Seungyoun Ha (Chuncheon, KOR) lost
6-4 to
Yu Han (Beijing, CHN) in the Final of the World University Games: Lake Placid 2023, held January 13 - 21, 2023 in Lake Placid, New York. To advance to the championship game, Ha won
10-4 over
Fay Henderson (Dumfries, GBR) in the semifinals
Ha finished 8-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ha defeated
Abby Marks (Edmonton, CAN) 6-5, then won
7-5 against
Sae Yamamoto (Sapporo, JPN) and
7-6 against
Delaney Strouse (Minneapolis, USA). Ha went on to lose
5-2 against
Henderson. Ha responded with a
11-1 win over
Australia's Kirby Gill. Ha won
15-1 against
Carmen Perez (San Sebastian, ESP), then won
6-5 against
Emma Moberg (Stockholm, SWE) and
5-3 against
Corrie Huerlimann (Zug, SUI). Ha won
8-6 against
Han in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the World University Games: Lake Placid 2023, Ha take home
13.750 world rankings points. Ha move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 1 points improving upon their best 6 results so far this season, ranking 22nd overall with
132.215 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Ha ranks 18th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
120.750 points earned so far this season.
