Kim Ha-na

Kim Ha-na (Hangul: 김하나; Korean pronunciation: [kim.ɦa.na] or [kim] [ha.na]; born 27 December 1989) is a South Korean badminton player. She was the mixed doubles gold medalist at the 2013 Asian Championships, and was part of the national team that won the Sudirman Cup in 2017. Kim won her first Superseries title at the 2012 India Open in the women's doubles event.[2] She reached a career high of world no. 1 in the mixed doubles in September 2016.[3]

Kim Ha-na (right) with Jung Kyung-eun became the runner-up at the 2011 U.S. Open.
Kim Ha-na (right) with her partner in mixed doubles Ko Sung-hyun (June 2016).

Kim Ha-na
김하나
Kim Ha-na at the 2013 French Super Series
Personal information
CountrySouth Korea
Born (1989-12-27) 27 December 1989
Jeju, South Korea[1]
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Weight51 kg (112 lb)
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking5 (WD 16 January 2014)
1 (XD 22 September 2016)[1]
BWF profile

Sport career

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Kim and her partner Jung Kyung-eun, along with Ha Jung-eun, Kim Min-jung, Wang Xiaoli, Yu Yang, Meiliana Jauhari and Greysia Polii were disqualified from the competition because their efforts were not focused on winning their matches, and their conduct was in a way that was harmful and violent to the sport.[4] They were also accused of trying to lose in order to manipulate the draw.[4] Kim and her partner Jung Kyung-eun played against China's Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang.[5] South Korea filed an appeal to the Badminton World Federation at the Olympics, but it was rejected.[4]

She competed at the 2014 Asian Games.[6]

She competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics, in the mixed doubles with Ko Sung-hyun.[7] They were knocked out in the quarterfinals by the Chinese pair of Xu Chen and Ma Jin.[7]

In 2017, she helped the Korean national team compete at the 2017 Sudirman Cup and won that tournament.[8][9]

Achievements

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Gimcheon Indoor Stadium, Gimcheon, South Korea Jung Kyung-eun Luo Ying
Luo Yu
18–21, 18–21 Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Taipei Arena, Taipei, Chinese Taipei Ko Sung-hyun Zhang Nan
Zhao Yunlei
22–20, 21–17 Gold
2016 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China Ko Sung-hyun Zhang Nan
Zhao Yunlei
19–21, 11–21 Bronze

BWF World Tour (1 title)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[10] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[11]

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2020 Spain Masters Super 300 Kim Sa-rang Thom Gicquel
Delphine Delrue
15–21, 21–11, 21–10 Winner

BWF Superseries (6 titles, 8 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[12] 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,[13] with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 India Open Jung Kyung-eun Bao Yixin
Zhong Qianxin
21–17, 21–18 Winner
2014 India Open Jung Kyung-eun Tang Yuanting
Yu Yang
10–21, 21–13, 16–21 Runner-up
2017 Japan Open Kong Hee-yong Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi
18–21, 16–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 India Open Ko Sung-hyun Tontowi Ahmad
Liliyana Natsir
16–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2014 India Open Ko Sung-hyun Joachim Fischer Nielsen
Christinna Pedersen
16–21, 21–18, 18–21 Runner-up
2014 Australian Open Ko Sung-hyun Michael Fuchs
Birgit Michels
21–16, 21–17 Winner
2015 Denmark Open Ko Sung-hyun Tontowi Ahmad
Liliyana Natsir
20–22, 21–18, 21–9 Winner
2015 French Open Ko Sung-hyun Praveen Jordan
Debby Susanto
21–10, 15–21, 21–19 Winner
2015 Dubai World Superseries Finals Ko Sung-hyun Chris Adcock
Gabrielle Adcock
14–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2016 Singapore Open Ko Sung-hyun Xu Chen
Ma Jin
21–17, 21–14 Winner
2016 Indonesia Open Ko Sung-hyun Xu Chen
Ma Jin
15–21, 21–16, 13–21 Runner-up
2016 Japan Open Ko Sung-hyun Zheng Siwei
Chen Qingchen
10–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2016 Korea Open Ko Sung-hyun Zheng Siwei
Chen Qingchen
21–14, 21–19 Winner
2016 French Open Ko Sung-hyun Zheng Siwei
Chen Qingchen
16–21, 15–21 Runner-up
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (11 titles, 7 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Korea Grand Prix Eom Hye-won Jung Kyung-eun
Yoo Hyun-young
16–21, 21–18, 19–21 Runner-up
2011 Swiss Open Jung Kyung-eun Ha Jung-eun
Kim Min-jung
12–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2011 U.S. Open Jung Kyung-eun Ha Jung-eun
Kim Min-jung
21–14, 20–22, 18–21 Runner-up
2011 Macau Open Jung Kyung-eun Eom Hye-won
Jang Ye-na
8–4 retired Winner
2012 German Open Jung Kyung-eun Tang Jinhua
Xia Huan
21–23, 13–21 Runner-up
2013 German Open Jung Kyung-eun Ma Jin
Tang Jinhua
11–21, 21–14, 21–13 Winner
2013 Swiss Open Jung Kyung-eun Lee So-hee
Shin Seung-chan
23–21, 21–16 Winner
2013 Chinese Taipei Open Jung Kyung-eun Lee So-hee
Shin Seung-chan
Walkover Winner
2014 German Open Jung Kyung-eun Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi
21–23, 22–24 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 German Open Ko Sung-hyun Robert Blair
Imogen Bankier
15–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2015 Chinese Taipei Open Ko Sung-hyun Shin Baek-cheol
Chae Yoo-jung
21–16, 21–18 Winner
2015 Korea Masters Ko Sung-hyun Shin Baek-cheol
Chae Yoo-jung
19–21, 21–17, 21–19 Winner
2016 German Open Ko Sung-hyun Shin Baek-cheol
Chae Yoo-jung
21–19, 21–12 Winner
2016 Korea Masters Ko Sung-hyun Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Sapsiree Taerattanachai
21–19, 21–16 Winner
2017 Chinese Taipei Open Seo Seung-jae Wang Chi-lin
Lee Chia-hsin
22–20, 21–10 Winner
2017 U.S. Open Seo Seung-jae Kim Won-ho
Shin Seung-chan
16–21, 21–14, 21–11 Winner
2017 Macau Open Seo Seung-jae Zheng Siwei
Huang Yaqiong
14–21, 11–21 Runner-up
2017 Korea Masters Seo Seung-jae Choi Sol-gyu
Chae Yoo-jung
17–21, 21–13, 21–18 Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Dubai International Kim Sa-rang Rodion Alimov
Alina Davletova
20–22, 16–21 Runner-up
2019 Hungarian International Kim Sa-rang Mathias Christiansen
Alexandra Bøje
21–12, 21–15 Winner
2019 Nepal International Kim Sa-rang Supak Jomkoh
Supissara Paewsampran
18–21, 16–21 Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

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