Kim Hye-jeong


Kim Hye-jeong is a South Korean badminton player. She has shown her potential as a badminton player since she was young. Kim entered the regular training in the second grade of elementary school in Wanwol-dong, Masan, and was part of the school team that won the junior national championships in 2008. She twice won the German Junior Open in 2014 and 2015 in the girls' doubles event, and clinched two titles at the 2015 Thailand Open in the girls' and mixed doubles event. Kim was part of the national junior team that won the mixed team silver medal at the 2014 and 2015 Asian Junior Championships, and in the individual event, she claim the mixed doubles bronze in 2014, and 2015 silver and bronze medals in the girls' and mixed doubles event respectively. At the 2016 World Junior Championships, she finished in the semifinals, and settled for the bronze medal. Kim joined the MG Saemaeul team in 2016, and selected to join the national team in 2018.

Personal life

She was born in the badminton family. Her mother Chung So-young is the 1992 Olympic gold medalist and her father Kim Bum-shik, is a badminton coach.

Achievements

BWF World Junior Championships

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016Bilbao Arena, Bilbao, Spain

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015CPB Badminton Training Center, Bangkok, Thailand

BWF World Tour (9 titles, 6 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation. 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.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018U.S. OpenSuper 300

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 runner-up)

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2024Saipan International