Chen Long

Chen Long
Chen at the 2012 London Olympics
Personal information
Country	China
Born	(1989-01-18) January 18, 1989 Shashi District, Jingzhou, Hubei, China
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb; 12.4 st)
Handedness	Right
Men's singles
Highest ranking	2 (October 27, 2011)
Current ranking	2 (October 17, 2013[1])
Medal record Men's badminton Competitor for  China Olympic Games Bronze 2012 London Men's singles Asian Championships Silver 2013 Taipei Men's singles Silver 2009 Suwon Men's singles Bronze 2012 Qingdao Men's singles Bronze 2011 Chengdu Men's singles Thomas Cup Gold 2012 Wuhan Team Gold 2010 Kuala Lumpur Team Sudirman Cup Gold 2013 Kuala Lumpur Team Asian Games Gold 2010 Guangzhou Men's team East Asian Games Gold 2013 Tianjin Men's team World Junior Championships Gold 2007 Waitakere City Boys' singles Gold 2007 Waitakere City Mixed team Asian Junior Championships Gold 2007 Boys' singles Silver 2007 Mixed team
BWF profile
Updated on 07:27, 26 October 2013 (UTC).

Chen Long (born January 18, 1989 in Shashi District, Jingzhou, Hubei) is a male badminton player from China.

Career

Junior events

Chen emerged as a world junior champion in the 2007 BWF World Junior Championships in both the boys' singles and team event. He also became Asian junior champion in the 2007 Asian Junior Badminton Championships.

2010

Chen participated in the Korea Open Super Series in January. He made it through to the semi-finals before losing to Danish player Peter Gade, 13–21 21–10 17–21. A week later, in the Malaysia Open, he lost in the opening round to Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand.

At the prestigious All England Open in March, he registered an impressive victory over 8th seed Jan Jorgensen in the first round but fell to Korea's Shon Wan-ho 18–21 21–18 19–21 in the second round. He followed up this disappointment with his best ever performance in a Super Series event by making it through to the final of the Swiss Open, where he finished runner-up to compatriot Chen Jin.

Chen was part of the Chinese team that won gold at the 2010 Thomas Cup in Kuala Lumpur. He only featured in their opening match against Peru, taking just 31 minutes to beat his opponent, before being replaced in the team by Bao Chunlai for the later rounds. Chen's first individual title of 2010 came at the Bitburger Open in Germany, where he beat Denmark's Hans-Kristian Vittinghus 21–3 12–21 21–9 in the final of the GP Gold event. His good form continued when he finished runner-up to Lin Dan at the China Masters two weeks later, going down 15–21 21–13 14–21 to the reigning Olympic champion.

Chen obtained a second team gold medal of the year with China at the Asian Games held in Guangzhou, but did not feature in the individual event. More success followed when he won the China Open Super Series two weeks later. His passage to the final included a controversial walkover by Lin Dan in the quarter-finals and a hard fought victory over current World champion Chen Jin in the semi-finals. In the final, he squared off against teammate Bao Chunlai, emerging the victor after 75 minutes of play. Chen's attempt at back-to-back Super Series titles came to an end at the hands of former Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat in the semi-final of the Hong Kong Open the following week. Chen's strong finish to the year saw his world ranking rise to a career high of 3rd, briefly becoming the top ranked Chinese player.

2011

In the first tournament of the new season, Chen Long was convincingly beaten by world No 1 Lee Chong Wei in the semi-final of the Malaysia Open. It took just 39 minutes for the Malaysian to blow away the upcoming Chinese star with a score of 21–9 21–9. The effects of the demoralising defeat were still evident a week later when Chen lost in the second round of the Korea Open to Japanese player Kenichi Tago. His first individual title of the year came at the Thailand Open, where he beat experienced Korean player Lee Hyun-il in the final.

In August, Chen was eliminated in the first round of the World Championships by unheralded Guatemalan player Kevin Cordón in what was one of the shock results of the tournament. Cordón emerged the victor after clinching the third set 27–25 in a thrilling encounter. Chen sprang back from his shock exit from the World Championships by winning his first China Masters title after defeating his compatriot Chen Jin in the final. A week later, he won his first Japan Open by avenging his Malaysia Open loss to world No 1 Lee Chong Wei in the final. In October, Chen won his third consecutive Super Series tournament with another victory over Lee Chong Wei, this time in the final of the Denmark Open in its first year as a Premier Super Series event.

His highlights of the season were followed by an exit from semi-finals of Hong Kong Open and failure to defend his China Open title after losing to his compatriot, Lin Dan, in the final. He ended year 2011 with another runner-up in Super Series Master Finals, being beaten by Lin Dan again.

2012

Playing in the semifinals of the 2012 Olympics

In 2012, Chen lost in the pre-quarterfinals of Indonesia Open 2012, to Parupalli Kashyap, 21-17, 21-14.^[2]

In the 2012 Summer Olympics, Chen was defeated in the semi-final of the Men's Singles by Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia, 21-13, 21-14,^[3] but went on to win bronze after defeating Lee Hyun-il in the Bronze medal match.^[4][5]

2013

Chen won convincingly against Lee Chong Wei in the 2013 All England Open in the finals, 21-17, 21-18. Despite missing the last two Sudirman cup editions 2009 and 2011, Chen Long emerged as the first singles player to help China lift her fifth consecutive trophy in 2013 edition.

Achievements

Individual titles (15)

Year	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score
2013	China Open	Wang Zhengming	19–21, 21–8, 21-14
2013	Denmark Open	Lee Chong Wei	24–22, 21–19
2013	All England Open	Lee Chong Wei	21–17, 21-18
2013	German Open	Tommy Sugiarto	21–17, 21–11
2012	Super Series Masters Finals	Du Pengyu	21–12, 21–13
2012	Hong Kong Open	Lee Chong Wei	21–19, 21–17
2012	China Open	Wang Zhengming	21–19, 21–18
2012	China Masters	Hu Yun	21–11, 21–13
2011	Denmark Open	Lee Chong Wei	21–15, 21–18
2011	Japan Open	Lee Chong Wei	21–8, 10–21, 21–19
2011	China Masters	Chen Jin	21–16, 22–20
2011	Thailand Open	Lee Hyun-il	21–8, 21–19
2010	China Open	Bao Chunlai	9–21, 21–14, 21–16
2010	Bitburger Open	Hans-Kristian Vittinghus	21–3, 12–21, 21–9
2009	Philippine Open	Hu Yun	21–13, 21–6
Junior Tournaments
2007	World Junior Championships	Kenichi Tago	21–16, 21–14
2007	Asian Junior Championships	Mohd Arif Latif	18–21, 21–18, 22–20

     Super Series tournament

     Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix tournament

References

v t e World rankings · Top ten badminton players as of January 30, 2014   Men's singles 1. Lee C W () 2. Chen L () 3. T Sugiarto () 4. J Ø Jørgensen () 5. K Tago () 6. B Ponsana () 7. Du PY () 8. Nguyễn T M () 9. Wang ZM () 10. Hu Y ()   Women's singles 1. Li XR () 2. Wang YH () 3. R Intanon () 4. Wang SX () 5. Sung J-h () 6. Bae Youn-joo () 7. S Nehwal (2) 8. Tai T-y (1) 9. J Schenk (1) 10. P V Shindu (1)   Men's doubles 1. M Ahsan / H Setiawan () 2. Ko S-h / Lee Y-d () 3. H Endo / K Hayakawa () 4. M Boe / C Mogensen () 5. Kim K-j / Kim S-r () 6. Liu XL / Qiu ZH () 7. Koo K K / Tan B H () 8. Hoon T H / Tan W K () 9. A Pratama / R A Saputra () 10. Lee S-m / Tsai C-h ()   Women's doubles 1. Wang XL / Yu Y () 2. K Rytter Juhl / C Pedersen () 3. Ma J / Tang JH () 4. M Matsutomo / A Takahashi () 5. Bao YX / Tang JH () 6. Jung K-e / Kim H-n () 7. P Z Bernadeth / R A Pradipta () 8. Jang Y-n / Kim S-y () 9. R Kakiiwa / M Maeda () 10. N K Maheswari / G Polii ()   Mixed doubles 1. Zhang N / Zhao YL () 2. T Ahmad / L Natsir () 3. Xu C / Ma J () 4. J Fischer Nielsen / C Pedersen () 5. C Adcock / G Adcock () 6. Chan P S / Goh L Y () 7. M Kido / P Z Bernadeth () 8. S Prapakamol / S Thungthonkam () 9. Shin B-c / Jang Y-n () 10. P Jordan / V Marissa ()

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