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Lee Jong-min (tennis)
Lee Jong-min (born 1977) is a South Korean former professional tennis player. Born in Seoul, Lee moved to Australia as an 11-year old to pursue a career in tennis and studied at Geelong Grammar School 1989-1992 then Geelong College from 1993 to 1995. Locally he won national singles championships in both the 16s and 18s age groups, as well as finishing runner-up to Nicolas Kiefer at the 1995 Australian Open juniors. He won that year's Australian Open boys' doubles title (with Luke Bourgeois) and also claimed the 1995 US Open (tennis), 1995 US Open title (with Jocelyn Robichaud). Lee represented South Korea in a 1996 Davis Cup tie against New Zealand in Seoul and featured mainly on the professional tour as a specialist doubles player, for which he attained a world ranking of 421. From 1997 to 1999, Lee attended UC Santa Barbara, then from 1999 to 2000 he was at the University of California, Los Angeles. He was a two-time All-American tennis player for the UCLA Bruins. Junior Gran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seoul
Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 of the 1948 constitution. According to the 2020 census, Seoul has a population of 9.9 million people, and forms the heart of the Seoul Capital Area with the surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi province. Considered to be a global city and rated as an Alpha – City by Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC), Seoul was the world's fourth largest metropolitan economy in 2014, following Tokyo, New York City and Los Angeles. Seoul was rated Asia's most livable city with the second highest quality of life globally by Arcadis in 2015, with a GDP per capita (PPP) of around $40,000. With major technology hubs centered in Gangnam and Digital Media City, the Seoul Capital Area is home to the headquarters of 15 ''Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
