Wang Zhengming

Wang Zhengming
Personal information
Birth name	王睁茗
Country	China
Born	(1990-02-16) February 16, 1990 Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Handedness	Right
Men's singles
Highest ranking	8 (April 25, 2013)
Current ranking	9 (October 17, 2013[2])
Medal record Men's badminton Competitor for  China Asian Championships Silver 2010 New Delhi Men's singles East Asian Games Gold 2013 Tianjin Men's team Silver 2013 Tianjin Men's singles World Junior Championships Gold 2008 Pune Boys' singles Gold 2008 Pune Mixed team Asian Junior Championships Gold 2008 Boys' singles Gold 2008 Mixed team
BWF profile
Updated on 08:54, 26 October 2013 (UTC).

Wang Zhengming (born February 16, 1990 in Guangzhou, Guangdong) is a male badminton player from China.

Career

2010

A World Junior Champion two years earlier, 2010 was Wang's breakthrough year on the international badminton scene. His most impressive achievements were finishing runner-up to his idol Lin Dan in the Badminton Asia Championships and reaching the semi-finals of the China Masters Super Series event. By the end of the year, Wang's ranking had risen over 200 places to 43rd.

2011

Wang reached the quarter-finals of the first Premier Super Series event, the Korea Open, registering an impressive 21-11, 21-14 victory over reigning World Champion Chen Jin along the way. Wang also reached the semi-finals of the Singapore Open beating former Olympic and two-time Asian games winner Taufik Hidayat.

2013

In March, Wang won his first senior international title, the Swiss Open, beating compatriot Du Pengyu in the final 21-18 21-18.

Achievements

Individual titles (2)

Year	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score
2013	China Masters	Shon Wan-ho	11-21, 21-14, 24-22
2013	Swiss Open	Du Pengyu	21–18, 21-18
Junior Tournaments
2008	World Junior Championships	Gao Huan	21–13, 21–16
2008	Asian Junior Championships

References

External links

• (Chinese) Wang Zhengming Profile

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 ()