Sung Ji-hyun
| Sung Ji-hyun | |
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| Personal information | |
| Country |
 South Korea
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| Born |
July 29, 1991 Seoul, South Korea |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb; 8.8 st) |
| Years active | 2009 |
| Handedness | Right |
| Women's Singles | |
| Career record | 261 Wins , 130 Losses |
| Highest ranking | 3 (October 22, 2015) |
| Current ranking | 1 (December 8, 2016) |
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Medal record
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| Sung Ji-hyun | |
| Hangul | 성지현 |
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| Hanja | 成池鉉 |
| Revised Romanization | Seong Jihyeon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sŏng Chihyŏn |
Sung Ji-hyun (born July 29, 1991) is a South Korean badminton player from Seoul. She competed at the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games.
Sung went into badminton following the path of her parents Sung Han-kook and Kim Yun-ja who both competed internationally in the 1980s.
She won the Korea Grand Prix Gold title in 2011. Unlike most South Korean badminton players Sung has focused on singles and in December 2011 she received a career high ranking of number seven in the world in that discipline.
In 2012, Sung's performance at Super Series was progressingly better, with semi final performance in Indonesia Open, Singapore Open and Japan Open. She was seeded 8th at the Olympics 2012. However, her lackluster performance in the Olympics 2012 saw her failing to make past the group match, losing to Yip Pui Yin. She defended her title Korea Grand Prix Gold title at the end of the year.
Sung won her first Super Series Premier title early in 2013 at her hometown, the Korea Open. This propelled her ranking up to world no.5, the highest of her career. Sung reached semi final at the All England, losing to the eventual winner Tine Baun in an exciting match lasted for 76 minutes, 22-24, 21-19, 19-21. She later won the 2013 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold against Tai Tzu-ying 21–16, 21–9. Then, she reached the finals of 2013 Denmark Super Series Premier losing to Wang Yihan in 21–16, 18–21, 20–22. In 2013 Korea Open Grand Prix Gold, she went up against compatriot Bae Youn-joo and she was beaten in 3 sets 21–19, 15–21, 21–9.
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