Sung Ji-hyun

Early life and education Sung went into badminton following the path of her parents Sung Han-kook and Kim Yun-ja who both competed internationally in the 1980s.

Career

She won the Korea Grand Prix Gold title in 2011. Unlike most South Korean badminton players Sung has focused on singles and in December 2011 she received a career high ranking of number seven in the world in that discipline.

She coaches An Se-young. 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 BWF HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Women's singles Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result 2019 Chinese Taipei Open Super 300 Michelle Li 21–11, 21–9 Winner 2019 Korea Masters Super 300 An Se-young 13–21, 17–21 Runner-up

BWF Superseries (2 titles, 6 runners-up) The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011. Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2010 Korea Open Wang Shixian 10–21, 23–25 Runner-up 2013 Korea Open Wang Shixian 21–12, 22–20 Winner 2013 Denmark Open Wang Yihan 21–16, 18–21, 20–22 Runner-up 2014 Dubai World Superseries Finals Tai Tzu-ying 17–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2015 Korea Open Wang Yihan 21–14, 17–21, 21–18 Winner 2016 Korea Open Akane Yamaguchi 22–20, 15–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2016 Dubai World Superseries Finals Tai Tzu-ying 14–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2017 Indonesia Open Sayaka Sato 13–21, 21–17, 14–21 Runner-up BWF Superseries Finals tournament BWF Superseries Premier tournament BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (10 titles, 3 runners-up) 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 2011 Swiss Open Saina Nehwal 13–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2011 Chinese Taipei Open Ratchanok Intanon 22–20, 21–14 Winner 2011 Korea Grand Prix Gold Han Li 21–18, 21–16 Winner 2012 Korea Grand Prix Gold Aprilla Yuswandari 21–10, 21–10 Winner 2013 Chinese Taipei Open Tai Tzu-ying 21–16, 21–9 Winner 2013 Korea Grand Prix Gold Bae Yeon-ju 19–21, 21–15, 9–21 Runner-up 2014 German Open Sayaka Takahashi 17–21, 21–8, 12–21 Runner-up 2014 Chinese Taipei Open Liu Xin 21–13, 21–18 Winner 2015 German Open Carolina Marín 21–15, 14–21, 21–6 Winner 2015 Thailand Open Liang Xiaoyu 21–17, 22–24, 21–8 Winner 2016 Syed Modi International Sayaka Sato 12–21, 21–18, 21–18 Winner 2016 New Zealand Open Aya Ohori 21–15, 21–17 Winner 2016 Korea Masters Lee Jang-mi 21–8, 21–10 Winner BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament

Record against selected opponents Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists. Accurate as of 21 January 2021.

Players Matches Results Difference Won Lost Petya Nedelcheva 3 2 1 +1 Chen Yufei 11 1 10 –9 He Bingjiao 10 5 5 0 Li Xuerui 14 1 13 –12 Wang Lin 2 1 1 0 Wang Shixian 12 5 7 –2 Wang Xin 7 3 4 –1 Wang Yihan 15 3 12 –9 Zhang Yiman 1 1 0 +1 Cheng Shao-chieh 2 2 0 +2 Tai Tzu-ying 28 9 19 –10 Tine Baun 7 1 6 –5 Pi Hongyan 3 1 2 –1 Juliane Schenk 7 3 4 –1 Yip Pui Yin 11 8 3 +5

Players Matches Results Difference Won Lost Zhou Mi 2 1 1 0 Saina Nehwal 12 3 9 –6 P. V. Sindhu 17 8 9 –1 Lindaweni Fanetri 6 5 1 +4 Gregoria Mariska Tunjung 5 4 1 +3 Minatsu Mitani 8 7 1 +6 Nozomi Okuhara 10 4 6 –2 Akane Yamaguchi 10 5 5 0 Aya Ohori 6 3 3 0 Wong Mew Choo 1 1 0 +1 An Se-young 5 3 2 +1 Bae Yeon-ju 7 3 4 –1 Carolina Marín 9 1 8 –7 Porntip Buranaprasertsuk 12 9 3 +6 Ratchanok Intanon 23 10 13 –3