Wong Wing Ki

Vincent Wong Wing Ki (, born Wong Shu Ki (黃書棋); 18 March 1990) is a retired badminton player of Chinese-Indonesian descent who represented Hong Kong.

Name change Wong Wing Ki was born Wong Shu Ki (黃書棋), but he changed his name when he was 17. "Shu" is homophonous to another word meaning "to lose" in Chinese, and he was told to change it.

Education Wong Wing Ki was a student at La Salle College. He quit school after Form 3 to concentrate on a badminton career.

Career

2011 Denmark Open On 19 October, Wong beat Lee Hyun-il in the first round by 10–21, 21–16 and 21–14, then on 20 October, Wong Wing Ki pulled off the biggest upset of the 2011 Denmark Open when he defeated four-time world champion Lin Dan of China 21–10, 17–21, 21–19 out of the competition and progressed through to the quarter-finals. In the third round, Wong Wing Ki lost to Sho Sasaki 21–15, 15–21, 7–21.

2012 German Open In the 2012 German Open, Wong Wing Ki defeated Sony Dwi Kuncoro to proceed to the last 16. He was then in superb form to claim a 21–9, 21–17, victory against 2010 World Champion Chen Jin, which set up with a quarter-final match with Jan O Jorgensen. Jorgensen ended the giant-killing run of Wong Wing Ki when he defeated the Hong Kong shuttler 21–17, 21–11.

2012 London Olympics Wong Wing Ki was one of eighteen players seeded in the 2012 London Olympics Men's singles tournament. Wong Wing Ki won through into the knockout stages of the men's singles event after he overcame France's Brice Leverdez 21–11, 21–16 for his second win in a row in the group stage. Wong then crashed out of the last 16, as he was defeated by third seed Chen Long, 21–17, 21–17. The second set was tied seven times, but several of the shuttle's bounces on the net didn't go Wong's way. Wong said he felt his attack from the backcourt was lethal, but he said Chen was a stronger player on the net.

2022: Final match and retirement Wong, who had not played in the international circuit for 2 years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, announced that the World Championships would be his final tournament. In the opening round, he defeated Belgium's Julien Carraggi 15–21, 22–20, 21–11, earning him a spot in the round of 32, facing off compatriot Ng Ka Long. The following day, Wong lost to Ng 16–21, 9–21 in straight games, ending his 17-year badminton career. and played an exhibition match against the World No.1 Axelsen, which he lost in straight games.

Achievements

Asian Junior Championships Boys' singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2008 Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Wang Zhengming 14–21, 15–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 4 runners-up) 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.

Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2009 New Zealand Open Chan Yan Kit 9–21, 9–21 Runner-up 2013 U.S. Open Nguyễn Tiến Minh 21–18, 17–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2014 Macau Open Xue Song 21–16, 13–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2015 Bitburger Open Ng Ka Long 12–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2016 Vietnam Open Chong Wei Feng 21–12, 14–21, 21–13 Winner BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 runner-up) Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2011 New Zealand International Riichi Takeshita 19–21, 19–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament

Record against selected opponents Includes results against Olympic quarterfinals, Worlds semifinalists, and Super Series finalists, as well as all Olympic opponents.

Chen Jin 1–3 Chen Long 0–3 Du Pengyu 1–2 Lin Dan 1–2 Wang Zhengming 0–3 Hsieh Yu-hsing 2–0 Chou Tien-chen 3–0 Peter Gade 0–2 Jan Ø. Jørgensen 0–5 Viktor Axelsen 2–2 Brice Leverdez 3–0 Marc Zwiebler 2–0 Hu Yun 2–1 Parupalli Kashyap 0–1 Srikanth K. 1–1 Taufik Hidayat 0–6 Sony Dwi Kuncoro 1–0 Tommy Sugiarto 1–2 Simon Santoso 1–4 Sho Sasaki 0–1 Kenichi Tago 0–3 Lee Hyun-il 2–8 Son Wan-ho 1–1 Lee Chong Wei 0–8 Liew Daren 1–1 Boonsak Ponsana 1–4 Edwin Ekiring 1–0