Yip Pui Yin

Yip Pui Yin (; born 6 August 1987) is a badminton player from Hong Kong.

Career Yip played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim. In the women's singles event she reached the third round after beating Laura Molina of Spain and Kanako Yonekura (11th seed) in round one and round two respectively. In the third round she was beaten by the 1st seed and reigning world champion Zhang Ning of China.

She won the silver medal in the 2006 Asian Games after losing to fellow Hong Kong player Wang Chen in the final. In 2007, she played at the World Championships and was defeated in the third round by Zhu Lin, of China, 9–21, 21–16, 14–21. Yip made her first appearance at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In 2009, she won the gold medal in the 2009 East Asian Games when her opponent Zhou Mi retired halfway through the deciding set. She won 15–21, 21–13, 17–10.

At the 2012 London Olympics, Yip won against eighth seed Sung Ji-hyun, of South Korea, in the group stage. Then Yip went through to the final eight of the women's singles in badminton after she beat France's 16th seed Pi Hongyan by two games to one, winning 13–21, 21–13, 21–16. Yip faced China's Li Xuerui, who beat her two games to one.

Achievements

Asian Games Women's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2006 Aspire Hall 3, Doha, Qatar Wang Chen 14–21, 20–22 Silver Silver 2010 Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China Wang Shixian 14–21, 14–21 Bronze Bronze

Asian Championships Women's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2008 Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia Wang Lin 14–21, 18–21 Bronze Bronze

East Asian Games Women's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2009 Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong Zhou Mi 15–21, 21–13, 17–10 retired Gold Gold

Asian Junior Championships Girls' singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2005 Tennis Indoor Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Wang Lin 5–11, 7–11 Bronze Bronze

Girls' doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2005 Tennis Indoor Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Lam Sin Ying Ha Jung-eun Hong Soo-jung 7–15, 7–15 Bronze Bronze

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

Women's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2006 Macau Open Judith Meulendijks 21–18, 10–21, 10–21 Runner-up 2009 Australian Open Maria Febe Kusumastuti 18–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2010 Malaysia Grand Prix Gold Zhou Mi 21–16, 14–21, 21–19 Winner 2013 Canada Open Nichaon Jindapon 18–21, 16–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

Record against selected opponents Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 17 December 2021.

Players Matches Results Difference Won Lost Huang Chia-chi 1 1 0 +1 Petya Nedelcheva 3 2 1 +1 Chen Yufei 2 0 2 –2 He Bingjiao 4 0 4 –4 Li Xuerui 10 0 10 –10 Lu Lan 4 1 3 –2 Wang Lin 8 3 5 –2 Wang Shixian 10 0 10 –10 Wang Xin 2 0 2 –2 Wang Yihan 9 3 6 –3 Xie Xingfang 4 1 3 –2 Zhang Yiman 1 0 1 –1 Zhang Ning 5 1 4 –3

Players Matches Results Difference Won Lost Zhu Lin 5 2 3 –1 Cheng Shao-chieh 4 3 1 +2 Tai Tzu-ying 10 1 9 –8 Tine Baun 5 1 4 –3 Tracey Hallam 3 2 1 +1 Pi Hongyan 6 2 4 –2 Juliane Schenk 8 3 5 –2 Xu Huaiwen 2 1 1 0 Wang Chen 1 0 1 –1 Zhou Mi 4 2 2 0 Saina Nehwal 11 2 9 –7 P. V. Sindhu 4 0 4 –4 Lindaweni Fanetri 2 1 1 0

Players Matches Results Difference Won Lost Maria Kristin Yulianti 2 1 1 0 Minatsu Mitani 3 1 2 –1 Nozomi Okuhara 6 1 5 –4 Akane Yamaguchi 4 0 4 –4 Wong Mew Choo 1 0 1 –1 Mia Audina 1 0 1 –1 An Se-young 1 0 1 –1 Bae Yeon-ju 5 2 3 –1 Sung Ji-hyun 11 3 8 –5 Carolina Marín 5 0 5 –5 Porntip Buranaprasertsuk 7 3 4 –1 Ratchanok Intanon 17 3 14 –11