Ahn Se-young: Malay & Indian Open Badminton 2024 Entry

Achieved 11 wins this season… 2026 season begins

[서울=뉴시스] Reporter Ha Geun-soo = Badminton ‘world’s best’ Se-young Ahn (Samsung Life Insurance) will leave for the first competition of the new season as soon as the new year of 2026 begins.

The Korean badminton team, including Ahn Se-young, will depart for Malaysia through Incheon International Airport at 0:10 a.m. on January 1 next year.

Ahn Se-young, ranked No. 1 in the women’s singles world rankings, will participate in the 2026 Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Super 1000 Malaysia Open, which will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for six days from the 6th to the 11th.

Next, he plans to attend the Super 750 India Open, which will be held in New Delhi, India for six days from the 13th to the 18th, and then return to Korea on the 19th.

This year, Ahn Se-young won three Super 1000 tournaments (Malaysia Open, All England Open, Indonesia Open), five Super 750 tournaments (India Open, Japan Open, China Masters, Denmark Open, French Open), one Super 500 tournament (Australian Open), one Super 300 tournament (Orléans Masters), and the World Tour Finals on the 21st. He won and achieved 11 wins of the season.

Ahn Se-young rose to the ranks of legends, matching the ‘most wins (11) in a BWF single season’ achieved by Kento Momota (Japan) in 2019.

In addition, they recorded 73 wins in 77 games played this year, recording a win rate of 94.8%, the ‘highest win rate in BWF single season.’

Adding the winning prize of $240,000 (approximately 344 million won), he became the first player to exceed the ‘BWF single season cumulative prize money of $1 million’ with a cumulative prize money of $1,003,175 (approximately 1,438 million won) this year.

It is also important to note that she was selected as the ‘BWF Female Athlete of the Year’ for three consecutive years and the ‘Athletes’ Player of the Year’ for two consecutive years.

[인천공항=뉴시스] Reporter Kim Geun-soo = Ahn Se-young, who recorded the most wins (11 wins) in a single season in badminton history, is holding up her medal after an interview after returning from the 2025 Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Finals at Incheon International Airport Terminal 1 in Jung-gu, Incheon on the 22nd. 2025.12.22. [email protected]

Ahn Se-young, who returned to Korea after the World Tour Finals, expressed her feelings, saying, “I am so moved that I wonder if this is true. It was a truly amazing year. I am very proud of the fact that I won 11 titles during this season.”

He then expressed his determination, saying, “I would like to express my infinite gratitude to the team and fans who supported me. I want to come back stronger in 2026 and break more records.”

Ahn Se-young enters the new season without any time to catch her breath and will defend the titles of the Malaysia Open and Indian Open, which she reached the top of last season.

Fans are paying attention to whether Ahn Se-young will be able to surpass the 11 wins in 2025 in 2026 and achieve a record that will remain in badminton history.

Meanwhile, the men’s doubles team of Kim Won-ho and Seo Seung-jae (Samsung Life Insurance), who achieved 11 wins alongside Ahn Se-young, and the women’s doubles team of Baek Ha-na and Lee So-hee (Incheon International Airport), who achieved two consecutive World Tour Finals wins, and Kim Hye-jung (Samsung Life Insurance) and Gong Hee-yong (Jeonbuk Bank), who achieved 4 wins, will also participate in these two tournaments.

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