Pi Hongyan

Pi Hongyan
Personal information
Birth name	皮红艳
Country	France
Born	(1979-01-25) 25 January 1979 (age 42) Chongqing, China
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	53 kg (117 lb)
Retired	2012[1]
Handedness	Right
Women's singles
Highest ranking	2 (2005[2])
hide Medal record Women's badminton Representing  France World Championships 2009 Hyderabad Women's singles European Championships 2004 Geneva Women's singles 2008 Herning Women's singles 2010 Manchester Women's singles Representing  China Asian Junior Championships 1997 Manila Girls' team 1997 Manila Girls' singles
BWF profile

Pi Hongyan (simplified Chinese: 皮红艳; traditional Chinese: 皮紅艷; pinyin: Pí Hóngyàn; born 25 January 1979) is a badminton player competing for France of Chinese origin.^[3]

Career[]

Pi Hongyan is one of a number of talented Chinese-born badminton players who have emigrated from China, in part, because of the intense competition to gain positions on its national team, and because of the elite status within the sport that such a player is likely to hold in other badminton playing countries. Her titles include women's singles at the U.S. (1999), German (2001, 2002), Bitburger (2001, 2002), Portugal (2001, 2003), Swiss (2001, 2005), Croatian (2003), French (2003, 2004, 2005), Dutch (2004), Denmark (2005), Singapore (2006) and India (2009) Opens. At the biennial European Championships she was a silver medalist in 2004 and a bronze medalist in 2008 and 2010. She was runner-up to China's Xie Xingfang at the prestigious All-England Championships in 2007. Pi has been at least a quarter-finalist in each of the last six consecutive BWF World Championships (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, and 2011), with a bronze medal in 2009, as well as a quarter-finalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Achievements[]

BWF World Championships[]

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India	Xie Xingfang	18–21, 8–21	Bronze

European Championships[]

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Queue d’Arve Sport Center, Geneva, Switzerland	Mia Audina	1–11, 0–11	Silver
2008	Messecenter, Herning, Denmark	Xu Huaiwen	11–21, 21–4, 18–21	Bronze
2010	Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England	Juliane Schenk	14–21, 13–21	Bronze

Asian Junior Championships[]

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	Ninoy Aquino Stadium, Manila, Philippines	Gong Ruina	6–11, 11–4, 10–12	Bronze

BWF Superseries[]

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two levels: Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	All England Open	Xie Xingfang	6–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2007	French Open	Xie Xingfang	13–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2009	Korea Open	Tine Rasmussen	19–21, 19–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix[]

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. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	U.S. Open		11–8, 11–3	Winner
2001	Swiss Open	Xu Huaiwen	7–2, 7–1, 7–5	Winner
2001	German Open	Elena Nozdran	7–1, 7–5, 7–2	Winner
2001	Denmark Open	Camilla Martin	6–8, 3–7, 0–7	Runner-up
2002	German Open	Yao Jie	4–11, 11–9, 11–7	Winner
2003	Chinese Taipei Open	Mia Audina	13–10, 2–11, 3–11	Runner-up
2004	Dutch Open	Yao Jie	11–5, 11–4	Winner
2005	Swiss Open	Xu Huaiwen	13–12, 11–6	Winner
2005	Denmark Open	Xu Huaiwen	7–11, 11–4, 11–5	Winner
2006	Singapore Open	Mia Audina	22–20, 22–20	Winner
2007	Chinese Taipei Open	Wang Chen	18–21, 21–14, 24–26	Runner-up
2009	India Open	Julia Wong Pei Xian	17–21, 21–15, 21–14	Winner
	Canada Open	Cheng Shao-chieh	15–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2011	Indonesia Grand Prix Gold	Chen Xiaojia	21–19, 15–21, 17–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series[]

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Portugal International	Anu Weckström	11–8, 11–1	Winner
2001	BMW Open International	Xu Huaiwen	7–4, 3–7, 7–2, 7–3	Winner
2002	BMW Open International	Xu Huaiwen	11–9, 11–1	Winner
2003	Portugal International	Judith Meulendijks	11–5, 11–5	Winner
2003	French International	Judith Meulendijks	11–1, 11–5	Winner
2003	Croatian International	Kelly Morgan	6–11, 11–5, 11–4	Winner
2003	Mauritius International	Kanako Yonekura	5–11, 13–10, 11–4	Winner
2003	South Africa International	Kanako Yonekura	6–11, 11–4, 11–9	Winner
2003	Bitburger International	Xu Huaiwen	11–9, 5–11, 5–11	Runner-up
2004	French International		11–5, 11–8	Winner
2005	French International		11–1, 11–2	Winner
2012	Swedish Masters	Kristina Gavnholt	21–13, 21–17	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Portugal International		Björn Siegemund Nicol Pitro	3–15, 1–15	Runner-up
2004	Bitburger International	Svetoslav Stoyanov	Britta Andersen	2–15, 12–15	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF/IBF International Series tournament

Record against selected opponents[]

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.^[4]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website of Pi Hongyan
• Pi Hongyan at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
• Pi Hongyan at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)