Kong Hee-yong


Kong Hee-yong is a South Korean badminton player. In 2013, she won the mixed team gold at the BWF World Junior Championships. In 2014, Kong who was educated at the Daesung girls' high school competed at the Asian Junior Championships and won the silver medals in the mixed team and doubles event. She also play for the Jeonbuk Bank at the national event, and at the 2017 Japan Open, she became the runner-up in the women's doubles event partnered with Kim Ha-na. Together with Kim So-yeong, she was awarded as the 2019 BWF Most Improved Player of the Year.

Achievements

Asian Championships

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China
Kim So-yeong Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi
17–21, 22–20, 14–21 Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014Taipei Gymnasium,
Taipei, Chinese Taipei
Kim Jung-ho Huang Kaixiang
Chen Qingchen
14–21, 13–21 Silver

BWF World Tour (4 titles, 4 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019French OpenSuper 750 Kim So-yeong Lee So-hee
Shin Seung-chan
21–16, 19–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2019Korea OpenSuper 500 Kim So-yeong Lee So-hee
Shin Seung-chan
13–21, 21–19, 21–17 Winner
2019Chinese Taipei OpenSuper 300 Kim So-yeong Jongkolphan Kititharakul
Rawinda Prajongjai
19–21, 21–18, 26–28 Runner-up
2019Japan OpenSuper 750 Kim So-yeong Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara
21–12, 21–12 Winner
2019New Zealand OpenSuper 300 Kim So-yeong Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi
21–15, 21–18 Winner
2019Singapore OpenSuper 500 Kim Hye-jeong Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara
17–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2019Spain MastersSuper 300 Kim So-yeong Nami Matsuyama
Chiharu Shida
23–21, 15–21, 21–17 Winner
2019Indonesia MastersSuper 500 Kim So-yeong Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi
19–21, 15–21 Runner-up

BWF Superseries (1 runner-up)

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
2017Japan Open Kim Ha-na Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi
18–21, 16–21 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation since 2007.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Korea Masters Kim So-yeong Lee So-hee
Shin Seung-chan
18–21, 21–23 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 runners-up)

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Osaka International Park Kyung-hoon Wang Sijie
Ni Bowen
21–18, 16–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2015Indonesia International Chung Eui-seok Fran Kurniawan
Komala Dewi
12–21, 21–16, 13–21 Runner-up