Kwon Soon-woo

In this Korean name, the family name is Kwon.

Kwon Soon-woo (Korean: 권순우; born 2 December 1997) is a South Korean professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 52 ranking by the ATP, achieved in November 2021 and a doubles ranking of world No. 224, attained in December 2022. Kwon has won two ATP, three ATP Challenger Tour and five ITF World Tennis Tour singles titles.

Kwon Soon-woo
권순우

Kwon at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports)	South Korea
Born	(1997-12-02) 2 December 1997 (age 26) Sangju, South Korea
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	2015
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Daniel Yoo
Prize money	US $3,064,876
Singles
Career record	67–72
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 52 (1 November 2021)
Current ranking	No. 342 (14 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2022)
French Open	3R (2021)
Wimbledon	2R (2021)
US Open	2R (2020, 2022)
Other tournaments
Doubles
Career record	7–15
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 224 (19 December 2022)
Current ranking	No. 1728 (14 October 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2022)
French Open	1R (2020, 2022)
Wimbledon	1R (2022)
US Open	1R (2021, 2022, 2024)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	9–3 (singles 9–2, doubles 0–1)
Medal record Men's tennis Representing  South Korea Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Doubles
Last updated on: 16 October 2024.

Kwon Soon-woo
Hangul	권순우
Revised Romanization	Gwon Sunu
McCune–Reischauer	Kwŏn Sunu

He broke into the top 100 of the ATP singles rankings in August 2019 after reaching the quarterfinals at the Los Cabos Open and contested his first ATP Tour final at the Astana Open in September 2021, where he won his maiden title and made his top 60 debut. In January 2023, he won his second ATP Tour title at the Adelaide International as a lucky loser, becoming the first Korean to win multiple ATP titles and the tenth lucky loser winner overall in the Open Era.

Early life

Kwon was born in a small town Sangju and began playing tennis at age 10. He moved to Seoul at age 16 and attended high school there with Lee Duck-hee, another future ATP Tour player. His father Younghun is a talented amateur tennis player and introduced him to tennis. His favorite surface is hard and favorite shots are down-the-line forehand and drop shot.^[1]

Professional career

2018–2019: ATP Tour & Grand Slam & top 100 debuts

Kwon made his tour-level and Grand Slam debut after winning the 2018 Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff for the main draw of the 2018 Australian Open.^[2]

He made his top 100 debut on 5 August 2019 at world No. 97, after reaching the quarterfinals as a qualifier at the 2019 Los Cabos Open.

2020–2021: First major win at the US Open; French Open third round, maiden ATP title

Kwon at the 2021 French Open

In February 2020, Kwon reached four consecutive ATP Tour-level quarterfinals in Pune, New York, Delray Beach and Acapulco. As a result, Kwon rose to a career-high ranking of 69 on 2 March 2020. Kwon defeated world No. 24, Dušan Lajović, in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals in Acapulco, which was his first ATP 500 event. He lost to eventual champion Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals.

At the 2020 US Open Kwon recorded his first win in a Grand Slam defeating wildcard Thai-Son Kwiatkowski.

Kwon reached the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career at the 2021 French Open where he defeated South African Kevin Anderson and Andreas Seppi before losing to another Italian ninth seed and eventual quarterfinalist Matteo Berrettini.

Despite losing in qualifying at the Eastbourne International, Kwon entered with a second-round bye as a lucky loser after Reilly Opelka withdrew.^[3] He made the semifinals before falling to Alex de Minaur. Kwon was competing in his maiden ATP Tour semifinal after winning his first quarterfinal in his eighth attempt against Ilya Ivashka.^[4]

In Astana, Kwon won his first ATP Tour-level title. There, he defeated qualifier Evgeny Donskoy, third seed Dušan Lajović, and seventh seed Laslo Đere to reach his second ATP semifinal. In the semifinal, he defeated home favourite and second seed Alexander Bublik to advance to his first ATP Tour-level final. He defeated James Duckworth in straight sets to win his first ATP title and became the first South Korean to win on the ATP Tour and only the second Korean to win a tour-level title in the Open era since 2003 Sydney champion Hyung-Taik Lee.^[5] As a result, he reached a new career-high of No. 57 on 27 September 2021.^[6]

2022: Maiden ATP 500 singles semifinal, Australian Open doubles third round

At the Australian Open, he won his first match defeating Holger Rune in five sets. He lost in the second round to Denis Shapovalov in a tight five-set match with three tiebreaks.

At Wimbledon, he lost in the first round to the top seed and eventual champion, Novak Djokovic, in four sets.

Ranked No. 120 at the Japan Open, he reached the quarterfinals for a second time at the ATP 500-level defeating sixth seed Alex de Minaur and Mackenzie McDonald.^[7] He defeated Pedro Martínez to reach his first ATP 500-level semifinal. As a result, he moved more than 30 positions up in the rankings, back into the top 100.

2023–2024: Second title won as lucky loser, hiatus, Olympics debut

He won his second career ATP title in Adelaide, defeating Roberto Bautista Agut in three sets. In doing so, he became the first Korean to win multiple ATP titles.^[8] He became the first lucky loser to reach the final in Adelaide's tournament history and the first to win an ATP Tour title since Marco Cecchinato in Budapest in 2018, and the tenth lucky loser champion overall.^[9]

After a six months hiatus, he returned to the 2023 US Open and the 2024 Australian Open using protected ranking.

Personal life

On May 22, 2023, it was confirmed that Kwon is dating singer Yubin of Wonder Girls.^[10] On October 5, 2023, Yubin's agency confirmed their break-up.^[11]

National representation

Kwon has represented South Korea in the Davis Cup.^[12] He was first nominated to the team for the 2017 Davis Cup, making his debut against Uzbek tennis player Denis Istomin.

Kwon represented South Korea at the 2022 Davis Cup Finals and recorded his first victory over a top-20 player by defeating world No. 13, Félix Auger-Aliassime 7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–3 in the group stage tie versus Canada.^[13]

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Current through the 2023 ABN AMRO Open.

Tournament	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	Q1	1R	1R	2R	1R	0 / 5	1–5
French Open	A	A	Q1	1R	3R	1R	A	0 / 3	2–3
Wimbledon	Q1	A	1R	NH	2R	1R	A	0 / 3	1–3
US Open	Q1	A	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	0 / 5	2–5
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	0–2	1–3	3–4	2–4	0–2	0 / 16	6–16
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	NH	1R	1R	A	0 / 2	0–2
Miami Open	A	A	A	NH	1R	1R	A	0 / 2	0–2
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	A	NH	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0
Madrid Open	A	A	A	NH	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1
Italian Open	A	A	A	Q1	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0
Canadian Open	A	A	1R	NH	A	Q2	A	0 / 1	0–1
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	Q2	Q1	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0
Shanghai Masters	A	A	A	Not Held			A	0 / 1	0–0
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–2	0–3		0 / 7	0–6
National representation
Davis Cup	Z1	Z1	Z1	A	WG1	RR		0 / 0	9–2
Career statistics
	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	Career
Tournaments	0	1	7	7	16	22	5	57
Titles / Finals	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	1 / 1	0 / 0	1 / 1	2 / 2
Overall win–loss	3–1	0–2	7–7	8–7	19–15	20–24	7–5	64–61
Win %	75%	0%	50%	53%	56%	45%	58%	51.2%
Year-end ranking	168	235	88	95	53	83	196

Doubles

Current through the 2022 Korea Open.

Tournament	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	A	3R	0 / 2	2–2
French Open	A	A	1R	A	1R	0 / 2	0–2
Wimbledon	A	A	NH	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1
US Open	A	A	A	1R	1R	0 / 2	0–2
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–1	2–4	0 / 7	2–7
National representation
Davis Cup	Z1	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–1
Career statistics
	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	Career
Tournaments	1	2	2	1	7	13
Titles / Finals	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0
Overall win–loss	0–1	2–2	0–2	0–1	5–7	7–13
Year-end ranking	0	280	342	851	232	35%

ATP Tour finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

Legend Grand Slam (0–0) ATP Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP 500 (0–0) ATP 250 (2–0)

Finals by surface Hard (2–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoor (1–0) Indoor (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2021	Astana Open, Kazakhstan	ATP 250	Hard (i)	James Duckworth	7–6(8–6), 6–3
Win	2–0	Jan 2023	Adelaide International 2, Australia	ATP 250	Hard	Roberto Bautista Agut	6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–4)

Records

• These records were attained in the Open era of tennis.

Tournament	Year	Record accomplished	Player tied
Adelaide International	2023	Winning an ATP tournament as lucky loser	Heinz Günthardt Bill Scanlon Francisco Clavet Christian Miniussi Sergiy Stakhovsky Rajeev Ram Leonardo Mayer Andrey Rublev Marco Cecchinato[14]

Davis Cup

Legend Group membership World Group (0) Group I (7–3) Group II (0) Group III (0) Group IV (0)

• indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

Rubber outcome	Rubber	Match type (partner if any)	Opponent nation	Opponent player(s)	Score
1–3; 3–5 February 2017; Gimcheon Sports Town Tennis Courts, Gimcheon, South Korea; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Hard surface
Defeat	IV	Singles	Uzbekistan	Denis Istomin	6–3, 6–7(5–7), 2–6, 6–7(12–14)
2–3; 7–9 April 2017; ASB Tennis Arena, Auckland, New Zealand; Group I Asia/Oceania First round play-offs; Hard surface
Victory	II	Singles	New Zealand	Michael Venus	6–2, 6–2, 7–6(7–1)
Victory	IV	Singles		José Statham	6–3, 6–2, 6–4
2–3; 15–17 September 2017; Yang Gu Tennis Park, Yang Gu, South Korea; Group I Asia/Oceania Second round play-offs; Hard surface
Victory	II	Singles	Chinese Taipei	Jason Jung	6–3, 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–4)
0–4; 2–3 February 2018; Pakistan Sports Complex, Islamabad, Pakistan; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Grass surface
Defeat	I	Singles	Pakistan	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	3–6, 6–1, 6–7(6–8)
Defeat	III	Doubles (with Lim Yong-kyu)		Aqeel Khan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6–7(8–10), 4–6
3–1; 14–15 September 2019; Guiyang Olympic Sports Center Tennis Stadium, Guiyang, China; Group I Asia/Oceania; Hard surface
Victory	I	Singles	China	Zhang Zhizhen	7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), 7–5
Victory	IV	Singles		Bai Yan	6–4, 6–3
3–1; 17–18 September 2021; The International Tennis Hall of Fame, Newport, USA; World Group I; Grass surface
Victory	II	Singles	New Zealand	Finn Reynolds	7–6(7–1), 6–3
Victory	IV	Singles		Rubin Statham	6–3, 6–3

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (3–3)

Finals by surface Hard (3–3) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2017	Yokohama, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Yūichi Sugita	4–6, 6–2, 6–7(2–7)
Loss	0–2	May 2017	Seoul, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Thomas Fabbiano	6–1, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Sep 2018	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Challenger	Hard (i)	Gaël Monfils	4–6, 6–2, 1–6
Win	1–3	Mar 2019	Yokohama, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Oscar Otte	7–6, 6–3
Win	2–3	May 2019	Seoul, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Max Purcell	7–5, 7–5
Win	3–3	Feb 2021	Biella II, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Lorenzo Musetti	6–2, 6–3

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2019	Surbiton, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Ramkumar Ramanathan	Marcel Granollers Ben McLachlan	6–4, 3–6, [2–10]

ITF Futures finals

Singles: 5 (5 titles)

Legend ITF Futures (5–0)

Finals by surface Hard (5–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2015	Cambodia F1, Phnom Penh	Futures	Hard	Son Ji-hoon	7–5, 6–1
Win	2–0	Dec 2015	Cambodia F2, Phnom Penh	Futures	Hard	Huang Liang-chi	6–3, 6–3
Win	3–0	Mar 2016	Japan F2, Nishitokyo	Futures	Hard	Yuya Kibi	6–3, 6–4
Win	4–0	Jul 2016	Korea F5, Gimcheon	Futures	Hard	Cho Min-hyeok	6–4, 6–4
Win	5–0	Dec 2016	Thailand F5, Hua Hin	Futures	Hard	Daniel Altmaier	6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend ITF Futures (2–3)

Finals by surface Hard (1–3) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2015	Korea F6, Anseong	Futures	Clay (i)	Son Ji-hoon	Noh Sang-woo Nam Ji-sung	6–7(4–7), 6–3, [13–11]
Loss	1–1	Nov 2015	Cambodia F1, Phnom Penh	Futures	Hard	Son Ji-hoon	Liu Shao-fan Lee Kuan-yi	7–6(8–6), 4–6, [11–13]
Win	2–1	Mar 2016	Japan F2, Nishitokyo	Futures	Hard	Chung Yun-seong	Issei Okamura Kento Takeuchi	2–6, 6–2, [10–3]
Loss	2–2	Dec 2016	Thailand F5, Hua Hin	Futures	Hard	Lee Jea-moon	Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2–3	Jun 2018	Korea F3, Daegu	Futures	Hard	Lim Yong-kyu	Chung Yun-seong Hong Seong-chan	walkover

ITF Junior Circuit

Singles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Category GA (0–0)
Category G1 (0–0)
Category G2 (0–0)
Category G3 (1–0)
Category G4 (0–0)
Category G5 (3–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Category	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2013	2013 Gimcheon International Junior Championships, South Korea	G5	Hard	Chung Yun-seong	4–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Apr 2014	2014 Gimcheon International Junior Championships, South Korea	G5	Hard	Shin San-hui	6–3, 6–0
Win	2–1	Sep 2014	China Junior 15 Guangzhou, China	G3	Hard	Daniel Nolan	6–1, 6–2
Win	3–1	Apr 2015	2015 ITF Sunchang International Junior Championships, South Korea	G5	Hard	Christopher Yun	5–1 ret.
Win	4–1	Apr 2015	2015 Gimcheon International Junior Championships, South Korea	G5	Hard	Im Seong-taek	6–1, 6–2

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runners-up)

Legend
Category GA (0–0)
Category G1 (0–1)
Category G2 (0–1)
Category G3 (0–0)
Category G4 (2–0)
Category G5 (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Category	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2012	2012 Gimcheon International Junior Championships, South Korea	G5	Hard	Kim Young-seok	Hong Seong-chan Kang Ku-keon	3–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Apr 2013	2013 Jeju International Junior Championships, South Korea	G4	Hard	Oh Chan-yeong	Han Jin-sung Hyun Geong-hwan	6–3, 6–2
Win	2–1	Apr 2013	2013 Sunchang International Junior Championships, South Korea	G5	Hard	Oh Chan-yeong	Lee Min-hyun Shin San-hui	6–4, 3–6, [10–1]
Win	3–1	Apr 2014	2014 Jeju International Junior Championships, South Korea	G4	Hard	Go Hyun-sik	Lim Min-seob Shin San-hui	6–4, 7–5
Loss	3–2	Nov 2014	2014 Lee Duk Hee Cup Chuncheon International Junior Tennis Championships, South Korea	G2	Hard	Oh Chan-yeong	Jake Delaney Akira Santillan	6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss	3–3	Nov 2014	2014 Seogwipo Asia Oceania International Junior Tennis Championships, South Korea	G1	Hard	Shin San-hui	Shohei Chikami Yosuke Watanuki	3–6, 4–6

References

1. ATP Staff (26 September 2021). "First-Time Winner Spotlight: Soonwoo Kwon". ATP Tour. ATP Tour, Inc. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
2. "#NextGenATP de Minaur, Kwon Earn Australian Open Wild Cards".
3. "Kwon Soon-woo reaches semifinals at Eastbourne International". 25 June 2021.
4. "Lorenzo Sonego Reaches Second Final of Season at Eastbourne".
5. "Kwon Captures Maiden ATP Tour Title In Nur-Sultan"."Kwon the first South Korean to win on ATP Tour in 18 years". Reuters. 27 September 2021.
6. "Kwon Soon-woo rises to 57th in world tennis rankings after first ATP Tour title". 27 September 2021.
7. "ATP Tokyo Quarterfinal Predictions Including Nick Kyrgios vs Taylor Fritz". 6 October 2022.
8. "Kwon Edges Bautista Agut To Seal Stunning Adelaide Triumph". 14 January 2023.
9. "History in Adelaide: Lucky loser Kwon becomes first Korean to win multiple ATP singles titles". 14 January 2023.
10. Park Yoon-jin (May 22, 2023). "원더걸스 유빈, 9살 연하 韓 테니스 간판 권순우와 열애 인정…"좋은 감정으로 만남 중" [공식]" [Wonder Girls' Yubin admits to dating Kwon Soon-woo, a Korean tennis player who is 9 years younger... "Meeting with good feelings" [Official]] (in Korean). My Daily. Retrieved May 22, 2023 – via Naver.
11. Jung, Hee-yeon (October 5, 2023). "유빈-권순우 결별 "응원하는 친구로 남기로" [공식입장]" [Yubin and Kwon Soonwoo break up, “We will remain as supportive friends” [Official statement]] (in Korean). SportsDonga. Retrieved October 5, 2023 – via Naver.
12. "Korea to play Uzbekistan in Davis Cup qualifier". 1 February 2017.
13. "Canada rallies against Korea Republic to win 2–1". 14 September 2022.
14. "ATP Budapest: Lucky loser Marco Cecchinato wins the first ATP title". tennisworldusa.org. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018. Cecchinato is the ninth player in the Open era who won an ATP title as a lucky loser and the third in the last two seasons after Andrey Rublev and Leonardo Mayer in Umag and Hamburg last July.

External links

• Kwon Soon-woo at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Kwon Soon-woo at the International Tennis Federation
• Kwon Soon-woo at the Davis Cup