Lee Hyun-il

2002 Asian Games

Lee competed in the 2002 Asian Games where he showed signs of promise as an ace singles player for Team Korea. In the men's team event, Lee dominated the opponents he faced in the tourney, completing all three matches less than 30 minutes and allowing only seven points in the semifinals and eight in the final. Team Korea eventually won their first men's team gold medal since 1986 when Park Joo-bong and Kim Moon-soo led the team.^[2]

2002 Asian Games – Men's Team
Date	Round	Result	Score	Opponents
October 6	Quarterfinal	Win	15–11, 15–7	Hidetaka Yamada
October 7	Semifinal	Win	15–5, 15–2	Lee Tsuen Seng
October 9	Final	Win	15–3, 15–5	Rony Agustinus

2003 Sudirman Cup

At the 2003 Sudirman Cup held in Eindhoven, Netherlands, Lee helped his team to win its third Sudirman Cup title, winning all three singles matches. Though lots of great doubles players from South Korea had won numerous international competitions, Team Korea had always struggled to win the Thomas and Sudirman Cup competitions due to the lack of top men's singles players. However, Lee, the winner of the 2003 Swiss Open, showed spectacular performances through the Sudirman Cup tournament, not dropping a single set. In the semifinal, Lee defeated 2001 World Championship runner-up and 2001 All England Open semifinalist Peter Gade 2-0, which led his team to a 3-2 victory over Denmark. Lee won another 2-0 upset victory over world number one ranked Chen Hong in Game 1 of the South Korea's final team event against China.

2003 Sudirman Cup
Date	Round	Result	Score	Opponents
March 18	Group 1A	Win	15–5, 15–5	Rasmus Wengberg
March 22	Semifinal	Win	15–9, 15–12	Peter Gade
March 23	Final	Win	15–10, 15–12	Chen Hong

2004 Olympics

Lee competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, which was his first Olympic appearance. Lee easily defeated Stuart Brehaut of Australia in the first round. However, he was surprisingly eliminated in the second round by Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand.^[3]

2006

At the 2006 IBF World Championships held in Madrid, Spain, Lee captured his first world championship medal in the men's singles event. He defeated Chetan Anand, Jan Fröhlich, Eric Pang and Chen Jin before losing to Bao Chunlai of China in the semifinals.

2006 World Championships – Men's Singles
Date	Round	Result	Score	Opponents
September 18	First Rd	Win	21-18, 18-21, 21-10	Chetan Anand
September 19	Second Rd	Win	21-10, 21-4	Jan Fröhlich
September 20	Third Rd	Win	21-16, 21-6	Eric Pang
September 21	Quarterfinal	Win	21-14, 19-21, 21-12	Chen Jin
September 22	Semifinal	Loss	15–21, 19-21	Bao Chunlai

2008 Olympics

In 2008, after defeating top rank players Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei in Korea Open, he participated in the Beijing Olympics again, and managed to reach semi-finals before being defeated by world number 1, Lee Chong Wei from Malaysia, then being beaten by Chen Jin of China in the bronze-medal playoff.^[4][5]

Retirement and comeback

After the 2008 Olympics, Lee announced his retirement from international badminton and only competed in national competitions. However, in April 2010 he came out of retirement after much persuasion from the coach and teammates to fill the void of singles players in the team Korea squad. In May 2010, Lee participated in the 2010 Thomas Cup and played in two singles matches.

2012 Summer Olympics

Lee lost to Chinese Chen Long in the badminton bronze-medal playoff on 5 August 2012.^[6]

World Championships

Men's Singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain	Bao Chunlai	15–21, 19–21	Bronze

Asian Games

Men's Singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Aspire Hall 3, Doha, Qatar	Lin Dan	3–21, 10–21	Bronze
2002	Gangseo Gymnasium, Busan, South Korea	Taufik Hidayat	7–15, 9–15	Silver

Asian Championships

Men's Singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India	Kuan Beng Hong	11–15, 4–15	Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Endra Feryanto	8–15, 5–15	Bronze

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Denmark Open	Srikanth Kidambi	10–21, 5–21	Runner-up
2016	French Open	Shi Yuqi	16–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2008	Korea Open	Lin Dan	4–21, 23–21, 25–23	Winner
2008	Malaysia Open	Lee Chong Wei	15–21, 21–11, 17–21	Runner-up

     BWF Superseries Finals tournament

     BWF Superseries Premier tournament

     BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Men's Singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Malaysia Masters	Ng Ka Long	21–14, 15–21, 9–10 Retired	Runner-up
2016	U.S. Open	Kanta Tsuneyama	24–22, 21–8	Winner
2016	Canada Open	B. Sai Praneeth	12–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2016	Thailand Masters	Hu Yun	21–18, 21–19	Winner
2015	U.S. Grand Prix	Rajiv Ouseph	21–19, 21–12	Winner
2015	Korea Masters	Lee Dong-keun	21–17, 14–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2015	Thailand Open	Ihsan Maulana Mustofa	21–17, 22–24, 21–8	Winner
2015	Vietnam Open	Tommy Sugiarto	19–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2015	New Zealand Open	Qiao Bin	21–12, 21–14	Winner
2015	Malaysia Masters	Jeon Hyeok-jin	19–21, 21–13, 21–15	Winner
2014	Korea Masters	Lee Dong-keun	18–21, 22–24	Runner-up
2014	Canada Open	Ng Ka Long	21–16, 21–14	Winner
2013	Korea Masters	Hong Ji-hoon	21–18, 21–12	Winner
2012	Swiss Open	Chen Jin	21–14, 9–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2011	Korea Masters	Shon Wan-ho	21–18, 21–16	Winner
2011	Macau Open	Du Pengyu	17–21, 21–11, 21–18	Winner
2011	Thailand Open	Chen Long	8–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2011	Swiss Open	Park Sung-hwan	21–17, 9–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2010	Macau Open	Lee Chong Wei	No match	Runner-up
2008	German Open	Sho Sasaki	22–20, 21–5	Winner
2006	All England Open	Lin Dan	7–15, 7–15	Runner-up
2005	Chinese Taipei Open	Shon Seung-mo	15–13, 15–5	Winner
2005	Indonesia Open	Boonsak Ponsana	15–10, 15–3	Winner
2003	German Open	Lin Dan	15–4, 15–4	Winner
2003	Dutch Open	Muhammad Hafiz Hashim	5–15, 15–8, 15–6	Winner
2003	Swiss Open	Anders Boesen	15–10, 15–2	Winner
2002	Japan Open	Xia Xuanze	5–7, 7–5, 0–7, 7–5, 7–2	Winner
2001	U.S. Open	Kenneth Jonassen	6–8, 7–2, 7–2, 7–5	Winner
2001	Japan Open	Muhammad Roslin Hashim	11–15, 6–15	Runner-up

     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

     BWF Grand Prix tournament

     IBF World Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's Singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Thailand International	Suppanyu Avihingsanon	21–13, 21–10	Winner
2014	Malaysia International	Tan Chun Seang	17–21, 21–16, 21–11	Winner
2014	Indonesia International	Jonatan Christie	11–10, 9–11, 5–11, 11–8, 11–3	Winner
2014	Sri Lanka International	Anand Pawar	17–21, 21–10, 21–15	Winner
2005	Thailand Satellite	Shon Seung-mo	5–15, 3–15	Runner-up
2000	Waitakere International	Rio Suryana	15–8, 15–0	Winner
2000	Swedish Open	Rasmus Wengberg	12–15, 11–15	Runner-up

     BWF International Challenge tournament

     BWF International Series tournament