Yoo Yeon-seong

Yoo Yeon-seong (; born 19 August 1986) is a South Korean professional badminton player.

He specializes in doubles events and was formerly ranked No. 1 worldwide with his former partner, Lee Yong Dae for 117 consecutive weeks between 2014 and 2016. The two also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. For a long time he played mixed doubles with Kim Min-jung, but later switched partners to play with Chang Ye-na, starting in 2011. Starting in late 2013, his men's doubles partner was Lee Yong-dae. Together, they reached a world ranking of No.1 in August 2014.

Yoo was among 4 players reported to be retiring and hanging up his national team jersey after the Rio Olympics but during the Korea Open that September, it was revealed that he would be continuing to play on the national team after his partner Lee Yong-dae retired. Yoo said that he wants to spend more time with his family. After he and Lee won the Korea Open title, Yoo played an additional 9 international ranking events but his name was finally removed from the Korean national team list a few weeks after the 2017 Singapore Open.

Achievements

BWF World Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2011 Wembley Arena, London, England Ko Sung-hyun Cai Yun Fu Haifeng 22–24, 16–21 Silver Silver 2014 Ballerup Super Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark Lee Yong-dae Ko Sung-hyun Shin Baek-cheol 20–22, 23–21, 18–21 Silver Silver 2015 Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Lee Yong-dae Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan 17–21, 19–21 Bronze Bronze

Asian Games Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2014 Gyeyang Gymnasium, Incheon, South Korea Lee Yong-dae Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan 16–21, 21–16, 17–21 Silver Silver

Asia Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2009 Suwon Indoor Stadium,Suwon, South Korea Ko Sung-hyun Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan 18–21, 24–26 Silver Silver 2010 Siri Fort Indoor Stadium,New Delhi, India Cho Gun-woo Chen Hung-ling Lin Yu-lang 21–19, 12–21, 21–17 Gold Gold 2014 Gimcheon Indoor Stadium,Gimcheon, South Korea Shin Baek-choel Li Junhui Liu Yuchen 22–20, 21–17 Gold Gold 2015 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,Wuhan, China Lee Yong-dae Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan 18–21, 24–22, 21–19 Gold Gold 2016 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,Wuhan, China Lee Yong-dae Li Junhui Liu Yuchen 21–14, 28–26 Gold Gold

Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2009 Suwon Indoor Stadium,Suwon, South Korea Kim Min-jung Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung 12–21, 15–21 Silver Silver 2010 Siri Fort Indoor Stadium,New Delhi, India Kim Min-jung Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying 17–21, 22–20, 19–21 Silver Silver

Summer Universiade Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2007 Thammasat University,Pathum Thani, Thailand Kim Min-jung Fang Chieh-min Cheng Wen-hsing 21–19, 13–21, 21–17 Gold Gold

World Junior Championships Boys' doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2004 Minoru Arena,Richmond, Canada Jeon Jun-bum Hoon Thien How Tan Boon Heong 10–15, 14–17 Bronze Bronze

Asian Junior Championships Boys' doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2004 Hwacheon Indoor Stadium,Hwacheon, South Korea Jeon Jun-bum Jung Jung-young Lee Yong-dae 11–15, 3–15 Silver Silver

Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2004 Hwacheon Indoor Stadium,Hwacheon, South Korea Ha Jung-eun Shen Ye Feng Chen 11–15, 6–15 Silver Silver

BWF Superseries (19 titles, 10 runners-up) The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2010 Swiss Open Ko Sung-hyun Koo Kean Keat Tan Boon Heong 21–18, 21–16 Winner 2010 China Masters Ko Sung-hyun Cai Yun Fu Haifeng 14–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2010 Hong Kong Open Ko Sung-hyun Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan 21–19, 14–21, 23–21 Winner 2011 China Open Ko Sung-hyun Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen 17–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2012 India Open Ko Sung-hyun Bodin Isara Maneepong Jongjit 17–21, 21–14, 14–21 Runner-up 2012 Singapore Open Ko Sung-hyun Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan 20–22, 21–11, 6–21 Runner-up 2012 Denmark Open Shin Baek-choel Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong 19–21, 21–11, 21–19 Winner 2013 Denmark Open Lee Yong-dae Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan 21–19, 21–16 Winner 2013 China Open Lee Yong-dae Hoon Thien How Tan Wee Kiong 21–13, 21–12 Winner 2013 Hong Kong Open Lee Yong-dae Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang 12–21, 21–15, 21–18 Winner 2014 Japan Open Lee Yong-dae Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan 21–12, 26–24 Winner 2014 Indonesia Open Lee Yong-dae Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan 21–15, 21–17 Winner 2014 Australian Open Lee Yong-dae Lee Sheng-mu Tsai Chia-hsin 21–14, 21–18 Winner 2014 Denmark Open Lee Yong-dae Fu Haifeng Zhang Nan 13–21, 23–25 Runner-up 2014 China Open Lee Yong-dae Chai Biao Hong Wei 21–14, 21–15 Winner 2014 Dubai World Superseries Finals Lee Yong-dae Chai Biao Hong Wei 19–21, 21–19, 21–16 Winner 2015 Malaysia Open Lee Yong-dae Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan 21–14, 15–21, 21–23 Runner-up 2015 Australian Open Lee Yong-dae Liu Cheng Lu Kai 21–16, 21–17 Winner 2015 Japan Open Lee Yong-dae Fu Haifeng Zhang Nan 21–19, 29–27 Winner 2015 Korea Open Lee Yong-dae Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang 21–16, 21–12 Winner 2015 Denmark Open Lee Yong-dae Liu Cheng Lu Kai 21–8, 21–14 Winner 2015 French Open Lee Yong-dae Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding 21–14, 21–19 Winner 2015 Hong Kong Open Lee Yong-dae Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen 21–7, 18–21, 21–18 Winner 2016 Indonesia Open Lee Yong-dae Chai Biao Hong Wei 13–21, 21–13, 21–16 Winner 2016 Korea Open Lee Yong-dae Li Junhui Liu Yuchen 15–21, 22–20, 21–18 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2011 China Masters Jang Ye-na Xu Chen Ma Jin 13–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2013 Singapore Open Eom Hye-won Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir 12–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2013 China Masters Eom Hye-won Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei 18–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2014 China Open Eom Hye-won Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei 25–23, 14–21, 18–21 Runner-up BWF Superseries Finals tournament BWF Superseries Premier tournament BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (12 titles, 5 runners-up) The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2006 Vietnam Open Jeon Jun-bum Chew Choon Eng Hong Chieng Hun 21–19, 21–19 Winner 2010 Macau Open Ko Sung-hyun Hendra Aprida Gunawan Alvent Yulianto 21–17, 21–15 Winner 2010 Korea Grand Prix Ko Sung-hyun Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae 21–18, 18–21, 25–27 Runner-up 2011 Swiss Open Ko Sung-hyun Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae 21–17, 21–16 Winner 2011 Chinese Taipei Open Ko Sung-hyun Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae 23–21, 21–17 Winner 2011 Macau Open Ko Sung-hyun Chai Biao Guo Zhendong 19–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2011 Korea Grand Prix Gold Ko Sung-hyun Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae 21–15, 24–22 Winner 2013 Thailand Open Shin Baek-cheol Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov 18–21, 21–15, 21–14 Winner 2014 Korea Grand Prix Lee Yong-dae Ko Sung-hyun Shin Baek-cheol 21–18, 21–19 Winner 2016 German Open Lee Yong-dae Ko Sung-hyun Shin Baek-cheol 22–20, 18–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2016 China Masters Lee Yong-dae Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang 21–17, 21–14 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2006 Vietnam Open Lee Jung-mi Kang Myeong-won Kang Joo-young 21–17, 17–21, 21–18 Winner 2010 Korea Grand Prix Kim Min-jung Choi Young-woo Eom Hye-won 21–15, 21–13 Winner 2011 Korea Grand Prix Gold Jang Ye-na Kim Ki-jung Jung Kyung-eun 21–17, 21–19 Winner 2012 Korea Grand Prix Gold Jang Ye-na Shin Baek-cheol Eom Hye-won 21–11, 18–21, 23–25 Runner-up 2013 Chinese Taipei Open Eom Hye-won Shin Baek-cheol Jang Ye-na 20–22, 21–12, 16–21 Runner-up 2013 Korea Grand Prix Gold Jang Ye-na Kang Ji-wook Choi Hye-in 21–13, 21–11 Winner BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 6 runners-up) Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2003 Hungarian International Jeon Jun-bum Hwang Ji-man Lee Jae-jin 12–15, 12–15 Runner-up 2006 Mongolian Satellite Jeon Jun-bum Kim Ki-jung Lee Jung-hwan 21–14, 21–14 Winner 2007 Vietnam International Cho Gun-woo Mohammad Ahsan Bona Septano 15–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2008 Korea International Cho Gun-woo Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae 16–21, 24–26 Runner-up 2009 Korea International Ko Sung-hyun Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae 19–21, 21–15, 15–21 Runner-up 2018 Dubai International Kim Sang-soo Lim Khim Wah Tarun Kona 21–16, 21–9 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2006 Mongolian Satellite Kim Min-jung Lee Jung-hwan Yoo Hyun-young 21–13, 21–15 Winner 2007 Cheers Asian Satellite Ha Jung-eun Cho Gun-woo Kim Min-jung 19–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2007 Indonesia International Kim Min-jung Tontowi Ahmad Yulianti CJ 16–21, 21–15, 9–21 Runner-up 2018 Dubai International Park So-young Denis Grachev Ekaterina Bolotova 21–14, 17–21, 21–14 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament

Record against selected opponents Men's doubles results with Ko Sung-hyun against Super Series finalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists.

Cai Yun & Fu Haifeng 1–7 Chai Biao & Guo Zhendong 1-2 Guo Zhendong & Xu Chen 2–0 Fang Chieh-min & Lee Sheng-mu 3–1 Mathias Boe & Carsten Mogensen 0–6 Lars Påske & Jonas Rasmussen 1–1 Jonas Rasmussen & Mads Conrad-Petersen 1–0 Mohammad Ahsan & Bona Septano 5–1 Alvent Yulianto Chandra & Hendra Aprida Gunawan 4–1 Markis Kido & Hendra Setiawan 2–3 Hirokatsu Hashimoto & Noriyasu Hirata 4–2 Jung Jae-sung & Lee Yong-dae 4–4 Cho Gun-woo & Shin Baek-cheol 1–0 Choong Tan Fook & Lee Wan Wah 1–0 Koo Kien Keat & Tan Boon Heong 6–1 Adam Cwalina & Michał Łogosz 1–0 Bodin Isara & Maneepong Jongjit 0–3 Howard Bach & Tony Gunawan 3–1