The final Super 1000 event of the season—the 2024 China Open—is underway. Let’s take a look at some of the past data from this tournament!
There are a total of 10 former champions competing in this year’s event.
One of them is Lee So-hee, who, alongside former partner Chang Ye-na, is one of only two non-Chinese pairs to have won the women’s doubles title in the past 32 years. The other pair is Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi.
Among the players participating in this year’s tournament, only Lee So-hee and the men’s doubles pair Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang have previously won the title as top seeds.
In 1995, the duo Huang Zhanzhong and Jiang Xin successfully defended their men’s doubles title. This year, Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang hope to follow in their footsteps and defend their title.
Men’s doubles is also the event where China has the fewest number of titles, with Indonesia holding the advantage in this category.
Men’s singles top seed Shi Yuqi is eager to make it to the finals; his best performance so far has been reaching the semifinals.
China is experiencing a title drought in the women’s singles category, with the last champion being Li Xuerui in 2015. Wang Zhiyi and Han Yue are strong contenders to break that streak this year.
If Viktor Axelsen wins this year, he will become the first European men’s singles player to defend the title.
Five teams have earned seed spots in events they have never won before—Thailand (men’s singles), Indonesia (women’s singles), Chinese Taipei (women’s singles and men’s doubles), Malaysia (women’s doubles), and Hong Kong (mixed doubles).
Cang Ye Na is a South Korean female badminton player.
In November 2010, Jang Ye Na represented South Korea at the Guangzhou Asian Games in the women’s badminton team event, winning a bronze medal and helping South Korea win the Uber Cup in the same year.
In July 2013, Jang Ye Na represented Korea at the World University Games in Kazan, Russia, winning gold medals in women’s doubles and mixed team.
In November 2015, Jang Ye Na and Lee Sau-hee appeared in the Korea Badminton Masters, winning her first Grand Prix women’s doubles title by defeating the tournament’s No. 6 seed and teammates’ Jung Kyung-yeon/Shin Sung-chan 2-1 (21-7, 16-21, 21-19) in the women’s doubles final.
In November 2016, Zhang Yina and Li Shaoxi played in the China Badminton Premier Superseries and won the first premier superseries women’s doubles title of their badminton careers, defeating China’s Huang Dongping/Li Yinhui 2-1 (13-21, 21-14, 21-17) in the women’s doubles final.
In March 2017, Zhang Yina and Li Shaoxi played in the All England Badminton Premier Superseries and won their first All England Women’s Doubles title by defeating the tournament’s No. 2 seeds and Olympic runners-up Kristina Petersen/Camilla Lutte-Juhl 2-0 (21-18, 21-13) in the women’s doubles final.
In December 2023, Zhang Yina posted a letter announcing her retirement, ending her 15-year badminton career.
Equipment Used
ASTROX 88D; METEOR X 80; SH-A930
Major Achievements
Women’s doubles quarterfinals of Korea Badminton Open 2022
2019 India Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Runner-up
2019 Hong Kong Badminton Open China Women’s Doubles Runner-up
2019 Malaysia Badminton Open Women’s Doubles quarter-finals
2019 Swiss Open Badminton Women’s Doubles Champion
2018 Korea Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Champion
2018 German Badminton Open Women’s Doubles Quarterfinals
2018 Badminton Asia Championships Women’s Team Third Place
2017 Denmark Badminton Premier Superseries Women’s Doubles Quarterfinals
2017 Korea Badminton Premier Superseries Women’s Doubles Runner-up
2017 Indonesia Badminton Premier Superseries Women’s Doubles Runner-up
2017 Sudirman Cup Mixed Team Champion
2017 Badminton Asia Championships Women’s Doubles Final Four
2017 Singapore Badminton Premier Superseries Women’s Doubles Final Four
2017 Malaysia Badminton Premier Superseries Women’s Doubles Final Four
2017 All England Badminton Premier Super Tournament Women’s Doubles Champion
2017 Badminton Asia Championships Mixed Team Runner-up
2016 Badminton World Cup Super Series Finals Women’s Doubles Final Four
2016 China Badminton Premier Superseries Women’s Doubles Champion
2016 France Badminton Premier Superseries Women’s Doubles Final Four
2016 Korea Badminton Super Series Women’s Doubles Quarter-finals
2016 Uber Cup Women’s Team Runner-up
2016 Badminton Asia Championships Women’s Doubles 3rd Runner-up
2016 New Zealand Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Runner-up
2016 Badminton Asia Team Championships Women’s Team 3rd Runner-up
2016 Badminton India Golden Grand Prix Women’s Doubles 4th Runner-up
2016 Malaysia Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Quarterfinals
2015 Mexico City Badminton Grand Prix Women’s Doubles quarter-finals
2015 USA Badminton Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Runner-up
2015 Hong Kong, China Badminton Premier Grand Prix Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
2015 China Badminton Premier Super Tournament Women’s Doubles Quarter-finals
2015 Korea Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Champion
2015 Thailand Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Runner-up
2015 Korea Badminton Super Tournament Women’s Doubles Runner-up
2015 Sudirman Cup Third Runner-up
2015 Malaysia Badminton Super Tournament Women’s Doubles Runner-up
2014 Korea Incheon Asian Games Badminton Women’s Team Runner-up
2014 Indonesia Badminton Premier Super Tournament Women’s Doubles Quarter-finals
2014 Japan Badminton Premier Superseries Women’s Doubles Quarterfinals
2014 Uber Cup Women’s Team 3rd Runner-up
2014 Asian Badminton Championships Mixed Doubles Runner-up
2014 Swiss Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Quarter-finals
2013 Badminton World Cup Super Series Finals Women’s Doubles 4th Runner-up
2013 Korea Badminton Golden Grand Prix Mixed Doubles Champion
2013 Korea Badminton Grand Prix Gold Women’s Doubles Champion
2013 France Badminton Super Series Women’s Doubles Final Four
2013 China Badminton Masters Women’s Doubles Final Four
2013 Chinese Taipei Badminton Golden Grand Prix Mixed Doubles Champion
2013 World Badminton Championships Women’s Doubles Runner-up
2013 Singapore Badminton Super Tournament Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
2013 Sudirman Cup Mixed Team Runner-up
2013 Badminton India Superseries Women’s Doubles Quarter-finals
2013 Badminton Australia Golden Grand Prix Mixed Doubles Runner-up
2013 Badminton Germany Golden Grand Prix Mixed Doubles Champion
2013 Badminton Germany Golden Grand Prix Women’s Doubles quarter-finals
2012 Korea Badminton Golden Grand Prix Mixed Doubles Runner-up
2012 Korea Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Champion
2012 Macau Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Champion
2012 China Badminton Super Tournament Mixed Doubles Quarter-finals
2012 Indonesia Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Runner-up
2011 Korea Badminton Golden Grand Prix Mixed Doubles Champion
2011 Korea Badminton Golden Grand Prix Women’s Doubles Champion
2011 China Badminton Masters Mixed Doubles Runner-up
2010 Uber Cup Champion
2010 Guangzhou Asian Games Badminton Women’s Team Bronze Medalist
2008 Korea Badminton International Challenge Women’s Singles Runner-up
2008 Malaysia Badminton International Challenge Women’s Singles Runner-up
