Lee Hyun-il

Lee Hyun-il (Template:Langx; born 17 April 1980) is a former badminton player from South Korea. He is a former World and Asian Championships bronze medalist, and was part of South Korean team that won the 2003 Sudirman Cup as well the gold medals at the 2002 and 2014 Asian Games.

Career

2002 Asian Games

Lee competed in the 2002 Asian Games where he showed signs of promise as an ace singles player for team Korea. In the men's team event, Lee dominated the opponents he faced in the tourney, completing all three matches less than 30 minutes and allowing only seven points in the semifinals and eight in the final. Team Korea eventually won their first men's team gold medal since 1986 when Park Joo-bong and Kim Moon-soo led the team.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

2002 Asian Games – Men's team
Date	Round	Result	Score	Opponents
October 6	Quarterfinal	Template:Yes2Win	15–11, 15–7	Template:Flagicon Hidetaka Yamada
October 7	Semifinal	Template:Yes2Win	15–5, 15–2	Template:Flagicon Lee Tsuen Seng
October 9	Final	Template:Yes2Win	15–3, 15–5	Template:Flagicon Rony Agustinus

2003 Sudirman Cup

At the 2003 Sudirman Cup held in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, Lee helped his team to win its third Sudirman Cup title, winning all three singles matches. Though many great doubles players from South Korea had won numerous international competitions, team Korea had always struggled to win the Thomas and Sudirman Cup competitions due to the lack of top men's singles players. However, Lee, the winner of the 2003 Swiss Open, showed spectacular performances through the Sudirman Cup tournament, not dropping a single set. In the semifinal, Lee defeated 2001 World Championship runner-up and 2001 All England Open semifinalist Peter Gade 2-0, which led his team to a 3-2 victory over Denmark. Lee won another 2-0 upset victory over world number one ranked Chen Hong in game 1 of the South Korea's final team event against China.

2003 Sudirman Cup
Date	Round	Result	Score	Opponents
March 18	Group 1A	Template:Yes2Win	15–5, 15–5	Template:Flagicon Rasmus Wengberg
March 22	Semifinal	Template:Yes2Win	15–9, 15–12	Template:Flagicon Peter Gade
March 23	Final	Template:Yes2Win	15–10, 15–12	Template:Flagicon Chen Hong

2004 Olympics

Lee competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, which was his first Olympic appearance. Lee easily defeated Stuart Brehaut of Australia in the first round. However, he was surprisingly eliminated in the second round by Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

2006

At the 2006 IBF World Championships held in Madrid, Spain, Lee captured his first World Championship medal in the men's singles event. He defeated Chetan Anand, Jan Fröhlich, Eric Pang and Chen Jin before losing to Bao Chunlai of China in the semifinals.

2006 World Championships – Men's Singles
Date	Round	Result	Score	Opponents
September 18	First Rd	Template:Yes2Win	21–18, 18–21, 21–10	Template:Flagicon Chetan Anand
September 19	Second Rd	Template:Yes2Win	21–10, 21–4	Template:Flagicon Jan Fröhlich
September 20	Third Rd	Template:Yes2Win	21–16, 21–6	Template:Flagicon Eric Pang
September 21	Quarterfinal	Template:Yes2Win	21–14, 19–21, 21–12	Template:Flagicon Chen Jin
September 22	Semifinal	Template:No2Loss	15–21, 19–21	Template:Flagicon Bao Chunlai

2008 Olympics

In 2008, he defeated top rank players Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei in the Korea Open. He participated in the Beijing Olympics, where he reached the semi-finals before being defeated by world number one, Lee Chong Wei from Malaysia, and then being beaten by Chen Jin of China in the bronze-medal playoff.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Retirement and comeback

After the 2008 Olympics, Lee announced his retirement from international badminton and only competed in national competitions. However, in April 2010 he came out of retirement after much persuasion from the coach and teammates to fill the void of singles players in the Korean national squad. In May 2010, Lee participated in the 2010 Thomas Cup and played in two singles matches.

2012 Summer Olympics

Lee lost to Chinese Chen Long in the badminton bronze-medal playoff on 5 August 2012.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

2019

Lee who joined the Miryang City Hall team since 2018, decided to retire from the team on 22 November 2019.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Achievements

World Championships

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad, Madrid, Spain	Template:Flagicon Bao Chunlai	15–21, 19–21	Bronze Bronze

Asian Games

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Gangseo Gymnasium, Busan, South Korea	Template:Flagicon Taufik Hidayat	7–15, 9–15	Silver Silver
2006	Aspire Hall 3, Doha, Qatar	Template:Flagicon Lin Dan	3–21, 10–21	Bronze Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India	Template:Flagicon Kuan Beng Hong	11–15, 4–15	Bronze Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Template:Flagicon Endra Feryanto	8–15, 5–15	Bronze Bronze

BWF World Tour (1 title)

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Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Macau Open	Super 300	Template:Flagicon Zhou Zeqi	21–9, 21–19	Template:Gold1 Winner

BWF Superseries (1 title, 3 runners-up)

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Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Malaysia Open	Template:Flagicon Lee Chong Wei	15–21, 21–11, 17–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2008	Korea Open	Template:Flagicon Lin Dan	4–21, 23–21, 25–23	Template:Gold1 Winner
2016	French Open	Template:Flagicon Shi Yuqi	16–21, 19–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2017	Denmark Open	Template:Flagicon Srikanth Kidambi	10–21, 5–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up

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BWF Grand Prix (18 titles, 11 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Japan Open	Template:Flagicon Muhammad Roslin Hashim	11–15, 6–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2001	U.S. Open	Template:Flagicon Kenneth Jonassen	6–8, 7–2, 7–2, 7–5	Template:Gold1 Winner
2002	Japan Open	Template:Flagicon Xia Xuanze	5–7, 7–5, 0–7, 7–5, 7–2	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	Swiss Open	Template:Flagicon Anders Boesen	15–10, 15–2	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	Dutch Open	Template:Flagicon Muhammad Hafiz Hashim	5–15, 15–8, 15–6	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	German Open	Template:Flagicon Lin Dan	15–4, 15–4	Template:Gold1 Winner
2005	Indonesia Open	Template:Flagicon Boonsak Ponsana	15–10, 15–3	Template:Gold1 Winner
2005	Chinese Taipei Open	Template:Flagicon Shon Seung-mo	15–13, 15–5	Template:Gold1 Winner
2006	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Lin Dan	7–15, 7–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2008	German Open	Template:Flagicon Sho Sasaki	22–20, 21–5	Template:Gold1 Winner
2010	Macau Open	Template:Flagicon Lee Chong Wei	No match	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2011	Swiss Open	Template:Flagicon Park Sung-hwan	21–17, 9–21, 17–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2011	Thailand Open	Template:Flagicon Chen Long	8–21, 19–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2011	Macau Open	Template:Flagicon Du Pengyu	17–21, 21–11, 21–18	Template:Gold1 Winner
2011	Korea Grand Prix Gold	Template:Flagicon Shon Wan-ho	21–18, 21–16	Template:Gold1 Winner
2012	Swiss Open	Template:Flagicon Chen Jin	21–14, 9–21, 17–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2013	Korea Grand Prix Gold	Template:Flagicon Hong Ji-hoon	21–18, 21–12	Template:Gold1 Winner
2014	Canada Open	Template:Flagicon Ng Ka Long	21–16, 21–14	Template:Gold1 Winner
2014	Korea Grand Prix	Template:Flagicon Lee Dong-keun	18–21, 22–24	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2015	Malaysia Masters	Template:Flagicon Jeon Hyeok-jin	19–21, 21–13, 21–15	Template:Gold1 Winner
2015	New Zealand Open	Template:Flagicon Qiao Bin	21–12, 21–14	Template:Gold1 Winner
2015	Vietnam Open	Template:Flagicon Tommy Sugiarto	19–21, 19–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2015	Thailand Open	Template:Flagicon Ihsan Maulana Mustofa	21–17, 22–24, 21–8	Template:Gold1 Winner
2015	Korea Masters	Template:Flagicon Lee Dong-keun	21–17, 14–21, 14–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2015	U.S. Grand Prix	Template:Flagicon Rajiv Ouseph	21–19, 21–12	Template:Gold1 Winner
2016	Thailand Masters	Template:Flagicon Hu Yun	21–18, 21–19	Template:Gold1 Winner
2016	Canada Open	Template:Flagicon B. Sai Praneeth	12–21, 10–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2016	U.S. Open	Template:Flagicon Kanta Tsuneyama	24–22, 21–8	Template:Gold1 Winner
2017	Malaysia Masters	Template:Flagicon Ng Ka Long	21–14, 15–21, 9–10 retired	Template:Silver2 Runner-up

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BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 3 runners-up)

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Swedish Open	Template:Flagicon Rasmus Wengberg	12–15, 11–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2000	Waitakere International	Template:Flagicon Rio Suryana	15–8, 15–0	Template:Gold1 Winner
2005	Thailand Satellite	Template:Flagicon Shon Seung-mo	5–15, 3–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2014	Sri Lanka International	Template:Flagicon Anand Pawar	17–21, 21–10, 21–15	Template:Gold1 Winner
2014	Indonesia International	Template:Flagicon Jonatan Christie	11–10, 9–11, 5–11, 11–8, 11–3	Template:Gold1 Winner
2014	Malaysia International	Template:Flagicon Tan Chun Seang	17–21, 21–16, 21–11	Template:Gold1 Winner
2015	Thailand International	Template:Flagicon Suppanyu Avihingsanon	21–13, 21–10	Template:Gold1 Winner
2019	South Australia International	Template:Flagicon Ng Tze Yong	21–23, 1–5 retired	Template:Silver2 Runner-up

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