Zhang Yawen

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhang.

Zhang Yawen (simplified Chinese: 张亚雯; traditional Chinese: 張亞雯; pinyin: Zhāng Yàwén; born 9 March 1983) is a badminton player from China.

Zhang Yawen 张亚雯
Personal information
Country	China
Born	(1983-03-09) 9 March 1983 Chongqing, China
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	3 (WD with Zhang Dan December 2005) 1 (WD with Wei Yili August 2007) 1 (WD with Zhao Tingting 8 October 2009) 1 (XD with Xie Zhongbo June 2006)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing China Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Women's doubles World Championships 2009 Hyderabad Women's doubles 2005 Anaheim Mixed doubles 2006 Madrid Women's doubles 2005 Anaheim Women's doubles 2007 Kuala Lumpur Women's doubles 2007 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles World Cup 2005 Yiyang Mixed doubles 2005 Yiyang Women's doubles 2006 Yiyang Mixed doubles Sudirman Cup 2007 Glasgow Mixed team 2009 Guangzhou Mixed team Uber Cup 2008 Jakarta Women's team Asian Games 2006 Doha Women's team 2006 Doha Mixed doubles Asian Championships 2001 Manila Women's doubles East Asian Games 2009 Hong Kong Mixed doubles 2009 Hong Kong Women's team World Junior Championships 2000 Guangzhou Girls' doubles 2000 Guangzhou Mixed doubles 2000 Guangzhou Mixed team Asian Junior Championships 1999 Yangon Girls' team 2000 Kyoto Girls' doubles 2000 Kyoto Girls' team 2000 Kyoto Mixed doubles 1999 Yangon Girls' singles 1999 Yangon Girls' doubles
BWF profile

Career

Zhang has specialized in women's doubles and mixed doubles, earning numerous international titles in both events. At various times she has partnered either Zhang Dan, or Zhao Tingting, or Wei Yili to women's doubles victories at the French (2002, 2007), German (2004), Thailand (2004), Singapore (2005, 2007), Indonesia (2006), China (2008), and Hong Kong (2008) Opens. Prior to 2009 her biggest triumph came with Wei Yili at the prestigious All-England Championships in 2007 where they defeated compatriots Gao Ling and Huang Sui, and Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen, the two dominant teams of the era, respectively in the semifinals and finals. All of her mixed doubles titles have been earned in partnership with Xie Zhongbo and they include the Badminton World Cup (2005), the China Masters (2006, 2008), and the Hong Kong (2005, 2008), Indonesia (2006), Macau (2007), and Thailand (2008) Opens.

Before 2009 Zhang had earned five medals, without yet "striking gold", at the BWF World Championships. At the 2005 tournament she took a bronze in women's doubles with Zhang Dan, and a silver with Xie Zhongbo in mixed doubles behind Indonesia's Lilyana Natsir and Nova Widianto. At the 2006 tournament Zhang and Wei Yili upset Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen in the semifinals but were beaten in the final by Gao Ling and Huang Sui. Zhang was eliminated in the semifinals of both doubles events at the 2007 edition in Kuala Lumpur.

At the 2008 Beijing Olympics she and Wei Yili were ousted from women's doubles gold medal contention in the semifinals by the eventual champions, compatriots Du Jing and Yu Yang. In the playoff for third place they salvaged a bronze medal by defeating Japan's Miyuki Maeda and Satoko Suetsuna.

2009 proved to be Zhang's most successful season. With Zhao Tingting she captured women's doubles titles at the two most prestigious events for individual players outside of the Olympics, the All-England Championships and the BWF World Championships, defeating compatriots Cheng Shu and Zhao Yunlei in the final of each.

Achievements

Olympic Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing, China	Wei Yili	Miyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna	21–17, 21–10	Bronze

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, United States	Zhang Dan	Gao Ling Huang Sui	5–15, 8–15	Bronze
2006	Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad, Madrid, Spain	Wei Yili	Gao Ling Huang Sui	21–23, 9–21	Silver
2007	Putra Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Wei Yili	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	21–19, 18–21, 16–21	Bronze
2009	Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India	Zhao Tingting	Cheng Shu Zhao Yunlei	17–21, 21–17, 21–16	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, United States	Xie Zhongbo	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir	15–13, 8–15, 2–15	Silver
2007	Putra Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Xie Zhongbo	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir	15–21, 21–15, 20–22	Bronze

World Cup

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Olympic Park, Yiyang, China	Wei Yili	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	18–21, 15–21	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Olympic Park, Yiyang, China	Xie Zhongbo	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir	21–19, 21–10	Gold
2006	Olympic Park, Yiyang, China	Xie Zhongbo	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir	16–21, 18–21	Silver

Asian Games

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Aspire Hall 3, Doha, Qatar	Xie Zhongbo	Zheng Bo Gao Ling	16–21, 23–25	Silver

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	PhilSports Arena, Manila, Philippines	Zhao Tingting	Deyana Lomban Vita Marissa	12–15, 15–11, 12–15	Bronze

East Asian Games

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong	Tao Jiaming	Zhang Nan Ma Jin	21–15, 21–14	Gold

World Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China	Wei Yili	Li Yujia Zhao Tingting	4–7, 7–2, 7–0, 7–1	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China	Sang Yang	Zheng Bo Wei Yili	7–3, 7–0, 8–6	Gold

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	National Indoor Stadium – 1, Yangon, Myanmar	Wei Yan	4–11, 1–11	Bronze

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	National Indoor Stadium – 1, Yangon, Myanmar	Zhao Tingting	Li Yujia Wei Yili	7–15, 10–15	Bronze
2000	Nishiyama Park Gymnasium, Kyoto, Japan	Wei Yili	Li Yujia Zhao Tingting	15–12, 15–5	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Nishiyama Park Gymnasium, Kyoto, Japan	Sang Yang	Zheng Bo Wei Yili	Walkover	Silver

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, which was 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 levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011. Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	All England Open	Wei Yili	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	21–16, 8–21, 24–22	Winner
2007	Singapore Open	Wei Yili	Yang Wei Zhao Tingting	10–21, 21–19, 21–18	Winner
2007	French Open	Wei Yili	Yu Yang Zhao Tingting	21–10, 21–15	Winner
2007	Hong Kong Open	Wei Yili	Du Jing Yu Yang	20–22, 21–13, 17–21	Runner-up
2008	Swiss Open	Wei Yili	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	18–21, 24–22, 8–21	Runner-up
2008	China Open	Zhao Tingting	Chin Eei Hui Wong Pei Tty	21–14, 21–19	Winner
2008	Hong Kong Open	Zhao Tingting	Cheng Shu Zhao Yunlei	21–14, 21–13	Winner
2009	All England Open	Zhao Tingting	Cheng Shu Zhao Yunlei	21–13, 21–15	Winner
2009	Singapore Open	Zhao Tingting	Nitya Krishinda Maheswari Greysia Polii	21–14, 21–13	Winner
2009	Denmark Open	Pan Pan	Lena Frier Kristiansen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	22–20, 18–21, 21–12	Winner
2009	China Open	Tian Qing	Du Jing Yu Yang	21–14, 21–14	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	French Open	Xie Zhongbo	Flandy Limpele Vita Marissa	11–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2008	China Masters	Xie Zhongbo	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir	21–17, 21–17	Winner
2008	Hong Kong Open	Xie Zhongbo	Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung	21–14, 21–16	Winner
2009	Singapore Open	Xie Zhongbo	Zheng Bo Ma Jin	21–19, 19–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2009	China Masters	Xie Zhongbo	Tao Jiaming Wang Xiaoli	21–13, 19–21, 4–8 retired	Runner-up
2010	Korea Open	Tao Jiaming	He Hanbin Yu Yang	15–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2010	Malaysia Open	Tao Jiaming	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl	19–21, 21–18, 21–15	Winner

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

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 has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Singapore Open	Zhao Tingting	Wei Yili Zhang Jiewen	6–8, 3–7, 4–7	Runner-up
2002	Malaysia Open	Zhao Tingting	Huang Nanyan Yang Wei	5–11, 5–11	Runner-up
2003	Denmark Open	Zhang Dan	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	2–15, 1–15	Runner-up
2004	Thailand Open	Zhang Dan	Du Jing Yu Yang	15–5, 15–7	Winner
2004	Denmark Open	Zhang Dan	Wei Yili Zhao Tingting	13–15, 15–12, 7–15	Runner-up
2004	German Open	Zhang Dan	Wei Yili Zhao Tingting	15–8, 15–12	Winner
2004	Indonesia Open	Zhang Dan	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	10–15, 5–15	Runner-up
2005	Thailand Open	Zhang Dan	Lee Hyo-jung Lee Kyung-won	15–9, 11–15, 13–15	Runner-up
2005	Singapore Open	Zhang Dan	Gao Ling Huang Sui	15–13, 15–10	Winner
2006	China Masters	Wei Yili	Gao Ling Huang Sui	12–21, 21–18, 14–21	Runner-up
2006	Indonesia Open	Wei Yili	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	21–13, 21–13	Winner
2006	Japan Open	Wei Yili	Gao Ling Huang Sui	15–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2006	China Open	Wei Yili	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	17–21, 7–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Malaysia Open	Wang Wei	Nathan Robertson Gail Emms	9–11, 4–11	Runner-up
2005	Hong Kong Open	Xie Zhongbo	Nathan Robertson Gail Emms	15–8, 15–5	Winner
2006	German Open	Xie Zhongbo	Zhang Jun Gao Ling	11–15, 12–15	Runner-up
2006	China Masters	Xie Zhongbo	Zhang Jun Gao Ling	21–16, 10–21, 22–20	Winner
2006	Indonesia Open	Xie Zhongbo	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir	21–19, 21–15	Winner
2006	China Open	Xie Zhongbo	Xu Chen Zhao Tingting	21–19, 21–5	Winner
2007	Macau Open	Xie Zhongbo	Fang Chieh-min Cheng Wen-hsing	21–14, 21–16	Winner
2008	Thailand Open	Xie Zhongbo	He Hanbin Yu Yang	23–25, 21–10, 23–21	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

IBF International

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	China Satellite	Chen Xiaoli	Han Jie Long Ying	15–1, 15–10	Winner
2002	French International	Zhao Tingting	Wei Yili Zhang Jiewen	1–7, 2–7, 7–5, 7–5, 7–2	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	French International	Zheng Bo	Sang Yang Zhao Tingting	7–0, 7–4, 7–8, 3–7, 8–6	Winner

External links

• Zhang Yawen at BWFBadminton.com
• Zhang Yawen at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
• Zhang Yawen at Olympedia (archive)
• Zhang Yawen at Olympics.com