Sung Ji-hyun (Korean: 성지현; Hanja: 成池鉉; born 29 July 1991) is a South Korean badminton player from Seoul. She is an Asian Championship gold medalist, a two-time Summer Universiade gold medalist, and a World Championship bronze medalist. She was also part of South Korean teams that won the 2010 Uber Cup, 2017 Sudirman Cup, as well the team event at the 2013 and 2015 Summer Universiade.^[1][2] She competed at the 2010, 2014 and 2018 Asian Games, and at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.^[3] Sung is married to compatriot men's singles player, Son Wan-ho.^[4] She coaches An Se-young.^[5]

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Sung Ji-hyun 성지현 成池鉉
Personal information
Country	South Korea
Born	(1991-07-29) 29 July 1991 (age 32)[1] Seoul, South Korea
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight	56 kg (123 lb; 8.8 st)[1]
Years active	since 2009
Handedness	Right
Women's singles
Career record	384 wins, 207 losses
Highest ranking	2 (16 March 2017)
Current ranking	100 (18 October 2022)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  South Korea World Championships 2015 Jakarta Women's singles Sudirman Cup 2017 Gold Coast Mixed team 2013 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team 2011 Qingdao Mixed team 2015 Dongguan Mixed team Uber Cup 2010 Kuala Lumpur Women's team 2012 Wuhan Women's team 2016 Kunshan Women's team 2014 New Delhi Women's team 2018 Bangkok Women's team Asian Games 2014 Incheon Women's team 2010 Guangzhou Women's team Asian Championships 2014 Gimcheon Women's singles 2016 Wuhan Women's singles 2018 Wuhan Women's singles Asia Mixed Team Championships 2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team Asia Team Championships 2020 Manila Women's team 2016 Hyderabad Women's team 2018 Alor Setar Women's team Summer Universiade 2013 Kazan Women's singles 2013 Kazan Mixed team 2015 Gwangju Women's singles 2015 Gwangju Mixed team World Junior Championships 2007 Waitakere City Mixed team 2008 Pune Mixed team Asian Junior Championships 2008 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
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Sung went into badminton following the path of her parents Sung Han-kook and Kim Yun-ja who both competed internationally in the 1980s.^[6]

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She won the Korea Grand Prix Gold title in 2011. Unlike most South Korean badminton players Sung has focused on singles and in December 2011 she received a career high ranking of number seven in the world in that discipline.^[2]

In 2012, Sung's performances at Super Series event improved, and she reached semifinals in the Indonesia Open, Singapore Open and Japan Open. She was seeded 8th at the 2012 Olympics. However, she lost to Yip Pui Yin and did not make it past the group stage. She defended her Korea Grand Prix title at the end of the year.

Sung won her first Super Series Premier title early in 2013 at her hometown, at the Korea Open. This propelled her ranking up to world no.5, the highest of her career. Sung reached the semi-finals at the All England, losing to eventual winner Tine Baun in a match that lasted for 76 minutes, with a final score of 22–24, 21–19, 19–21. She later won the 2013 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold against Tai Tzu-ying, 21–16, 21–9. Then, she reached the finals of 2013 Denmark Super Series Premier losing to Wang Yihan in 21–16, 18–21, 20–22. In 2013 Korea Open Grand Prix Gold, she went up against compatriot Bae Youn-joo and she was beaten in 3 sets, 21–19, 15–21, 21–9.

At the 2014 German Open Grand Prix Gold, she reached the final which Sayaka Takahashi won, 21–17, 8–21, 21–12. At the 2014 Badminton Asia Championships, she became the first South Korean in 10 years to win the title, beating 1st seeded Wang Shixian 21–19, 21–15. At the 2014 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold, she won 21–13, 21–18 against Liu Xin. She qualified for the Dubai 2014 BWF Super Series Masters Finals and lost to Tai Tzu-ying in the final, 17–21, 12–21.

She won the 2015 German Open Grand Prix Gold beating Carolina Marín 21–15, 14–21, 21–6. In 2017, she helped the South Korean national team to win the world team championships at the 2017 Sudirman Cup.^[7]

She coaches An Se-young.^[5]

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists. Accurate as of 21 January 2021.^[12]

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Players Matches Results Difference Won Lost Petya Nedelcheva 3 2 1 +1 Chen Yufei 11 1 10 –9 He Bingjiao 10 5 5 0 Li Xuerui 14 1 13 –12 Wang Lin 2 1 1 0 Wang Shixian 12 5 7 –2 Wang Xin 7 3 4 –1 Wang Yihan 15 3 12 –9 Zhang Yiman 1 1 0 +1 Cheng Shao-chieh 2 2 0 +2 Tai Tzu-ying 28 9 19 –10 Tine Baun 7 1 6 –5 Pi Hongyan 3 1 2 –1 Juliane Schenk 7 3 4 –1

Players Matches Results Difference Won Lost Yip Pui Yin 11 8 3 +5 Zhou Mi 2 1 1 0 Saina Nehwal 12 3 9 –6 P. V. Sindhu 17 8 9 –1 Lindaweni Fanetri 6 5 1 +4 Minatsu Mitani 8 7 1 +6 Nozomi Okuhara 10 4 6 –2 Akane Yamaguchi 10 5 5 0 Wong Mew Choo 1 1 0 +1 An Se-young 5 3 2 +1 Bae Yeon-ju 7 3 4 –1 Carolina Marín 9 1 8 –7 Porntip Buranaprasertsuk 12 9 3 +6 Ratchanok Intanon 23 10 13 –3

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