Guo Zhendong

Guo Zhendong (; born 4 August 1984) is a badminton player from China. , he (along with his partner Xu Chen) was ranked within the top 10 male badminton doubles teams in the world. He competed at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games.

Career A men's doubles specialist, Guo has played on the world circuit since 2005, mainly in partnership with Xie Zhongbo. They have won the 2004 Polish Open, the 2005 China Masters and the 2008 India Open titles together, and Guo won the Austrian International title in 2007 with He Hanbin. Guo and Xie were quarterfinalists at the 2007 BWF World Championships. At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing they lost a tight round of 16 duel to the eventual gold medalists, Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan of Indonesia. Guo is a member of China's world champion Thomas Cup (men's international) team.

Achievements

BWF World Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2010 Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Paris, France Xu Chen Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong 14–21, 18–21 Bronze Bronze

World Cup Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2006 Olympic Park, Yiyang, China Xie Zhongbo Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan 19–21, 13–21 Bronze Bronze

Asian Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2012 Qingdao Sports Centre Conson Stadium,Qingdao, China Chai Biao Kim Ki-jung Kim Sa-rang 17–21, 9–21 Bronze Bronze 2011 Sichuan Gymnasium,Chengdu, China Chai Biao Hirokatsu Hashimoto Noriyasu Hirata 14–21, 19–21 Bronze Bronze

World Junior Championships Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2002 Pretoria Showgrounds,Pretoria, South Africa Yu Yang Cao Chen Rong Lu 11–2, 11–1 Gold Gold

BWF Superseries 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.

Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2011 World Superseries Finals Chai Biao Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen 23–25, 7–21 Runner-up 2011 Indonesia Open Chai Biao Cai Yun Fu Haifeng 13–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2011 Malaysia Open Chai Biao Mads Conrad-Petersen Jonas Rasmussen 21–16, 21–14 Winner 2010 Malaysia Open Xu Chen Koo Kean Keat Tan Boon Heong 15–21, 21–17, 16–21 Runner-up 2009 China Masters Xu Chen Cai Yun Fu Haifeng Walkover Winner 2007 China Open Xie Zhongbo Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan 12–21, 19–21 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. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983.

Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2011 Macau Open Chai Biao Ko Sung-hyun Yoo Yeon-seong 21–19, 21–19 Winner 2008 Thailand Open Xie Zhongbo Cai Yun Fu Haifeng 17–21, Retired Runner-up 2008 India Open Xie Zhongbo Chan Chong Ming Chew Choon Eng 19–21, 21–14, 21–12 Winner 2007 Philippines Open Xie Zhongbo Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong 8–21, 24–26 Runner-up 2006 Macau Open Zheng Bo Cai Yun Fu Haifeng 12–21, 21–9, 19–21 Runner-up 2005 China Masters Xie Zhongbo Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah 15–10, 15–4 Winner BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2001 China International Guo Jianhua 3–15, 8–15 Runner-up

Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2007 Austrian International He Hanbin Vitalij Durkin Alexandr Nikolaenko 21–15, 19–21, 21–17 Winner 2004 Polish International Xie Zhongbo Michał Łogosz Robert Mateusiak 8–15, 17–14, 17–14 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament IBF/BWF International Series tournament