Tai Tzu-ying

Tai Tzu-ying
Tai Tzu-ying at the 2016 Chinese Taipei Open.
Personal information
Country	Taiwan
Born	(1994-06-20) 20 June 1994 Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb; 8.7 st)
Years active	2009
Handedness	Right
Coach	Jiang-Chen Lai
Women's Singles
Highest ranking	1 (December 1, 2016)
Current ranking	1 (December 1, 2016)
Medal record Representing  Chinese Taipei Women's Badminton Asian Games 2014 Incheon Women's Singles Asian Championships 2015 Wuhan Women's Singles
BWF profile

Tai Tzu-ying (traditional Chinese: 戴資穎; simplified Chinese: 戴资颖; pinyin: Dài Zīyǐng; Wade–Giles: Tai Tzu-ying; born 20 June 1994) is a female badminton player from Taiwan.^[1] In 2011, she won the title of Taiwanese ranking competition when she was only 16 years and 6 months old, being the youngest No.1 in Taiwan badminton history.

Tai was the finalist at the 2010 Singapore Super Series, she won her first international title at the 2011 US Open Grand Prix Gold at the age of 17.^[2] She won her biggest title at the Superseries Finals in 2014, and won the Superseries Premiere event, Indonesia Open in 2016.

Career

Tai’s father is a firefighter and the director of Kaohsiung city’s badminton committee. His favorite activity in spare time is playing badminton. Tai started playing badminton as third grader in elementary school. She won the title in the nationwide second division game, and got the access to participate the first division games. Furthermore, she was the youngest player to compete in the first division.

In 2009, Tai, aged 15, began to compete in international games. She was the runner-up in her first game, Vietnam Open. On July, she represented Kaohsiung City to play in the National Games and went into the quarter final. In the same month, she signed up for Asian Youth Badminton Tournament in Malaysia and became the runner-up. On December, Tai competed at the East Asian Games for Chinese Taipei and won one silver and one bronze medal.

In 2012, she won her first ever Super Series title in Japan Open and made a history as the youngest player who won Super Series title (Currently the third youngest player, after Ratchanok Intanon won the India Open in 2013, and Akane Yamaguchi won the Japan Open 2013).

She won the Yonex Chinese Taipei Open 2012 against Lindaweni Fanetri, but lost to defend her title in 2013, losing to Sung Ji-hyun 21–16, 21–9

In August 2013, she was recruited by the team Banga Beats to play for them in the Indian Badminton League.

In the 2013 BWF Super Series Masters Finals, she defeated Sung Ji-hyun and Porntip Buranaprasertsuk but lost to Wang Shixian. She made it into the semifinals and successfully avenged her loss, beating Wang Shixian. She ended second after losing the final to Li Xuerui.

Tai represented her country at the 2014 Asian Games and won Chinese Taipei's first badminton medal by placing third.^[3] She won the Hong Kong Open in 2014 after winning Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in straight sets, 21–19, 21–11. She kept her winning streak to the Super Series Finals in Dubai and won the first gold medal for Chinese Taipei in the Super Series finals by beating Sung Ji-hyun in straight sets.

In 2015, She was beaten by Sun Yu in Singapore Open despite leading 20–17 in the third set.

In 2016, Tai won the Indonesia Super Series and the Hong Kong Super Series to reach World No.1 for the first time in her career. She will be competing the Dubai Super Series Finals in December.

Achievements

Individual Titles (10)

Year	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score
2011	U.S. Open	Sayaka Sato	21–16, 19–21, 21–6
2012	Japan Open	Eriko Hirose	9–21, 21–9, 21–14
2012	Chinese Taipei Open	Lindaweni Fanetri	21–19, 20–22, 22–20
2012	World University Badminton Championship	Pai Hsiao-Ma	21–13 Retired
2013	Malaysia Open	Yao Xue	21–17, 21–14
2014	Hong Kong Open	Nozomi Okuhara	21–19, 21–11
2014	BWF Superseries Finals	Sung Ji-hyun	21–17, 21–12
2016	Indonesia Open	Wang Yihan	21–17, 21–8
2016	Chinese Taipei Open	Wang Shixian	23–21, 21–6
2016	Hong Kong Open	P. V. Sindhu	21–15, 21–17

     Superseries tournament

     Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix tournament

Performance timeline

Key

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	NH			1R*	NH			1R*
Asian Games
Asian Games	NH	A	NH			SF-B	NH
BWF World Championships
World Championships	A	A	A	NH	QF	QF	QF	NH
BWF Asia Championships
Asia Championships	A	A	2R	2R	QF	QF	SF	QF
Uber Cup
Uber Cup	NH	A	NH	QF	NH	RR	NH	QF
Sudirman Cup
Sudirman Cup Singles	A	NH	QF	NH	QF	NH	QF	NH
BWF Superseries Premier
Korea Open	SS		1R	2R	QF	SS
Malaysia Open	SS					2R	1R	F
All England Open	SS		2R	SF	1R	1R	SF	SF
Indonesia Open	SS		2R	1R	QF	2R	2R	W
Denmark Open	SS		QF	A	1R	1R	2R	F
China Open	SS		A	A	1R	2R	QF	SF
BWF Superseries
Korea Open	A	2R	SSP			QF	QF	QF
Malaysia Open	A	Q2	2R	1R	W	SSP
All England Open	A	A	SSP
Swiss Open	A	A	GPG
India Open	GPG		A	1R	A	1R	A	QF
Indonesia Open	A	1R	SSP
Singapore Open	A	F	2R	2R	QF	QF	F	1R
China Masters	A	A	1R	A	A	GPG
Japan Open	A	2R	QF	W	SF	F	SF	1R
Australian Open	GPG					QF	1R	QF
Denmark Open	A	2R	SSP
French Open	A	1R	SF	A	QF	1R	SF	QF
China Open	A	1R	SSP
Hong Kong Open	A	2R	A	1R	2R	W	QF	W
BWF Superseries Finals
World Superseries Finals	A	A	A	A	F	W	RR
Year-end Rankings	158	20	16	10	7	7	9

1R* Since 2012, the preliminary stage consists of 16 groups of either two or three players. Each player plays every other member of the group with the top most player advancing to the knock-out stage, ultimately leading to the winner. IN 2012, Tai Tzu-Ying advanced to the first round of knock-out stage but lost to Li Xuerui of China in 16-21, 21-23. In 2016, Tai Tzu-Ying also advanced to the first round of knock-out stage but lost to P. V. Sindhu of India in 13-21, 15-21.

Record Against Selected Opponents

Record against Superseries finalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists.^[4]

Sponsorships

Yonex controversy

During the period of 2016 Summer Olympics, Yonex provided unfit shoes to non-contract Tai. This forced Tai to wear other shoes made by her personal sponsor brand, Victor, without any logo. This event caused a controversy due to Chinese Taipei Badminton Association (Taiwan) who are going to punish Tai based on Yonex's pressing. ^[5][6]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tai Tzu-ying.

• Tai Tzu-ying on Facebook(traditional Chinese)