Country South Korea Name Sung Ji-hyun Highest ranking 4 Current ranking 7 (May 28, 2015) Weight 56 kg | Handedness Right Height 1.75 m Years active 2009 Role Player | |
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Born July 29, 1991 (age 33) Seoul, South Korea ( 1991-07-29 ) | ||
Parents Kim Yun-ja, Sung Han-kook | ||
F - WS - Sung Ji Hyun vs Wang Shixian - 2013 Victor Korea Open
Sung Ji-hyun ([sʌŋ.dʑi.ɦjʌn] or [sʌŋ] [tɕi.ɦjʌn]; born 29 July 1991) is a South Korean badminton player from Seoul. She competed at the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games.
Contents
- F WS Sung Ji Hyun vs Wang Shixian 2013 Victor Korea Open
- Sung Ji Hyun
- Early life and education
- Career
- BWF World Championships
- Asian Championships
- Summer Universiade
- BWF Superseries
- BWF Grand Prix
- Record against selected opponents
- References
Sung Ji Hyun 성지현
Early life and education
Sung went into badminton following the path of her parents Sung Han-kook and Kim Yun-ja who both competed internationally in the 1980s.
Career
She won the Korea Grand Prix Gold title in 2011. Unlike most South Korean badminton players Sung has focused on singles and in December 2011 she received a career high ranking of number seven in the world in that discipline.
In 2012, Sung's performance at Super Series was progressingly better, with semi final performance in Indonesia Open, Singapore Open and Japan Open. She was seeded 8th at the Olympics 2012. However, her lackluster performance in the Olympics 2012 saw her failing to make past the group match, losing to Yip Pui Yin. She defended her title Korea Grand Prix Gold title at the end of the year.
Sung won her first Super Series Premier title early in 2013 at her hometown, the Korea Open. This propelled her ranking up to world no.5, the highest of her career. Sung reached semi final at the All England, losing to the eventual winner Tine Baun in an exciting match lasted for 76 minutes, 22-24, 21-19, 19-21. She later won the 2013 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold against Tai Tzu-ying 21–16, 21–9. Then, she reached the finals of 2013 Denmark Super Series Premier losing to Wang Yihan in 21–16, 18–21, 20–22. In 2013 Korea Open Grand Prix Gold, she went up against compatriot Bae Youn-joo and she was beaten in 3 sets 21–19, 15–21, 21–9.
In 2014 German Open Grand Prix Gold, She went on to the finals. Sayaka Takahashi won 21–17, 8–21, 21–12. In 2014 Badminton Asia Championships, she became the first South Korean in 10 years to win the title, beating 1st seeded Wang Shixian 21-19, 21-15. In 2014 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold, she won 21–13, 21–18 against Liu Xin. She qualified for the Dubai 2014 BWF Super Series Masters Finals and lost to Tai Tzu-ying in the final, 17-21, 12-21
She won the 2015 German Open Grand Prix Gold beating Carolina Marin 21-15, 14-21, 21-6. In 2017, she helped the Korean national team to win the world team championships at the 2017 Sudirman Cup.
BWF World Championships
Women's singles
Asian Championships
Women's singles
Summer Universiade
Women's singles
BWF Superseries
The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two levels: Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.
Women's singles
BWF Superseries Finals tournament BWF Superseries Premier tournament BWF Superseries tournamentBWF Grand Prix
The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
Women's Singles
BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournamentRecord against selected opponents
Singles results against Superseries finalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists, plus all Olympic opponents - as of 16 August 2016: