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Seo Seung-jae
Personal information
CountrySouth Korea
Born (1997-09-04) 4 September 1997 (age 27)
Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, South Korea
ResidenceBuan, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea[1]
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
HandednessLeft
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking2 (MD with Kang Min-hyuk, 20 February 2024)
7 (MD with Choi Sol-gyu, 19 November 2019)
2 (XD with Chae Yoo-jung, 12 March 2024)
5 (XD with Kim Ha-na, 17 May 2018)
Current ranking5 (MD with Kang Min-hyuk)
4 (XD with Chae Yoo-jung) (27 August 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  South Korea
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Copenhagen Men's doubles
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 2021 Vantaa Mixed team
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Men's team
Asia Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Ningbo Mixed doubles
Asia Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Alor Setar Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Selangor Men's team
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2017 Taipei Men's doubles
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Bangkok Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Chiba Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Bangkok Boys' doubles
Asian Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Kota Kinabalu Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Taipei Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Bangkok Boys' singles
Silver medal – second place 2015 Bangkok Mixed team
BWF profile

Seo Seung-jae (Korean서승재; 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

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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 with 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] After the Olympics, Seo played at the Sudirman Cup and the Thomas Cup, where Korea did not get any medal in both events. He only played two BWF World Tour tournaments in 2021, the Indonesia Masters and Indonesia Open.[10]

In 2022, Seo officially started a new partnership with his junior Kang Min-hyuk. The duo immediately caught attention by winning the Korea Open, defeating higher-ranked pairs such as Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan, and their final opponent Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto in the journey.[11] The duo also won all their matches in the Thomas Cup. However, Seo and Kang saw their results fluctuate throughout 2022, with notable early exits at the Japan Open, Malaysia Open, and the French Open.[12] Seo resumed playing mixed doubles with Chae Yoo-jung at the Indonesia Masters as semi-finalists.[12] The Seo and Chae combination became champions at the Australian Open over teammates Jeong Na-eun and Kim Won-ho,[13] as well as semi-finalists at the Indonesia Open and quarter-finalists at the World Championships.[12]

2023 was Seo's breakthrough year. He won the World Championships in both mixed doubles and men's doubles with his first victory over the world number 1 Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong in mixed doubles, as well as overcoming home favorites Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen in men's doubles.[14] He also secured his first ever Super 1000 title at the China Open with a second consecutive victory over Zheng and Huang at the quarter-finals.[15] Thanks to his achievements, Seo was awarded the Male Player of the Year for 2023.[16] He completed the year with his first ever World Tour Finals title, this time from men's doubles, after winning against reigning world number 1 Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang.[17]

Achievements

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World Championships

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Men's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

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

Asian Games

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Mixed doubles

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

Asian Championships

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Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2024 Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium,
Ningbo, China
South Korea Chae Yoo-jung China Feng Yanzhe
China Huang Dongping
21–13, 15–21, 14–21 Silver Silver

Summer Universiade

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Men's doubles

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

World Junior Championships

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Boys' doubles

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

Asian Junior Championships

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Boys' singles

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

BWF World Tour (15 titles, 15 runners-up)

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The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[18] 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.[19]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Korea Masters Super 300 South Korea Choi Sol-gyu Chinese Taipei Po Li-wei
Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin
21–12, 17–21, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Spain Masters Super 300 South Korea Kim Won-ho Chinese Taipei Lee Yang
Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin
8–21, 21–23 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Chinese Taipei Open Super 300 South Korea Choi Sol-gyu Malaysia Goh V Shem
Malaysia Tan Wee Kiong
19–21, 21–15, 21–23 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Vietnam Open Super 100 South Korea Choi Sol-gyu South Korea Na Sung-seung
South Korea Wang Chan
18–21, 21–16, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Hong Kong Open Super 500 South Korea Choi Sol-gyu Indonesia Mohammad Ahsan
Indonesia Hendra Setiawan
13–21, 21–12, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Syed Modi International Super 300 South Korea Choi Sol-gyu China He Jiting
China Tan Qiang
18–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Korea Open Super 500 South Korea Kang Min-hyuk Indonesia Fajar Alfian
Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto
19–21, 21–15, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 German Open Super 300 South Korea Kang Min-hyuk South Korea Choi Sol-gyu
South Korea Kim Won-ho
19–21, 21–18, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Malaysia Masters Super 500 South Korea Kang Min-hyuk Malaysia Man Wei Chong
Malaysia Tee Kai Wun
21–15, 22–24, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Australian Open Super 500 South Korea Kang Min-hyuk Japan Takuro Hoki
Japan Yugo Kobayashi
21–17, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals South Korea Kang Min-hyuk China Liang Weikeng
China Wang Chang
21–17, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2024 India Open Super 750 South Korea Kang Min-hyuk India Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
India Chirag Shetty
15–21, 21–11, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2024 Japan Open Super 750 South Korea Kang Min-hyuk Malaysia Goh Sze Fei
Malaysia Nur Izzuddin
19–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2024 Korea Open Super 500 South Korea Kang Min-hyuk Indonesia Leo Rolly Carnando
Indonesia Bagas Maulana
21–18, 9–21, 8–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2024 Hong Kong Open Super 500 South Korea Kang Min-hyuk Indonesia Sabar Karyaman Gutama
Indonesia Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani
21–13, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 New Zealand Open Super 300 South Korea Chae Yoo-jung Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin
Chinese Taipei Lee Chia-hsin
19–21, 21–14, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Australian Open Super 300 South Korea Chae Yoo-jung Malaysia Chan Peng Soon
Malaysia Goh Liu Ying
21–12, 23–21 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 French Open Super 750 South Korea Chae Yoo-jung China Zheng Siwei
China Huang Yaqiong
19–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Spain Masters Super 300 South Korea Chae Yoo-jung Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin
Chinese Taipei Cheng Chi-ya
21–18, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 German Open Super 300 South Korea Chae Yoo-jung Indonesia Hafiz Faizal
Indonesia Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja
21–17, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Chinese Taipei Open Super 300 South Korea Chae Yoo-jung Hong Kong Tang Chun Man
Hong Kong Tse Ying Suet
18–21, 10–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2020 (II) Thailand Open Super 1000 South Korea Chae Yoo-jung Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Thailand Sapsiree Taerattanachai
16–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2020 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals South Korea Chae Yoo-jung Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Thailand Sapsiree Taerattanachai
18–21, 21–8, 8–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Australian Open Super 300 South Korea Chae Yoo-jung South Korea Kim Won-ho
South Korea Jeong Na-eun
21–9, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Thailand Masters Super 300 South Korea Chae Yoo-jung China Feng Yanzhe
China Huang Dongping
21–18, 15–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 All England Open Super 1000 South Korea Chae Yoo-jung China Zheng Siwei
China Huang Yaqiong
16–21, 21–16, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 China Open Super 1000 South Korea Chae Yoo-jung France Thom Gicquel
France Delphine Delrue
21–19, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Korea Masters Super 300 South Korea Chae Yoo-jung China Jiang Zhenbang
China Wei Yaxin
21–14, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 China Masters Super 750 South Korea Chae Yoo-jung China Zheng Siwei
China Huang Yaqiong
10–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2024 French Open Super 750 South Korea Chae Yoo-jung China Feng Yanzhe
China Huang Dongping
16–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (4 titles, 3 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.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Canada Open South Korea Kim Won-ho England Peter Briggs
England Tom Wolfenden
20–22, 21–16, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Macau Open South Korea Kim Won-ho Indonesia Wahyu Nayaka
Indonesia Ade Yusuf
13–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Korea Masters South Korea Kim Won-ho South Korea Jung Jae-wook
South Korea Kim Gi-jung
21–15, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Chinese Taipei Open South Korea Kim Ha-na Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin
Chinese Taipei Lee Chia-hsin
22–20, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 U.S. Open South Korea Kim Ha-na South Korea Kim Won-ho
South Korea Shin Seung-chan
16–21, 21–14, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Macau Open South Korea Kim Ha-na China Zheng Siwei
China Huang Yaqiong
14–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2017 Korea Masters South Korea Kim Ha-na South Korea Choi Sol-gyu
South Korea Chae Yoo-jung
17–21, 21–13, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles)

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Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Norwegian International South Korea Choi Sol-gyu Denmark Mads Emil Christensen
Denmark Kristoffer Knudsen
21–12, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Irish Open South Korea Choi Sol-gyu Scotland Jack MacGregor
Scotland Ciar Pringle
21–17, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

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