Eric Pang

Eric Pang
Eric Pang
Personal information
Country	Netherlands
Born	30 January 1982 (age 39); Groningen, Netherlands
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb; 12.4 st)
Handedness	Right
Men's singles
Highest ranking	22 (10 October 2009)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Netherlands
European Mixed Team Championships
European Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Eric Pang (born 30 January 1982) is a Dutch badminton player, who became European Junior Champion in 2001. He won the National Dutch Championships seven times between 2009 and 2015.

Career[]

As a part of the team Pang reached the final of the European Cup 2007 held in Amersfoort. Together with Lotte Bruil-Jonathans, Yao Jie, Larisa Griga, Dicky Palyama and Chris Bruil. The final was lost against the team of . In the semi finals they were too strong for .

Eric Pang won the Norwegian International in 2005 and the Spanish Open in 2010. In 2012 Eric Pang won the Yonex Dutch Open Grand Prix beating his compatriot Dicky Palyama in the final with straight games.

Eric Pang at the 2007 Dutch National Championships

Personal life[]

Eric Pang was born to a Chinese Indonesian father and Dutch mother.^[1]^[2] His Chinese name is Fang Facai (Chinese: 方发财). He married Yao Jie in 2009, who later also became his coach.^[3]

Achievements[]

European Junior Championships[]

Boys' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Spała Olympic Center, Spala, Poland	Joachim Persson	15–3, 15–3	Gold
1999	Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland	Björn Joppien	8–15, 10–15	Silver

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 3 runners-up)[]

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Canada Open	Tan Chun Seang	21–15, 11–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2012	Dutch Open	Dicky Palyama	21–14, 21–10	Winner
	Dutch Open	Chetan Anand	12–21, 15–21	Runner-up
	Bitburger Open	Jan Ø. Jørgensen	21–12, 13–21, 15–21	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 11 runners-up)[]

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Croatian International	Nick Fransman	21–16, 21–12	Winner
2013	Belgian International	Andre Kurniawan Tedjono	17–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2013	Canadian International	Joachim Persson	24–22, 21–16	Winner
2013	Dutch International	Viktor Axelsen	22–24, 12–21	Runner-up
2013	Swedish Masters	Kento Momota	9–21, 21–16, 18–21	Runner-up
2012	Swedish Masters	Chan Yan Kit	17–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2010	Turkey International	Przemysław Wacha	18–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2010	Bahrain International	Tommy Sugiarto	17–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2010	Belgian International	Marc Zwiebler	15–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2010	Spanish Open	Rune Ulsing	21–12, 21–19	Winner
2009	Dutch International	Dicky Palyama	11–21, 21–14, 15–21	Runner-up
2005	Irish International	Chetan Anand	15–8, 6–15, 7–15	Runner-up
2005	Norwegian International	Kasper Ødum	15–7, 7–15, 15–10	Winner
2005	SCBA International		13–15, 12–15	Runner-up
2003	Dutch International	Arief Rasidi	11–15, 13–15	Runner-up