Chae Yoo-jung (Korean: 채유정; Hanja: 蔡侑玎; born 9 May 1995) is a South Korean badminton player who affiliated with Incheon International Airport team. She is the daughter of former singles player Kim Bok-sun.[1] She won the mixed doubles title at the 2023 World Championships.[2] Chae was a part of the Korean national team that won the world mixed team championships at the 2017 Sudirman Cup.[3]
| Chae Yoo-jung 채유정 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Chae at the 2015 Korea Grand Prix Gold | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 May 1995 Busan, South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Suwon, South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Left | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 13 (WD with Kim So-yeong, 23 November 2017) 2 (XD with Seo Seung-jae, 12 March 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 4 (XD with Seo Seung-jae, 27 August 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Chae Yoo-jung | |
| Hangul | 채유정 |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Chae Yu-jeong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ch'ae Yu-chŏng |
Career
editChae started to playing badminton in 2005, affected by her mother Kim Bok-sun, who is also a South Korean badminton player. She entered the national team in 2011, and made her debut in the international tournament at the 2011 BWF World Junior Championships, winning a silver medal in the team event, a bronze medal in the mixed doubles, and a quarter-finalists in the girls' doubles. She has shown good progress in his junior career, where she and her partner, Choi Sol-gyu, managed to win the mixed doubles title at the Asian Junior Championships, and finished runner-up in the Korea Junior Open.
Chae competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the mixed doubles partnered with Seo Seung-jae, and her pace was stopped in the quarter-finals.[4]
In 2023, Chae impressed the international stage, when she seized the mixed doubles title in the World Championships with partner Seo Seung-jae. This achievement was Chae and Seo's first victory over the world number 1 pair Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong.[5] She also secured her first ever Super 1000 title at the China Open with a second consecutive victory over Zheng and Huang at the quarter-finals.[6] Chae joined the South Korean women's team that won the gold medal at the Asian Games, and settled the bronze medal in the mixed doubles,[7] while with Korean mixed team at the Sudirman Cup she won the silver medal. Another results that she achieved in the season of 2023 was winning the Korea Masters; runners-up in the Thailand Masters, All England Open, and China Masters; lead she and her partner qualified for the World Tour Finals,[8] where the duo finished in the semi-finals at that tournament. She closed the year ranked as world number 3 in the mixed doubles.
Achievements
editWorld Championships
editMixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2023 | Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark |
 Seo Seung-jae
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 Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong
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21–17, 10–21, 21–18 |  Gold
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Asian Games
editMixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2022 | Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China | Seo Seung-jae
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Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong
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21–13, 15–21, 16–21 |  Bronze
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Asian Championships
editMixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2016 | Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China | Shin Baek-cheol
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 Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir
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16–21, 13–21 | Bronze
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| 2024 | Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China | Seo Seung-jae
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Feng Yanzhe Huang Dongping
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21–13, 15–21, 14–21 |  Silver
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East Asian Games
editWomen's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2013 | Binhai New Area Dagang Gymnasium, Tianjin, China | Kim Ji-won
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 Yuriko Miki Koharu Yonemoto
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15–21, 18–21 | Bronze
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Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2013 | Binhai New Area Dagang Gymnasium, Tianjin, China | Choi Sol-gyu
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Xu Chen Ma Jin
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10–21, 15–21 | Bronze
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World Junior Championships
editGirls' doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2013 | Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand | Kim Ji-won
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Chen Qingchen He Jiaxin
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21–19, 21–15 | Gold
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Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2011 | Taoyuan Arena, Taoyuan City, Taipei, Taiwan | Choi Sol-gyu
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Alfian Eko Prasetya Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja
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18–21, 13–21 | Bronze
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| 2013 | Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand | Choi Sol-gyu
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Huang Kaixiang Chen Qingchen
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13–21, 11–21 | Bronze
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Asian Junior Championships
editGirls' doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2013 | Likas Indoor Stadium, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia | Kim Ji-won
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Chen Qingchen He Jiaxin
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7–21, 21–19, 11–21 | Bronze
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Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2012 | Gimcheon Indoor Stadium, Gimcheon, South Korea | Choi Sol-gyu
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Liu Yuchen Huang Dongping
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21–11, 19–21, 21–13 | Gold
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| 2013 | Likas Indoor Stadium, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia | Choi Sol-gyu
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Wang Yilyu Huang Dongping
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17–21, 25–23, 23–21 | Gold
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BWF World Tour (6 titles, 9 runners-up)
editThe BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[9] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are 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.[10]
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2018 | New Zealand Open | Super 300 | Seo Seung-jae
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 Wang Chi-lin Lee Chia-hsin
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19–21, 21–14, 19–21 |  Runner-up
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| 2018 | Australian Open | Super 300 | Seo Seung-jae
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 Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying
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21–12, 23–21 |  Winner
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| 2018 | French Open | Super 750 | Seo Seung-jae
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Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong
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19–21, 14–21 | Runner-up
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| 2019 | Spain Masters | Super 300 | Seo Seung-jae
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Wang Chi-lin Cheng Chi-ya
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21–18, 21–15 | Winner
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| 2019 | German Open | Super 300 | Seo Seung-jae
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Hafiz Faizal Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja
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21–17, 21–11 | Winner
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| 2019 | Chinese Taipei Open | Super 300 | Seo Seung-jae
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 Tang Chun Man Tse Ying Suet
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18–21, 10–21 | Runner-up
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| 2020 (II) | Thailand Open | Super 1000 | Seo Seung-jae
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 Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai
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16–21, 20–22 | Runner-up
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| 2020 | BWF World Tour Finals | World Tour Finals | Seo Seung-jae
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Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai
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18–21, 21–8, 8–21 | Runner-up
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| 2022 | Australian Open | Super 300 | Seo Seung-jae
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Kim Won-ho Jeong Na-eun
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21–9, 21–17 | Winner
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| 2023 | Thailand Masters | Super 300 | Seo Seung-jae
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Feng Yanzhe Huang Dongping
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21–18, 15–21, 12–21 | Runner-up
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| 2023 | All England Open | Super 1000 | Seo Seung-jae
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Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong
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16–21, 21–16, 12–21 | Runner-up
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| 2023 | China Open | Super 1000 | Seo Seung-jae
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 Thom Gicquel Delphine Delrue
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21–19, 21–12 | Winner
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| 2023 | Korea Masters | Super 300 | Seo Seung-jae
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Jiang Zhenbang Wei Yaxin
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21–14, 21–15 | Winner
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| 2023 | China Masters | Super 750 | Seo Seung-jae
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Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong
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10–21, 11–21 | Runner-up
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| 2024 | French Open | Super 750 | Seo Seung-jae
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Feng Yanzhe Huang Dongping
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16–21, 16–21 | Runner-up
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BWF Grand Prix (4 titles, 8 runners-up)
editThe 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.
Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2016 | Indonesian Masters | Kim So-yeong
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Jongkolphan Kititharakul Rawinda Prajongjai
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21–18, 22–20 | Winner
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| 2016 | Korea Masters | Kim So-yeong
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Jung Kyung-eun Shin Seung-chan
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14–21, 14–21 | Runner-up
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| 2017 | Chinese Taipei Open | Kim So-yeong
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Kim Hye-rin Yoo Hae-won
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21–12, 21–11 | Winner
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Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2013 | Macau Open | Choi Sol-gyu
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Lu Kai Huang Yaqiong
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21–17, 18–21, 17–21 | Runner-up
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| 2013 | Vietnam Open | Choi Sol-gyu
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Liao Min-chun Chen Hsiao-huan
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22–20, 19–21, 21–14 | Winner
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| 2015 | Chinese Taipei Open | Shin Baek-cheol
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Ko Sung-hyun Kim Ha-na
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16–21, 18–21 | Runner-up
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| 2015 | Vietnam Open | Choi Sol-gyu
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Huang Kaixiang Huang Dongping
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19–21, 12–21 | Runner-up
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| 2015 | Korea Masters | Shin Baek-cheol
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Ko Sung-hyun Kim Ha-na
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21–19, 17–21, 19–21 | Runner-up
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| 2015 | Macau Open | Shin Baek-cheol
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Choi Sol-gyu Eom Hye-won
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21–18, 21–13 | Winner
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| 2016 | German Open | Shin Baek-cheol
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Ko Sung-hyun Kim Ha-na
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19–21, 12–21 | Runner-up
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| 2017 | Canada Open | Choi Sol-gyu
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Kim Won-ho Shin Seung-chan
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19–21, 16–21 | Runner-up
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| 2017 | Korea Masters | Choi Sol-gyu
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Seo Seung-jae Kim Ha-na
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21–17, 13–21, 18–21 | Runner-up
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- BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
- BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 2 runners-up)
editWomen's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2015 | Thailand International | Kim Ji-won
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Duanganong Aroonkesorn Kunchala Voravichitchaikul
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17–21, 19–21 | Runner-up
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Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2014 | Osaka International | Choi Sol-gyu
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Muhammad Rijal Vita Marissa
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18–21, 21–17, 18–21 | Runner-up
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| 2015 | Thailand International | Choi Sol-gyu
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Tan Chee Tean Shevon Jemie Lai
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18–21, 21–19, 21–12 | Winner
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- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
References
edit- ^ Kim, Jong-seok (3 May 2014). "Badminton Families". Donga Ilbo. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
- ^ Park, Kang-hyeon (27 August 2023). "배드민턴 서승재-채유정, 만리장성 넘고 세계선수권 혼복 20년 만에 우승". The Chosun Ilbo. Archived from the original on 8 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ "Korea wins Sudirman Cup badminton final on Gold Coast". Gold Coast Bulletin. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ^ "Badminton - Chae Yujung". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 31 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
- ^ Sukumar, Dev (28 August 2023). "Seo-l Stirring Day for Korea". BWF. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ "Results | Victor China Open 2023". BWF. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
- ^ Yang, Mary (6 October 2023). "Korea takes two more badminton bronze medals after China losses". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ "Meet the mixed doubles contenders". BWF. 5 December 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
- ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
External links
edit- Chae Yoo-jung at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
- Chae Yoo-jung at BWFBadminton.com