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Kong Hee-yong prize money

$744,104 in BWF World Tour prize money since 2018, from 97 events and 17 titles. The biggest single payday was the women's doubles at the 2021 BWF World Tour Finals, where Kong Hee-yong with Kim So-yeong won the title, for $63,000.

Doubles prize money is paid to the pair. Every doubles figure on this page is Kong Hee-yong's half of it.

PRIZE MONEY $744k
BEST SEASON $191k
TITLES 17
ON THE MONEY LIST 35 of 2,684

Kong Hee-yong prize money by season

Every World Tour season since Kong Hee-yong's first payday

9 seasons

season running total

$743,541 in women's doubles and $563 in mixed doubles.

Every World Tour event Kong Hee-yong was paid at

Newest first, with the round reached

99 draws

Event Draw Partner Went out Prize
2026 Japan Open Women's doubles Kim Hye-jeong WINNER $35,150
2026 China Open Women's doubles Kim Hye-jeong Last 16 $3,250
2026 Malaysia Open Women's doubles Kim Hye-jeong Last 16 $2,356
2026 India Open Women's doubles Kim Hye-jeong Last 16 $1,544
2025 Singapore Open Women's doubles Kim Hye-jeong WINNER $37,000
2025 China Masters Women's doubles Kim Hye-jeong Runner-up $21,875
2025 BWF World Tour Finals Women's doubles Kim Hye-jeong Third in group $19,500
2025 Indonesia Masters Women's doubles Kim Hye-jeong WINNER $18,762
2025 Korea Open Women's doubles Kim Hye-jeong WINNER $18,762
2025 Denmark Open Women's doubles Kim Hye-jeong Runner-up $16,625
2025 India Open Women's doubles Kim Hye-jeong Runner-up $16,625
2025 China Open Women's doubles Kim Hye-jeong Semi-finals $14,000
2025 Orléans Masters Women's doubles Kim Hye-jeong WINNER $9,480
2025 Indonesia Open Women's doubles Kim Hye-jeong Quarter-finals $4,531
2025 Japan Masters Women's doubles Kim Hye-jeong Semi-finals $3,325
2025 French Open Women's doubles Kim Hye-jeong Quarter-finals $2,969
2025 Japan Open Women's doubles Kim Hye-jeong Quarter-finals $2,969
2025 All England Open Women's doubles Kim Hye-jeong Last 16 $2,356
2025 Malaysia Open Women's doubles Kim Hye-jeong Last 16 $2,356
2024 All England Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Semi-finals $9,100
2024 Korea Masters Women's doubles Kim Hye-jeong WINNER $8,295
2024 Indonesia Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Quarter-finals $4,062
2024 China Masters Women's doubles Kim Hye-jeong Quarter-finals $3,594
2024 Hong Kong Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Semi-finals $2,940
2024 India Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Quarter-finals $2,656
2024 Japan Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Quarter-finals $2,656
2024 Singapore Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Quarter-finals $2,656
2024 Malaysia Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Last 16 $2,113
2024 Japan Masters Women's doubles Kim Hye-jeong Quarter-finals $1,523
2024 Denmark Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Last 16 $1,381
2024 Korea Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Last 16 $788
2024 French Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Last 32 $425
2023 All England Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong WINNER $46,250
2023 Japan Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong WINNER $31,450
2023 Australian Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong WINNER $16,590
2023 Thailand Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong WINNER $16,590
2023 BWF World Tour Finals Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Third in group $16,250
2023 Malaysia Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Quarter-finals $3,906
2023 Singapore Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Quarter-finals $2,656
2023 German Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Semi-finals $1,470
2023 India Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Last 16 $1,381
2023 China Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Last 32 $1,000
2023 Indonesia Masters Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Last 16 $788
2023 Malaysia Masters Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Last 16 $788
2023 Indonesia Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Last 32 $625
2023 China Masters Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Last 32 $575
2023 Denmark Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Last 32 $425
2022 Korea Masters Women's doubles Kim So-yeong WINNER $7,110
2022 Japan Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Semi-finals $5,250
2022 All England Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Quarter-finals $3,125
2022 Denmark Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Quarter-finals $2,344
2022 French Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Quarter-finals $2,109
2022 German Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Quarter-finals $652
2021 BWF World Tour Finals Women's doubles Kim So-yeong WINNER $63,000
2021 French Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Runner-up $10,500
2021 Denmark Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Semi-finals $5,950
2021 Indonesia Masters Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Semi-finals $4,200
2021 Indonesia Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Quarter-finals $2,656
2020 Toyota Thailand Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong WINNER $37,000
2020 BWF World Tour Finals Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Runner-up $30,000
2020 Yonex Thailand Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Semi-finals $7,000
2020 All England Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Quarter-finals $3,438
2020 Indonesia Masters Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Semi-finals $2,800
2020 Malaysia Masters Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Quarter-finals $1,450
2020 Thailand Masters Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Semi-finals $1,190
2019 Japan Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong WINNER $27,750
2019 Korea Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong WINNER $15,800
2019 French Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Runner-up $13,125
2019 BWF World Tour Finals Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Third in group $9,750
2019 Chinese Taipei Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Runner-up $9,500
2019 Singapore Open Women's doubles Kim Hye-jeong Runner-up $6,745
2019 Indonesia Masters Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Runner-up $6,650
2019 New Zealand Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong WINNER $5,925
2019 Spain Masters Women's doubles Kim So-yeong WINNER $5,925
2019 Indonesia Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Quarter-finals $3,906
2019 China Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Quarter-finals $3,125
2019 Denmark Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Quarter-finals $2,422
2019 Fuzhou China Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Quarter-finals $2,188
2019 All England Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Last 16 $1,625
2019 Malaysia Open Women's doubles Kim Hye-jeong Last 16 $1,137
2019 Hong Kong Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Last 16 $750
2019 Malaysia Masters Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Last 16 $656
2019 Thailand Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Last 16 $656
2019 Australian Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Quarter-finals $544
2019 Korea Masters Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Last 16 $375
2018 Denmark Open Women's doubles Kim Hye-jeong Semi-finals $5,425
2018 Malaysia Open Women's doubles Kim Hye-rin Semi-finals $4,900
2018 All England Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Last 16 $1,625
2018 China Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Last 16 $1,625
2018 Fuzhou China Open Women's doubles Kim Hye-jeong Last 16 $1,137
2018 New Zealand Open Women's doubles Kim Hye-rin Semi-finals $1,050
2018 Korea Masters Women's doubles Kim Hye-jeong Quarter-finals $906
2018 Indonesia Open Women's doubles Kim Hye-rin Last 32 $625
2018 Australian Open Women's doubles Kim Hye-rin Quarter-finals $544
2018 French Open Women's doubles Kim Hye-jeong Last 32 $375
2018 Japan Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Last 32 $350
2018 Australian Open Mixed doubles Park Kyung-hoon Last 16 $281
2018 German Open Women's doubles Kim So-yeong Last 16 $281
2018 New Zealand Open Mixed doubles Park Kyung-hoon Last 16 $281

Kong Hee-yong has been paid alongside 4 different partners.

Where Kong Hee-yong sits on the money list

Ranked 35 of 2,684 players paid on the World Tour since 2018

# Player Country Titles Prize money
25 Chen Qingchen China 18 $888,817
26 Kunlavut Vitidsarn Thailand 8 $879,014
27 Yuta Watanabe Japan 18 $878,879
28 Yuki Fukushima Japan 14 $873,819
29 Ratchanok Intanon Thailand 9 $856,290
30 Fajar Alfian Indonesia 15 $837,678
31 Han Yue China 5 $818,820
32 Sapsiree Taerattanachai Thailand 17 $788,502
33 Mayu Matsumoto Japan 8 $766,742
34 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting Indonesia 6 $752,565
36 Arisa Igarashi Japan 12 $718,818
37 Nozomi Okuhara Japan 11 $697,683
38 Christo Popov France 5 $664,142
39 Wang Chang China 11 $658,142
40 Wei Yaxin China 14 $654,724
41 Chiharu Shida Japan 11 $654,373
42 Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo Indonesia 19 $647,073
43 Liang Weikeng China 10 $646,271
44 Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Indonesia 19 $646,254
45 Nami Matsuyama Japan 11 $622,958

South Korea on the World Tour

Everyone paid while playing for South Korea, by what they won

$13,122,153 between them

# Player Prize money
01 An Se-young $3,115,291$3.1m
02 Seo Seung-jae $1,510,733$1.5m
03 Lee So-hee $1,072,204
04 Kim Won-ho $914,066
05 Baek Ha-na $891,293
06 Kong Hee-yong $744,104
07 Kim So-yeong $492,816
08 Kim Hye-jeong $442,277
09 Chae Yoo-jung $417,996
10 Kang Min-hyuk $374,054
11 Jeong Na-eun $373,210
12 Shin Seung-chan $353,616
13 Kim Ga-eun $299,355
14 Choi Sol-gyu $184,531
15 Sim Yu-jin $140,323
16 Sung Ji-hyun $135,845
17 Son Wan-ho $129,977
18 Lee Yu-lim $115,195
19 Ko Sung-hyun $110,739
20 Jin Yong $99,059
21 Jung Kyung-eun $98,784
22 Chang Ye-na $84,425
23 Kim Gi-jung $69,279
24 Kim Hye-rin $65,232
25 Eom Hye-won $61,364
26 Ki Dong-ju $59,693
27 Heo Kwang-hee $58,909
28 Jeon Hyeok-jin $55,664
29 Shin Baek-cheol $53,531
30 Lee Yeon-woo $46,093
31 Lee Yong-dae $43,656
32 Na Sung-seung $41,196
33 Lee Dong-keun $38,170
34 Kim Sa-rang $37,173
35 Lee Jong-min $34,479
36 Wang Chan $31,141
37 Lee Hyun-il $25,180
38 Yoo Tae-bin $22,385
39 Kim Jae-hyeon $21,319
40 Kim Hyo-min $14,525

The top 40 of 134. The rest are on the South Korea page.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money has Kong Hee-yong won?

$744,104 on the BWF World Tour since 2018, from 97 events. That is 35th of the 2,684 players paid on the tour since 2018.

What was Kong Hee-yong's biggest payday?

The women's doubles at the 2021 BWF World Tour Finals, where Kong Hee-yong with Kim So-yeong won the title. It paid $63,000 to each of them, half of the pair's $126,000.

How many World Tour titles has Kong Hee-yong won?

17, worth $400,840 between them. The most recent was the women's doubles at the 2026 Japan Open.

What was Kong Hee-yong's best season?

2025, with $191,136 from 15 draws.

How does Kong Hee-yong compare with the rest of South Korea?

Kong Hee-yong won 5.7% of the $13,122,153 paid to South Korea's players on the World Tour, 6th of the 134.

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