Zhang Beiwen
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| Birth name | 张蓓雯 | ||||||||||||
| Country | China (1990–2007) Singapore (2007–2013) United States (2013– ) |
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12 July 1990 Liaoning, China |
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| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 12 (WS) 2 Apr 2015 116 (WD) 4 Nov 2016 147 (WD) 20 Sep 2012 |
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| Current ranking | 15 (WS) 155 (WD) (15 Dec 2016) |
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Zhang Beiwen (张蓓雯) (born 12 July 1990 in Liaoning) 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. 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 by 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.
The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, 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, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.
Women's Singles
The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
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