Kwon Soon-woo: Bio, Age, Tennis Star, Net Worth, Life

Kwon Soon-woo is a South Korean tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 52 achieved on 1 November 2021. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 270 achieved on 3 February 2020.

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. So far, he has not won any career titles. The youngster has reached the first round of all 3 Majors until now, except the French Open where he crashed out in the Qualifiers itself.

Personal Information: Kwon Soon-woo

Born on December 2, 1997, to parents Younghun (father) and Eunmi (mother), Soon-woo has two sisters – Hakyung and Sookyung. Soon-woo was born in the small town of Sangju and picked up the racquet at the age of ten. At the age of 16, he moved to Seoul where he went to high school with fellow ATP player Duckhee Lee. There is not much information about his dating history and his love life.

He is still very young loves to be away from all this and is very busy focusing on his career to make it very illustrious.

Physical Features: Kwon Soon-woo

Kwon Soon-woo was Born on December 2, 1997. He is 5 feet 11 inches (1.8 m) tall, and his weight is 67 Kgs. He has a distinct body type with excellent height. His body weight is appropriate for his height. His body build type is very athletic. He turned pro in 2015. He plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand).

Career

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 debuts on 5 August 2019 at World No. 97 after reaching the quarterfinals as a qualifier at the 2019 Los Cabos Open. In February 2020, Kwon reached four consecutive ATP Tour-level quarter-finals in Pune, New York, Delray Beach and Acapulco. As a result, Kwon rose to a career-high ranking of 69 on 2 March 2020.

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 9th seed and eventual quarterfinalist Matteo Berrettini. He defeated James Duckworth in straight sets to win his first ATP title. As a result, he reached a new career-high of No. 57 on 27 September 2021.

Net Worth

Kwon Soon-woo has an estimated net worth of around $6 million. He acquired most of it during his breakthrough season in 2019. Kwon Soon-woo has so far through his 2 Challenger titles and 5 ITF wins, has bagged an estimated sum of US $601,874 as prize money throughout his career. He is set to earn big in his upcoming years in professional tennis.

Social Media

Kwon Soon-woo is also active on various social media platforms. He is on Instagram with the username @soonwookwon. His account is already verified and has 19.5k followers so far.

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