Bae Seung-hee (; born 20 September 1983) is a badminton player from South Korea. She is best remembered for her role in South Korea's first ever Uber Cup victory in 2010.
Bae was on the South Korean national team shortly after graduating from junior eligibility but from age 19 to 25, she played only for her domestic team Korea Ginseng Corporation, and competed overseas only twice between April 2003 and November 2008. She was called back to the national team after winning a national event in 2008 and in August 2009, she reached her first of two consecutive finals at the Chinese Taipei Open.
In 2010, she played first singles at the Uber Cup and in the final, beat then world #1 Wang Yihan to begin South Korea's 3–1 victory.
In 2011, Bae injured her thigh in a domestic tournament and as it caused her to miss the first part of the qualifying period for the London Olympics, she finally decided to leave international badminton at the age of 28.
Achievements
Asian Junior Championships Girls' singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2001 Taipei Gymnasium,Taipei, Taiwan Seo Yoon-hee Bronze
Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2001 Taipei Gymnasium,Taipei, Taiwan Hwang Ji-man Lee Jae-jin Hwang Yu-mi 7–15, 12–15 Silver
BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 3 runners-up) The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.
Women's singles YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult2010Chinese Taipei Open Cheng Shao-chieh11–21, 26–24, 17-21 Runner-up2009Chinese Taipei Open Cheng Shao-chieh21–17, 12–21, 15-21 Runner-up2006Vietnam Open Anita Raj Kaur21–8, 21–18 Winner
Women's doubles YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult2006Vietnam Open Kang Joo-young Kim Jin-ock Lee Jung-mi20–22, 14–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 4 runners-up) Women's singles YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult2012Indonesia International Hera Desi16–21, 18–21 Runner-up2009Singapore International Bae Yeon-ju15–21, 14–21 Runner-up2008Malaysia International Febby Angguni20–22, 17–21 Runner-up2005Malaysia Satellite Lydia Cheah Li Ya11–4, 11–2 Winner
Women's doubles YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult2008Malaysia International Park Sun-young Kim Mi-young Jang Ye-na13–21, 21–15, 21–5 Winner2007Korea International Lee Seul-gi Yoo Hyun-young Jung Kyung-eun18–21, 4–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament
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