Yoo Yeon-seong

Not to be confused with Yoo Yong-sung.

In this Korean name, the family name is Yoo.

Yoo Yeon-seong (Korean pronunciation: [ju.jʌn.sʌŋ]; born 19 August 1986) is a South Korean professional badminton player.^[2]

Yoo Yeon-seong
Yoo Yeon-seong at the 2013 French Super Series.
Personal information
Country	South Korea
Born	(1986-08-19) 19 August 1986 (age 38) Jeongeup, Jeonbuk, South Korea
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	1 (MD with Lee Yong-dae 14 August 2014)[1] 11 (XD with Kim Min-jung)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  South Korea World Championships 2011 London Men's doubles 2014 Copenhagen Men's doubles 2015 Jakarta Men's doubles Sudirman Cup 2009 Guangzhou 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 2014 Incheon Men's doubles Asia Championships 2010 New Delhi Men's doubles 2014 Gimcheon Men's doubles 2015 Wuhan Men's doubles 2016 Wuhan Men's doubles 2009 Suwon Men's doubles 2009 Suwon Mixed doubles 2010 New Delhi Mixed doubles Asia Mixed Team Championships 2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team Asia Team Championships 2016 Hyderabad Men's team Summer Universiade 2007 Bangkok Mixed doubles World Junior Championships 2004 Richmond Mixed team 2004 Richmond Boys' doubles Asian Junior Championships 2004 Hwacheon Boys' doubles 2004 Hwacheon Mixed doubles 2004 Hwacheon Boys' team
BWF profile

Yoo Yeon-seong
Hangul	유연성
Hanja	柳延星
RR	Yu Yeonseong
MR	Yu Yŏnsŏng

He specializes in doubles events and was ranked as high as No. 2 worldwide with his former partner, Ko Sung-hyun.^[3] The two also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[4] For a long time he played mixed doubles with Kim Min-jung, but later switched partners to play with Chang Ye-na, starting in 2011. Starting in late 2013, his men's doubles partner was Lee Yong-dae. Together, they reached a world ranking of No.1 in August 2014.

Yoo was among 4 players reported to be retiring and hanging up his national team jersey after the Rio Olympics^[5] but during the Korea Open that September, it was revealed that he would be continuing to play on the national team after his partner Lee Yong-dae retired. Yoo said that he wants to spend more time with his family.^[6] After he and Lee won the Korea Open title, Yoo played an additional 9 international ranking events but his name was finally removed from the Korean national team list a few weeks after the 2017 Singapore Open.^[7]

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Wembley Arena, London, England	Ko Sung-hyun	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	22–24, 16–21	Silver
2014	Ballerup Super Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark	Lee Yong-dae	Ko Sung-hyun Shin Baek-cheol	20–22, 23–21, 18–21	Silver
2015	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Lee Yong-dae	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	17–21, 19–21	Bronze

Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Gyeyang Gymnasium, Incheon, South Korea	Lee Yong-dae	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	16–21, 21–16, 17–21	Silver

Asia Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Suwon Indoor Stadium, Suwon, South Korea	Ko Sung-hyun	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	18–21, 24–26	Silver
2010	Siri Fort Indoor Stadium, New Delhi, India	Cho Gun-woo	Chen Hung-ling Lin Yu-lang	21–19, 12–21, 21–17	Gold
2014	Gimcheon Indoor Stadium, Gimcheon, South Korea	Shin Baek-choel	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	22–20, 21–17	Gold
2015	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Lee Yong-dae	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	18–21, 24–22, 21–19	Gold
2016	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Lee Yong-dae	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	21–14, 28–26	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Suwon Indoor Stadium, Suwon, South Korea	Kim Min-jung	Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung	12–21, 15–21	Silver
2010	Siri Fort Indoor Stadium, New Delhi, India	Kim Min-jung	Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying	17–21, 22–20, 19–21	Silver

Summer Universiade

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Thammasat University, Pathum Thani, Thailand	Kim Min-jung	Fang Chieh-min Cheng Wen-hsing	21–19, 13–21, 21–17	Gold

World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Minoru Arena, Richmond, Canada	Jeon Jun-bum	Hoon Thien How Tan Boon Heong	10–15, 14–17	Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Hwacheon Indoor Stadium, Hwacheon, South Korea	Jeon Jun-bum	Jung Jung-young Lee Yong-dae	11–15, 3–15	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Hwacheon Indoor Stadium, Hwacheon, South Korea	Ha Jung-eun	Shen Ye Feng Chen	11–15, 6–15	Silver

BWF Superseries (19 titles, 10 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[8] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011,^[9] with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Swiss Open	Ko Sung-hyun	Koo Kean Keat Tan Boon Heong	21–18, 21–16	Winner
2010	China Masters	Ko Sung-hyun	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	14–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2010	Hong Kong Open	Ko Sung-hyun	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	21–19, 14–21, 23–21	Winner
2011	China Open	Ko Sung-hyun	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	17–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2012	India Open	Ko Sung-hyun	Bodin Isara Maneepong Jongjit	17–21, 21–14, 14–21	Runner-up
2012	Singapore Open	Ko Sung-hyun	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	20–22, 21–11, 6–21	Runner-up
2012	Denmark Open	Shin Baek-choel	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	19–21, 21–11, 21–19	Winner
2013	Denmark Open	Lee Yong-dae	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	21–19, 21–16	Winner
2013	China Open	Lee Yong-dae	Hoon Thien How Tan Wee Kiong	21–13, 21–12	Winner
2013	Hong Kong Open	Lee Yong-dae	Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang	12–21, 21–15, 21–18	Winner
2014	Japan Open	Lee Yong-dae	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	21–12, 26–24	Winner
2014	Indonesia Open	Lee Yong-dae	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	21–15, 21–17	Winner
2014	Australian Open	Lee Yong-dae	Lee Sheng-mu Tsai Chia-hsin	21–14, 21–18	Winner
2014	Denmark Open	Lee Yong-dae	Fu Haifeng Zhang Nan	13–21, 23–25	Runner-up
2014	China Open	Lee Yong-dae	Chai Biao Hong Wei	21–14, 21–15	Winner
2014	Dubai World Superseries Finals	Lee Yong-dae	Chai Biao Hong Wei	19–21, 21–19, 21–16	Winner
2015	Malaysia Open	Lee Yong-dae	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	21–14, 15–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2015	Australian Open	Lee Yong-dae	Liu Cheng Lu Kai	21–16, 21–17	Winner
2015	Japan Open	Lee Yong-dae	Fu Haifeng Zhang Nan	21–19, 29–27	Winner
2015	Korea Open	Lee Yong-dae	Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang	21–16, 21–12	Winner
2015	Denmark Open	Lee Yong-dae	Liu Cheng Lu Kai	21–8, 21–14	Winner
2015	French Open	Lee Yong-dae	Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding	21–14, 21–19	Winner
2015	Hong Kong Open	Lee Yong-dae	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	21–7, 18–21, 21–18	Winner
2016	Indonesia Open	Lee Yong-dae	Chai Biao Hong Wei	13–21, 21–13, 21–16	Winner
2016	Korea Open	Lee Yong-dae	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	15–21, 22–20, 21–18	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	China Masters	Jang Ye-na	Xu Chen Ma Jin	13–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2013	Singapore Open	Eom Hye-won	Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir	12–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2013	China Masters	Eom Hye-won	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei	18–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2014	China Open	Eom Hye-won	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei	25–23, 14–21, 18–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (12 titles, 5 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Vietnam Open	Jeon Jun-bum	Chew Choon Eng Hong Chieng Hun	21–19, 21–19	Winner
2010	Macau Open	Ko Sung-hyun	Hendra Aprida Gunawan Alvent Yulianto	21–17, 21–15	Winner
2010	Korea Grand Prix	Ko Sung-hyun	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	21–18, 18–21, 25–27	Runner-up
2011	Swiss Open	Ko Sung-hyun	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	21–17, 21–16	Winner
2011	Chinese Taipei Open	Ko Sung-hyun	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	23–21, 21–17	Winner
2011	Macau Open	Ko Sung-hyun	Chai Biao Guo Zhendong	19–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2011	Korea Grand Prix Gold	Ko Sung-hyun	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	21–15, 24–22	Winner
2013	Thailand Open	Shin Baek-cheol	Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov	18–21, 21–15, 21–14	Winner
2014	Korea Grand Prix	Lee Yong-dae	Ko Sung-hyun Shin Baek-cheol	21–18, 21–19	Winner
2016	German Open	Lee Yong-dae	Ko Sung-hyun Shin Baek-cheol	22–20, 18–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2016	China Masters	Lee Yong-dae	Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang	21–17, 21–14	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Vietnam Open	Lee Jung-mi	Kang Myeong-won Kang Joo-young	21–17, 17–21, 21–18	Winner
2010	Korea Grand Prix	Kim Min-jung	Choi Young-woo Eom Hye-won	21–15, 21–13	Winner
2011	Korea Grand Prix Gold	Jang Ye-na	Kim Ki-jung Jung Kyung-eun	21–17, 21–19	Winner
2012	Korea Grand Prix Gold	Jang Ye-na	Shin Baek-cheol Eom Hye-won	21–11, 18–21, 23–25	Runner-up
2013	Chinese Taipei Open	Eom Hye-won	Shin Baek-cheol Jang Ye-na	20–22, 21–12, 16–21	Runner-up
2013	Korea Grand Prix Gold	Jang Ye-na	Kang Ji-wook Choi Hye-in	21–13, 21–11	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 6 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2003	Hungarian International	Jeon Jun-bum	Hwang Ji-man Lee Jae-jin	12–15, 12–15	Runner-up
2006	Mongolian Satellite	Jeon Jun-bum	Kim Ki-jung Lee Jung-hwan	21–14, 21–14	Winner
2007	Vietnam International	Cho Gun-woo	Mohammad Ahsan Bona Septano	15–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2008	Korea International	Cho Gun-woo	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	16–21, 24–26	Runner-up
2009	Korea International	Ko Sung-hyun	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	19–21, 21–15, 15–21	Runner-up
2018	Dubai International	Kim Sang-soo	Lim Khim Wah Tarun Kona	21–16, 21–9	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Mongolian Satellite	Kim Min-jung	Lee Jung-hwan Yoo Hyun-young	21–13, 21–15	Winner
2007	Cheers Asian Satellite	Ha Jung-eun	Cho Gun-woo Kim Min-jung	19–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2007	Indonesia International	Kim Min-jung	Tontowi Ahmad Yulianti CJ	16–21, 21–15, 9–21	Runner-up
2018	Dubai International	Park So-young	Denis Grachev Ekaterina Bolotova	21–14, 17–21, 21–14	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

Record against selected opponents

Men's doubles results with Ko Sung-hyun against Super Series finalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists.^[10]

• Cai Yun & Fu Haifeng 1–7
• Chai Biao & Guo Zhendong 1-2
• Guo Zhendong & Xu Chen 2–0
• Fang Chieh-min & Lee Sheng-mu 3–1
• Mathias Boe & Carsten Mogensen 0–6
• Lars Påske & Jonas Rasmussen 1–1
• Jonas Rasmussen & Mads Conrad-Petersen 1–0
• Mohammad Ahsan & Bona Septano 5–1
• Alvent Yulianto Chandra & Hendra Aprida Gunawan 4–1
• Markis Kido & Hendra Setiawan 2–3
• Hirokatsu Hashimoto & Noriyasu Hirata 4–2
• Jung Jae-sung & Lee Yong-dae 4–4
• Cho Gun-woo & Shin Baek-cheol 1–0
• Choong Tan Fook & Lee Wan Wah 1–0
• Koo Kien Keat & Tan Boon Heong 6–1
• Adam Cwalina & Michał Łogosz 1–0
• Bodin Isara & Maneepong Jongjit 0–3
• Howard Bach & Tony Gunawan 3–1