Bao Yixin

Bao Yixin (Chinese: 包宜鑫; born 29 September 1992) is a Chinese badminton doubles player.[2] She won titles in the women's doubles category with many different partners. She won two World Junior titles at the 2010 BWF World Junior Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico. In the girls' doubles event, she was crowned World Junior Champion with Ou Dongni and in the mixed doubles she was crowned with Liu Cheng. She also won the mixed doubles at the 2009 Asian Junior Championships with Lu Kai and the mixed doubles at the 2010 Asian Junior Championships with Liu Cheng. Partnering with Tang Yuanting, Bao became the women's doubles champion at the 2015 All England Open. Bao graduated with a bachelor's degree from Xiangtan University.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Bao.
Bao Yixin
包宜鑫
Personal information
CountryChina
Born (1992-09-29) 29 September 1992
Zhuzhou, Hunan, China
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Retired11 September 2017[1]
HandednessRight
CoachChen Qiqiu
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking1 (WD 23 October 2014)
2 (XD 3 December 2015)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  China
World Championships
2015 Jakarta Mixed doubles
2014 Copenhagen Mixed doubles
Sudirman Cup
2017 Gold Coast Mixed team
Uber Cup
2014 New Delhi Women's team
Asian Games
2014 Incheon Women's team
Asian Championships
2012 Qingdao Women's doubles
2011 Chengdu Women's doubles
Asia Mixed Team Championships
2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team
World Junior Championships
2009 Alor Setar Mixed team
2010 Guadelajara Girls' doubles
2010 Guadelajara Mixed doubles
2010 Guadelajara Mixed team
2009 Alor Setar Mixed doubles
Asian Junior Championships
2009 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles
2010 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles
2010 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
2009 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
2010 Kuala Lumpur Girls' doubles
BWF profile

Career

Bao Yixin started to playing badminton when she was child at the age of 6, and began to receive a formal training at the age of 8. She was selected in to the national team when she was 14, playing in the doubles discipline.[3]

Women's doubles

In 2010, Bao Yixin reached the women's doubles final of the China Masters with Lu Lu.[4] Ath the age of 19, she first won the 2011 Japan Open with Zhong Qianxin and the Canada Open Grand Prix with Cheng Shu.[5][6] One year later, the couple Bao and Zhong won the 2012 Singapore Open and the China Masters back to back.[7][8] They also reached the final of the 2012 Swiss Open losing to compatriots Xia Huan and Tang Jinhua and the final of the 2012 India Open losing to the Korean pair of Jung Kyung-eun & Kim Ha-na. The couple of Bao Yixin and Zhong Qianxin reached the number 2 spot on the BWF World Ranking for women's doubles in January 2013. They lost the final of the 2013 China Open at home to compatriots Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang.[9]

Before this, early in 2013, Bao Yixin paired up with Tian Qing to win the 2013 Malaysia Open. Later in the month June 2013, Bao Yixin teamed up again with Cheng Shu to win the 2013 Indonesia Open final in a close fought battle against teammates Tian Qing & Zhao Yunlei 21–17, 22–20. One month later in July 2013, Bao teamed up with Zhong Qianxin again to this time win the 2013 U.S. Open. She also reached the quarter finales of the World Championships with Zhong in August of the same year.[9]

For the last quarter of 2013, Bao Yixin was paired up with a new partner again. This time it was Tang Jinhua and this would become an instant success winning five big women's doubles events in the last part of the year 2013. There were victories at the finals of the Dutch Open, Denmark Open, French Open, Hong Kong Open and the Macau Open. Of the first 28 matches played this new couple only lost one match. In 2014, Bao and Tang won the Korea Open, Malaysia Open, Swiss Open and the Singapore Open. She was also part of the Chinese Uber Cup winning team in 2014. Together with women's doubles partner Tang Jinhua she reached the number one spot of the BWF World Ranking on 29 May 2014.[9]

In March 2015, she won the All England Open Badminton Championships in women's doubles with her partner Tang Yuanting, defeating the defending champions Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang.[10]

Bao and Tang Jinhua at 2013 Dutch Open Grand Prix
Mixed doubles

Bao Yixin and her partner Liu Cheng reached the final of the 2013 Hong Kong Open in mixed doubles. One year earlier, she had already reached the final of the 2012 French Open with Qiu Zihan, narrowly losing in three games to Xu Chen and Ma Jin (17–21, 21–19, 18–21). Her biggest victory to date in the mixed doubles event was winning the 2011 Indonesia Open Grand Prix Gold with He Hanbin after opponents Xu Chen and Ma Jin had to retire with injury in the second game of the final (21–19, 1–4). After two semi-finals at the Swiss and the Singapore Opens Bao Yixin and Liu Cheng received a bronze medal at the 2014 BWF World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark by reaching another semi-final.[9]

Retirement

Bao announced her retirement through her social media account on 11 September 2017.[1][11] After retired, she continue her law degree in Xiangtan University in Hunan, and then moved to study English in Sydney, Australia. She also teaching badminton in a local club in Sydney in her spare time.[12]

Personal life

Bao Yixin is married to her former partner in mixed doubles Liu Cheng.[13]

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Ballerup Super Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark Liu Cheng Zhang Nan
Zhao Yunlei		 15–21, 13–21 Bronze
2015 Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Liu Cheng Zhang Nan
Zhao Yunlei		 17–21, 11–21 Silver

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Sichuan Gymnasium, Chengdu, China Zhong Qianxin Wang Xiaoli
Yu Yang		 17–21, 9–21 Bronze
2012 Qingdao Sports Centre Conson Stadium, Qingdao, China Zhong Qianxin Tian Qing
Zhao Yunlei		 14–21, 15–21 Silver

BWF World Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Domo del Code Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico Ou Dongni Tang Jinhua
Xia Huan		 21–13, 21–18 Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Stadium Sultan Abdul Halim, Alor Setar, Malaysia Lu Kai Angga Pratama
Della Destiara Haris		 19–21, 18–21 Bronze
2010 Domo del Code Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico Liu Cheng Kang Ji-wook
Choi Hye-in		 21–15, 21–15 Gold

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Ou Dongni Tang Jinhua
Xia Huan		 17–21, 8–21 Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Lu Kai Liu Peixuan
Xia Huan		 21–15, 21–19 Gold
2010 Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Liu Cheng Ow Yao Han
Lai Pei Jing		 Walkover Gold

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[14] 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,[15] with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 China Masters Lu Lu Wang Xiaoli
Yu Yang		 8–21, 8–21 Runner-up
2011 Japan Open Zhong Qianxin Chen Wen-hsing
Chien Yu-chin		 13–21, 25–23, 21–12 Winner
2012 India Open Zhong Qianxin Jung Kyung-eun
Kim Ha-na		 17–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2012 Singapore Open Zhong Qianxin Cheng Wen-hsing
Chien Yu-chin		 21–12, 21–17 Winner
2012 China Masters Zhong Qianxin Cheng Shu
Luo Yu		 21–12, 21–15 Winner
2013 Malaysia Open Tian Qing Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi		 21–16, 21–14 Winner
2013 Indonesia Open Cheng Shu Wang Xiaoli
Yu Yang		 15–21, 21–18, 21–18 Winner
2013 Denmark Open Tang Jinhua Christinna Pedersen
Kamilla Rytter Juhl		 21–16, 21–13 Winner
2013 French Open Tang Jinhua Tian Qing
Zhao Yunlei		 21–13, 21–17 Winner
2013 China Open Zhong Qianxin Wang Xiaoli
Yu Yang		 13–21, 7–21 Runner-up
2013 Hong Kong Open Tang Jinhua Ou Dongni
Tang Yuanting		 18–21, 21–16, 21–15 Winner
2014 Korea Open Tang Jinhua Luo Ying
Luo Yu		 21–17, 21–15 Winner
2014 Malaysia Open Tang Jinhua Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi		 21–19, 14–21, 21–13 Winner
2014 Singapore Open Tang Jinhua Christinna Pedersen
Kamilla Rytter Juhl		 14–21, 21–19, 21–15 Winner
2015 All England Open Tang Yuanting Wang Xiaoli
Yu Yang		 21–14, 21–14 Winner
2016 Australian Open Chen Qingchen Nitya Krishinda Maheswari
Greysia Polii		 23–21, 21–17 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 French Open Qiu Zihan Xu Chen
Ma Jin		 17–21, 21–19, 18–21 Runner-up
2013 Hong Kong Open Liu Cheng Chris Adcock
Gabrielle White		 14–21, 22–24 Runner-up
2014 Dubai World Superseries Finals Liu Cheng Zhang Nan
Zhao Yunlei		 15–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2015 India Open Liu Cheng Joachim Fischer Nielsen
Christinna Pedersen		 21–19, 21–19 Winner
2015 Australian Open Liu Cheng Lee Chun Hei
Chau Hoi Wah		 19–21, 21–19, 15–21 Runner-up
2015 Hong Kong Open Liu Cheng Zhang Nan
Zhao Yunlei		 17–21, 21–17, 17–21 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 doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Thailand Open Cheng Shu Tian Qing
Zhao Yunlei		 7–21, 8–21 Runner-up
2011 Canada Open Cheng Shu Cheng Wen-hsing
Chien Yu-chin		 21–13, 23–21 Winner
2011 Indonesia Grand Prix Gold Zhong Qianxin Vivian Hoo Kah Mun
Woon Khe Wei		 21–19, 19–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2012 Swiss Open Zhong Qianxin Tang Jinhua
Xia Huan		 17–21, 10–21 Runner-up
2013 U.S. Open Zhong Qianxin Huang Yaqiong
Yu Xiaohan		 21–17, 24–22 Winner
2013 Dutch Open Tang Jinhua Anggia Shitta Awanda
Della Destiara Haris		 21–15, 21–7 Winner
2013 Macau Open Tang Jinhua Huang Yaqiong
Yu Xiaohan		 21–17, 21–15 Winner
2014 Swiss Open Tang Jinhua Nitya Krishinda Maheswari
Greysia Polii		 19–21, 21–16, 21–13 Winner
2015 Swiss Open Tang Yuanting Ayane Kurihara
Naru Shinoya		 21–19, 14–21, 21–17 Winner
2015 China Masters Tang Yuanting Tang Jinhua
Zhong Qianxin		 14–21, 21–11, 17–21 Runner-up
2017 China Masters Yu Xiaohan Huang Yaqiong
Tang Jinhua		 8–21, 21–14, 21–17 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Indonesia Grand Prix Gold He Hanbin Xu Chen
Ma Jin		 21–19, 1–4 retired Winner
2015 Swiss Open Liu Cheng Lu Kai
Huang Yaqiong		 21–17, 20–22, 13–21 Runner-up
2015 China Masters Liu Cheng Edi Subaktiar
Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja		 18–21, 21–15, 26–24 Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

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