Wang Chen (badminton)

Wang Chen
王晨
Wang Chen; 王晨
Personal information
Country	Hong Kong
Born	June 21, 1976 (age 48); Shanghai, China
Handedness	Right
Women's singles
Highest ranking	1
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Hong Kong
World Championships
Uber Cup
Asian Games
Asian Championships
East Asian Games
Representing China
World Championships
World Cup
Uber Cup
Asian Championships
World Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Wang Chen (Chinese: 王晨; pinyin: Wáng Chén; Jyutping: wong⁴ san⁴; born 21 June 1976) is a Chinese badminton player who later represented Hong Kong.^[1]

Career

In 1994, Wang won the gold medal at the World Junior Championships in the girls' singles.

In 1996, she won the women's singles title at the Thailand Open. She was also on the losing national team against a strong Indonesian squad in Uber Cup that year.

In 1997, she back-to-back won the Thailand Open women's singles title.

In 2002, she won the Chinese Taipei Open.

In 2003, she won a gold medal at the Asian Championships.

In 2004, Wang played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In women's singles, she defeated Lorena Blanco of Peru and Yao Jie of the Netherlands in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Wang lost to Zhang Ning of the People's Republic of China 9–11, 11–6, 11–7.

In 2005, she won the Indonesia Open and Asian Championships.

In 2006, she won the gold medal at the Asian Games and for the third times clinched the Asian Championships women's singles title.

In 2007, she played at the World Championships and won the silver medal. She was defeated in the final by Zhu Lin, of China, 8–21, 12–21

Wang competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She was seeded fourth going into the competition. She defeated Eva Sládeková of Slovakia, 21–7, 21–7 to advance to the third round. There she lost to Saina Nehwal of India, 19–21, 21–11, 11–21.

She won the 2008 Hong Kong Super Series.

Personal life

Wang married mainland Chinese badminton player Zheng Yumin in 2002.^[2]^[3] Their son Zheng Xingjun (鄭星駿) Longlong (龍龍) was born in 2012, second son Zheng Xingrong (鄭星榮) was born in 2015.^[4]

Achievements

World Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Putra Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Zhu Lin	8–21, 12–21	Silver
1997	Scotstoun Centre, Glasgow, Scotland	Ye Zhaoying	5–11, 11–5, 4–11	Bronze

World Cup

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1996	Jakarta, Indonesia	Susi Susanti	7–11, 4–11	Silver

Asian Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Aspire Hall 3, Doha, Qatar	Yip Pui Yin	21–14, 22–20	Gold
2002	Gangseo Gymnasium, Busan, South Korea	Zhou Mi	1–11, 4–11	Bronze

Asian Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia	Jiang Yanjiao	17–21, 16–21	Bronze
2007	Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia	Jiang Yanjiao	13–21, 17–21	Bronze
2006	Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia	Kaori Mori	21–14, 9–21, 21–13	Gold
2005	Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India	Kaori Mori	11–8, 11–4	Gold
2004	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Jun Jae Youn	9–11, 7–11	Silver
2003	Tennis Indoor Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Silvi Antarini	11–6, 11–5	Gold
2002	Bangkok, Thailand	Zhang Ning	2–11, 4–11	Bronze
2001	PhilSports Arena, Manila, Philippines	Zhang Ning	1–11, 3–11	Silver
1995	Beijing, China	Ye Zhaoying	4–11, 11–4, 7–11	Bronze

World Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Zeng Yaqiong	3–11, 11–5, 11–4	Gold

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two levels, the Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, introduced in 2011, with successful players invited to the BWF Superseries Finals held at the year's end.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Superseries Finals	Zhou Mi	14–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2008	Hong Kong Open	Xie Xingfang	21–16, 10–21, 21–10	Winner
2007	Indonesia Open	Zhu Lin	21–14, 21–13	Winner

Superseries tournament

Superseries Premier tournament

Superseries Finals tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation since 1983.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Chinese Taipei Open	Pi Hongyan	21–18, 14–21, 26–24	Winner
2005	Indonesia Open	Mia Audina Tjiptawan	11–7, 11–1	Winner
2005	Korea Open	Jun Jae-youn	7–11, 8–11	Runner-up
2004	China Open	Xie Xingfang	11–5, 3–11, 4–11	Runner-up
2003	Indonesia Open	Xie Xingfang	6–11, 11–8, 1–11	Runner-up
2003	Korea Open	Mia Audina Tjiptawan	3–11, 13–10, 0–11	Runner-up
2003	Swiss Open	Zhang Ning	Walkover	Runner-up
2002	Chinese Taipei Open	Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn	11–3, 11–1	Winner
2001	Indonesia Open	Ellen Angelina	5–7, 3–7, 7–5, 4–7	Runner-up
2000	Indonesia Open	Camilla Martin	9–11, 4–11	Runner-up
1997	Thailand Open	Zeng Yaqiong	11–3, 11–6	Winner
1996	Thailand Open	Kim Ji-hyun	2–11, 11–5, 11–7	Winner
1996	China Open	Zhang Ning	6–11, 6–11	Runner-up
1996	Indonesia Open	Susi Susanti	8–11, 8–11	Runner-up
1996	Malaysia Open	Zhang Ning	7–11, 8–11	Runner-up
1996	Polish Open	Meiluawati	6–11, 4–11	Runner-up
1995	Denmark Open	Lim Xiaoqing	6–11, 3–11	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

IBF/BWF Grand Prix tournament

IBF International

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Waitakere International	Kanako Yonekura	11–1, 11–2	Winner
2000	Australia Capital International	Kanako Yonekura	11–6, 11–8	Winner
1999	Norwegian International	Kim Ji-hyun	11–2, 3–11, 6–11	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Waitakere International	Mei Mei Chan	Rhonda Cator Amanda Hardy	15–4, 15–12	Winner
2000	Australia Capital International	Mei Mei Chan	Tammy Jenkins Rhona Robertson	15–7, 15–4	Winner

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.^[5]

Players	Matches	Results		Difference
Players	Matches	Won	Lost	Difference
Petya Nedelcheva	5	5	0	+5
Dai Yun	6	4	2	+2
Gong Ruina	10	3	7	–4
Gong Zhichao	4	1	3	–2
Li Xuerui	1	0	1	–1
Lu Lan	8	2	6	–4
Wang Lin	5	4	1	+3
Wang Shixian	2	0	2	–2
Wang Yihan	4	1	3	–2
Xie Xingfang	9	2	7	–5
Ye Zhaoying	4	0	4	–4
Zhang Ning	17	3	14	–11
Zhu Lin	6	3	3	0
Cheng Shao-chieh	9	8	1	+7
Huang Chia-chi	2	2	0	+2
Tine Baun	11	5	6	–1
Camilla Martin	10	3	7	–4
Mette Sørensen	3	2	1	+1

Players	Matches	Results		Difference
Players	Matches	Won	Lost	Difference
Tracey Hallam	3	2	1	+1
Pi Hongyan	9	7	2	+5
Petra Overzier	2	1	1	0
Juliane Schenk	4	4	0	+4
/ Xu Huaiwen	4	3	1	+2
Yip Pui Yin	1	1	0	+1
/ Zhou Mi	11	4	7	–3
Saina Nehwal	5	4	1	+3
Susi Susanti	4	1	3	–2
Maria Kristin Yulianti	1	1	0	+1
Yasuko Mizui	3	3	0	+3
Wong Mew Choo	5	3	2	+1
/ Mia Audina	10	5	5	0
Bang Soo-hyun	1	0	1	–1
Kim Ji-hyun	3	2	1	+1
Lim Xiaoqing	1	0	1	–1
Porntip Buranaprasertsuk	1	1	0	+1

References

^ "王晨 Wang Chen" (in Chinese). Badmintoncn.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
^ "鄭昱閩：她處搏殺期". Apple Daily. 11 May 2003. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
^ "香港女单瞄准奥运奖牌王晨老公将任其教练". sports.qq.com. 14 July 2008. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
^ "王晨唔會做辣媽". Oriental Daily. 12 May 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
^ "Wang Chen Head to Head". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

External links

Wang Chen at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com

[1] "王晨 Wang Chen" (in Chinese). Badmintoncn.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.

[2] "鄭昱閩：她處搏殺期". Apple Daily. 11 May 2003. Retrieved 13 August 2017.

[3] "香港女单瞄准奥运奖牌王晨老公将任其教练". sports.qq.com. 14 July 2008. Retrieved 13 August 2017.

[4] "王晨唔會做辣媽". Oriental Daily. 12 May 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2017.

[5] "Wang Chen Head to Head". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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