Yoo Yeon-seong

Yoo Yeon-seong (Korean pronunciation: [ju.jʌn.sʌŋ]; born 19 August 1986) is a South Korean professional badminton player.[2]

Yoo Yeon-seong
Yoo Yeon-seong at the 2013 French Super Series.
Personal information
CountrySouth Korea
Born (1986-08-19) 19 August 1986
Jeongeup, Jeonbuk, South Korea
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking1 (MD with Lee Yong-dae 14 August 2014)[1]
11 (XD)
BWF profile
Yoo Yeon-seong
Hangul
유연성
Hanja
Revised RomanizationYu Yeon-seong
McCune–ReischauerYu Yŏnsŏng

He specializes in doubles events and was ranked as high as No. 2 worldwide with his former partner, Ko Sung-hyun.[3] The two also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[4] For a long time he played mixed doubles with Kim Min-jung, but later switched partners to play with Jang 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[5] 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.[6] 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.[7]

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
2014 Ballerup Super Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark Lee Yong-dae Ko Sung-hyun
Shin Baek-cheol
20–22, 23–21, 18–21 Silver
2015 Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Lee Yong-dae Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan
17–21, 19–21 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

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
2010 Siri Fort Indoor Stadium,
New Delhi, India
Cho Gun-woo Chen Hung-ling
Lin Yu-lang
21–19, 12–21, 21–17 Gold
2014 Gimcheon Indoor Stadium,
Gimcheon, South Korea
Shin Baek-choel Li Junhui
Liu Yuchen
22–20, 21–17 Gold
2015 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China
Lee Yong-dae Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan
18–21, 24–22, 21–19 Gold
2016 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China
Lee Yong-dae Li Junhui
Liu Yuchen
21–14, 28–26 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
2010 Siri Fort Indoor Stadium,
New Delhi, India
Kim Min-jung Chan Peng Soon
Goh Liu Ying
17–21, 22–20, 19–21 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

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

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

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

BWF Superseries (19 titles, 10 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[8] 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,[9] 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 Issara
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.[10]

References

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  5. Hearn, Don (19 August 2016). "Korean Olympians retire". Badzine.net. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
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  7. Hearn, Don (16 May 2017). "And then there were none…Yoo and Kim complete Korean doubles sign-off". Badzine.net. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
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