The 2023 Korea Masters was a badminton tournament that took place at Gwangju Women's University Stadium in

Gwangju Gwangju () is South Korea's sixth-largest metropolis. It is a designated metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government's Home Minister. The city was also the capital of South Jeolla Province until the provincial offic ...

, South Korea, from 7 to 12 November 2023 and had a total prize of $210,000.

Tournament

The 2023 Korea Masters was the thirty-first tournament of the

2023 BWF World Tour The 2023 BWF World Tour (officially known as 2023 HSBC BWF World Tour for sponsorship reasons), is the sixth season of the BWF World Tour of badminton, a circuit of 31 tournaments that lead up to the World Tour Finals tournament. The 31 tourna ...

and was also part of the

Korea Masters The Korea Masters is an international badminton tournament that usually held in November or December every year of BWF event calendar in South Korea. The total prize money in 2016 was US$120,000. Before 2010, the level of the tournament was an Inter ...

championships, which have been held since 2007. This tournament was organized by the

Badminton Korea Association Badminton Korea Association (BKA, 대한배드민턴협회; ''Daehan baedeuminteon hyeobhoe'') is the national governing body for the sport of badminton in South Korea. History Badminton was spread in Korea after Liberation Day and was not org ...

with sanction from the BWF.

Venue

This international tournament was held at Gwangju Women's University Stadium in

, South Korea.

Point distribution

Below is the point distribution table for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the

BWF World Tour Super 300 The BWF World Tour is a Grade 2 badminton tournament series, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). It is a competition open to the top world ranked players in singles (men's and women's) and doubles (men's, women's and mixed). The compet ...

event.

Prize pool

The total prize money is US$210,000 with the distribution of the prize money in accordance with BWF regulations.

Men's singles

Seeds

Chou Tien-chen Chou Tien-chen ( Chinese: 周天成; born 8 January 1990) is a Taiwanese badminton player. He became the first local shuttler in 17 years to win the men's singles title of the Chinese Taipei Open in 2016 since Indonesian-born Fung Permadi won ...

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Lee Zii Jia Lee Zii Jia (, born 29 March 1998) is a Malaysian badminton player. He was the men's singles gold medalist at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games and won his first BWF Super 1000 title at the 2021 All England Open. Lee is the reigning men's single ...

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Ng Tze Yong Ng Tze Yong ( zh, 黄智勇, p=; born on 16 May 2000) is a Malaysian badminton player. Ng won a bronze medal in the 2021 Sudirman Cup. He also helped his team to win gold at the Badminton Asia Team Championships and 2022 Commonwealth Games. ...

''(withdrew)'' # Lin Chun-yi ''(Quarter-finals)'' #

Wang Tzu-wei Wang Tzu-wei ( Chinese: 王子維; born 27 February 1995) is a Taiwanese badminton player. He won his first international title at the 2014 New Zealand Open tournament. Wang competed at the 2017 Summer Universiade, where he won the gold medals i ...

''(Semi-finals)'' # Brian Yang ''(withdrew)'' #

Koki Watanabe is a Japanese badminton player. He graduated from the Saitama Sakae high school, and was part of the Unysis team since 2017. He won his first international title at the 2018 Yonex / K&D Graphics International tournament. Career Watanabe sta ...

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Su Li-yang Su Li-yang (; born 27 December 2001) is a Taiwanese badminton player. Career Su Li-yang's father Su Chih-ming was also a badminton player. Su Li-yang started to playing badminton when he was in the first grade of elementary school. Educated a ...

''(First round)''

Finals

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Section 4

Women's singles

Seeds

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(Champion) # Supanida Katethong ''(First round)'' #

Hsu Wen-chi Hsu Wen-chi (; born 28 September 1997) is a Taiwanese badminton player. She started playing badminton at age 9, and debuted at the 2013 Maldives International. She joined the Chinese Taipei national badminton team in 2014. She is the two-time Nat ...

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Pai Yu-po Pai Yu-po (; born 18 April 1991) is a Taiwanese badminton player. She started playing badminton at age 9, and debuted at the 2007 Vietnam International. She joined the Chinese Taipei national badminton team in 2014, and represented her country d ...

''(First round)'' # Nguyễn Thùy Linh ''(Second round)'' #

Putri Kusuma Wardani Putri Kusuma Wardani (born 20 July 2002) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with Exist Jakarta club. Career Trained in Exist Jakarta club, Wardani joined the Indonesia national training center in 2018. In the national tournament, she ...

''(First round)'' #

Natsuki Nidaira is a Japanese badminton player. In the national event, she play for the Tonami Transportation. Career Nidaira came from the Mito, Ibaraki, and started playing badminton at aged five. Since the elementary school she has won several national ch ...

''(Quarter-finals)'' #

Saena Kawakami is a Japanese badminton player. Achievements BWF World Tour (1 title, 2 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton ...

''(withdrew)''

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Men's doubles

Seeds

Kang Min-hyuk Kang Min-hyuk (; born June 28, 1991) is a South Korean musician, singer-songwriter, and actor. He is the drummer of South Korean rock band CNBLUE. Career 2009–present: CNBLUE Kang became a member of CNBLUE in 2009. The group debuted in Jap ...

Seo Seung-jae Seo Seung-jae (Hangul: 서승재; born 4 September 1997) is a South Korean badminton player. In 2014, he competed at the Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China. In 2017, he helped the Korean national team compete at the 2017 Sudirman Cup and ...

''(Semi-finals)'' #

Lee Yang Lee Yang (; born 12 August 1995) is a Taiwanese badminton player and 2020 Olympics men's doubles champion. Career Lee played in the men's doubles with Lee Jhe-huei. They were champions in 2016 at the Vietnam Open Grand Prix. In 2015, toget ...

Wang Chi-lin Wang Chi-lin (; born 18 January 1995) is a Taiwanese badminton player who specializes in doubles. He is the 2020 Olympics men's doubles champion. Career In 2021, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, he and his partner Lee Yang defeated the 2018 World ...

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Lee Jhe-huei Lee Jhe-huei (; born 20 March 1994) is a Taiwanese badminton player. Career He plays in the men's doubles with Lee Yang. They were the champions at the 2016 Vietnam Open Grand Prix. In 2015, together they entered the 2015 Chinese Taipei M ...

Yang Po-hsuan Yang Po-hsuan (; born 23 August 1996) is a Taiwanese badminton player. He was part of the national university team that won the gold medal at the 2017 Summer Universiade. Achievements BWF World Tour (2 title, 4 runners-up) The BWF World To ...

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Lee Fang-chih Lee Fang-chih (; born 20 September 1997) is a Taiwanese badminton player. Achievements Summer Universiade ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' BWF World Tour (2 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and imp ...

Lee Fang-jen Lee Fang-jen (; born 20 September 1997) is a Taiwanese badminton player. Achievements BWF World Tour (2 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments s ...

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Goh Sze Fei Goh Sze Fei ( zh, t=吳世飛, p=Wú Shìfēi; born 18 August 1997) is a Malaysian badminton player. He won the 2022 German Open in the men's doubles event partnered with Nur Izzuddin, their first BWF World Tour title. Early life Goh fin ...

Nur Izzuddin Nur Izzuddin bin Mohd Rumsani (born 11 November 1997) is a Malaysian badminton player. He won the 2022 German Open in the men's doubles event partnered with Goh Sze Fei. Career In January 2017, Izzuddin and his partner Goh Sze Fei entered ...

''(Quarter-finals)'' # Chang Ko-chi /

Po Li-wei Po Li-wei (; born 2 May 1997) is a Taiwanese badminton player. Achievements Summer Universiade ''Men's doubles'' BWF World Tour (1 runner-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of ...

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Kenya Mitsuhashi is a Japanese badminton player. Achievements Summer Universiade ''Men's doubles'' BWF World Junior Championships ''Boys' doubles'' Asian Junior Championships ''Boys' doubles'' BWF World Tour (2 titles, 1 runner-up) The BWF World ...

Hiroki Okamura is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with Biprogy team. Achievements BWF World Tour (1 runner-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned b ...

''(Quarter-finals)'' # Ayato Endo / Yuta Takei ''(Quarter-finals)''

Finals

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Section 2

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Section 3

Section 4

Women's doubles

Seeds

Baek Ha-na Baek Ha-na (Hangul: 백하나; born 22 September 2000) is a South Korean badminton player who attended Cheongsong Girls' High School. She started playing badminton in 2009 after being recommended by her brother, and was selected to join the nati ...

Lee So-hee Lee So-hee (Hangul: 이소희; ; born 14 June 1994) is a South Korean badminton player. She won the women's doubles title at the 2017 All England Open tournament. She also helped the Korean national team to win the world team championships a ...

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Jeong Na-eun Jeong Na-eun ( Hangul: 정나은; born 27 June 2000) is a South Korean badminton player affiliated with Hwasun County team. In her junior, she won a bronze medal at the 2018 World Junior Championships and a silver at the Asian Junior Champion ...

Kim Hye-jeong Kim Hye-jeong (Hangul: 김혜정; born 3 January 1998) is a South Korean badminton player. She has shown her potential as a badminton player since she was young. Kim entered the regular training in the second grade of elementary school in Wanwol ...

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Hsu Ya-ching Hsu Ya-ching (; born 30 July 1991) is a Taiwanese badminton player. Personal life Hsu is married to former doubles partner Lin Chia-yu. Career She started playing badminton at aged 10, then in 2009 she joined Chinese Taipei national badm ...

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Lee Yu-lim Lee Yu-lim (; born 27 January 2000) is a South Korean badminton player who was educated at Janggok High School in Shiheung. She was a gold medallist in the girls' doubles event at the 2017 Asian Junior Championships and the World Junior Champ ...

Shin Seung-chan Shin Seung-chan (신승찬; ; born 6 December 1994) is a South Korean doubles specialist badminton player. She won the women's doubles bronze medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and 2014 BWF World Championships. Shin clinched the women's and m ...

''(Second round)'' # Rui Hirokami /

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/ Zhang Chi ''(First round)'' #

Chang Ching-hui Chang Ching-hui (; 19 June 1942 – 19 August 2022) was a Taiwanese politician. She served one term in the Legislative Yuan, from 2005 to 2008. Early life and education Chang was of Hakka descent. She earned a master's degree from Tamkang Un ...

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''(Second round)'' #

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Finals

Top half

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Section 2

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Section 3

Section 4

Mixed doubles

Seeds

Chae Yoo-jung Chae Yoo-jung (, Hanja: 蔡侑玎; born 9 May 1995) is a South Korean badminton player. She is the daughter of former singles player Kim Bok-sun. Chae was a part of the Korean national team that won the world mixed team championships at the 20 ...

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Jiang Zhenbang Jiang Zhenbang (; born 28 May 2001) is a Chinese badminton player. Achievements BWF World Tour (3 titles, 1 runner-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournament ...

Wei Yaxin Wei Yaxin (; born 18 April 2000) is a Chinese badminton player. She affiliates with Hunan team. Career Wei started her career in Changsa badminton team and later joined the Hunan provincial team in 2013. Wei began the 2018 season as the fina ...

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Kim Won-ho Kim Won-ho ( Hangul: 김원호; born 2 June 1999) is a South Korean badminton player. Kim who was educated at the Maewon High School, competed at the 2016 Asian Junior Championships, and won the silver medals in the mixed doubles and team event ...

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Chen Tang Jie Chen Tang Jie (; born 5 January 1998) is a Malaysian badminton player. He was part of the Malaysian 2016 Asian Junior Championships and 2016 BWF World Junior Championships team, and has help Malaysia to clinched a silver medal in the World Jun ...

Toh Ee Wei Toh Ee Wei (; born 18 September 2000) is a Malaysian badminton player from Malacca. She was the girls' doubles silver medalist at the 2018 Asian and World Junior Championships. She also won the 2016 World Junior bronze medal in the mixed doub ...

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Goh Soon Huat Goh Soon Huat (born 27 June 1990) is a Malaysian badminton player. He was a part of the Malaysia team that won bronze in the men's team event at the Incheon 2014 Asian Games. He switched to mixed doubles and paired up with Shevon Jemie Lai d ...

Shevon Jemie Lai Shevon Jemie Lai (born 8 August 1993) is a Malaysian badminton player. Career She started playing badminton at her primary school SJKC Kuen Cheng 2, then in 2011 she joined the Malaysia national badminton team. She competed at the BWF World J ...

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Tan Kian Meng Tan Kian Meng () is a Malaysian badminton player who specializes in the doubles events. He is currently playing with Lai Pei Jing in mixed doubles. Originally a singles player, he switched to play in the doubles events since August 2014 due to ...

Lai Pei Jing Lai Pei Jing (; born 8 August 1992) is a Malaysian badminton player who played in the doubles events. She started her career in the women's singles event. She briefly partnered Chan Peng Soon in mid-2014 and in August that year, they reached a ...

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Cheng Xing Cheng Xing (; born 7 May 2002) is a Chinese badminton player. Achievements BWF World Tour (2 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned ...

Chen Fanghui Chen Fanghui (; born 18 April 2000) is a Chinese badminton player. She reached her first BWF World Tour final at the 2023 Spain Masters. Achievements BWF World Tour (3 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and ...

''(withdrew)'' # Chang Ko-chi /

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