Ko Sung-hyun

In this Korean name, the family name is Ko.

Ko Sung-hyun (Korean: 고성현; Korean pronunciation: [ko.sʌŋ.ɦjʌŋ]; born 21 May 1987) is a South Korean badminton player affiliated with Gimcheon City Hall.^[2] He is a former world number 1 both in the men's and mixed doubles. Ko is a BWF World Champion, two time Badminton Asian Champion, and Asian Games gold medalist.^[1][3]

고성현 Ko Sung-hyun
Personal information
Country	South Korea
Born	(1987-05-21) 21 May 1987 (age 38) Goesan-gun, Chungbuk, South Korea[1]
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)[1]
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	1 (MD with Lee Yong-dae 30 May 2013) 1 (XD with Kim Ha-na 22 September 2016)
Current ranking	76 (MD with Shin Baek-cheol), 16 (XD with Eom Hye-won) (29 November 2022)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  South Korea World Championships 2014 Copenhagen Men's doubles 2011 London Men's doubles 2010 Paris Mixed doubles Sudirman Cup 2013 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team 2011 Qingdao Mixed team 2015 Dongguan Mixed team Thomas Cup 2012 Wuhan Men's team 2016 Kunshan Men's team Asian Games 2014 Incheon Men's team 2010 Guangzhou Men's team Asian Championships 2013 Taipei Men's doubles 2013 Taipei Mixed doubles 2009 Suwon Men's doubles 2016 Wuhan Mixed doubles Asia Team Championships 2016 Hyderabad Men's team Summer Universiade 2013 Kazan Men's doubles 2013 Kazan Mixed team 2015 Gwangju Mixed team
BWF profile

Ko Sung-hyun
Hangul	고성현
Hanja	高成炫
RR	Go Seonghyeon
MR	Ko Sŏnghyŏn

Ko started to get the attention of the World and Korean badminton when he won the bronze medal at the 2010 World Championships partnered with Ha Jung-eun.^[4] Competed in the men's doubles with Yoo Yeon-seong, Ko have achieved several milestones, including won the silver medals at the 2009 Asian and 2011 World Championships, reached a career high as world number 2 at the BWF world ranking. Ko and Yoo ended their partnerships after participating in 2012 London Olympics.^[5] Ko then topped the men's doubles BWF world ranking partnered with Lee Yong-dae in May 2013. Ko and Lee were a gold medalists at the 2013 Asian Championships and Summer Universiade.^[6][7]

Teamed-up with Shin Baek-cheol, Ko won the gold medal at the 2014 World Championships.^[8] Together with Kim Ha-na, Ko clinched the 2013 Asian Championships title and won his first Superseries title in the mixed doubles at the 2014 Australian Open.^[9] Ko and Kim participated at the 2016 Rio Olympics, reaching in to the quarter finals stage, and occupied the mixed doubles world number 1 in September 2016.^[10]

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Wembley Arena, London, England	Yoo Yeon-seong	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	22–24, 16–21	Silver
2014	Ballerup Super Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark	Shin Baek-cheol	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	22–20, 21–23, 21–18	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Paris, France	Ha Jung-eun	Zheng Bo Ma Jin	21–15, 11–21, 16–21	Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Suwon Indoor Stadium, Suwon, South Korea	Yoo Yeon-seong	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	18–21, 24–26	Silver
2013	Taipei Arena, Taipei, Taiwan	Lee Yong-dae	Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang	21–13, 22–20	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Taipei Arena, Taipei, Taiwan	Kim Ha-na	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei	22–20, 21–17	Gold
2016	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Kim Ha-na	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei	19–21, 11–21	Bronze

Summer Universiade

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Tennis Academy, Kazan, Russia	Lee Yong-dae	Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov	13–21, 21–13, 21–13	Gold

BWF World Tour (7 titles, 3 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[11] 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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[12]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Vietnam Open	Super 100	Shin Baek-cheol	Lee Sheng-mu Yang Po-hsuan	22–20, 21–18	Winner
2018	Indonesia Masters	Super 100	Shin Baek-cheol	Chang Ko-chi Lu Chia-pin	21–23, 13–21	Runner-up
2018	Macau Open	Super 300	Shin Baek-cheol	Kim Gi-jung Lee Yong-dae	21–17, 13–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2019	Australian Open	Super 300	Shin Baek-cheol	Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda	21–11, 21–17	Winner
2019	U.S. Open	Super 300	Shin Baek-cheol	Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin	21–13, 17–21, 6–3 retired	Winner
2021	French Open	Super 750	Shin Baek-cheol	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	21–17, 22–20	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Korea Masters	Super 300	Eom Hye-won	Choi Sol-gyu Shin Seung-chan	21–12, 15–21, 21–18	Winner
2019	Canada Open	Super 100	Eom Hye-won	Guo Xinwa Zhang Shuxian	21–19, 21–19	Winner
2019	Akita Masters	Super 100	Eom Hye-won	Kyohei Yamashita Naru Shinoya	21–10, 21–17	Winner
2022	Korea Open	Super 500	Eom Hye-won	Tan Kian Meng Lai Pei Jing	15–21, 18–21	Runner-up

BWF Superseries (11 titles, 16 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[13] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.^[14] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Ko (left) with his partner in the mixed doubles Kim Ha-na.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Swiss Open	Yoo Yeon-seong	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	21–18, 21–16	Winner
2010	China Masters	Yoo Yeon-seong	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	14–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2010	Hong Kong Open	Yoo Yeon-seong	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	21–19, 14–21, 23–21	Winner
2011	China Open	Yoo Yeon-seong	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	17–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2012	India Open	Yoo Yeon-seong	Bodin Isara Maneepong Jongjit	17–21, 21–14, 14–21	Runner-up
2012	Singapore Open	Yoo Yeon-seong	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	20–22, 21–11, 6–21	Runner-up
2012	French Open	Lee Yong-dae	Bodin Isara Maneepong Jongjit	22–24, 21–17, 21–11	Winner
2012	China Open	Lee Yong-dae	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	15–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2013	Korea Open	Lee Yong-dae	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	19–21, 21–13, 21–10	Winner
2013	India Open	Lee Yong-dae	Liu Xiaolong Qiu Zihan	20–22, 18–21	Runner-up
2013	Indonesia Open	Lee Yong-dae	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	14–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2013	Singapore Open	Lee Yong-dae	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	15–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2013	China Masters	Lee Yong-dae	Hiroyuki Endo Kenichi Hayakawa	25–23, 21–19	Winner
2015	Indonesia Open	Shin Baek-cheol	Fu Haifeng Zhang Nan	21–16, 16–21, 21–19	Winner
2016	Japan Open	Kim Gi-jung	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	12–21, 12–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	All England Open	Ha Jung-eun	He Hanbin Yu Yang	21–13, 15–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2013	India Open	Kim Ha-na	Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir	16–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2014	India Open	Kim Ha-na	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen	16–21, 21–18, 18–21	Runner-up
2014	Australian Open	Kim Ha-na	Michael Fuchs Birgit Michels	21–16, 21–17	Winner
2015	Denmark Open	Kim Ha-na	Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir	20–22, 21–18, 21–9	Winner
2015	French Open	Kim Ha-na	Praveen Jordan Debby Susanto	21–10, 15–21, 21–19	Winner
2015	Dubai World Superseries Finals	Kim Ha-na	Chris Adcock Gabby Adcock	14–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2016	Singapore Open	Kim Ha-na	Xu Chen Ma Jin	21–17, 21–14	Winner
2016	Indonesia Open	Kim Ha-na	Xu Chen Ma Jin	15–21, 21–16, 13–21	Runner-up
2016	Japan Open	Kim Ha-na	Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen	10–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2016	Korea Open	Kim Ha-na	Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen	21–14, 21–19	Winner
2016	French Open	Kim Ha-na	Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen	16–21, 15–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (18 titles, 7 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
2007	Vietnam Open	Kwon Yi-goo	Cho Gun-woo Kang Myeong-won	21–17, 21–12	Winner
2010	Macau Open	Yoo Yeon-seong	Hendra Aprida Gunawan Alvent Yulianto	21–17, 21–15	Winner
2010	Korea Grand Prix	Yoo Yeon-seong	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	21–18, 18–21, 25–27	Runner-up
2011	Swiss Open	Yoo Yeon-seong	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	21–17, 21–16	Winner
2011	U.S. Open	Lee Yong-dae	Howard Bach Tony Gunawan	21–9, 21–19	Winner
2011	Canada Open	Lee Yong-dae	Liu Xiaolong Qiu Zihan	21–18, 21–16	Winner
2011	Chinese Taipei Open	Yoo Yeon-seong	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	23–21, 21–17	Winner
2011	Macau Open	Yoo Yeon-seong	Chai Biao Guo Zhendong	19–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2011	Korea Grand Prix Gold	Yoo Yeon-seong	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	21–15, 24–22	Winner
2012	Korea Grand Prix Gold	Lee Yong-dae	Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang	21–12, 21–11	Winner
2012	India Grand Prix Gold	Lee Yong-dae	Kang Ji-wook Lee Sang-joon	21–13, 21–19	Winner
2013	Swiss Open	Lee Yong-dae	Chai Biao Hong Wei	14–21, 21–18, 14–21	Runner-up
2013	Korea Grand Prix Gold	Shin Baek-cheol	Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang	15–21, 21–18, 23–25	Runner-up
2014	Korea Grand Prix	Shin Baek-cheol	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	18–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2015	Korea Masters	Shin Baek-cheol	Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang	21–16, 18–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2015	Macau Open	Shin Baek-cheol	Berry Angriawan Rian Agung Saputro	22–20, 21–14	Winner
2016	German Open	Shin Baek-cheol	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	20–22, 21–18, 21–17	Winner
2016	New Zealand Open	Shin Baek-cheol	Angga Pratama Ricky Karanda Suwardi	21–18, 21–14	Winner
2016	Korea Masters	Kim Jae-hwan	Lee Jhe-huei Lee Yang	21–19, 21–18	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Chinese Taipei Open	Eom Hye-won	Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir	24–22, 16–21, 21–17	Winner
2014	German Open	Kim Ha-na	Robert Blair Imogen Bankier	15–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2015	Chinese Taipei Open	Kim Ha-na	Shin Baek-cheol Chae Yoo-jung	21–16, 21–18	Winner
2015	Korea Masters	Kim Ha-na	Shin Baek-cheol Chae Yoo-jung	19–21, 21–17, 21–19	Winner
2016	German Open	Kim Ha-na	Shin Baek-cheol Chae Yoo-jung	21–19, 21–12	Winner
2016	Korea Masters	Kim Ha-na	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai	21–19, 21–16	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 2 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Korea International	Kwon Yi-goo	Hong In-pyo Choi Min-ho	21–10, 21–13	Winner
2008	Osaka International	Kwon Yi-goo	Keishi Kawaguchi Naoki Kawamae	21–11, 21–16	Winner
2009	Korea International	Yoo Yeon-seong	Lee Yong-dae Jung Jae-sung	19–21, 21–15, 15–21	Runner-up
2012	India International	Lee Yong-dae	Cho Gun-woo Kim Dae-eun	21–11, 21–10	Winner
2018	Malaysia International	Shin Baek-cheol	Lin Shang-kai Tseng Min-hao	21–18, 30–29	Winner
2019	Osaka International	Shin Baek-cheol	Kang Min-hyuk Kim Jae-hwan	21–13, 21–16	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Korea International	Ha Jung-eun	Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung	14–21, 21–15, 9–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament