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In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang.
Wang Zhiyi
王祉怡
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Wang with her silver medal of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
CountryChina
Born (2000-04-29) 29 April 2000 (age 24)
Shashi, Jingzhou, Hubei, China
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
HandednessRight
CoachLuo Yigang
Women's singles
Highest ranking2 (19 November 2024)
Current ranking2 (19 November 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China
Sudirman Cup
Gold medal – first place 2021 Vantaa Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Suzhou Mixed team
Uber Cup
Gold medal – first place 2020 Aarhus Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Chengdu Women's team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Bangkok Women's team
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Women's team
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Manila Women's singles
Gold medal – first place 2024 Ningbo Women's singles
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Buenos Aires Girls' singles
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Yogyakarta Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Markham Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Markham Girls' singles
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta Girls' singles
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta Mixed team
BWF profile

Wang Zhiyi (Chinese: 王祉怡; pinyin: Wáng Zhǐyí; born 29 April 2000) is a Chinese badminton player from Shashi, Jingzhou, in Hubei province.[1] She was two-time Asian Champions winning the title in 2022 and 2024.[2][3] She was part of China winning team in the 2020 and 2024 Uber Cup, as well at the 2021 and 2023 Sudirman Cup.

Career

Early life and junior career

Wang started her career as a badminton player by training in Jingzhou sports school. She went to the Hubei provincial training centre in 2009, and was selected to join the team in 2013. In 2016, Wang joined the national team, and became part of the national second team in 2017.[4]

2018

Wang has achieved a number of achievements in her career in the junior competitions. Wang emerged victory in the girls' singles at the 2018 Asian Junior Championships, and also helped the national team to clinch the mixed team title.[1] She then represented her country at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and clinched the girls' singles silver, after losing the final match to Goh Jin Wei.[5] She again had to accept defeat to Goh in the semi-finals of the World Junior Championships, making her have to be satisfied with a bronze medal.[6]

2019

In the 2019 season, Wang won the Austrian Open, U.S. Open as her first World Tour title, Belarus International, Indonesia Masters, Dutch Open, and second consecutive Malaysia International title.[7][8]

2022

She won the women's singles title at the 2022 Asian Championships, which is the biggest title of her career.[2]

2024

In 2024, Wang captured her second Asia Championships title by defeating her senior compatriot Chen Yufei in the final.[3] Wang won her first ever BWF World Tour Super 1000 in the home soil China Open.[9]

Achievements

Asian Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2022 Muntinlupa Sports Complex, Metro Manila, Philippines Japan Akane Yamaguchi 15–21, 21–13, 21–19 Gold Gold [2]
2024 Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China China Chen Yufei 21–19, 21–7 Gold Gold [3]

Youth Olympic Games

Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2018 Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires, Argentina Malaysia Goh Jin Wei 21–16, 13–21, 19–21 File:Silver medal.svg Silver [5]

World Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2018 Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada Malaysia Goh Jin Wei 9–21, 13–21 Bronze Bronze [6]

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2018 Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center, Jakarta, Indonesia China Zhou Meng 21–19, 21–8 Gold Gold [1]

BWF World Tour (7 titles, 5 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[10] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[11] Women's singles

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result Ref
2019 Canada Open Super 100 South Korea An Se-young 15–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 U.S. Open Super 300 South Korea Kim Ga-eun 21–18, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [8]
2019 Indonesia Masters Super 100 Thailand Porntip Buranaprasertsuk 20–22, 21–15, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Dutch Open Super 100 Russia Evgeniya Kosetskaya 21–14, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Chinese Taipei Tai Tzu-ying 23–21, 6–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Singapore Open Super 500 India P. V. Sindhu 9–21, 21–11, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Arctic Open Super 500 China Han Yue 21–16, 20–22, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2024 Indonesia Masters Super 500 Japan Nozomi Okuhara 21–14, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2024 Malaysia Masters Super 500 India P. V. Sindhu 16–21, 21–5, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2024 Korea Open Super 500 South Korea Kim Ga-eun Walkover 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2024 China Open Super 1000 Japan Tomoka Miyazaki 21–17, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [9]
2024 Denmark Open Super 750 South Korea An Se-young 21–10, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2017 China International China Cai Yanyan 9–11, 13–10, 11–9, 7–11 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Malaysia International Malaysia Lee Ying Ying 21–10, 22–24, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Austrian Open Thailand Porntip Buranaprasertsuk 21–18, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Belarus International China Zhang Yiman 18–21, 21–9, 21–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Malaysia International Japan Asuka Takahashi 12–21, 21–17, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

BWF Junior International (4 titles)

Girls' singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2017 Korea Junior International China Wei Yaxin 21–12, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Dutch Junior International China Wei Yaxin 21–15, 21–5 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Jaya Raya Junior International China Zhou Meng 21–15, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Banthongyord Junior International Thailand Phittayaporn Chaiwan 21–19, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
  BWF Junior International Series tournament
  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

Record against selected opponents

Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 15 August 2024.[12]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "骄傲！荆州又诞生一位体坛冠军，她才18岁！". Sohu (in 中文). 25 July 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Malanum, Jean (3 May 2022). "Wang stuns top seed Yamaguchi, rules Asia Championships". The Manila Times. Archived from the original on 3 May 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Sukumar, Dev (14 April 2024). "Asia Championships: Christie, Wang Zhi Yi Excel". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  4. ↑ "荆州籍羽毛球新星闪耀亚洲 市教体局上门送祝福". Jingzhou City Department of Education and Sports (in 中文). 2 August 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "王祉怡：永不"祉"步 "怡"于拼搏 "王"者归来". Central China Normal University (in 中文). 24 October 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Sukumar, Dev (17 November 2018). "Goh, Wang in Semifinal Clash – Day 5: Li-Ning BWF World Junior Championships 2018". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  7. ↑ "Best of Asia: Wang Zhi Yi". Badminton Asia. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Sukumar, Dev (15 July 2019). "Qualifiers Steal the Show at US Open". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Jiwani, Rory (23 September 2024). "BWF China Open 2024: Weng Hongyang and Wang Zhi Yi claim titles to delight home fans". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  10. ↑ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  11. ↑ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  12. ↑ "Wang Zhi Yi Head To Head". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 15 August 2024.

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