Wang Zhi Yi

Jayce September 6, 2024 7 0

Character Introduction

Wang Zhiyi (王祉怡), born in 2000 in Shashi City, Jingzhou City, Hubei Province, is a Chinese badminton player.

In 2010, Wang Zhiyi became involved in badminton and graduated from Hongxing Road Primary School in Shashi City, Jingzhou, Hubei Province, where she learnt from former national player and women’s doubles star Wei Yili.

In 2012, Wang Zhiyi officially became a badminton player at the Hubei Olympic Sports Centre.

In 2014, Wang Zhiyi entered the national youth team.

In 2017, Wang Zhiyi was selected into the second team of the Chinese national badminton team.

On 3 September 2017, in the women’s badminton team final of the Thirteenth Games of the People’s Republic of China, Wang Zhiyi played the third women’s singles match on behalf of Hubei, and lost to Wang Shixian, 0-2 (15-21, 12-21); ultimately, Hubei lost to Jiangsu by a total score of 1-3, and won the second place. On 19 November, in the women’s singles final of the 2017 Korea Badminton Youth Challenge, Wang Zhiyi won the title with a 2-0 (21-14, 21-12) victory over Wei Yaxin. At the end of the same year, Wang Zhiyi was selected to the first team of the Chinese national badminton team.

On 22 July 2018, in the women’s singles final of the 2018 Badminton Asia Junior Championships, Wang Zhiyi won the title with a 2-0 victory over Zhou Meng.

In 2019, she was honoured by the General Administration of Sport as an international-level sportsman.

On 15 July 2019, in the women’s singles final of the 2019 U.S. Open Badminton Championships at the Super 300 level, Wang Zhiyi defeated South Korea’s Kim Jae-eun, 2-0 (21-18, 21-19), to collect her first individual singles title at a Super 300 event.

On 6 October 2019, Wang Zhiyi won the women’s singles final of the Indonesia Badminton Malang Badminton Masters with a 2-1 (20-22, 21-15, 21-13) victory over Thailand’s Pongtip.

On 14 September 2020, Wang Zhiyi won the 2020 China Badminton Club Super League as a member of Qingdao Renzhou Badminton Club.

On 10 November 2020, in the women’s singles final of the 2020 National Badminton Championships, Wang Zhiyi lost to Chen Yufei 2-4 (13-11, 8-11, 11-9, 9-11, 11-13, 9-11) to finish second.

On 11 September 2021, in the women’s badminton team final of the 14th Games of the People’s Republic of China, Wang Zhiyi played the third women’s singles match on behalf of Hubei, and gained a point for Hubei by defeating Hui Xirui 2-1 (20-22, 21-8, 21-14); finally, Hubei won the championship by defeating Jiangsu with a total score of 3-0.

In 2021, she was awarded the title of Hubei Youth May Fourth Medal by the Hubei Provincial Committee of the Communist Youth League and the Hubei Provincial Youth Federation.

On 1 May 2022, in the women’s singles final of the 2022 Badminton Asia Championships, Wang Zhiyi won the title by defeating Japan’s Yamaguchi 2-1 (15-21, 21-13, 21-19).

On 28 January 2024, Wang Zhiyi defeated Japan’s Hope Okuhara 21-14,21-13 in the final of the Indonesia Masters, extending her unbeaten record with two consecutive victories in the encounter to win her first women’s singles title of the Badminton Federation Tour this season, breaking a title drought of nearly two years since she topped the Badminton Asia Championships in 2022.

World Ranking – Women’s Singles 6, Week 29, 2024

Olympic Points – Women’s Singles 8, 75148 points

Finals Ranking – Women’s Singles 1, 60890 points

Equipment Used

ASTROX 100ZZ; ASTROX 100ZZ Antique Red; 75TH 65Z2; NANOFLARE 800; AEROBITE; ASTROX 77 Glitter Red; SHB65Z3W New Colours; 10486CR/20682CR (Competition Model); THRUSTER K 9900; 10482EX/20679EX (Competition model)