Lee Hyun-il

Lee Hyun-il
Lee 2008 in the singles final of the German Open in Mülheim an der Ruhr
Country:	South Korea
Date of birth:	April 17, 1980
Place of birth:	Seoul
Size:	176 cm
Weight:	67 kg
1st professional season:	1997
Playing hand:	Left
BWF ID:	11704
Men's singles
Career record:	425: 137
Career title:	24
Highest ranking:	1 (February 21, 2004)
Current placement:	14th
Men's doubles
Career record:	13:15
mixed double
Career record:	3: 5
Medals
Country: South Korea  badminton IBF - World Championships bronze Madrid 2006 singles Thomas Cup silver Jakarta 2008 Men's silver Wuhan 2012 Men's bronze Kuala Lumpur 2000 Men's bronze Jakarta 2004 Men's Sudirman Cup gold Eindhoven 2003 Mixed bronze Seville 2001 Mixed bronze Beijing 2005 Mixed bronze Qingdao 2011 Mixed  Asian Games gold Busan 2002 Men's gold Incheon 2014 Men's silver Busan 2002 singles silver Doha 2006 Men's silver Guangzhou 2010 Men's bronze Doha 2006 singles ABC - Asian Championships bronze Hyderabad 2005 singles
BWF profile
As of March 6, 2016

Lee Hyun-il ( Korean 이현일 ; born April 17, 1980 in Seoul ) is a South Korean badminton player . He was a member of the South Korean Olympic delegation at the 2004 , 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games .

Career

One of Lee's greatest successes was winning the 2008 Korea Open , beating reigning world champion Lin Dan in the final with 4:21, 23:21, 25:23. After a miserable start, he was able to keep up well in the second set and benefited from several tight line decisions in his favor. In 2005 he won the Indonesia Open by beating Boonsak Ponsana from Thailand in straight sets. At the 2006 World Championships in Madrid , he achieved bronze and his only medal at world championships so far. In the same year he reached the final of All England , which he lost with 7:15, 7:15 against Lin Dan. At the age of 20 and 21 he was in the finals of the Japan Open 2001 and 2002 , of which he won the latter.

At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 , Lee's defeat in the semifinals against Lee Chong Wei with 18:21, 21:13, 13:21 and the lost bronze match against Chen Jin 16:21, 21:12, 14: 21 fourth place. Also in 2012 in London it was only enough for fourth place. In the semifinals he lost to Lin Dan with 12:21, 10:21 and in the game for bronze against Chen Long with 12:21, 21:15, 15:21. In Athens 2004 he lost to Boonsak Ponsana in the round of 16 with 13:15, 11:15.

After a long absence, Lee has won ten tournaments since June 2014 to qualify for the upcoming 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro .

Achievements in tables

Men's singles

Lee Hyun-il
Hangeul	이현일
Hanja	李 炫 一
Revised Romanization	I Hyeon-il
McCune- Reischauer	Yi Hyon-il
See also : Korean name

Lee at the 2013 Axiata Cup in Surabaya

result	year	Place / tournament	opponent	Result
Olympic games
4th	2008	Beijing	Chen Jin	16:21, 21:12, 14:21
4th	2012	London	Chen Long	12:21, 21:15, 15:21
9./16.	2004	Athens	Boonsak Ponsana	13:15, 11:15
IBF / BWF - world championships
bronze	2006	Madrid	Bao Chunlai	15:21, 19:21
5th / 8th	2001	Seville	Taufik Hidayat	12:15, 15: 4, 5:15
5th / 8th	2005	Anaheim	Lin Dan	15: 5, 7:15, 8:15
9./16.	2003	Birmingham	Muhammad Roslin Hashim	10:15, 15:13, 14:17
9./16.	2007	Kuala Lumpur	Bao Chunlai	19:21, 11:21
9./16.	2011	London	Lin Dan	16:21, 13:21
Asian Games
silver	2002	Busan	Taufik Hidayat	7:15, 9:15
bronze	2006	Doha	Lin Dan	3:21, 10:21
9./16.	2010	Guangzhou	Chen Jin	17:21, 11:21
ABC / BAC - Asian Championships
bronze	2005	Hyderabad	Beng Hong Kuan	11:15, 4:15
5th / 8th	2008	Johor Bahru	Lin Dan	12:21, 10:21
9./16.	2000	Jakarta	Rony Agustinus	3:15, 11:15
9./16.	2001	Manila	Indra Wijaya	15: 8, 11:15, 10:15
9./16.	2004	Kuala Lumpur	Muhammad Hafiz Hashim	15: 6, 10:15, 6:15
17./32.	1997	Kuala Lumpur	Choong Hann Wong	4:15, 9:15
33./48.	1999	Kuala Lumpur	Jason Wong	13:15, 10:15
IBF / BWF World Cup
5th / 8th	2005	Yiyang	Lin Dan	16:21, 15:21
BWF World Superseries
2.	2008	Malaysia Open	Lee Chong Wei	15:21, 21:11, 17:21
1.	2008	Korea Open	Lin Dan	4:21, 23:21, 25:23
IBF World Grand Prix
2.	2001	Japan Open	Muhammad Roslin Hashim	11:15, 6:15
1.	2001	US Open	Kenneth Jonassen	6: 8, 7: 2, 7: 2, 7: 5
1.	2002	Japan Open	Xia Xuanze	5: 7, 7: 5, 0: 7, 7: 5, 7: 2
1.	2003	Swiss Open	Different Boesen	15:10, 15: 2
1.	2003	Dutch Open	Muhammad Hafiz Hashim	5:15, 15: 8, 15: 6
1.	2003	German Open	Lin Dan	15: 4, 15: 4
1.	2005	Indonesia Open	Boonsak Ponsana	15:10, 15: 3
1.	2005	Chinese Taipei Open	Shon Seung-mo	15:13, 15: 6
2.	2006	All of England	Lin Dan	7:15, 7:15
BWF Grand Prix Gold
2.	2010	Macau Open	Lee Chong Wei	lost without a fight
2.	2011	Swiss Open	Sung-hwan Park	21:17, 9:21, 17:21
2.	2011	Thailand Open	Chen Long	8:21, 19:21
1.	2011	Macau Open	You Pengyu	17:21, 21:11, 21:18
1.	2011	Korea Grand Prix Gold	Shon Wan-ho	21:18, 21:16
2.	2012	Swiss Open	Chen Jin	21:14, 9:21, 17:21
1.	2013	Korea Grand Prix Gold	Hong Ji-hoon	21:18, 21:12
1.	2015	Malaysia Masters	Jeon Hyuk-jin	19:21, 21:13, 21:15
1.	[1]2015	New Zealand Open	Qiao Bin	21:12, 21:14
1.	[2]2015	Thailand Open	Ihsan Maulana Mustofa	21:17, 22:24, 21: 8
2.	[3]2015	Korea Masters	Lee Dong-keun	21:17, 14:21, 14:21
1.	[4]2016	Thailand Masters	Hu Yun	21:18, 21:19
BWF Grand Prix
1.	2008	German Open	Shō Sasaki	22:20, 21: 5
1.	2014	Canada Open	Ng Ka Long Angus	21:16, 21:14
2.	2014	Korea Grand Prix	Lee Dong-keun	18:21, 22:24
2.	[4]2015	Vietnam Open	Tommy Sugiarto	19:21, 19:21
1.	[5]2015	US Grand Prix	Rajiv Ouseph	21:19, 21:12
International Challenge
1.	2014	Sri Lanka International	Anand Pawar	17:21, 21:10, 21:15
1.	2014	Indonesia International	Christie Jonatan	11:10, 9:11, 5:11, 11: 8, 11: 3
1.	2014	Malaysia International	Chun Seang Tan	17:21, 21:16, 21:11
1.	2015	Thailand International	Suppanyu Avihingsanon	21:13, 21:10
International tournaments
2.	2000	Swedish Open	Rasmus Wengberg	12:15, 11:15
1.	2000	Waitakere International	Rio Suryana	15: 8, 15: 0
1.	[5]2004	Olympic Sport Event 2004	Shon Seung-mo	15: 8, 15: 9
2.	2005	Thailand Satellite	Shon Seung-mo	5:15, 3:15
2.	2013	Copenhagen Masters	Viktor Axelsen	13:21, 16:21

Web links

Commons : Lee Hyun-il  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Profile bwfworldsuperseries.com (English)
• Lee Hyun-il in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Lee is the family name here, Hyun-il is the first name.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=1185B01B-43DF-4F43-AF62-EB96BFFE03CB&draw=2
2. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=E4857758-9954-4BFC-BBE5-D24113FDE1DC&draw=2
3. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=8F8CB674-5B18-413D-95AA-DAA3D67D22C1&draw=2
4. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=341B7520-3D70-494C-9D4F-7E006CD82CB8&draw=2
5. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=82A632B2-DEC3-4E2E-83C2-ED22BAB3646D&draw=2
6. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=0C6484EF-3EC1-492F-9F90-2677857F3996&draw=2
7. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=AE630E09-E114-4B2D-8FA8-8A4A3CC2D683&draw=1