Bao Chunlai

Bao Chunlai (Template:Zh; Template:Small Template:IPAc-cmn; born 17 February 1983) is a retired left-handed badminton player from China.

Career

The tall, powerful Bao ranked among the world's leading singles player during the first decade of the 21st century. He was a member of China's world champion Thomas Cup (men's international) teams in 2004, 2006, 2008, and 2010. Bao won medals at three of the six BWF World Championships that he played in, earning a bronze at the 2003 and 2007 editions, and a silver at the 2006 Championships in Madrid, where he upset first seeded Lee Chong Wei in the quarterfinals before falling to teammate Lin Dan in the final. A frequent finalist in top tier international tournaments, Bao had some difficulty breaking through in them until 2009, his most successful year, which saw him capture the Asian Championships, and the German, Singapore, and Japan Opens. In 2010 he upset his superbly accomplished compatriot Lin Dan in the quarterfinals of the prestigious All England Open but was then upset in turn by Japan's Kenichi Tago. Bao's repeat win that year at the German Open was his last tournament victory on the international circuit.

Bao officially retired from the national team on 21 September 2011. In 2015 he appeared in the sports action film Full Strike.

Achievements

World Championships

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2003	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England	Template:Flagicon Xia Xuanze	11–15, 7–15	Bronze Bronze
2006	Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad, Madrid, Spain	Template:Flagicon Lin Dan	21–18, 17–21, 12–21	Silver Silver
2007	Putra Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Template:Flagicon Lin Dan	12–21, 20–22	Bronze Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Suwon Indoor Stadium, Suwon, South Korea	Template:Flagicon Chen Long	16–21, 21–10, 21–16	Gold Gold
2011	Sichuan Gymnasium, Chengdu, China	Template:Flagicon Lin Dan	19–21, 13–21	Silver Silver

World Junior Championships

Boys' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China	Template:Flagicon Sony Dwi Kuncoro	7–1, 7–5, 1–7, 7–5	Gold Gold

BWF Superseries (3 titles, 5 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Malaysia Open	Template:Flagicon Peter Gade	15–21, 21–17, 14–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2007	Indonesia Open	Template:Flagicon Lee Chong Wei	15–21, 16–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2007	Denmark Open	Template:Flagicon Lin Dan	15–21, 12–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2007	French Open	Template:Flagicon Lee Chong Wei	11–21, 14–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2007	China Open	Template:Flagicon Lee Chong Wei	21–12, 21–13	Template:Gold1 Winner
2009	Singapore Open	Template:Flagicon Boonsak Ponsana	21–19, 16–21, 21–15	Template:Gold1 Winner
2009	Japan Open	Template:Flagicon Taufik Hidayat	21–15, 21–12	Template:Gold1 Winner
2010	China Open	Template:Flagicon Chen Long	21–9, 14–21, 16–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (5 titles, 10 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Dutch Open	Template:Flagicon Lee Tsuen Seng	1–7, 7–1, 5–7, 4–7	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2001	Denmark Open	Template:Flagicon Lin Dan	7–5, 7–1, 7–0	Template:Gold1 Winner
2004	Swiss Open	Template:Flagicon Lin Dan	12–15, 6–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2004	Japan Open	Template:Flagicon Ronald Susilo	13–15, 6–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2004	China Open	Template:Flagicon Lin Dan	11–15, 10–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2005	China Masters	Template:Flagicon Lin Dan	6–15, 13–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2005	Hong Kong Open	Template:Flagicon Lin Dan	4–15, 6–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2005	China Open	Template:Flagicon Chen Hong	12–15, 15–8, 9–15	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2006	Indonesia Open	Template:Flagicon Taufik Hidayat	18–21, 17–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2006	Korea Open	Template:Flagicon Roslin Hashim	21–18, 21–16	Template:Gold1 Winner
2006	China Open	Template:Flagicon Chen Hong	17–21, 19–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2009	German Open	Template:Flagicon Gong Weijie	21–18, 21–14	Template:Gold1 Winner
2010	German Open	Template:Flagicon Chen Long	21–13, 21–10	Template:Gold1 Winner
2010	Korea Grand Prix	Template:Flagicon Wang Zhengming	23–21, 21–18	Template:Gold1 Winner
2011	Malaysia Grand Prix Gold	Template:Flagicon Lee Chong Wei	9–21, 19–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up

Performance timeline

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	SR	W–L	Win %
Summer Olympics	NH			2R 1–1	NH			QF 2–1	NH			0 / 2	3–2	60%
World Championships	A	NH	SF-B 4–1	NH	QF 3–1	S 5–1	SF-B 3–1	NH	1R 0–1	3R 2–1	A	0 / 6	17–6	74%
World Cup	NH				RR 1–1	RR 1–1	NH					0 / 2	2–2	50%
World Superseries Finals	NH							Template:Tooltip	SF 2–2	Template:Tooltip		0 / 1	2–2	50%
Asian Championships	Absent							3R 2–1	G 6–0	A	S 5–1	1 / 3	13–2	87%
Asian Games	NH	A	NH			QF 2–1	NH			A	NH	0 / 1	2–1	67%
East Asian Games	NH								A	NH		0 / 0
Team Competitions
Thomas Cup	NH	SF-B 1–1	NH	G 4–0	NH	G 5–0	NH	G 5–0	NH	G 1–0	NH	4 / 5	16–1	94%
Sudirman Cup	A	NH	A	NH	A	NH	A	NH	A	NH	A	0 / 0
Asian Games	NH	SF-B 0–0	NH			G 2–0	NH			G 0–0	NH	2 / 3	2–0	100%
East Asian Games	NH								A	MH		0 / 0
BWF World Superseries Premier
Korea Open	1R 0–1	3R 1–1	A	3R 2–1	A	W 6–0	SF 3–1	QF 2–1	A	QF 2–1	2R 1–1	1 / 8	17–7	71%
All England Open	A	SF 4–1	3R 2–1	2R 1–1	QF 3–1	2R 1–1	SF 3–1	SF 3–1	2R 1–1	SF 3–1	2R 1–1	0 / 9	18–9	67%
Indonesia Open	A	SF 4–1	3R 2–1	SF 4–1	A	F 5–1	F 4–1	SF 3–1	Absent		2R 1–1	0 / 7	23–7	77%
Denmark Open	W 6–0	A	1R 0–1	Absent			F 4–1	Absent				1 / 3	10–2	83%
China Open	2R 2–1	A	QF 3–1	F 5–1	F 5–1	A	W 5–0	A	1R 0–1	F 4–1	A	1 / 7	24–6	80%
BWF World Superseries
Malaysia Open	1R 2–1	SF 4–1	QF 3–1	QF 3–1	SF 4–1	A	F 4–1	QF 2–1	A	2R 1–1	1R 0–1	0 / 9	23–9	72%
India Open	NH							3R 1–1	Absent			0 / 1	1–1	50%
Singapore Open	3R 2–1	QF 3–1	QF 3–1	SF 4–1	QF 3–1	SF 4–1	Absent		W 5–0	A	2R 1–1	1 / 8	25–7	78%
China Masters	NH				F 4–1	A	QF 2–1	SF 3–1	2R 1–1	SF 3–1	A	0 / 5	13–5	72%
Japan Open	A	QF 2–1	1R 0–1	F 4–1	QF 2–1	2R 0–1	1R 0–1	A	W 5–0	QF 2–1	A	1 / 8	15–7	68%
French Open	Absent					NH	F 4–1	A	QF 2–1	Absent		0 / 2	6–2	75%
Hong Kong Open	A	NH	SF 4–1	NH	F 4–1	A	2R 1–1	A	SF 3–1	Absent		0 / 4	12–4	75%
BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix
German Open	Absent		SF 4–1	A	SF 4–1	3R 2–1	Absent		W 6–0	W 6–0	A	2 / 5	22–3	88%
Swiss Open	Absent			F 4–1	Absent		2R 1–1	SF 3–1	1R 0–1	Absent		0 / 4	8–4	67%
Dutch Open	F 5–1	Absent										0 / 1	5–1	83%
Philippines Open	NH					A	3R 2–1	NH	A	NH		0 / 1	2–1	67%
Macau Open	NH					QF 3–1	QF 3–1	1R 0–1	Absent			0 / 3	6–3	67%
Korea Open	NH						Absent			W 5–0	A	1 / 1	5–0	100%
U.S. Open	Absent										QF 3–1	0 / 1	3–1	75%
Career Statistics
	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Tournaments Played	6	7	10	10	10	12	14	11	12	11	7	110
Titles	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	4	4	0	15
Finals Reached	2	0	0	4	3	5	5	1	4	5	1	29
Overall win–loss	17–5	15–6	25–10	32–9	33–10	36–9	39–13	26–10	31–9	29–7	12–7	295–95
Win Percentage	77%	71%	71%	78%	77%	80%	75%	72%	78%	81%	63%	75.64%
Year End Ranking<ref name="Historical Ranking">Template:Cite web</ref>								8	8	8	31

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi finalists, and Olympic quarter finalists, plus all Olympic opponents.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

• Template:Flagicon Chen Hong 2–8
• Template:Flagicon Chen Jin 5–2
• Template:Flagicon Chen Long 3–2
• Template:Flagicon Chen Yu 6–1
• Template:Flagicon Lin Dan 7–20
• Template:Flagicon Xia Xuanze 1–1
• Template:Flagicon Fung Permadi 1–0
• Template:Flagicon Chou Tien-chen 1–0
• Template:Flagicon Peter Gade 4–6
• Template:Flagicon Joachim Persson 4–1
• Template:Flagicon Kevin Cordón 1–0
• Template:Flagicon Hu Yun 1–0
• Template:Flagicon Taufik Hidayat 10–6
• Template:Flagicon Hendrawan 1–0
• Template:Flagicon Sony Dwi Kuncoro 9–3
• Template:Flagicon Simon Santoso 4–0
• Template:Flagicon Kenichi Tago 0–2
• Template:Flagicon Shoji Sato 4–0
• Template:Flagicon Lee Hyun-il 9–4
• Template:Flagicon Park Sung-hwan 5–1
• Template:Flagicon Park Tae-sang 2–2
• Template:Flagicon Shon Seung-mo 5–1
• Template:Flagicon Lee Chong Wei 4–13
• Template:Flagicon Przemyslaw Wacha 5–0
• Template:Flagicon Ronald Susilo 6–2
• Template:Flagicon Boonsak Ponsana 6–2

Head-to-head vs. top 20 ranked players

Bao's win–loss record against players who have been ranked world No. 20 or higher is as follows:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Players who have been Olympic, world champion or ranked world No. 1 are in boldface. Template:Columns-start

Nationality	Player	Head-to-head
Template:Flag	Chen Hong	4–5
Template:Flag	Chen Jin	5–2
Template:Flag	Chen Long	3–3
Template:Flag	Du Pengyu	1–1
Template:Flag	Lin Dan	5–20
Template:Flag	Qiao Bin	2–0
Template:Flag	Wang Zhengming	1–0
Template:Flag	Xia Xuanze	1–1
Template:Flag	Chou Tien-chen	1–0
Template:Flag	Viktor Axelsen	0–1
Template:Flag	Peter Gade	4–6
Template:Flag	Kenneth Jonassen	1–1
Template:Flag	Joachim Persson	4–1
Template:Flag	Rajiv Ouseph	1–0
Template:Flag	Andrew Smith	3–0
Template:Flag	Marc Zwiebler	1–0
Template:Flag	Chan Yan Kit	5–0
Template:Flag	Hu Yun	1–0
Template:Flag	Ng Wei	3–0
Template:Flag	Wei Nan	1–0
Template:Flag	Chetan Anand	1–0
Template:Flag	Arvind Bhat	1–0
Template:Flag	Parupalli Kashyap	3–0
Template:Flag	Taufik Hidayat	9–5

Nationality	Player	Head-to-head
Template:Flag	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	7–3
Template:Flag	Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka	2–0
Template:Flag	Simon Santoso	4–0
Template:Flag	Sho Sasaki	6–0
Template:Flag	Shōji Satō	5–0
Template:Flag	Kenichi Tago	0–2
Template:Flag	Takuma Ueda	1–0
Template:Flag	Kazushi Yamada	2–0
Template:Flag	Lee Hyun-il	9–4
Template:Flag	Park Sung-hwan	5–1
Template:Flag	Son Wan-ho	2–0
Template:Flag	Chong Wei Feng	2–0
Template:Flag	Lee Chong Wei	4–13
Template:Flag	Muhammad Hafiz Hashim	2–2
Template:Flag	Muhammad Roslin Hashim	6–1
Template:Flag	Wong Choong Hann	9–3
Template:Flag	Dicky Palyama	3–2
Template:Flag	Przemysław Wacha	5–0
Template:Flag	Kendrick Lee Yen Hui	3–0
Template:Flag	Ronald Susilo	6–2
Template:Flag	Boonsak Ponsana	6–1
Template:Flag	Nguyễn Tiến Minh	4–2
Template:Flag	Richard Vaughan	1–0

* Statistics are correct as of 28 October 2019.

Players with winning records against Bao

Nationality	Player	Head-to-head
Template:Flag	Chen Hong	4–5
Template:Flag	Lin Dan	5–20
Template:Flag	Wu Yunyong	0–1
Template:Flag	Liao Sheng-shiun	0–1
Template:Flag	Viktor Axelsen	0–1
Template:Flag	Peter Gade	4–6

Nationality	Player	Head-to-head
Template:Flag	Budi Santoso	0–1
Template:Flag	Keita Masuda	0–1
Template:Flag	Kenichi Tago	0–2
Template:Flag	Park Tae-sang	2–3
Template:Flag	Lee Chong Wei	4–13
Template:Flag	Ong Ewe Hock	0–1

Filmography

Films

• Confidant (2019)
• The Match (2016)
• Full Strike (2015)
• Soul Transfer Station (2012)

<ref>Bao Chunlai at hkmdb.com</ref> <ref>Bao Chunlai at chinesemov.com</ref>

External links

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• Bao Chunlai's Blog Template:In lang