Joo Se-hyuk

Joo Se-hyuk
ITTF World Tour 2017 German Open, Magdeburg, Germany, 7 Nov 2017 - 12 Nov 2017, Joo Sae-Hyuk
Other spellings:	주세혁
Nation:	South Korea
Date of birth:	20th January 1980
Place of birth:	Seoul
Playing hand:	Right handed
How to play:	Defender
Current world rankings :	292
Best world ranking :	5 (March 2012)

Joo Se-hyuk ( Korean 주세혁, born January 20, 1980 in Seoul ) is a South Korean table tennis professional . He is right-handed and uses the shake hand grip. He is under contract with Butterfly and plays on the forehand with Tenergy 64, while on the backhand he uses long pimples like Tibhar Grass D.TecS or TSP Curl P1R on a Butterfly defense stick.

Career

WRL positions of the best 4 table tennis defenders

He was internationally active as early as 1997, at the 1998 US Open he won the silver medal in doubles. In 2001 he took part in the World Cup and won bronze with the South Korean team, while he was eliminated early in the individual competitions. In October he was able to advance into the top 50 of the world rankings . By May 2003 he fell back to 61st place, but this month he won the silver medal at the World Cup after victories over Chuang Chih-Yuan and Ma Lin and a final defeat against Werner Schlager and moved up to 22nd place, which he did became the top-ranked defender in the world.

In October 2003 he took part in the World Cup for the first time , but was eliminated in the group stage, tied with Wang Liqin and Kalinikos Kreanga , who were placed before him . In 2004 he won bronze again at the Team World Championship , at his first Olympic Games he reached the round of 16 in singles and doubles, and at the World Cup he reached fourth place after beating Wang Hao 3: 4 in the game for third place had lost. After he had hardly been active internationally in 2005 - he lost his position as top-ranked defender to Chen Weixing - he played numerous tournaments again in 2006, won silver with the team at the World Cup and the Asian Games, and in singles he won gold at the Korea Open and qualified for the Pro Tour Grand Finals.

In 2007 he reached the quarter-finals at the World Championships in singles and mixed games and was again the best-placed defender, a position he then held until 2017. In 2008 he again won silver at the World Cup with the South Korean team . In May of this year he also made it into the top 10 of the world rankings for the first time, but did not take part in the Olympic Games . He reached the quarter-finals in both the World Cup and the Grand Finals in 2009, followed by bronze (individual) and silver (team) at the Asian Games in 2010, as well as another bronze medal with the team . At the World Cup and Grand Finals he was eliminated in the round of 16 in 2011, but at the World Cup he beat Timo Boll and Jun Mizutani , among others , and thus achieved 3rd place. At the beginning of 2012 he reached his best position in the world rankings number 5, but at the Olympic Games he was eliminated in the individual round of 32, while he won silver with the team. In his sixth World Cup participation with the team, he also won the sixth medal in a row with bronze. In 2014 this was no longer successful, South Korea was eliminated in the quarter-finals, but was able to win silver at the Asian Games, where Joo reached the semi-finals in the individual.

In 2015 he reached the round of 16 at the World Cup , and in 2016 he won bronze with the team again. At the Olympic Games he no longer competed in singles, he came in fourth with the team. He also won gold at the Croatia Open, but in 2017 he only played the Hungarian Open and then did not appear internationally.

In 2019, Joo Se-hyuk was signed by the Austrian first division club Wiener Neustadt.

Overview of titles and successes

singles

• Asian Games: Bronze 2010, 2014
• World Championship : silver 2003 , quarter-finals 2007 , 2009
• World Cup : 3rd place 2011 , 4th place 2004
• Pro Tour : Gold Korea Open 2006, Croatia Open 2016, quarterfinals Grand Finals 2009, 2012

team

• Asian Cup: Bronze 2015
• Asian Games: Silver 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014
• Olympic Games : Silver 2012, 4th place 2016
• World Championship: silver 2006 , 2008 , bronze 2001 , 2004 , 2010 , 2012 , 2016
• World Cup: silver 2009, 2010, 2011, bronze 2007

Private

Joo Se-hyuk has been married to Kim Seon-hwa since April 2008.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
COR	Asian Championship ATTU	2015	Pattaya	THA	last 16			Semifinals
COR	Asian Championship ATTU	2007	Yangzhou	CHN	last 16
COR	Asian Cup	2015	Jaipur	IND	13-16 space
COR	Asian Cup	2014	Wuhan	CHN	11-15 space
COR	Asian Games	2014	Incheon	COR	Semifinals			silver
COR	Asian Games	2010	Guangzhou	CHN	Semifinals			silver
COR	Asian Games	2006	Doha	QAT			Semifinals	silver
COR	Asian Games	2002	Busan	COR				silver
COR	Asian Championship ATTU (Juniors)	1997	Sanagi Goa	IND	Semifinals			gold
COR	Olympic games	2016	Rio de Janeiro	BRA				4th Place
COR	Olympic games	2012	London	CLOSELY	last 32			silver
COR	Olympic games	2004	Athens	GRE	last 16	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2016	Otocec	SLO	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2016	Zagreb	HRV	gold	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2015	Incheon	COR	silver	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2013	Suzhou	CHN	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2012	Santos	BRA	silver
COR	Pro tour	2012	Kobe	JPN	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2012	Incheon City	COR	last 32
COR	Pro tour	2012	Kuwait City	KUW	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2012	Doha	QAT	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2012	Velenje	SLO	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2012	Budapest	HUN	silver
COR	Pro tour	2011	Suzhou	CHN	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2011	Incheon	COR	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2011	Shenzen	CHN	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2011	Almeria	ESP	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2011	Dortmund	GER	last 64
COR	Pro tour	2011	Dubai	UAE	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2011	Doha	QAT	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2010	Suzhou	CHN	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2010	Incheon	COR	silver
COR	Pro tour	2010	Kobe	JPN	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2010	Kuwait City	KUW	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2010	Doha	QAT	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2009	Sheffield	CLOSELY	last 32	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2009	Seoul	COR	Quarter finals	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2009	Wakayama	JPN	Quarter finals	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2009	Su Zhou	CHN	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2009	Doha	QAT	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2009	Kuwait City	KUW	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2008	Shanghai	CHN	Quarter finals	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2008	Singapore	SIN	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2008	Daejeon	COR	last 16	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2008	Yokohama	JPN	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2008	Changchun	CHN	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2008	Doha	QAT	last 32	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2008	Kuwait City	KUW	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2007	Stockholm	SWE	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2007	Bremen	GER	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2007	Taipei	TPE	last 16	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2007	Nanjing	CHN	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2007	Chiba	JPN	last 16	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2007	Seongnam	COR	last 16	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2007	Velenje	SVN	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2007	Zagreb	HRV	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2006	Yokohama	JPN	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2006	Guangzhou	CHN	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2006	Singapore	SIN	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2006	Kunshan	CHN	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2006	Taipei	TPE	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2006	Jeonju	COR	gold	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2006	Zagreb	HRV	last 16	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2005	Gothenburg	SWE	last 32	Semifinals
COR	Pro tour	2004	Chicago	United States	Semifinals	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2004	Singapore	SIN	last 32	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2004	Pyeongchang	COR	last 16	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2004	Athens	GRE	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2003	Aarhus	THE	last 32
COR	Pro tour	2003	Bremen	GER	Quarter finals	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2003	Kobe	JPN	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2003	Guangzhou	CHN	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2003	Jeju-Si	COR	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2002	Gangneung City	COR	last 32
COR	Pro tour	2002	Qingdao City	CHN	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2001	Rotterdam	NED	last 16	last 32
COR	Pro tour	2001	Bayreuth	GER	last 64
COR	Pro tour	2001	Yokohama	JPN	silver	Rd 1
COR	Pro tour	2001	Seoul	COR	last 32	Rd 1
COR	Pro tour	2001	Fort Lauderdale	United States	last 32	Rd 1
COR	Pro tour	2000	Umeå	SWE	Rd 1
COR	Pro tour	2000	Warsaw	POLE	last 32	last 16
COR	Pro tour	2000	Fort Lauderdale	United States		Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2000	Kobe City	JPN	last 32	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	2000	Chang Chun City	CHN	last 16	last 16
COR	Pro tour	1999	Kobe City	JPN	last 32	Rd 1
COR	Pro tour	1999	Guilin	CHN	last 16	Scratched
COR	Pro tour	1998	Sundsvall	SWE		last 16
COR	Pro tour	1998	Melbourne	OUT	last 32	Rd 1
COR	Pro tour	1998	Houston	United States	Quarter finals	silver
COR	Pro tour	1998	Wakayama	JPN	last 32	Quarter finals
COR	Pro tour	1997	Squid	SWE	last 32
COR	Pro tour	1997	Linz	AUT	last 16	last 32
COR	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2012	Hangzhou	CHN	Quarter finals
COR	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2011	London	CLOSELY	last 16
COR	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2009	Macau	MAC	Quarter finals
COR	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2008	Macau	MAC	last 16
COR	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2006	Hong Kong	HKG	last 16
COR	World Championship	2016	Kuala Lumpur	MAS				Semifinals
COR	World Championship	2015	Suzhou	CHN	last 16
COR	World Championship	2014	Tokyo	COR				Quarter finals
COR	World Championship	2012	Dortmund	GER				Semifinals
COR	World Championship	2011	Rotterdam	NED	last 16
COR	World Championship	2010	Moscow	RUS				Semifinals
COR	World Championship	2009	Yokohama	JPN	Quarter finals	last 32	last 64
COR	World Championship	2008	Guangzhou	CHN				silver
COR	World Championship	2007	Zagreb	HRV	Quarter finals	last 32	Quarter finals
COR	World Championship	2006	Bremen	GER				silver
COR	World Championship	2004	Doha	QAT				3rd place
COR	World Championship	2003	Paris	FRA	silver		last 16
COR	World Championship	2001	Osaka	JPN	last 128	Agony	last 128	3
COR	World cup	2012	Liverpool	CLOSELY	5th-8th space
COR	World cup	2011	Paris	FRA	3rd place
COR	World cup	2010	Magdeburg	GER	9-12 space
COR	World cup	2009	Moscow	RUS	9-12 space
COR	World cup	2008	Liege	BEL	5th-8th space
COR	World cup	2007	Barcelona	ESP	13-16 space
COR	World cup	2004	Hangzhou	CHN	4th Place
COR	World cup	2003	Jiangyin	CHN	9-12 space
COR	WTC World Team Cup	2011	Magdeburg	GER				silver
COR	WTC World Team Cup	2010	Dubai	UAE				silver
COR	WTC World Team Cup	2009	Linz	AUT				silver
COR	WTC World Team Cup	2007	Magdeburg	GER				3

literature

• Rahul Nelson: Joo Se Hyuk - run, darling, run , DTS magazine , 2003/12 pages 36–37

Web links

• Player portrait sponsor page (accessed on June 22, 2014)
• Joo Se-hyuk biography on the website of the World Table Tennis Association ittf.com (accessed June 22, 2014)
• Joo Se-hyuk in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ) (accessed June 22, 2014)
• Joo Saehyuk - Triumph, Comeback and the Future Article in the Butterfly Newsletter 08/2015 (accessed on September 23, 2015)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ results.ittf.link . (accessed on May 1, 2018).
2. ↑ Brief portrait at Butterfly ( Memento of the original from June 19, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on June 22, 2014)  
3. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2019/6 page 7
4. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2007/10 page 10
5. ↑ Joo Se-hyuk results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on June 22, 2014)

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Joo is the family name here, Se-hyuk is the first name.