Wang Zhiyi Explained

Wang Zhiyi
王祉怡
Country:China
Birth Date:2000 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Shashi, Jingzhou, Hubei, China
Height:1.71 m
Weight:65 kg
Coach:Luo Yigang
Event:Women's singles
Highest Ranking:5
Highest Ranking Date:23 July 2024
Current Ranking:6
Current Ranking Date:13 August 2024
Bwf Id:9B5D0AD0-CBA9-4A16-A0F6-AB1FF3F8B71C

Wang Zhiyi (; born 29 April 2000) is a Chinese badminton player from Shashi, Jingzhou, in Hubei province.[1] She 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.[2] She was the girls' singles champion at the 2018 Asian Junior Championships, and also helped the national team to clinch the mixed team title.[1] Wang represented her country at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and clinched the girls' singles silver.[3] She won the women's singles title at the 2022 Asian Championships, which is the biggest title of her career.[4]

Achievements

Asian Championships

Women's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2022Muntinlupa Sports Complex, Metro Manila, Philippines Akane Yamaguchi15–21, 21–13, 21–19 Gold
2024Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China Chen Yufei21–19, 21–7 Gold

Youth Olympic Games

Girls' singles

World Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' singles

BWF World Tour (5 titles, 4 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[5] 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.[6]

Women's singles

YearTournamentLevelOpponentScoreResult
2019Canada OpenSuper 100 An Se-young15–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2019U.S. OpenSuper 300 Kim Ga-eun21–18, 21–19 Winner
2019Indonesia MastersSuper 100 Porntip Buranaprasertsuk20–22, 21–15, 21–13 Winner
2019Dutch OpenSuper 100 Evgeniya Kosetskaya21–14, 21–18 Winner
2022Indonesia OpenSuper 1000 Tai Tzu-ying23–21, 6–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2022Singapore OpenSuper 500 P. V. Sindhu9–21, 21–11, 15–21 Runner-up
2023Arctic OpenSuper 500 Han Yue21–16, 20–22, 12–21 Runner-up
2024Indonesia MastersSuper 500 Nozomi Okuhara21–14, 21–13 Winner
2024Malaysia MastersSuper 500 P. V. Sindhu16–21, 21–5, 21–16 Winner

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

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2017China International Cai Yanyan9–11, 13–10, 11–9, 7–11 Runner-up
2018Malaysia International Lee Ying Ying21–10, 22–24, 21–14 Winner
2019Austrian Open Porntip Buranaprasertsuk21–18, 21–10 Winner
2019Belarus International Zhang Yiman18–21, 21–9, 21–8 Winner
2019Malaysia International Asuka Takahashi12–21, 21–17, 21–16 Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Junior International (4 titles)

Girls' singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2017Korea Junior International Wei Yaxin21–12, 21–12 Winner
2018Dutch Junior International Wei Yaxin21–15, 21–5 Winner
2018Jaya Raya Junior International Zhou Meng21–15, 21–16 Winner
2018Banthongyord Junior International Phittayaporn Chaiwan21–19, 21–16 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.[7]

PlayersMatchesResultsDifference
WonLost
Chen Yufei9 1 8 –7
He Bingjiao8 5 3 +2
Li Xuerui1 0 1 –1
Zhang Yiman10 6 4 +2
Tai Tzu-ying2 0 2 –2
Saina Nehwal2 2 0 +2
P. V. Sindhu4 2 2 0
Gregoria Mariska Tunjung6 3 3 0
Players MatchesResultsDifference
WonLost
Aya Ohori7 4 3 +1
Nozomi Okuhara3 3 0 +3
Akane Yamaguchi9 3 6 –3
An Se-young10 2 8 –6
Sung Ji-hyun2 2 0 +2
Carolina Marín3 1 2 –1
Porntip Buranaprasertsuk2 2 0 +2
Ratchanok Intanon5 1 4 –3

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 骄傲!荆州又诞生一位体坛冠军,她才18岁! . . 25 July 2018 . 19 November 2018 . zh.
  2. Web site: 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 . 2 August 2018 . 19 November 2018 . zh.
  3. Web site: 王祉怡:永不“祉”步 “怡”于拼搏 “王”者归来 . . 24 October 2018 . 19 November 2018 . zh.
  4. Web site: Malanum . Jean . Wang stuns top seed Yamaguchi, rules Asia Championships . The Manila Times . 3 May 2022 . 3 May 2022 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220503101201/https://www.manilatimes.net/2022/05/03/sports/wang-stuns-top-seed-yamaguchi-rules-asia-championships/1842157 . 3 May 2022.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Web site: Wang Zhi Yi Head To Head . BWF-Tournament Software . 15 August 2024.