Wang Zhiyi
Wang Zhiyi is a Chinese badminton player. She was two-time Asian Champions winning the title in 2022 and 2024. She was part of China winning team in the 2020 and 2024 Uber Cup, as well at the 2021 and 2023 Sudirman Cup. Capture her first BWF World Tour title in the 2019 U.S. Open, she later reached her highest ranking of world number 2 in the women's singles on 19 November 2024.
Career
Early life and junior career
Wang started her career as a badminton player by training in Jingzhou sports school. She went to the Hubei provincial training centre in 2009, and was selected to join the team in 2013. In 2016, Wang joined the national team, and became part of the national second team in 2017.2018
Wang has achieved a number of achievements in her career in the junior competitions. Wang emerged victory in the girls' singles at the 2018 Asian Junior Championships, and also helped the national team to clinch the mixed team title. She then represented her country at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and clinched the girls' singles silver, after losing the final match to Goh Jin Wei. She again had to accept defeat to Goh in the semi-finals of the 2018 [BWF World Junior Championships – Girls' singles|World Junior Championships], making her have to be satisfied with a bronze medal.2019
In the 2019 season, Wang get into her first BWF World Tour final in Canada Open |Canada Open], losing to An Se-young. She then won the U.S. Open as her first World Tour title whilst grabbing few more international tournaments such as Austrian Open, Belarus International, and second consecutive Malaysia International title. Wang also add two more World Tour win with Indonesia Masters Super 100|Indonesia Masters] and Dutch Open |Dutch Open].2022–2023
2022 was not a good season for Wang as she did not won a single world tour, only making into the final in Indonesia Open and Singapore Open |Singapore Open]. Despite that, she won the women's singles title at the 2022 Asian Championships, which is the biggest title of her career.The 2023 season was worse than previous years as Wang did not win a single title in it. Only making as far as one final throughout the whole season in Arctic Open where she lost to Han Yue.
2024
Wang is set to shake up the women's singles competition in 2024, where she reached seven finals, and won six titles including her second Asia Championships title by defeating her senior compatriot Chen Yufei in the final. In the BWF World Tour, she won the Indonesia Masters, Malaysia Masters, Denmark Open, and clinched her first ever BWF World Tour Super 1000 in the home soil China Open |China Open]. She then closed the season as a champion in the BWF World Tour Finals. Wang's defeat in the final was at the Korea Open |Korea Open], when she gave a walkover to Kim Ga-eun due to injury that she suffered. Wang also part of China winning team in the Uber Cup. She reached a career high of world number 2 in this season.2025
Started the 2025 season as world number 2, Wang reached the finals in the Malaysia Open |Malaysia Open] losing to An Se-young in straight game. In March, Wang managed to secure a spots in the final of All England Open but fall short again to An Se-young, this time in a grueling three sets. Despite losing all her matches in Sudirman Cup, China gained their 14th title in that competition.Her short title drought since the season's finals in previous year ended after she managed to defend her Malaysia Masters title, this time against Han Yue. Wang advanced to the final again next week in Singapore Open but lost it against Chen Yufei. Wang again had a tough luck the next week where she lost the final of Indonesia Open against An in another 3 sets match when she faltered after losing the 17–10 lead in second sets before An finished it well in the third. In Japan Open, Wang lost to An for the fourth time in a year, outpowered in a straight sets in the process. In the next week, Wang capitalized her good form and defended her China Open title and won her first Super 1000 title of the year in a dominant win against Han Yue.
In 2025 BWF World Championships, Wang lost in the round of 16 to former 2019 champion, P. V. Sindhu. Two weeks later, Wang recovered and won the Hong Kong Open |Hong Kong Open] against Han Yue in their third final altogether in 2025. In October, Wang made the final again in Denmark Open but failed to defend her championship in the previous years. Wang lost again in French Open |French Open] to An on the next week after. At the end of season, Wang failed to defend her World Tour Final title the previous year, losing out to An again in thrilling three sets. Wang concluded the season with an impressive 11 finals.
2026
After ending a spectacular 2025, Wang's losing streak against An continues as she was beaten at the season opener in the Malaysia Open final which was a repeat of last year's final. The next week in the India Open semi-final however, she secured her second victory over fellow compatriot, Chen Yufei to qualify for the final in the India Open for the first time. Her luck in the final did not change as she lost against An again for six consecutive titles since last year Denmark Open.Achievements
Asian Championships
Women's singles| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Muntinlupa Sports Complex, Metro Manila, Philippines |  Youth Olympic GamesGirls' singles
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