Zhang Beiwen

Zhang Beiwen
Personal information
Birth name	张蓓雯
Country	China (1990–2007) Singapore (2007–2013) United States (2013– )
Born	12 July 1990 Liaoning, China
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Handedness	Right
Women's singles
Highest ranking	12 (October 2014)
Current ranking	14 (November 2014)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing Singapore Southeast Asian Games 2009 Vientiane Women's team
BWF profile

Zhang Beiwen (张蓓雯) (born 12 July 1990 in Liaoning^[1]) is a female professional badminton player who is a singles specialist. Having a unique background being born in China, then moving to Singapore at the age of 13 and playing with the Singapore National Team until 2012, when she moved to the United States of America to compete while training in Las Vegas. She was dropped by the Singapore Badminton Association (SBA) after the 2011 Singapore Open tournament after reportedly falling out with then-singles head coach Luan Ching, but the association had asked her to come back to the fold.^[2] In 2009 she was part of the Singapore national badminton team winning a bronze medal at the Women's team event of the 2009 Southeast Asian Games. After a one-year break, where she did not play any tournaments at all, from 2013 she came back on her way to reach top level again. In 2013, after moving to Las Vegas in the USA with her parents, Zhang Beiwen won four international challenge tournaments with singles titles at the Swiss International in Yverdon-les-Bains, the Yonex USA International in Orlando, Florida, the Yonex Welsh International in Cardiff and the Carlton Irish Open International in Dublin. In 2014 she continued her winning streak for her new country the USA, with victories in Peru, USA, Brazil and the Netherlands. She won her first Grand Prix title at the 2014 U.S. Open Grand Prix Gold and backed it up with two more Grand Prix titles by winning the 2014 Brazil Open Grand Prix and 2014 Dutch Open Grand Prix. Zhang Beiwen competes in the German bundesliga team championship for BC Düren.

Achievements

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[3] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011,^[4] with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Women's Singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	French Open	He Bingjiao	9–21 9–21	Runner up

     BWF Superseries Finals tournament

     BWF Superseries Premier tournament

     BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

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

Women's Singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Dutch Open	Hsu Ya-ching	21–11, 21–19	Winner
2016	Canada Open	Michelle Li	Walkover	Runner-up
2014	U.S. Grand Prix	Rachael Honderich	21–11, 21–13	Winner
2014	Dutch Open	Pai Yu-po	11–9, 11–7, 11–8	Winner
2014	Brasil Open	Kaori Imabeppu	6–11, 11–5, 4–11, 11–8, 11–9	Winner
2014	U.S. Open	Kana Ito	21–8, 21–17	Winner
2008	Vietnam Open	Xing Aiying	21–11, 19–21, 20–22	Runner-up

     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's Singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	USA International	Pai Yu-po	21–14, 13–21, 21–19	Winner
2014	Peru International	Michelle Li	27–25, 21–19	Winner
2013	Irish Open	Beatriz Corrales	21–9, 17–21, 21–10	Winner
2013	Welsh International	Beatriz Corrales	21–12, 21–15	Winner
2013	USA International	Iris Wang	21–10, 21–12	Winner
2013	Swiss International	Tanvi Lad	21–12, 21–12	Winner

Women's Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	USA International	Jing Yu Hong	Paula B Pereira Lohaynny Vicente	21–7, 21–14	Winner

     BWF International Challenge tournament

     BWF International Series tournament

     BWF Future Series tournament

References

1. BWF content – Beiwen ZHANG
2. Badminton: Zhang makes April date
3. "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006.
4. "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". Badmintonstore.com. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

External links

• Tournamentsoftware.com