Zheng Yu

Zheng Yu (; born 7 February 1996) is a Chinese badminton player from the Jiangsu province team. She started playing badminton in 2003, claimed the Jiangsu province title in the singles and doubles category in 2006 and 2007, then was selected to join the national team for the first time in 2010. She was part of the national junior team that won the mixed team gold medals at the 2011 Asian and 2012 World Junior Championships. She won her first senior international title at the BWF Super 500 tournament 2020 Malaysia Masters partnered with Li Wenmei.

Career Starting from 2022, Zheng partnered with Zhang Shuxian and finished as the runners-up at the All England Open, Malaysia Open and Singapore Open, before finally winning the Australian Open. As a result, the pair qualified for the year-end final. They reached the semi-finals before bowing out to compatriots Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan.

In the first half of the 2023 season, Zheng did not win any title with Zhang Shuxian. The duo opened the year by reaching the semi-finals of the BWF Super 1000 tournament, the Malaysia Open, but was stunned by Korean pairing Baek Ha-na and Lee Yu-lim. Other semi-finals finished were at the All England and the Singapore Opens. Zheng and Zhang also reached the quarter-finals in the India, Swiss, and Indonesia Opens. Zheng was also part of the China winning squad in the Sudirman Cup. Their achievement was able to bring them up to the 2nd place in the BWF rankings. In August, Zheng and Zhang finished as semi-finalists in the BWF World Championships, losing to their compatriots and eventual champions Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan. The defeat exacerbated their head-to-head record over Chen and Jia to 0–6.

Achievements

World Championships Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2023 Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark Zhang Shuxian Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan 14–21, 16–21 Bronze Bronze

Asian Championships Women's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2024 Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China Zhang Shuxian Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee 21–23, 12–21 File:Med 2.png Silver 2025 Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China Zhang Shuxian Liu Shengshu Tan Ning 12–21, 15–21 File:Med 3.png Bronze

BWF World Tour (5 titles, 11 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 Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Women's doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 German Open Super 300 Huang Dongping Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota 21–18, 14–21, 6–21 Runner-up 2018 New Zealand Open Super 300 Cao Tongwei Ayako Sakuramoto Yukiko Takahata 9–21, 19–21 Runner-up 2019 Thailand Masters Super 300 Li Wenmei Puttita Supajirakul Sapsiree Taerattanachai 21–15, 15–21, 10–21 Runner-up 2020 Malaysia Masters Super 500 Li Wenmei Du Yue Li Yinhui 21–19, 16–21, 21–12 Winner 2021 Denmark Open Super 1000 Huang Dongping Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan 21–15, 21–17 Winner 2022 All England Open Super 1000 Zhang Shuxian Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida 13–21, 9–21 Runner-up 2022 Malaysia Open Super 750 Zhang Shuxian Apriyani Rahayu Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti 18–21, 21–12, 19–21 Runner-up 2022 Singapore Open Super 500 Zhang Shuxian Apriyani Rahayu Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti 14–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2022 Australian Open Super 300 Zhang Shuxian Benyapa Aimsaard Nuntakarn Aimsaard 21–19, 21–13 Winner 2023 Hylo Open Super 300 Zhang Shuxian Apriyani Rahayu Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti 18–21, 1–1 Winner 2023 Japan Masters Super 500 Zhang Shuxian Liu Shengshu Tan Ning 12–21, 21–12, 21-17 Winner 2024 Malaysia Open Super 1000 Zhang Shuxian Liu Shengshu Tan Ning 18–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2024 India Open Super 750 Zhang Shuxian Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara 12–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2024 Indonesia Masters Super 500 Zhang Shuxian Liu Shengshu Tan Ning 21–10, 19–21, 20–22 Runner-up 2025 Ruichang China Masters Super 100 Qiao Shijun Chen Xiaofei Feng Xueying 17–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2025 Baoji China Masters Super 100 Qiao Shijun Luo Yi Wang Tingge 21–17, 21–23, 15–21 Runner-up