Check out these interesting information about the Super 300 Korea Masters.

• The hosts have toasted champions at every single edition since the tournament’s inception in 2007.
• Of the 75 gold medals handed out over 15 editions, just 14 were to non-Koreans.
• Those players are from China, Japan, Chinese Taipei and Hong Kong China.
• China are also the only country other than the hosts to have contested at least one final starting 2017.
• None of the foreign players have won more than once.
• Defending men’s doubles champions Lee Jhe-Huei/Yang Po-Hsuan, seeded second, can become the first to do it.
• Wang Chi-Lin, winner with Lee Yang in 2019, partners Chiu Hsiang Chieh this year.
• Retaining the title will make Lee/Yang the first men’s pair after Jung Jae Sung/Lee Yong Dae in 2010 to win successive editions.
• Malaysians Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik are seeded top in a discipline no team other than Korea and Chinese Taipei have produced titlists.
• Four-time champion Shin Seung Chan, competing with Jeong Na Eun, will join Jung Kyung Eun as the second most successful female shuttler in tournament history if she triumphs. Chang Ye Na has seven crowns.

Standout Stat: Except 2019, when Nami Matsuyama/Chiharu Shida topped the podium, Korea aced women’s doubles the other 14 times.