An Se-young
안세영
Personal information
CountrySouth Korea
Born (2002-02-05) 5 February 2002
Gwangju, South Korea
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
HandednessRight
CoachSung Ji-hyun
Women's singles
Career record271 wins, 57 losses
Highest ranking1 (1 August 2023)
Current ranking1 (21 November 2023)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  South Korea
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Copenhagen Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Tokyo Women's singles
Sudirman Cup
Silver medal – second place 2023 Suzhou Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Vantaa Mixed team
Uber Cup
Gold medal – first place 2022 Bangkok Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Bangkok Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Aarhus Women's team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Women's team
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Dubai Women's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Manila Women's singles
Asia Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2020 Manila Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Alor Setar Women's team
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Yogyakarta Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Jakarta Mixed team
BWF profile

An Se-young (Korean: 안세영; Hanja: 安洗瑩; born 5 February 2002) is a South Korean badminton player from Gwangju, who was awarded as 2019 Most Promising Player of the Year by the BWF.[1] She won the gold medal at the 2023 World Championships, and made a history as the first Korean women's singles player to win the World Championships title.[2] She then clinched the women's singles gold medal in the 2022 Asian Games.[3] An also part of Korean winning team at the 2022 Uber Cup and at the 2022 Asian Games.[4][5]

In 2018, An was selected to join the national team and became the first junior high school student in the Korean national team. She was part of the national junior team that clinched the mixed team title at the 2017 Asian Junior Championships.[6] An later represented her country at the 2018 Uber Cup in Bangkok, and Asian Games in Jakarta, helped the team win an Uber Cup bronze.[7][8] In 2019, she clinched her first BWF World Tour title at the Super 300 New Zealand Open, beating the 2012 Olympic gold medalist Li Xuerui of China in the final.[9]

An Se-young against Sung Ji-hyun in the semi-final of 2019 Chinese Taipei Open

Career

An Se-young entered the international competition when she was only 13 years old, by participating in the 2015 Asian Junior Championships, where she finished as quarter-finalists in the U15 girls' singles and doubles. An won her first international junior title in the U15 Korea Junior Open in 2015. An increasingly dominated the 2016 U15 junior tournaments, winning the girls' singles title at the Jakarta Open Junior International, Jaya Raya Junior Grand Prix, Asian Junior Championships, Korea Junior Open; and also won the women's doubles title at the Jaya Raya Junior Grand Prix, and Korea Junior Open.

In 2017, An Se-young competed in the U17 and U19 competitions, where she managed to win the U17 Korea Junior Open, but at the Asian and World Junior Championships, she unable to win any medals in the individual event. Meanwhile, in the mixed team, An succeeded in helping her team to clinch the Asian junior mixed team title and also won a bronze medal at the World Junior Championships. At the end of the year, An, 15 years old, was selected for the national senior team, becoming the first ever middle school student that joined the South Korean national team.[10]

She was then entrusted to strengthen the Korean team at the 2018 Asian Games, but has not managed to win any medals in the individual or team events. In the 2018 Indonesia International Challenge, An managed to reach the final round. She then won his first senior international title at the 2018 Irish Open, beating compatriot Kim Ga-eun in the final.

An Se-young won her maiden World Tour title at the 2019 New Zealand Open, beating the 2012 Olympic gold medalist Li Xuerui of China in the final. Her breakthroughs continued by winning the Canada Open, Akita Masters, French Open and Korea Masters. The continuously improving performance she displayed in 2019, brought her into the women's singles top 10 in the BWF world rankings.[11] Appreciating her achievements, the BWF awarded her the 2019 Most Promising Player of the Year.[11][12]

Achievements

World Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2022 Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan Japan Akane Yamaguchi 19–21, 12–21 Bronze Bronze
2023 Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark Spain Carolina Marín 21–12, 21–10 Gold Gold

Asian Games

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2022 Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China China Chen Yufei 21–18, 17–21, 21–8 Gold Gold

Asian Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2022 Muntinlupa Sports Complex, Metro Manila, Philippines China Wang Zhiyi 21–10, 12–21, 16–21 Bronze Bronze
2023 Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Chinese Taipei Tai Tzu-ying 10–21, 14–21 Silver Silver

BWF World Tour (19 titles, 7 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[13] 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.[14]

Women's singles

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result
2019 New Zealand Open Super 300 China Li Xuerui 21–19, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Canada Open Super 100 China Wang Zhiyi 21–15, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Hyderabad Open Super 100 Singapore Yeo Jia Min 21–12, 17–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Akita Masters Super 100 Japan Haruko Suzuki 21–10, 17–21, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 French Open Super 750 Spain Carolina Marín 16–21, 21–18, 21–5 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Korea Masters Super 300 South Korea Sung Ji-hyun 21–13, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2020 Thailand Masters Super 300 Japan Akane Yamaguchi 16–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2021 Denmark Open Super 1000 Japan Akane Yamaguchi 21–18, 23–25, 5–16 retired 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2021 Indonesia Masters Super 750 Japan Akane Yamaguchi 21–17, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2021 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Thailand Ratchanok Intanon 21–17, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2021 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals India P. V. Sindhu 21–16, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 All England Open Super 1000 Japan Akane Yamaguchi 15–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Korea Open Super 500 Thailand Pornpawee Chochuwong 21–17, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Malaysia Masters Super 500 China Chen Yufei 21–17, 21–5 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Japan Open Super 750 Japan Akane Yamaguchi 9–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Australian Open Super 300 Indonesia Gregoria Mariska Tunjung 21–17, 21–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Malaysia Open Super 1000 Japan Akane Yamaguchi 21–12, 19–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 India Open Super 750 Japan Akane Yamaguchi 15–21, 21–16, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Indonesia Masters Super 500 Spain Carolina Marín 18–21, 21–18, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 German Open Super 300 Japan Akane Yamaguchi 11–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 All England Open Super 1000 China Chen Yufei 21–17, 10–21, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Thailand Open Super 500 China He Bingjiao 21–10, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Singapore Open Super 750 Japan Akane Yamaguchi 21–16, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Korea Open Super 500 Chinese Taipei Tai Tzu-ying 21–9, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Japan Open Super 750 China He Bingjiao 21–15, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 China Open Super 1000 Japan Akane Yamaguchi 21–10, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2018 Indonesia International Japan Shiori Saito 12–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Irish Open South Korea Kim Ga-eun 26–24, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Vietnam International Japan Hirari Mizui 19–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 21 November 2023.

Players Matches Results Difference
Won Lost
China Chen Yufei 19811–3[lower-alpha 1]
China He Bingjiao 1064+2
China Li Xuerui 110+1
China Zhang Yiman 110+1
Chinese Taipei Tai Tzu-ying 1192+7
Hong Kong Yip Pui Yin 110+1
India Saina Nehwal 2110
Players Matches Results Difference
Won Lost
India P. V. Sindhu 660+6
Japan Nozomi Okuhara 110+1
Japan Akane Yamaguchi 21912–3
South Korea Sung Ji-hyun 523–1
Spain Carolina Marín 1064+2
Thailand Porntip Buranaprasertsuk 220+2
Thailand Ratchanok Intanon 651+4

Notes

  1. ↑ Tournament software did not include the women's team event of the 2022 Asian Games results for head-to-head.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "안세영, BWF 세계배드민턴연맹 올해의 신인상 수상" (in Korean). Badminton Korea Association. 11 December 2019. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  2. ↑ Yoo, Jee-ho (27 August 2023). "S. Korean An Se-young captures women's singles title at badminton world championships". Yonhap News Agency. Archived from the original on 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  3. ↑ Paik, Ji-hwan (7 October 2023). "An Se-young wins Korea's first badminton women's singles title in 29 years". JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 12 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "Koreans new Uber Cup champs". Bangkok Post. 15 May 2022. Archived from the original on 12 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  5. ↑ Yoon, Min-sik (1 October 2023). "S. Korea wins gold in women's badminton, 1st since 1994". The Korea Herald. Archived from the original on 12 October 2023. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "'셔틀콕 천재소녀' 등장…여중생이 선발전 사상 첫 태극마크" (in Korean). Yonhap. 26 December 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  7. ↑ Sukumar, Dev (22 May 2018). "Schoolgirl to the Rescue – Day 3 – Session 2: Total BWF TUC Finals 2018". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  8. ↑ "[아시안게임] 배드민턴 이소희-신승찬 등 16강행… 안세영 탈락" (in Korean). Korea Economic Daily. 23 August 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  9. ↑ "셔틀콕 막내의 반란…안세영, 뉴질랜드오픈서 첫 우승(종합)". Maeil Business Newspaper (in Korean). 5 May 2019. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  10. ↑ "광주체중 안세영 사상 최초 중학생 국가대표" (in Korean). Kwangju Broadcasting Company. 26 December 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  11. 1 2 Goh, ZK (28 July 2020). "South Korea's upstart An Se-young: Young, fast, and dangerous". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  12. ↑ "An Se-young is destined for glory". Badminton Asia. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  13. ↑ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  14. ↑ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  15. ↑ "Head to Head An Se Young vs Chen Yu Fei". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
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