Beiwen Zhang

Beiwen Zhang (; born 12 July 1990) is a badminton player who is a singles specialist. Born in China, she previously represented Singapore and currently represents the United States. She won the women's singles title at the 2021 Pan Am Championships and at the 2023 Pan American Games.

Career

2003–2013: Singapore Zhang was born in China and moved to Singapore at the age of 13 in 2003, under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme, and played with the Singapore National Team until 2012. After a one-year break in which she did not play any tournaments at all, in 2013, she came back on her way to reach top level again.

In 2011, her contract with the Singapore Badminton Association (SBA) was not renewed after a reported falling out with then-singles head coach Luan Ching over a curfew.

In 2016, Zhang started to compete in the Danish Badminton League, for Vendsyssel Elite Badminton. Zhang reached the final round at a BWF Super Series event, the French Open, for the first time, but finished as the runner-up after losing the final to He Bingjiao of China in straight games. In 2018, she won her first BWF World Tour title at the India Open, defeating host player and defending champion P. V. Sindhu with the score 21–18, 11–21, 22–20 in the final.

In 2021, Zhang competed in her first Pan Am Championships and clinched the women's singles title after beating Rachel Chan of Canada in straight games. She then competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics. Her bid for a medal was cut short, however, when she suffered an apparent achilles injury during a match against He Bingjiao of China in the round of 16.

Zhang started the 2023 season in Asia by competing in Malaysia, India, Indonesia, and Thailand，where her best performance was entering the quarter-finals in India. Her performance improved on tour in Europe, by being a finalist in the Orléans Masters, semi-finalist in the Swiss Open, and also quarter-finalist in the Spain Masters. She then took part in the Pan Am Championships in Jamaica, and won the women's singles silver medal. Zhang's form picked up in recent months. She finished runner-up at the Taipei Open in June, made the Canada Open semi-finals and reached the Japan Open quarter-finals in July. She then won her first World Tour title in five years in the Australian Open in August, beating Kim Ga-eun in the final. In October, she claimed the gold medal in the women's singles in her debut at the Pan American Games. is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Women's singles Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result 2018 India Open Super 500 P. V. Sindhu 21–18, 11–21, 22–20 Winner 2018 U.S. Open Super 300 Li Xuerui 26–24, 15–21, 11–21 Runner-up 2018 Korea Open Super 500 Nozomi Okuhara 10–21, 21–17, 16–21 Runner-up 2023 Orléans Masters Super 300 Carolina Marín 23–25, 21–9, 10–21 Runner-up 2023 Taipei Open Super 300 Tai Tzu-ying 14–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2023 Australian Open Super 500 Kim Ga-eun 20–22, 21–16, 21–8 Winner 2023 Hylo Open Super 300 Line Kjærsfeldt 21–18, 16–21, 21–16 Winner 2024 U.S. Open Super 300 Natsuki Nidaira 21–17, 18–21, 22–24 Runner-up 2025 U.S. Open Super 300 Tanvi Sharma 21–11, 16–21, 21–10 Winner

BWF Superseries (1 runner-up) The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011. Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2016 French Open He Bingjiao 9–21 9–21 Runner-up BWF Superseries Finals tournament BWF Superseries Premier tournament BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (7 titles, 2 runner-up) The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2008 Vietnam Open Xing Aiying 11–21, 21–19, 22–20 Winner 2014 U.S. Open Kana Ito 21–8, 21–17 Winner 2014 Brasil Open Kaori Imabeppu 6–11, 11–5, 4–11, 11–8, 11–9 Winner 2014 Dutch Open Pai Yu-po 11–9, 11–7, 11–8 Winner 2014 U.S. Grand Prix Rachel Honderich 21–11, 21–13 Winner 2016 Canada Open Michelle Li Walkover Runner-up 2016 Dutch Open Hsu Ya-ching 21–11, 21–19 Winner 2017 Dutch Open Michelle Li 21–16, 21–14 Winner 2017 Bitburger Open Nitchaon Jindapol 17–21, 21–15, 19–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (9 titles, 2 runner-up) Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2013 Swiss International Tanvi Lad 21–12, 21–12 Winner 2013 USA International Iris Wang 21–10, 21–12 Winner 2013 Welsh International Beatriz Corrales 21–12, 21–15 Winner 2013 Irish Open Beatriz Corrales 21–9, 17–21, 21–10 Winner 2014 Peru International Michelle Li 27–25, 21–19 Winner 2015 USA International Pai Yu-po 21–14, 13–21, 21–19 Winner 2016 Yonex / K&D Graphics International Rachel Honderich 21–13, 21–12 Winner

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2005 Croatian International Fu Mingtian Frances Liu Shinta Mulia Sari Walkover Runner-up 2007 Croatian International Gu Juan Cai Jiani Guo Xin 21–15, 6–21, 10–21 Runner-up 2013 USA International Jing Yu Hong Paula Pereira Lohaynny Vicente 21–7, 21–14 Winner 2016 Yonex / K&D Graphics International Jing Yu Hong Eva Lee Paula Lynn Obañana 21–17, 22–20 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament

Record against selected opponents Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 6 August 2024.

Players Matches Results Difference Won Lost Chen Yufei 7 1 6 –5 He Bingjiao 13 2 11 –9 Li Xuerui 3 0 3 –3 Wang Lin 3 0 3 –3 Wang Shixian 1 0 1 –1 Wang Yihan 3 0 3 –3 Wang Xin 1 0 1 –1 Zhang Yiman 3 2 1 +1 Cheng Shao-chieh 1 0 1 –1 Tai Tzu-ying 13 3 10 –7 Tine Baun 1 0 1 –1 Juliane Schenk 2 1 1 0 Yip Pui Yin 4 3 1 +2 Saina Nehwal 4 1 3 –2

Players Matches Results Difference Won Lost P. V. Sindhu 12 5 7 –2 Maria Kristin Yulianti 1 1 0 +1 Gregoria Mariska Tunjung 8 2 6 –4 Minatsu Mitani 4 2 2 0 Aya Ohori 5 4 1 +3 Nozomi Okuhara 7 0 7 –7 Akane Yamaguchi 11 4 7 –3 An Se-young 5 0 5 –5 Bae Yeon-ju 4 2 2 0 Sung Ji-hyun 6 3 3 0 Carolina Marín 12 3 9 –6 Porntip Buranaprasertsuk 3 3 0 +3 Ratchanok Intanon 8 2 6 –4