Seungjae Seo: 11th Win & Record Challenge in Finals | [Sport/League Name]

Seungjae Seo (28, Samsung Life Insurance), the world’s best badminton men’s doubles player, lifted the 11th championship trophy of the 2025 season. With this win, Seo Seung-jae equaled the record for most wins in a single season set by Kento Momota (Japan, retired) in 2019 in men’s singles, and will challenge for a new history at the World Tour Finals, the king of kings of the season, held in Hangzhou, China in December.

The men’s doubles world No. 1 pair Seung-jae Seo and Kim Won-ho (26, Samsung Life Insurance) defeated Japan’s Hiroki Midorikawa and Kyohei Yamashita (29th) in the final of the 2025 Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Japan Masters (Super 500) held at the Kumamoto General Gymnasium in Japan on the 16th, 2-1 (20-22 21-11). 21-16), resulting in a thrilling comeback victory.

In the first game, the teams ran parallel paths, exchanging fierce attacks and defense. Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho were shaky, giving up 4 points at 16-16, but they trailed to 20-20 and took the game to deuce. However, they conceded consecutive goals at deuce and lost the first game to Japan.

Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho, who have won nine times this season together, took control of the game from the second game, and also won the third game early with a wide score gap, once again taking the top spot on the podium.

The two, who worked together for two years from 2017 to 2018, played in separate doubles teams, and reunited at the end of last year after six years, ushering in a golden age in men’s doubles this year. Seung-jae Seo and Won-ho Kim took the top spot in this year’s World Championships, three Super 1000 series (Malaysia Open, All England Open, Indonesia Open), three Super 750 series (Japan Open, China Masters, French Open), two Super 500 competitions (Korea Open, Japan Masters), and the German Open, a Super 300 competition.

Seo Seung-jae won 11 doubles titles this year, including the Thailand Masters (Super 300), which he won in February in a group with Jin Yong. Seung-jae Seo and Won-ho Kim, who had the best year, are aiming for the final crown of the season at the BWF World Tour Finals, which opens in Hangzhou on the 17th of next month.

Reporter Park Seong-guk

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