Li Junhui

Li Junhui
李俊慧
Li Junhui; 李俊慧
Personal information
Country	China
Born	10 May 1995 (age 29); Anshan, Liaoning, China
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Years active	2012–2021
Retired	12 November 2021
Handedness	Right
Men's doubles
Highest ranking	1 (with Liu Yuchen 6 April 2017)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing China
Olympic Games
World Championships
Sudirman Cup
Thomas Cup
Asian Games
Asian Championships
Asia Mixed Team Championships
World Junior Championships
Asia Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Li Junhui (Chinese: 李俊慧, born 10 May 1995) is a Chinese badminton player.^[1] He was the gold medalist at the 2018 World Championships in the men's doubles event partnered with Liu Yuchen,^[2] two times won the gold medal at the Asian Championships in 2017 and 2018, and was a silver medalist at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Li was part of the national team that won the 2018 Asian Games, 2018 Thomas Cup, and 2019 Sudirman Cup.

Career

Li competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[3] Partnered with Liu Yuchen, he finished as a silver medalist in the men's doubles, having been defeated by Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin of Chinese Taipei in the final.^[4]

In November 2021, Li announced his retirement from professional badminton citing injuries he had sustained and not fully recovered from since 2017.^[5]

Achievements

Olympic Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Tokyo, Japan	Liu Yuchen	Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin	18–21, 12–21	Silver

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park, Nanjing, China	Liu Yuchen	Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda	21–12, 21–19	Gold
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Liu Yuchen	Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi	19–21, 13–21	Bronze

Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Liu Yuchen	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	14–21, 21–19, 13–21	Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Gimcheon Indoor Stadium, Gimcheon, South Korea	Liu Yuchen	Shin Baek-cheol Yoo Yeon-seong	20–22, 17–21	Silver
2016	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Liu Yuchen	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	14–21, 26–28	Silver
2017	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Liu Yuchen	Huang Kaixiang Wang Yilyu	21–14, 21–12	Gold
2018	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Liu Yuchen	Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda	11–21, 21–10, 21–13	Gold

BWF World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Liu Yuchen	Huang Kaixiang Zheng Siwei	14–21, 21–13, 22–20	Gold

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Likas Indoor Stadium, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia	Liu Yuchen	Huang Kaixiang Zheng Siwei	21–15, 21–14	Gold

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 4 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017, and implemented in 2018,^[6] 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.^[7]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Indonesia Masters	Super 500	Liu Yuchen	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	21–11, 10–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2018	Japan Open	Super 750	Liu Yuchen	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	11–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2018	BWF World Tour Finals	World Tour Finals	Liu Yuchen	Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe	21–15, 21–11	Winner
2019	Malaysia Open	Super 750	Liu Yuchen	Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda	21–12, 21–17	Winner
2019	Thailand Open	Super 500	Liu Yuchen	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty	19–21, 21–18, 18–21	Runner-up
2019	Macau Open	Super 300	Liu Yuchen	Huang Kaixiang Liu Cheng	21–8, 18–21, 22–20	Winner
2020	Malaysia Masters	Super 500	Liu Yuchen	Kim Gi-jung Lee Yong-dae	14–21, 16–21	Runner-up

BWF Superseries (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006, and implemented in 2007,^[8] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.^[9] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Japan Open	Liu Yuchen	Kim Gi-jung Ko Sung-hyun	21–12, 21–12	Winner
2016	Korea Open	Liu Yuchen	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	21–15, 20–22, 18–21	Runner-up
2017	All England Open	Liu Yuchen	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	19–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2017	Singapore Open	Liu Yuchen	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	13–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2017	Indonesia Open	Liu Yuchen	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	21–19, 19–21, 21–18	Winner

BWF Superseries Finals tournament

BWF Superseries Premier tournament

BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (6 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	New Zealand Open	Liu Yuchen	Angga Pratama Ryan Agung Saputra	6–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2014	India Grand Prix Gold	Liu Yuchen	Huang Kaixiang Zheng Siwei	21–17, 19–21, 22–20	Winner
2014	Chinese Taipei Open	Liu Yuchen	Andrei Adistia Hendra Aprida Gunawan	14–21, 21–16, 16–21	Runner-up
2015	China Masters	Liu Yuchen	Wang Yilyu Zhang Wen	21–15, 19–21, 21–12	Winner
2015	U.S. Open	Liu Yuchen	Manu Attri B. Sumeeth Reddy	21–12, 21–16	Winner
2015	Canada Open	Liu Yuchen	Huang Kaixiang Wang Sijie	17–21, 21–12, 21–18	Winner
2015	Vietnam Open	Liu Yuchen	Huang Kaixiang Wang Sijie	21–8, 21–16	Winner
2016	Chinese Taipei Open	Liu Yuchen	Chen Hung-ling Wang Chi-lin	21–17, 17–21, 24–22	Winner

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 runner-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	China International	Liu Yuchen	Wang Yilyu Zhang Wen	10–21, 20–22	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

References

^ "Players: Li Junhui". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
^ "Li Junhui & Liu Yuchen crowned men's doubles champions at badminton worlds". Xinhua. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
^ "Badminton - LI Jun Hui". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
^ "China's Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen win silver in badminton men's doubles". China Daily. Xinhua. 31 July 2021. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
^ K, Koijam; Rohani, Siti (2021-11-12). "Olympic Silver medalist Li Jun Hui retires". 360Badminton. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
^ 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.
^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
^ "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
^ "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

External links

[1] "Players: Li Junhui". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 17 March 2017.

[2] "Li Junhui & Liu Yuchen crowned men's doubles champions at badminton worlds". Xinhua. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2019.

[3] "Badminton - LI Jun Hui". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

[4] "China's Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen win silver in badminton men's doubles". China Daily. Xinhua. 31 July 2021. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

[5] K, Koijam; Rohani, Siti (2021-11-12). "Olympic Silver medalist Li Jun Hui retires". 360Badminton. Retrieved 2021-11-13.

[6] 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.

[7] Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

[8] "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.

[9] "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]