An Se Young


Character Introduction

Ahn Se Young (Korean: 안세영, February 5, 2002), is a South Korean female badminton player.She was named to the South Korean national team in 2018, becoming the first badminton player in history to be named to the South Korean national team as a high school student.

In July 2017, Ahn Chae-young represented the South Korean team at the Asian Junior Badminton Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia, where she won the gold medal in the first mixed team event, and in the individual event, Ahn Chae-young clashed with Thailand’s Padarasuda Chaiwan, the No. 3 seed in the opening round, and the two sides engaged in a fierce battle to finally defeat her opponent, 1-2 (22-20, 18-21, 12-21). She was defeated 1-2 (22-20, 18-21, 12-21). In October of the same year, she once again represented the Korean team in the World Junior Badminton Championships held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, where the Korean team won the bronze medal; and in the individual tournament, in the fourth round, she met the No. 1 seed of the tournament, Thailand’s Padrasuda Chaiwan, and the two sides ushered in their second match, but she lost to the opponent by 1-2 (20-22, 21-9, 20-22), as well.

Debuting on the international stage in New Zealand in her freshman year of high school, Ahn Wash-Ying won the title in New Zealand in 2019 as a 2nd-year student at Gwangju Sports High School, in addition to winning the Canadian Open. Its ranking rose from 99th in the world to 16th in the world.

On October 27, 2019, the French Open, the 2019 WTF Super 750 event, began with the finals of each individual event. The women’s singles final was contested between South Korea’s Ahn Chae-young and Spain’s Olympic champion Marin, and Ahn Chae-young won her career’s highest title to date, defeating Marin 21-18, 21-5 after dropping a set 16-21. 2002-born Ahn Chae-young became the first teenager to win a BWF high-level tournament. With this, her world ranking has risen to world No. 11.

On November 24, 2019, the 2019 BWF Super 300 Korea Masters Tournament started the final of each individual event, and in the women’s singles final, Ahn Chae-Ying defeated compatriot Sung Ik-Hyun 21-13, 21-17 to win her fifth title of the season.On December 9, the results of the BWF Best of the Year were released, and 17-year-old Ahn Chae-Ying was awarded the Most Potential Player of the Year award.On April 3, 2020, Ahn Chae-Ying was named as a finalist for the BWF World Championships, and she was named as a finalist for the BWF World Championships. On April 3, 2020, Ahn was named to Forbes’ 2020 Asia’s Top 30 Under 30 list of young celebrities in sports and culture.

On November 21, 2021, Ahn won the women’s singles final of the Indonesia Masters (Super 750) on the Badminton World Tour, defeating Akane Yamaguchi 21-17, 21-19. On November 28, Ahn won the women’s singles final of the Indonesia Open (Super 1000), defeating Thailand’s Rachael Inthanon 21-17, 22-20 in straight sets, claiming her first career Super 1000 title. On December 5, An won her first career Super 1000 title, winning two consecutive tournaments “back to back”. On December 5, An won the women’s singles final of the Badminton World Tour Finals, defeating Pusarla Venkata Sindhu 21-16, 21-12 to win the title.

In May 2022, the 2022 Thomas & Uber Cup would start in Bangkok, Thailand, and Ahn Chae-Young represented Korea and eventually won the 2022 Uber Cup with Korea.

In January 2023, Ahn reached the finals of three consecutive tournaments to start the year, defeating Akane Yamaguchi at the Malaysian Open, and then defeating Akane Yamaguchi and Marin at the India Open and Indonesia Masters to win the title.

In March 2023, An Shuiying won her first career All England Women’s Singles title, defeating Olympic champion Chen Yufei 2-1 in the final.

In August 2023, An Chuiying played in the World Badminton Championships and swept Spain’s Marin 21-12,21-10 in the women’s singles final, becoming the first post-00 women’s singles champion in history.

In October 2023, An Chuiying competed in the Hangzhou Asian Games badminton tournament, winning the women’s singles final with a 21-18, 17-21, 21-8 victory over Chen Yufei to win the title, bringing her 30th consecutive victory in the badminton world to win her 10th title of the season. 

World RankingWomen’s  Singles 1,  Week 30, 2024

Olympic PointsWomen’s  Singles 1, 111314 points 

Finals RankingWomen’s  Singles 2, 58650 points
 

Equipment Used

ASTROX 77 PRO;  BG-80;  AC-102C;  JETSPEED S 10 Fluorescent Rose Red;  ASTROX 77 Glitter Red;  ASTROX 77;  75TH AERUS Z;  BA02331WEX;  SHBA3MEX;  SHA960

Major Achievements

  • 2024 Indonesia Badminton Open Women’s Singles Runner-up
  • 2024 Singapore Badminton Open Women’s Singles Champion
  • 2024 Uber Cup Women’s Team 3rd Runner-up Member
  • 2024 All England Open Women’s Singles Quarter-finalist
  • 2024 France Open Women’s Singles Champion
  • 2024 Malaysia Badminton Open Women’s Singles Champion
  • 2023 WBSC Finals Women’s Singles Quarter-finalist
  • 2023 Kumamoto Badminton Masters Women’s Singles Quarter-finals
  • 2022 Asian Games Badminton Women’s Singles Gold Medal
  • 2022 Asian Games Badminton Women’s Team Gold Medal
  • 2023 China Badminton Open Women’s Singles Champion
  • 2023 World Badminton Championships Women’s Singles Champion
  • 2023 Japan Badminton Open Women’s Singles Champion
  • 2023 Korea Badminton Open Women’s Singles Champion
  • 2023 Indonesia Badminton Open Women’s Singles Quarter-finals
  • 2023 Singapore Open Women’s Singles Champion
  • 2023 Thailand Open Women’s Singles Champion
  • 2023 Sudirman Cup Mixed Team Championships Runner-up Member
  • 2023 Asian Badminton Championships Women’s Singles Runner-up
  • 2023 All England Badminton Open Women’s Singles Champion
  • 2023 German Badminton Open Women’s Singles Runner-up
  • 2023 Indonesia Badminton Masters Women’s Singles Champion
  • 2023 India Badminton Open Women’s Singles Champion
  • 2023 Malaysia Badminton Open Women’s Singles Runner-up
  • 2022 Australian Badminton Open Women’s Singles Champion
  • 2022 Japan Badminton Open Women’s Singles 1st Runner-up
  • 2022 World Badminton Championships Women’s Singles Bronze Medalist
  • 2022 Malaysia Badminton Masters Champion
  • 2022 Uber Cup Champion Team Member
  • 2022 Badminton Asia Championships Women’s Singles Quarter-finalist
  • 2022 Korea Badminton Masters Women’s Singles Quarter-finals
  • 2022 Korea Badminton Open Women’s Singles Champion
  • 2022 All England Badminton Open Women’s Singles Runner-up
  • 2022 German Badminton Open Women’s Singles Quarter-finals
  • 2021 Sudirman Cup Badminton Mixed Team Championships 3rd Runner-up
  • 2021 Badminton World Federation Year-end Finals Women’s Singles Champion
  • 2021 Indonesia Badminton Open Women’s Singles Champion
  • 2021 Indonesia Badminton Masters Women’s Singles Champion
  • 2021 France Open Women’s Singles Quarter-finalist
  • 2021 Denmark Badminton Open Women’s Singles Runner-up
  • 2021 YONEX Thailand Badminton Open Women’s Singles Quarter-finals
  • 2021 TOYOTA Thailand Open Women’s Singles Quarter-finals
  • 2020 Badminton World Federation Year End Finals Women’s Singles Quarter-finals
  • 2020 Badminton Asia Championships Women’s Team Runner-up
  • 2020 Thailand Badminton Masters Women’s Singles Runner-up
  • 2019 Korea Badminton Masters Women’s Singles Champion
  • 2019 France Badminton Open Women’s Singles Champion
  • 2019 Chinese Taipei Badminton Open Women’s Singles Quarterfinals
  • 2019 Akita Badminton Masters Women’s Singles Champion
  • 2019 Canadian Badminton Open Women’s Singles Champion
  • 2019 New Zealand Badminton Open Women’s Singles Champion
  • 2019 Vietnam Badminton International Challenge Women’s Singles Runner-up
  • 2018 Ireland Badminton Open Women’s Singles Champion
  • 2018 Indonesia Badminton International Challenge Women’s Singles Runner-up
  • 2018 Uber Cup Women’s Team Bronze Medal
  • Women’s Team Bronze Medal, Badminton Asia Championships 2018
  • 2017 World Junior Badminton Championships Mixed Team Bronze Medal
  • 2017 Asian Youth Badminton Championships Mixed Team Champion
  • 2016 Asian Youth Badminton Championships u15 Women’s Singles Champion
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