Eom Hye-won explained

Eom Hye-won
Country:South Korea
Birth Date:1991 9, df=y
Birth Place:Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Height:1.64 m
Handedness:Right
Event:Women's & mixed doubles
Highest Ranking:5 (WD 19 September 2013)
12 (XD 29 September 2016)
Current Ranking:110 (WD with Kim Bo-ryeong),
16 (XD with Ko Sung-hyun)
Date Of Current Ranking:29 November 2022
Bwf Id:F3C73211-D0AC-4C5E-9B82-14DE64223305
Hangul:엄혜원
Hanja:嚴惠媛
Rr:Eom Hyewon
Mr:Ŏm Hyewŏn

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

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 Chang 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

Mixed doubles

Asian Championships

Mixed doubles

Summer Universiade

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

BWF World Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Asian Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[4] 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.[5]

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018Korea MastersSuper 300 Ko Sung-hyun Choi Sol-gyu
Shin Seung-chan
21–12, 15–21, 21–18 Winner
2019Canada OpenSuper 100 Ko Sung-hyun Guo Xinwa
Zhang Shuxian
21–19, 21–19 Winner
2019Akita MastersSuper 100 Ko Sung-hyun Kyohei Yamashita
Naru Shinoya
21–10, 21–17 Winner
2022Korea OpenSuper 500 Ko Sung-hyun Tan Kian Meng
Lai Pei Jing
15–21, 18–21 Runner-up

BWF Superseries (3 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[6] 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.[7] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013Singapore Open Yoo Yeon-seong Tontowi Ahmad
Liliyana Natsir
12–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2013China Masters Yoo Yeon-seong Zhang Nan
Zhao Yunlei
18–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2014China 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 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
2010Korea Grand Prix Kim Ha-na Jung Kyung-eun
Yoo Hyun-young
16–21, 21–18, 19–21 Runner-up
2011Macau Open Jang Ye-na Jung Kyung-eun
Kim Ha-na
4–8 retired Runner-up
2011Korea Grand Prix Gold Jang Ye-na Shinta Mulia Sari
Yao Lei
21–15, 21–16 Winner
2012Indonesia Grand Prix Gold Jang Ye-na Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi
12–21,21–12, 13–21 Runner-up
2012Macau Open Jang Ye-na Choi Hye-in
Kim So-young
21–18, 21–16 Winner
2012Korea Grand Prix Gold Jang Ye-na Lee So-hee
Shin Seung-chan
21–13, 21–17 Winner

Mixed doubles

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

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015Osaka International Kim Duk-young Liu Yuchen
Huang Dongping
21–17, 16–21, 21–17 Winner
2019 12–21, 21–18, 15–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Players: Eom Hye Won . . 26 March 2017.
  2. News: 엄혜원, 대한배드민턴협회 2011 최우수선수 선정 . 배드민턴타임즈 . 10 February 2012 . 2 December 2018 . Korean.
  3. News: India, Singapore create history in BWF Junior Championships 2008 . en.olympic.cn . . 26 March 2017.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Web site: BWF Launches Super Series . Badminton Australia . 15 December 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071006123828/http://www.badminton.org.au/index.php?id=22&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=136&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=2&cHash=26fb36d8a5 . dead . 6 October 2007.
  7. Web site: Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event . IBadmintonstore . 29 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131002005757/http://www.ibadmintonstore.com/iBADMINTONstore-News/Yonex-All-England-Elevated-To-BWF-Premier-Super-Se.aspx . dead . 2 October 2013.