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An Se-young (; born 5 February 2002) is a South Korean player from , who won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event. She was named 2019’s Most Promising Player of the Year and 2023's Female Player of the Year by the BWF. She won the gold medal at the 2023 World Championships, making history as the first Korean women's singles player to win the World Championships title. She then clinched the women's singles gold medal at the 2022 Asian Games. An was also a part of South Korea's gold medal winning teams at the 2022 Uber Cup and at the 2022 Asian Games.

In 2018, An was selected to join the national team and became the first junior high school student on the South Korean national team. She was part of the national junior team that won the mixed team title at the 2017 Asian Junior Championships. An later represented her country at the 2018 Uber Cup in Bangkok and Asian Games in Jakarta, helping the team win a bronze medal in the former event. In 2019, she clinched her first BWF World Tour title at the Super 300 New Zealand Open, beating the 2012 Olympic gold medalist in the final.

Career
An Se-young entered her first international competition when she was only 13 years old, participating in the 2015 Asian Junior Championships where she finished as quarter-finalist in the U15 girls' singles and doubles. An won her first international junior title at the U15 Korea Junior Open in 2015. An increasingly dominated the 2016 U15 junior tournaments, winning the girls' singles title at the Jakarta Open Junior International, Jaya Raya Junior Grand Prix, Asian Junior Championships, and Korea Junior Open; she also won the women's doubles title at the Jaya Raya Junior Grand Prix and the Korea Junior Open.

In 2017, An Se-young competed in the U17 and U19 competitions, where she managed to win the U17 Korea Junior Open, but at the Asian and World Junior Championships, she was unable to win any medals in the individual event. Meanwhile, in the mixed team, An succeeded in helping her team win the Asian junior mixed team title and also won a bronze medal at the World Junior Championships. At the end of the year, An, 15 years old, was selected for the national senior team, becoming the first ever middle school student to join the South Korean national team.

She was then entrusted to strengthen the Korean team at the 2018 Asian Games, but did not manage to win any medals in the individual or team events. In the 2018 Indonesia International Challenge, An managed to reach the final round. She then won her first senior international title at the 2018 Irish Open, beating compatriot Kim Ga-eun in the final.

An Se-young won her maiden World Tour title at the 2019 New Zealand Open, beating the 2012 Olympic gold medalist of China in the final. Her breakthroughs continued by winning the Canada Open, Akita Masters, French Open, and Korea Masters. The continuously improving performance she displayed in 2019 brought her into the women's singles top 10 in the BWF world rankings. In recognition of her achievements, the BWF awarded her the 2019 Most Promising Player of the Year.

Due to COVID-19, An only participated in five tournaments in 2020, with her best result being runner-up at the Thailand Masters, and together with the national team winning a silver medal at the Asian Women's Team Championship. In 2021, in her debut at the Olympic Games, she was eliminated in the quarter-finals by . An then made her first final in a Super 1000 tournament, the Denmark Open, but she was unable to finish the match, and had to settle for runner-up to . At the Indonesia badminton festival held in Bali, An managed to win all three tournaments after in the final she beats Yamaguchi in the Indonesia Masters, Ratchanok Intanon in the Indonesia Open, and P. V. Sindhu in the World Tour Finals.

In 2022, An reached five finals in the BWF World Tour, winning the Korea Open, Malaysia Masters, and the Australian Open; and also finished as runners-up in the All England and Japan Opens. She also claimed the bronze medals in the women's singles at the Asian and World Championships. Together with the South Korean women's team, she clinched the Uber Cup.

An marked huge milestones for Korean badminton in 2023. She became the first ever Korean women's singles to win the World Championships title in 2023 BWF World Championships, and was the first Korean women's singles to win the Asian Games in 29 years. She also won the gold medal in the women's team at the Asian Games. In the BWF World Tour, she claimed eight titles out of ten finals, and topped the women's singles ranking on 1 August 2023.

In the first half of 2024 season, An played seven individual tournaments, won 3 titles in the Malaysia, French, and the Singapore Opens, and also became finalist in the Indonesia Open. An clinched the gold medal in the women's singles final at the Paris 2024 Olympics, defeating China's 2–0, marking South Korea's first gold in this event since 's victory in 1996.

A strong performance shown by An in the beginning of the 2025 season, where she emerged champion in the Malaysia and India Opens in January. In the next tournament in March, An is winning a tournament in France, the Orléans Masters. Carrying the momentum of that win, An won the All England Open the next week, gaining her second Super 1000 titles of the year. An continued her pursuit for S1000 "clean sweep" by winning the Indonesia Open in June. The next month, An extended her good form, winning the Japan Open. An lost in two successive semifinals in China Open and 2025 BWF World Championships after that. An recovered well after those two tournament and snatched her second China Masters title. In October 2025, An was elected as BWF Athletes' Commission.

Achievements
Olympic Games
Women's singles
2024, , France21–13, 21–16Gold

World Championships
Women's singles
2022Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, , Japan19–21, 12–21Bronze
2023, , DenmarkCarolina Marín21–12, 21–10Gold
2025, , France15–21, 17–21Bronze

Asian Games
Women's singles
2022Binjiang Gymnasium, , China21-18, 17-21, 21–8Gold

Asian Championships
Women's singles
2022Muntinlupa Sports Complex, , Philippines21–10, 12–21, 16–21Bronze
2023Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall, , United Arab Emirates10–21, 14–21Silver

BWF World Tour (30 titles, 10 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 singles

2019New Zealand OpenSuper 30021–19, 21–15Winner
2019Super 10021–15, 22–20Winner
2019Hyderabad OpenSuper 100Yeo Jia Min21–12, 17–21, 19–21Runner-up
2019Super 10021–10, 17–21, 21–14Winner
2019French OpenSuper 750Carolina Marín16–21, 21–18, 21–5Winner
2019Super 30021–13, 21–17Winner
2020Thailand MastersSuper 30016–21, 20–22Runner-up
2021Super 1000Akane Yamaguchi21–18, 23–25, 5–16 retiredRunner-up
2021Indonesia MastersSuper 750Akane Yamaguchi21–17, 21–19Winner
2021Indonesia OpenSuper 1000Ratchanok Intanon21–17, 22–20Winner
2021BWF World Tour FinalsWorld Tour FinalsP. V. Sindhu21–16, 21–12Winner
2022All England OpenSuper 1000Akane Yamaguchi15–21, 15–21Runner-up
2022Korea OpenSuper 500Pornpawee Chochuwong21–17, 21–18Winner
2022Super 50021–17, 21–5Winner
2022Japan OpenSuper 750Akane Yamaguchi9–21, 15–21Runner-up
2022Australian OpenSuper 300Gregoria Mariska Tunjung21–17, 21–9Winner
2023Malaysia OpenSuper 1000Akane Yamaguchi21–12, 19–21, 11–21Runner-up
2023Super 750Akane Yamaguchi15–21, 21–16, 21–12Winner
2023Indonesia MastersSuper 500Carolina Marín18–21, 21–18, 21–13Winner
2023German OpenSuper 300Akane Yamaguchi11–21, 14–21Runner-up
2023All England OpenSuper 1000Chen Yufei21–17, 10–21, 21–19Winner
2023Thailand OpenSuper 50021–10, 21–19Winner
2023Singapore OpenSuper 750Akane Yamaguchi21–16, 21–14Winner
2023Korea OpenSuper 50021–9, 21–15Winner
2023Japan OpenSuper 750He Bingjiao21–15, 21–11Winner
2023China OpenSuper 1000Akane Yamaguchi21–10, 21–19Winner
2024Malaysia OpenSuper 1000Tai Tzu-ying10–21, 21–10, 21–18Winner
2024French OpenSuper 750Akane Yamaguchi18–21, 21–13, 21–10Winner
2024Singapore OpenSuper 750Chen Yufei21–19, 16–21, 21–12Winner
2024Indonesia OpenSuper 1000Chen Yufei14–21, 21–14, 18–21Runner-up
2024Denmark OpenSuper 750Wang Zhiyi10–21, 12–21Runner-up
2024Super 75021–12, 21–8Winner
2025Malaysia OpenSuper 1000Wang Zhiyi21–17, 21–7Winner
2025India OpenSuper 750Pornpawee Chochuwong21–12, 21–9Winner
2025Orléans MastersSuper 300Chen Yufei21–14, 21–15Winner
2025All England OpenSuper 1000Wang Zhiyi13–21, 21–18, 21–18Winner
2025Indonesia OpenSuper 1000Wang Zhiyi13–21, 21–19, 21–15Winner
2025Japan OpenSuper 750Wang Zhiyi21–12, 21–10Winner
2025China MastersSuper 75021–11, 21–3Winner
2025Korea OpenSuper 500Akane Yamaguchi18–21, 13–21Runner-up

BWF International Challenge / Series (1 title, 2 runners-up)
Women's singles
2018Indonesia International12–21, 13–21Runner-up
2018Irish OpenKim Ga-eun26–24, 21–17Winner
2019Vietnam International19–21, 11–21Runner-up
BWF International Challenge tournament
BWF International Series tournament
BWF Future Series tournament

Record against selected opponents
Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 2025 Korea Open (badminton).

–1
+7
+4
+1
+9
+3
+9
Yip Pui Yin+1
0

P. V. Sindhu+8
Gregoria Mariska Tunjung+11
+6
+3
–1
–1
Carolina Marín+2
Porntip Buranaprasertsuk+2
Ratchanok Intanon+10

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