 Hyeon Chung at the2018 Australian Open | |
| Country (sports) |  South Korea |
|---|---|
| Residence | Suwon, South Korea |
| Born | (1996-05-19)19 May 1996 (age 28) Suwon, South Korea |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Turned pro | 2014 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Neville Godwin |
| Prize money | US $3,735,389 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 86–69 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 19 (2 April 2018) |
| Current ranking | No. 727 (3 February 2025)[1] |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (2018) |
| French Open | 3R (2017) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2015) |
| US Open | 3R (2019) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 11–14 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 187 (11 April 2016) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2018) |
| French Open | 1R (2017) |
| US Open | 2R (2017) |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Career record | 0–1 |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2016) |
Medal record | |
| Last updated on: 16 October 2024. | |
| Chung Hyeon | |
| Hangul | 정현 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 鄭泫 |
| Revised Romanization | Jeong Hyeon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chŏng Hyŏn |
Chung Hyeon (Korean: 정현;Hanja: 鄭泫;Korean pronunciation:[tɕəːŋçʌn];[2] born 19 May 1996) is a South Korean professionaltennis player.[3] He is the 2017Next Gen Finals champion. As an unseeded player, he became the first Korean player to reach aGrand Slam semifinal at the2018 Australian Open.
Chung took uptennis as a way to try to help maintain his eyesight after requiring glasses at a young age.[4] He won the Eddie Herr International andJunior Orange Bowl Boys under-12s titles in December 2008, and was subsequently signed, along with his brotherChung Hong, to theNick Bollettieri Tennis Academy atIMG in Florida.[5] He began competing on theITF junior tour in 2012, and was runner-up in the2013 Wimbledon Boys' Singles, a month after winning his firstFutures title.[6] He later competed in his first ATP tournament, theMalaysian Open, being defeated in the first round. He reached a career junior high of No. 7, with an 84–32 win–loss record.[7]
2014 saw Chung move full-time to the men's professional game, winning three Futures tournaments and the2014 Bangkok Open, his firstChallenger level tournament.[4] He competed in the qualifying for the2014 US Open and won two matches for theSouth Korea Davis Cup team to help keep them in theAsia/Oceania Zone Group I. He also won gold in the doubles competition at the2014 Asian Games[8] and ended 2014 ranked 151 in theATP rankings.[4]
Chung reached the final qualifying round for theAustralian Open, but focused his efforts on the Challenger Tour. He won at theBurnie Challenger in February to reach the world's top 150[4] and subsequently received a Wildcard for theATP World Tour competition at theMiami Open, getting to the second round of thisMasters level tournament.[9] Two further Challenger titles followed in April and May 2015, which saw him enter the world top 100 for the first time.[10] His rapid rise up the rankings and an error on behalf of the Korean Tennis Federation meant that he missed the entry deadline for the2015 French Open. Although he was later handed a wildcard into the qualifying tournament, he was eliminated in the first round.[11] Chung then lost in straight sets to unrankedNicholas Monroe in the first round of qualifiers in theTopshelf Open. In the2015 Wimbledon Championships, he reached his first main draw in a Grand Slam tournament, losing in five sets in the first round toPierre-Hugues Herbert. Immediately following his first round loss at Wimbledon, Chung returned to his home country and won the Men's Singles and Men's Team events at the2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju. At the2015 US Open, Chung qualified for the main draw and recorded his first win in a Grand Slam againstJames Duckworth. Chung lost in the second round against fifth seedStanislas Wawrinka in straight sets, despite taking each set to a tiebreak. He continued to play on both the Challenger and ATP tour through 2015, winning a further Challenger atKaohsiung in September and reaching his first ATP quarterfinal at theShenzhen Open.[12] He was awarded the year-end ATP Most Improved Player award for 2015, after climbing over 120 places to No. 51 in the rankings.[13]
Chung won his first round match inBrisbane againstSam Groth. He lost in the second round to the 3rd seedMarin Čilić. At theAustralian Open Chung lost in the first round toNovak Djokovic.
In February, Chung lost inSofia in the first round to qualifierMarius Copil. InRotterdam Chung reached second round, where he lost toViktor Troicki. InMarseille he lost in the first round toDavid Goffin. InDubai Chung defeatedAndreas Seppi in the first round.[14] Then he lost toRoberto Bautista Agut, winning only a single game in this match.[15] Chung won both singles in theDavis Cup tie against New Zealand. South Korea won 3–1.
After the2016 French Open, Chung took nearly four months off to recover from an abdominal injury.[16]
Chung scored his first Australian Open match by defeatingRenzo Olivo. He lost in the second round against eventual semifinalistGrigor Dimitrov despite winning the first set. In April, Chung reached the quarterfinals of the2017 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, takingRafael Nadal to a tie-break before eventually losing. To reach the quarterfinals, Chung came through qualifying and the main draw to record six wins in a row without dropping a set, including victories overDenis Istomin,Phillip Kohlschreiber andAlexander Zverev.
In May, Chung competed at the2017 BMW Open in Munich, reaching the semifinals. In the second round, Chung recorded a victory againstGael Monfils, who at a ranking of No. 16 was the highest-ranked player Chung had defeated. At theFrench Open, Chung achieved his first Grand Slam breakthrough by reaching the third round, including a win over 27th seedSam Querrey in the first round. He lost against the eighth seedKei Nishikori in five sets.
In August, Chung reached the third round of theRogers Cup, his best result at anATP Masters 1000 tournament to date, beating 13th-rankedDavid Goffin in the second round in straight sets. He qualified for theNext Generation ATP Finals in Milan and defeatedAndrey Rublev in the final. As the undefeated champion, Chung won prize money of $390,000.
Chung picked up his first big result of the year by reaching the quarterfinals of theAuckland Open, recording a win overJohn Isner in the second round.
At theAustralian Open, Chung made his breakthrough into the limelight by becoming the first South Korean player, male or female, to advance past the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament. In the third round, he achieved his first victory over a Top 10 player, defeating world No. 4 Alexander Zverev in five sets.[17] In the next round, Chung won a straight sets match against six-time Australian Open champion and former world number oneNovak Djokovic, who had just returned from injury.[18] This marked the first time since2007 that Djokovic had lost in straight sets at the Australian Open.[19] In the quarterfinals, Chung defeated unseeded AmericanTennys Sandgren to reach his first Grand Slam semifinal. He became the youngest Australian Open semifinalist sinceMarin Čilić in2010 and the lowest ranked since then-No. 86Marat Safin in2004.[20] Chung playedRoger Federer in the semi-final, but withdrew due to foot blisters when he was close to going two sets down.[21] The Korean also played the doubles event withRadu Albot and defeated the defending championsHenri Kontinen andJohn Peers.
Following the Australian Open, Chung went on to compete in the Delray Beach Open, where he defeatedCameron Norrie andFranko Škugor before bowing out to eventual winnerFrances Tiafoe. He then played in the Mexican Open, where he defeatedDonald Young andErnesto Escobedo before losing toKevin Anderson in straight sets.
AtIndian Wells, Chung beatDušan Lajović,Tomas Berdych andPablo Cuevas to advance to his maiden Masters quarterfinals appearance, but lost to Roger Federer in straight sets. AtMiami, Chung defeatedMatthew Ebden,Michael Mmoh, andJoão Sousa, reaching the quarterfinals where he lost in straight sets toJohn Isner, who went on to win the tournament. He did not compete at the2018 French Open or at the2018 Wimbledon Championships.
Seeded 24th at the2019 Australian Open, Chung facedBradley Klahn in the first round. He narrowly lost the first two sets in tiebreakers, but came back to win in five sets, advancing to the second round where he lost in four sets toPierre-Hugues Herbert.
In the 2019 season, he struggled with injury, falling outside of the top 150 from a career-high ranking of No. 19. Chung returned at2019 Chengdu Challenger.[22]
He reached the third round of the2019 US Open for the first time at this Major. However, he did not play after October 2020 when he played two qualifying matches at the2020 Roland Garros.[23]
After two years of absence from the ATP tour he came back to play doubles with compatriotKwon Soonwoo at the2022 Korea Open.[24][25][26] They won their first round match againstHans Hach Verdugo andTreat Huey in three sets and second against fourth seedsAndré Göransson andBen McLachlan.
For his singles return he accepted a wildcard into the draw at the2023 Seoul Challenger.[27] In his first match back, he lost toJordan Thompson in straight sets. His next match inBusan was an improvement, albeit unsuccessful, as he took a set againstYasutaka Uchiyama, eventually losing the match in three sets.
He entered the2023 Surbiton Trophy using a protected ranking but was defeated byAndy Murray in the first round. He also entered the2023 Nottingham Open but lost to third seedNuno Borges.
Chung currently uses and endorses theYonex Vcore Duel G 97 310g, but now has a paint job of theYonex Vcore Pro 97 310g.[28] Although the Duel G 97 is a 16x20, he has it specially having it strung at 16x19 and by skipping one cross string when stringing. His string of choice is the Luxilon ALU Power.[28] He wearsLacoste apparel and wearsNike Air Zoom Vapor X as his shoe.
| Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 2017 | Next Generation ATP Finals, Italy | Hard (i) |  Andrey Rublev | 3–4(5–7), 4–3(7–2), 4–2, 4–2 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Aug 2014 | Bangkok, Thailand | Challenger | Hard |  Jordan Thompson | 7–6(7–0), 6–4 |
| Win | 2–0 | Feb 2015 | Burnie, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Alex Bolt | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Feb 2015 | Launceston, Australia | Challenger | Hard |  Bjorn Fratangelo | 6–4, 2–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 3–1 | Apr 2015 | Savannah, USA | Challenger | Clay (green) |  James McGee | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 4–1 | May 2015 | Busan, South Korea | Challenger | Hard |  Lukáš Lacko | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Loss | 4–2 | May 2015 | Seoul, South Korea | Challenger | Hard |  Go Soeda | 6–3, 3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 5–2 | Sep 2015 | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | Challenger | Hard |  Yuki Bhambri | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Loss | 5–3 | Sep 2016 | Nanchang, China | Challenger | Hard | Hiroki Moriya | 6–4, 1–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 6–3 | Sep 2016 | Kaohsiung, Taiwan(2) | Challenger | Hard | Lee Duck-hee | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 7–3 | Nov 2016 | Kobe, Japan | Challenger | Hard (i) | James Duckworth | 6–4, 7–6(7–2) |
| Win | 8–3 | Jan 2017 | Maui, USA | Challenger | Hard | Taro Daniel | 7–6(7–3), 6–1 |
| Win | 9–3 | Aug 2019 | Chengdu, China | Challenger | Hard | Yuichi Sugita | 6–4, 6–3 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | May 2013 | South Korea F2, Seoul | Futures | Hard | Daniel Nguyen | 6–4, 5–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Jun 2013 | South Korea F6, Gimcheon | Futures | Hard |  Enrique López Pérez | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–1 | Feb 2014 | Thailand F1, Nonthaburi | Futures | Hard | Nam Ji-sung | 6–2, 7–6(7–4) |
| Win | 3–1 | Mar 2014 | Thailand F3, Nonthaburi | Futures | Hard |  Marcus Willis | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Mar 2014 | China F3, Yuxi | Futures | Hard |  Zhang Ze | 6–7(3–7), 6–7(3–7) |
| Win | 4–2 | Jun 2014 | South Korea F3, Changwon | Futures | Hard | Cho Min-hyeok | 6–1, 2–6, 7–5 |
| Loss | 4–3 | Jun 2014 | South Korea F4, Daegu | Futures | Hard | Kim Cheong-eui | 5–7, 6–7(5–7) |
| Win | 5–3 | Jan 2025 | M25 Bali, Indonesia | WTT | Hard | Giles Hussey | 6–1, 6–2 |
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Current through the2021 Western & Southern Open.
| Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | SR | W–L | Win % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | Q3 | 1R | 2R | SF | 2R | A | A | 0 / 4 | 7–4 | 64% | ||
| French Open | A | A | Q1 | 1R | 3R | A | A | Q2 | A | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% | ||
| Wimbledon | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | NH | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||
| US Open | A | Q2 | 2R | A | 2R | 2R | 3R | A | A | 0 / 4 | 5–4 | 55% | ||
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–3 | 6–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 11 | 14–11 | 56% | ||
| Year-end championships | ||||||||||||||
| ATP Finals | Did not qualify | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||||
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | 1R | A | QF | A | NH | A | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 60% | ||
| Miami Open | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | QF | A | NH | A | 0 / 4 | 4–4 | 50% | ||
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | NH | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||
| Canadian Open | A | A | 1R | A | 3R | A | A | NH | A | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% | ||
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | Q2 | A | 1R | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% | ||
| Shanghai Masters | A | A | Q2 | A | 2R | 2R | A | NH | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% | |||
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | ||
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–5 | 8–5 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 14 | 13–14 | 48% | ||
| National representation | ||||||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | Not Held | A | Not Held | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||||||
| Davis Cup | A | Z1 | Z1 | Z1 | Z1 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 10–2 | 83% | ||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Career | |||||
| Tournaments | 1 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 68 | ||||
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Overall win–loss | 0–1 | 2–1 | 12–10 | 8–13 | 29–18 | 29–18 | 6–8 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 86–69 | ||||
| Win% | 0% | 66% | 54% | 38% | 62% | 62% | 43% | – | – | 55.48% | ||||
| Year-end ranking | 550 | 173 | 51 | 104 | 58 | 25 | 128 | 161 | 487 | $3,382,228 | ||||
Current through to2021 Australian Open.
| Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | SR | W–L | Win % | ||||
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| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | 1R | A | 3R | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% | ||||
| French Open | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||||
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||
| US Open | 1R | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% | ||||
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | 38% | ||||
Hyeon's match record against those who have beenranked in the top 10, with those who have been No. 1 in boldface
Andrey Rublev 3–1Daniil Medvedev 2–0
Alexander Zverev 2–1
Marcos Baghdatis 1–0
Matteo Berrettini 1–0
Gaël Monfils 1–0
Milos Raonic 1–0Jack Sock 1–0Roberto Bautista Agut 1–1
Novak Djokovic 1–1Denis Shapovalov 1–1Fernando Verdasco 1–1
Tomáš Berdych 1–2
Marin Čilić 1–3
David Goffin 1–3John Isner 1–3Pablo Carreño Busta 0–1
Grigor Dimitrov 0–1David Ferrer 0–1Fabio Fognini 0–1Richard Gasquet 0–1
Ernests Gulbis 0–1Andy Murray 0-1Kei Nishikori 0–1
Juan Martín del Potro 0–1
Stan Wawrinka 0–1
Kevin Anderson 0–2Roger Federer 0–2Rafael Nadal 0–3| Season | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Total |
| Wins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | CH Rank |
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| 2018 | |||||||
| 1. | Alexander Zverev | 4 | Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia | Hard | 3R | 5–7, 7–6(7–3), 2–6, 6–3, 6–0 | 58 |
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| Preceded by | ATP Most Improved Player 2015 | Succeeded by |
Association of Tennis Professionals Top South Korean male singles tennis players | |
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