An Se-young


An Se-young is a South Korean badminton player from Gwangju, who was awarded as 2019 Most Promising Player of the Year by the BWF. Korea’s News1 agency reported in 2017 that An Se Young is the first middle school student ever to qualify for Korea’s national badminton team. In 2018, she was selected to join the national team, became the first junior high school student in the Korean national team. She was part of the national junior team that clinched the mixed team title at the 2017 Asian Junior Championships. An later represented her country at the 2018 Uber Cup in Bangkok, and Asian Games in Jakarta, helps the team won a Uber Cup bronze. In 2019, she clinched the BWF World Tour title at the Super 300 New Zealand Open beat the 2012 Olympic gold medalists Li Xuerui of China in the final.
in the semi-final of 2019 Chinese Taipei Open

Achievements

BWF World Tour (5 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Women's singles
YearTournamentLevelOpponentScoreResult
2020Thailand MastersSuper 300 Akane Yamaguchi16–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2019Korea MastersSuper 300 Sung Ji-hyun21–13, 21–17 Winner
2019French Open Super 750 Carolina Marín16–21, 21–18, 21–5 Winner
2019Akita MastersSuper 100 Haruko Suzuki21–10, 17–21, 21–14 Winner
2019Hyderabad OpenSuper 100 Yeo Jia Min21–12, 17–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2019Canada OpenSuper 100 Wang Zhiyi21–15, 22–20 Winner
2019New Zealand OpenSuper 300 Li Xuerui21–19, 21–15 Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2019Vietnam International Hirari Mizui19–21, 11–21 Runner-up
2018Irish Open Kim Ga-eun26–24, 21–17 Winner
2018Indonesia International Shiori Saito12–21, 13–21 Runner-up

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 11 March 2020.