Ahn Se-young won by defeating world No. 2 Wang Zhiyi (Japan) 2-1 in the final of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Finals held on the 21st in Hangzhou, China. The BWF World Tour Finals is a champions' tournament featuring eight players who posted outstanding results in each discipline over the year.
Ahn Se-young closed the season with 11 titles, including this victory. It ties the single-season singles record for most titles set by Kento Momota (Japan) in men's singles in 2019. Ahn Se-young finished the season at 73-4 with a 94.8% win rate, the highest among players in men's or women's singles who played at least 60 matches in a season.
Ahn Se-young received $240,000 (about 355 million won) in prize money for winning this tournament and $1,003,175 (1.485 billion won) this season alone. This is the first time in badminton history that single-season prize money has topped $1 million. Ahn Se-young's career prize money stands at $2.57 million, the most all time.
In women's doubles, world No. 7 Lee So-hee and Baek Ha-na defeated world No. 5 Yuki Fukushima and Mayu Matsumoto (Japan) 2-0 to win the title. In men's doubles, world No. 1 Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho beat world No. 5 Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang (China) 2-0 to take the championship. Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho also recorded 11 titles this season, setting a new record for most doubles titles in a season.