Lin Chun-yi (badminton) explained

Lin Chun-yi
林俊易
Country:Republic of China (Taiwan)
Birth Date:1999 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Yunlin, Taiwan
Height:1.74 m
Handedness:Left
Event:Men's singles
Highest Ranking:15
Date Of Highest Ranking:21 May 2024
Current Ranking:15
Date Of Current Ranking:13 August 2024
Bwf Id:32AED508-B513-411E-8306-FEDBEDD0A5C7

Lin Chun-yi (; born 2 October 1999) is a badminton player from Taiwan, representing Chinese Taipei.[1]

Career

2023

In February 2023, Lin reached the final of Thailand Masters by defeating the former World No. 2 men's singles Chinese player, Shi Yuqi in the semi-finals. He defeated the 4th seed and World No. 18 men's singles Hong Kong player Ng Ka Long in the final to win his second BWF World Tour title.[2]

Achievements

BWF World Tour (4 titles)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[3] 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, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[4]

Men's singles

YearTournamentLevelOpponentScoreResult
2019U.S. OpenSuper 300 Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk21–10, 21–13 Winner
2023Thailand MastersSuper 300 Ng Ka Long21–17, 21–14 Winner
2023Kaohsiung MastersSuper 100 Yushi Tanaka11–21, 21–17, 21–14 Winner
2024Swiss OpenSuper 300 Chou Tien-chen7–21, 22–20, 23–21 Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 3 runners-up)

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2017Sydney International Chen Shiau-cheng21–18, 21–17 Winner
2019Finnish Open Kunlavut Vitidsarn16–21, 21–18, 14–21 Runner-up
2022Mongolia International Su Li-yang21–16, 21–14 Winner
2022Belgian International Kim Bruun21–14, 21–13 Winner
2022Sydney International Joel Koh21–11, 12–21, 21–10 Winner
2022Bendigo International Su Li-yang21–19, 22–20 Winner
2022Hungarian International Lee Chia-hao9–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2022Norwegian International Lee Chia-hao21–12, 21–11 Winner
2022Irish Open Magnus Johannesen14–21, 17–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Players: Lin Chun-yi . . 8 January 2020.
  2. Web site: Chui . Shirley . Thailand Masters: tired Ng settles for silver as Lin’s aggressive approach proves to hot to handle . South China Morning Post . 6 February 2023.
  3. Web site: Alleyne . Gayle . BWF Launches New Events Structure . . 19 March 2017 . 29 November 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201164159/http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/ . 1 December 2017.
  4. Web site: Sukumar . Dev . Action-Packed Season Ahead! . Badminton World Federation . 10 January 2018 . 15 January 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180113162925/http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/ . 13 January 2018.