An Jae-sung
An Jae-sung | |
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Born | Suncheon, South Korea | 28 May 1985
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) | File:Flag of South Korea.svg 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 |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2005 | Karuizawa, Japan | Futures | Clay | South Korea Kwon Oh-hee | 2–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 0–2 | Apr 2007 | Kōfu, Japan | Futures | Carpet | South Korea Kwon Hyung-tae | 5–7, 1–6 |
Win | 1–2 | Apr 2007 | Seogwipo, South Korea | Futures | Hard | Japan Norikazu Sugiyama | 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 2–2 | Jun 2007 | Khon Kaen, Thailand | Futures | Hard | New Zealand Simon Rea | 6–4, 6–1 |
Loss | 2–3 | Jun 2007 | Chiang Mai, Thailand | Futures | Hard | United States Justin Diao Natale | 4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 0–1 | Dec 2007 | New Delhi, India | Challenger | Hard | Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | 5–7, 4–6 |
Loss | 2–4 | Mar 2008 | Nishitōkyō, Japan | Futures | Hard | Japan Gouichi Motomura | 7–5, 1–6, 2–6 |
Win | 3–4 | Apr 2009 | Kōfu, Japan | Futures | Hard | Japan Yūichi Sugita | 5–7, 6–4, 7–6(7–5) |
Loss | 3–5 | Jun 2010 | Tarakan, Indonesia | Futures | Hard (i) | Indonesia Christopher Rungkat | 3–6, 6–0, 2–6 |
Loss | 3–6 | Jun 2011 | Shenzhen, China | Futures | Hard | China Zhang Ze | 4–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 3–7 | Jun 2011 | Taipei, Taiwan | Futures | Hard | Japan 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 |
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Loss | 0–1 | May 2004 | Seogwipo, South Korea | Futures | Hard | South Korea Im Kyu-tae | South Korea Kim Dong-hyun South Korea Kwon Oh-hee |
6–7(2–7), 2–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Mar 2006 | Andong, South Korea | Futures | Hard | South Korea Chung Hee-seok | South Korea Jun Woong-sun South Korea Kim Sun-yong |
7–5, 6–4 |
Win | 2–1 | Mar 2006 | Andong, South Korea | Futures | Hard | South Korea Kwon Hyung-tae | South Korea Im Kyu-tae Japan Takahiro Terachi |
3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 2–2 | Jun 2006 | Kusatsu, Japan | Futures | Carpet | South Korea Kim Dong-hyun | Japan Yaoki Ishii Japan Joji Miyao |
6–3, 4–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 2–3 | Aug 2006 | Bangkok, Thailand | Futures | Hard | South Korea Chung Hee-seok | China Yu Xinyuan China Zeng Shaoxuan |
2–6, 7–5, 4–6 |
Loss | 2–4 | Aug 2006 | Nonthaburi, Thailand | Futures | Hard | South Korea Chung Hee-seok | China Yu Xinyuan China Zeng Shaoxuan |
2–6, 6–4, 2–6 |
Loss | 2–5 | Apr 2007 | Kōfu, Japan | Futures | Carpet | South Korea Daniel Yoo | Japan Akito Higa Japan Tomohiro Shinokawa |
6–3, 4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 2–6 | May 2007 | Gimcheon, South Korea | Futures | Hard | South Korea Chung Hee-seok | Spain Óscar Burrieza Russia Nikolai Nesterov |
6–1, 7–5 |
Win | 1–0 | Jul 2008 | Moncton, Canada | Challenger | Hard | Japan Hiroki Kondo | Canada Daniel Chu Canada Adil Shamasdin |
6–2, 2–6, [12–10] |
Win | 3–6 | Apr 2010 | Seogwipo, South Korea | Futures | Hard | South Korea Lee Chul-hee | France Gary Lugassy France Ludovic Walter |
7–6(9–7), 7–5 |
Win | 4–6 | May 2010 | Gimcheon, South Korea | Futures | Hard | South Korea Lim Yong-kyu | Japan Junn Mitsuhashi Chinese Taipei Yi Chu-huan |
7–6(7–4), 6–4 |
Win | 5–6 | Jun 2010 | Bandung, Indonesia | Futures | Hard (i) | South Korea Kim Young-jun | Indonesia Elbert Sie India Karunuday Singh |
6–2, 5–7, [10–8] |
Win | 6–6 | Nov 2006 | Daegu, South Korea | Futures | Hard | South Korea Kim Young-jun | Germany Jaan-Frederik Brunken United States Michael McClune |
5–7, 7–5, [10–4] |
Loss | 6–7 | Sep 2011 | Cairns, Australia | Futures | Hard | Indonesia Elbert Sie | Australia Brydan Klein Australia James Lemke |
w/o |
Loss | 6–8 | Apr 2012 | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | Futures | Hard | South Korea Kim Young-jun | Russia Denis Matsukevich Denmark Frederik Nielsen |
4–6, 1–6 |
Win | 7–8 | Oct 2012 | Ōarai, Japan | Futures | Hard | Japan Arata Onozawa | Japan Toshihide Matsui Chinese Taipei Yi Chu-huan |
2–6, 6–1, [10–6] |
Win | 8–8 | May 2013 | Seoul, South Korea | Futures | Hard | South Korea Lim Yong-kyu | South Korea Chung Hyeon South Korea Nam Ji-sung |
6–3, 6–2 |
References
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "-서귀포국제테니스- 안재성, 첫 단식 우승" [Seogwipo International Tennis: first singles title for An Jae-sung]. Yonhap. 29 April 2007. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ↑ "<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.
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- 1985 births
- Living people
- Konkuk University alumni
- South Korean male tennis players
- Tennis players at the 2006 Asian Games
- Asian Games medalists in tennis
- Asian Games gold medalists for South Korea
- Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
- Summer World University Games medalists in tennis
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for South Korea
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for South Korea
- Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade
- People from Suncheon
- Sportspeople from South Jeolla Province
- 21st-century South Korean sportsmen