Wang Zhiyi

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang.

Wang Zhiyi (Chinese: 王祉怡; pinyin: Wáng Zhǐyí; born 29 April 2000) is a Chinese badminton player from Shashi, Jingzhou, in Hubei province.^[1] She was two-time Asian Champions winning the title in 2022 and 2024.^[2][3] She was part of China winning team in the 2020 and 2024 Uber Cup, as well at the 2021 and 2023 Sudirman Cup. She won her first BWF World Tour Finals title in 2024.

Wang Zhiyi 王祉怡
Wang with her silver medal of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Personal information
Country	China
Born	(2000-04-29) 29 April 2000 (age 25) Shashi, Jingzhou, China
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Luo Yigang
Women's singles
Highest ranking	2 (19 November 2024)
Current ranking	2 (5 August 2025)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  China Sudirman Cup 2021 Vantaa Mixed team 2023 Suzhou Mixed team 2025 Xiamen Mixed team Uber Cup 2020 Aarhus Women's team 2024 Chengdu Women's team 2022 Bangkok Women's team Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Women's team Asian Championships 2022 Manila Women's singles 2024 Ningbo Women's singles Youth Olympic Games 2018 Buenos Aires Girls' singles World Junior Championships 2017 Yogyakarta Mixed team 2018 Markham Mixed team 2018 Markham Girls' singles Asian Junior Championships 2018 Jakarta Girls' singles 2018 Jakarta Mixed team
BWF profile

Career

Early life and junior career

Wang started her career as a badminton player by training in Jingzhou sports school. She went to the Hubei provincial training centre in 2009, and was selected to join the team in 2013. In 2016, Wang joined the national team, and became part of the national second team in 2017.^[4]

2018

Wang has achieved a number of achievements in her career in the junior competitions. Wang emerged victory in the girls' singles at the 2018 Asian Junior Championships, and also helped the national team to clinch the mixed team title.^[1] She then represented her country at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and clinched the girls' singles silver, after losing the final match to Goh Jin Wei.^[5] She again had to accept defeat to Goh in the semi-finals of the World Junior Championships, making her have to be satisfied with a bronze medal.^[6]

2019

In the 2019 season, Wang won the Austrian Open, U.S. Open as her first World Tour title, Belarus International, Indonesia Masters, Dutch Open, and second consecutive Malaysia International title.^[7][8]

2022

She won the women's singles title at the 2022 Asian Championships, which is the biggest title of her career.^[2]

2024

Wang reached seven finals in the 2024 season, and won six titles including her second Asia Championships title by defeating her senior compatriot Chen Yufei in the final.^[3] In the BWF World Tour, she won the Indonesia Masters,^[9] Malaysia Masters,^[10] Denmark Open,^[11] and clinched her first ever BWF World Tour Super 1000 in the home soil China Open.^[12] She then closed the season as a champion in the BWF World Tour Finals.^[13] Wang's defeat in the final was at the Korea Open, when she gave a walkover to Kim Ga-eun due to injury that she suffered.^[14] Wang also part of China winning team in the Uber Cup. She reached a career high of world number 2 in this season.

2025

Started the 2025 season as world number 2,^[15] she reached the finals in the Malaysia Open losing to An Se-young in straight game.^[16] In March, Wang managed to secure a spots in the final of All England Open but fall short again to An Se-young, this time in a grueling three sets.^[17] Despite losing all her matches in Sudirman Cup, China gained their 14th title in that competition.^[18]

Her short title drought since the season's finals in previous year ended after she managed to defend her Malaysia Masters title, this time against Han Yue.^[19] Wang advanced to the final again next week in Singapore Open but lost it against Chen Yufei.^[20] Wang again had a tough luck the next week where she lost the final of Indonesia Open against An in another 3 sets match when she faltered after losing the 17–10 lead in second sets before An finished it well in the third.^[21] In Japan Open, Wang lost to An for the fourth time in a year, outpowered in a straight sets in the process.^[22] In the next week, Wang capitalized her good form and defended her China Open title in a dominant win against Han Yue.^[23]

Achievements

Youth Olympic Games

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2018	Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Goh Jin Wei	21–16, 13–21, 19–21	Silver	[5]

World Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2018	Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada	Goh Jin Wei	9–21, 13–21	Bronze	[6]

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2018	Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center, Jakarta, Indonesia	Zhou Meng	21–19, 21–8	Gold	[1]

BWF World Tour (10 titles, 10 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[24] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[25]

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2019	Canada Open	Super 100	An Se-young	15–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2019	U.S. Open	Super 300	Kim Ga-eun	21–18, 21–19	Winner	[8]
2019	Indonesia Masters	Super 100	Porntip Buranaprasertsuk	20–22, 21–15, 21–13	Winner
2019	Dutch Open	Super 100	Evgeniya Kosetskaya	21–14, 21–18	Winner
2022	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Tai Tzu-ying	23–21, 6–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2022	Singapore Open	Super 500	P. V. Sindhu	9–21, 21–11, 15–21	Runner-up
2023	Arctic Open	Super 500	Han Yue	21–16, 20–22, 12–21	Runner-up
2024	Indonesia Masters	Super 500	Nozomi Okuhara	21–14, 21–13	Winner	[9]
2024	Malaysia Masters	Super 500	P. V. Sindhu	16–21, 21–5, 21–16	Winner	[10]
2024	Korea Open	Super 500	Kim Ga-eun	Walkover	Runner-up	[14]
2024	China Open	Super 1000	Tomoka Miyazaki	21–17, 21–15	Winner	[12]
2024	Denmark Open	Super 750	An Se-young	21–10, 21–12	Winner	[11]
2024	BWF World Tour Finals	World Tour Finals	Han Yue	19–21, 21–19, 21–11	Winner	[13]
2025	Malaysia Open	Super 1000	An Se-young	17–21, 7–21	Runner-up	[16]
2025	All England Open	Super 1000	An Se-young	21–13, 18–21, 18–21	Runner-up	[17]
2025	Malaysia Masters	Super 500	Han Yue	13–21, 21–13, 21–18	Winner	[19]
2025	Singapore Open	Super 750	Chen Yufei	11–21, 11–21	Runner-up	[20]
2025	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	An Se-young	21–13, 19–21, 15–21	Runner-up	[21]
2025	Japan Open	Super 750	An Se-young	12–21, 10–21	Runner-up	[22]
2025	China Open	Super 1000	Han Yue	21–8, 21–13	Winner	[23]

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	China International	Cai Yanyan	9–11, 13–10, 11–9, 7–11	Runner-up
2018	Malaysia International	Lee Ying Ying	21–10, 22–24, 21–14	Winner
2019	Austrian Open	Porntip Buranaprasertsuk	21–18, 21–10	Winner
2019	Belarus International	Zhang Yiman	18–21, 21–9, 21–8	Winner
2019	Malaysia International	Asuka Takahashi	12–21, 21–17, 21–16	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

BWF Junior International (4 titles)

Girls' singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Korea Junior International	Wei Yaxin	21–12, 21–12	Winner
2018	Dutch Junior International	Wei Yaxin	21–15, 21–5	Winner
2018	Jaya Raya Junior International	Zhou Meng	21–15, 21–16	Winner
2018	Banthongyord Junior International	Phittayaporn Chaiwan	21–19, 21–16	Winner

  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament

  BWF Junior International Series tournament

  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

Record against selected opponents

Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 2025 Indonesia Open.

Players Matches Results Difference Won Lost Chen Yufei 11 1 10 -9 He Bingjiao 8 5 3 +2 Li Xuerui 1 0 1 -1 Zhang Yiman 12 8 4 +4 Tai Tzu-ying 2 0 2 -2 Saina Nehwal 2 2 0 +2 Pusarla Venkata Sindhu 4 2 2 0 Gregoria Mariska Tunjung 7 4 3 +1

Players Matches Results Difference Won Lost Aya Ohori 9 5 4 +1 Nozomi Okuhara 4 4 0 +4 Akane Yamaguchi 12 6 6 0 An Se-young 16 4 12 -8 Sung Ji-hyun 2 2 0 +2 Carolina Marín 3 1 2 -1 Porntip Buranaprasertsuk 2 2 0 +2 Ratchanok Intanon 8 2 6 -4