Ha Jung-eun (; born 26 April 1987) 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".Reports: Eight Badminton Players Tossed Out Of OlympicsLondon 2012 Olympics: Badminton players charged with misconduct after appearing to try to lose their games South Korea filed an appeal to the case, but it was rejected by the Badminton World Federation.
Achievements
BWF World Championships Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result2010Stade Pierre de Coubertin,Paris, France Ko Sung-hyun Zheng Bo Ma Jin21–15, 11–21, 16–21 Bronze
World Cup Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2005 Olympic Park, Yiyang, China Kim Min-jung Wei Yili Zhang Yawen 11–21, 13–21 Bronze
Asian Games Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result2010Tianhe Gymnasium,Guangzhou, China Lee Kyung-won Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang17–21, 14–21 Bronze
Asian Championships Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result2011Sichuan Gymnasium,Chengdu, China Kim Min-jung Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei15–21, 21–19, 17–21 Bronze
World Junior Championships Girls' singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2004 Minoru Arena,Richmond, Canada Cheng Shao-chieh4–11, 2–11 Bronze
Girls' doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2004 Minoru Arena,Richmond, Canada Oh Seul-ki Feng Chen Pan Pan10–15, 9–15 Bronze
Asian Junior Championships Girls' doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result2005Tennis Indoor Senayan,Jakarta, Indonesia Hong Soo-jung Cheng Shu Liao Jingmei15–11, 12–15, 5–15 Silver2004Hwacheon Indoor Stadium,Hwacheon, South Korea Oh Seul-ki Ding Jiao Zhao Yunlei6–15, 12–15 Bronze
Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result2005Tennis Indoor Senayan,Jakarta, Indonesia Lee Yong-dae Zhang Wei Liao Jingmei11–15, 15–8, 15–2 Gold2004Hwacheon Indoor Stadium,Hwacheon, South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong Shen Ye Feng Chen11–15, 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). 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 Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result2012Malaysia Open Kim Min-jung Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl19–21, 18–21 Runner-up2012Korea Open Kim Min-jung Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei18–21, 13–21 Runner-up2011Superseries Finals Kim Min-jung Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang8–21, 12–21 Runner-up2011Singapore Open Kim Min-jung Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei13–21, 16–21 Runner-up
Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result2012Korea Open Lee Yong-dae Xu Chen Ma Jin12–21, 21–19, 10–21 Runner-up2009All England Open Ko Sung-hyun He Hanbin Yu Yang21–13, 15–21, 9–21 Runner-up BWF Superseries Finals tournament BWF Superseries Premier tournament BWF Superseries tournament
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 (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983.
Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result2011Chinese Taipei Open Kim Min-jung Meiliana Jauhari Greysia Polii17–21, 21–18, 2–0 Retired Winner2011U.S. Open Kim Min-jung Jung Kyung-eun Kim Ha-na14–21, 22–20, 21–18 Winner2011Swiss Open Kim Min-jung Jung Kyung-eun Kim Ha-na21–12, 21–13 Winner2011German Open Kim Min-jung Mizuki Fujii Reika Kakiiwa6–21, 14–21 Runner-up2003U.S. Open Lee Eun-woo Yoshiko Iwata Miyuki Tai5–15, 4–15 Runner-up
Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result2012German Open Lee Yong-dae Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl9–21, 16–21 Runner-up2011U.S. Open Lee Yong-dae Chen Hung-ling Cheng Wen-hsing21–19, 21–13 Winner BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF & IBF tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series/Satellite Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result2003Canadian International Lee Eun-woo2–11, 11–7, 1–11 Runner-up2003Hungarian International Susan Hughes4–11, 4–11 Runner-up
Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result2009Korea International Lee Kyung-won Yoo Hyun-young Jung Kyung-eun19–21, 10–21 Runner-up2008Korea International Kim Min-jung Jang Ye-na Kim Mi-young21–15, 21–14 Winner2008Osaka International Kim Min-jung Kumiko Ogura Reiko Shiota22–20, 8–21, 13–21 Runner-up2007Canadian International Hwang Yu-mi Joo Hyun-hee Oh Seul-ki21–16, 21–7 Winner2007Cheers Asian Satellite Kim Min-jung Richi Puspita Dili Yulianti CJ21–18, 21–12 Winner2007Vietnam International Kim Min-jung Richi Puspita Dili Yulianti CJ17–21, 21–9, 16–21 Runner-up2005Cheers Asian Satellite Kim Min-jung Jiang Yanmei Li Yujia3–15, 1–15 Runner-up2005Surabaya Satellite Kim Min-jung Nitya Krishinda Maheswari Nadya Melati15–13, 15–0 Winner2005Mongolian Satellite Oh Seul-ki Tao Xiaolan Wu Bei Runner-up2005Vietnam Satellite Oh Seul-ki Kang Hae-won Kim Min-jung15–6, 7–15, 15–5 Runner-up2005Canadian International Oh Seul-ki Jun Woul-sik Ra Kyung-min5–15, 9–15 Runner-up2003Canadian International Lee Eun-woo Jang Soo-young Kim Mi-young1–15, 17–16, 15–9 Winner2003Norwegian International Oh Seul-ki Jang Soo-young Kim Mi-young15–6, 15–2 Winner
Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result2009Korea International Ko Sung-hyun Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung14–21, 21–15, 9–21 Runner-up2008Osaka International Kwon Yi-goo Noriyasu Hirata Shizuka Matsuo24–22, 21–13 Winner2007Cheers Asian Satellite Yoo Yeon-seong Cho Gun-woo Kim Min-jung19–21, 15–21 Runner-up2005Cheers Asian Satellite Lee Yong-dae Hendri Kurniawan Saputra Li Yujia6–15, 8–15 Runner-up2005Mongolian Satellite Lee Yong-dae Wang Wei Tao Xiaolan15–7, 15–11 Winner2005Vietnam Satellite Jeon Jun-bum Hwang Ji-man Oh Seul-ki15–7, 6–15, 12–15 Runner-up2005Canadian International Kang Kyung-jin Han Sung-wook Joo Hyun-hee15–12, 15–13 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament
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