Kong Hee-yong

Kong Hee-yong (Hangul: 공희용; born 11 December 1996) is a South Korean badminton player.[1] In 2013, she won the mixed team gold at the BWF World Junior Championships.[2] In 2014, Kong who was educated at the Daesung girls' high school competed at the Asian Junior Championships and won the silver medals in the mixed team and doubles event.[3] She also play for the Jeonbuk Bank at the national event, and at the 2017 Japan Open, she became the runner-up in the women's doubles event partnered with Kim Ha-na.[4] Together with Kim So-yeong, she was awarded as the 2019 BWF Most Improved Player of the Year.[5]

Kong Hee-yong
Personal information
CountrySouth Korea
Born (1996-12-11) 11 December 1996
Daejeon, South Korea
ResidenceJincheon, South Korea
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking4 (WD 14 January 2020)
91 (XD 17 December 2015)
Current ranking6 (WD 17 March 2020)
BWF profile

Achievements

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China
Kim So-yeong Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi
17–21, 22–20, 14–21 Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Taipei Gymnasium,
Taipei, Chinese Taipei
Kim Jung-ho Huang Kaixiang
Chen Qingchen
14–21, 13–21 Silver

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

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[6] 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.[7]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Indonesia Masters Super 500 Kim So-yeong Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi
19–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2019 Spain Masters Super 300 Kim So-yeong Nami Matsuyama
Chiharu Shida
23–21, 15–21, 21–17 Winner
2019 Singapore Open Super 500 Kim Hye-jeong Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara
17–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2019 New Zealand Open Super 300 Kim So-yeong Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi
21–15, 21–18 Winner
2019 Japan Open Super 750 Kim So-yeong Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara
21–12, 21–12 Winner
2019 Chinese Taipei Open Super 300 Kim So-yeong Jongkolphan Kititharakul
Rawinda Prajongjai
19–21, 21–18, 26–28 Runner-up
2019 Korea Open Super 500 Kim So-yeong Lee So-hee
Shin Seung-chan
13–21, 21–19, 21–17 Winner
2019 French Open Super 750 Kim So-yeong Lee So-hee
Shin Seung-chan
21–16, 19–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2020 (II) Thailand Open Super 1000 Kim So-yeong Lee So-hee
Shin Seung-chan
21–18, 21–19 Winner
2020 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Kim So-yeong Lee So-hee
Shin Seung-chan
21–15, 24–26, 19–21 Runner-up

BWF Superseries (1 runner-up)

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 level such as 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 doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Japan Open Kim Ha-na Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi
18–21, 16–21 Runner-up
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-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.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Korea Masters Kim So-yeong Lee So-hee
Shin Seung-chan
18–21, 21–23 Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 runners-up)

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Indonesia International Chung Eui-seok Fran Kurniawan
Komala Dewi
12–21, 21–16, 13–21 Runner-up
2017 Osaka International Park Kyung-hoon Wang Sijie
Ni Bowen
21–18, 16–21, 12–21 Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

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