Chae Yoo-jung explained

Chae Yoo-jung
채유정
Size:200 px
Country:South Korea
Birth Date:9 May 1995
Birth Place:Busan, South Korea
Residence:Suwon, South Korea
Height:1.63 m
Handedness:Left
Event:Women's & mixed doubles
Highest Ranking:13 (WD with Kim So-yeong, 23 November 2017)
2 (XD with Seo Seung-jae, 12 March 2024)
Current Ranking:2
Date Of Current Ranking:XD with Seo Seung-jae, 13 August 2024
Bwf Id:F3461C83-1E0B-4789-9E6A-5F9C34B0F511
Hangul:채유정
Rr:Chae Yu-jeong
Mr:Ch'ae Yu-chŏng

Chae Yoo-jung (; born 9 May 1995) is a South Korean badminton player who affiliated with Incheon International Airport team. She is the daughter of former singles player Kim Bok-sun.[1] She won the mixed doubles title at the 2023 World Championships.[2] Chae was a part of the Korean national team that won the world mixed team championships at the 2017 Sudirman Cup.[3]

Career

Chae started to playing badminton in 2005, affected by her mother Kim Bok-sun, who is also a South Korean badminton player. She entered the national team in 2011, and made her debut in the international tournament at the 2011 BWF World Junior Championships, winning a silver medal in the team event, a bronze medal in the mixed doubles, and a quarter-finalists in the girls' doubles. She has shown good progress in his junior career, where she and her partner, Choi Sol-gyu, managed to win the mixed doubles title at the Asian Junior Championships, and finished runner-up in the Korea Junior Open. Chae competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the mixed doubles partnered with Seo Seung-jae, and her pace was stopped in the quarter-finals.[4]

In 2023, Chae impressed the international stage, when she seized the mixed doubles title in the World Championships with partner Seo Seung-jae. This achievement was Chae and Seo's first victory over the world number 1 pair Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong.[5] She also secured her first ever Super 1000 title at the China Open with a second consecutive victory over Zheng and Huang at the quarter-finals.[6] Chae joined the South Korean women's team that won the gold medal at the Asian Games, and settled the bronze medal in the mixed doubles,[7] while with Korean mixed team at the Sudirman Cup she won the silver medal. Another results that she achieved in the season of 2023 was winning the Korea Masters; runners-up in the Thailand Masters, All England Open, and China Masters; lead she and her partner qualified for the World Tour Finals,[8] where the duo finished in the semi-finals at that tournament. She closed the year ranked as world number 3 in the mixed doubles.

Achievements

World Championships

Mixed doubles

Asian Games

Mixed doubles

Asian Championships

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China Shin Baek-cheol Tontowi Ahmad
Liliyana Natsir
16–21, 13–21 Bronze
2024Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China Seo Seung-jae Feng Yanzhe
Huang Dongping
21–13, 15–21, 14–21 Silver

East Asian Games

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

World Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2011Taoyuan Arena, Taoyuan City, Taipei, Taiwan Choi Sol-gyu Alfian Eko Prasetya
Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja
18–21, 13–21 Bronze
2013Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Choi Sol-gyu Huang Kaixiang
Chen Qingchen
13–21, 11–21 Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2012Gimcheon Indoor Stadium, Gimcheon, South Korea Choi Sol-gyu Liu Yuchen
Huang Dongping
21–11, 19–21, 21–13 Gold
2013Likas Indoor Stadium, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Choi Sol-gyu Wang Yilyu
Huang Dongping
17–21, 25–23, 23–21 Gold

BWF World Tour (6 titles, 9 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[9] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are 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.[10]

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018New Zealand OpenSuper 300 Seo Seung-jae Wang Chi-lin
Lee Chia-hsin
19–21, 21–14, 19–21 Runner-up
2018Australian OpenSuper 300 Seo Seung-jae Chan Peng Soon
Goh Liu Ying
21–12, 23–21 Winner
2018French OpenSuper 750 Seo Seung-jae Zheng Siwei
Huang Yaqiong
19–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2019Spain MastersSuper 300 Seo Seung-jae Wang Chi-lin
Cheng Chi-ya
21–18, 21–15 Winner
2019German OpenSuper 300 Seo Seung-jae Hafiz Faizal
Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja
21–17, 21–11 Winner
2019Chinese Taipei OpenSuper 300 Seo Seung-jae Tang Chun Man
Tse Ying Suet
18–21, 10–21 Runner-up
2020 (II)Thailand OpenSuper 1000 Seo Seung-jae Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Sapsiree Taerattanachai
16–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2020BWF World Tour FinalsWorld Tour Finals Seo Seung-jae Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Sapsiree Taerattanachai
18–21, 21–8, 8–21 Runner-up
2022Australian OpenSuper 300 Seo Seung-jae Kim Won-ho
Jeong Na-eun
21–9, 21–17 Winner
2023Thailand MastersSuper 300 Seo Seung-jae Feng Yanzhe
Huang Dongping
21–18, 15–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2023All England OpenSuper 1000 Seo Seung-jae Zheng Siwei
Huang Yaqiong
16–21, 21–16, 12–21 Runner-up
2023China OpenSuper 1000 Seo Seung-jae Thom Gicquel
Delphine Delrue
21–19, 21–12 Winner
2023Korea MastersSuper 300 Seo Seung-jae Jiang Zhenbang
Wei Yaxin
21–14, 21–15 Winner
2023China MastersSuper 750 Seo Seung-jae Zheng Siwei
Huang Yaqiong
10–21, 11–21 Runner-up
2024French OpenSuper 750 Seo Seung-jae Feng Yanzhe
Huang Dongping
16–21, 16–21 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (4 titles, 8 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.

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016Indonesian Masters Kim So-yeong Jongkolphan Kititharakul
Rawinda Prajongjai
21–18, 22–20 Winner
2016Korea Masters Kim So-yeong Jung Kyung-eun
Shin Seung-chan
14–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2017Chinese Taipei Open Kim So-yeong Kim Hye-rin
Yoo Hae-won
21–12, 21–11 Winner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013Macau Open Choi Sol-gyu Lu Kai
Huang Yaqiong
21–17, 18–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2013Vietnam Open Choi Sol-gyu Liao Min-chun
Chen Hsiao-huan
22–20, 19–21, 21–14 Winner
2015Chinese Taipei Open Shin Baek-cheol Ko Sung-hyun
Kim Ha-na
16–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2015Vietnam Open Choi Sol-gyu Huang Kaixiang
Huang Dongping
19–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2015Korea Masters Shin Baek-cheol Ko Sung-hyun
Kim Ha-na
21–19, 17–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2015Macau Open Shin Baek-cheol Choi Sol-gyu
Eom Hye-won
21–18, 21–13 Winner
2016German Open Shin Baek-cheol Ko Sung-hyun
Kim Ha-na
19–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2017Canada Open Choi Sol-gyu Kim Won-ho
Shin Seung-chan
19–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2017Korea Masters Choi Sol-gyu Seo Seung-jae
Kim Ha-na
21–17, 13–21, 18–21 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

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

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014Osaka International Choi Sol-gyu Muhammad Rijal
Vita Marissa
18–21, 21–17, 18–21 Runner-up
2015Thailand International Choi Sol-gyu Tan Chee Tean
Shevon Jemie Lai
18–21, 21–19, 21–12 Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

Notes and References

  1. News: Kim. Jong-seok. Badminton Families. 26 August 2016. Donga Ilbo. 3 May 2014.
  2. Web site: Park . Kang-hyeon . 배드민턴 서승재-채유정, 만리장성 넘고 세계선수권 혼복 20년 만에 우승 . . 27 August 2023 . 8 September 2023 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230908000700/https://www.chosun.com/sports/sports_general/2023/08/27/W4THNSHC5FBOJLBML26YM3D3ZQ/ . 8 September 2023.
  3. News: Korea wins Sudirman Cup badminton final on Gold Coast . Gold Coast Bulletin. 29 May 2017.
  4. Web site: Badminton - Chae Yujung . Tokyo 2020 Olympics . . 31 July 2021 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210731123523/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/badminton/athlete-profile-n1329884-chae-yujung.htm . 31 July 2021.
  5. Web site: Sukumar . Dev . Seo-l Stirring Day for Korea . BWF . 28 August 2023 . 20 January 2024.
  6. Web site: Results Victor China Open 2023 . BWF . 19 December 2023.
  7. Web site: Yang . Mary . Korea takes two more badminton bronze medals after China losses . . 6 October 2023 . 20 January 2024.
  8. Web site: Meet the mixed doubles contenders . BWF . 5 December 2023 . 20 January 2024.
  9. Web site: Alleyne . Gayle . BWF Launches New Events Structure . . 19 March 2017 . 29 November 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201164159/http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/ . 1 December 2017.
  10. Web site: Sukumar . Dev . Action-Packed Season Ahead! . Badminton World Federation . 10 January 2018 . 15 January 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180113162925/http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/ . 13 January 2018.