Kennevic Asuncion

Kennevic Asuncion
Kennevic Asuncion
Personal information
Country	Philippines
Born	21 March 1980 (age 44); Barbaza, Antique, Philippines
Handedness	Right
Men's and mixed doubles
Highest ranking	117 (MD with Antonio Benjamin Gadi 10 June 2010); 11 (XD with Kennie Asuncion)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Philippines
Southeast Asian Games
	BWF profile

Kennevic Asuncion (Chinese: 洪育雄; born March 21, 1980) is a male badminton player from the Philippines.^[1] He was born in Barbaza, Antique and is the son of former Philippine Badminton Team Coach Nelson Asuncion. He plays doubles with his sister Kennie Asuncion.

The brother-sister team used to host a now defunct local badminton TV show, Badminton Extreme along with their father. The show was canceled due to the siblings' training for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In its steed a magazine called Badminton Extreme was released.

He won several international tournaments including the Peru Open.

Career

Asuncion played at the 2006 Philippine Open Grand Prix Gold in mixed doubles. He beat Indonesia's Tri Kusharjanto and Minarti Timur 21-15, 21-10 before losing to Sudket Prapakamol and Saralee Thungthongkam of Thailand in the finals.

He played for the 2009 Sudirman Cup in Guangzhou, China; with the other Filipino players, including his sister Kennie. They showed good results in the said mixed team championships where they beat South Africa with a 1-4 score, before losing to Switzerland 4-1.

He is currently coaching the University of the Philippines and in the International School Manila' Badminton Team.

Achievements

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Philippines Open	Kennie Asuncion	Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam	18–21, 16–21	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles)

Mixed Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Peru International	Kennie Asuncion	José Antonio Crespo Yoana Martinez	15-11, 12-15, 15-12	Winner
2006	Ballarat International	Kennie Asuncion	Renuga Veeran Raj Veeran	18-21, 21-14, 21-17	Winner
2006	North Harbour International	Kennie Asuncion	Daniel Shirley Gabby Shirley	17-21, 21-17, 21-13	Winner
2010	Maldives International	Karyn Velez	Udara Nayanajith Chandrika de Silva	24-22, 17-21, 21-13	Winner
2010	Lao International	Kennie Asuncion	Siriwat Matayanumati Pattaraporn Jindapol	11-21, 21-16, 21-17	Winner