Kristen Tsai

Kristen Tsai (born 11 July 1995) is a Taiwanese born Canadian badminton player. She is the women's doubles champion at the 2019 Pan American Games, fifth time Pan Am Champion winning the women's singles title in 2012, and then the women's doubles title in 2018, 2019, 2021, and 2022.

Career Tsai became the first Canadian ever to make in to the quarterfinals at the World Junior Championships. Lived in Vancouver, British Columbia, she trained at the ClearOne badminton club, and majored in criminology at the Simon Fraser University. She won her first Pan Am Championships title in 2012 in the women's singles event, and after that Tsai spent a full 4 years – between the 2013 and 2017 Canada Opens – away from international competition. In 2018, she competed at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.

In 2021, she captured her fourth Pan Am Championships title by winning the women's doubles event partnered with Rachel Honderich.

In June 2021, Tsai was named to Canada's Olympic team.

In December 2022, Tsai suffered an ACL and MCL rupture while competing in the S/J league in Japan. She had ACL reconstruction surgery in March 2023.

Achievements

Pan American Games Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2019 Polideportivo 3,Lima, Peru Rachel Honderich Keui-Ya Chen Jamie Hsu 21–10, 21–9 Gold Gold

Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2019 Polideportivo 3, Lima, Peru Nyl Yakura Joshua Hurlburt-Yu Josephine Wu 21–18, 12–21, 15–21 Silver Silver

Pan Am Championships Women's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2012 Manuel Bonilla Stadium, Lima, Peru Jamie Subandhi 21–16, 21–19 Gold Gold

Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2012 Manuel Bonilla Stadium, Lima, Peru Joycelyn Ko Alex Bruce Phyllis Chan 21–17, 17–21, 12–21 Silver Silver 2018 Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala Rachel Honderich Michelle Tong Josephine Wu 17–21, 21–17, 21–14 Gold Gold 2019 Gimnasio Olímpico, Aguascalientes, Mexico Rachel Honderich Catherine Choi Josephine Wu 21–15, 27–25 Gold Gold 2021 Sagrado Corazon de Jesus, Guatemala City, Guatemala Rachel Honderich Francesca Corbett Alison Lee 21–12, 21–7 Gold Gold 2022 Palacio de los Deportes Carlos "El Famoso" Hernández,San Salvador, El Salvador Rachel Honderich Catherine Choi Josephine Wu 21–17, 21–18 Gold Gold

Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium, Guatemala City, Guatemala Nyl Yakura Ty Alexander Lindeman Josephine Wu 14–21, 24–26 Silver Silver 2019 Gimnasio Olímpico, Aguascalientes, Mexico Nyl Yakura Fabrício Farias Jaqueline Lima 22–24, 19–21 Bronze Bronze

Pan Am Junior Championships Girls' doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2009 Guaynabo, Puerto Rico Sarah Kong Lorena Duany Katherine Winder 18–21, 13–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (7 titles, 5 runners-up) Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2013 Peru International Nicole Grether 21–11, 21–12 Winner 2013 Canadian International Michelle Li 14–21, 19–21 Runner-up

Women's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2013 Peru International Joycelyn Ko Grace Gao Michelle Li 15–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2017 Yonex / K&D Graphics International Rachel Honderich Leanne Choo Renuga Veeran 21–12, 21–15 Winner 2018 Yonex / K&D Graphics International Rachel Honderich Hung Shih-han Yu Chien-hui 21–19, 21–15 Winner 2019 Brazil International Rachel Honderich Émilie Lefel Anne Tran 21–18, 17–21, 21–19 Winner 2019 Kharkiv International Rachel Honderich Chloe Birch Lauren Smith 14–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2019 Belgian International Rachel Honderich Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva 16–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2019 Hungarian International Rachel Honderich Emma Karlsson Johanna Magnusson 21–16, 21–16 Winner 2019 Yonex / K&D Graphics International Rachel Honderich Setyana Mapasa Gronya Somerville 21–14, 9–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2021 Scottish Open Rachel Honderich Anna Cheong Teoh Mei Xing 21–14, 21-12 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2017 Yonex / K&D Graphics International Nyl Yakura Oliver Leydon-Davis Susannah Leydon-Davis 21–11, 21–8 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament