Grace Kim (tennis)
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| Full name | Grace Kim |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  United States |
| Born | April 16, 1968 South Korea |
| Prize money | $128,636 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | {{#property:P564}} |
| Highest ranking | No. 78 (August 31, 1987) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| French Open | 2R (1985) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (1984) |
| US Open | 3R (1983, 1985) |
| Career record | {{#property:P555}} |
Grace Kim (born April 16, 1968) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.
Biography
Kim grew up in Ridgewood, New Jersey but was born in South Korea.[1] She twice made the third round of the US Open, the first time in 1983 was as a 15-year old. Turning professional in 1984, she was a quarter-finalist that year at the Canadian Open, which included a win over Kathy Horvath. At the 1985 US Open she reached the third round again by beating Bettina Bunge and Mary-Lou Piatek, before falling to top seed Chris Evert.[2] One of her biggest wins came in 1986 when she defeated Gabriela Sabatini en route to the quarter-finals in Zurich.[3]
References
External links
- Grace Kim at the Women's Tennis Association
- Grace Kim at the International Tennis FederationLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- ITF template using Wikidata property P8618
- 1968 births
- Living people
- American female tennis players
- South Korean emigrants to the United States
- Tennis people from New Jersey
- People from Ridgewood, New Jersey
- Sportspeople from Bergen County, New Jersey
- 21st-century American women
