Eom Hye-won

Eom Hye-won (Korean: 엄혜원; born 8 September 1991) is a South Korean badminton player who specializes in doubles.[1] She became national representatives since 2004, and was selected to join the national team in 2008. As a member of Korea National Sport University team, she awarded as the 2011 best player by the Badminton Korea Association.[2]

In this Korean name, the family name is Eom.
Eom Hye-won
Personal information
CountrySouth Korea
Born (1991-09-08) 8 September 1991
Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking5 (WD 19 September 2013)
12 (XD 29 September 2016)
Current ranking292 (WD), 26 (XD) (17 March 2020)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  South Korea
World Championships
2013 Guangzhou Women's doubles
2013 Guangzhou Mixed doubles
Uber Cup
2012 Wuhan Women's team
Asian Championships
2012 Qingdao Mixed doubles
East Asian Games
2009 Hong Kong Women's team
Summer Universiade
2011 Shenzen Women's doubles
2011 Shenzen Mixed doubles
World Junior Championships
2007 Waitakere City Mixed team
2008 Pune Mixed team
2008 Pune Mixed doubles
Asian Junior Championships
2008 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles
2008 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
BWF profile
Eom Hye-won
Hangul
엄혜원
Hanja
嚴惠媛
Revised RomanizationEom Hyewon
McCune–ReischauerŎm Hyewŏn

Career

In 2008, she won a bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in the mixed doubles event partnered with Kim Gi-jung.[3] She came to international prominence playing women's doubles with Jang Ye-na, with whom she reached the finals of the 2013 BWF World Championships, but Badminton Korea Association decided to let her concentrate on playing mixed doubles for the subsequent Asian Games, in Incheon, Korea.

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Tianhe Sports Center,
Guangzhou, China		 Jang Ye-na Wang Xiaoli
Yu Yang		 14–21, 21–18, 8–21 Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Tianhe Sports Center,
Guangzhou, China		 Shin Baek-cheol Xu Chen
Ma Jin		 15–21, 17–21 Bronze

Asian Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Qingdao Sports Centre Conson Stadium,
Qingdao, China		 Kang Ji-wook Xu Chen
Ma Jin		 14–21, 12–21 Bronze

Summer Universiade

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Gymnasium of SZIIT,
Shenzen, China		 Chang Ye-na Cheng Shao-chieh
Pai Hsiao-ma		 21–11, 21–14 Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Gymnasium of SZIIT,
Shenzen, China		 Shin Baek-choel Lee Sheng-mu
Hsieh Pei-chen		 15–21, 21–11, 21–19 Gold

BWF World Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Badminton Hall,
Pune, India		 Kim Gi-jung Chai Biao
Xie Jing		 13–21, 19–21 Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Stadium Juara,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia		 Kim Gi-jung Zhang Nan
Lu Lu		 21–14, 15–21, 22–24 Silver

BWF World Tour (3 titles)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[4] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[5]

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Korea Masters Super 300 Ko Sung-hyun Choi Sol-gyu
Shin Seung-chan		 21–12, 15–21, 21–18 Winner
2019 Canada Open Super 100 Ko Sung-hyun Guo Xinwa
Zhang Shuxian		 21–19, 21–19 Winner
2019 Akita Masters Super 100 Ko Sung-hyun Kyohei Yamashita
Naru Shinoya		 21–10, 21–17 Winner

BWF Superseries (3 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[6] 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,[7] with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Singapore Open Yoo Yeon-seong Tontowi Ahmad
Liliyana Natsir		 12–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2013 China Masters Yoo Yeon-seong Zhang Nan
Zhao Yunlei		 18–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2014 China Open Yoo Yeon-seong 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 (7 titles, 7 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 doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Korea Grand Prix Kim Ha-na Jung Kyung-eun
Yoo Hyun-young		 16–21, 21–18, 19–21 Runner-up
2011 Macau Open Jang Ye-na Jung Kyung-eun
Kim Ha-na		 4–8 retired Runner-up
2011 Korea Grand Prix Gold Jang Ye-na Shinta Mulia Sari
Yao Lei		 21–15, 21–16 Winner
2012 Indonesia Grand Prix Gold Jang Ye-na Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi		 12–21,21–12, 13–21 Runner-up
2012 Macau Open Jang Ye-na Choi Hye-in
Kim So-young		 21–18, 21–16 Winner
2012 Korea Grand Prix Gold Jang Ye-na Lee So-hee
Shin Seung-chan		 21–13, 21–17 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Korea Grand Prix Choi Young-woo Yoo Yeon-seong
Kim Min-jung		 15–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2011 Chinese Taipei Open Ko Sung-hyun Tantowi Ahmad
Liliyana Natsir		 24–22, 16–21, 21–17 Winner
2012 Korea Grand Prix Gold Shin Baek-choel Yoo Yeon-seong
Jang Ye-na		 11–21, 21–18, 25–23 Winner
2013 Chinese Taipei Open Yoo Yeon-seong Shin Baek-cheol
Jang Ye-na		 20–22, 21–12, 16–21 Runner-up
2015 Thailand Open Choi Sol-gyu Praveen Jordan
Debby Susanto		 21–19, 17–21, 21–16 Winner
2015 Macau Open Choi Sol-gyu Shin Baek-cheol
Chae Yoo-jung		 18–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2015 U.S. Grand Prix Choi Sol-gyu Michael Fuchs
Birgit Michels		 21–12, 21–14 Winner
2015 Mexico City Grand Prix Choi Sol-gyu Chan Peng Soon
Goh Liu Ying		 14–21, 12–21 Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

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

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Osaka International Kim Duk-young Liu Yuchen
Huang Dongping		 21–17, 16–21, 21–17 Winner
2019 Italian International Kim Sa-rang Vladimir Ivanov
Ekaterina Bolotova		 12–21, 21–18, 15–21 Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References
  1. "Players: Eom Hye Won". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  2. "엄혜원, 대한배드민턴협회 2011 최우수선수 선정" (in Korean). 배드민턴타임즈. 10 February 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  3. "India, Singapore create history in BWF Junior Championships 2008". en.olympic.cn. Chinese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  4. Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  5. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  6. "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
  7. "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". www.ibadmintonstore.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
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