South Korea at The 1988 Summer Olympics - Tennis

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

  • Bong-Soo Kim
    1. First round — Defeated George Kalovelonis (Greece) 7-5, 3-6, 6-2, 6-7, 6-3
    2. Second round — Defeated Henri Leconte (France) 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
    3. Third round — Lost to Martín Jaite (Argentina) 4-6, 1-6, 3-6


  • Jin-Sun Yoo
    1. First round — Lost to Amos Mansdorf (Israel) 2-6, 4-6, 5-7


  • Dong-Wook Song
    1. First round — Lost to Tim Mayotte (USA) 3-6, 3-6, 4-6


Women's Singles Competition

  • Jeong-Myung Lee
    1. First Round – Bye
    2. Second Round – Lost to Catherine Suire (France) 5-7, 6-4, 5-7


  • Il-Soon Kim
    1. First Round – Defeated Etsuko Inoue (Japan) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
    2. Second Round – Defeated Helena Suková (Czechoslovakia) 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
    3. Third Round – Lost to Larisa Neiland (Soviet Union) 3-6, 6-7

Read more about this topic:  South Korea At The 1988 Summer Olympics

Famous quotes containing the word tennis:

    “[My one tennis book] was very, very old. It had a picture of Bill Tilden. I looked at the picture and that was how I learned to hold the racket.”
    —Maria Bueno (b. 1939)

    “Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “The boneless quality of English conversation, which, so far as I have heard it, is all form and no content. Listening to Britons dining out is like watching people play first-class tennis with imaginary balls.”
    —Margaret Halsey (b. 1910)