Yoo Yeon-seong explained

Yoo Yeon-seong should not be confused with Yoo Yong-sung.

Country:South Korea
Birth Date:1986 8, df=y
Birth Place:Jeongeup, Jeonbuk, South Korea
Height:1.80 m
Weight:68 kg
Handedness:Right
Event:Men's & mixed doubles
Highest Ranking:1 (MD with Lee Yong-dae 14 August 2014)[1]
11 (XD with Kim Min-jung)
Bwf Id:ADFC60B0-2055-48B3-9309-44D3C819B3FF
Hangul:유연성
Mr:Yu Yŏnsŏng
Rr:Yu Yeon-seong

Yoo Yeon-seong (pronounced as /ko/; born 19 August 1986) is a South Korean professional badminton player.[2]

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 Chang 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

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2011Wembley Arena, London, England Ko Sung-hyun Cai Yun
Fu Haifeng
22–24, 16–21 Silver
2014Ballerup Super Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark Lee Yong-dae Ko Sung-hyun
Shin Baek-cheol
20–22, 23–21, 18–21 Silver
2015Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Lee Yong-dae Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan
17–21, 19–21 Bronze

Asian Games

Men's doubles

Asia Championships

Men's doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2009Suwon Indoor Stadium,
Suwon, South Korea
Ko Sung-hyun Markis Kido
Hendra Setiawan
18–21, 24–26 Silver
2010Siri Fort Indoor Stadium,
New Delhi, India
Cho Gun-woo Chen Hung-ling
Lin Yu-lang
21–19, 12–21, 21–17 Gold
2014Gimcheon Indoor Stadium,
Gimcheon, South Korea
Shin Baek-choel Li Junhui
Liu Yuchen
22–20, 21–17 Gold
2015Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China
Lee Yong-dae Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan
18–21, 24–22, 21–19 Gold
2016Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China
Lee Yong-dae Li Junhui
Liu Yuchen
21–14, 28–26 Gold

Mixed doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2009Suwon Indoor Stadium,
Suwon, South Korea
Kim Min-jung Lee Yong-dae
Lee Hyo-jung
12–21, 15–21 Silver
2010Siri 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

World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Mixed doubles

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

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010Swiss Open Ko Sung-hyun Koo Kean Keat
Tan Boon Heong
21–18, 21–16 Winner
2010China Masters Ko Sung-hyun Cai Yun
Fu Haifeng
14–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2010Hong Kong Open Ko Sung-hyun Markis Kido
Hendra Setiawan
21–19, 14–21, 23–21 Winner
2011China Open Ko Sung-hyun Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen
17–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2012India Open Ko Sung-hyun Bodin Isara
Maneepong Jongjit
17–21, 21–14, 14–21 Runner-up
2012Singapore Open Ko Sung-hyun Markis Kido
Hendra Setiawan
20–22, 21–11, 6–21 Runner-up
2012Denmark Open Shin Baek-choel Koo Kien Keat
Tan Boon Heong
19–21, 21–11, 21–19 Winner
2013Denmark Open Lee Yong-dae Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan
21–19, 21–16 Winner
2013China Open Lee Yong-dae Hoon Thien How
Tan Wee Kiong
21–13, 21–12 Winner
2013Hong Kong Open Lee Yong-dae Kim Gi-jung
Kim Sa-rang
12–21, 21–15, 21–18 Winner
2014Japan Open Lee Yong-dae Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan
21–12, 26–24 Winner
2014Indonesia Open Lee Yong-dae Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan
21–15, 21–17 Winner
2014Australian Open Lee Yong-dae Lee Sheng-mu
Tsai Chia-hsin
21–14, 21–18 Winner
2014Denmark Open Lee Yong-dae Fu Haifeng
Zhang Nan
13–21, 23–25 Runner-up
2014China Open Lee Yong-dae Chai Biao
Hong Wei
21–14, 21–15 Winner
2014Dubai World Superseries Finals Lee Yong-dae Chai Biao
Hong Wei
19–21, 21–19, 21–16 Winner
2015Malaysia Open Lee Yong-dae Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan
21–14, 15–21, 21–23 Runner-up
2015Australian Open Lee Yong-dae Liu Cheng
Lu Kai
21–16, 21–17 Winner
2015Japan Open Lee Yong-dae Fu Haifeng
Zhang Nan
21–19, 29–27 Winner
2015Korea Open Lee Yong-dae Kim Gi-jung
Kim Sa-rang
21–16, 21–12 Winner
2015Denmark Open Lee Yong-dae Liu Cheng
Lu Kai
21–8, 21–14 Winner
2015French Open Lee Yong-dae Mads Conrad-Petersen
Mads Pieler Kolding
21–14, 21–19 Winner
2015Hong Kong Open Lee Yong-dae Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen
21–7, 18–21, 21–18 Winner
2016Indonesia Open Lee Yong-dae Chai Biao
Hong Wei
13–21, 21–13, 21–16 Winner
2016Korea Open Lee Yong-dae Li Junhui
Liu Yuchen
15–21, 22–20, 21–18 Winner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2011China Masters Jang Ye-na Xu Chen
Ma Jin
13–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2013Singapore Open Eom Hye-won Tontowi Ahmad
Liliyana Natsir
12–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2013China Masters Eom Hye-won Zhang Nan
Zhao Yunlei
18–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2014China 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

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2006Vietnam Open Jeon Jun-bum Chew Choon Eng
Hong Chieng Hun
21–19, 21–19 Winner
2010Macau Open Ko Sung-hyun Hendra Aprida Gunawan
Alvent Yulianto
21–17, 21–15 Winner
2010Korea Grand Prix Ko Sung-hyun Jung Jae-sung
Lee Yong-dae
21–18, 18–21, 25–27 Runner-up
2011Swiss Open Ko Sung-hyun Jung Jae-sung
Lee Yong-dae
21–17, 21–16 Winner
2011Chinese Taipei Open Ko Sung-hyun Jung Jae-sung
Lee Yong-dae
23–21, 21–17 Winner
2011Macau Open Ko Sung-hyun Chai Biao
Guo Zhendong
19–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2011Korea Grand Prix Gold Ko Sung-hyun Jung Jae-sung
Lee Yong-dae
21–15, 24–22 Winner
2013Thailand Open Shin Baek-cheol Vladimir Ivanov
Ivan Sozonov
18–21, 21–15, 21–14 Winner
2014Korea Grand Prix Lee Yong-dae Ko Sung-hyun
Shin Baek-cheol
21–18, 21–19 Winner
2016German Open Lee Yong-dae Ko Sung-hyun
Shin Baek-cheol
22–20, 18–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2016China Masters Lee Yong-dae Kim Gi-jung
Kim Sa-rang
21–17, 21–14 Winner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2006Vietnam Open Lee Jung-mi Kang Myeong-won
Kang Joo-young
21–17, 17–21, 21–18 Winner
2010Korea Grand Prix Kim Min-jung Choi Young-woo
Eom Hye-won
21–15, 21–13 Winner
2011Korea Grand Prix Gold Jang Ye-na Kim Ki-jung
Jung Kyung-eun
21–17, 21–19 Winner
2012Korea Grand Prix Gold Jang Ye-na Shin Baek-cheol
Eom Hye-won
21–11, 18–21, 23–25 Runner-up
2013Chinese Taipei Open Eom Hye-won Shin Baek-cheol
Jang Ye-na
20–22, 21–12, 16–21 Runner-up
2013Korea 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

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2003Hungarian International Jeon Jun-bum Hwang Ji-man
Lee Jae-jin
12–15, 12–15 Runner-up
2006Mongolian Satellite Jeon Jun-bum Kim Ki-jung
Lee Jung-hwan
21–14, 21–14 Winner
2007Vietnam International Cho Gun-woo Mohammad Ahsan
Bona Septano
15–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2008Korea International Cho Gun-woo Jung Jae-sung
Lee Yong-dae
16–21, 24–26 Runner-up
2009Korea International Ko Sung-hyun Jung Jae-sung
Lee Yong-dae
19–21, 21–15, 15–21 Runner-up
2018Dubai International Kim Sang-soo Lim Khim Wah
Tarun Kona
21–16, 21–9 Winner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2006Mongolian Satellite Kim Min-jung Lee Jung-hwan
Yoo Hyun-young
21–13, 21–15 Winner
2007Cheers Asian Satellite Ha Jung-eun Cho Gun-woo
Kim Min-jung
19–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2007Indonesia International Kim Min-jung Tontowi Ahmad
Yulianti CJ
16–21, 21–15, 9–21 Runner-up
2018Dubai 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Choi . Song-ah . 이용대-유연성, 배드민턴 남자복식 세계랭킹 1위 등극 . . 14 August 2014 . 27 November 2020 . ko . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201127120341/https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20140814166100007 . 27 November 2020.
  2. Web site: VICTOR The Official Site – Players . Victorsport.com . 14 August 2009 . 31 October 2011.
  3. Web site: tournamentsoftware.com . tournamentsoftware.com . 31 October 2011.
  4. Web site: Yu Yeon-Seong Bio, Stats, and Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417234456/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/yu/yu-yeon-seong-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . 22 March 2016.
  5. News: Hearn . Don . Korean Olympians retire . 6 June 2017. Badzine.net . 19 August 2016.
  6. News: Hearn . Don . Yoo looks to send Lee off with one more title . 6 June 2017 . Badzine.net . 30 September 2016.
  7. News: Hearn . Don . And then there were none…Yoo and Kim complete Korean doubles sign-off . 6 June 2017. Badzine.net . 16 May 2017.
  8. Web site: BWF Launches Super Series . Badminton Australia . 15 December 2006.
  9. Web site: Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event . Badmintonstore.com . 29 September 2013.
  10. Web site: tournamentsoftware.com . tournamentsoftware.com . 2011-10-27 . 2011-10-31.