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 , motto_translation = Thus one goes to the stars , established = , type = Independent, co-educational, day and boarding, Christian school , denomination = in association with the Uniting ...

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 The 1995 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Flinders Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 83rd edition of the Australian Open and was held from 16 through 29 January 1995. Seniors Men's s ...

juniors. He won that year's Australian Open boys' doubles title (with

Luke Bourgeois Luke Bourgeois (born 3 March 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Australia. Career Bourgeois, who is the youngest of 10 siblings, won the boys' doubles title at the 1995 Australian Open, with Lee Jong-min. They defeated Germans ...

) and also claimed the 1995 US Open title (with

Jocelyn Robichaud Jocelyn Robichaud (born 8 April 1978 in Joliette, Quebec) is a former tour professional tennis player. Robichaud captured three junior Grand Slam titles and played Davis Cup for Canada. More of a doubles specialist, he won three Challenger ev ...

). Lee represented South Korea in a

1996 Davis Cup The 1996 Davis Cup (also known as the 1996 Davis Cup by NEC for sponsorship purposes) was the 85th edition of the Davis Cup, the most important tournament between national teams in men's tennis. 124 teams entered the competition, 16 in the World ...

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 Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

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* * (wrong birthdate & name spelling) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Jong-min 1977 births Living people South Korean male tennis players Sportspeople from Seoul Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles Australian Open (tennis) junior champions US Open (tennis) junior champions People educated at Geelong College UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's tennis players UCLA Bruins men's tennis players 20th-century South Korean people

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

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