Chung Hyeon is a South Korean professional tennis player.
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Hyeon Chung won the Eddie Herr International and Junior Orange Bowl Boys under-12s titles in December 2008, and was signed, along with his brother Chung Hong, to the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy at IMG in Florida.
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Hyeon Chung began competing on the ITF junior tour in 2012, and was runner-up in the 2013 Wimbledon Boys' Singles, a month after winning his first Futures title.
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Hyeon Chung later competed in his first ATP tournament, the Malaysian Open, being defeated in the first round.
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Hyeon Chung reached the final qualifying round for the Australian Open, but focused his efforts on the Challenger Tour.
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Hyeon Chung's rapid rise up the rankings and an error on behalf of the Korean Tennis Federation meant that he missed the entry deadline for the 2015 French Open.
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Hyeon Chung then lost in straight sets to unranked Nicholas Monroe in the first round of qualifiers in the Topshelf Open.
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Immediately following his first round loss at Wimbledon, Hyeon Chung returned to his home country and won the Men's Singles and Men's Team events at the 2015 Summer Universiade in Gwangju.
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Hyeon Chung lost in the second round against fifth seed Stanislas Wawrinka in straight sets, despite taking each set to a tiebreak.
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Hyeon Chung was awarded the year-end ATP Most Improved Player award for 2015, after climbing over 120 places to No 51 in the rankings.
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In Rotterdam Hyeon Chung reached second round, where he lost to Viktor Troicki.
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Hyeon Chung won both singles in the Davis Cup tie against New Zealand.
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Hyeon Chung scored his first Australian Open match by defeating Renzo Olivo.
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Hyeon Chung lost in the second round against eventual semifinalist Grigor Dimitrov despite winning the first set.
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At the French Open, Hyeon Chung achieved his first Grand Slam breakthrough by reaching the third round, including a win over 27th seed Sam Querrey in the first round.
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Hyeon Chung picked up his first big result of the year by reaching the quarterfinals of the Auckland Open, recording a win over John Isner in the second round.
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At the Australian Open, Hyeon Chung made his breakthrough into the limelight by becoming the first South Korean player, male or female, to advance past the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament.
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Hyeon Chung became the youngest Australian Open semifinalist since Marin Cilic in 2010 and the lowest ranked since then-No 86 Marat Safin in 2004.
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Hyeon Chung played Roger Federer in the semi-final, but withdrew due to foot blisters when he was close to going two sets down.
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Hyeon Chung then played in the Mexican Open, where he defeated Donald Young and Ernesto Escobedo before losing to Kevin Anderson in straight sets.
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At Indian Wells, Hyeon Chung beat Dusan Lajovic, Tomas Berdych and Pablo Cuevas to advance to his maiden Masters quarterfinals appearance, but lost to Roger Federer in straight sets.
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At Miami, Hyeon Chung defeated Matthew Ebden, Michael Mmoh, and Joao Sousa, reaching the quarterfinals where he lost in straight sets to John Isner, who went on to win the tournament.
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Hyeon Chung did not compete at the 2018 French Open or 2018 Wimbledon Championships.
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Hyeon Chung narrowly lost the first two sets in tiebreakers, but came back to win in five sets, advancing to the second round where he lost in four sets to Pierre-Hugues Herbert.
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Hyeon Chung reached the third round of the 2019 US Open for the first time at this Major.
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Hyeon Chung wears Lacoste apparel and wears Nike Air Zoom Vapor X as his shoe.
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