Zhang Shuxian Explained

Zhang Shuxian
张殊贤
Country:China
Birth Date:2000 1, df=y
Birth Place:Luzhou, Sichuan, China
Handedness:Right
Event:Women's & mixed doubles
Highest Ranking:2 (WD with Zheng Yu 23 May 2023)
30 (XD with Guo Xinwa 27 December 2022)
Current Ranking:5
Date Of Current Ranking:WD with Zheng Yu 13 August 2024
Bwf Id:DBCF8262-63A3-4DB7-A80F-0AC4D71A07EA

Zhang Shuxian (Chinese: 张殊贤; Zhāng Shūxián; born 2 January 2000) is a Chinese badminton player.[1]

Career

Early career

Zhang attended Luzhou Zilu Road School. Later, she was recommended by the city sports school to enter the Sichuan badminton team training, and was transferred to the Sichuan team as an official member in 2016, and was selected for the Chinese national youth team in the same year. In July 2017, Zhang represented China for the first time in the international competition at the 2017 Asian Junior Championships and reached the quarter-finals of the women's doubles. She also participated at the World Junior Championships in 2017 and 2018, winning gold medals in the team event, and also bronze medals in the girls' (2017) and mixed doubles events (2018).[2]

2022

Starting from 2022, Zhang partnered with Zheng Yu and finished as the runners-up at the All England Open, Malaysia Open and Singapore Open, before finally winning the Australian Open.[3] As a result, the pair qualified for the year-end final. They reached the semi-finals before bowing out to compatriots Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan.[4]

2023

In the first half of the 2023 season, Zhang did not win any title with Zheng Yu. The duo opened the year by reaching the semi-finals of the BWF Super 1000 tournament, the Malaysia Open, but was stunned by Korean pairing Baek Ha-na and Lee Yu-lim.[5] Other semi-finals finished were at the All England and the Singapore Opens.[6] Zhang and Zheng also reached the quarter-finals in the India, Swiss, and Indonesia Opens. During the 2023 Indonesia Masters, Zhang partnered Liu Shengshu, the reigning World Junior Champion in two categories. They eventually won the title.[7] Zhang was also part of the China winning squad in the Sudirman Cup. Their achievement was able to bring them up to 2nd place in the BWF rankings. In August, Zhang and Zheng finished as semi-finalists in the BWF World Championships, losing to their compatriots Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan. The defeat exacerbated the head-to-head record over Chen and Jia to 0–6.[8]

Achievements

World Championships

Women's doubles

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

World Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Mixed doubles

BWF World Tour (7 titles, 8 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[9] 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 BWF World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[10]

Women's doubles

YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Vietnam OpenSuper 100 Huang Jia Della Destiara Haris
Rizki Amelia Pradipta
18–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2022All England OpenSuper 1000 Zheng Yu Nami Matsuyama
Chiharu Shida
13–21, 9–21 Runner-up
2022Malaysia OpenSuper 750 Zheng Yu Apriyani Rahayu
Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti
18–21, 21–12, 19–21 Runner-up
2022Singapore OpenSuper 500 Zheng Yu Apriyani Rahayu
Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti
14–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2022Australian OpenSuper 300 Zheng Yu Benyapa Aimsaard
Nuntakarn Aimsaard
21–19, 21–13 Winner
2023Indonesia MastersSuper 500 Liu Shengshu Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota
22–20, 21–19 Winner
2023Hylo OpenSuper 300 Zheng Yu Apriyani Rahayu
Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti
18–21, 1–1 Winner
2023Japan MastersSuper 500 Zheng Yu Liu Shengshu
Tan Ning
12–21, 21–12, 21–17 Winner
2024Malaysia OpenSuper 1000 Zheng Yu Liu Shengshu
Tan Ning
18–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2024India OpenSuper 750 Zheng Yu Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara
12–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2024Indonesia MastersSuper 500 Zheng Yu Liu Shengshu
Tan Ning
21–10, 19–21, 20–22 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Canada OpenSuper 100 Guo Xinwa Ko Sung-hyun
Eom Hye-won
19–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2019Vietnam OpenSuper 100 Guo Xinwa Lee Jhe-huei
Hsu Ya-ching
18–21, 22–20, 21–8 Winner
2019Indonesia MastersSuper 100 Guo Xinwa Adnan Maulana
Mychelle Crhystine Bandaso
21–18, 16–21, 28–26 Winner
2019SaarLorLux OpenSuper 100 Guo Xinwa Ren Xiangyu
Zhou Chaomin
21–18, 21–19 Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Osaka International Guo Xinwa Jeong Na-eun
Kim Won-ho
17–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2019Belarus International Guo Xinwa Ren Xiangyu
Zhou Chaomin
20–22, 19–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Junior International (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Korea Junior International Xia Yuting An Sato
Shiena Fukumoto
21–11, 21–19 Winner
2018German Junior International Liu Xuanxuan Jang Eun-seo
Lee Jung-hyun
21–14, 24–22 Winner
2018Jaya Raya Junior International Chen Yingying Liu Xuanxuan
Xia Yuting
16–21, 18–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

BWF Junior International Challenge tournament

BWF Junior International Series tournament

BWF Junior Future Series tournament

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profile: Zhang Shu Xian. Badminton World Federation. 28 October 2020.
  2. Web site: 郭. 为民. [喜讯]00后泸州妹登顶羽毛球世青赛混合团体冠军!为她疯狂打call]. zh-hans. Sohu. 17 October 2017. 28 October 2020.
  3. Web site: Australian Open: Exhausted Shi finishes on a high. BWF. 20 November 2022. 24 December 2022.
  4. Web site: Double delight for Thai pairs . . 11 December 2022 . 24 December 2022.
  5. Web site: Injury ends defending champs Apriyani-Siti Fadia's run in Malaysia Open . The Sun Daily . 14 January 2023 . 27 August 2023 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230827234014/https://www.thesundaily.my/sport/injury-ends-defending-champs-apriyani-siti-fadia-s-run-in-malaysia-open-LE10501857 . 27 August 2023.
  6. Web site: A year of firsts at the Yonex All England 2023 . Yonex . 21 March 2023 . 27 August 2023 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230827235630/https://www.yonex.com/news/a-year-of-firsts-at-the-yonex-all-england-2023/ . 27 August 2023.
  7. Web site: 2023-01-29 . Indonesia Masters: Tour newbie triumphs on debut . 2023-04-13 . BWF.
  8. Web site: Liu . Ailin . Zhang . Yingchuan . 羽毛球世锦赛 凡晨杀入决赛冲击史上首个女双三连冠 . Beijing Youth Daily . 27 August 2023 . 28 August 2023 . zh . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230828010010/http://gov.dizo.com.cn/gov/2023/0827/130595.html . 28 August 2023.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.