Kim Hye-jeong (; born 3 January 1998) is a South Korean badminton player. She has shown her potential as a badminton player since she was young. Kim entered the regular training in the second grade of elementary school in Wanwol-dong, Masan, and was part of the school team that won the junior national championships in 2008. She twice won the German Junior Open in 2014 and 2015 in the girls' doubles event, and clinched two titles at the 2015 Thailand Open in the girls' and mixed doubles event. Kim was part of the national junior team that won the mixed team silver medal at the 2014 and 2015 Asian Junior Championships, and in the individual event, she claim the mixed doubles bronze in 2014, and 2015 silver and bronze medals in the girls' and mixed doubles event respectively. At the 2016 World Junior Championships, she finished in the semifinals, and settled for the bronze medal. Kim joined the MG Saemaeul team in 2016, and selected to join the national team in 2018.
Personal life She was born in the badminton family. Her mother Chung So-young is the 1992 Olympic gold medalist and her father Kim Bum-shik, is a badminton coach.
Achievements BWF World Junior Championships Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2016 Bilbao Arena, Bilbao, Spain Park Kyung-hoon Zhou Haodong Hu Yuxiang 17–21, 18–21 Bronze
Asian Junior Championships Girls' doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2015 CPB Badminton Training Center, Bangkok, Thailand Park Keun-hye Du Yue Li Yinhui 21–18, 10–21, 19–21 Bronze
Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2015 CPB Badminton Training Center, Bangkok, Thailand Choi Jong-woo Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen 8–21, 12–21 Silver 2014 Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Chinese Taipei Kim Jae-hwan Huang Kaixiang Chen Qingchen 9–21, 19–21 Bronze
BWF World Tour (10 titles, 6 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Women's doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 U.S. Open Super 300 Kim So-yeong Tang Jinhua Yu Xiaohan 21–18, 13–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2019 Singapore Open Super 500 Kong Hee-yong Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara 17–21, 20–22 Runner-up 2021 Indonesia Masters Super 750 Jeong Na-eun Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida 9–21, 11–21 Runner-up 2022 Korea Open Super 500 Jeong Na-eun Benyapa Aimsaard Nuntakarn Aimsaard 21–16, 21–12 Winner 2022 Japan Open Super 750 Jeong Na-eun Baek Ha-na Lee Yu-lim 23–21, 28–26 Winner 2023 Korea Masters Super 300 Jeong Na-eun Rui Hirokami Yuna Kato 21–12, 21–19 Winner2024 Korea Open Super 500 Jeong Na-eun Pearly Tan Thinaah Muralitharan 21–12, 21–11 Winner 2024 Korea Masters Super 300 Kong Hee-yong Li Yijing Luo Xumin 21–14, 16–21, 21–18 Winner 2025 India Open Super 750 Kong Hee-yong Arisa Igarashi Ayako Sakuramoto 15–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2025 Indonesia Masters Super 500 Kong Hee-yong Pearly Tan Thinaah Muralitharan 21–12, 17–21, 21–18 Winner 2025 Orléans Masters Super 300 Kong Hee-yong Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee 21–18, 23–21 Winner 2025 Singapore Open Super 750 Kong Hee-yong Rin Iwanaga Kie Nakanishi 21–16, 21–14 Winner 2025 China Masters Super 750 Kong Hee-yong Jia Yifan Zhang Shuxian 19–21, 21–16, 13–21 Runner-up 2025 Korea Open Super 500 Kong Hee-yong Rin Iwanaga Kie Nakanishi 21–19, 21–12 Winner 2025 Denmark Open Super 750 Kong Hee-yong Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee 21–15, 14–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2026 Japan Open Super 750 Kong Hee-yong Jia Yifan Zhang Shuxian 14–21, 21–15, 30–29 Winner
BWF International Challenge/Series (1 runner-up)
Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2024 Saipan International Kim Yu-jung Kokona Ishikawa Mio Konegawa 19–21, 21–11, 18–21 Runner-up
BWF International Challenge tournament
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