16-year-old Lee Seung-hee beats veteran Lim Jeong-suk to reach LPBA round of 64
In short
Lee Seung-hee, 16, the youngest player on the women's professional billiards (LPBA) tour this season, beat tour champion Lim Jeong-suk to reach the round of 64 at the Crown Haitai PBA-LPBA Championship. Yonhap reported the round-of-128 match ended 17-17 and was decided on the players' high-run records after 29 innings. Lee faces Kim Jung-mi next for a place in the round of 32.
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Lee Seung-hee, 16, the youngest player on the women's professional billiards (LPBA) tour this season, beat tour champion Lim Jeong-suk to reach the round of 64, Yonhap reported. [ 1 , 2 ]
Yonhap said the round-of-128 match, played on October 4 at the KINTEX PBA Stadium in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, ended 17-17 after 29 innings within a 50-minute limit and was decided on the players' high-run records. Lee took an early 8-3 lead with a five-point run before Lim drew level at 13-13. [ 1 ]
Lee, who debuted this season after a tryout, will face Kim Jung-mi in the round of 64 for a place in the round of 32, according to Yonhap. [ 1 ]
In other first-round matches at the Crown Haitai PBA-LPBA Championship, the fourth tour of the 2026-2027 season, Kim Ga-young beat Park Hyo-sun 25-15 in 24 innings as she seeks a first-ever 20th career title in men's and women's professional billiards. Jang Ga-yeon beat Park Su-hyun 25-11 in 13 innings with an average of 1.923, the best among players in action that day. Lee Mi-rae, Choi Hye-mi, Kim Bo-mi, Kim Ye-eun and Baek Min-ju also advanced, Yonhap said. [ 1 ]
Newsis carried a headline reporting the same result — that the 16-year-old beat the veteran to reach the round of 64 — but the article text available from that outlet was about an unrelated financial-sector hacking story and gave no further detail on the match. [ 2 ]
Why it matters
The result puts a 16-year-old debutant past a tour champion and into the round of 64, with a match against Kim Jung-mi next. The documents give no basis for significance beyond this tournament, and the match details rest largely on one outlet's report.
Key facts
- Lee Seung-hee, 16, the youngest player on the LPBA tour this season, beat veteran Lim Jeong-suk to advance to the round of 64. [ 1 , 2 ]
- The match was played on October 4 at the KINTEX PBA Stadium in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, in the LPBA round of 128. [ 1 ]
- It ended 17-17 after 29 innings within a 50-minute limit and was decided on the players' high-run records. [ 1 ]
- Lee took an early 8-3 lead with a five-point high run before Lim drew level at 13-13. [ 1 ]
- Lee will face Kim Jung-mi in the round of 64 for a place in the round of 32. [ 1 ]
- Kim Ga-young beat Park Hyo-sun 25-15 in 24 innings as she seeks a first-ever 20th career win in men's and women's professional billiards. [ 1 ]
- Jang Ga-yeon beat Park Su-hyun 25-11 in 13 innings with an average of 1.923, the best among players in action that day. [ 1 ]
- The event is the fourth tour of the 2026-2027 season, the Crown Haitai PBA-LPBA Championship. [ 1 ]
Confirmed by several sources
Still unclear
- The detailed match sequence, including the five-point run and the 13-13 score, rests on Yonhap's report alone. Only one document describes the match in detail, so the sequence is a single-source account.
- Newsis's article text was about a financial-sector hacking story, not the billiards match. The document's text does not match its headline, so the only usable content from that outlet is the headline result.
- The outcome of Lee's round-of-64 match and the rest of the tournament are not yet reported. The documents cover only the round of 128; the tournament was ongoing at publication.
What local media are saying
Timeline, local time
- Yonhap reports that Lee Seung-hee beat Lim Jeong-suk to reach the LPBA round of 64 at the Crown Haitai PBA-LPBA Championship, with match details and other first-round results. [ 1 ]
- Newsis publishes a headline reporting the same result; its article text covers an unrelated financial-sector hacking story. [ 2 ]