Choi Sol-gyu


Choi Sol-gyu is a South Korean badminton player. He has been best known as a mixed doubles player since his back-to-back titles at the Badminton Asia Junior Championships in 2012 and 2013. However, as a junior, he was also successful in boys' singles, in which he won the under-17 title at the 2011 Surabaya Cup and the Malaysia International Youth U19 in both 2012 and 2013. He was a part of the Korean national team that won the 2017 Sudirman Cup.
against Malaysian pair in the final of 2019 Chinese Taipei Open

Achievements

East Asian Games

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013Binhai New Area Dagang Gymnasium,
Tianjin, China
Chae Yoo-jung Xu Chen
Ma Jin
10–21, 15–21 Bronze

BWF World Junior Championships

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013Hua Mark Indoor Stadium,
Bangkok, Thailand
Chae Yoo-jung Huang Kaixiang
Chen Qingchen
13–21, 11–21 Bronze
2011Taoyuan Arena,
Taoyuan City, Taipei, Chinese Taipei
Chae Yoo-jung Alfian Eko Prasetya
Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja
18–21, 13–21 Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013Likas Indoor Stadium,
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
Chae Yoo-jung Wang Yilu
Huang Dongping
17–21, 25–23, 23–21 Gold
2012Gimcheon Indoor Stadium,
Gimcheon, South Korea
Chae Yoo-jung Liu Yuchen
Huang Dongping
21–11, 19–21, 21–13 Gold

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 3 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Men's doubles
YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Syed Modi InternationalSuper 300 Seo Seung-jae He Jiting
Tan Qiang
18–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2019Hong Kong OpenSuper 500 Seo Seung-jae Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan
13–21, 21–12, 21–13 Winner
2019Vietnam OpenSuper 100 Seo Seung-jae Na Sung-seung
Wang Chan
18–21, 21–16, 21–14 Winner
2019Chinese Taipei OpenSuper 300 Seo Seung-jae Goh V Shem
Tan Wee Kiong
19–21, 21–15, 21–23 Runner-up
2018Korea MastersSuper 300 Seo Seung-jae Po Li-wei
Wang Chi-lin
21–12, 17–21, 21–18 Winner

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018Korea MastersSuper 300 Shin Seung-chan Ko Sung-hyun
Eom Hye-won
12–21, 21–15, 18–21 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (4 titles, 6 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation since 2007.
Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Korea Masters Chae Yoo-jung Seo Seung-jae
Kim Ha-na
21–17, 13–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2017Canada Open Chae Yoo-jung Kim Won-ho
Shin Seung-chan
19–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2015Mexico City Open Eom Hye-won Chan Peng Soon
Goh Liu Ying
14–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2015U.S. Grand Prix Eom Hye-won Michael Fuchs
Birgit Michels
21–12, 21–14 Winner
2015Macau Open Eom Hye-won Shin Baek-cheol
Chae Yoo-jung
18–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2015Thailand Open Eom Hye-won Praveen Jordan
Debby Susanto
21–19, 17–21, 21–16 Winner
2015Vietnam Open Chae Yoo-jung Huang Kaixiang
Huang Dongping
19–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2014Korea Masters Shin Seung-chan Shin Baek-cheol
Chang Ye-na
Walkover Winner
2013Vietnam Open Chae Yoo-jung Liao Min-chun
Chen Hsiao-huan
22–20, 19–21, 21–14 Winner
2013Macau Open Chae Yoo-jung Lu Kai
Huang Yaqiong
21–17, 18–21, 17–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

Men's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018Irish Open Seo Seung-jae Jack MacGregor
Ciar Pringle
21–17, 21–12 Winner
2018Norwegian International Seo Seung-jae Mads Emil Christensen
Kristoffer Knudsen
21–12, 21–13 Winner

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015Thailand International Chae Yoo-jung Tan Chee Tean
Shevon Jemie Lai
18–21, 21–19, 21–12 Winner
2014Osaka International Chae Yoo-jung Muhammad Rijal
Vita Marissa
18–21, 21–17, 18–21 Runner-up
2013Romanian International Kim Hye-rin Ramazan Ozturk
Neslihan Kilic
21–16, 21–13 Winner