Gerard Campagna Lee (20), born to a Spanish father and a Korean mother, was selected as a national team player for the first time. Gerard Campagna Lee, who was born and raised in Spain, registered his nationality as Korean with the International Tennis Federation while playing tennis.
Gerard Campagna Lee is currently ranked 381st in the world, and his highest personal ranking was 318th last June. He has the third highest world ranking among domestic players after Hong Seong-chan (150th) and Kwon Soon-woo (349th), but he does not have a Korean Tennis Association (KTA) ranking because he does not participate in domestic competitions.
The Performance Improvement Committee held a selection committee meeting on December 18 to select representative players. Since Hong Seong-chan and Kwon Soon-woo, who will join the military next month, will not be able to participate in the Davis Cup at the end of January, the selection of the third highest ranked player, Gerard Campagna Lee, was confirmed. The association contacted Gerard Campagna Lee in advance about his intention to select the Korean national team and received his acceptance.
Information) Gerard Campagna Lee is a player whose mother is Korean.
He is a player who rose to 5th place in the junior tennis rankings last year.
Currently ranked 381st in the world, the 3rd highest among Korean players.
However, Campagna has a clay court (
Clay courts have high friction on the surface.
There is a tendency to make the bounce relatively slow and high), so there is some need to quickly fix this part as it often appears and is very court-biased.
Still, it is true that he is a promising tennis player worth looking forward to just because he was ranked in the top 300 at the age of 20.