Ha Jung-eun


Ha Jung-eun is a women's and mixed doubles badminton player from South Korea. Ha was competed at the 2006, 2010 Asian Games, 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. Together with the Korean national women's team, they won the Uber Cup in 2010. At the same year, she won the bronze medal at the World Championships in the mixed doubles event.

Career

Ha was competed at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Richmond, Canada, reached the semi finals round in the girs' singles and doubles event. At the 2004 and 2005 Asian Junior Championships, she achieved the best result by winning the 2005 mixed doubles title partnered with Lee Yong-dae. Ha junior was selected to join at the Korean national women's team, compete at the 2004 Uber Cup in Jakarta Indonesia. The team finished as the runner-up losing to China with the score 3–1.
In 2010, Ha with her women's doubles partner, Lee Kyung-won, became the semi-finalists in Korea Open Super Series, and with Ko Sung-hyun in the mixed event, they only reached the quarter-finals. In All England, Ha and Ko suffered a first-round defeat to Zheng Bo and Ma Jin of China 17–21 and 12–21. Meanwhile, Ha and Lee, seeded seventh, vanquished Indonesia's Shendy Puspa Irawati and Nitya Krishinda Maheswari in straight sets, 21–18 and 21–18, before bowing out to Chinese third seeds, Cheng Shu and Zhao Yunlei in the semi-finals.
The next week's tournament in Switzerland brought unsatisfying result for Ha and Ko as they lost to the eventual finalists and their countrymen, Shin Baek-cheol and Yoo Hyun-young, in a tough three-setter, 21–19, 9–21, 19–21. However, in the women's event, Ha and Lee succeeded to their third semi-final of 2010, edging fourth-seeded Petya Nedeltcheva and Anastasia Russkikh out with a 21–17 and 21–11 win. Ha and Lee fought hard in the semi-final but finally lost 21–13, 19–21, and 20–22 to Miyuki Maeda and Satoko Suetsuna of Japan. Ha played for the Korean Uber Cup team on May 9–16. She and Lee Kyung-won defeated Yu Yang and Du Jing of China in the final 19–21, 21–14, and 21–19, giving the first Uber Cup for Korea.
In 2011, Ha paired up with Lee Yong-dae again and they won the U.S. Open Grand Prix Gold title in July. In the women's doubles event, she also won the Grand Prix Gold title in Swiss, U.S., and Chinese Taipei partnered with Kim Min-jung. She and Kim was qualified at the Superseries Finals, and finished in the second place after losing a match to Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Ha and her partner Kim Min-jung, along with Jung Kyung-eun and Kim Ha-na of South Korea, Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang of China, and Meiliana Jauhari and Greysia Polii of Indonesia were disqualified from the competition for "not using one's best efforts to win a match" and "conducting oneself in a manner that is clearly abusive or detrimental to the sport" following matches the previous evening during which they were accused of trying to lose in order to manipulate the draw. Ha and her partner Kim Min-jung played against Indonesia's Meiliana Jauhari and Greysia Polii. It is suspected that the Koreans emulated China so to avoid playing against another Korean team in the semi-finals; the Korean head coach Sung Han-kook said "Because they don't want to play the semi-final against each other, so we did the same. We didn't want to play the South Korean team again". South Korea filed an appeal to the case, but it was rejected by the Badminton World Federation.

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010Stade Pierre de Coubertin,
Paris, France
Ko Sung-hyun Zheng Bo
Ma Jin
21–15, 11–21, 16–21 Bronze

World Cup

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2005Olympic Park, Yiyang, China Kim Min-jung Wei Yili
Zhang Yawen
11–21, 13–21 Bronze

Asian Games

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010Tianhe Gymnasium,
Guangzhou, China
Lee Kyung-won Wang Xiaoli
Yu Yang
17–21, 14–21 Bronze

Asian Championships

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2011Sichuan Gymnasium,
Chengdu, China
Kim Min-jung Tian Qing
Zhao Yunlei
15–21, 21–19, 17–21 Bronze

World Junior Championships

Girls' singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2004 Minoru Arena,
Richmond, Canada
Cheng Shao-chieh4–11, 2–11 Bronze

Girls' doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2004 Minoru Arena,
Richmond, Canada
Oh Seul-ki Feng Chen
Pan Pan
10–15, 9–15 Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2005Tennis Indoor Senayan,
Jakarta, Indonesia
Hong Soo-jung Cheng Shu
Liao Jingmei
15–11, 12–15, 5–15 Silver
2004Hwacheon Indoor Stadium,
Hwacheon, South Korea
Oh Seul-ki Ding Jiao
Zhao Yunlei
6–15, 12–15 Bronze

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2005Tennis Indoor Senayan,
Jakarta, Indonesia
Lee Yong-dae Zhang Wei
Liao Jingmei
11–15, 15–8, 15–2 Gold
2004Hwacheon Indoor Stadium,
Hwacheon, South Korea
Yoo Yeon-seong Shen Ye
Feng Chen
11–15, 6–15 Silver

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. 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, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2012Malaysia Open Kim Min-jung Christinna Pedersen
Kamilla Rytter Juhl
19–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2012Korea Open Kim Min-jung Tian Qing
Zhao Yunlei
18–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2011Superseries Finals Kim Min-jung Wang Xiaoli
Yu Yang
8–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2011Singapore Open Kim Min-jung Tian Qing
Zhao Yunlei
13–21, 16–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2012Korea Open Lee Yong-dae Xu Chen
Ma Jin
12–21, 21–19, 10–21 Runner-up
2009All England Open Ko Sung-hyun He Hanbin
Yu Yang
21–13, 15–21, 9–21 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2011Chinese Taipei Open Kim Min-jung Meiliana Jauhari
Greysia Polii
17–21, 21–18, 2–0 Retired Winner
2011U.S. Open Kim Min-jung Jung Kyung-eun
Kim Ha-na
14–21, 22–20, 21–18 Winner
2011Swiss Open Kim Min-jung Jung Kyung-eun
Kim Ha-na
21–12, 21–13 Winner
2011German Open Kim Min-jung Mizuki Fujii
Reika Kakiiwa
6–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2003U.S. Open Lee Eun-woo Yoshiko Iwata
Miyuki Tai
5–15, 4–15 Runner-up

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2012German Open Lee Yong-dae Thomas Laybourn
Kamilla Rytter Juhl
9–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2011U.S. Open Lee Yong-dae Chen Hung-ling
Cheng Wen-hsing
21–19, 21–13 Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series/Satellite

Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2003Canadian International Lee Eun-woo2–11, 11–7, 1–11 Runner-up
2003Hungarian International Susan Hughes4–11, 4–11 Runner-up

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2009Korea International Lee Kyung-won Yoo Hyun-young
Jung Kyung-eun
19–21, 10–21 Runner-up
2008Korea International Kim Min-jung Jang Ye-na
Kim Mi-young
21–15, 21–14 Winner
2008Osaka International Kim Min-jung Kumiko Ogura
Reiko Shiota
22–20, 8–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2007Canadian International Hwang Yu-mi Joo Hyun-hee
Oh Seul-ki
21–16, 21–7 Winner
2007Cheers Asian Satellite Kim Min-jung Richi Puspita Dili
Yulianti CJ
21–18, 21–12 Winner
2007Vietnam International Kim Min-jung Richi Puspita Dili
Yulianti CJ
17–21, 21–9, 16–21 Runner-up
2005Cheers Asian Satellite Kim Min-jung Jiang Yanmei
Li Yujia
3–15, 1–15 Runner-up
2005Surabaya Satellite Kim Min-jung Nitya Krishinda Maheswari
Nadya Melati
15–13, 15–0 Winner
2005Mongolian Satellite Oh Seul-ki Tao Xiaolan
Wu Bei
Runner-up
2005Vietnam Satellite Oh Seul-ki Kang Hae-won
Kim Min-jung
15–6, 7–15, 15–5 Runner-up
2005Canadian International Oh Seul-ki Jun Woul-sik
Ra Kyung-min
5–15, 9–15 Runner-up
2003Canadian International Lee Eun-woo Jang Soo-young
Kim Mi-young
1–15, 17–16, 15–9 Winner
2003Norwegian International Oh Seul-ki Jang Soo-young
Kim Mi-young
15–6, 15–2 Winner

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2009Korea International Ko Sung-hyun Lee Yong-dae
Lee Hyo-jung
14–21, 21–15, 9–21 Runner-up
2008Osaka International Kwon Yi-goo Noriyasu Hirata
Shizuka Matsuo
24–22, 21–13 Winner
2007Cheers Asian Satellite Yoo Yeon-seong Cho Gun-woo
Kim Min-jung
19–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2005Cheers Asian Satellite Lee Yong-dae Hendri Kurniawan Saputra
Li Yujia
6–15, 8–15 Runner-up
2005Mongolian Satellite Lee Yong-dae Wang Wei
Tao Xiaolan
15–7, 15–11 Winner
2005Vietnam Satellite Jeon Jun-bum Hwang Ji-man
Oh Seul-ki
15–7, 6–15, 12–15 Runner-up
2005Canadian International Kang Kyung-jin Han Sung-wook
Joo Hyun-hee
15–12, 15–13 Winner