Lei Lanxi

Lei Lanxi (; born 25 January 1998) is a Chinese badminton player. He won a gold medal at the 2016 BWF World Junior Championships in the mixed team event.

Early life Lei was born in Dongguan, Guangdong. He started playing badminton at the age of 9 and entered the Dongguan Sports School, where he received scholarship from Tang Xianhu.

Career In 2016, Lei competed in the BWF World Junior Championships mixed team event and was selected to play against the Armenian team in the group stage. In 2019, he won his first title at the Belarus International. He also reached the quarter-finals of the Vietnam Open.

In 2022, he competed in the Asian Championships and qualified for the first round of the main draw, but lost to Kanta Tsuneyama in three games. He reached his second final at the 2022 Malang Indonesia International.

In 2023, he helped the national team win the Asia Mixed Team Championships.

Achievements

BWF World Tour (2 runners-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Men's singles Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result 2024 U.S. Open Super 300 Yushi Tanaka 21–15, 18–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2024 Hong Kong Open Super 500 Viktor Axelsen 9–21, 12–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 3 runners-up) Men's singles YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult 2019 Belarus International Raul Must 21–10, 21–15 Winner 2022 (II) Indonesia International Weng Hongyang 10–21, 10–21 Runner-up 2022 Vietnam International Series Liu Liang 10–21, 21–14, 18–21 Runner-up 2022 Malaysia International Syabda Perkasa Belawa 17–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2023 China International Liu Liang 21–7, 21–19 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament