Pi Hongyan

Pi Hongyan (; born 25 January 1979) is a former Chinese badminton player, who later represented France.

Career Pi Hongyan is one of a number of talented Chinese-born badminton players who have emigrated from China, in part, because of the intense competition to gain positions on its national team, and because of the elite status within the sport that such a player is likely to hold in other badminton playing countries. Her titles include women's singles at the U.S. (1999), German (2001, 2002), Bitburger (2001, 2002), Portugal (2001, 2003), Swiss (2001, 2005), Croatian (2003), French (2003, 2004, 2005), Dutch (2004), Denmark (2005), Singapore (2006) and India (2009) Opens. At the biennial European Championships she was a silver medalist in 2004 and a bronze medalist in 2008 and 2010. She was runner-up to China's Xie Xingfang at the prestigious All-England Championships in 2007. Pi has been at least a quarter-finalist in each of the following six consecutive BWF World Championships (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, and 2011), with a bronze medal in 2009, as well as a quarter-finalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Achievements

BWF World Championships Women's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2009 Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India Xie Xingfang 18–21, 8–21 Bronze Bronze

European Championships Women's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2004 Queue d’Arve Sport Center, Geneva, Switzerland Mia Audina 1–11, 0–11 Silver Silver 2008 Messecenter, Herning, Denmark Xu Huaiwen 11–21, 21–4, 18–21 Bronze Bronze 2010 Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England Juliane Schenk 14–21, 13–21 Bronze Bronze

Asian Junior Championships Girls' singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 1997 Ninoy Aquino Stadium, Manila, Philippines Gong Ruina 6–11, 11–4, 10–12 Bronze Bronze

BWF Superseries The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011. Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2007 All England Open Xie Xingfang 6–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2007 French Open Xie Xingfang 13–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2009 Korea Open Tine Rasmussen 19–21, 19–21 Runner-up BWF Superseries Finals tournament BWF Superseries Premier tournament BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 1999 U.S. Open Wu Huimin 11–8, 11–3 Winner 2001 Swiss Open Xu Huaiwen 7–2, 7–1, 7–5 Winner 2001 German Open Elena Nozdran 7–1, 7–5, 7–2 Winner 2001 Denmark Open Camilla Martin 6–8, 3–7, 0–7 Runner-up 2002 German Open Yao Jie 4–11, 11–9, 11–7 Winner 2003 Chinese Taipei Open Mia Audina 13–10, 2–11, 3–11 Runner-up 2004 Dutch Open Yao Jie 11–5, 11–4 Winner 2005 Swiss Open Xu Huaiwen 13–12, 11–6 Winner 2005 Denmark Open Xu Huaiwen 7–11, 11–4, 11–5 Winner 2006 Singapore Open Mia Audina 22–20, 22–20 Winner 2007 Chinese Taipei Open Wang Chen 18–21, 21–14, 24–26 Runner-up 2009 India Open Julia Wong Pei Xian 17–21, 21–15, 21–14 Winner 2011 Canada Open Cheng Shao-chieh 15–21, 11–21 Runner-up 2011 Indonesia Grand Prix Gold Chen Xiaojia 21–19, 15–21, 17–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2001 Portugal International Anu Weckström 11–8, 11–1 Winner 2001 BMW Open International Xu Huaiwen 7–4, 3–7, 7–2, 7–3 Winner 2002 BMW Open International Xu Huaiwen 11–9, 11–1 Winner 2003 Portugal International Judith Meulendijks 11–5, 11–5 Winner 2003 French International Judith Meulendijks 11–1, 11–5 Winner 2003 Croatian International Kelly Morgan 6–11, 11–5, 11–4 Winner 2003 Mauritius International Kanako Yonekura 5–11, 13–10, 11–4 Winner 2003 South Africa International Kanako Yonekura 6–11, 11–4, 11–9 Winner 2003 Bitburger International Xu Huaiwen 11–9, 5–11, 5–11 Runner-up 2004 French International Chen Lanting 11–5, 11–8 Winner 2005 French International Anne Marie Pedersen 11–1, 11–2 Winner 2012 Swedish Masters Kristina Gavnholt 21–13, 21–17 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2001 Portugal International Kasper Kiim Jensen Björn Siegemund Nicol Pitro 3–15, 1–15 Runner-up 2004 Bitburger International Svetoslav Stoyanov Rasmus Andersen Britta Andersen 2–15, 12–15 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF/IBF International Series tournament

Record against selected opponents Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.

Players Matches Results Difference Won Lost / Huang Chia-chi 3 3 0 +3 Petya Nedelcheva 10 7 3 +4 Dai Yun 1 1 0 +1 Gong Ruina 2 0 2 –2 Li Xuerui 2 0 2 –2 Lu Lan 3 2 1 +1 Wang Lin 2 1 1 0 Wang Shixian 4 1 3 –2 Wang Xin 5 0 5 –5 Wang Yihan 4 1 3 –2 Xie Xingfang 10 1 9 –8 Zhang Ning 17 3 14 –11 Zhu Lin 11 3 8 –5 Cheng Shao-chieh 5 3 2 +1 Tai Tzu-ying 2 2 0 +2 Tine Baun 12 6 6 0 Camilla Martin 5 2 3 –1 Mette Sørensen 1 1 0 +1 Tracey Hallam 6 4 2 +2

Players Matches Results Difference Won Lost Petra Overzier 2 2 0 +2 Juliane Schenk 14 10 4 +6 / Xu Huaiwen 20 12 8 +4 / Wang Chen 9 2 7 –5 Yip Pui Yin 6 4 2 +2 Zhou Mi 7 3 4 –1 Saina Nehwal 7 5 2 +3 Lindaweni Fanetri 1 1 0 +1 Maria Kristin Yulianti 3 3 0 +3 Minatsu Mitani 1 1 0 +1 Nozomi Okuhara 1 1 0 +1 Wong Mew Choo 5 3 2 +1 Mia Audina 12 5 7 –2 Bae Yeon-ju 3 2 1 +1 Sung Ji-hyun 3 2 1 +1 Carolina Marín 1 1 0 +1 Porntip Buranaprasertsuk 2 2 0 +2 Ratchanok Intanon 1 1 0 +1