Ko Sung-hyun

Ko Sung-hyun (Hangul: 고성현; Korean pronunciation: [ko.sʌŋ.ɦjʌŋ]; born 21 May 1987) is a South Korean badminton player affiliated with Gimcheon City Hall.[2] He is a former world number 1 both in the men's and mixed doubles. Ko is a BWF World Champion, two time Badminton Asian Champion, and Asian Games gold medalist.[1][3]

고성현
Ko Sung-hyun
Personal information
CountrySouth Korea
Born (1987-05-21) 21 May 1987
Goesan-gun, Chungbuk, South Korea[1]
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight85 kg (187 lb)[1]
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking1 (MD 30 May 2013)
1 (XD 22 September 2016)
Current ranking76 (MD with Shin Baek-cheol),
16 (XD with Eom Hye-won) (29 November 2022)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  South Korea
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Copenhagen Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2011 London Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Paris Mixed doubles
Sudirman Cup
Silver medal – second place 2013 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Qingdao Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Dongguan Mixed team
Thomas Cup
Silver medal – second place 2012 Wuhan Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Kunshan Men's team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Men's team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou Men's team
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Taipei Men's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2013 Taipei Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2009 Suwon Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Wuhan Mixed doubles
Asia Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Hyderabad Men's team
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kazan Men's doubles
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kazan Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Gwangju Mixed team
BWF profile
Ko Sung-hyun
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGo Seong-hyeon
McCune–ReischauerKo Sŏng-hyŏn

Ko started to get the attention of the World and Korean badminton when he won the bronze medal at the 2010 World Championships partnered with Ha Jung-eun.[4] Competed in the men's doubles with Yoo Yeon-seong, Ko have achieved several milestones, including won the silver medals at the 2009 Asian and 2011 World Championships, reached a career high as world number 2 at the BWF world ranking. Ko and Yoo ended their partnerships after participating in 2012 London Olympics.[5] Ko then topped the men's doubles BWF world ranking partnered with Lee Yong-dae in May 2013. Ko and Lee were a gold medalists at the 2013 Asian Championships and Summer Universiade.[6][7]

Teamed-up with Shin Baek-cheol, Ko won the gold medal at the 2014 World Championships.[8] Together with Kim Ha-na, Ko clinched the 2013 Asian Championships title and won his first Superseries title in the mixed doubles at the 2014 Australian Open.[9] Ko and Kim participated at the 2016 Rio Olympics, reaching in to the quarter finals stage, and occupied the mixed doubles world number 1 in September 2016.[10]

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Wembley Arena, London, England South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong China Cai Yun
China Fu Haifeng
22–24, 16–21 Silver Silver
2014 Ballerup Super Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark South Korea Shin Baek-cheol South Korea Lee Yong-dae
South Korea 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 South Korea Ha Jung-eun China Zheng Bo
China 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 South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong Indonesia Markis Kido
Indonesia Hendra Setiawan
18–21, 24–26 Silver Silver
2013 Taipei Arena, Taipei, Taiwan South Korea Lee Yong-dae South Korea Kim Gi-jung
South Korea Kim Sa-rang
21–13, 22–20 Gold Gold

Mixed doubles

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

Summer Universiade

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Tennis Academy, Kazan, Russia South Korea Lee Yong-dae Russia Vladimir Ivanov
Russia 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,[11] 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.[12]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Vietnam Open Super 100 South Korea Shin Baek-cheol Chinese Taipei Lee Sheng-mu
Chinese Taipei Yang Po-hsuan
22–20, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Indonesia Masters Super 100 South Korea Shin Baek-cheol Chinese Taipei Chang Ko-chi
Chinese Taipei Lu Chia-pin
21–23, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Macau Open Super 300 South Korea Shin Baek-cheol South Korea Kim Gi-jung
South Korea Lee Yong-dae
21–17, 13–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Australian Open Super 300 South Korea Shin Baek-cheol Japan Takeshi Kamura
Japan Keigo Sonoda
21–11, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 U.S. Open Super 300 South Korea Shin Baek-cheol Chinese Taipei Lee Yang
Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin
21–13, 17–21, 6–3 retired 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2021 French Open Super 750 South Korea Shin Baek-cheol Indonesia Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Indonesia Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
21–17, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Korea Masters Super 300 South Korea Eom Hye-won South Korea Choi Sol-gyu
South Korea Shin Seung-chan
21–12, 15–21, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Canada Open Super 100 South Korea Eom Hye-won China Guo Xinwa
China Zhang Shuxian
21–19, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Akita Masters Super 100 South Korea Eom Hye-won Japan Kyohei Yamashita
Japan Naru Shinoya
21–10, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Korea Open Super 500 South Korea Eom Hye-won Malaysia Tan Kian Meng
Malaysia Lai Pei Jing
15–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

BWF Superseries (11 titles, 16 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[13] 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.[14] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Ko (left) with his partner in the mixed doubles Kim Ha-na.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Swiss Open South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong Malaysia Koo Kien Keat
Malaysia Tan Boon Heong
21–18, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 China Masters South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong China Cai Yun
China Fu Haifeng
14–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Hong Kong Open South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong Indonesia Markis Kido
Indonesia Hendra Setiawan
21–19, 14–21, 23–21 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 China Open South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong Denmark Mathias Boe
Denmark Carsten Mogensen
17–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 India Open South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong Thailand Bodin Isara
Thailand Maneepong Jongjit
17–21, 21–14, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Singapore Open South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong Indonesia Markis Kido
Indonesia Hendra Setiawan
20–22, 21–11, 6–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 French Open South Korea Lee Yong-dae Thailand Bodin Isara
Thailand Maneepong Jongjit
22–24, 21–17, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 China Open South Korea Lee Yong-dae Denmark Mathias Boe
Denmark Carsten Mogensen
15–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Korea Open South Korea Lee Yong-dae Denmark Mathias Boe
Denmark Carsten Mogensen
19–21, 21–13, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 India Open South Korea Lee Yong-dae China Liu Xiaolong
China Qiu Zihan
20–22, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Indonesia Open South Korea Lee Yong-dae Indonesia Mohammad Ahsan
Indonesia Hendra Setiawan
14–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Singapore Open South Korea Lee Yong-dae Indonesia Mohammad Ahsan
Indonesia Hendra Setiawan
15–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 China Masters South Korea Lee Yong-dae Japan Hiroyuki Endo
Japan Kenichi Hayakawa
25–23, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Indonesia Open South Korea Shin Baek-cheol China Fu Haifeng
China Zhang Nan
21–16, 16–21, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Japan Open South Korea Kim Gi-jung China Li Junhui
China Liu Yuchen
12–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 All England Open South Korea Ha Jung-eun China He Hanbin
China Yu Yang
21–13, 15–21, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 India Open South Korea Kim Ha-na Indonesia Tontowi Ahmad
Indonesia Liliyana Natsir
16–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 India Open South Korea Kim Ha-na Denmark Joachim Fischer Nielsen
Denmark Christinna Pedersen
16–21, 21–18, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 Australian Open South Korea Kim Ha-na Germany Michael Fuchs
Germany Birgit Michels
21–16, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Denmark Open South Korea Kim Ha-na Indonesia Tontowi Ahmad
Indonesia Liliyana Natsir
20–22, 21–18, 21–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 French Open South Korea Kim Ha-na Indonesia Praveen Jordan
Indonesia Debby Susanto
21–10, 15–21, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Dubai World Superseries Finals South Korea Kim Ha-na England Chris Adcock
England Gabby Adcock
14–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Singapore Open South Korea Kim Ha-na China Xu Chen
China Ma Jin
21–17, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Indonesia Open South Korea Kim Ha-na China Xu Chen
China Ma Jin
15–21, 21–16, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Japan Open South Korea Kim Ha-na China Zheng Siwei
China Chen Qingchen
10–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Korea Open South Korea Kim Ha-na China Zheng Siwei
China Chen Qingchen
21–14, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 French Open South Korea Kim Ha-na China Zheng Siwei
China Chen Qingchen
16–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 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 South Korea Kwon Yi-goo South Korea Cho Gun-woo
South Korea Kang Myeong-won
21–17, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Macau Open South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong Indonesia Hendra Aprida Gunawan
Indonesia Alvent Yulianto
21–17, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2010 Korea Grand Prix South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong South Korea Jung Jae-sung
South Korea Lee Yong-dae
21–18, 18–21, 25–27 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Swiss Open South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong South Korea Jung Jae-sung
South Korea Lee Yong-dae
21–17, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 U.S. Open South Korea Lee Yong-dae United States Howard Bach
United States Tony Gunawan
21–9, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Canada Open South Korea Lee Yong-dae China Liu Xiaolong
China Qiu Zihan
21–18, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Chinese Taipei Open South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong South Korea Jung Jae-sung
South Korea Lee Yong-dae
23–21, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Macau Open South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong China Chai Biao
China Guo Zhendong
19–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2011 Korea Grand Prix Gold South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong South Korea Jung Jae-sung
South Korea Lee Yong-dae
21–15, 24–22 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 Korea Grand Prix Gold South Korea Lee Yong-dae South Korea Kim Gi-jung
South Korea Kim Sa-rang
21–12, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 India Grand Prix Gold South Korea Lee Yong-dae South Korea Kang Ji-wook
South Korea Lee Sang-joon
21–13, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Swiss Open South Korea Lee Yong-dae China Chai Biao
China Hong Wei
14–21, 21–18, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Korea Grand Prix Gold South Korea Shin Baek-cheol South Korea Kim Gi-jung
South Korea Kim Sa-rang
15–21, 21–18, 23–25 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 Korea Grand Prix South Korea Shin Baek-cheol South Korea Lee Yong-dae
South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong
18–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Korea Masters South Korea Shin Baek-cheol South Korea Kim Gi-jung
South Korea Kim Sa-rang
21–16, 18–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Macau Open South Korea Shin Baek-cheol Indonesia Berry Angriawan
Indonesia Rian Agung Saputro
22–20, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 German Open South Korea Shin Baek-cheol South Korea Lee Yong-dae
South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong
20–22, 21–18, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 New Zealand Open South Korea Shin Baek-cheol Indonesia Angga Pratama
Indonesia Ricky Karanda Suwardi
21–18, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Korea Masters South Korea Kim Jae-hwan Chinese Taipei Lee Jhe-huei
Chinese Taipei Lee Yang
21–19, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Chinese Taipei Open South Korea Eom Hye-won Indonesia Tontowi Ahmad
Indonesia Liliyana Natsir
24–22, 16–21, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 German Open South Korea Kim Ha-na Scotland Robert Blair
Scotland Imogen Bankier
15–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Chinese Taipei Open South Korea Kim Ha-na South Korea Shin Baek-cheol
South Korea Chae Yoo-jung
21–16, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Korea Masters South Korea Kim Ha-na South Korea Shin Baek-cheol
South Korea Chae Yoo-jung
19–21, 21–17, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 German Open South Korea Kim Ha-na South Korea Shin Baek-cheol
South Korea Chae Yoo-jung
21–19, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Korea Masters South Korea Kim Ha-na Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Thailand Sapsiree Taerattanachai
21–19, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) 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 South Korea Kwon Yi-goo South Korea Hong In-pyo
South Korea Choi Min-ho
21–10, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2008 Osaka International South Korea Kwon Yi-goo Japan Keishi Kawaguchi
Japan Naoki Kawamae
21–11, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2009 Korea International South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong South Korea Lee Yong-dae
South Korea Jung Jae-sung
19–21, 21–15, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 India International South Korea Lee Yong-dae South Korea Cho Gun-woo
South Korea Kim Dae-eun
21–11, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Malaysia International South Korea Shin Baek-cheol Chinese Taipei Lin Shang-kai
Chinese Taipei Tseng Min-hao
21–18, 30–29 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Osaka International South Korea Shin Baek-cheol South Korea Kang Min-hyuk
South Korea Kim Jae-hwan
21–13, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Korea International South Korea Ha Jung-eun South Korea Lee Yong-dae
South Korea Lee Hyo-jung
14–21, 21–15, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

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