Nguyễn Thùy Linh

Nguyễn Thùy Linh (born 20 November 1997) is a Vietnamese badminton player. She started her career by leaving her hometown in Phú Thọ Province, train at the Hanoi badminton club, and later joined Da Nang club. She represented her country at the 2015 SEA Games when she was 18 years old.

She also competed for Vietnam at the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Career

2016 She won her first international title at the 2016 Nepal International, and at the same year, she entered the top 100 in the women's singles world ranking.

2022 She won a bronze medal in the 2021 SEA Games mixed team event. She also competed in the 2022 BWF World Championships and made a huge upset when she won against Aya Ohori in the first round. She lost the second round to eventual bronze medalist An Se-young.

On September, she won the Belgian International tournament, defeating Hirari Mizui in the final. A month later, she won her first ever World Tour title at the home tournament Vietnam Open.

Achievements

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 6 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 Tour is 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.

Women's singles Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result 2022 Vietnam Open Super 100 Goh Jin Wei 21–15, 21–13 Winner 2023 Vietnam Open Super 100 Akari Kurihara 21–14, 11–21, 21–19 Winner 2024 German Open Super 300 Mia Blichfeldt 11–21, 9–21 Runner-up 2024 Vietnam Open Super 100 Kaoru Sugiyama 21–15, 22–20 Winner 2025 German Open Super 300 Yeo Jia Min 16–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2025 Canada Open Super 300 Manami Suizu 12–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2025 Vietnam Open Super 100 Cai Yanyan 17–21, 21–23 Runner-up 2025 Korea Masters Super 300 Chiu Pin-chian 16–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2026 Taipei Open Super 300 Tanvi Sharma 16–21, 16–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (9 titles, 6 runners-up) Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2016 Bangladesh International Vũ Thị Trang 18–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2016 Nepal International Devi Yunita Indah Sari 21–17, 21–16 Winner 2017 Mongolia International Han So-yeon 21–18, 21–9 Winner 2017 Lao International Benyapa Aimsaard 21–12, 16–21, 21–11 Winner 2017 Italian International Line Christophersen 24–22, 16–21, 23–21 Winner 2018 Bangladesh International Putri Kusuma Wardani 21–18, 21–19 Winner 2019 Hungarian International Neslihan Yiğit 16–21, 21–12, 18–21 Runner-up 2019 Norwegian International Sung Shuo-yun 16–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2019 Bangladesh International Crystal Pan 21–8, 21–16 Winner 2020 Austrian Open Yukino Nakai 13–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2022 Belgian International Hirari Mizui 21–19, 21–16 Winner 2022 Bendigo International Sung Shuo-yun 19–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2022 Vietnam International Series Vũ Thị Trang 21–15, 21–9 Winner 2023 Thailand International Asuka Takahashi 17–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2023 Vietnam International Asuka Takahashi 21–7, 15–21, 21–12 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament