Kang Min-hyuk (badminton) explained

Kang Min-hyuk
Country:South Korea
Birth Date:1999 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Residence:Suwon, South Korea
Height:1.83 m
Handedness:Right
Event:Men's doubles
Highest Ranking:2
Date Of Highest Ranking:with Seo Seung-jae, 20 February 2024
Current Ranking:4
Current Ranking Date:with Seo Seung-jae, 13 August 2024
Bwf Id:01453576-B58B-4F2B-A181-84D4E75F8A94

Kang Min-hyuk (; born 17 February 1999) is a South Korean badminton player affiliated with Samsung Electro-Mechanics team.[1] He is the reigning men's doubles World Champions with his partner Seo Seung-jae.[2] Educated at, Kang rose to prominence when he along with Kim Won-ho, defeated seeded players at the 2019 Asian Championships and reached the semi-finals, ultimately winning the bronze medal.[3] He has joined the South Korea national badminton team since 2017, became the part of Korean team that won bronze medal at the 2021 Sudirman Cup and the silver medal in 2023. During his career as a junior player, Kang became the part of 2017 Asian Junior Championships mixed team champion as well.[4]

Achievements

World Championships

Men's doubles

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Asian Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

BWF World Tour (5 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[5] 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.[6]

Men's doubles

YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018U.S. OpenSuper 300 Kim Won-ho Ou Xuanyi
Ren Xiangyu
21–16, 16–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2022Korea OpenSuper 500 Seo Seung-jae Fajar Alfian
Muhammad Rian Ardianto
19–21, 21–15, 21–18 Winner
2023German OpenSuper 300 Seo Seung-jae Choi Sol-gyu
Kim Won-ho
19–21, 21–18, 19–21 Runner-up
2023Malaysia MastersSuper 500 Seo Seung-jae Man Wei Chong
Tee Kai Wun
21–15, 22–24, 21–19 Winner
2023Australian OpenSuper 500 Seo Seung-jae Takuro Hoki
Yugo Kobayashi
21–17, 21–17 Winner
2023BWF World Tour FinalsWorld Tour Finals Seo Seung-jae Liang Weikeng
Wang Chang
21–17, 22–20 Winner
2024India OpenSuper 750 Seo Seung-jae Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Chirag Shetty
15–21, 21–11, 21–18 Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 3 runners-up)

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Osaka International Kim Jae-hwan Ko Sung-hyun
Shin Baek-cheol
13–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2019Vietnam International Kim Jae-hwan Kenas Adi Haryanto
Rian Agung Saputro
19–21, 21–15, 18–21 Runner-up
2019Mongolia International Kim Jae-hwan Kim Won-ho
Park Kyung-hoon
21–14, 27–29, 14–21 Runner-up
2019Indonesia International Kim Jae-hwan Muhammad Fachrikar
Amri Syahnawi
21–17, 11–21, 21–15 Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Junior International (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Boys' doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016Korean Junior International Kim Won-ho Su Li-wei
Ye Hong-wei
11–3, 9–11, 7–11, 8–11 Runner-up
2017Banthongyord Junior International Kim Won-ho Kim Moon-jun
Wang Chan
21–12, 21–14 Winner
2017Jaya Raya Junior International Kim Won-ho Lee Sang-min
Na Sung-seung
21–13, 21–13 Winner

Mixed doubles

BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

BWF Junior International Challenge tournament

BWF Junior International Series tournament

BWF Junior Future Series tournament

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profile:Kang Min-hyuk. Badminton World Federation. 14 October 2021.
  2. Web site: Moon . Dae-hyun . '9년 만에 男 복식 세계선수권 金' 서승재-강민혁 "파트너가 잘 이끌어줘" . News1 Korea . 29 August 2023 . 31 August 2023 . ko . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230831014447/https://www.news1.kr/articles/?5154446 . 31 August 2023.
  3. Web site: 배드민턴 신예 강민혁-김원호, 아시아선수권 4강 진출. Maeil Business Newspaper. ko. 27 April 2019. 14 October 2021.
  4. Web site: 셔틀콕 남자복식 희망, 강민혁-김원호 亞선수권 동메달. Yonhap. ko. 27 April 2019. 14 October 2021.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.