The 2017 Korea Masters Grand Prix Gold was a badminton tournament which took place at Yeomju Gymnasium in

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

from 28 November to 3 December 2017 and had a total purse of $120,000.

Tournament

The 2017 Korea Masters Grand Prix Gold was the eighteenth Grand Prix's badminton tournament of the

2017 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix The 2017 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix was the eleventh season of the BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. Schedule Below is the schedule released by Badminton World Federation: Results Winners Performance by countries Tabulated below ...

and also part of the

Korea Masters The Korea Masters is an international badminton tournament that usually held in November or December every year of BWF event calendar in South Korea. The total prize money in 2016 was US$120,000. Before 2010, the level of the tournament was an Inter ...

championships which had been held since 2007. This tournament was organized by the Badminton Korea Association, with the sanction from the BWF.

Venue

This international tournament was held at Yeomju Gymnasium in

Gwangju Gwangju () is South Korea's sixth-largest metropolis. It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister. The city was also the capital of South Jeolla Province until the provincial office ...

Point distribution

Below is the tables with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the Grand Prix Gold event.

Prize money

The total prize money for this tournament was US$120,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.

Men's singles

Seeds

Son Wan-ho Son Wan-ho (Hangul: 손완호; or ; born 17 May 1988) is a South Korean badminton player. He reached a career high as world number 1 in the men's singles in May 2017. He competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. He plays primarily defensive ...

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Wang Tzu-wei Wang Tzu-wei (Chinese: 王子維; born 27 February 1995) is a Taiwanese badminton player. He won his first international title at the 2014 New Zealand Open tournament. Wang competed at the 2017 Summer Universiade, where he won the gold medals in ...

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Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (;born 13 October 1990) is a Thai badminton player. He won his first career Superseries title by winning the Denmark Open on 23 October 2016, becoming the first Thai to win a men's singles title in a Superseries Premier to ...

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Jeon Hyeok-jin Jeon Hyeok-jin (born 13 June 1995) is a Korean badminton player. Specializing in singles, he was runner-up at the 2013 Asian Junior Badminton Championships. He was part of the Korean team that won men's team gold at the 2014 Asian Games and th ...

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Brice Leverdez Brice Leverdez (born 9 April 1986) is a French badminton player. He was a champion at the 2013 Mediterranean Games, won a silver medal at the 2015 European Games, and a bronze medal at the 2018 European Championships. Career Leverdez started p ...

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Hsu Jen-hao Hsu Jen-hao (Chinese: 許仁豪; born 26 October 1991) is a Taiwanese badminton player. Career In 2012, he competed at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the men's singles event, but he did not advance to the next round after being defeated in ...

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Khosit Phetpradab Khosit Phetpradab ( th, โฆษิต เพชรประดับ; born 8 July 1994) is a Thai badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger ...

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Zhao Junpeng Zhao Junpeng (, born 2 February 1996) is a Chinese badminton player. In 2016 and 2017, he became the runner-up at the China International (badminton), China International Challenge tournament in the men's singles event. He won his first senior i ...

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Chong Wei Feng Chong Wei Feng (born 26 May 1987) is a Malaysian retired badminton player. He was drafted into the national team in 2004. His best achievement is reaching the semi-finals of the 2012 and 2013 China Open, where he was defeated by Chen Long on ...

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Kashyap Parupalli Parupalli Kashyap (born 8 September 1986) is an Indian badminton player. A former World No.6, he trains at Gopichand Badminton Academy. He was awarded the Arjuna Award by the Government of India in 2012. He created history by reaching the qu ...

''(withdrew)'' # Lee Dong-keun ''(semifinals)'' #

Zulfadli Zulkiffli Zulfadli bin Zulkiffli (born 11 February 1993) is a former Malaysian badminton player. He was the boys' singles gold medalists at the 2011 Asian and World Junior Championships, also at the Commonwealth Youth Games. In 2018, Zulkiffli was fo ...

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Suppanyu Avihingsanon Suppanyu Avihingsanon ( th, สัพพัญญู อวิหิงสานนท์; ; born 24 October 1989) is a Thai badminton player. He was the men's singles gold medalist at the 2011 Summer Universiade. Achievements Summer Univers ...

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Lee Zii Jia Lee Zii Jia (, born 29 March 1998) is a Malaysian badminton player. He was the men's singles gold medalist at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games and won his first BWF Super 1000 title at the 2021 All England Open. Lee is the reigning men's singles ...

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Pannawit Thongnuam Pannawit Thongnuam ( th, ปัณณวิชญ์ ทองน่วม; born 24 December 1995) is a Thai male badminton player. He plays in the men's singles. He won his first international title at the 2017 Smiling Fish International tourna ...

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Ihsan Maulana Mustofa Ihsan Maulana Mustofa (born 18 November 1995) is an Indonesian badminton player who plays in singles event. He is from PB. Djarum, a badminton club in Kudus, Central Java and has joined the club since 2010. He was a boys' singles bronze medalis ...

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Finals

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Women's singles

Seeds

Sung Ji-hyun Sung Ji-hyun (; born 29 July 1991) is a South Korean badminton player from Seoul. She is an Asian Championship gold medalist, a two-time Summer Universiade gold medalist, and a World Championship bronze medalist. She was also part of South Kore ...

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Nitchaon Jindapol Nitchaon Jindapol ( th, ณิชชาอร จินดาพล; born 31 March 1991) is a Thai badminton singles player. She was a member of the national women's team which finished as runners-up at the 2010 Asian Games. She graduated at the ...

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Chen Xiaoxin Chen Xiaoxin (, born 24 April 1998) is a Chinese badminton player. Chen started playing badminton in 2006, and has won some junior international tournament includes the mixed team event at the 2014 World Junior Championships. She made her first ...

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Busanan Ongbumrungpan Busanan Ongbamrungphan (Thai: บุศนันท์ อึ๊งบำรุงพันธ์; born 22 March 1996) is a Thai badminton player who specializes in singles. She competed at the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games as well as the 2020 Summe ...

''(first round)'' # Lee Jang-mi ''(final)'' #

Fitriani Fitriani (born 27 December 1998) is an Indonesian badminton player specializing in women's singles and women's doubles discipline affiliated with Exist club. She won team silver at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games and bronze medals at the 2017 Sout ...

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Michelle Li Michelle Li (born November 3, 1991) is a Canadian badminton player from Markham, Ontario. Li is the 2014 Commonwealth Games champion and the first Canadian to win an individual gold medal in women's singles badminton at the Commonwealth Games. S ...

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Pornpawee Chochuwong Pornpawee Chochuwong ( th, พรปวีณ์ ช่อชูวงศ์; born 22 January 1998) is a Thai badminton player. She was the girls' singles silver medalist at the 2015 Asian and 2016 World Junior Championships. She was also part ...

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Finals

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Men's doubles

Seeds

Lee Jhe-huei Lee Jhe-huei (; born 20 March 1994) is a Taiwanese badminton player. Career He plays in the men's doubles with Lee Yang. They were the champions at the 2016 Vietnam Open Grand Prix. In 2015, together they entered the 2015 Chinese Taipei Ma ...

Lee Yang Lee Yang (; born 12 August 1995) is a Taiwanese badminton player and 2020 Olympics men's doubles champion. Career Lee played in the men's doubles with Lee Jhe-huei. They were champions in 2016 at the Vietnam Open Grand Prix. In 2015, toget ...

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Lu Ching-yao Lu Ching-yao (; born 7 June 1993) is a Taiwanese badminton player. He was the silver medalist at the 2011 Asian Junior Championships, and 2015 Summer Universiade. He won his first senior international title at the 2014 Singapore International ...

Yang Po-han Yang Po-han (; born 13 March 1994) is a Taiwanese badminton player. In 2013, he won the men's doubles title at the Vietnam International tournament partnered with Liao Min-chun when he was 18-year-old. Achievements BWF World Tour (1 title, ...

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Liao Min-chun Liao Min-chun (; born 27 January 1988) is a Taiwanese badminton player. In 2013, he won the men's doubles title at the Vietnam International tournament partnered with Yang Po-han. Teamed-up with Su Ching-heng in the men's doubles, he won the In ...

Su Cheng-heng Su Ching-heng (; born 10 November 1992) is a Taiwanese badminton player. Teamed-up with Liao Min-chun in the men's doubles, they won the International Challenge title at the 2016 Welsh International The Welsh International is an internationa ...

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Marcus Ellis Marcus Ellis (born 14 September 1989) is a British badminton player. He was the men's doubles champion in the English National Championships. Ellis and Chris Langridge won a bronze medal in the men's doubles at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio d ...

Chris Langridge Christopher Phillip Langridge (born 2 May 1985) is a retired British badminton player. He competed for England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won three medals. He represented Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze m ...

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Bodin Isara Bodin Isara (born 12 December 1990) is badminton player and Rattana Bundit University's student from Thailand. He competed for Thailand at the 2012 Summer Olympics with Maneepong Jongjit but was defeated in the quarterfinals by Malaysia's Koo Ki ...

Nipitphon Phuangphuapet Nipitphon Phuangphuapet ( th, นิพิฐพนธ์ พวงพั่วเพชร; , born 31 May 1991) is a Thai badminton player. He studies bachelor of Laws at Bangkok-Dhonburi University. Achievements Asian Championships ''Men' ...

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Wang Chi-lin Wang Chi-lin (; born 18 January 1995) is a Taiwanese badminton player who specializes in doubles. He is the 2020 Olympics men's doubles champion. Career In 2021, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, he and his partner Lee Yang defeated the 2018 World ...

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Chooi Kah Ming Andrew Chooi Kah Ming (; born 25 February 1991) is a Malaysian retired badminton player. He won the boys' doubles title at the 2009 World Junior Championships partnered with Ow Yao Han. Chooi played with several partners but it was with Ow that ...

Low Juan Shen Low Juan Shen (Chinese: 刘隽程, born 30 December 1993) is a Malaysian badminton player. He won the men's doubles title at the 2018 World University Championships partnered with Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub. Achievements Summer Universiade ''Me ...

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Chung Eui-seok Chung may refer to: Surnames * Chung (surname) * Jeong (surname), Korean surname * Zhong (surname), or Chung, Chinese surname * Cheung, or Chung, Cantonese surname Geography * Chung, Iran, a village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran ...

Kim Duk-young Kim Duk-young (Hangul: 김덕영; born 12 September 1991) is a South Korean badminton player. Together with Jun Bong-chan, he won the 2015 Thailand International Challenge tournament after beat Indonesian pair in the final. He also won the 2015 ...

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Finals

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Women's doubles

Seeds

Jongkolphan Kititharakul Jongkolphan Kititharakul ( th, จงกลพรรณ กิติธรากุล; born 1 March 1993) is a Thai badminton player who specializes in doubles. She was the women's doubles gold medalist at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games, also p ...

Rawinda Prajongjai Rawinda Prajongjai ( th, รวินดา ประจงใจ; born 29 June 1993) is a Thai badminton player. She was part of the national women's team that clinched the gold medal at the 2015, 2017 and 2019 Southeast Asian Games, also won th ...

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Anggia Shitta Awanda Anggia Shitta Awanda (born 22 May 1994) is an Indonesian badminton player specializing in doubles, affiliated with Jaya Raya Jakarta badminton club. She was the 2011 World Junior girls' doubles silver medallist partnered with Shella Devi Aulia. ...

Ni Ketut Mahadewi Istirani Ni Ketut Mahadewi Istarani (born 12 September 1994) is an Indonesian badminton player specializing in doubles, from PB. Jaya Raya Suryanaga Surabaya she later affiliated with Djarum club. She was the women's doubles bronze medalist at the 2015 S ...

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Hsu Ya-ching Hsu Ya-ching (; born 30 July 1991) is a Taiwanese badminton player. Personal life Hsu is married to former doubles partner Lin Chia-yu Lin Chia-yu (; born 30 June 1993) is a Taiwanese badminton player. In 2011, he won the gold medal at th ...

Wu Ti-jung Wu Ti-jung (; born 23 February 1993) is a Taiwanese badminton player. Teamed-up with Lee Chia-hsin, she won the 2013 Polish International tournament. Her big achievement is to win the women's doubles title at the 2014 U.S. Open Grand Prix partn ...

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Lim Yin Loo Lim Yin Loo (born 24 September 1988) is a Malaysian professional badminton player. She was part of the national team that won the gold medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. Lim won her first BWF Grand Prix title at the 2 ...

Yap Cheng Wen Yap Cheng Wen (; born 4 January 1995) is a Malaysian badminton player. In 2016, she won the Scottish Open tournament in the women's doubles event partnered with Lim Yin Loo. Achievements SEA Games ''Women's doubles'' BWF World Tour ...

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Finals

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Mixed doubles

Seeds

Choi Sol-gyu Choi Sol-gyu (; born 5 August 1995) is a South Korean badminton player. He was a part of the Korean national team that won the 2017 Sudirman Cup. Career Choi has been best known as a mixed doubles player since his back-to-back titles at th ...

Chae Yoo-jung Chae Yoo-jung (, Hanja: 蔡侑玎; born 9 May 1995) is a South Korean badminton player. She is the daughter of former singles player Kim Bok-sun. Chae was a part of the Korean national team that won the world mixed team championships at the 2 ...

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Terry Hee Yong Kai Terry Hee Yong Kai (; born 6 July 1995) is a Singaporean badminton player. In mixed doubles with Jessica Tan, Hee won his first World Tour title at the 2022 India Open. They repeated their success at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Early life ...

Tan Wei Han Jessica Tan Wei Han (; born 16 July 1993) is a Singaporean badminton player. Together with Terry Hee, they won their first BWF World Tour title as a duo at the 2022 India Open. Tan along with Hee also won the gold medal in the mixed doubles even ...

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Lee Chia-hsin Lee Chia-hsin (; born 14 May 1997) is a Taiwanese badminton player. She won her first international title at the 2013 Polish International in the women's doubles event partnered with Wu Ti-jung. Lee was the gold medalists at the 2017 Summer Uni ...

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Seo Seung-jae Seo Seung-jae (Hangul: 서승재; born 4 September 1997) is a South Korean badminton player. In 2014, he competed at the Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China. In 2017, he helped the Korean national team compete at the 2017 Sudirman Cup and w ...

Kim Ha-na Kim Ha-na (Hangul: 김하나; or ; born 27 December 1989) is a South Korean badminton player. She was the mixed doubles gold medalist at the 2013 Asian Championships, and was part of the national team that won the Sudirman Cup in 2017. Kim wo ...

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Chen Hsiao-huan Chen Hsiao-huan (; born 12 March 1987) is a Taiwanese badminton player. Born in Kaohsiung City, Chen has been playing badminton since the age of 11; she is 1.57 m tall and plays right-handed. In 2015, she won the women's singles event at the nat ...

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Savitree Amitrapai Savitree Amitrapai ( th, สาวิตรี อมิตรพ่าย; born 19 November 1988) is a Thai badminton player. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Achievements Asian Championships ''Women's d ...

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Kim Won-ho Kim Won-ho (Hangul: 김원호; born 2 June 1999) is a South Korean badminton player. Kim who was educated at the Maewon High School, competed at the 2016 Asian Junior Championships, and won the silver medals in the mixed doubles and team event. ...

Shin Seung-chan Shin Seung-chan (신승찬; ; born 6 December 1994) is a South Korean doubles specialist badminton player. She won the women's doubles bronze medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and 2014 BWF World Championships. Shin clinched the women's and mi ...

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Ko Sung-hyun Ko Sung-hyun (Hangul: 고성현; ; born 21 May 1987) is a South Korean badminton player affiliated with Gimcheon City Hall. He is a former world number 1 both in the men's and mixed doubles. Ko is a BWF World Champion, two time Badminton Asian ...

/ Ko Hye-ryeon ''(first round)''

Finals

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References

External links

Official site

Tournament link
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