Jia Yi Fan
Character Introduction
Jia Yifan (贾一凡), female, born on 29 June 1997 in Tianjin, China, is a Chinese badminton women’s doubles player and world badminton women’s doubles champion.
In 2003, at the age of 6, Jia Yifan was spotted by a coach from Hunan province during a tournament in Tianjin and was invited to Yiyang Sports School in Hunan province to start professional badminton training. 2010, Jia Yifan joined the Hunan badminton team, and in less than a year after joining the provincial team, she won the women’s doubles title at the National Youth Championships, and in 2012, after winning the title again and again, she was invited to the national youth team to undergo intensive training. However, she and her partner lost to Chen Qingchen/He Jiaxin of Guangdong in the team selection before the Asian Youth Championships, and did not have the chance to participate in the Asian Youth Championships that year.
In 2013, Jia Yifan finally passed the training and entered the national youth team. In July of the same year, she represented the national team at the Asian Junior Badminton Championships in Sabah, Malaysia, and in addition to helping the national team win the team title as a starter, she also won the women’s doubles title with Huang Dongping.
In 2014, Jia Yifan won the women’s doubles title at the India Golden Grand Prix with Chen Qingchen, which was also her first individual adult international title.
On 27 August 2017, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan won the women’s doubles final, defeating Japan’s Yuki Fukushima/Caihua Hirota 2-1 (21-18, 17-21, 21-15) in a three-set thriller. Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan won their first World Championships title and China achieved 14 consecutive World Championships Women’s Doubles titles.
On 27 August 2018, the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games badminton field to start the women’s doubles final competition, the Chinese combination of Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan to face the Japanese group of strong file Takahashi Lihua/Matsuyou Misaki, the game where the dust combination to play excellent two 22-20 victory over Japan’s Olympic champion combination, for the first time to ask for Asian Games women’s doubles champion, which is the Chinese badminton team won the seventh Asian Games women’s doubles title! .
On 26 May 2019, together with his teammates, he won the 2019 Sudirman Cup World Badminton Mixed Team Championships.
On 29 July 2021, the Tokyo Olympics badminton tournament began the women’s doubles quarter-final competition, the Chinese duo Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan advanced to the quarter-finals with the Japanese duo 2-1.On 31 July, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics women’s doubles badminton semifinals, the Chinese duo Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan defeated the South Korean duo Kim Chiu-yeung/Kong Hee-jung 2-0 to advance to the final.On 2 August 2021, in the Tokyo Olympics Chinese pair Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan won the silver medal in the women’s badminton doubles final.
On 17 September 2021, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan won the championship in the women’s doubles badminton match at the 14th National Games of the People’s Republic of China.
On 3 October 2021, in the final of the 2021 Sudirman Cup World Mixed Team Badminton Championships, in the fourth , women’s doubles match, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan beat the Japanese duo of Matsumoto Mayu/Matsutomo Misaki 2-0 to help the Chinese team beat the Japanese team 3-1 to win the Mixed Team Championships.
On 17 October 2021, in the final of the Uber Cup Badminton Team Championships, the Chinese team of Jia Yifan and Chen Yufei, Chen Qingchen, He Bingjiao, Huang Dongping, and Li Wenmei won the title with a 3-1 come-from-behind victory over Japan.
On 19 December 2021, in the women’s doubles final of the Badminton World Championships, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan won the World Championships following 2017 with a 2-0 victory over the South Korean duo of Lee Chiu-hee/Shin Sung-chan.
On 28 August 2022, in the final of the Badminton World Championships, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan won the Women’s Doubles title of the 2022 Tokyo Badminton World Championships by defeating the South Korean duo of Kim Soo-young/Kong Hee-yong 2-0, successfully defending their title.
On 27 August 2023, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan won the Women’s Doubles title at the Badminton World Championships in Copenhagen with a 21-16,21-12 victory over the Indonesian pair of Rahayu/Ramadanti, achieving the 4 World Championships titles.
In October 2023, Chen Qingchen/Jia Yifan won the Women’s Doubles Final of Hangzhou Asian Games with 21-18,21-17 against Li Shaoxi/Baik Haona, to avenge the loss of the team competition, and won the sixth international title of the season, defending the Asian Games title for the first time for the Chinese Women’s Doubles, and is the second pair in history to achieve this achievement.
World Ranking – Women’s Doubles 1, Week 29, 2024
Olympic Points – Women’s Doubles 1, 111210 points
Finals Ranking – Women’s Doubles 11, 43600 points
Equipment Used
ASTROX 100ZZ; BG-80; 75TH 65Z2; NANOFLARE 800; ASTROX 88D PRO new colours; BG66 ULTIMAX; AERONAUT 7000I Cyan Purple ; SHB65Z3MEX; Turbo Charging 75C; Li-Ning Line 5
Major Achievements
- 2024 Indonesia Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2024 Singapore Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Champion
- Member of Women’s Team Champion of Uber Cup 2024
- 2024 Asian Badminton Championships Women’s Doubles quarter-finalist
- 2024 French Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2023 Badminton World Finals Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2023 China Shenzhen Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles quarter-finals
- 2023 Denmark Open Badminton Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2022 Asian Games Badminton Women’s Doubles Gold Medal
- 2022 Asian Games Badminton Women’s Team Silver Medal
- 2023 China Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2023 World Badminton Championships Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2023 Japan Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2023 Korea Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2023 Singapore Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2023 Sudirman Cup Badminton Mixed Team Champion
- 2023 India Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2023 Malaysia Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2022 Badminton World Federation Year End Finals Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2022 Denmark Open Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2022 Japan Badminton Open Women’s Doubles quarter-finals
- 2022 World Badminton Championships Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2022 Malaysia Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2022 Indonesia Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2022 Uber Cup Women’s Team Runner-up Member
- 2022 Badminton Asia Championships Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2022 German Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2021 World Badminton Championships Women’s Doubles Champion
- Member of 2020 Uber Cup Women’s Team Champion
- Member of 2021 Sudirman Cup Mixed Team Champion
- 2021 14th National Games Badminton Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Badminton Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2021 National Badminton Championships Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2020 Thailand Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2019 Badminton World Federation Year-end Finals Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2019 China Hong Kong Open Badminton Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2019 China Fuzhou Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2019 Denmark Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Final Four
- 2019 China Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2019 Indonesia Badminton Open Women’s Doubles quarter-finals
- 2019 Australian Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2019 Sudirman Cup Team Champion Member
- 2019 Asian Badminton Championships Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2019 Malaysia Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2019 All England Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2018 Japan Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2018 Asian Games Badminton Championships Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2018 Asian Games Badminton Women’s Team Silver Medal
- 2018 Indonesia Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2018 Malaysia Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2018 Uber Cup Women’s Team 3rd Runner-up Member
- 2018 Malaysia Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2017 Hong Kong China Badminton Premier Superseries Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2017 China Badminton Premier Superseries Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2017 France Badminton Superseries Women’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2017 World Badminton Championships Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2017 13th National Games Badminton Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2017 Australia Badminton Premier Super Tournament Women’s Doubles Final Four
- 2017 Indonesia Badminton Premier Superseries Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2017 Sudirman Cup Mixed Team Runner-up
- 2017 Swiss Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2017 Badminton Asia Championships Mixed Team 3rd Runner-up
- 2017 Thailand Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2016 Badminton World Federation Super Series Finals Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2016 China Macau Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2016 Hong Kong, China Badminton Super Tournament Women’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2016 Bitburger Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2016 France Badminton Super Tournament Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2016 Chinese Taipei Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Final Four
- 2016 China Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2016 China Badminton International Challenge Mixed Doubles Runner-up
- 2016 China Badminton International Challenge Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2015 Brazil Badminton Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2015 Brazil Badminton Grand Prix Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2015 World Junior Badminton Championships Mixed Team Champion
- 2015 World Junior Badminton Championships Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2015 Thailand Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2015 Asian Junior Badminton Championships Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2015 Asian Junior Badminton Championships Mixed Team Champion
- 2015 China Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Final Four
- 2015 Osaka Badminton International Challenge Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2015 China Badminton International Challenge Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2015 China Badminton International Challenge Women’s Doubles Quarter-finals
- 2014 World Junior Badminton Championships Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2014 World Junior Badminton Championships Mixed Team Champion
- 2014 Asian Junior Badminton Championships Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2014 Asian Junior Badminton Championships Mixed Team Champion
- 2014 India Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2013 World Junior Badminton Championships Women’s Doubles Quarter-finalist
- 2013 World Junior Badminton Championships Mixed Team 3rd Runner-up
- 2013 Indonesia Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Runner-up
- 2013 Asian Junior Badminton Championships Women’s Doubles Champion
- 2013 Asian Junior Badminton Championships Mixed Team Champion