Ou Xuanyi

Career summary Ou made his debut in an international tournament by competing at the 2013 China Masters. In 2017, he clinched his first international title by winning the mixed doubles title at the Indonesia International Series tournament partnered with Liu Lin.

Ou started the 2018 season by competing at the Lingshui China Masters, and finished as the semi-finalist in the mixed doubles event partnered with Chen Lu. He then won the men's doubles title at the U.S. Open teamed up with Ren Xiangyu, and also the runner-up at the Singapore Open. Together with Feng Xueying, he won the mixed doubles title at the Syed Modi International, which is a Super 300 BWF tournament.

From 2022, Ou started a new partnership with the reigning Olympic silver medalist Liu Yuchen. In the Indonesia Open, the duo beat Korea's Choi Sol-gyu and Kim Won-ho to become the first men’s doubles pair from the reserves’ list to win a Super 1000 title. They qualified to compete at the World Tour Finals and emerged victorious after beating Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in the final. As a result he broke into the top ten for the first time in his career. Ultimately, the Chinese national team went on to win the 2023 Sudirman Cup.

Ou (top right) with his partner Liu Yuchen after won the match against American pair Vinson Chiu and Joshua Yuan in the 2024 Summer Olympics. In 2024, Ou helps the national team won the 2024 Thomas Cup. In the BWF World Tour, Ou and his partner Liu did not win a single title, their best achievement were a semi-finalist at the Indonesia Masters. Based on the BWF Race to Paris rankings, Ou with his partner qualified to compete in the 2024 Summer Olympics. In his debut at the Olympics, Ou and Liu won two matches and lost two matches in the men's doubles group D, thus being eliminated in the group stage. China men's doubles coach, Chen Qiqiu confirmed that Ou has submitted an application for retirement from the national team on 19 August 2024, and one day later, he officially retired from international badminton.

Achievements

BWF World Tour (8 titles, 7 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 Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Men's doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 U.S. Open Super 300 Ren Xiangyu Kang Min-hyuk Kim Won-ho 16–21, 21–16, 21–17 Winner 2018 Singapore Open Super 500 Ren Xiangyu Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan 13–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2019 Lingshui China Masters Super 100 Ren Xiangyu Lee Jhe-huei Yang Po-hsuan 17–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2019 Akita Masters Super 100 Zhang Nan Akira Koga Taichi Saito 21–14, 21–19 Winner 2019 Indonesia Masters Super 100 Zhang Nan Akira Koga Taichi Saito 11–21, 21–10, 22–20 Winner 2022 German Open Super 300 Liu Yuchen Goh Sze Fei Nur Izzuddin 21–23, 21–16, 14–21 Runner-up 2022 Korea Masters Super 300 Liu Yuchen Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang 14–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2022 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Liu Yuchen Choi Sol-gyu Kim Won-ho 21–17, 23–21 Winner 2022 Australian Open Super 300 Liu Yuchen Ong Yew Sin Teo Ee Yi 21–16, 22–20 Winner 2022 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Liu Yuchen Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan 21–17, 19–21, 21–12 Winner 2023 Hylo Open Super 300 Liu Yuchen Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin 24–22, 21–13 Winner 2023 Japan Masters Super 500 Liu Yuchen He Jiting Ren Xiangyu 14–21, 21–15, 15–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 Syed Modi International Super 300 Feng Xueying Rinov Rivaldy Pitha Haningtyas Mentari 22–20, 21–10 Winner 2022 German Open Super 300 Huang Yaqiong Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai 11–21, 9–21 Runner-up 2022 Korea Masters Super 300 Huang Yaqiong Wang Yilyu Huang Dongping 17–21, 17–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles) Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2019 Belarus International Zhang Nan Matthew Clare Max Flynn 21–15, 21–15 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2017 Indonesia International Liu Lin Lukhi Apri Nugroho Ririn Amelia 22–20, 21–11 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament