An Se Young is clearly superior in the current badminton women’s singles scene – Photo: BWF
Before this final match, An Se Young has the opportunity to equal Kento Momota’s 2019 record of winning 11 prestigious badminton titles in a single year.
With ten BWF titles in 2025, An Se Young is just one final match away from Momota’s record. And the challenge for her is considerable: the currently strongest player in China – Wang Zhiyi.
Wang is two years older than An, is currently ranked second in the world and is considered the only real challenger who can stop the South Korean player’s devastating form.
In 2025, Wang reached the BWF finals eleven times, but only managed to win three times. The reason for this was of course An Se Young. Prior to this final, Wang had lost to An six times in BWF finals in 2025 alone.
In the first set, An Se Young continued her impressive form and won comfortably 21:13. Wang fought back in the second set to win dramatically 21:18, raising hopes of a spectacular comeback.
That hope only grew when An Se Young showed signs of leg pain in the second set. But when she competed in the third set, the badminton fans were once again amazed at the South Korean’s absolute strength.
An Se Young quickly defeated Wang Zhiyi 21-10 in that set to win the women’s singles title at the 2025 BWF World Tour Finals, officially equaling Momota’s record.
In 2025, An Se Young won eleven major BWF titles, including three Super 1000 titles and the World Tour Finals, the “year-end finals”.
Wang Zhiyi has suffered too many defeats against An Se Young – Photo: BWF
Furthermore, in 2025, An Se Young achieved a win rate of 94.8%, losing only 4 out of 77 games. This is an unprecedentedly high rate for players who play more than 60 games per year.
An Se Young reached a total of 12 finals in 2025 and only suffered one defeat – against Akane Yamaguchi (Japan) at the Korea Open.
In addition, An Se Young has already defeated Chinese players in the final nine times in 2025, and Wang Zhiyi alone suffered seven defeats.
China is considered the most powerful nation in modern badminton, but is currently completely powerless to defeat the incredibly dominant An Se Young.
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