Kong Hee-yong

Kong Hee-yong (; born 11 December 1996) is a South Korean badminton player. In 2013, she won the mixed team gold at the BWF World Junior Championships. In 2014, Kong who was educated at the Daesung girls' high school competed at the Asian Junior Championships and won the silver medals in the mixed team and doubles event. She also play for the Jeonbuk Bank at the national event, and at the 2017 Japan Open, she became the runner-up in the women's doubles event partnered with Kim Ha-na. Together with Kim So-yeong, she was awarded as the 2019 BWF Most Improved Player of the Year. Kong competed for South Korea at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics.

Achievements

Olympic Games Women's doubles

World Championships Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2021 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain Kim So-yeong Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan 18–21, 17–21 Bronze Bronze 2022 Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan Kim So-yeong Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan 20–22, 14–21 Silver Silver 2023 Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark Kim So-yeong Apriyani Rahayu Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti 9–21, 20–22 Bronze Bronze

Asian Games Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2022 Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China Kim So-yeong Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan 21–16, 9–21, 12–21 Bronze Bronze

Asian Championships Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China Kim So-yeong Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi 17–21, 22–20, 14–21 Bronze Bronze

Asian Junior Championships Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2014 Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan Kim Jung-ho Huang Kaixiang Chen Qingchen 14–21, 13–21 Silver Silver

BWF World Tour (17 titles, 10 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, and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Women's doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result 2019 Indonesia Masters Super 500 Kim So-yeong Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi 19–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2019 Spain Masters Super 300 Kim So-yeong Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida 23–21, 15–21, 21–17 Winner 2019 Singapore Open Super 500 Kim Hye-jeong Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara 17–21, 20–22 Runner-up 2019 New Zealand Open Super 300 Kim So-yeong Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi 21–15, 21–18 Winner 2019 Japan Open Super 750 Kim So-yeong Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara 21–12, 21–12 Winner 2019 Chinese Taipei Open Super 300 Kim So-yeong Jongkolphan Kititharakul Rawinda Prajongjai 19–21, 21–18, 26–28 Runner-up 2019 Korea Open Super 500 Kim So-yeong Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan 13–21, 21–19, 21–17 Winner 2019 French Open Super 750 Kim So-yeong Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan 21–16, 19–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2020 (II) Thailand Open Super 1000 Kim So-yeong Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan 21–18, 21–19 Winner 2020 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Kim So-yeong Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan 21–15, 24–26, 19–21 Runner-up 2021 French Open Super 750 Kim So-yeong Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan 17–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2021 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Kim So-yeong Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida 21–14, 21–14 Winner 2022 Korea Masters Super 300 Kim So-yeong Baek Ha-na Lee Yu-rim 21–17, 21–12 Winner 2023 All England Open Super 1000 Kim So-yeong Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee 21–5, 21–12 Winner 2023 Thailand Open Super 500 Kim So-yeong Benyapa Aimsaard Nuntakarn Aimsaard 21–13, 21–17 Winner 2023 Korea Open Super 500 Kim So-yeong Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan 10–21, 21–17, 7–21 Runner-up 2023 Japan Open Super 750 Kim So-yeong Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan21–17, 21–14 Winner 2023 Australian Open Super 500 Kim So-yeong Liu Shengshu Tan Ning 21–18, 21–16 Winner 2024 Korea Masters Super 300 Kim Hye-jeong Li Yijing Luo Xumin 21–14, 16–21, 21–18 Winner 2025 India Open Super 750 Kim Hye-jeong Arisa Igarashi Ayako Sakuramoto 15–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2025 Indonesia Masters Super 500 Kim Hye-jeong Pearly Tan Thinaah Muralitharan 21–12, 17–21, 21–18 Winner 2025 Orléans Masters Super 300 Kim Hye-jeong Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee 21–18, 23–21 Winner 2025 Singapore Open Super 750 Kim Hye-jeong Rin Iwanaga Kie Nakanishi 21–16, 21–14 Winner 2025 China Masters Super 750 Kim Hye-jeong Jia Yifan Zhang Shuxian 19–21, 21–16, 13–21 Runner-up 2025 Korea Open Super 500 Kim Hye-jeong Rin Iwanaga Kie Nakanishi 21–19, 21–12 Winner 2025 Denmark Open Super 750 Kim Hye-jeong Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee 21–15, 14–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2026 Japan Open Super 750 Kim Hye-jeong Jia Yifan Zhang Shuxian 14–21, 21–15, 30–29 Winner

BWF Superseries (1 runner-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.

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2017 Japan Open Kim Ha-na Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi 18–21, 16–21 Runner-up BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-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 2017 Korea Masters Kim So-yeong Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan 18–21, 21–23 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 runners-up) Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2015 Indonesia International Chung Eui-seok Fran Kurniawan Komala Dewi 12–21, 21–16, 13–21 Runner-up 2017 Osaka International Park Kyung-hoon Wang Sijie Ni Bowen 21–18, 16–21, 12–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament