An Se-young And Seo Seung-jae Named BWF Player Of The Year 2023

JAKARTA The duo of South Korean badminton players, An Se-young and Seo Seung-jae were named BWF Player of the Year or Best Player of BWF 2023.

The award was announced at the 2023 BWF World Tour Finals Galanner which took place at the Dragon Hotel, Hangzhou, China, Monday, December 11, 2023, WIB night.

Seo Seung-jae received the Male Player of the Year 2023 award. He is ahead of Denmark's singles, Viktor Axelsen, and Thailand's singles, Kunlavut Vitidsarn.

Seung-jae excels in both double categories (men's doubles with Kang Min-hyuk and mixed doubles with Chae Yu-jung). He has won two gold medals at the BWF World Championships since 1999.

In addition, Seo Seung-jae also won four BWF World Tour titles in the assessment period (1 November 2022 to 31 October 2023).

Meanwhile, Female Player of the Year 2023 was given to An Se-young. This name beats its competitors from China, Chen Yufei, and Akane Yamaguchi (Japan).

An Se-young is almost unstoppable this season. He won 11 titles, including five consecutive titles including the 2023 BWF World Championships and the Asian Games gold medal.

Next, the world's number one women's doubles, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan, who dominated the 2023 season with seven titles including the World Championships and Asian Games, was named Pair of the Year or Best Pair of the Year.

They outperformed the Indian pair, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty, Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong (China), and mixed doubles world champion Seo Seung-jae/Chae Yu-jung.

The next award is Most Improved Player of the Year or Most Developed Player 2023.

For this category won by the Chinese mixed doubles, Jiang Zhen Bang/Wei Ya Xin. The pair are ahead of Chen Tang Jie/Toh Ee Wei (Malaysia) and Kim Astrup/Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (Denmark).

The last category is the Most Promising Player Eddy Choong. This award was received by Liu Sheng Shu/Tan Ning.