Beiwen Zhang

Zhang Beiwen 张蓓雯
Zhang at 2017 Indonesia Super Series Premier
Personal information
Birth name	張蓓雯
Country	China (until 2007) Singapore (2007–2013) United States (2013–present)
Born	(1990-07-12) 12 July 1990 Anshan, Liaoning, China
Residence	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Handedness	Right
Women's singles
Career record	255 wins, 139 losses
Highest ranking	9 (22 June 2017)
Current ranking	15 (17 March 2020)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing Singapore Southeast Asian Games 2009 Vientiane Women's team World Junior Championships 2007 Waitakere City Mixed team
BWF profile

Zhang Beiwen (Chinese: 张蓓雯; pinyin: Zhāng Bèiwén; born 12 July 1990) is an American professional badminton player who is a singles specialist.

Career

Having a unique background being born in China, then moving to Singapore at the age of 13 and playing with the Singapore National Team until 2012, when she moved to the United States to compete while training in Las Vegas. She was dropped by the Singapore Badminton Association (SBA) after the 2011 Singapore Open tournament after reportedly falling out with then-singles head coach Luan Ching, but the association asked her to come back.

In 2009, she was part of the Singapore national badminton team, winning a bronze medal at the women's team event of the 2009 Southeast Asian Games. After a one-year break in which she did not play any tournaments at all, in 2013 she came back on her way to reach top level again. In 2013, after moving to Las Vegas with her parents, Zhang Beiwen won four international challenge tournaments with singles titles at the Swiss International in Yverdon-les-Bains; the Yonex USA International in Orlando, Florida; the Yonex Welsh International in Cardiff; and the Carlton Irish Open International in Dublin. In 2014, she continued her winning streak for her new country the US, with victories in Peru, the US, Brazil and the Netherlands. She won her first Grand Prix title at the 2014 U.S. Open Grand Prix Gold, then won the 2014 Brazil Open Grand Prix and 2014 Dutch Open Grand Prix.

In 2016, Zhang started to compete in the Danish Badminton League, for Vendsyssel Elite Badminton. As of the 2019 season she still plays for Vendsyssel. At 2016, she reach the final round at the BWF Super Series event in French Open, but she finished as the runner-up losing a match to He Bingjiao of China in straight games.

In 2018, she won her first BWF World Tour title at the India Open defeating the host player and the defending champion P.V. Sindhu with the score 21–18, 11–21, 22–20.

Achievements

BWF World Tour

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

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	India Open	Super 500	P. V. Sindhu	21–18, 11–21, 22–20	Winner
2018	U.S. Open	Super 300	Li Xuerui	26–24, 15–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2018	Korea Open	Super 500	Nozomi Okuhara	10–21, 21–17, 16–21	Runner-up

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). It has two levels, the Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which were introduced in 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year's end.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	French Open	He Bingjiao	9–21 9–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

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.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Vietnam Open	Xing Aiying	11-21, 21-19, 22-20	Winner
2014	U.S. Open	Kana Ito	21–8, 21–17	Winner
2014	Brasil Open	Kaori Imabeppu	6–11, 11–5, 4–11, 11–8, 11–9	Winner
2014	Dutch Open	Pai Yu-po	11–9, 11–7, 11–8	Winner
2014	U.S. Grand Prix	Rachael Honderich	21–11, 21–13	Winner
2016	Canada Open	Michelle Li	Walkover	Runner-up
2016	Dutch Open	Hsu Ya-ching	21–11, 21–19	Winner
2017	Dutch Open	Michelle Li	21–16, 21–14	Winner
2017	Bitburger Open	Nitchaon Jindapol	17–21, 21–15, 19–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Swiss International	Tanvi Lad	21–12, 21–12	Winner
2013	USA International	Iris Wang	21–10, 21–12	Winner
2013	Welsh International	Beatriz Corrales	21–12, 21–15	Winner
2013	Irish Open	Beatriz Corrales	21–9, 17–21, 21–10	Winner
2014	Peru International	Michelle Li	27–25, 21–19	Winner
2015	USA International	Pai Yu-po	21–14, 13–21, 21–19	Winner
2016	Yonex / K&D Graphics International	Rachel Honderich	21-13, 21-12	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Croatian International	Fu Mingtian	Liu Fan Frances Shinta Mulia Sari	Walkover	Runner-up
2007	Croatian International	Gu Juan	Cai Jiani Guo Xin	21–15, 6–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2013	USA International	Hong Jingyu	Paula B Pereira Lohaynny Vicente	21–7, 21–14	Winner
2016	Yonex / K&D Graphics International	Hong Jingyu	Eva Lee Paula Lynn Obanana	21–17, 22-20	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

External links

• Beiwen Zhang at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com