Wang Chen (badminton)

Wang Chen (Template:Lang-zh; born 21 June 1976) is a Chinese badminton player who later represented Hong Kong.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Career

In 1994, Wang won the gold medal at the World Junior Championships in the girls' singles.

In 1996, she won the women's singles title at the Thailand Open. She was also on the losing national team against a strong Indonesian squad in Uber Cup that year.

In 1997, she back-to-back won the Thailand Open women's singles title.

In 2002, she won the Chinese Taipei Open.

In 2003, she won a gold medal at the Asian Championships.

In 2004, Wang played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In women's singles, she defeated Lorena Blanco of Peru and Yao Jie of the Netherlands in the first two rounds. In the quarterfinals, Wang lost to Zhang Ning of the People's Republic of China 9–11, 11–6, 11–7.

In 2005, she won the Indonesia Open and Asian Championships.

In 2006, she won the gold medal at the Asian Games and for the third times clinched the Asian Championships women's singles title.

In 2007, she played at the World Championships and won the silver medal. She was defeated in the final by Zhu Lin, of China, 8–21, 12–21

Wang competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She was seeded fourth going into the competition. She defeated Eva Sládeková of Slovakia, 21–7, 21–7 to advance to the third round. There she lost to Saina Nehwal of India, 19–21, 21–11, 11–21.

She won the 2008 Hong Kong Super Series.

Personal life

Wang married mainland Chinese badminton player Zheng Yumin in 2002.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Their son Zheng Xingjun (鄭星駿) Longlong (龍龍) was born in 2012, second son Zheng Xingrong (鄭星榮) was born in 2015.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Achievements

World Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	Scotstoun Centre, Glasgow, Scotland	Template:Flagicon Ye Zhaoying	5–11, 11–5, 4–11	Bronze Bronze
2007	Putra Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Template:Flagicon Zhu Lin	8–21, 12–21	Silver Silver

World Cup

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1996	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Template:Flagicon Susi Susanti	7–11, 4–11	Silver Silver

Asian Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Gangseo Gymnasium, Busan, South Korea	Template:Flagicon Zhou Mi	1–11, 4–11	Bronze Bronze
2006	Aspire Hall 3, Doha, Qatar	Template:Flagicon Yip Pui Yin	21–14, 22–20	Gold Gold

Asian Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Beijing, China	Template:Flagicon Ye Zhaoying	4–11, 11–4, 7–11	Bronze Bronze
2001	PhilSports Arena, Manila, Philippines	Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning	1–11, 3–11	Silver Silver
2002	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning	2–11, 4–11	Bronze Bronze
2003	Tennis Indoor Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Template:Flagicon Silvi Antarini	11–6, 11–5	Gold Gold
2004	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Template:Flagicon Jun Jae Youn	9–11, 7–11	Silver Silver
2005	Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India	Template:Flagicon Kaori Mori	11–8, 11–4	Gold Gold
2006	Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia	Template:Flagicon Kaori Mori	21–14, 9–21, 21–13	Gold Gold
2007	Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia	Template:Flagicon Jiang Yanjiao	13–21, 17–21	Bronze Bronze
2008	Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia	Template:Flagicon Jiang Yanjiao	17–21, 16–21	Bronze Bronze

World Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Template:Flagicon Zeng Yaqiong	3–11, 11–5, 11–4	Gold Gold

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two levels, the Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, introduced in 2011, with successful players invited to the BWF Superseries Finals held at the year's end.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Indonesia Open	Template:Flagicon Zhu Lin	21–14, 21–13	Template:Gold1 Winner
2008	Hong Kong Open	Template:Flagicon Xie Xingfang	21–16, 10–21, 21–10	Template:Gold1 Winner
2008	Superseries Finals	Template:Flagicon Zhou Mi	14–21, 18–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up

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BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation since 1983.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	Denmark Open	Template:Flagicon Lim Xiaoqing	6–11, 3–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1996	Polish Open	Template:Flagicon Meiluawati	6–11, 4–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1996	Malaysia Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning	7–11, 8–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1996	Indonesia Open	Template:Flagicon Susi Susanti	8–11, 8–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1996	China Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning	6–11, 6–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1996	Thailand Open	Template:Flagicon Kim Ji-hyun	2–11, 11–5, 11–7	Template:Gold1 Winner
1997	Thailand Open	Template:Flagicon Zeng Yaqiong	11–3, 11–6	Template:Gold1 Winner
2000	Indonesia Open	Template:Flagicon Camilla Martin	9–11, 4–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2001	Indonesia Open	Template:Flagicon Ellen Angelina	5–7, 3–7, 7–5, 4–7	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2002	Chinese Taipei Open	Template:Flagicon Sujitra Ekmongkolpaisarn	11–3, 11–1	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	Swiss Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning	Walkover	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2003	Korea Open	Template:Flagicon Mia Audina	3–11, 13–10, 0–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2003	Indonesia Open	Template:Flagicon Xie Xingfang	6–11, 11–8, 1–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2004	China Open	Template:Flagicon Xie Xingfang	11–5, 3–11, 4–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2005	Korea Open	Template:Flagicon Jun Jae-youn	7–11, 8–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2005	Indonesia Open	Template:Flagicon Mia Audina	11–7, 11–1	Template:Gold1 Winner
2007	Chinese Taipei Open	Template:Flagicon Pi Hongyan	21–18, 14–21, 26–24	Template:Gold1 Winner

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IBF International

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	Norwegian International	Template:Flagicon Kim Ji-hyun	11–2, 3–11, 6–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2000	Australia Capital International	Template:Flagicon Kanako Yonekura	11–6, 11–8	Template:Gold1 Winner
2000	Waitakere International	Template:Flagicon Kanako Yonekura	11–1, 11–2	Template:Gold1 Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Australia Capital International	Template:Flagicon Mei Mei Chan	Template:Flagicon Tammy Jenkins Template:Flagicon Rhona Robertson	15–7, 15–4	Template:Gold1 Winner
2000	Waitakere International	Template:Flagicon Mei Mei Chan	Template:Flagicon Rhonda Cator Template:Flagicon Amanda Hardy	15–4, 15–12	Template:Gold1 Winner

Record against selected opponents

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

Players	Matches	Results		Difference
		Won	Lost
Template:Flagicon Petya Nedelcheva	5	5	0	+5
Template:Flagicon Dai Yun	6	4	2	+2
Template:Flagicon Gong Ruina	10	3	7	–4
Template:Flagicon Gong Zhichao	4	1	3	–2
Template:Flagicon Li Xuerui	1	0	1	–1
Template:Flagicon Lu Lan	8	2	6	–4
Template:Flagicon Wang Lin	5	4	1	+3
Template:Flagicon Wang Shixian	2	0	2	–2
Template:Flagicon Wang Yihan	4	1	3	–2
Template:Flagicon Xie Xingfang	9	2	7	–5
Template:Flagicon Ye Zhaoying	4	0	4	–4
Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning	17	3	14	–11
Template:Flagicon Zhu Lin	6	3	3	0
Template:Flagicon Cheng Shao-chieh	9	8	1	+7
Template:Flagicon Huang Chia-chi	2	2	0	+2
Template:Flagicon Tine Baun	11	5	6	–1
Template:Flagicon Camilla Martin	10	3	7	–4
Template:Flagicon Mette Sørensen	3	2	1	+1

Players	Matches	Results		Difference
		Won	Lost
Template:Flagicon Tracey Hallam	3	2	1	+1
Template:Flagicon Pi Hongyan	9	7	2	+5
Template:Flagicon Petra Overzier	2	1	1	0
Template:Flagicon Juliane Schenk	4	4	0	+4
Template:Flagicon/Template:Flagicon Xu Huaiwen	4	3	1	+2
Template:Flagicon Yip Pui Yin	1	1	0	+1
Template:Flagicon/Template:Flagicon Zhou Mi	11	4	7	–3
Template:Flagicon Saina Nehwal	5	4	1	+3
Template:Flagicon Susi Susanti	4	1	3	–2
Template:Flagicon Maria Kristin Yulianti	1	1	0	+1
Template:Flagicon Yasuko Mizui	3	3	0	+3
Template:Flagicon Wong Mew Choo	5	3	2	+1
Template:Flagicon/Template:Flagicon Mia Audina	10	5	5	0
Template:Flagicon Bang Soo-hyun	1	0	1	–1
Template:Flagicon Kim Ji-hyun	3	2	1	+1
Template:Flagicon Lim Xiaoqing	1	0	1	–1
Template:Flagicon Porntip Buranaprasertsuk	1	1	0	+1

External links

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