Chae Yoo-jung

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Chae Yoo-jung (Korean채유정; Hanja蔡侑玎; 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]

Chae Yoo-jung
채유정
Chae at the 2015 Korea Grand Prix Gold
Personal information
CountrySouth Korea
Born (1995-05-09) 9 May 1995 (age 29)
Busan, South Korea
ResidenceSuwon, South Korea
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
HandednessLeft
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking13 (WD with Kim So-yeong, 23 November 2017)
2 (XD with Seo Seung-jae, 12 March 2024)
Current ranking4 (XD with Seo Seung-jae, 27 August 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  South Korea
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Copenhagen Mixed doubles
Sudirman Cup
Gold medal – first place 2017 Gold Coast Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2023 Suzhou Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Dongguan Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Vantaa Mixed team
Uber Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Aarhus Women's team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Mixed doubles
Asia Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Ningbo Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Wuhan Mixed doubles
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team
East Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Tianjin Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Tianjin Mixed doubles
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Bangkok Girls' doubles
Gold medal – first place 2013 Bangkok Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Taipei Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Taipei Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Chiba Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Bangkok Mixed doubles
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Gimcheon Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kota Kinabalu Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2013 Kota Kinabalu Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Gimcheon Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kota Kinabalu Girls' doubles
BWF profile
Chae Yoo-jung
Hangul
채유정
Hanja
Revised RomanizationChae Yu-jeong
McCune–ReischauerCh'ae Yu-chŏng

Career

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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

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World Championships

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Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2023 Royal Arena,
Copenhagen, Denmark
  Seo Seung-jae   Zheng Siwei
  Huang Yaqiong
21–17, 10–21, 21–18   Gold

Asian Games

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Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China   Seo Seung-jae   Zheng Siwei
  Huang Yaqiong
21–13, 15–21, 16–21   Bronze

Asian Championships

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Mixed doubles

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

East Asian Games

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Binhai New Area Dagang Gymnasium, Tianjin, China   Kim Ji-won   Yuriko Miki
  Koharu Yonemoto
15–21, 18–21   Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Binhai New Area Dagang Gymnasium, Tianjin, China   Choi Sol-gyu   Xu Chen
  Ma Jin
10–21, 15–21   Bronze

World Junior Championships

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Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand   Kim Ji-won   Chen Qingchen
  He Jiaxin
21–19, 21–15   Gold

Mixed doubles

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

Asian Junior Championships

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Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Likas Indoor Stadium, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia   Kim Ji-won   Chen Qingchen
  He Jiaxin
7–21, 21–19, 11–21   Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Gimcheon Indoor Stadium, Gimcheon, South Korea   Choi Sol-gyu   Liu Yuchen
  Huang Dongping
21–11, 19–21, 21–13   Gold
2013 Likas 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)

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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

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

BWF Grand Prix (4 titles, 8 runners-up)

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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

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

Mixed doubles

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

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Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Thailand International   Kim Ji-won   Duanganong Aroonkesorn
  Kunchala Voravichitchaikul
17–21, 19–21   Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Osaka International   Choi Sol-gyu   Muhammad Rijal
  Vita Marissa
18–21, 21–17, 18–21   Runner-up
2015 Thailand 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

References

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  1. ^ Kim, Jong-seok (3 May 2014). "Badminton Families". Donga Ilbo. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  2. ^ Park, Kang-hyeon (27 August 2023). "배드민턴 서승재-채유정, 만리장성 넘고 세계선수권 혼복 20년 만에 우승". The Chosun Ilbo. Archived from the original on 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Korea wins Sudirman Cup badminton final on Gold Coast". Gold Coast Bulletin. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Badminton - Chae Yujung". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  5. ^ Sukumar, Dev (28 August 2023). "Seo-l Stirring Day for Korea". BWF. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Results | Victor China Open 2023". BWF. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  7. ^ Yang, Mary (6 October 2023). "Korea takes two more badminton bronze medals after China losses". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Meet the mixed doubles contenders". BWF. 5 December 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  9. ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
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