Wang Zhiyi

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang.
Wang Zhiyi
王祉怡
Wang with her silver medal of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
Born (2000-04-29) 29 April 2000
Shashi, Jingzhou, China
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
CountryChina
SportBadminton
HandednessRight
Coached byLuo Yigang
Women's singles
Highest ranking2 (19 November 2024)
Current ranking2 (10 March 2026)
BWF profile
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  China
Sudirman Cup
2021 Vantaa Mixed team
2023 Suzhou Mixed team
2025 Xiamen Mixed team
Uber Cup
2020 Aarhus Women's team
2024 Chengdu Women's team
2022 Bangkok Women's team
Asian Games
2022 Hangzhou Women's team
Asian Championships
2022 Manila Women's singles
2024 Ningbo Women's singles
Youth Olympic Games
2018 Buenos Aires Girls' singles
World Junior Championships
2017 Yogyakarta Mixed team
2018 Markham Mixed team
2018 Markham Girls' singles
Asian Junior Championships
2018 Jakarta Girls' singles
2018 Jakarta Mixed team

Wang Zhiyi (Chinese: 王祉怡; pinyin: Wáng Zhǐyí; born 29 April 2000) is a Chinese badminton player.[1] She was two-time Asian Champions winning the title in 2022 and 2024.[2][3] She was part of China winning team in the 2020 and 2024 Uber Cup, as well at the 2021 and 2023 Sudirman Cup. Capture her first BWF World Tour title in the 2019 U.S. Open, she later reached her highest ranking of world number 2 in the women's singles on 19 November 2024.

Career

Early life and junior career

Wang 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.[4]

2018

Wang has achieved a number of achievements in her career in the junior competitions. Wang emerged victory in the girls' singles at the 2018 Asian Junior Championships, and also helped the national team to clinch the mixed team title.[1] She then represented her country at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and clinched the girls' singles silver, after losing the final match to Goh Jin Wei.[5] She again had to accept defeat to Goh in the semi-finals of the World Junior Championships, making her have to be satisfied with a bronze medal.[6]

2019

In the 2019 season, Wang get into her first BWF World Tour final in Canada Open, losing to An Se-young.[7] She then won the U.S. Open as her first World Tour title whilst grabbing few more international tournaments such as Austrian Open, Belarus International, and second consecutive Malaysia International title.[8][9] Wang also add two more World Tour win with Indonesia Masters and Dutch Open.[10][11]

2022–2023

2022 was not a good season for Wang as she did not won a single world tour, only making into the final in Indonesia Open and Singapore Open.[12][13] Despite that, she won the women's singles title at the 2022 Asian Championships, which is the biggest title of her career.[2]

The 2023 season was worse than previous years as Wang did not win a single title in it. Only making as far as one final throughout the whole season in Arctic Open where she lost to Han Yue.[14]

2024

Wang is set to shake up the women's singles competition in 2024, where she reached seven finals, and won six titles including her second Asia Championships title by defeating her senior compatriot Chen Yufei in the final.[3] In the BWF World Tour, she won the Indonesia Masters,[15] Malaysia Masters,[16] Denmark Open,[17] and clinched her first ever BWF World Tour Super 1000 in the home soil China Open.[18] She then closed the season as a champion in the BWF World Tour Finals.[19] Wang's defeat in the final was at the Korea Open, when she gave a walkover to Kim Ga-eun due to injury that she suffered.[20] Wang also part of China winning team in the Uber Cup. She reached a career high of world number 2 in this season.

2025

Started the 2025 season as world number 2,[21] Wang reached the finals in the Malaysia Open losing to An Se-young in straight game.[22] In March, Wang managed to secure a spots in the final of All England Open but fall short again to An Se-young, this time in a grueling three sets.[23] Despite losing all her matches in Sudirman Cup, China gained their 14th title in that competition.[24]

Her short title drought since the season's finals in previous year ended after she managed to defend her Malaysia Masters title, this time against Han Yue.[25] Wang advanced to the final again next week in Singapore Open but lost it against Chen Yufei.[26] Wang again had a tough luck the next week where she lost the final of Indonesia Open against An in another 3 sets match when she faltered after losing the 17–10 lead in second sets before An finished it well in the third.[27] In Japan Open, Wang lost to An for the fourth time in a year, outpowered in a straight sets in the process.[28] In the next week, Wang capitalized her good form and defended her China Open title and won her first Super 1000 title of the year in a dominant win against Han Yue.[29]

In 2025 BWF World Championships, Wang lost in the round of 16 to former 2019 champion, P. V. Sindhu.[30] Two weeks later, Wang recovered and won the Hong Kong Open against Han Yue in their third final altogether in 2025.[31] In October, Wang made the final again in Denmark Open but failed to defend her championship in the previous years.[32] Wang lost again in French Open to An on the next week after.[33] At the end of season, Wang failed to defend her World Tour Final title the previous year, losing out to An again in thrilling three sets. Wang concluded the season with an impressive 11 finals.[34]

2026

After ending a spectacular 2025, Wang's losing streak against An continues as she was beaten at the season opener in the Malaysia Open final which was a repeat of last year's final.[35] The next week in the India Open semi-final however, she secured her second victory over fellow compatriot, Chen Yufei to qualify for the final in the India Open for the first time.[36] Her luck in the final did not change as she lost against An again for six consecutive titles since last year Denmark Open.[37] She returned in March at the German Open where she marched towards the final but lost at the hands of her young compatriot, Han Qianxi in a tight two sets match.[38] The next week, Wang ended her nine final match losing streak against An Se-young at the All England Open in straight games, marking a significant win for her and the Chinese community.[39]

Achievements

Asian Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2022 Muntinlupa Sports Complex, Metro Manila, Philippines Akane Yamaguchi 15–21, 21–13, 21–19 Gold [2]
2024 Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China Chen Yufei 21–19, 21–7 Gold [3]

Youth Olympic Games

Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2018 Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires, Argentina Goh Jin Wei 21–16, 13–21, 19–21 Silver [5]

World Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2018 Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada Goh Jin Wei 9–21, 13–21 Bronze [6]

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref
2018 Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center, Jakarta, Indonesia Zhou Meng 21–19, 21–8 Gold [1]

BWF World Tour (12 titles, 16 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[40] 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.[41]

Women's singles

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result Ref
2019 Canada Open Super 100 An Se-young 15–21, 20–22 Runner-up [7]
2019 U.S. Open Super 300 Kim Ga-eun 21–18, 21–19 Winner [9]
2019 Indonesia Masters Super 100 Porntip Buranaprasertsuk 20–22, 21–15, 21–13 Winner [10]
2019 Dutch Open Super 100 Evgeniya Kosetskaya 21–14, 21–18 Winner [11]
2022 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Tai Tzu-ying 23–21, 6–21, 15–21 Runner-up [12]
2022 Singapore Open Super 500 P. V. Sindhu 9–21, 21–11, 15–21 Runner-up [13]
2023 Arctic Open Super 500 Han Yue 21–16, 20–22, 12–21 Runner-up [14]
2024 Indonesia Masters Super 500 Nozomi Okuhara 21–14, 21–13 Winner [15]
2024 Malaysia Masters Super 500 P. V. Sindhu 16–21, 21–5, 21–16 Winner [16]
2024 Korea Open Super 500 Kim Ga-eun Walkover Runner-up [20]
2024 China Open Super 1000 Tomoka Miyazaki 21–17, 21–15 Winner [18]
2024 Denmark Open Super 750 An Se-young 21–10, 21–12 Winner [17]
2024 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Han Yue 19–21, 21–19, 21–11 Winner [19]
2025 Malaysia Open Super 1000 An Se-young 17–21, 7–21 Runner-up [22]
2025 All England Open Super 1000 An Se-young 21–13, 18–21, 18–21 Runner-up [23]
2025 Malaysia Masters Super 500 Han Yue 13–21, 21–13, 21–18 Winner [25]
2025 Singapore Open Super 750 Chen Yufei 11–21, 11–21 Runner-up [26]
2025 Indonesia Open Super 1000 An Se-young 21–13, 19–21, 15–21 Runner-up [27]
2025 Japan Open Super 750 An Se-young 12–21, 10–21 Runner-up [28]
2025 China Open Super 1000 Han Yue 21–8, 21–13 Winner [29]
2025 Hong Kong Open Super 500 Han Yue 21–14, 24–22 Winner [31]
2025 Denmark Open Super 750 An Se-young 5–21, 22–24 Runner-up [32]
2025 French Open Super 750 An Se-young 13–21, 7–21 Runner-up [33]
2025 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals An Se-young 13–21, 21–18, 10–21 Runner-up [34]
2026 Malaysia Open Super 1000 An Se-young 15–21, 22–24 Runner-up [35]
2026 India Open Super 750 An Se-young 13–21, 11–21 Runner-up [37]
2026 German Open Super 300 Han Qianxi 19–21, 20–22 Runner-up [38]
2026 All England Open Super 1000 An Se-young 21–15, 21–19 Winner [39]

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

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2017 China International Cai Yanyan 9–11, 13–10, 11–9, 7–11 Runner-up
2018 Malaysia International Lee Ying Ying 21–10, 22–24, 21–14 Winner
2019 Austrian Open Porntip Buranaprasertsuk 21–18, 21–10 Winner
2019 Belarus International Zhang Yiman 18–21, 21–9, 21–8 Winner
2019 Malaysia International Asuka Takahashi 12–21, 21–17, 21–16 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

BWF Junior International (4 titles)

Girls' singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2017 Korea Junior International Wei Yaxin 21–12, 21–12 Winner
2018 Dutch Junior International Wei Yaxin 21–15, 21–5 Winner
2018 Jaya Raya Junior International Zhou Meng 21–15, 21–16 Winner
2018 Banthongyord Junior International Phittayaporn Chaiwan 21–19, 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 23 December 2025.

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