Bae Yeon-ju

Bae Yeon-ju (; ; born 26 October 1990) is a retired international badminton player from South Korea.

Career Bae started playing badminton at aged 10, and first gained international attention in 2006 when she reached the semifinals in the women's singles and won the gold medal as a member of the South Korean mixed team at the BWF World Junior Championships. Bae joined the South Korean national team in 2008 and in the same year she won her first international title at the Indonesia International tournament. In 2010, she became the runner-up at the BWF Superseries Finals after being defeated by Wang Shixian of China with the score 21–13, 21–15.

In 2012, she competed at the London Summer Olympics in the women's singles event, and was defeated by Wang Yihan in the round of 16. In 2013, she won the Korea Masters tournament after beating her team-mate Sung Ji-hyun with the score 21–19, 15–21, 21–9.

In 2016, she competed at the Rio Summer Olympics and was defeated in the last 16 by eventual bronze medallist Nozomi Okuhara. Bae was one of four Korean players who announced that they would be retiring from the national team at the end of the tournament.

Achievements

BWF World Championships Women's singles

Asian Games Women's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2014 Gyeyang Gymnasium, Incheon, South Korea Wang Yihan 10–21, 21–12, 16–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF World Junior Championships Girls' singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2006 Samsan World Gymnasium, Incheon, South Korea Saina Nehwal 23–25, 13–21 Bronze Bronze 2007 The Trust Stadium, Waitakere City, New Zealand Wang Lin 16–21, 15–21 Silver Silver

Asian Junior Championships Girls' singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2008 Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Li Xuerui 21–12, 5–21, 20–22 Bronze Bronze

BWF Superseries The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2010 Malaysia Open Wang Xin 21–19, 17–21, 6–4 retired Runner up 2010 World Superseries Finals Wang Shixian 13–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2011 India Open Porntip Buranaprasertsuk 13–21, 16–21 Runner up BWF Superseries Finals tournament BWF Superseries Premier tournament BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2012 Australian Open Han Li 13–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2013 Korea Grand Prix Gold Sung Ji-hyun 21–19, 15–21, 21–9 Winner 2015 Mexico City Grand Prix Sayaka Sato 15–21, 9–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2008 Korea International Kwon Hee-sook 17–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2008 Indonesia International Rosaria Yusfin Pungkasari 21–18, 23–21 Winner 2009 Singapore International Bae Seung-hee 21–15, 21–14 Winner 2009 Korea International Lee Yun-hwa 21–15, 21–18 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament

Record against selected opponents Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.

Players Matches Results Difference Won Lost Petya Nedelcheva 1 1 0 +1 Chen Yufei 2 0 2 –2 He Bingjiao 2 2 0 +2 Li Xuerui 10 2 8 –6 Lu Lan 3 2 1 +1 Wang Lin 2 1 1 0 Wang Shixian 22 3 19 –16 Wang Xin 9 1 8 –7 Wang Yihan 15 4 11 –7 Xie Xingfang 1 0 1 –1 Zhu Lin 1 0 1 –1 Cheng Shao-chieh 7 3 4 –1 Tai Tzu-ying 4 1 3 –2 Pi Hongyan 3 1 2 –1 Juliane Schenk 10 2 8 –6

Players Matches Results Difference Won Lost Yip Pui Yin 5 3 2 +1 Zhou Mi 2 2 0 +2 Saina Nehwal 14 4 10 –6 P. V. Sindhu 5 4 1 +3 Lindaweni Fanetri 4 4 0 +4 Maria Kristin Yulianti 1 1 0 +1 Minatsu Mitani 6 3 3 0 Nozomi Okuhara 4 1 3 –2 Akane Yamaguchi 6 2 4 –2 Wong Mew Choo 1 1 0 +1 Sung Ji-hyun 7 4 3 +1 Carolina Marín 1 0 1 –1 Porntip Buranaprasertsuk 7 5 2 +3 Ratchanok Intanon 7 3 4 –1