Zhang Yawen (simplified Chinese: 张亚雯; traditional Chinese: 張亞雯; pinyin: Zhāng Yàwén; born 9 March 1983) is a badminton player from China.[4]

Zhang Yawen
张亚雯
Personal information
CountryChina
Born (1983-03-09) 9 March 1983 (age 41)
Chongqing, China
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking3 (WD with Zhang Dan December 2005)
1 (WD with Wei Yili August 2007)[1]
1 (WD with Zhao Tingting 8 October 2009)[2]
1 (XD with Xie Zhongbo June 2006)[3]
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Women's doubles
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Hyderabad Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2005 Anaheim Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2006 Madrid Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Anaheim Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Kuala Lumpur Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2005 Yiyang Mixed doubles
Silver medal – second place 2005 Yiyang Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2006 Yiyang Mixed doubles
Sudirman Cup
Gold medal – first place 2007 Glasgow Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2009 Guangzhou Mixed team
Uber Cup
Gold medal – first place 2008 Jakarta Women's team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Doha Women's team
Silver medal – second place 2006 Doha Mixed doubles
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Manila Women's doubles
East Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Hong Kong Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2009 Hong Kong Women's team
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2000 Guangzhou Girls' doubles
Gold medal – first place 2000 Guangzhou Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2000 Guangzhou Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1999 Yangon Girls' team
Gold medal – first place 2000 Kyoto Girls' doubles
Gold medal – first place 2000 Kyoto Girls' team
Silver medal – second place 2000 Kyoto Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Yangon Girls' singles
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Yangon Girls' doubles
BWF profile

Career

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Zhang has specialized in women's doubles and mixed doubles, earning numerous international titles in both events. At various times she has partnered either Zhang Dan, or Zhao Tingting, or Wei Yili to women's doubles victories at the French (2002, 2007), German (2004), Thailand (2004), Singapore (2005, 2007), Indonesia (2006), China (2008), and Hong Kong (2008) Opens. Prior to 2009 her biggest triumph came with Wei Yili at the prestigious All-England Championships in 2007 where they defeated compatriots Gao Ling and Huang Sui, and Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen, the two dominant teams of the era, respectively in the semifinals and finals. All of her mixed doubles titles have been earned in partnership with Xie Zhongbo and they include the Badminton World Cup (2005), the China Masters (2006, 2008), and the Hong Kong (2005, 2008), Indonesia (2006), Macau (2007), and Thailand (2008) Opens.

Before 2009 Zhang had earned five medals, without yet "striking gold", at the BWF World Championships. At the 2005 tournament she took a bronze in women's doubles with Zhang Dan, and a silver with Xie Zhongbo in mixed doubles behind Indonesia's Lilyana Natsir and Nova Widianto. At the 2006 tournament Zhang and Wei Yili upset Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen in the semifinals but were beaten in the final by Gao Ling and Huang Sui. Zhang was eliminated in the semifinals of both doubles events at the 2007 edition in Kuala Lumpur.

At the 2008 Beijing Olympics she and Wei Yili were ousted from women's doubles gold medal contention in the semifinals by the eventual champions, compatriots Du Jing and Yu Yang. In the playoff for third place they salvaged a bronze medal by defeating Japan's Miyuki Maeda and Satoko Suetsuna.

2009 proved to be Zhang's most successful season. With Zhao Tingting she captured women's doubles titles at the two most prestigious events for individual players outside of the Olympics, the All-England Championships and the BWF World Championships, defeating compatriots Cheng Shu and Zhao Yunlei in the final of each.

Achievements

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Olympic Games

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing, China   Wei Yili   Miyuki Maeda
  Satoko Suetsuna
21–17, 21–10   Bronze

BWF World Championships

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, United States   Zhang Dan   Gao Ling
  Huang Sui
5–15, 8–15   Bronze
2006 Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad, Madrid, Spain   Wei Yili   Gao Ling
  Huang Sui
21–23, 9–21   Silver
2007 Putra Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia   Wei Yili   Yang Wei
  Zhang Jiewen
21–19, 18–21, 16–21   Bronze
2009 Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India   Zhao Tingting   Cheng Shu
  Zhao Yunlei
17–21, 21–17, 21–16   Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, United States   Xie Zhongbo   Nova Widianto
  Liliyana Natsir
15–13, 8–15, 2–15   Silver
2007 Putra Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia   Xie Zhongbo   Nova Widianto
  Liliyana Natsir
15–21, 21–15, 20–22   Bronze

World Cup

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 Olympic Park, Yiyang, China   Wei Yili   Yang Wei
  Zhang Jiewen
18–21, 15–21   Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 Olympic Park, Yiyang, China   Xie Zhongbo   Nova Widianto
  Liliyana Natsir
21–19, 21–10   Gold
2006 Olympic Park, Yiyang, China   Xie Zhongbo   Nova Widianto
  Liliyana Natsir
16–21, 18–21   Silver

Asian Games

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Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 Aspire Hall 3, Doha, Qatar   Xie Zhongbo   Zheng Bo
  Gao Ling
16–21, 23–25   Silver

Asian Championships

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2001 PhilSports Arena, Manila, Philippines   Zhao Tingting   Deyana Lomban
  Vita Marissa
12–15, 15–11, 12–15   Bronze

East Asian Games

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Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong   Tao Jiaming   Zhang Nan
  Ma Jin
21–15, 21–14   Gold

World Junior Championships

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Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2000 Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China   Wei Yili   Li Yujia
  Zhao Tingting
4–7, 7–2, 7–0, 7–1   Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2000 Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China   Sang Yang   Zheng Bo
  Wei Yili
7–3, 7–0, 8–6   Gold

Asian Junior Championships

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Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
1999 National Indoor Stadium – 1, Yangon, Myanmar   Wei Yan 4–11, 1–11   Bronze

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1999 National Indoor Stadium – 1, Yangon, Myanmar   Zhao Tingting   Li Yujia
  Wei Yili
7–15, 10–15   Bronze
2000 Nishiyama Park Gymnasium, Kyoto, Japan   Wei Yili   Li Yujia
  Zhao Tingting
15–12, 15–5   Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2000 Nishiyama Park Gymnasium, Kyoto, Japan   Sang Yang   Zheng Bo
  Wei Yili
Walkover   Silver

BWF Superseries

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The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[5] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011.[6] Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 All England Open   Wei Yili   Yang Wei
  Zhang Jiewen
21–16, 8–21, 24–22   Winner
2007 Singapore Open   Wei Yili   Yang Wei
  Zhao Tingting
10–21, 21–19, 21–18   Winner
2007 French Open   Wei Yili   Yu Yang
  Zhao Tingting
21–10, 21–15   Winner
2007 Hong Kong Open   Wei Yili   Du Jing
  Yu Yang
20–22, 21–13, 17–21   Runner-up
2008 Swiss Open   Wei Yili   Yang Wei
  Zhang Jiewen
18–21, 24–22, 8–21   Runner-up
2008 China Open   Zhao Tingting   Chin Eei Hui
  Wong Pei Tty
21–14, 21–19   Winner
2008 Hong Kong Open   Zhao Tingting   Cheng Shu
  Zhao Yunlei
21–14, 21–13   Winner
2009 All England Open   Zhao Tingting   Cheng Shu
  Zhao Yunlei
21–13, 21–15   Winner
2009 Singapore Open   Zhao Tingting   Nitya Krishinda Maheswari
  Greysia Polii
21–14, 21–13   Winner
2009 Denmark Open   Pan Pan   Lena Frier Kristiansen
  Kamilla Rytter Juhl
22–20, 18–21, 21–12   Winner
2009 China Open   Tian Qing   Du Jing
  Yu Yang
21–14, 21–14   Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 French Open   Xie Zhongbo   Flandy Limpele
  Vita Marissa
11–21, 15–21   Runner-up
2008 China Masters   Xie Zhongbo   Nova Widianto
  Liliyana Natsir
21–17, 21–17   Winner
2008 Hong Kong Open   Xie Zhongbo   Lee Yong-dae
  Lee Hyo-jung
21–14, 21–16   Winner
2009 Singapore Open   Xie Zhongbo   Zheng Bo
  Ma Jin
21–19, 19–21, 11–21   Runner-up
2009 China Masters   Xie Zhongbo   Tao Jiaming
  Wang Xiaoli
21–13, 19–21, 4–8 retired   Runner-up
2010 Korea Open   Tao Jiaming   He Hanbin
  Yu Yang
15–21, 16–21   Runner-up
2010 Malaysia Open   Tao Jiaming   Thomas Laybourn
  Kamilla Rytter Juhl
19–21, 21–18, 21–15   Winner
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

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The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2001 Singapore Open   Zhao Tingting   Wei Yili
  Zhang Jiewen
6–8, 3–7, 4–7   Runner-up
2002 Malaysia Open   Zhao Tingting   Huang Nanyan
  Yang Wei
5–11, 5–11   Runner-up
2003 Denmark Open   Zhang Dan   Yang Wei
  Zhang Jiewen
2–15, 1–15   Runner-up
2004 Thailand Open   Zhang Dan   Du Jing
  Yu Yang
15–5, 15–7   Winner
2004 Denmark Open   Zhang Dan   Wei Yili
  Zhao Tingting
13–15, 15–12, 7–15   Runner-up
2004 German Open   Zhang Dan   Wei Yili
  Zhao Tingting
15–8, 15–12   Winner
2004 Indonesia Open   Zhang Dan   Yang Wei
  Zhang Jiewen
10–15, 5–15   Runner-up
2005 Thailand Open   Zhang Dan   Lee Hyo-jung
  Lee Kyung-won
15–9, 11–15, 13–15   Runner-up
2005 Singapore Open   Zhang Dan   Gao Ling
  Huang Sui
15–13, 15–10   Winner
2006 China Masters   Wei Yili   Gao Ling
  Huang Sui
12–21, 21–18, 14–21   Runner-up
2006 Indonesia Open   Wei Yili   Yang Wei
  Zhang Jiewen
21–13, 21–13   Winner
2006 Japan Open   Wei Yili   Gao Ling
  Huang Sui
15–21, 17–21   Runner-up
2006 China Open   Wei Yili   Yang Wei
  Zhang Jiewen
17–21, 7–21   Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2002 Malaysia Open   Wang Wei   Nathan Robertson
  Gail Emms
9–11, 4–11   Runner-up
2005 Hong Kong Open   Xie Zhongbo   Nathan Robertson
  Gail Emms
15–8, 15–5   Winner
2006 German Open   Xie Zhongbo   Zhang Jun
  Gao Ling
11–15, 12–15   Runner-up
2006 China Masters   Xie Zhongbo   Zhang Jun
  Gao Ling
21–16, 10–21, 22–20   Winner
2006 Indonesia Open   Xie Zhongbo   Nova Widianto
  Liliyana Natsir
21–19, 21–15   Winner
2006 China Open   Xie Zhongbo   Xu Chen
  Zhao Tingting
21–19, 21–5   Winner
2007 Macau Open   Xie Zhongbo   Fang Chieh-min
  Cheng Wen-hsing
21–14, 21–16   Winner
2008 Thailand Open   Xie Zhongbo   He Hanbin
  Yu Yang
23–25, 21–10, 23–21   Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

IBF International

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Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2001 China Satellite   Chen Xiaoli   Han Jie
  Long Ying
15–1, 15–10   Winner
2002 French International   Zhao Tingting   Wei Yili
  Zhang Jiewen
1–7, 2–7, 7–5, 7–5, 7–2   Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2002 French International   Zheng Bo   Sang Yang
  Zhao Tingting
7–0, 7–4, 7–8, 3–7, 8–6   Winner

References

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  1. ^ "BWF World Ranking - August 16 2007". www.internationalbadminton.org. Archived from the original on 19 August 2007. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  2. ^ "BWF World Rankings (8-10-2009)". tournamentsoftware.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
  3. ^ "谢中博/张亚雯首次排名世界混双第一". sports.sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 9 June 2006. Archived from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Athlete Biography: Zhang Yawen". Beijing 2008. Archived from the original on 17 March 2009. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  5. ^ "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
  6. ^ "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". www.ibadmintonstore.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
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