An Se-young Breaks All-Time Women's Singles Record with 47th Badminton Title

World badminton powerhouse An Se-young (Samsung Life Insurance) has broken the all-time record for the most singles titles in women's badminton history.

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) announced today that An captured her 47th career international singles title by winning the Denmark Open, which concluded yesterday (Korea time on October 18), setting a new record in this category.

The previous record of 46 titles was held by Indonesian badminton legend Susi Susanti, followed by Carolina Marin of Spain with 39 titles.

The BWF's singles title count includes records only from 1999, when relevant statistics began to be compiled.

Results from team events, such as the Uber Cup and the Badminton Asia Team Championships, are excluded, with only individual event records being counted.

The gold medal that An recently won at the Asian Games by achieving the first-ever consecutive women's singles titles in tournament history was also reflected in this record.

Continuing her phenomenal run with a winning percentage exceeding 98 percent, An claimed her 9th gold medal of the year by defeating world No. 3 Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the Denmark Open final to claim the championship.

Except for the All England Open where she took silver, An has swept gold medals by standing at the top of the podium in all 9 individual tournaments she has entered this year, including the Asian Games.


(Photo: AP, captured from BWF's official social media, Yonhap News)
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