Seo Seung-jae

Seo Seung-jae
Seo Seung-jae
	Seo at 2018 Indonesia Masters
Personal information
Country	South Korea
Born	4 September 1997; Jeonju, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea
Residence	Buan, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea[1]
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Handedness	Left
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	4 (MD with Kang Min-hyuk, 29 August 2023); 7 (MD with Choi Sol-gyu, 19 November 2019); 4 (XD with Chae Yoo-jung, 23 May 2023); 5 (XD with Kim Ha-na, 17 May 2018)
Current ranking	4 (MD with Kang Min-hyuk); 4 (XD with Chae Yoo-jung) (19 September 2023)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing South Korea
World Championships
Sudirman Cup
Asian Games
Asia Team Championships
Summer Universiade
World Junior Championships
Asian Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Seo Seung-jae (Hangul: 서승재; born 4 September 1997) is a South Korean badminton player.[2][3] He is the first South Korean player in 24 years to have won two gold medals in a single edition of the BWF World Championships, by winning the mixed and men's doubles event at the 2023 BWF World Championships, partnering with Chae Yoo-jung and Kang Min-hyuk respectively.[4] He competed at the 2017 Sudirman Cup and helped the Korean national team to its fourth trophy.[5]

Career

Seo Seung-jae and Choi Sol-gyu against Malaysian pair in the final of 2019 Chinese Taipei Open

In 2014, Seo competed at the Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China.[6]

As a student of Wonkwang University, Seo was entrusted to take part in the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taiwan.[7] He managed to win the men's doubles gold medal partnering Kim Jae-hwan.[8]

Seo competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's doubles partnered with Choi Sol-gyu and in the mixed doubles with Chae Yoo-jung. He was eliminated in the group stage and quarter-finals respectively.[9]

Achievements

World Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark	Kang Min-hyuk	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	14–21, 21–15, 21–17	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark	Chae Yoo-jung	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	21–17, 10–21, 21–18	Gold

Asian Games

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China	Chae Yoo-jung	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	21–13, 15–21, 16–21	Bronze

Summer Universiade

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan	Kim Jae-hwan	Katsuki Tamate Kenya Mitsuhashi	21–12, 21–19	Gold

World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Choi Jong-woo	Huang Kaixiang Zheng Siwei	11–21, 13–21	Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	CPB Badminton Training Center, Bangkok, Thailand	Lin Guipu	16–21, 11–21	Silver

BWF World Tour (11 titles, 11 runners-up)

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

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Korea Masters	Super 300	Choi Sol-gyu	Po Li-wei Wang Chi-lin	21–12, 17–21, 21–18	Winner
2019	Spain Masters	Super 300	Kim Won-ho	Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin	8–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2019	Chinese Taipei Open	Super 300	Choi Sol-gyu	Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong	19–21, 21–15, 21–23	Runner-up
2019	Vietnam Open	Super 100	Choi Sol-gyu	Na Sung-seung Wang Chan	18–21, 21–16, 21–14	Winner
2019	Hong Kong Open	Super 500	Choi Sol-gyu	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	13–21, 21–12, 21–13	Winner
2019	Syed Modi International	Super 300	Choi Sol-gyu	He Jiting Tan Qiang	18–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2022	Korea Open	Super 500	Kang Min-hyuk	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	19–21, 21–15, 21–18	Winner
2023	German Open	Super 300	Kang Min-hyuk	Choi Sol-gyu Kim Won-ho	19–21, 21–18, 19–21	Runner-up
2023	Malaysia Masters	Super 500	Kang Min-hyuk	Man Wei Chong Tee Kai Wun	21–15, 22–24, 21–19	Winner
2023	Australian Open	Super 500	Kang Min-hyuk	Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi	21–17, 21–17	Winner

Mixed doubles

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

BWF Grand Prix (4 titles, 3 runners-up)

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.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Canada Open	Kim Won-ho	Peter Briggs Tom Wolfenden	20–22, 21–16, 19–21	Runner-up
2017	Macau Open	Kim Won-ho	Wahyu Nayaka Ade Yusuf	13–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2017	Korea Masters	Kim Won-ho	Jung Jae-wook Kim Gi-jung	21–15, 21–16	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Chinese Taipei Open	Kim Ha-na	Wang Chi-lin Lee Chia-hsin	22–20, 21–10	Winner
2017	U.S. Open	Kim Ha-na	Kim Won-ho Shin Seung-chan	16–21, 21–14, 21–11	Winner
2017	Macau Open	Kim Ha-na	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	14–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2017	Korea Masters	Kim Ha-na	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 (2 titles)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Norwegian International	Choi Sol-gyu	Mads Emil Christensen Kristoffer Knudsen	21–12, 21–13	Winner
2018	Irish Open	Choi Sol-gyu	Jack MacGregor Ciar Pringle	21–17, 21–12	Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

References

Lee, Seo-no (20 January 2015). "부안출신 서승재 태국주니어오픈 배드민턴선수권대회서 2관왕" (in Korean). Buan News. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
"Players: Seo Seung Jae". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
"'라이벌' 서승재·이준수 "올림픽 메달은 내가 딴다"" (in Korean). The Dong-a Ilbo. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
Choi, Man-shik (28 August 2023). "[배드민턴세계선수권] 서승재-강민혁도 '금메달!'…한국, 사상 첫 금 3개 '쾌거'" (in Korean). Chosun Ilbo. Archived from the original on 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
"Korea wins Sudirman Cup badminton final on Gold Coast". Gold Coast Bulletin. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
"[난징청소년올림픽] 펜싱-사격에서 은1, 동1개" (in Korean). No Cut News. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
"2017 타이페이 하계유니버시아드대회" (in Korean). Badminton Daily. 23 August 2017. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
Winters, Max (29 August 2017). "Hosts dominate badminton finals on penultimate day of Taipei 2017". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
"Badminton - Seo Seungjae". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
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.
Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

External links

Seo Seung-jae at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com

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[1] Lee, Seo-no (20 January 2015). "부안출신 서승재 태국주니어오픈 배드민턴선수권대회서 2관왕" (in Korean). Buan News. Retrieved 18 July 2017.

[2] "Players: Seo Seung Jae". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

[3] "'라이벌' 서승재·이준수 "올림픽 메달은 내가 딴다"" (in Korean). The Dong-a Ilbo. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

[4] Choi, Man-shik (28 August 2023). "[배드민턴세계선수권] 서승재-강민혁도 '금메달!'…한국, 사상 첫 금 3개 '쾌거'" (in Korean). Chosun Ilbo. Archived from the original on 31 August 2023. Retrieved 31 August 2023.

[5] "Korea wins Sudirman Cup badminton final on Gold Coast". Gold Coast Bulletin. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

[6] "[난징청소년올림픽] 펜싱-사격에서 은1, 동1개" (in Korean). No Cut News. Retrieved 30 May 2017.

[7] "2017 타이페이 하계유니버시아드대회" (in Korean). Badminton Daily. 23 August 2017. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2023.

[8] Winters, Max (29 August 2017). "Hosts dominate badminton finals on penultimate day of Taipei 2017". Inside the Games. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2023.

[9] "Badminton - Seo Seungjae". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.

[10] 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.

[11] Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.