Hyeon Chung

[Lucas]

Miami (Masters-1000): pierwszy wygrany mecz na poziomie ATP Tour.

[WC] Chung, Hyeon (KOR) d. Granollers, Marcel (ESP) 6-0 4-6 6-4

Did You know:

Chung the seventh-youngest player in the past decade to make his ATP World Tour Masters 1000 debut in Miami, behind Karen Khachanov, Jack Sock, Filip Krajinovic, Yuki Bhambri, Sam Querrey and Andrey Rublev.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis ... g-Win.aspx

[Lucas]

Chung Records First Tour-Level Win In Miami

Spoiler:

It’s time to add another teen to the growing list of ATP World Tour “Young Guns”.

18-year-old Hyeon Chung won his first tour-level match Wednesday at the Miami Open presented by Itaú when he defeated Marcel Granollers 6-0, 4-6, 6-4 in two hours and 13 minutes.

“I haven’t played a lot of high-level ATP [World] Tour matches,” Chung said, speaking to ATPWorldTour.com through a translator. “It was tough - the weather, conditions and playing against a high-ranked player - everything was tough.

"But I was motivated. If I win this match, I’ll get an even better opportunity to play a better player.”

The South Korean wild card’s second-round match will indeed be a higher-ranked player, No. 8 seed and former finalist Tomas Berdych. But Chung made sure to prepare himself ahead of the second ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the year.

“There’s a big time difference between Korea, so I got here a week early,” said Chung, who named Novak Djokovic as his tennis idol. “ combined that with practise and physical training as well, and glad to have the opportunity to practise with top-ranked players.”

Chung practised with Simone Bolelli and Denis Istomin ahead of the tournament, and said he’s friendly with most of the other young players on the tour, but is trying to improve his English.

The Korean teen, who wears glasses during his matches due to a developmental eye disease, said his biggest goal for the year is to win a match at the Grand Slam level. But in the meantime, the frequent ATP Challenger Tour player is soaking up the "more exciting" atmosphere at a Masters 1000.

“There’s a huge energy from the players,” he said. “There’s positive energy and everyone’s eager to win. Another big difference is the fans - you have a huge crowd, fun fans.”

Did You know:

Chung the seventh-youngest player in the past decade to make his ATP World Tour Masters 1000 debut in Miami, behind Karen Khachanov, Jack Sock, Filip Krajinovic, Yuki Bhambri, Sam Querrey and Andrey Rublev.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis ... g-Win.aspx

[bogdan1978]

06.04.2015

Najwyższy ranking w karierze: 118

[Lucas]

Stars of Tomorrow: Hyeon Chung

Spoiler:

Korea may not be known for its tennis heritage, but teenager Hyeon Chung is looking to change that, one big win at a time.

Hyeon Chung is the best player to emerge from Korea since Hyung-Taik Lee rose to a career-high Emirates ATP Ranking of No. 36 in 2007. While that might produce overwhelming pressure for your average teenager, 18-year-old Chung is content to focus on his tennis.

“I don’t feel any pressure like that,” he told ATPWorldTour.com via a translator. “In Korea, tennis is not that popular like it is here. Only someone who is interested in tennis knows, so it’s not something that bothers me.”

Even Chung’s father, a tennis coach, avoids talk of his son’s recent success.

“He is intentionally not talking about tennis,” Chung said. “He doesn’t want to give me any pressure. He just wants me to enjoy and play.”

Any contact with his family has been confined largely to phone conversations since the right-hander moved to IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, at age 13. He came to the United States accompanied only by his older brother, who has since moved back to Korea.

The lack of familial support hasn’t hampered Chung, who has thrived over the past year, rising from an Emirates ATP Ranking of No. 379 to his current high of No. 118. Since the beginning of 2014, he has won ATP Challenger events in Burnie and Bangkok in addition to taking home Futures titles in South Korea and Thailand.

A sturdy 6-feet tall, Chung has developed a punishing groundstroke game, firing forehands and backhands with unique strokes that lend themselves to flat, laser-like power from the baseline. He’s also easy to spot, thanks to the prescription sports glasses he wears on the court. Though he can recognize people without his trademark goggles, effectively striking a tennis ball is a different story.

Chung put his growing confidence to the test at the Miami Open in March, where he qualified and won a round at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event before falling 6-3, 6-4 to World No. 8 Tomas Berdych.

“I was definitely under stress, but I was trying to do my best,” Chung said of his first encounter with a Top 10 player. “I felt a little bit like I was playing inside the TV, like I was on the outside looking in.”

ChungHe carried that momentum into his first tour-level clay-court tournament in Houston, where he became the youngest qualifier at the event since 15-year-old Ryan Harrison in 2008 and the sixth teenager to qualify for an ATP World Tour main draw match in 2015.

While the term “young gun” doesn’t translate in Korean, Chung’s giant grin indicates how excited he is to be included in an elite group of rising stars including Nick Kyrgios, Borna Coric, Thanasi Kokkinakis and more.

He tallied wins over both Kyrgios and Coric en route to becoming the first Korean to reach the Junior Wimbledon final in 2013 (l. to Quinzi), but he now looks to both players, ranked World No. 34 and 55, respectively, as an example of what he’s capable of on the ATP World Tour.

“I’ve learned many things from them,” Chung said. “They are doing very well with their ranking. I’m definitely keeping watch [on their progress].”

When Chung heads home for a visit to his native Suwon, he occasionally practises with 39-year-old Lee, whose success a decade ago helped pave the way for the next generation of Korean players. After spending more than 10 years playing professionally, he has simple advice for his young countryman.

“He told me that when I’m touring, you usually have a lot of stress,” explained Chung, who hopes to have his name inscribed on a Grand Slam trophy one day. “But the key is to try not to have that stress and just enjoy the experience.”

http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis ... ature.aspx

[bogdan1978]

13.04.2015

Najwyższa pozycja w karierze: 112

[bogdan1978]

20.04.2015

Najwyższy ranking w karierze: 107

[DUN I LOVE]

Top-100 rankingu ATP!

Po awansie do 1/2 finału turniej CH w Savannah, Hyeon może być pewny pierwszego notowania rankingu Entry w którym znajdzie się w gronie 100 najlepszych tenisistów świata.

98 Teymuraz Gabashvili - 537
99 Hyeon Chung - 537
100 Robin Haase - 532

[bogdan1978]

27.04.2015

Najwyższy ranking w karierze: 88

[Barty]

CH: Chung najlepszy w Savannah.


Hyeon Chung won his third ATP Challenger Tour title on Sunday in Savannah.

St. Joseph's/Candler Savannah Challenger (Savannah, U.S.A.): The future of Asian tennis is bright. Korean rising star Hyeon Chung, 18, was a dominant force last week, cruising to the Savannah title with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over James McGee in Sunday's final. Chung became the second Korean to break into the Top 100 of the Emirates ATP Rankings (Hyung-Taik Lee). The World No. 88, now a three-time ATP Challenger Tour champion, is the first player to reach 20 match wins on the circuit in 2015 and joins Benoit Paire and Kimmer Coppejans as the only players to claim multiple titles.

2015 Match Wins Leaders
Hyeon Chung (KOR) - 20
Benoit Paire (FRA) - 16
Adrian Menendez-Maceiras (ESP) - 16

http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis ... -2015.aspx

[Barty]

Hyeon od jutra będzie na 76. miejscu w wieku niecałych 19 lat (kończy za kilka dni). Co o nim sądzicie? Na razie punkty zbiera prawie wyłącznie w challengerach i w sumie trudno na razie prorokować jak sobie będzie radził na szczeblu ATP.

[Damian]

CH Busan: kolejny tytuł Chunga.


Hyeon Chung won his third ATP Challenger Tour title of the season at the Busan Open.

Busan Open (Busan, South Korea): Hyeon Chung recently showed off his talents to the world at the tour-level stops in Miami and Houston, and last week the Korean gave his home fans an exclusive glimpse into the future. Chung extended his win streak to 10 on the ATP Challenger Tour with a 6-3, 6-1 rout of Lukas Lacko in the Busan Open final.

Up to a career-high No. 69 in the Emirates ATP Rankings, he has won 20 consecutive sets on the circuit, including a title run on the green clay of Savannah last month. The 18 year old, who cracked the Top 100 for the first time following his Savannah triumph, leads the Challenger circuit with 25 match wins and three titles this year. He will bid for a fifth overall title as the third seed in his home capital of Seoul this week.

http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis ... -2015.aspx

[Jacuszyn]

2015 Title Leaders

Hyeon Chung (KOR) - 3 (Burnie, Savannah, Busan)
Kimmer Coppejans (BEL) - 2 (Guangzhou, Mersin)
Benoit Paire (FRA) - 2 (Bergamo, Quimper)
Aljaz Bedene (GBR) - 2 (Irving, Rome)

[Lucas]

Najwyższy ranking w karierze (11.05.2015):
69

[DUN I LOVE]

Hyeon od jutra będzie na 76. miejscu w wieku niecałych 19 lat (kończy za kilka dni). Co o nim sądzicie? Na razie punkty zbiera prawie wyłącznie w challengerach i w sumie trudno na razie prorokować jak sobie będzie radził na szczeblu ATP.

Spróbuję wstać rano i obejrzeć połówkę CH. Suche wyniki wskazują na masakrę za masakrą. Nie wierzę, że przy takiej przewadze nad tenisistami z drugiej połowy drugiej setki, nie byłby w stanie walczyć o pojedyncze zwycięstwa w turniejach ATP.

[Rroggerr]

Drugi David Ferrer, tyle, że na hardzie. Wydaje mi się, że ta regularność z challengerów bardzo szybko może dać świetne wyniki w jakichś kurnikach.

Dawid, te mecze można sobie z odtworzenia oglądnąć, po co wstawać.

[DUN I LOVE]

Dawid, te mecze można sobie z odtworzenia oglądnąć, po co wstawać.

Zmienia postać rzeczy, Dzięki.

[Lucas]

Finał CH w Seulu:
* 5. finał CH w 2015 (3-2)
* 6. finał CH w karierze (4-2);

[Lucas]

Rising star Hyeon Chung putting South Korean tennis on the map

Spoiler:

Hyeon Chung is in line to become just the third South Korean man to contest the singles main draw at Wimbledon. We caught up with the former junior finalist…

The eyes of South Korea were fixed upon the Melbourne Sports Precinct on the opening Thursday of this year’s Australian Open. But it wasn’t the tennis that had Korean families gathered around TV sets from Busan in the south to Seoul in the north. It was football, or to be more precise, the Asian Cup.

That night inside AAMI Park, which lies adjacent to Rod Laver Arena, thousands of fans decked out in red watched on skittishly as the nation scraped past Uzbekistan, scoring twice in extra time. The tournament captured the imagination of the Korean public and by the time the Taeguk Warriors reached the final more than 20 million people back home were kicking every ball.

For the country that hosted the 2002 World Cup, football rules all. And for Hyeon Chung, one of tennis’ rising stars, this may not be a bad thing.

A week earlier, across Olympic Boulevard on the far reaches of Court 15, Chung was attempting to carve out his own piece of South Korean sporting history. But with a man-and-a-dog type crowd in attendance and no rolling cameras he came up just short of a spot in the Australian Open main draw, falling to Sweden’s Elias Ymer in the final round of qualifying. There was little fanfare surrounding the occasion. After all South Korea isn’t known for its tennis heritage and as Chung himself says, the sport isn’t popular back home. But for the teenager, his second attempt at qualifying for a major was progress. The rise had already begun, this was simply just another step up a very steep ladder.

Growing Up

In many ways Chung’s path into tennis was a conventional one. His father was a tennis player – he currently coaches the sport in high school – and rackets and balls were strewn around their family home in Suwon, a walled city 30km south of Seoul. Like most inquisitive toddlers, Chung picked up a racket one day and started taking the first of what would become thousands of swings, each one more refined than the last.

With his older brother Hong – a left-hander – for company, the pair fashioned a mini battleground in front of the house – their very own Centre Court. Between play the brothers would glance at the living room window with their imaginations flickering images of Roger and Rafa back at them. “We saw them playing games on TV,” remembered Chung. “We would pretend to be them.”

Then there is the unconventional portion of the younger Chung’s story. At aged seven weak eyesight began to inhibit him so his parents brought him to a doctor. In a peculiar twist of faith experts recommended setting time aside to look at the colour green. And so, with the prescription glasses which have become his trademark, Chung started playing tennis seriously, zoning in on the aluminous fuzzy ball.

He hasn’t taken his eyes off it since.

The Breakthrough

Since his loss to Ymer in Australia Chung has become one of the stories of 2015. The youngster, who turned 19 last month, has won three Challenger titles on three different continents in Burnie (Australia), Savannah (USA) and on home soil in Busan, bringing his career haul to four.

He also broke ground on the ATP World Tour. His first victory came against veteran Marcel Granollers on his tour debut in Miami, the second over Facundo Arguello in Houston. His maiden encounter with a top 10 player, which he related to an out-of-body experience, was a 6-3, 6-4 loss to Tomas Berdych in Miami.

Chung’s ranking has soared in recent months. After beginning the year at No.173 he has climbed more than 100 places, hitting a career-high No.69 last month. He is now the third highest-ranked teenager, after world No.41 Borna Coric and No.69 Thanasi Kokkinakis.

To put his young career into context, Chung is just the second player from his country to feature in the ATP top 100. The other being Hyung-Taik Lee, who peaked at No. 36 in 2007. Furthermore, only two South Korean women have ranked in the top 100: Cho Yoon-Jeong (No.45 on July 14, 2003) and Park Sung-Hee (No. 57 on September 25, 1995).

I look up to Djokovic because his play is fantastic and he is very strong mentally

- Hyeon Chung

The Gamestyle

The Taegeuk symbol sits front and centre of the South Korean flag. In its simplest form the emblem represents perfect harmony and balance and is derived from the philosophy of yin and yang. In taekwondo, Taegeuk refers to patterns of defense and attack.

It’s somewhat apt then that Chung’s game mirrors the flag that stands beside his name. In the absence of a standout weapon, Chung brings a balanced game to the court. His flat, unorthodox groundstrokes are punishing. His backhand is his strength; he drops the racket head – a la Thomas Johansson – before accelerating through with fantastic speed, and he can change direction with ease. Like all good tennis players he possesses that ability to predict the future on court, anticipating shots like he’s gazing into a crystal ball. And he slides around hard courts like only good movers can, allowing him to switch from defense to attack with the flick of a wrist.

Here’s his gamestyle in his own broken English: “I try to move more steps than my competitor does and I try to do my best, which I feel are my strengths.” To him, despite his innate talent, his work ethic is his most valuable asset.

He adds: “I look up to Djokovic because I think his play is fantastic and he is very strong mentally.”

The Future

Early signs suggest Chung has the mental strength – that all-important capacity to forget the past – to launch an assault on the top of the men’s game. But predicting the future in tennis is fast-becoming a fool’s game.

As he takes the natural next step onto the ATP World Tour, his success will depend on the perfect storm of talent, hard work, learning from defeats and luck. If he can tick all four boxes then South Korea may just begin to sit up and take note. And as tennis fans in Japan and China will testify, it takes just one player to get a nation talking.

http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news/art ... e_map.html

[Jacuszyn]

US Open 2015: pierwszy wygrany mecz w Wielkim Szlemie.

Hyeon Chung (KOR) d. James Duckworth (AUS) 6-3 6-1 6-2

[DUN I LOVE]

CH Kaohsiung: 4. tytuł Chunga na poziomie CH.

Kaohsiung ATP Challenger (Kaohsiung, Taiwan): Hyeon Chung will climb to a career-high Top 60 spot in the Emirates ATP Rankings after claiming his fourth ATP Challenger Tour title of the year on Sunday. The second-seeded Korean needed one hour and 40 minutes to dispatch Yuki Bhambri 7-5, 6-4 in Kaohsiung, earning his fifth title on the circuit and a tour-leading fourth this year. Also the champion on clay in Savannah and on hard in Burnie and Busan, Chung improved to 34-7 in 2015. The 19-year-old’s victory marked the 10th time a teen won a Challenger title this year. Bhambri also crossed the 30-win threshold with his run to the final, improving to 32-13 with his second runner-up finish in Kaohsiung. He lost to Yen-Hsun Lu in 2013.