Zhao Tingting (simplified Chinese: 赵婷婷; traditional Chinese: 趙婷婷; pinyin: Zhào Tíngtíng; born 28 November 1982) is a Chinese badminton player from Nantong, Jiangsu.[1]

Zhao Tingting
赵婷婷
Personal information
CountryChina
Born (1982-11-28) 28 November 1982 (age 41)
Nantong, Jiangsu, China
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
HandednessRight
Women's doubles
Highest ranking1 (29 October 2009)
Current rankingRetired
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  China
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Hyderabad Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2003 Birmingham Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Birmingham Mixed doubles
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Yiyang Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Yiyang Women's doubles
Sudirman Cup
Gold medal – first place 2009 Guangzhou Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2007 Glasgow Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2005 Beijing Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2003 Eindhoven Mixed team
Uber Cup
Gold medal – first place 2008 Jakarta Women's team
Gold medal – first place 2004 Jakarta Women's team
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Johor Bahru Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2007 Johor Bahru Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Bangkok Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Bangkok Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Manila Women's doubles
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2000 Guangzhou Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2000 Guangzhou Girls' doubles
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2000 Kyoto Girls' team
Gold medal – first place 1999 Yangon Girls' team
Silver medal – second place 2000 Kyoto Girls' doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Yangon Girls' doubles
BWF profile

Career

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A doubles specialist, Zhao has often been a "utility player" on China's national team, winning international tournaments with a variety of compatriots who typically partner someone else. She has won women's doubles at the Denmark (2002, 2004) and Thailand (2003) Opens with Wei Yili; the French (2002), China (2008), and Hong Kong (2008) Opens with Zhang Yawen; the Swiss Open (2007) and Asian Championships (2007) with Yang Wei; and at the China Open (2007) with Gao Ling. She has also captured mixed doubles titles at the Thailand (2003) and Denmark (2004) Opens with Chen Qiqiu, and at the Hong Kong Open (2006) with Zheng Bo.

Zhao was a women's doubles silver medalist with Wei Yili at the 2003 IBF World Championships in Birmingham, England, dropping the final to compatriots Gao Ling and Huang Sui, and a mixed doubles bronze medalist with Chen Qiqiu at the same tournament. At the 2004 Olympics in Athens she just missed a medal by finishing fourth in women's doubles with Wei Yili and losing in the quarterfinals of mixed doubles with Chen Qiqiu.[2] Zhao was not selected to compete in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, a victim of China's great depth in women's badminton and rules that limit the number of Olympic entries from any one country. However, 2009 proved to be her most successful year as Zhao won both the prestigious All-England and BWF World Championships in women's doubles with Zhang Yawen. With these achievements, she reportedly retired from the Chinese team at the end of the 2009 season.

Achievements

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BWF World Championships

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India   Zhang Yawen   Cheng Shu
  Zhao Yunlei
17–21, 21–17, 21–16   Gold
2003 National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England   Wei Yili   Gao Ling
  Huang Sui
8–15, 11–15   Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2003 National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England   Chen Qiqiu   Kim Dong-moon
  Ra Kyung-min
7–15, 5–15   Bronze

World Cup

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 Olympic Park, Yiyang, China   Zhang Dan   Yang Wei
  Zhang Jiewen
21–15, 9–21, 10–21   Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 Olympic Park, Yiyang, China   Zheng Bo   Xie Zhongbo
  Zhang Yawen
14–21, 11–21   Bronze

Asian Championships

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Stadium Bandaraya, Johor Bahru, Malaysia   Yang Wei   Cheng Shu
  Zhao Yunlei
21–10, 21–11   Gold
2002 Bangkok, Thailand   Wei Yili   Gao Ling
  Huang Sui
5–11, 1–11   Bronze
2001 PhilSports Arena, Manila, Philippines   Zhang Yawen   Deyana Lomban
  Vita Marissa
12–15, 15–11, 12–15   Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Stadium Bandaraya, Johor Bahru, Malaysia   Xu Chen   He Hanbin
  Yu Yang
20–22, 15–21   Silver
2002 Bangkok, Thailand   Wang Wei   Zhang Jun
  Gao Ling
4–11, 3–11   Bronze

World Junior Championships

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Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2000 Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China   Li Yujia   Zhang Yawen
  Wei Yili
7–4, 2–7, 0–7, 1–7   Silver

Asian Junior Championships

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Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2000 Nishiyama Park Gymnasium, Kyoto, Japan   Li Yujia   Zhang Yawen
  Wei Yili
12–15, 5–15   Silver
1999 National Indoor Stadium – 1, Yangon, Myanmar   Zhang Yawen   Wei Yili
  Li Yujia
7–15, 10–15   Bronze

BWF Superseries

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The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[3] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011,[4] with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Singapore Open   Zhang Yawen   Nitya Krishinda Maheswari
  Greysia Polii
21–14, 21–13   Winner
2009 All England Open   Zhang Yawen   Cheng Shu
  Zhao Yunlei
21–13, 21–15   Winner
2008 Hong Kong Open   Zhang Yawen   Cheng Shu
  Zhao Yunlei
21–14, 21–13   Winner
2008 China Open   Zhang Yawen   Chin Eei Hui
  Wong Pei Tty
21–14, 21–19   Winner
2008 Korea Open   Gao Ling   Du Jing
  Yu Yang
15–21, 13–21   Runner-up
2008 Malaysia Open   Gao Ling   Yang Wei
  Zhang Jiewen
13–21, 21–16, 22–24   Runner-up
2007 China Open   Gao Ling   Du Jing
  Yu Yang
17–21, 21–15, 21–8   Winner
2007 French Open   Yu Yang   Zhang Yawen
  Wei Yili
10–21, 15–21   Runner-up
2007 Japan Open   Yu Yang   Yang Wei
  Zhang Jiewen
17–21, 5–21   Runner-up
2007 China Masters   Yang Wei   Liliyana Natsir
  Vita Marissa
21–12, 15–21, 16–21   Runner-up
2007 Indonesia Open   Yang Wei   Du Jing
  Yu Yang
8–21, 21–16, 20–22   Runner-up
2007 Singapore Open   Yang Wei   Zhang Yawen
  Wei Yili
21–10, 19–21, 18–21   Runner-up
2007 Swiss Open   Yang Wei   Lee Kyung-won
  Lee Hyo-jung
21–15, 21–10   Winner
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

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The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 Singapore Open   Zhang Dan   Yang Wei
  Zhang Jiewen
18–21, 18–21   Runner-up
2006 SwissOpen   Zhang Dan   Du Jing
  Yu Yang
5–15, 15–10, 11–15   Runner-up
2005 Japan Open   Wei Yili   Yang Wei
  Zhang Jiewen
12–15, 2–15   Runner-up
2005 All England Open   Wei Yili   Gao Ling
  Huang Sui
10–15, 13–15   Runner-up
2005 German Open   Wei Yili   Gao Ling
  Huang Sui
4–15, 10–15   Runner-up
2004 China Open   Wei Yili   Yang Wei
  Zhang Jiewen
14–15, 12–15   Runner-up
2004 German Open   Wei Yili   Zhang Dan
  Zhang Yawen
8–15, 12–15   Runner-up
2004 Denmark Open   Wei Yili   Zhang Dan
  Zhang Yawen
15–13, 12–15, 15–7   Winner
2004 Japan Open   Wei Yili   Lee Kyung-won
  Ra Kyung-min
6–15, 15–5, 1–15   Runner-up
2003 Japan Open   Wei Yili   Gao Ling
  Huang Sui
13–10, 6–11, 5–11   Runner-up
2003 Swiss Open   Wei Yili   Yang Wei
  Zhang Jiewen
7–11, 11–6, 4–11   Runner-up
2003 Thailand Open   Wei Yili   Lee Hyo-jung
  Yim Kyung-jin
11–9, 5–11, 11–6   Winner
2002 China Open   Wei Yili   Gao Ling
  Huang Sui
9–11, 3–11   Runner-up
2002 Denmark Open   Wei Yili   Mia Audina
  Lotte Jonathans
11–3, 6–11, 11–9   Winner
2002 Malaysia Open   Zhang Yawen   Yang Wei
  Huang Nanyan
5–11, 5–11   Runner-up
2001 Singapore Open   Zhang Yawen   Wei Yili
  Zhang Jiewen
6–8, 3–7, 4–7   Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 German Open   Xu Chen   Zheng Bo
  Gao Ling
11–21, 10–21   Runner-up
2006 China Open   Xu Chen   Xie Zhongbo
  Zhang Yawen
19–21, 5–21   Runner-up
2006 Hong Kong Open   Zheng Bo   Nova Widianto
  Liliyana Natsir
22–20, 21–19   Winner
2005 Malaysia Open   Chen Qiqiu   Lee Jae-jin
  Lee Hyo-jung
12–15, 11–15   Runner-up
2004 China Open   Chen Qiqiu   Jens Eriksen
  Mette Schjoldager
13–15, 15–13, 8–15   Runner-up
2004 German Open   Chen Qiqiu   Carsten Mogensen
  Rikke Olsen
15–12, 8–15, 9–15   Runner-up
2004 Denmark Open   Chen Qiqiu   Nathan Robertson
  Gail Emms
15–4, 15–11   Winner
2003 China Open   Chen Qiqiu   Zhang Jun
  Gao Ling
13–15, 6–15   Runner-up
2003 All England Open   Chen Qiqiu   Zhang Jun
  Gao Ling
6–11, 7–11   Runner-up
2003 Thailand Open   Chen Qiqiu   Nathan Robertson
  Gail Emms
11–4, 8–11, 11–0   Winner
2002 China Open   Chen Qiqiu   Zhang Jun
  Gao Ling
4–11, 4–11   Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

IBF International

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Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2002 French International   Zhang Yawen   Wei Yili
  Zhang Jiewen
1–7, 2–7, 7–5, 7–5, 7–2   Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2002 French International   Sang Yang   Zheng Bo
  Zhang Yawen
0–7, 4–7, 8–7, 7–3, 6–8   Runner-up

References

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  1. ^ "赵婷婷 Zhao Ting Ting" (in Chinese). Badmintoncn.com. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Zhao Tingting". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
  3. ^ "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006.
  4. ^ "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". Badmintonstore.com. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
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