Birth name 张蓓雯 Country United States Name Zhang Beiwen | Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Highest ranking 12 Handedness Right | |
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Born July 12, 1990 (age 33)
Liaoning, China ( 1990-07-12 ) | ||
Current ranking 14 (November, 2014) | ||
Yonex French Open 2016 | Badminton SF M2-WS | Zhang Beiwen vs Sun Yu
Zhang Beiwen (张蓓雯) (born 12 July 1990 in Liaoning) is a female professional badminton player who is a singles specialist.
Contents
- Yonex French Open 2016 Badminton SF M2 WS Zhang Beiwen vs Sun Yu
- Career
- BWF Superseries
- BWF Grand Prix
- BWF International ChallengeSeries
- References
Career
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. 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 Skagen, Denmark, for Vendsyssel Elite Badminton.
BWF Superseries
The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, 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, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.
Women's Singles
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
BWF International Challenge/Series
Women's Singles
Women's Doubles
BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament