Lee So-hee

In this Korean name, the family name is Lee.

Lee So-hee (Korean: 이소희; Korean pronunciation: [i.so.ɦi]; born 14 June 1994) is a South Korean badminton player.^[1] She won the women's doubles title at the 2017 All England Open tournament.^[2] She also helped the Korean national team to win the world team championships at the 2017 Sudirman Cup.^[3] She reached a career high of world no. 1 in women's doubles on 29 October 2024 partnered with Baek Ha-na.^[4] For her achievements in 2017, Lee who affiliated with the Incheon International Airport team, was awarded as the best player of the year by the Badminton Korea Association.^[5]

Lee So-hee
Lee after winning 2017 Indonesia Super Series Premier
Personal information
Country	South Korea
Born	(1994-06-14) 14 June 1994 (age 30) Ulsan, South Korea
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	1 (WD with Baek Ha-na, 29 October 2024) 2 (WD with Chang Ye-na, 9 November 2017) 2 (WD with Shin Seung-chan, 21 December 2021) 35 (XD with Lee Yong-dae, 30 June 2016)
Current ranking	1 (WD with Baek Ha-na, 29 October 2024)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  South Korea World Championships 2021 Huelva Women's doubles 2014 Copenhagen Women's doubles Sudirman Cup 2017 Gold Coast Mixed team 2023 Suzhou Mixed team 2015 Dongguan Mixed team 2021 Vantaa Mixed team Uber Cup 2022 Bangkok Women's team 2016 Kunshan Women's team 2020 Aarhus Women's team 2024 Chengdu Women's team Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Women's team 2022 Hangzhou Women's doubles Asian Championships 2024 Ningbo Women's doubles 2023 Dubai Women's doubles 2016 Wuhan Women's doubles 2017 Wuhan Women's doubles Asia Mixed Team Championships 2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team 2023 Dubai Mixed team Asia Team Championships 2020 Manila Women's team 2016 Hyderabad Women's team 2018 Alor Setar Women's team Summer Universiade 2013 Kazan Mixed team 2015 Gwangju Women's doubles 2015 Gwangju Mixed team 2013 Kazan Women's doubles World Junior Championships 2011 Taipei Girls' doubles 2012 Chiba Girls' doubles 2010 Guadalajara Mixed team 2011 Taipei Mixed team 2010 Guadalajara Girls' doubles 2012 Chiba Mixed team Asian Junior Championships 2012 Gimcheon Girls' doubles 2012 Gimcheon Mixed team
BWF profile

Lee So-hee
Hangul	이소희
Hanja	李紹希
Revised Romanization	I So-hui
McCune–Reischauer	I Sohŭi

As a junior player, Lee was a gold medalists at the 2012 Asian, 2011 and 2012 World Junior Championships in the girls' doubles event.^[6] She represented Konkuk University and competed at the Summer Universiade, helped the Korean team clinching the gold medal in the team event in 2013 and 2015, and also won the gold in women's doubles with partner Shin Seung-chan in 2015.^[7]

Achievements

World Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Ballerup Super Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark	Shin Seung-chan	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	13–21, 10–21	Bronze
2021	Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain	Shin Seung-chan	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	16–21, 17–21	Silver

Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2022	Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China	Baek Ha-na	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	18–21, 17–21	Silver

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Chang Ye-na	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	16–21, 19–21	Bronze
2017	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Chang Ye-na	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	14–21, 10–21	Bronze
2023	Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Baek Ha-na	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	7–21, 14–21	Silver
2024	Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China	Baek Ha-na	Zhang Shuxian Zheng Yu	23–21, 21–12	Gold

Summer Universiade

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Tennis Academy, Kazan, Russia	Shin Seung-chan	Luo Yu Tian Qing	12–21, 17–21	Bronze
2015	Hwasun Hanium Culture Sports Center, Hwasun, South Korea	Shin Seung-chan	Ou Dongni Yu Xiaohan (disqualified)	21–16, 21–13	Gold

World Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Domo del Code Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico	Choi Hye-in	Tang Jinhua Xia Huan	22–20, 13–21, 15–21	Bronze
2011	Taoyuan Arena, Taoyuan City, Taiwan	Shin Seung-chan	Shella Devi Aulia Anggia Shitta Awanda	21–16, 13–21, 21–9	Gold
2012	Chiba Port Arena, Chiba, Japan	Shin Seung-chan	Huang Yaqiong Yu Xiaohan	21–14, 18–21, 21–18	Gold

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Gimcheon Indoor Stadium, Gimcheon, South Korea	Shin Seung-chan	Huang Yaqiong Yu Xiaohan	17–21, 21–15, 21–17	Gold

BWF World Tour (9 titles, 14 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[8] 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.^[9]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Fuzhou China Open	Super 750	Shin Seung-chan	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	23–21, 21–18	Winner
2018	Hong Kong Open	Super 500	Shin Seung-chan	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	18–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2018	Korea Masters	Super 300	Shin Seung-chan	Chang Ye-na Jung Kyung-eun	14–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2018	BWF World Tour Finals	World Tour Finals	Shin Seung-chan	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	12–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2019	Korea Open	Super 500	Shin Seung-chan	Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong	21–13, 19–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2019	French Open	Super 750	Shin Seung-chan	Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong	16–21, 21–19, 21–12	Winner
2019	Fuzhou China Open	Super 750	Shin Seung-chan	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	17–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2020 (II)	Thailand Open	Super 1000	Shin Seung-chan	Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong	18–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2020	BWF World Tour Finals	World Tour Finals	Shin Seung-chan	Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong	15–21, 26–24, 21–19	Winner
2021	Denmark Open	Super 1000	Shin Seung-chan	Huang Dongping Zheng Yu	15–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2021	French Open	Super 750	Shin Seung-chan	Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong	21–17, 21–12	Winner
2022	Denmark Open	Super 750	Baek Ha-na	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	12–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2023	Thailand Masters	Super 300	Baek Ha-na	Benyapa Aimsaard Nuntakarn Aimsaard	6–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2023	German Open	Super 300	Baek Ha-na	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	21–19, 21–15	Winner
2023	All England Open	Super 1000	Baek Ha-na	Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong	5–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2023	Malaysia Masters	Super 500	Baek Ha-na	Pearly Tan Thinaah Muralitharan	22–20, 8–21, 21–17	Winner
2023	Singapore Open	Super 750	Baek Ha-na	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	16–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2023	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Baek Ha-na	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	22–20, 21–10	Winner
2023	China Open	Super 1000	Baek Ha-na	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	11–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2023	BWF World Tour Finals	World Tour Finals	Baek Ha-na	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	16–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2024	All England Open	Super 1000	Baek Ha-na	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	21–19, 11–21, 21–17	Winner
2024	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Baek Ha-na	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	21–17, 21–13	Winner
2024	Japan Open	Super 750	Baek Ha-na	Liu Shengshu Tang Ning	18–21, 20–22	Runner-up

BWF Superseries (3 titles, 6 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[10] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.^[11] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Korea Open	Chang Ye-na	Nitya Krishinda Maheswari Greysia Polii	15–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2016	French Open	Chang Ye-na	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	16–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2016	China Open	Chang Ye-na	Huang Dongping Li Yinhui	13–21, 21–14, 21–17	Winner
2017	All England Open	Chang Ye-na	Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	21–18, 21–13	Winner
2017	Indonesia Open	Chang Ye-na	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	19–21, 21–15, 10–21	Runner-up
2017	Korea Open	Chang Ye-na	Huang Yaqiong Yu Xiaohan	11–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2017	Denmark Open	Shin Seung-chan	Shiho Tanaka Koharu Yonemoto	21–13, 21–16	Winner
2017	French Open	Shin Seung-chan	Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu	17–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2017	China Open	Kim Hye-rin	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	7–21, 21–18, 14–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (5 titles, 6 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Korea Grand Prix Gold	Shin Seung-chan	Eom Hye-won Jang Ye-na	13–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2013	Swiss Open	Shin Seung-chan	Jung Kyung-eun Kim Ha-na	21–23, 16–21	Runner-up
2013	Chinese Taipei Open	Shin Seung-chan	Jung Kyung-eun Kim Ha-na	Walkover	Runner-up
2014	Canada Open	Choi Hye-in	Park So-young Park Sun-young	21–15, 21–18	Winner
2014	Korea Grand Prix	Shin Seung-chan	Chang Ye-na Yoo Hae-won	15–8 retired	Winner
2015	Thailand Open	Chang Ye-na	Huang Dongping Li Yinhui	22–20, 11–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2015	Korea Masters	Chang Ye-na	Jung Kyung-eun Shin Seung-chan	21–7, 16–21, 21–19	Winner
2015	U.S. Grand Prix	Chang Ye-na	Jung Kyung-eun Shin Seung-chan	22–24, 21–18, 12–21	Runner-up
2016	New Zealand Open	Chang Ye-na	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	13–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2017	U.S. Open	Shin Seung-chan	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	21–16, 21–13	Winner
2017	Korea Masters	Shin Seung-chan	Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong	21–18, 23–21	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Iceland International	Shin Seung-chan	Go Ah-ra Yoo Hae-won	21–18, 21–16	Winner
2012	India International	Shin Seung-chan	Aparna Balan N. Sikki Reddy	19–21, 21–13, 21–17	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Turkey International	Kim Sa-rang	Cho Gun-woo Yoo Hyun-young	25–23, 9–21, 19–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

References

1. "Player Profile: Lee So Hee". Victor Sport. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
2. "All England Glory for Tai Tzu Ying and Chang Ye Na/Lee So Hee". Victor Sport. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
3. "Korea wins Sudirman Cup badminton final on Gold Coast". Gold Coast Bulletin. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
4. "Lee So Hee ranking history". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
5. "이소희·장예나 2017년도 배드민턴 최우수 선수 선정… 2018 배드민턴인의 밤 열려" (in Korean). IBadmintonnews. 12 February 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
6. "이소희·신승찬, Jr.세계셔틀콕 2연패" (in Korean). Korean Broadcasting System. 3 November 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
7. "2015 광주유니버시아드 배드민턴 개인전 결승전" (in Korean). Badminton Daily. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
8. Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
9. Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
10. "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
11. "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

External links

• Lee So-hee at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
• Lee So-hee at BWFBadminton.com
• Lee So-hee at Olympedia
• Lee So-hee at Olympics.com