Wang Chang (badminton)
Wang Chang 王昶 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (2001-05-07) 7 May 2001 (age 23) Ningbo, Zhejiang, China | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Highest ranking | 1 (with Liang Weikeng, 31 October 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 1 (with Liang Weikeng, 13 August 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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BWF profile |
Wang Chang (Chinese: 王昶; pinyin: Wáng Chǎng; born 7 May 2001) is a Chinese badminton player. He was the boys' doubles World Junior champion and two times Asian Junior champion partnering Di Zijian. Wang was part of Chinese winning team at the 2023 Sudirman Cup, and together with Liang Weikeng, they won the bronze medal at the 2023 World Championships. Wang and Liang reached a career high of world number 1 on 31st of October 2023.
Career
2015–2019: Early and junior career – Asian and World junior champions
Born in Ningbo, Zhejiang, Wang who trained in Ningbo training centre, entered the provincial team in 2015, and in the national team in 2017. After being selected to join the national team, he started his partnership with Di Zijian in the men's doubles discipline.[1] He made a debut in the international tournament at the 2017 Asian Junior Championships, and claimed the gold medal in the boys' doubles event.[1][2] He also participated at the 2017 World Junior Championships where he helped the team to take the Suhandinata Cup, and he also won the silver medal in the boys' doubles event.[1][3] In 2018, he won the boys' doubles and mixed team titles at the Asia[4] and World Junior Championships.
2022
Starting from 2022, Wang started a new partnership with Liang Weikeng and advanced to the final of the Indonesia Masters from the qualifying rounds, defeating Tokyo 2020 bronze medalists Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik and world number 1 Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo en route.[5] In the final, they lost 10–21, 17–21 to home favorites Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto.[6] In the next tournament, they defeated the reigning World Champions Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi to reach the semi-finals of the Malaysia Masters,[5] but were then stopped by Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in straight games.[7] Wang then won the Japan Open, where he and Liang defeated Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen in the final in three games.[8]
2023
In the first half of the 2023 season, Wang and his partner Liang showed quite significant progress. They were able to win 2 BWF World Tour titles in India and Thailand,[9][10] as well as being runners-up in Malaysia and Singapore.[11][12] Apart from that, Wang was part of the Chinese team that won the Sudirman Cup.[13][14] Wang and Liang's achievements were able to bring them to 2nd place in the BWF world rankings on 13 June 2023.[15]
In August, Wang and Liang won the bronze medal at the World Championships in Copenhagen.[16] They were defeated by home pair Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen in a close rubber game.[17] The Chinese rising pair then claimed their first ever BWF World Tour Super 1000 title at the China Open.[18]
Achievements
Olympic Games
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2024 | Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France | Liang Weikeng | Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin | 17–21, 21–18, 19–21 | Silver |
World Championships
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2023 | Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark | Liang Weikeng | Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | 21–17, 18–21, 19–21 | Bronze |
Asian Championships
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2024 | Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China | Liang Weikeng | Goh Sze Fei Nur Izzuddin | 21–17, 15–21, 21–10 | Gold |
World Junior Championships
Boys' doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2017 | GOR Among Rogo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia | Di Zijian | Mahiro Kaneko Yunosuke Kubota | 14–21, 21–15, 13–21 | Silver |
2018 | Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada | Di Zijian | Shin Tae-yang Wang Chan | 21–19, 22–20 | Gold |
2019 | Kazan Gymnastics Center, Kazan, Russia | Di Zijian | Leo Rolly Carnando Daniel Marthin | 19–21, 18–21 | Silver |
Asian Junior Championships
Boys' doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2017 | Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center, Jakarta, Indonesia | Di Zijian | Lee Sang-min Na Sung-seung | 21–19, 21–11 | Gold |
2018 | Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center, Jakarta, Indonesia | Di Zijian | Liang Weikeng Shang Yichen | 18–21, 24–22, 21–19 | Gold |
2019 | Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre, Suzhou, China | Di Zijian | Leo Rolly Carnando Daniel Marthin | 9–21, 21–15, 19–21 | Silver |
BWF World Tour (8 titles, 5 runners-up)
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[19] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[20]
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2018 | Lingshui China Masters | Super 100 | Di Zijian | Han Chengkai Zhou Haodong | 21–19, 17–21, 16–21 | Runner-up |
2019 | SaarLorLux Open | Super 100 | Di Zijian | Mathias Bay-Smidt Lasse Mølhede | 21–17, 21–15 | Winner |
2022 | Indonesia Masters | Super 500 | Liang Weikeng | Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto | 10–21, 17–21 | Runner-up |
2022 | Japan Open | Super 750 | Liang Weikeng | Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | 21–18, 13–21, 21–17 | Winner |
2023 | Malaysia Open | Super 1000 | Liang Weikeng | Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto | 18–21, 21–18, 13–21 | Runner-up |
2023 | India Open | Super 750 | Liang Weikeng | Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik | 14–21, 21–19, 21–18 | Winner |
2023 | Thailand Open | Super 500 | Liang Weikeng | Muhammad Shohibul Fikri Bagas Maulana | 21–10, 21–15 | Winner |
2023 | Singapore Open | Super 750 | Liang Weikeng | Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi | 13–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |
2023 | China Open | Super 1000 | Liang Weikeng | Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik | 21–12, 21–14 | Winner |
2023 | China Masters | Super 750 | Liang Weikeng | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty | 21–19, 18–21, 21–19 | Winner |
2023 | BWF World Tour Finals | World Tour Finals | Liang Weikeng | Kang Min-hyuk Seo Seung-jae | 17–21, 20–22 | Runner-up |
2024 | Malaysia Open | Super 1000 | Liang Weikeng | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty | 9–21, 21–18, 21–17 | Winner |
2024 | Indonesia Open | Super 1000 | Liang Weikeng | Man Wei Chong Tee Kai Wun | 19–21, 21–16, 21–12 | Winner |
Performance timeline
- Key
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | G | S | B | NH | N/A | DNQ |
National team
- Junior level
Team events | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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Asian Junior Championships | QF | G | B |
World Junior Championships | G | G | S |
- Senior level
Team events | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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Asian Games | NH | G | NH | ||
Thomas Cup | S | NH | A | NH | G |
Sudirman Cup | NH | A | NH | G | NH |
Individual competitions
Junior level
- Boys' doubles
Events | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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Asian Junior Championships | G | G | S |
World Junior Championships | S | G | S |
- Mixed doubles
Event | 2017 |
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Asian Junior Championships | 2R |
Senior level
- Men's doubles
Tournaments | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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Asian Championships | NH | A | QF | G |
Asian Games | NH | 2R | NH | |
World Championships | 1R | A | B | NH |
Olympic Games | NH | S |
Tournament | BWF Superseries / Grand Prix | BWF World Tour | Best | ||||||
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2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | ||
Malaysia Open | A | NH | A | F | W | W ('24) | |||
India Open | A | NH | A | W | 2R | W ('23) | |||
Indonesia Masters | NH | A | 2R | A | F | 2R | A | F ('22) | |
Thailand Masters | A | QF | 1R | NH | A | QF ('19) | |||
German Open | A | NH | A | 1R | A | 1R ('23) | |||
French Open | A | 1R | NH | A | QF | 2R | 2R | QF ('22) | |
All England Open | A | 1R | A | SF | 2R | SF ('23) | |||
Lingshui China Masters | NH | F | SF | NH | A | F ('18) | |||
Thailand Open | A | Q1 | A | NH | 2R | W | A | W ('23') | |
Malaysia Masters | A | 1R | 1R | NH | SF | A | SF ('22) | ||
Singapore Open | A | NH | 2R | F | QF | F ('23) | |||
Indonesia Open | A | 1R | NH | A | QF | W | W ('24) | ||
Australian Open | A | NH | QF | A | QF ('22) | ||||
U.S. Open | A | 2R | A | NH | A | 2R ('18) | |||
Canada Open | A | SF | A | NH | A | SF ('18) | |||
Japan Open | A | NH | W | 2R | w/d | W ('22) | |||
Korea Open | A | NH | A | SF | SF ('23) | ||||
China Masters | A | NH | W | W ('23) | |||||
China Open | Q2 | A | 1R | NH | W | W ('23) | |||
Denmark Open | A | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R ('19, '21, '22, '23) | ||
Hylo Open | A | W | A | QF | A | W ('19) | |||
Korea Masters | Q1 | A | QF | NH | A | QF (19) | |||
Macau Open | 1R | A | NH | 1R ('17) | |||||
Syed Modi International | A | SF | NH | A | SF ('19) | ||||
Vietnam Open | A | QF | NH | A | QF (19) | ||||
Year-end finals | DNQ | F | F ('23) | ||||||
Year-end ranking | 367 | 116 | 33 | 35 | 41 | 17 | 1 | 1 | |
Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Best |
- Mixed doubles
Tournament | BWF SS / GP |
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2017 | |
Korea Masters | Q2 |
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External links
- Wang Chang at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
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