Yao Xue

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yao.

Yao Xue (Chinese: 姚雪, born 17 January 1991) is a Chinese badminton player.^[1]

Yao Xue 姚雪
Personal information
Country	China
Born	(1991-01-17) 17 January 1991 (age 34) Jingzhou, Hubei, China
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Women's singles
Highest ranking	16 (19 June 2014)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  China World Junior Championships 2009 Alor Setar Mixed team Summer Universiade 2013 Kazan Mixed team 2013 Kazan Women's singles
BWF profile

Career

Yao started playing badminton at the age of six. She trained in Shenzhen for two years. Yao with her excellent performance selected to Guangdong training team. A year later, she became a full member of the Guangdong team, also selected several national junior team.^[2] Her biggest achievement in the BWF Superseries event that is becoming the runner-up in the 2013 Malaysia Super Series in the women's singles event.^[3] In September 2013, she became the runner-up at the Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold tournament. In the final round, she defeated by her compatriot Suo Di with a tighter finish. Suo dominated the first game but she didn't give up so easily. She tried to steal the second game but came up just short in the end and was unable to take her first international title.^[4] She won her first international title at the 2014 Malaysia Grand Prix Gold tournament.^[5]

Achievements

Summer Universiade

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Tennis Academy, Kazan, Russia	Sung Ji-hyun	10–21, 21–19, 14–21	Bronze

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[6] 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.^[7] Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Malaysia Open	Tai Tzu-ying	17–21, 14–21	Runner-up

  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.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Indonesia Grand Prix Gold	Suo Di	12–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2014	Malaysia Grand Prix Gold	Adriyanti Firdasari	21–18, 21–18	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament