Wang Chang

Wang Chang (; born 7 May 2001) is a Chinese badminton player. Partnering Di Zijian, Wang won the gold medal in boys' doubles at the 2017 Asian Junior Championships and the 2018 World Junior Championships. Partnering Liang Weikeng, Wang won the bronze medal in men's doubles at the 2023 World Championships, the silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics, and the gold medal at the 2026 World Championships. Wang was also a part of the Chinese winning team at the 2023 and 2025 Sudirman Cup and the 2024 and 2026 Thomas Cup. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 1 in men's doubles on 31 October 2023.

Career 2015–2019: Early and junior career – Asian and World junior champions Born in Ningbo, Zhejiang, Wang who trained in Ningbo training centre, entered the provincial team in 2015, and in the national team in 2017. After being selected to join the national team, he started his partnership with Di Zijian in the men's doubles discipline. He made a debut in the international tournament at the 2017 Asian Junior Championships, and claimed the gold medal in the boys' doubles event. He also participated at the 2017 World Junior Championships where he helped the team to take the Suhandinata Cup, and he also won the silver medal in the boys' doubles event. In 2018, he won the boys' doubles and mixed team titles at the Asia and World Junior Championships.

2022 Starting from 2022, Wang started a new partnership with Liang Weikeng and advanced to the final of the Indonesia Masters from the qualifying rounds, defeating Tokyo 2020 bronze medalists Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik and world number 1 Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo en route. In the final, they lost 10–21, 17–21 to home favorites Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto. In the next tournament, they defeated the reigning World Champions Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi to reach the semi-finals of the Malaysia Masters, Wang then won the Japan Open, where he and Liang defeated Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen in the final in three games.

2023 In the first half of the 2023 season, Wang and his partner Liang showed quite significant progress. They were able to win 2 BWF World Tour titles in India and Thailand, as well as being runners-up in Malaysia and Singapore. Apart from that, Wang was part of the Chinese team that won the Sudirman Cup. Wang and Liang's achievements were able to bring them to 2nd place in the BWF world rankings on 13 June 2023.

In August, Wang and Liang won the bronze medal at the World Championships in Copenhagen. They were defeated by home pair Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen in a close rubber game. The Chinese rising pair then claimed their first ever BWF World Tour Super 1000 title at the China Open.

Personal life On 7 February 2026, Wang announced on Weibo that he had registered his marriage with Chinese table tennis player Qian Tianyi, sharing photos of their marriage certificates, while Qian posted a video of Wang’s proposal.

Achievements

Olympic Games Men's doubles

World Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2023 Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark Liang Weikeng Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 21–17, 18–21, 19–21 Bronze Bronze

Asian Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2024 Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China Liang Weikeng Goh Sze Fei Nur Izzuddin 21–17, 15–21, 21–10 Gold Gold 2025 Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China Liang Weikeng Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik 12–21, 14–21 Bronze Bronze

World Junior Championships Boys' doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2017 GOR Among Rogo,Yogyakarta, Indonesia Di Zijian Mahiro Kaneko Yunosuke Kubota 14–21, 21–15, 13–21 Silver Silver 2018 Markham Pan Am Centre,Markham, Canada Di Zijian Shin Tae-yang Wang Chan 21–19, 22–20 Gold Gold 2019 Kazan Gymnastics Center,Kazan, Russia Di Zijian Leo Rolly Carnando Daniel Marthin 19–21, 18–21 Silver Silver

Asian Junior Championships Boys' doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2017 Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center,Jakarta, Indonesia Di Zijian Lee Sang-min Na Sung-seung 21–19, 21–11 Gold Gold 2019 Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre,Suzhou, China Di Zijian Leo Rolly Carnando Daniel Marthin 9–21, 21–15, 19–21 Silver Silver

BWF World Tour (11 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 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, and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Men's doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2018 Lingshui China Masters Super 100 Di Zijian Han Chengkai Zhou Haodong 21–19, 17–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2019 SaarLorLux Open Super 100 Di Zijian Mathias Bay-Smidt Lasse Mølhede 21–17, 21–15 Winner 2022 Indonesia Masters Super 500 Liang Weikeng Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto 10–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2023 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Liang Weikeng Kang Min-hyuk Seo Seung-jae 17–21, 20–22 Runner-up 2024 Malaysia Open Super 1000 Liang Weikeng Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty 9–21, 21–18, 21–17 Winner 2024 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Liang Weikeng Man Wei Chong Tee Kai Wun 19–21, 21–16, 21–12 Winner 2024 Denmark Open Super 750 Liang Weikeng Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 21–18, 21–17 Winner 2025 Orléans Masters Super 300 Liang Weikeng Kang Min-hyuk Ki Dong-ju 13–21, 21–18, 18–21 Runner-up 2025 Hong Kong Open Super 500 Liang Weikeng Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty 19–21, 21–14, 21–17 Winner 2025 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Liang Weikeng Kim Won-ho Seo Seung-jae 18–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2026 India Open Super 750 Liang Weikeng Hiroki Midorikawa Kyohei Yamashita 17–21, 25–23, 21–16 Winner

Performance timeline

National team Junior level Team events 2017 2018 2019 Ref Asian Junior Championships QF G B World Junior Championships G G S

Individual competitions Junior level Boys' doubles Events 2017 2018 2019 Ref Asian Junior Championships G G S World Junior Championships S G S

Mixed doubles Event 2017 Asian Junior Championships2R

Senior level Men's doubles

Mixed doubles Tournament 2017 Korea Masters Q2