Wang Zhiyi 王祉怡
Wang with her silver medal of the2018 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 (21 October 2025)
Medal record Women'sbadminton 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

Wang Zhiyi (Chinese:王祉怡;pinyin:Wáng Zhǐyí; born 29 April 2000) is a Chinesebadminton player fromShashi,Jingzhou, inHubei province.^[1] She was two-timeAsian Champions winning the title in2022 and2024.^[2][3] She was part of China winning team in the2020 and2024 Uber Cup, as well at the2021 and2023 Sudirman Cup. She won her firstBWF World Tour Finals title in2024.

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]

Wang has achieved a number of achievements in her career in the junior competitions. Wang emerged victory in the girls' singles at the2018 Asian Junior Championships, and also helped the national team to clinch the mixed team title.^[1] She then represented her country at the2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and clinched the girls' singles silver, after losing the final match toGoh Jin Wei.^[5] She again had to accept defeat to Goh in the semi-finals of theWorld Junior Championships, making her have to be satisfied with a bronze medal.^[6]

In the 2019 season, Wang get into her firstBWF World Tour final inCanada Open, losing toAn Se-young.^[7] Wang won theU.S. Open as her first World Tour title whilst grabbing few more international tournaments such asAustrian Open,Belarus International, and second consecutiveMalaysia International title.^[8][9] Wang also add two more World Tour win withIndonesia Masters andDutch Open.^[10][11]

2022 was not a good season for Wang as she did not won a single world tour, only making into the final inIndonesia Open andSingapore Open.^[12][13] Despite that, she won the women's singles title at the2022 Asian Championships, which is the biggest title of her career.^[2]

This season was worse than previous years as she did not win a single title in it. Only making as far as one final throughout the whole season inArctic Open where she lost toHan Yue.^[14]

Wang reached seven finals in the 2024 season, and won six titles including her secondAsia Championships title by defeating her senior compatriotChen Yufei in the final.^[3] In the BWF World Tour, she won theIndonesia Masters,^[15]Malaysia Masters,^[16]Denmark Open,^[17] and clinched her first ever BWF World Tour Super 1000 in the home soilChina Open.^[18] She then closed the season as a champion in theBWF World Tour Finals.^[19] Wang's defeat in the final was at theKorea Open, when she gave a walkover toKim Ga-eun due to injury that she suffered.^[20] Wang also part of China winning team in theUber Cup. She reached a career high of world number 2 in this season.

Started the 2025 season as world number 2,^[21] she reached the finals in theMalaysia Open losing toAn Se-young in straight game.^[22] In March, Wang managed to secure a spots in the final ofAll England Open but fall short again to An Se-young, this time in a grueling three sets.^[23] Despite losing all her matches inSudirman Cup, China gained their 14th title in that competition.^[24]

Her short title drought since the season's finals in previous year ended after she managed to defend herMalaysia Masters title, this time againstHan Yue.^[25] Wang advanced to the final again next week inSingapore Open but lost it against Chen Yufei.^[26] Wang again had a tough luck the next week where she lost the final ofIndonesia 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.^[27] InJapan Open, Wang lost to An for the fourth time in a year, outpowered in a straight sets in the process.^[28] In the next week, Wang capitalized her good form and defended herChina Open title and won her first Super 1000 title of the year in a dominant win against Han Yue.^[29]

In2025 BWF World Championships, Wang lost in the round of 16 to former 2019 champion,Pusarla V. Sindhu.^[30] Two weeks later, Wang recovered and won theHong Kong Open against Han Yue in their third final altogether in 2025.^[31] In October, Wang made the final again inDenmark Open but failed to defend her championship in the previous years.^[32] Wang lost again inFrench Open to An on the next week after.^[33]

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2022	Muntinlupa Sports Complex,Metro Manila, Philippines	Akane Yamaguchi	15–21, 21–13, 21–19	Gold	[2]
2024	Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium,Ningbo, China	Chen Yufei	21–19, 21–7	Gold	[3]

Girls' singles

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

Girls' singles

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

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]

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[34] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by theBadminton 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.^[35]

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2019	Canada Open	Super 100	An Se-young	15–21, 20–22	Runner-up	[7]
2019	U.S. Open	Super 300	Kim Ga-eun	21–18, 21–19	Winner	[9]
2019	Indonesia Masters	Super 100	Porntip Buranaprasertsuk	20–22, 21–15, 21–13	Winner	[10]
2019	Dutch Open	Super 100	Evgeniya Kosetskaya	21–14, 21–18	Winner	[11]
2022	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Tai Tzu-ying	23–21, 6–21, 15–21	Runner-up	[12]
2022	Singapore Open	Super 500	P. V. Sindhu	9–21, 21–11, 15–21	Runner-up	[13]
2023	Arctic Open	Super 500	Han Yue	21–16, 20–22, 12–21	Runner-up	[14]
2024	Indonesia Masters	Super 500	Nozomi Okuhara	21–14, 21–13	Winner	[15]
2024	Malaysia Masters	Super 500	P. V. Sindhu	16–21, 21–5, 21–16	Winner	[16]
2024	Korea Open	Super 500	Kim Ga-eun	Walkover	Runner-up	[20]
2024	China Open	Super 1000	Tomoka Miyazaki	21–17, 21–15	Winner	[18]
2024	Denmark Open	Super 750	An Se-young	21–10, 21–12	Winner	[17]
2024	BWF World Tour Finals	World Tour Finals	Han Yue	19–21, 21–19, 21–11	Winner	[19]
2025	Malaysia Open	Super 1000	An Se-young	17–21, 7–21	Runner-up	[22]
2025	All England Open	Super 1000	An Se-young	21–13, 18–21, 18–21	Runner-up	[23]
2025	Malaysia Masters	Super 500	Han Yue	13–21, 21–13, 21–18	Winner	[25]
2025	Singapore Open	Super 750	Chen Yufei	11–21, 11–21	Runner-up	[26]
2025	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	An Se-young	21–13, 19–21, 15–21	Runner-up	[27]
2025	Japan Open	Super 750	An Se-young	12–21, 10–21	Runner-up	[28]
2025	China Open	Super 1000	Han Yue	21–8, 21–13	Winner	[29]
2025	Hong Kong Open	Super 500	Han Yue	21–14, 24–22	Winner	[31]
2025	Denmark Open	Super 750	An Se-young	5–21, 22–24	Runner-up	[32]
2025	French Open	Super 750	An Se-young	13–21, 7–21	Runner-up	[33]

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

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 Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of2025 Denmark 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 5 2 3 -1 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 18 4 14 -10 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

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