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Ko Sung-hyun

b. 1987

South Korean badminton player

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Born 1987. Ko Sung-hyun is a South Korean badminton player and olympic competitor.

Achievements

BWF World Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2011 Wembley Arena, London, England Yoo Yeon-seong Cai Yun Fu Haifeng 22–24, 16–21 Silver Silver 2014 Ballerup Super Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark Shin Baek-cheol Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong 22–20, 21–23, 21–18 Gold Gold

Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2010 Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Paris, France Ha Jung-eun Zheng Bo Ma Jin 21–15, 11–21, 16–21 Bronze Bronze

Asian Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2009 Suwon Indoor Stadium, Suwon, South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan 18–21, 24–26 Silver Silver 2013 Taipei Arena, Taipei, Taiwan Lee Yong-dae Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang 21–13, 22–20 Gold Gold

Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2013 Taipei Arena, Taipei, Taiwan Kim Ha-na Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei 22–20, 21–17 Gold Gold 2016 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China Kim Ha-na Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei 19–21, 11–21 Bronze Bronze

Summer Universiade Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2013 Tennis Academy, Kazan, Russia Lee Yong-dae Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov 13–21, 21–13, 21–13 Gold Gold

BWF World Tour (7 titles, 3 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 Tour is 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.

Men's doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 Vietnam Open Super 100 Shin Baek-cheol Lee Sheng-mu Yang Po-hsuan 22–20, 21–18 Winner 2018 Indonesia Masters Super 100 Shin Baek-cheol Chang Ko-chi Lu Chia-pin 21–23, 13–21 Runner-up 2018 Macau Open Super 300 Shin Baek-cheol Kim Gi-jung Lee Yong-dae 21–17, 13–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2019 Australian Open Super 300 Shin Baek-cheol Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda 21–11, 21–17 Winner 2019 U.S. Open Super 300 Shin Baek-cheol Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin 21–13, 17–21, 6–3 retired Winner 2021 French Open Super 750 Shin Baek-cheol Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 21–17, 22–20 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 Korea Masters Super 300 Eom Hye-won Choi Sol-gyu Shin Seung-chan 21–12, 15–21, 21–18 Winner 2019 Canada Open Super 100 Eom Hye-won Guo Xinwa Zhang Shuxian 21–19, 21–19 Winner 2019 Akita Masters Super 100 Eom Hye-won Kyohei Yamashita Naru Shinoya 21–10, 21–17 Winner 2022 Korea Open Super 500 Eom Hye-won Tan Kian Meng Lai Pei Jing 15–21, 18–21 Runner-up

BWF Superseries (11 titles, 16 runners-up) The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011. Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2010 Swiss Open Yoo Yeon-seong Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong 21–18, 21–16 Winner 2010 China Masters Yoo Yeon-seong Cai Yun Fu Haifeng 14–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2010 Hong Kong Open Yoo Yeon-seong Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan 21–19, 14–21, 23–21 Winner 2011 China Open Yoo Yeon-seong Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen 17–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2012 India Open Yoo Yeon-seong Bodin Isara Maneepong Jongjit 17–21, 21–14, 14–21 Runner-up 2012 Singapore Open Yoo Yeon-seong Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan 20–22, 21–11, 6–21 Runner-up 2012 French Open Lee Yong-dae Bodin Isara Maneepong Jongjit 22–24, 21–17, 21–11 Winner 2012 China Open Lee Yong-dae Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen 15–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2013 Korea Open Lee Yong-dae Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen 19–21, 21–13, 21–10 Winner 2013 India Open Lee Yong-dae Liu Xiaolong Qiu Zihan 20–22, 18–21 Runner-up 2013 Indonesia Open Lee Yong-dae Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan 14–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2013 Singapore Open Lee Yong-dae Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan 15–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2013 China Masters Lee Yong-dae Hiroyuki Endo Kenichi Hayakawa 25–23, 21–19 Winner 2015 Indonesia Open Shin Baek-cheol Fu Haifeng Zhang Nan 21–16, 16–21, 21–19 Winner 2016 Japan Open Kim Gi-jung Li Junhui Liu Yuchen 12–21, 12–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2009 All England Open Ha Jung-eun He Hanbin Yu Yang 21–13, 15–21, 9–21 Runner-up 2013 India Open Kim Ha-na Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir 16–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2014 India Open Kim Ha-na Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen 16–21, 21–18, 18–21 Runner-up 2014 Australian Open Kim Ha-na Michael Fuchs Birgit Michels 21–16, 21–17 Winner 2015 Denmark Open Kim Ha-na Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir 20–22, 21–18, 21–9 Winner 2015 French Open Kim Ha-na Praveen Jordan Debby Susanto 21–10, 15–21, 21–19 Winner 2015 Dubai World Superseries Finals Kim Ha-na Chris Adcock Gabby Adcock 14–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2016 Singapore Open Kim Ha-na Xu Chen Ma Jin 21–17, 21–14 Winner 2016 Indonesia Open Kim Ha-na Xu Chen Ma Jin 15–21, 21–16, 13–21 Runner-up 2016 Japan Open Kim Ha-na Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen 10–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2016 Korea Open Kim Ha-na Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen 21–14, 21–19 Winner 2016 French Open Kim Ha-na Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen 16–21, 15–21 Runner-up BWF Superseries Finals tournament BWF Superseries Premier tournament BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (18 titles, 7 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 2007 Vietnam Open Kwon Yi-goo Cho Gun-woo Kang Myeong-won 21–17, 21–12 Winner 2010 Macau Open Yoo Yeon-seong Hendra Aprida Gunawan Alvent Yulianto 21–17, 21–15 Winner 2010 Korea Grand Prix Yoo Yeon-seong Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae 21–18, 18–21, 25–27 Runner-up 2011 Swiss Open Yoo Yeon-seong Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae 21–17, 21–16 Winner 2011 U.S. Open Lee Yong-dae Howard Bach Tony Gunawan 21–9, 21–19 Winner 2011 Canada Open Lee Yong-dae Liu Xiaolong Qiu Zihan 21–18, 21–16 Winner 2011 Chinese Taipei Open Yoo Yeon-seong Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae 23–21, 21–17 Winner 2011 Macau Open Yoo Yeon-seong Chai Biao Guo Zhendong 19–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2011 Korea Grand Prix Gold Yoo Yeon-seong Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae 21–15, 24–22 Winner 2012 Korea Grand Prix Gold Lee Yong-dae Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang 21–12, 21–11 Winner 2012 India Grand Prix Gold Lee Yong-dae Kang Ji-wook Lee Sang-joon 21–13, 21–19 Winner 2013 Swiss Open Lee Yong-dae Chai Biao Hong Wei 14–21, 21–18, 14–21 Runner-up 2013 Korea Grand Prix Gold Shin Baek-cheol Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang 15–21, 21–18, 23–25 Runner-up 2014 Korea Grand Prix Shin Baek-cheol Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong 18–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2015 Korea Masters Shin Baek-cheol Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang 21–16, 18–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2015 Macau Open Shin Baek-cheol Berry Angriawan Rian Agung Saputro 22–20, 21–14 Winner 2016 German Open Shin Baek-cheol Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong 20–22, 21–18, 21–17 Winner 2016 New Zealand Open Shin Baek-cheol Angga Pratama Ricky Karanda Suwardi 21–18, 21–14 Winner 2016 Korea Masters Kim Jae-hwan Lee Jhe-huei Lee Yang 21–19, 21–18 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2011 Chinese Taipei Open Eom Hye-won Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir 24–22, 16–21, 21–17 Winner 2014 German Open Kim Ha-na Robert Blair Imogen Bankier 15–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2015 Chinese Taipei Open Kim Ha-na Shin Baek-cheol Chae Yoo-jung 21–16, 21–18 Winner 2015 Korea Masters Kim Ha-na Shin Baek-cheol Chae Yoo-jung 19–21, 21–17, 21–19 Winner 2016 German Open Kim Ha-na Shin Baek-cheol Chae Yoo-jung 21–19, 21–12 Winner 2016 Korea Masters Kim Ha-na Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai 21–19, 21–16 Winner BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 2 runners-up) Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2007 Korea International Kwon Yi-goo Hong In-pyo Choi Min-ho 21–10, 21–13 Winner 2008 Osaka International Kwon Yi-goo Keishi Kawaguchi Naoki Kawamae 21–11, 21–16 Winner 2009 Korea International Yoo Yeon-seong Lee Yong-dae Jung Jae-sung 19–21, 21–15, 15–21 Runner-up 2012 India International Lee Yong-dae Cho Gun-woo Kim Dae-eun 21–11, 21–10 Winner 2018 Malaysia International Shin Baek-cheol Lin Shang-kai Tseng Min-hao 21–18, 30–29 Winner 2019 Osaka International Shin Baek-cheol Kang Min-hyuk Kim Jae-hwan 21–13, 21–16 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2009 Korea International Ha Jung-eun Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung 14–21, 21–15, 9–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Awards
World champion; National champion; Asian champion
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People in Ko Sung-hyun's life

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Contemporaries

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Ko Sung-hyun?

South Korean badminton player

When was Ko Sung-hyun born?

Ko Sung-hyun was born on 21 May 1987 in Goesan County.

What is Ko Sung-hyun's occupation?

Ko Sung-hyun is a badminton player and olympic competitor.

What nationality is Ko Sung-hyun?

Ko Sung-hyun is South Korean.

Sources & further reading

Β· Wikipedia: Ko Sung-hyun

Β· Wikidata: Q465069

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