Tang Yuanting

In this Chinese name, the family name is Tang.

Tang Yuanting 唐渊渟
Personal information
Country	China
Born	(1994-08-02) 2 August 1994 (age 30) Nanning, Guangxi, China
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Retired	19 September 2016[1]
Women's and mixed doubles
Highest ranking	6 (WD with Ma Jin 23 September 2015) 2 (WD with Yu Yang 14 April 2016)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  China Sudirman Cup 2015 Dongguan Mixed team Uber Cup 2016 Kunshan Women's team Asian Championships 2015 Wuhan Women's doubles Asia Team Championships 2016 Hyderabad Women's team East Asian Games 2013 Tianjin Women's doubles 2013 Tianjin Women's team
BWF profile

Tang Yuanting (Chinese: 唐渊渟; born 2 August 1994) is a Chinese badminton player specializing in doubles.[2] She is a women's doubles Asian Champion and East Asian Games gold medalist. Tang was part of the China winning team in a Sudirman Cup, Uber Cup, Asia Team Championships, and an East Asian Games. She competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics in the women's doubles event partnered with Yu Yang, but lost to the Korean pair in the bronze medal match.[3][4] She retired from the international competition at the age of 22 in September 2016.[1]

Tang Yuanting later moved to Australia to pursue her master of education degree at the University of Sydney, and then participated in the national badminton events.[5]

Achievements

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Ma Jin	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	21–12, 21–12	Gold

East Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Binhai New Area Dagang Gymnasium, Tianjin, China	Ou Dongni	Yuriko Miki Koharu Yonemoto	21–8, 21–11	Gold

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[6] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011.[7] Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Hong Kong Open	Ou Dongni	Bao Yixin Tang Jinhua	21–18, 16–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2014	All England Open	Ma Jin	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	17–21, 21–18, 21–23	Runner-up
2014	India Open	Yu Yang	Jung Kyung-eun Kim Ha-na	21–10, 13–21, 21–16	Winner
2014	Indonesia Open	Ma Jin	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	Walkover	Runner-up
2014	French Open	Ma Jin	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	15–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2015	All England Open	Bao Yixin	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	21–14, 21–14	Winner
2015	Australian Open	Ma Jin	Tang Jinhua Tian Qing	21–19, 16–21, 22–20	Winner
2015	China Open	Yu Yang	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	18–21, 21–13, 21–12	Winner
2015	Hong Kong Open	Yu Yang	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	15–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2016	All England Open	Yu Yang	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	10–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2016	Malaysia Open	Yu Yang	Jung Kyung-eun Shin Seung-chan	21–11, 21–17	Winner
2016	Indonesia Open	Yu Yang	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	15–21, 21–8, 15–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	New Zealand Open	Ou Dongni	Vivian Hoo Woon Khe Wei	21–15, 11–21, 21–19	Winner
2015	Swiss Open	Bao Yixin	Ayane Kurihara Naru Shinoya	21–6, 17–21, 21–17	Winner
2015	China Masters	Bao Yixin	Tang Jinhua Zhong Qianxin	14–21, 21–11, 17–21	Runner-up
2015	Bitburger Open	Yu Yang	Poon Lok Yan Tse Ying Suet	21–10, 21–18	Winner
2015	Indonesian Masters	Yu Yang	Nitya Krishinda Maheswari Greysia Polii	21–17, 21–11	Winner
2016	Malaysia Masters	Yu Yang	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	18–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2016	Thailand Masters	Yu Yang	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	21–11, 12–21, 21–23	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

References

1. Hearn, Don (20 September 2016). "Tang Yuanting, world #2, quits at 22". www.badzine.net. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
2. "Players: Tang Yuanting". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
3. "Badminton Day 8: Japan wins women's doubles gold, Marin advances to semifinals". NBC Olympic broadcasts. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
4. "Chinese shuttlers suffer triple-strike in badminton as Li out of medal competition". China Daily. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
5. "唐渊渟澳洲求学，退役有遗憾但不后悔". www.aiyuke.com (in Chinese). 6 September 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
6. "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
7. "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". www.ibadmintonstore.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

External links

• Tang Yuanting at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
• Tang Yuanting at BWFBadminton.com
• Tang Yuanting at Olympedia (archive)
• Tang Yuanting at Olympics.com