JAKARTA - South Korean women's singles badminton player An Se Young is likely to set a record if she manages to win the final match of the 2025 BWF World Tour Finals (WTF) against Wang Zhi Yi from China on Sunday, December 21.
The world number one reached the final stage of the season-ending tournament after defeating Akane Yamaguchi (Japan) in two straight sets 21-15 and 21-12 at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium, China, on Saturday, December 20.
It was this victory that gave the world's number one badminton player the opportunity to break and also equalize the record. One of them is a record that may be broken is the prize money he can get.
If he wins the final against Wang Zhi Yi tomorrow, he will become the first badminton player in history to win a prize money of one million US dollars in one season of competition.
The 23-year-old badminton player has so far collected more than 763 thousand US dollars before the 2025 BWF World Tour Finals. Thus, his income will automatically be more than one US dollar if he wins to get an additional prize of 240 thousand US dollars from the WTF.
With the amount he has so far in his hands, An Se Young is actually the highest prize money winner of the season. In second place is Wang Zhi Yi (505 more US dollars) which was also achieved this year.
In addition, the 2024 Olympic medallist has a total of 10 titles so far this season so that he will automatically equal Kento Momota as the most successful singles winner in one season with 11 titles if he wins tomorrow.
Kento Momota previously became the most successful player in a season in history with 11 titles in 2019. An Se Young almost equaled that record when he won 10 titles in 2023.
Previously, another record that An Se Young created this week was his winning rate, the highest in the singles. His semifinal result against Yamaguchi made him record a winning rate of 94.73 percent (72 wins out of 76 matches).
If he wins tomorrow's final, his win rate will be 94.80 percent. These figures are higher than legends such as Lin Dan (92.75 percent in 2011) and Lee Chong Wei (92.75 percent in 2010).
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