Tang Jinhua
| Tang Jianhua | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Country |
 China
|
| Born |
January 8, 1992 Nanjing, Jiangsu |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
| Handedness | Right |
| Coach | Chen Qiqiu |
| Women's/Mixed doubles | |
| Highest ranking | 1 (WD) / 30 (MXD) (May 29, 2014) |
| Current ranking | 1 (WD) / 56 (MXD) (August 28, 2014) |
| BWF profile | |
Tang Jinhua (Chinese:汤金华; born January 8, 1992 in Nanjing) is a very successful Chinese female badminton doubles player who competes at the highest level for some years now. She won the Women's Doubles and Mixed Doubles categories with different partners.
In 2009 she conquered the World Junior Girls Doubles title partnered with Xia Huan at the 2009 BWF World Junior Championships held in Alor Setar, Malaysia. One year later at Guadalajara, Mexico they almost managed to defend their World Junior title reaching the final which they eventually lost to compatriots Bao Yixin and Ou Dongni (13-21, 18-21). The couple also won both the 2009 Asian Junior Badminton Championships and the 2010 Asian Junior Badminton Championships.
In October 2010 the young couple reached the final of the Vietnam Open Grand Prix and in December they won their first Grand Prix title at the India Open Grand Prix.
In 2011 Tang Jinhua and Xia Huan won their first major title winning the Li-Ning China Masters Super Series 2011. They also reached the semi-finals at the 2011 Hwasun Victor Korea Open Grand Prix Gold. Together with partner Xia Huan Tang also reached the final at the Li-Ning China Open Super Series Premier 2011.
In 2012 Tang Jinhua and Xia Huan were victorious winners at the Yonex German Open Grand Prix Gold 2012 and the Badminton Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold 2012. At the prestigious Yonex All England Open Super Series Premier 2012 they reached the semi-finals. In the Mixed Doubles event at the SCG Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold 2012 Tang Jinhua took the spoils with partner Tao Jiaming. At the end of the year 2012 Tang Jinhua took two more victories in the Women's Doubles event with experienced partner Ma Jin. They won the 2012 Yonex Denmark Open Super Series Premier and the Yonex French Badminton Open Super Series 2012.
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