Ki Dong-ju
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 Ki at the 2025 Taipei Open | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 12 April 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Badminton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 15 (MD with Kang Min-hyuk, 20 January 2026) 79 (XD with Jeong Na-eun, 17 June 2025) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 15 (MD with Kang Min-hyuk, 14 April 2026) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Ki Dong-ju (Korean: 기동주; born 12 April 2001) is a South Korean badminton player affiliated with Incheon Skymons International Airport team. He was part of South Korean team that won the silver medal in the 2018 BWF World Junior Championships.[1] He won his first BWF World Tour title at the 2025 Orléans Masters with Kang Min-hyuk.[2]
In 2022, Ki partnered with Kim Hye-rin finished runner-up in the mixed doubles at the Mongolia International.[3]
In 2023, Ki with Kim Jae-hwan became a runner-up in the men's doubles at the Indonesia International.[4]
In 2024, Ki won his first BWF International Challenge title in the Indonesia International, after he and his men's doubles partner, Kim Jae-hyeon, beating host pair Raymond Indra and Patra Harapan Rindorindo in straight game.[5]
In 2025, Ki claimed his first ever World Tour title in the Orléans Masters together with his senior doubles partner Kang Min-hyuk.[2] He managed to score another final in Taipei Open but lost to the local pair of Chiu Hsiang-chieh and Wang Chi-lin.[6]
