 0–1 0–0 0–1
Roh Gap-taik 3 (1985–1986, 1988) 7–1 7–1 0–0
Shin Han-Cheol 3 (1992–1994) 3–7 2–7 1–0
Song Dong-Wook 8 (1981–1984, 1986–1989) 13–12 7–7 6–5
Song Hyeong-Keun 1 (1999) 0–2 0–2 0–0
Suk Hyun-Jun 1 (2005) 0–2 0–2 0–0
Um Hwa-Yong 1 (1960) 0–2 0–2 0–0
Yoo Jin-Sun 7 (1984–1990) 18–11 8–5 10–6
Yoon Yong-il 9 (1993, 1995–2002) 19–14 16–10 3–4

Results

Year Group Round Most winning players
1960 Eastern Zone First Round
1961 Eastern Zone First Round
1962 Eastern Zone First Round
1963 Eastern Zone First Round
1964 Eastern Zone A First Round
1965 Eastern Zone A Final
1966 Eastern Zone A First Round
1967 Eastern Zone A First Round
1968 Eastern Zone A Semifinal
1969 Eastern Zone A Semifinal
1970 Eastern Zone A First Round
1971 Americas Zone North & Central America First Round
1972 Eastern Zone A Semifinal
1973 Eastern Zone Preliminary Round
1974 Eastern Zone Preliminary Round
1975 Eastern Zone Preliminary

Round

1976 Eastern Zone Preliminary

Quarterfinals

1977 Eastern Zone Preliminary

Semifinals

1978 Eastern Zone First Round
1979 Eastern Zone Prequalifying Round
1980 Eastern Zone Semifinals
1981 World Group First Round
1982 Eastern Zone Semifinals
1983 Eastern Zone Semifinals
1984 Eastern Zone Quarterfinals

See also

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