Chae Yu-jung

Chae Yoo-jung (; born 9 May 1995) is a South Korean badminton player who is affiliated with Incheon International Airport team. She is the daughter of former singles player Kim Bok-sun. She won the mixed doubles title at the 2023 World Championships. Chae was a part of the Korean national team that won the world mixed team championships at the 2017 Sudirman Cup.

Career Chae started playing badminton in 2005, affected by her mother Kim Bok-sun, who is also a South Korean badminton player. She entered the national team in 2011, and made her debut in the international tournament at the 2011 BWF World Junior Championships, winning a silver medal in the team event, a bronze medal in the mixed doubles, and a quarter-finalists in the girls' doubles. She has shown good progress in her junior career, where she and her partner, Choi Sol-gyu, managed to win the mixed doubles title at the Asian Junior Championships, and finished runner-up in the Korea Junior Open.

Chae competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the mixed doubles partnered with Seo Seung-jae, and her pace was stopped in the quarter-finals.

In 2023, Chae impressed the international stage, when she seized the mixed doubles title in the World Championships with partner Seo Seung-jae. This achievement was Chae and Seo's first victory over the world number 1 pair Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong. She also secured her first ever Super 1000 title at the China Open with a second consecutive victory over Zheng and Huang at the quarter-finals. Chae joined the South Korean women's team that won the gold medal at the Asian Games, and settled the bronze medal in the mixed doubles, while with Korean mixed team at the Sudirman Cup she won the silver medal. Another results that she achieved in the season of 2023 was winning the Korea Masters; runners-up in the Thailand Masters, All England Open, and China Masters; lead she and her partner qualified for the World Tour Finals, where the duo finished in the semi-finals at that tournament. She closed the year ranked as world number 3 in the mixed doubles.

In 2025, Chae announced via her personal Instagram that she would retire from the national team and international competitions.

In 2026, after retiring, Chae joined the Victor ZSwing International Badminton Academy in China as a coach.

Achievements World Championships Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2023 Royal Arena,Copenhagen, Denmark Seo Seung-jae Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong 21–17, 10–21, 21–18 Gold Gold

Asian Games Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2022 Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China Seo Seung-jae Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong 21–13, 15–21, 16–21 Bronze Bronze

Asian Championships Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2016 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China Shin Baek-cheol Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir 16–21, 13–21 Bronze Bronze 2024 Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China Seo Seung-jae Feng Yanzhe Huang Dongping 21–13, 15–21, 14–21 Silver Silver

East Asian Games Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2013 Binhai New Area Dagang Gymnasium, Tianjin, China Kim Ji-won Yuriko Miki Koharu Yonemoto 15–21, 18–21 Bronze Bronze

Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2013 Binhai New Area Dagang Gymnasium, Tianjin, China Choi Sol-gyu Xu Chen Ma Jin 10–21, 15–21 Bronze Bronze

World Junior Championships Girls' doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2013 Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Kim Ji-won Chen Qingchen He Jiaxin 21–19, 21–15 Gold Gold

Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2011 Taoyuan Arena, Taoyuan City, Taipei, Taiwan Choi Sol-gyu Alfian Eko Prasetya Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja 18–21, 13–21 Bronze Bronze 2013 Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Choi Sol-gyu Huang Kaixiang Chen Qingchen 13–21, 11–21 Bronze Bronze

Asian Junior Championships Girls' doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2013 Likas Indoor Stadium, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Kim Ji-won Chen Qingchen He Jiaxin 7–21, 21–19, 11–21 Bronze Bronze

Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2012 Gimcheon Indoor Stadium, Gimcheon, South Korea Choi Sol-gyu Liu Yuchen Huang Dongping 21–11, 19–21, 21–13 Gold Gold 2013 Likas Indoor Stadium, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Choi Sol-gyu Wang Yilyu Huang Dongping 17–21, 25–23, 23–21 Gold Gold

BWF World Tour (6 titles, 9 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 New Zealand Open Super 300 Seo Seung-jae Wang Chi-lin Lee Chia-hsin 19–21, 21–14, 19–21 Runner-up 2018 Australian Open Super 300 Seo Seung-jae Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying 21–12, 23–21 Winner 2018 French Open Super 750 Seo Seung-jae Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong 19–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2019 Spain Masters Super 300 Seo Seung-jae Wang Chi-lin Cheng Chi-ya 21–18, 21–15 Winner 2019 German Open Super 300 Seo Seung-jae Hafiz Faizal Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja 21–17, 21–11 Winner 2019 Chinese Taipei Open Super 300 Seo Seung-jae Tang Chun Man Tse Ying Suet 18–21, 10–21 Runner-up 2020 (II) Thailand Open Super 1000 Seo Seung-jae Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai 16–21, 20–22 Runner-up 2020 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Seo Seung-jae Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai 18–21, 21–8, 8–21 Runner-up 2022 Australian Open Super 300 Seo Seung-jae Kim Won-ho Jeong Na-eun 21–9, 21–17 Winner 2023 Thailand Masters Super 300 Seo Seung-jae Feng Yanzhe Huang Dongping 21–18, 15–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2023 All England Open Super 1000 Seo Seung-jae Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong 16–21, 21–16, 12–21 Runner-up 2023 China Open Super 1000 Seo Seung-jae Thom Gicquel Delphine Delrue 21–19, 21–12 Winner 2023 Korea Masters Super 300 Seo Seung-jae Jiang Zhenbang Wei Yaxin 21–14, 21–15 Winner 2023 China Masters Super 750 Seo Seung-jae Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong 10–21, 11–21 Runner-up 2024 French Open Super 750 Seo Seung-jae Feng Yanzhe Huang Dongping 16–21, 16–21 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (4 titles, 8 runners-up) The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2016 Indonesian Masters Kim So-yeong Jongkolphan Kititharakul Rawinda Prajongjai 21–18, 22–20 Winner 2016 Korea Masters Kim So-yeong Jung Kyung-eun Shin Seung-chan 14–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2017 Chinese Taipei Open Kim So-yeong Kim Hye-rin Yoo Hae-won 21–12, 21–11 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2013 Macau Open Choi Sol-gyu Lu Kai Huang Yaqiong 21–17, 18–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2013 Vietnam Open Choi Sol-gyu Liao Min-chun Chen Hsiao-huan 22–20, 19–21, 21–14 Winner 2015 Chinese Taipei Open Shin Baek-cheol Ko Sung-hyun Kim Ha-na 16–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2015 Vietnam Open Choi Sol-gyu Huang Kaixiang Huang Dongping 19–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2015 Korea Masters Shin Baek-cheol Ko Sung-hyun Kim Ha-na 21–19, 17–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2015 Macau Open Shin Baek-cheol Choi Sol-gyu Eom Hye-won 21–18, 21–13 Winner 2016 German Open Shin Baek-cheol Ko Sung-hyun Kim Ha-na 19–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2017 Canada Open Choi Sol-gyu Kim Won-ho Shin Seung-chan 19–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2017 Korea Masters Choi Sol-gyu Seo Seung-jae Kim Ha-na 21–17, 13–21, 18–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 2 runners-up) Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2015 Thailand International Kim Ji-won Duanganong Aroonkesorn Kunchala Voravichitchaikul 17–21, 19–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2014 Osaka International Choi Sol-gyu Muhammad Rijal Vita Marissa 18–21, 21–17, 18–21 Runner-up 2015 Thailand International Choi Sol-gyu Tan Chee Tean Shevon Jemie Lai 18–21, 21–19, 21–12 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament