# Kim Hye-jeong

Kim Hye-jeong (Korean: 김혜정; born 3 January 1998) is a South Korean badminton player. She has shown her potential as a badminton player since she was young. Kim entered the regular training in the second grade of elementary school in Wanwol-dong, Masan, and was part of the school team that won the junior national championships in 2008. She twice won the German Junior Open in 2014 and 2015 in the girls' doubles event, and clinched two titles at the 2015 Thailand Open in the girls' and mixed doubles event. Kim was part of the national junior team that won the mixed team silver medal at the 2014 and 2015 Asian Junior Championships, and in the individual event, she claim the mixed doubles bronze in 2014, and 2015 silver and bronze medals in the girls' and mixed doubles event respectively. At the 2016 World Junior Championships, she finished in the semifinals, and settled for the bronze medal. Kim joined the MG Saemaeul team in 2016, and selected to join the national team in 2018.

## Personal life

She was born in the badminton family. Her mother Chung So-young is the 1992 Olympic gold medalist and her father Kim Bum-shik, is a badminton coach.

## Achievements
### BWF World Junior Championships

Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2016 | Bilbao Arena, Bilbao, Spain | Park Kyung-hoon | Zhou Haodong Hu Yuxiang | 17–21, 18–21 | Bronze |

### Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2015 | CPB Badminton Training Center, Bangkok, Thailand | Park Keun-hye | Du Yue Li Yinhui | 21–18, 10–21, 19–21 | Bronze |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2015 | CPB Badminton Training Center, Bangkok, Thailand | Choi Jong-woo | Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen | 8–21, 12–21 | Silver |
| 2014 | Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Chinese Taipei | Kim Jae-hwan | Huang Kaixiang Chen Qingchen | 9–21, 19–21 | Bronze |

### BWF World Tour (7 titles, 4 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, 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.
Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2018 | U.S. Open | Super 300 | Kim So-yeong | Tang Jinhua Yu Xiaohan | 21–18, 13–21, 15–21 | Runner-up |
| 2019 | Singapore Open | Super 500 | Kong Hee-yong | Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara | 17–21, 20–22 | Runner-up |
| 2021 | Indonesia Masters | Super 750 | Jeong Na-eun | Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida | 9–21, 11–21 | Runner-up |
| 2022 | Korea Open | Super 500 | Jeong Na-eun | Benyapa Aimsaard Nuntakarn Aimsaard | 21–16, 21–12 | Winner |
| 2022 | Japan Open | Super 750 | Jeong Na-eun | Baek Ha-na Lee Yu-lim | 23–21, 28–26 | Winner |
| 2023 | Korea Masters | Super 300 | Jeong Na-eun | Rui Hirokami Yuna Kato | 21–12, 21–19 | Winner |
| 2024 | Korea Open | Super 500 | Jeong Na-eun | Pearly Tan Thinaah Muralitharan | 21–12, 21–11 | Winner |
| 2024 | Korea Masters | Super 300 | Kong Hee-yong | Li Yijing Luo Xumin | 21–14, 16–21, 21–18 | Winner |
| 2025 | India Open | Super 750 | Kong Hee-yong | Arisa Igarashi Ayako Sakuramoto | 15–21, 13–21 | Runner-up |
| 2025 | Indonesia Masters | Super 500 | Kong Hee-yong | Pearly Tan Thinaah Muralitharan | 21–12, 17–21, 21–18 | Winner |
| 2025 | Orléans Masters | Super 300 | Kong Hee-yong | Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee | 21–18, 23–21 | Winner |

### BWF International Challenge/Series (1 runner-up)

Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2024 | Saipan International | Kim Yu-jung | Kokona Ishikawa Mio Konegawa | 19–21, 21–11, 18–21 | Runner-up |
    BWF International Challenge tournament