Kwon Soon-Woo

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. 227, attained in October 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 $2,689,561
Singles
Career record	65–68 (48.9% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main-draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 52 (1 November 2021)
Current ranking	No. 864 (4 March 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2022)
French Open	3R (2021)
Wimbledon	2R (2021)
US Open	2R (2020, 2022)
Doubles
Career record	7–13 (35.0% at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 227 (3 October 2022)
Current ranking	No. 515 (25 September 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2022)
French Open	1R (2020, 2022)
Wimbledon	1R (2022)
US Open	1R (2021, 2022)
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: 5 February 2024.

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.

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.

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.

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

 

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. 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.

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. As a result, he reached a new career-high of No. 57 on 27 September 2021.

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. 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

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. 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.

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

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

Kwon has represented South Korea in the Davis Cup. 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.

Singles

Current through the 2023 ABN AMRO Open.

Doubles

Current through the 2022 Korea Open.

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

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

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

•     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

Singles: 11 (8–3)

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, Nishitōkyō	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
Loss	5–1	Mar 2017	Yokohama, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Yūichi Sugita	4–6, 6–2, 6–7(2–7)
Loss	5–2	May 2017	Seoul, Korea Rep.	Challenger	Hard	Thomas Fabbiano	6–1, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	5–3	Sep 2018	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Challenger	Hard (i)	Gaël Monfils	4–6, 6–2, 1–6
Win	6–3	Mar 2019	Yokohama, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Oscar Otte	7–6, 6–3
Win	7–3	May 2019	Seoul, Korea Rep.	Challenger	Hard	Max Purcell	7–5, 7–5
Win	8–3	Feb 2021	Biella, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Lorenzo Musetti	6–2, 6–3

Doubles: 6 (2–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2015	Korea F6, Ansung	Futures	Clay (i)	Son Ji-hoon	Nam Ji-sung   Noh Sang-woo	6–7(4–7), 6–3, [13–11]
Loss	1–1	Nov 2015	Cambodia F1, Phnom Penh	Futures	Hard	Son Ji-hoon	Lee Kuan-yi   Liu Shao-fan	7–6(8–6), 4–6, [11–13]
Win	2–1	Mar 2016	Japan F2, Nishitōkyō	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	w/o
Loss	2–4	Jun 2019	Surbiton, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Ramkumar Ramanathan	Marcel Granollers   Ben McLachlan	6–4, 3–6, [2–10]

Record against top 10 players

Kwon's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw and Davis Cup matches are considered:

Player	Record	Win %	Hard	Clay	Grass	Last match
Number 1 ranked players
Rafael Nadal	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (2–6, 1–6) at 2020 Acapulco
Carlos Alcaraz	0–2	0%	0–1	0–1	–	Lost (4–6, 6–7(1–7)) at 2022 Davis Cup
Novak Djokovic	0–2	0%	–	0–1	0–1	Lost (3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 4–6) at 2022 Wimbledon Championships
Number 2 ranked players
Alexander Zverev	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (4–6, 6–7(4–7)) at 2023 Rotterdam
Number 3 ranked players
Milos Raonic	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), 6–4) at 2020 New York Open
Marin Čilić	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (2–6, 6–2, 5–7) at 2021 Singapore
Number 4 ranked players
Holger Rune	2–0	100%	1–0	1–0	–	Won (3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2) at 2022 Australian Open
Number 5 ranked players
Kevin Anderson	1–0	100%	–	1–0	–	Won (5–7, 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–4)) at 2021 French Open
Andrey Rublev	0–4	0%	0–3	0–1	–	Lost (3–6, 0–6, 4–6) at 2022 US Open
Number 6 ranked players
Félix Auger-Aliassime	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (7–6(7–5), 6–3) at 2022 Davis Cup
Matteo Berrettini	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (6–7(3–7), 3–6, 4–6) at 2021 French Open
Number 7 ranked players
David Goffin	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (3–6, 6–1, 6–3) at 2023 Davis Cup
Fernando Verdasco	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–2, 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–3) at 2022 US Open
Richard Gasquet	1–1	50%	1–1	–	–	Lost (5–7, 4–6) at 2022 Montpellier
Number 8 ranked players
Karen Khachanov	0–1	0%	–	–	0–1	Lost (6–7(6–8), 4–6, 6–4, 5–7) at 2019 Wimbledon Championships
Cameron Norrie	0–2	0%	0–1	0–1	–	Lost (5–7, 5–7) at 2022 Madrid Masters
Number 9 ranked players
Roberto Bautista Agut	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–4)) at 2023 Adelaide 2
Number 10 ranked players
Lucas Pouille	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (7–6(7–4), 6–2) at 2019 Zhuhai
Pablo Carreño Busta	1–2	33%	1–1	0–1	–	Won (3–6, 6–4, 6–4) at 2023 Adelaide 2
Denis Shapovalov	0–2	0%	0–2	–	–	Lost (6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–3), 7–6(8–6), 5–7, 2–6) at 2022 Australian Open
Frances Tiafoe	0–2	0%	0–2	–	–	Lost (2–6, 6–0, 4–6) at 2022 Tokyo
Total	11–22	33.33%	9–14 (39.13%)	2–6 (25%)	0–2 (0%)	* statistics correct as of 30 January 2023[update].

Record against players ranked No. 11–20

Active players are in boldface.

*As of 30 January 2022^[update]

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

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)

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