Ratchanok Intanon

Personal information

Nickname(s)

May

Birth name

Ratchanok Intanon

Country

Thailand

Born

5 February 1995 (age 21)
Yasothon, Thailand

Residence

Bangkok, Thailand

Height

1.69 m (5 ft 6 ¹⁄₂ in) ^[1]

Weight

58 kg (128 lb)

Handedness

Right

Women's Singles

Highest ranking

1 (21st April 2016)

Current ranking

2 (May 5 2016)

Medal record

World Championships
Representing Thailand
	2013 Guangzhou	Women's singles
Asian Championships
	2015 Wuhan	Women's singles
	2016 Hyderabad	Women's team
World Junior Championships
	2009 Alor Setar	Women's singles
	2010 Guadalajara	Women's singles
	2011 Taipei	Women's singles
Sudirman Cup
	2013 Kuala Lumpur	Team
Uber Cup
	2012 Wuhan	Team
Asian Games
	2010 Guangzhou	Women's team
Southeast Asian Games
	2011 Jakarta	Women's team
	2015 Singapore	Women's team
	2009 Laos	Women's singles
	2011 Jakarta	Women's singles

BWF profile

Ratchanok Intanon(Thai: รัชนก อินทนนท์; rtgs: Ratchanok Inthanon; born 5 February 1995) is a Thai badminton player who became the first Thai to become No.1 in Women's Singles. She became world champion in women's singles in 2013.

Career summary

2009-2012

Ratchanok won her first individual International title in 2009, while she was only 14, by winning the Vietnam International Challenge. She made history by becoming the youngest-ever champion^[2] at the BWF World Junior Championships at 14 when she triumphed in Malaysia. She also reached SEA Games 2009 Badminton WS final but lost to her compatriot Salakjit Ponsana.

In 2010, at the age of 15, she successfully defended her title at the World Junior Championships in Mexico. She won two back-to-back Grand Prix tournaments by winning YONEX-SUNRISE Vietnam Open Grand Prix and Indonesia Open Grand Prix Gold. In 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games, she won a silver medal as a member of the women's team. In the final, she lost to Wang Xin, at that time world number 1, 22-20 17-21 14-21.

In 2011, she became the most successful player ever in individual events at the BWF World Junior Championships, winning the women's singles title for the third straight time in Taiwan. She won YONEX-SUNRISE Syed Modi Memorial India Open and was also a member of the women's team that defeated Indonesia in the final at the 2011 SEA Games.

In 2012 Ratchanok, at 16 years of age, was awarded the Best Female Athlete Award in Thailand after winning the world junior title for three successive years. Ratchanok's biggest goal is to win the Olympic gold medal. However, at 2012 London Olympics quarter-final match with Wang Xin, despite leading 21–17 and 16-9 in the second game, she failed to close the match and eventually lost 21–17, 18–21, 14–21. She reached the finals of the SCG Thailand Open 2012 but lost to Saina Nehwal 19–21 21–15 21–10 in the finals.^[3] She entered the finals of a Super Series tournament for the first time in 2012 China Open Super Series Premier but lost to Li Xuerui 12-21, 9-21.

2013

2013 is one of Ratchanok's golden years. She reached the finals of the 2013 All England Open Badminton Championships, losing to Tine Rasmussen 14–21, 21–16, 10–21.^[4] Despite her loss, she is still the youngest singles finalist ever at the All England tournament. She finally won her first Superseries tournament by beating Juliane Schenk 22-20, 21-14 in Yonex Sunrise India Open 2013 to become the youngest ever Superseries winner, with the age of 18 years 2 months 22 days^[5] (She hold this record for 6 months until Akane Yamaguchi won Japan Open 2013 with the age of 16). She again reached the finals of the SCG Thailand Open 2013. This time she won the title, beating Busanan Ongbumrungpan 20-22, 21-19, 21-13^[6] to become the first Thai ever to win the women's singles title at the Thailand Open since first held in 1984.

After the Thailand Open, she decided to withdraw from both Indonesia Open SSP and Singapore Open SS to recover from her foot injury and prepare for the BWF World Championships.^[7] In August, Ratchanok won the BWF World Championships, beating world number 1 and Olympic gold medallist Li Xuerui 22-20 18-21 21-14^[8] in the final. She is the first ever Thai player to be the World Champion. At the age of 18, she is also the youngest singles World Champion ever.^[9] She is the World Champion who is still eligible to play in 2013 BWF Junior World Championships in Bangkok.^[10] After World Championships, she injured her back that forced her to withdraw from another two super series events, Japan Open and China Master. Ratchanok didn't qualify for Super Series Final in Malaysia and finished 2013 as the World number 3. She was awarded "2013 Best Females Athletes Award" from Thailand Sport Authority.^[11]

2014

Ratchanok reached the final of the Korea Open for the first time but lost to Wang Yihan 13-21, 19-21. Her head-to-head statistics with Wang Yihan has been increased to 0-8.^[12] She was awarded "Best Asian Sporting Icon" by Fox Sports Asia, based on voting from internet fans from its website. She reached the semi-finals of the All England 2014 to meet with Li Xuerui for the first time after beating her in World Championships of 2013. However, this time she lost to Li Xuerui in 2 sets. After the All England tournament, Ratchanok failed to pass the first round in both 2014 Asian Championship and Japan Open. She reached the finals of the Indonesia Open but again lost to Li Xuerui 13-21, 13-21. After the Indonesia Open, Ratchanok did not reach any finals for the rest of the year. She failed to defend her World Champion title by losing in second round. She qualified for Super Series Final in Dubai but failed to pass the round robin. She finished the 2014 year as World number 6.

2015

At the age of 20, Ratchanok made a comeback by reaching the final of the India Open for the second time, but lost to her opponent, Saina Nehwal, 16-21, 14-21.^[13] A month later, she create a history as the first Thai single player to crown Asia Championship champion by defeat Li Xuerui in final match 20-22, 23-21, 21-12 in China.^[14] It was the first time that Ratchanok had beaten Li Xuerui since the final of the 2013 World Championships. In June, she won her first Super Series Premier title by beating Yui Hashimoto of Japan in straight games, 21-11, 21-10, at the Indonesia Open. She won a gold medal with Thailand Women's team at the Southeast Asian Games 2015 in Singapore. After the Indonesia Open, she didn't reach the final of any tournaments but earned enough points to qualify for the Dubai Super Series Final tournament. She lost to Wang Yihan in the semi-final, which brought their head-to-head statistics to 0-12. She finished the 2015 season at world number 7.

2016

Ratchanok won Princess Sirivannavari Thailand Masters 2016, a second Grand Prix Gold tournament in Thailand, by beating Sun Yu of China in the Final 21-19, 18-21, 21-17. She again won Indian Open Super Series for the second time by beating Li Xue Rui in the Final 21-17, 21-18. In Malaysia Super Series Premier the week after, Ratchanok finally won the maiden match over Wang Yihan by beating her in Semi Final 21-11, 21-19. Their head-to-head statistics improve from 0-12 to be 1-12. In the final, she beats Tai Tzu-ying 21-14, 21-15 to earn Malaysia Open title for the first time. It was Ratchanok's first time to win two consecutive Super series tournaments. Ratchanok then became the first singles player to win 3 Superseries in 3 consecutive weeks^[15] by winning the Singapore Super Series, defeating Sun Yu in the final. By winning 3 Superseries in a row, Ratchanok also rose to the No.1 spot in the rankings for the first time, the first in single category from Thailand to do so.

Current Record Holder

Youngest ever champion of the BWF World Junior Championships (2009, age of 14)^[16]
First ever 3-time champion in a single discipline of the BWF World Junior Championships (2009, 2010, 2011)^[17]
Youngest ever singles finalist of the All England Open Badminton Championships (2013, age of 18)^[18]
Youngest ever singles champion of BWF World Championships (2013, age of 18 years 6 months and 6 days)^[9]
First ever singles player to win 3 Superseries titles in 3 consecutive weeks^[15]
First ever Thai badminton player ranked World #1 ^[19]

Honors and Awards

Ratchanok Intanon won many awards and honors in recognition of her achievements, below are some of the international prestigious awards she had won so far.

Organization	Award	Year
The International Olympic Committee (IOC)	IOC Sport-Inspiring Young People Trophy	2010
The Badminton World Federation (BWF)	BWF Most Promising Player of The Year 2009 - Eddie Choong Trophy^[20]	2009

Career titles

Individual Titles (14)

S. No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score
1	2009	Vietnam International	Maria Elfira Christina	21–18, 21–14^[21]
2	2010	Smiling Fish International	Rawinda Prajongjai	21–10, 21–17^[22]
3	2010	Vietnam Open	Zhou Hui	21–17, 22–20^[23]
4	2010	Indonesian Masters	Cheng Shao-chieh	21–12, 19–21, 21–16^[24]
5	2011	Syed Modi International	Porntip Buranaprasertsuk	Walkover^[25]
6	2013	India Open	Juliane Schenk	22–20, 21–14
7	2013	Thailand Open	Busanan Ongbumrungpan	20–22, 21–19, 21–13
8	2013	World Championships	Li Xuerui	22-20, 18–21, 21–14
9	2015	Asia Championships	Li Xuerui	20–22, 23–21, 21–12
10	2015	Indonesia Open	Yui Hashimoto	21–11, 21–10
11	2016	Thailand Masters	Sun Yu	21–19, 18–21, 21–17
12	2016	India Open	Li Xuerui	21–17, 21–18
13	2016	Malaysia Open	Tai Tzu-ying	21–14, 21–15
14	2016	Singapore Open	Sun Yu	18-21, 21-11, 21-14^[26]

BWF Event

Super Series Premier

Super Series

Grand Prix Gold

Grand Prix

International Challenge

International Series

Continental Championships

Individual Junior titles (3)

S. No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score
1	2009	World Junior Championships	Porntip Buranaprasertsuk	21–15, 21–23, 21–10
2	2010	World Junior Championships	Misaki Matsutomo	21–13, 16–21, 21–10
3	2011	World Junior Championships	Elyzabeth Purwaningtyas	21–6, 18–21, 21–13

BWF Event

Personal life

Ratchanok is the daughter of Winutchai Intanon and Kumpan Suvarsara. She also has a brother. Ratchanok was born in Yasothorn province in the Northeast of Thailand, but moved at the age of 3 months with her parents, who worked at the Banthongyord sweets factory in Bangkhae district of Bangkok. She is of Chinese descent. As a child, Ratchanok would run around near the cooking furnaces. Kamala Thongkorn, the owner of the factory, worried that she would be burned by boiling water and hot sugar, so she supported Ratchanok in playing badminton at the factory's badminton courts. She started playing when she was six years old, and won her first championship at the age of seven.^[27]^[28]

Ratchanok used her prize money and endorsement fees to support her parents and brother. Her father opened a food shop with her help. "I wanted to be a national player like my older friends and play for the country, because that was the only way I could help my parents to improve our status and leave poverty" she said.^[29]

Ratchanok currently trains at the Banthongyord Badminton School. Her coach is Patapol Ngernsrisuk, former Olympian and son of Kamala Thongkorn but China's Xie Zhuhua who used to be Li Yongbo sparring partner who was sent to the Banthongyord Badminton School in a partnership with the Thai Badminton Federation and China in 1992^[30] is Ratchanok's coach if she plays tournaments in China. Ratchanok's room-mate at the Banthongyord Badminton School is Pattarasuda Chaiwan. She is studying BA of Social Science at Dhonburi Bangkok University

Career overview

Singles

	Played	Wins	Losses	Balance
Total	352	243	109	+134
Current year	27	25	2	+23

Doubles

	Played	Wins	Losses	Balance
Total	12	6	6	0
Current year	0	0	0	0

Prize money

	Single	Double
Total	405930.00	132.50
Current year	72750.00	0

Performance Timeline

Key

SF-B

N/A

Event	2012
Summer Olympics	QF

Event	2011	2013	2014	2015
BWF World Championships	3R	W	3R	3R

Event	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Asia Championships	1R	2R	QF	2R	W

Event	2009	2011
SEA Games	02 ! Silver	03 ! Bronze

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Best
BWF Super Series
Korea Open Super Series	N/A	N/A	1R	2R	1R	F	1R		F(2014)
Malaysia Open Super Series Premier	N/A	N/A	1R	1R	A	1R	2R	W	W(2016)
All England Super Series Premier	N/A	N/A	1R	2R	F	SF	QF	QF	F(2013)
India Super Series	N/A	N/A	QF	1R	W	A	F	W	W(2013,2016)
Singapore Super Series	N/A	N/A	2R	A	A	QF	QF	W	W(2016)
Japan Open Super Series	N/A	1R	1R	QF	A	1R	2R		QF(2012)
Indonesia Super Series Premier	N/A	N/A	2R	1R	A	F	W		W(2015)
Australian Super Series	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	2R	1R		2R(2014)
China Masters Super Series	N/A	N/A	N/A	QF	A	NH	NH	NH	QF(2012)
Denmark Open Super Series Premier	N/A	N/A	SF	1R	SF	2R	A		SF(2011,2013)
French Super Series	N/A	N/A	1R	QF	QF	SF	SF		SF(2014,2015)
China Open Super Series Premier	N/A	QF	QF	F	QF	QF	1R		F(2012)
Hong Kong Super Series	N/A	QF	A	1R	2R	2R	SF		SF(2015)
BWF Super Series Masters Finals	N/A	N/A	N/A	SF	N/A	RR	SF		SF(2012, 2015)
BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix
German Open Grand Prix Gold	N/A	N/A	2R	QF	A	A	A	A	QF(2012)
Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold	N/A	N/A	1R	SF	F	A	A	2R	F(2013)
Australian Open Grand Prix Gold	N/A	N/A	SF	2R	A	NH	NH	NH	SF(2011)
Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold	2R	1R	2R	A	A	A	A	A	2R(2009,2011)
Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold	2R	NH	1R	F	W	NH	SF		W(2013)
U.S. Open Grand Prix Gold	N/A	N/A	SF	A	A	A	A		SF(2011)
Vietnam Open Grand Prix	N/A	W	A	A	A	A	A	A	W(2010)
Indonesia Open Grand Prix Gold	NH	W	2R	A	A	A	A		W(2010)
Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold	N/A	QF	F	A	A	A	SF		F(2011)
Macau Open Grand Prix Gold	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	A		1R(2009,2010,2011)
Korea Open Grand Prix Gold	NH	QF	A	A	A	A	A		QF(2010)
India Open Grand Prix Gold	N/A	N/A	W	A	NH	A	A	A	W(2011)
Thailand Masters Grand Prix Gold	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	NH	W	W(2016)

Record against selected opponents

Record against Super Series finalists, World Championships semifinalists and Olympic quarterfinalists (as of 14 April 2016):^[31]

Opponent	Record	Opponent	Record	Opponent	Record	Opponent	Record	Opponent	Record
Li Xuerui	4–7	Wang Xin	0–2	Wang Shixian	4–7	Jiang Yanjiao	0–3	Wang Lin	1–1
Wang Yihan	1–12	Liu Xin	2–4	Sun Yu	4–1	Sung Ji-hyun	6–6	Bae Yeon-joo	4–3
Saina Nehwal	4–6	Sindhu P.V.	3–1	Tine Baun	3–2	Carolina Marín	4–1	Minatsu Mitani	4–1
Akane Yamaguchi	5–4	Nozomi Okuhara	3–4	Eriko Hirose	3–0	Sayaka Sato	5–1	Tai Tzu-ying	7–5
Cheng Shao-chieh	4–1	Juliane Schenk	6–3	Zhou Mi	0-1	Yip Pui Yin	8–3	Lindaweni Fanetri	4–1
Maria Kristin Yulianti	1–0

Summer Olympics

2012

Stage	Opponent	Result	Games	Points
First Round	Thilini Jayasinghe	Won	2–0	21–13, 21–5
Second Round	Telma Santos	Won	2–0	21–12, 21–6
Third Round	Juliane Schenk	Won	2–0	21–16, 21–15
Quarter-finals	Xin Wang	Lost	1–2	21–17, 18–21, 14–21

BWF World Championships

2011^[32]

Stage	Opponent	Result	Games	Points
First Round	BYE
Second Round	Judith Meulendijks	Won	2-1	21-18, 11-21, 21-14
Third Round	Yihan Wang	Lost	1-2	21–13, 12–21, 9-21

2013^[33]

Stage	Opponent	Result	Games	Points
First Round	BYE
Second Round	Juan Gu	Won	2-1	16-21, 21-17, 21-9
Third Round	Pui Yin Yip	Won	2-0	21–14, 21–12
Quarter-finals	Carolina Marín	Won	2-1	21-18, 20-22, 21-15
Semi Finals	Sindhu P.V.	Won	2-0	21-10, 21-13
Finals	Xuerui Li	Won	2-1	22-20, 18-21, 21-14

2014^[34]

Stage	Opponent	Result	Games	Points
First Round	BYE
Second Round	Beatriz Corrales	Won	2-0	21-18, 21-10
Third Round	Minatsu Mitani	Lost	1-2	21–8, 12–21, 18-21

BWF World Junior Championships

2008

Stage	Opponent	Result	Games	Points
First Round	Audrey Fontaine	Won	2-0	21-6, 21-8
Second Round	Laura Vana	Won	2-0	21-11, 21-14
Third Round	Michelle Li	Won	2-1	21-14, 18-21, 21-13
Fourth Round	Xiao Jia Chen	Won	2-1	20-22, 21-14, 21-18
Quarter-finals	Shixian Wang	Lost	0-2	16-21, 10-21

2009^[35]

Stage	Opponent	Result	Games	Points
First Round	BYE
Second Round	Sindhu P.V.	Won	2-0	21-15, 21-10
Third Round	Tan Wei Han	Won	2-0	21-13, 21-10
Fourth Round	Jiayuan Chen	Won	2-1	21-12, 20-22, 21-13
Quarter-finals	Ana Rovita	Won	2-0	21-9, 21-11
Semi Finals	Di Suo	Won	2-0	21-14, 21-18
Finals	Porntip Buranaprasertsuk	Won	2-1	21-15, 21-23, 21-10

2010

Stage	Opponent	Result	Games	Points
First Round	BYE
Second Round	Andrea Guerrero	Won	2-0	21-4, 21-1
Third Round	Ran Sun Yang	Won	2-0	21-19, 21-17
Fourth Round	Liang Wang	Won	2-0	21-11, 21-10
Quarter-finals	Fabienne Deprez	Won	2-0	21-19, 21-7
Semi Finals	Naoko Fukuman	Won	2-0	21-9, 21-16
Finals	Misaki Matsutomo	Won	2-1	21-13, 16-21, 21-10

2011^[36]

Stage	Opponent	Result	Games	Points
First Round	BYE
Second Round	Aya Ohori	Won	2-0	21-19, 24-22
Third Round	Evgeniya Kosetskaya	Won	2-0	21-9, 21-2
Fourth Round	Tanvi Lad	Won	2-0	21-8, 21-5
Quarter-finals	Christin Tsai	Won	2-0	21-10, 21-15
Semi Finals	Nozomi Okuhara	Won	2-0	21-16, 21-16
Finals	Elisabeth Purwaningtyas	Won	2-1	21-6, 18-21, 21-13

Sudirman Cup

2011^[37]

Opponent	Result	Games	Points
Saina Nehwal	Won	2–0	21–14, 22–20
Shao Chieh Cheng	Won	2–0	21–9, 21–17

2013^[38]

Opponent	Result	Games	Points
Pui Yin Yip	Won	2–0	21–19, 21–16
Sayaka Takahashi	Won	2–1	21–19, 9-21, 21–19
Ji Hyun Sung	Lost	0–2	17–21, 14-21

Axiata Cup

2013^[39]

Opponent	Result	Games	Points
Jing Yi Tee	Won	2–0	21–17, 22–20
Xiaoyu Liang	Won	2–0	21–12, 21–16
Lindaweni Fanetri	Won	2–0	21–17, 21–19
Tine Baun	Won	2–1	9–21, 21–13, 21–12
Lindaweni Fanetri	Won	2–0	21–18, 21–16
Sonia Su Ya Cheah	Won	2–0	21–16, 21–17

2014^[40]

Opponent	Result	Games	Points
Xiaoyu Liang	Won	2–0	21–19, 21–18
Kirsty Gilmour	Won	2–1	13–21,21–13, 21–9
Jing Yi Tee	Won	2–0	21–6, 21–19
Tai Tzu-ying	Lost	0–2	16–21, 18–21
Hana Ramadhini	Won	2–0	21–9, 24–22
Tai Tzu-ying	Won	2–1	24–22, 20–22, 21–18
Hana Ramadhini	Won	2–0	21–9, 21–12

Decorations

2012 - Member (Fifth Class) of The Most Admirable Order of the Direkgunabhorn^[41]
2013 - Commander (Third Class) of The Most Admirable Order of the Direkgunabhorn^[42]
2016 - Dame Commander (Second Class) of The Most Admirable Order of the Direkgunabhorn^[43]

References

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World Badminton Champions in Women's Singles

Asian Badminton Champions in Women's Singles

1962: Minarni (INA)
1965: Angela Bairstow (ENG)
1969: Pang Yuet Mui (HKG)
1971: Utami Kinard (INA)
1976: Liang Qiuxia (CHN)
1983: Yoo Sang-hee (KOR)
1985: Zheng Yuli (CHN)
1987: Elizabeth Latief (INA)
1988: Tang Jiuhong (CHN)
1991: Yuliani Sentosa (INA)
1992: Ye Zhaoying (CHN)
1994: Ye Zhaoying (CHN)
1995: Ye Zhaoying (CHN)
1996: Gong Zhichao (CHN)
1997: Yao Yan (CHN)
1998: Ye Zhaoying (CHN)
1999: Ye Zhaoying (CHN)
2000: Xie Xingfang (CHN)
2001: Zhang Ning (CHN)
2002: Zhou Mi (CHN)
2003: Wang Chen (HKG)
2004: Jun Jae-youn (KOR)
2005: Wang Chen (HKG)
2006: Wang Chen (HKG)
2007: Jiang Yanjiao (CHN)
2008: Jiang Yanjiao (CHN)
2009: Zhu Lin (CHN)
2010: Li Xuerui (CHN)
2011: Wang Yihan (CHN)
2012: Li Xuerui (CHN)
2013: Wang Yihan (CHN)
2014: Sung Ji-hyun (KOR)
2015: Ratchanok Intanon (THA)
2016: Wang Yihan (CHN)

World rankings: Top ten badminton players as of April 28, 2016

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