Zhang Beiwen
| Zhang Beiwen |
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| Personal information |
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| Birth name |
Zhang Beiwen |
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| Country |
 United States |
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| Born |
(1990-07-12) July 12, 1990
 Liaoning |
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| Height |
1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) |
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| Handedness |
Right |
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| Women's single |
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| Highest ranking |
12 (October, 2014) |
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| Current ranking |
14 (November, 2014) |
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BWF profile |
Zhang Beiwen (张蓓雯) (born 12 July 1990 in Liaoning[1]) is a female professional badminton player who is a singles specialist. Having a unique background being born in China, then moving to Singapore at the age of 13 and playing with the Singapore National Team until 2012, when she moved to the United States of America to compete while training in Las Vegas. She was dropped by the Singapore Badminton Association (SBA) after the 2011 Singapore Open tournament after reportedly falling out with then-singles head coach Luan Ching, but the association had asked her to come back to the fold. [2] In 2009 she was part of the Singapore national badminton team winning a bronze medal at the Women's team event of the 2009 Southeast Asian Games. After a one year break, where she did not play any tournaments at all, from 2013 she came back on her way to reach top level again. In 2013, after moving to Las Vegas in the USA with her parents, Zhang Beiwen won four international challenge tournaments with singles titles at the Swiss International in Yverdon-les-Bains, the Yonex USA International in Orlando, Florida, the Yonex Welsh International in Cardiff and the Carlton Irish Open International in Dublin. In 2014 she continued her winning streak for her new country the USA, with victories in Peru, USA, Brazil and the Netherlands. She won her first Grand Prix title at the 2014 U.S. Open Grand Prix Gold and backed it up with two more Grand Prix titles also winning the 2014 Brazil Open Grand Prix and 2014 Dutch Open Grand Prix. Zhang Beiwen competes in the German bundesliga team championship for BC Düren.
Achievements
| Year |
Tournament |
Result |
Opponent |
Score |
| 2014 |
| 2014 US Grand Prix[3] | Winner |  Rachel Honderich | 21-11, 21-13 |
| 2014 Dutch Open Grand Prix[4] | Winner |  Pai Yu-po | 11–9, 11–7, 11–8 |
| 2014 Brazil Open Grand Prix[5] | Winner |  Kaori Imabeppu | 6–11, 11–5, 4–11, 11–8, 11–9 |
| 2014 U.S. Open Grand Prix Gold[6] | Winner | Kana Ito | 21-8, 21-17 |
| 2014 Peru International Challenge[7] | Winner | Michelle Li | 27-25, 21-19 |
| 2013 |
| 2013 Irish Open International Challenge[8] | Winner |  Beatriz Corrales | 21-9, 17-21, 21-10 |
| 2013 Welsh International Challenge[9] | Winner | Beatriz Corrales | 21-12, 21-15 |
| 2013 US International Challenge[10] | Winner | Iris Wang | 21-10, 21-12 |
| 2013 Swiss International Challenge[11] | Winner |  Tanvi Lad | 21-12, 21-12 |
- Super Series tournament
- Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix tournament
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