Kim Won-ho

Kim Won-ho (; born 2 June 1999) is a South Korean badminton player. He is the 2025 World and 2026 Asian Champions in the men's doubles, having also won the silver medals in the mixed doubles at the 2024 Summer Olympics and in the men's doubles at the 2022 Asian Games. He was part of Korea winning team at the 2017 Sudirman Cup. Kim reached a career-high as world number 1 in men's doubles with Seo Seung-jae and world number 3 in mixed doubles with Jeong Na-eun.

Kim is the son of the Olympic gold medalist Gil Young-ah. When he was educated in the Maewon High School, he competed at the 2016 Asian Junior Championships, and won the silver medals in the mixed doubles and team event. He was also a bronze medalist at the 2017 World Junior Championships in the boys' doubles and team event. He was the youngest player from the Korean national team who competed at the 2017 Sudirman Cup. He played one match, in the opening tie with Russia in the round robin stage. In the final round, Korea won the title after beating China by the score of 3–2.

In 2025, Kim Won-ho, with his partner Seo Seung-jae, set the record for the most single-season victories in a calendar year with 11 titles in the BWF World Tour men’s doubles category, including the World Championships and the BWF World Tour Finals.

With Seo, he also achieved back-to-back victories at the All England Open in 2026. This marks the first time in 40 years since the pair of Park Joo-bong and Kim Moon-soo won the men’s doubles in 1985 and 1986 that a South Korean player has accomplished this feat. He received the Sports Grand Prize, the highest honour from the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee, in March 2026.

Achievements Olympic Games Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref

is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Men's doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 U.S. Open Super 300 Kang Min-hyuk Ou Xuanyi Ren Xiangyu 21–16, 16–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2019 Spain Masters Super 300 Seo Seung-jae Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin 8–21, 21–23 Runner-up 2022 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Choi Sol-gyu Liu Yuchen Ou Xuanyi 17–21, 21–23 Runner-up 2023 German Open Super 300 Choi Sol-gyu Kang Min-hyuk Seo Seung-jae 21–19, 18–21, 21–19 Winner 2024 Korea Masters Super 300 Jin Yong Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik 23–21, 19–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2025 Malaysia Open Super 1000 Seo Seung-jae Chen Boyang Liu Yi 19–21, 21–12, 21–12 Winner 2025 India Open Super 750 Seo Seung-jae Goh Sze Fei Nur Izzuddin 15–21, 21–13, 16–21 Runner-up 2025 German Open Super 300 Seo Seung-jae Christo Popov Toma Junior Popov 21–19, 21–17 Winner 2025 All England Open Super 1000 Seo Seung-jae Leo Rolly Carnando Bagas Maulana 21–19, 21–19 Winner 2025 Singapore Open Super 750 Seo Seung-jae Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik 21–15, 18–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2025 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Seo Seung-jae Sabar Karyaman Gutama Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani 18–21, 21–19, 21–12 Winner 2025 Japan Open Super 750 Seo Seung-jae Goh Sze Fei Nur Izzuddin 21–16, 21–17 Winner 2025 China Masters Super 750 Seo Seung-jae Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty 21–19, 21–15 Winner 2025 Korea Open Super 500 Seo Seung-jae Fajar Alfian Muhammad Shohibul Fikri 21–16, 23–21 Winner 2025 French Open Super 750 Seo Seung-jae Fajar Alfian Muhammad Shohibul Fikri 10–21, 21–13, 21–12 Winner 2025 Japan Masters Super 500 Seo Seung-jae Hiroki Midorikawa Kyohei Yamashita 20–22, 21–11, 21–16 Winner 2025 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Seo Seung-jae Liang Weikeng Wang Chang 21–18, 21–14 Winner 2026 Malaysia Open Super 1000 Seo Seung-jae Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik 21–15, 12–21, 21–18 Winner 2026 All England Open Super 1000 Seo Seung-jae Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik 18–21, 21–12, 21–19 Winner 2026 Japan Open Super 750 Seo Seung-jae Fajar Alfian Muhammad Shohibul Fikri 19–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2026 China Open Super 1000 Seo Seung-jae Fajar Alfian Muhammad Shohibul Fikri 21–16, 19–21, 19–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result 2022 Australian Open Super 300 Jeong Na-eun Seo Seung-jae Chae Yoo-jung 9–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2023 German Open Super 300 Jeong Na-eun Feng Yanzhe Huang Dongping 4–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2023 Thailand Open Super 500 Jeong Na-eun Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai 11–21, 21–19, 22–20 Winner 2024 Malaysia Open Super 1000 Jeong Na-eun Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino 18–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2024 German Open Super 300 Jeong Na-eun Tang Chun Man Tse Ying Suet 13–21, 19–21 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (2 titles, 3 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.

Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2017 Canada Open Seo Seung-jae Peter Briggs Tom Wolfenden 20–22, 21–16, 19–21 Runner-up 2017 Macau Open Seo Seung-jae Wahyu Nayaka Ade Yusuf 13–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2017 Korea Masters Seo Seung-jae Jung Jae-wook Kim Gi-jung 21–15, 21–16 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2017 Canada Open Shin Seung-chan Choi Sol-gyu Chae Yoo-jung 21–19, 21–16 Winner 2017 U.S. Open Shin Seung-chan Seo Seung-jae Kim Ha-na 21–16, 14–21, 11–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles) Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2019 Mongolia International Park Kyung-hoon Kang Min-hyuk Kim Jae-hwan 14–21, 29–27, 21–14 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 Osaka International Lee Yu-rim Yunosuke Kubota Chiharu Shida 21–17, 21–12 Winner 2019 Osaka International Jeong Na-eun Guo Xinwa Zhang Shuxian 21–17, 21–15 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament