Wang Yihan

Wang Yihan
Personal information
Birth name	王仪涵
Country	China
Born	(1988-01-18) January 18, 1988 Shanghai, China
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Handedness	Right
Coach	Zhang Ning
Women's singles
Highest ranking	1 (October 29, 2009)
Current ranking	3 (May 2, 2014[2])
Medal record Women's badminton Competitor for  China Olympic Games Silver 2012 London Women's singles World Championships Gold 2011 London Women's singles World Cup Gold 2006 Yiyang Women's singles Asian Championships Gold 2013 Taipei Women's singles Gold 2011 Chengdu Women's singles Silver 2012 Qingdao Women's singles Bronze 2009 Suwon Women's singles Asian Games Gold 2014 Incheon Women's team Gold 2014 Incheon Women's singles Uber Cup Gold 2012 Wuhan Team Silver 2010 Kuala Lumpur Team Sudirman Cup Gold 2009 Guangzhou Team World Junior Championships Gold 2006 Incheon Girls' singles Silver 2006 Incheon Mixed team Asian Junior Championships Gold 2006 Girls' singles
BWF profile
Updated on 10:00, 4 November 2013 (UTC).

Wang Yihan (born January 18, 1988 in Shanghai^[3]) is a professional female badminton player from China and former women's singles world champion. Wang started her career with her coach Wang Pengren at only nine years of age. She was selected for the junior team in 2004, and after being promoted to the senior team in 2006 she began to shine in major tournaments.^[4] By October 2009 she was the top ranked Women's singles player in the world. She is currently coached by Zhang Ning, twice Olympic gold medalist.

Career

She won girl's singles at both the Asian Junior and the World Junior Championships in 2006.^[5] In open international competition she captured the Badminton World Cup in 2006, and the Bitburger and Russian Opens in 2007. In September 2008 she defeated the Chinese-Hong Kong "veteran" Zhou Mi in the final of the Japan Open.^[6] The tourney is one of the Badminton World Federation's Super Series events which carry the highest level of prize money in the sport. In 2009 she won the Yonex German Open^[7] singles competition against fellow countrywoman Zhu Lin, and just one week later, at the age of 21, the prestigious All-England Championships against Denmark's Tine Rasmussen. Wang then went on to win the Wilson Swiss Open^[8] against compatriot Jiang Yanjiao (21–17, 17–21, 21–13). Wang won the Macau Open^[9] for the first time in August 2009 when she again beat Jiang Yanjiao (16–21, 22–20, 21–12). In September 2009, Wang won her second YONEX Open Japan^[10] title by beating Wang Xin (21–8, 21–9). Wang then won the French Super Series^[11] in November when she emphatically beat top seed, and defending champion, Wang Lin (21–9, 21–12). Wang won her second title in a row, and her 5th BWF Super Series tournament of the year, when she beat Jiang Yanjiao (21–13, 21–15) in the Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Open.^[12] This was also her 7th title overall in 2009.

Record against selected opponents

Head-to-head records against Olympic quarterfinalists, World Championship semifinalists, Super Series finalists, plus all Olympic opponents.^[13]

Achievements

Titles	Years
BWF World Championships	2011
BWF Super Series Masters Finals	2011
Badminton Asia Championships	2011 2013
Badminton World Cup	2006
BWF Super Series
All England Open	2009
China Open	2011
Indonesia Open	2011
Denmark Open	2010, 2013
Korea Open	2011, 2014
Japan Open	2011, 2009, 2008
French Open	2010, 2009
Malaysia Open	2012
China Masters	2012
Hong Kong Open	2009, 2013
Singapore Open	2013, 2014
Swiss Open	2009
BWF Grand Prix
Macau Open	2009
German Open	2009,2013
Bitburger Open	2007
Russian Open	2007

Event	2012
Summer Olympics	02 ! Silver

Event	2012	2010
Uber Cup	01 ! Gold	02 ! Silver

Event	2009
Sudirman Cup	01 ! Gold

References

External links

• (Chinese) Profile

World rankings · Top ten badminton players as of April 23, 2015   Men's singles 1. Chen L () 2. J Ø Jørgensen () 3. Lin D () 4. S Kidambi () 5. Shon W-h () 6. V Axelsen () 7. K Momota () 8. Chou T-c () 9. Wang ZM () 10. T Sugiarto ()   Women's singles 1. S Nehwal () 2. C Marín () 3. Li XR () 4. Wang SX () 5. Tai T-y () 6. Sung J-h () 7. R Intanon () 8. Wang YH () 9. Sun Y () 10. N Okuhara ()   Men's doubles 1. Lee Y-d / Yoo Y-s () 2. M Boe / C Mogensen () 3. M Ahsan / H Setiawan () 4. Lee S-m / Tsai C-h () 5. H Endo / K Hayakawa () 6. Chai B / Hong W () 7. Liu XL / Qiu ZH () 8. Fu HF / Zhang N () 9. M Conrad-Petersen / M Pieler Kolding () 10. Ko S-h / Shin B-c ()   Women's doubles 1. M Matsutomo / A Takahashi () 2. Tian Q / Zhao YL () 3. Luo Ying / Luo Yu () 4. Wang XL / Yu Y () 5. K Rytter Juhl / C Pedersen () 6. R Kakiiwa / M Maeda () 7. N K Maheswari / G Polii () 8. E Muskens / S Piek () 9. Lee S H / Shin S C () 10. Jung K-e / Kim H-n ()   Mixed doubles 1. Zhang N / Zhao YL () 2. J Fischer Nielsen / C Pedersen () 3. Xu C / Ma J () 4. Liu C / Bao YX () 5. T Ahmad / L Natsir () 6. Lu K / Huang YQ () 7. C Adcock / G Adcock () 8. Ko S-h / Kim H-n () 9. M Pieler Kolding / K Rytter Juhl () 10. M Fuchs / B Michels ()

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