it was in doubles that she had the most success. after winning four itf doubles events in 1997, kim appeared in the main draw of all four grand slam events in the 1998 season and reached 84 in the world that year. one of those grand slam tournaments was the us open where she and virág csurgó beat the american pairing of jennifer capriati and alexandra stevenson. on the wta tour she twice made doubles semi-finals, with émilie loit at the 1998 skoda czech open and jeon mi-ra in 2001 at the pattaya open.