Zhang Beiwen

Zhang Beiwen
Personal information
Birth name 张蓓雯
Country  United States
Born (1990-07-12) July 12, 1990
ChinaLiaoning, China
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Handedness Right
Women's single
Highest ranking 12 (October, 2014)
Current ranking 14 (November, 2014)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Competitor for  Singapore
Southeast Asian Games
2009 Southeast Asian Games Women's team
BWF profile

Zhang Beiwen (张蓓雯) (born 12 July 1990 in Liaoning[1]) is a female professional badminton player who is a singles specialist. 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 of America 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 had asked her to come back to the fold.[2] 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, where she did not play any tournaments at all, from 2013 she came back on her way to reach top level again. In 2013, after moving to Las Vegas in the USA 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 USA, with victories in Peru, USA, Brazil and the Netherlands. She won her first Grand Prix title at the 2014 U.S. Open Grand Prix Gold and backed it up with two more Grand Prix titles also winning the 2014 Brazil Open Grand Prix and 2014 Dutch Open Grand Prix. Zhang Beiwen competes in the German bundesliga team championship for BC Düren.

Achievements

Year Tournament Result Opponent Score
2014
2014 US Grand Prix[3] Winner Canada Rachel Honderich 21–11, 21–13
2014 Dutch Open Grand Prix[4] Winner Chinese Taipei Pai Yu-po 11–9, 11–7, 11–8
2014 Brasil Open Grand Prix[5] Winner Japan Kaori Imabeppu 6–11, 11–5, 4–11, 11–8, 11–9
2014 U.S. Open Grand Prix Gold[6] Winner Japan Kana Ito 21–8, 21–17
2014 Peru International Challenge[7] Winner Canada Michelle Li 27–25, 21–19
2013
2013 Irish Open International Challenge[8] Winner Spain Beatriz Corrales 21–9, 17–21, 21–10
2013 Welsh International Challenge[9] Winner Spain Beatriz Corrales 21–12, 21–15
2013 US International Challenge[10] Winner United States Iris Wang 21–10, 21–12
2013 Swiss International Challenge[11] Winner India Tanvi Lad 21–12, 21–12
     Super Series tournament
     Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix tournament

References

  1. ↑ BWF content - Beiwen ZHANG
  2. ↑ Badminton: Zhang makes April date
  3. ↑ 2014 K & D Graphics & YONEX Grand Prix Badminton Championships - General
  4. ↑ Yonex Dutch Open 2014
  5. ↑ Brasil Grand Prix 2014
  6. ↑ 2014 YONEX Suffolk County Community College US Open Championships
  7. ↑ XIX PERU INTERNATIONAL 2014
  8. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=4BDFFF86-9781-4BE0-9B2B-439C51649E8C&draw=4
  9. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=8813CBE9-027F-4234-AA67-105C5149C912&draw=4
  10. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=270928E3-CB50-4D9D-85EE-DC905D3F8BD5&draw=4
  11. ↑ http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=405EA709-05FA-4A93-9EE7-68C992421428&draw=4
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