Kim Hye-jeong

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Hye-jeong (Korean: 김혜정; born 3 January 1998) is a South Korean badminton player.^[1] She has shown her potential as a badminton player since she was young.^[2] 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.^[2][3] 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.^[4] 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.^[5][6] At the 2016 World Junior Championships, she finished in the semifinals, and settled for the bronze medal.^[7] Kim joined the MG Saemaeul team in 2016, and selected to join the national team in 2018.^[4]

Kim Hye-jeong
Personal information
Country	South Korea
Born	(1998-01-03) 3 January 1998 (age 27) Masan, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	3 (WD with Jeong Na-eun, 27 December 2022) 49 (XD with Kim Hwi-tae, 12 March 2019)
Current ranking	7 (WD with Kong Hee-yong) 26 (WD with Jeong Na-eun) (3 June 2025)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  South Korea Sudirman Cup 2023 Suzhou Mixed team 2025 Xiamen Mixed team Uber Cup 2022 Bangkok Women's team 2024 Chengdu Women's team Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Women's team World Junior Championships 2016 Bilbao Mixed doubles Asian Junior Championships 2014 Taipei Mixed team 2015 Bangkok Mixed doubles 2015 Bangkok Mixed team 2014 Taipei Mixed doubles 2015 Bangkok Girls' doubles
BWF profile

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.^[2][4]

Achievements

BWF World Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Bilbao Arena, Bilbao, Spain	Park Kyung-hoon	Zhou Haodong Hu Yuxiang	17–21, 18–21	Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	CPB Badminton Training Center, Bangkok, Thailand	Park Keun-hye	Du Yue Li Yinhui	21–18, 10–21, 19–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	CPB Badminton Training Center, Bangkok, Thailand	Choi Jong-woo	Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen	8–21, 12–21	Silver
2014	Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Kim Jae-hwan	Huang Kaixiang Chen Qingchen	9–21, 19–21	Bronze

BWF World Tour (8 titles, 4 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[8] 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.^[9]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	U.S. Open	Super 300	Kim So-yeong	Tang Jinhua Yu Xiaohan	21–18, 13–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2019	Singapore Open	Super 500	Kong Hee-yong	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	17–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2021	Indonesia Masters	Super 750	Jeong Na-eun	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	9–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2022	Korea Open	Super 500	Jeong Na-eun	Benyapa Aimsaard Nuntakarn Aimsaard	21–16, 21–12	Winner
2022	Japan Open	Super 750	Jeong Na-eun	Baek Ha-na Lee Yu-lim	23–21, 28–26	Winner
2023	Korea Masters	Super 300	Jeong Na-eun	Rui Hirokami Yuna Kato	21–12, 21–19	Winner
2024	Korea Open	Super 500	Jeong Na-eun	Pearly Tan Thinaah Muralitharan	21–12, 21–11	Winner
2024	Korea Masters	Super 300	Kong Hee-yong	Li Yijing Luo Xumin	21–14, 16–21, 21–18	Winner
2025	India Open	Super 750	Kong Hee-yong	Arisa Igarashi Ayako Sakuramoto	15–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2025	Indonesia Masters	Super 500	Kong Hee-yong	Pearly Tan Thinaah Muralitharan	21–12, 17–21, 21–18	Winner
2025	Orléans Masters	Super 300	Kong Hee-yong	Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee	21–18, 23–21	Winner
2025	Singapore Open	Super 750	Kong Hee-yong	Rin Iwanaga Kie Nakanishi	21–16, 21–14	Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 runner-up)

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2024	Saipan International	Kim Yu-jung	Kokona Ishikawa Mio Konegawa	19–21, 21–11, 18–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament