Tang Jinhua


Tang Jinhua is a Chinese female retired badminton player who competed at the highest level during the second decade of the 2000s, winning numerous women's doubles and occasional mixed doubles events with a variety of partners. She is a graduate of Hunan University.

Career

In 2009 Tang Jianhua won the World Junior girls double title with partner Xia Huan in Alor Setar, Malaysia. A year later in Guadalajara, Mexico they nearly repeated this success but fell in the finals to compatriots Bao Yixin and Ou Dongni. Tang and Xia also won girls' doubles at both the 2009 and 2010 Asian Junior Championships before graduating into elite level women's competition. In October 2010, the young partnership reached the final of the Vietnam Open Grand Prix and in December they won their first Grand Prix level title at the India Grand Prix where Tang also copped the mixed doubles title with partner Liu Peixuan.
In September of 2011, Tang and Xia won their first Super Series title at the China Masters, one of a BWF tour of tournaments rated behind only the World Championships and the Olympic Games in prestige. In 2011 they also reached the semi-finals of the Grand Prix Gold level Korea Open and the finals of the Super Series Premier level China Open.
In 2012, Tang Jinhua and Xia Huan won the Grand Prix Gold level German Open and Swiss Open. At the prestigious Super Series Premier All England Championships they advanced to the semifinals before falling to compatriots Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang. In June Tang and Xia were disappointed at the Thailand Open when, as tops seeds, they were upset in the semifinals by a scratch Thai pairing but Tang Jinhua rebounded from this loss by winning mixed doubles at the same tournament, and from an unseeded position, with partner Tao Jiaming. In October Tang formed a new partnership with the already highly accomplished Ma Jin and they won back to back women's doubles titles at the Denmark Open Super Series Premier and the French Open Super Series.
Tang Jinhua's most successful years were 2013 and 2014. 2013 brought her solid if not spectacular results with Ma Jin as they finished second to Chinese compatriots at the Super Series Premier Korea Open, the China Masters Super Series, and the Badminton Asia Championships, and to a Korean pairing at the German Open, before claiming victory at the Yonex Open Japan Super Series in September. At the end of 2013, Tang and Ma somewhat surprisingly lost the final of the Super Series Masters Finals to the Danish pair of Christinna Pedersen and Kamilla Rytter Juhl. Tang's results with Ma Jin, however, were completely overshadowed by her success with new partner Bao Yixin beginning in October of 2013. In rapid succession the two 21-year-olds claimed titles at the Dutch Open Grand Prix, the Denmark Super Series Premier, the French Super Series, the Hong Kong Super Series and the Macao Open Grand Prix Gold, all before the end of the year. Of the first 28 matches they played the new pairing lost only once. In first four months 2014, Tang Jinhua & Bao Yixin won the Korea Open Super Series, the Malaysia Super Series Premier, the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold and the Singapore Super Series. Tang Jinhua was also part of the Chinese Uber Cup winning team in 2014. Together with Women's Doubles partner Bao Yixin she reached the number one spot of the BWF World Ranking on 29 May 2014.
In 2015, she won the China Masters Grand Prix Gold tournament with Zhong Qianxin. For the Superseries tournament, She won the Indonesia Open with Tian Qing, and French Open with Huang Yaqiong. In 2016, she and Huang won the German Open Grand Prix Gold tournament, beat the Thai pairs Puttita Supajirakul and Sapsiree Taerattanachai.
In May 2019, she announced her retirement on her Weibo.

Achievements

Asian Championships

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013Taipei Arena, Taipei, Chinese Taipei Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli
Yu Yang
15–21, 21–14, 15–21 Silver

BWF World Junior Championships

Girls' doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010Domo del Code Jalisco,
Guadalajara, Mexico
Xia Huan Bao Yixin
Ou Dongni
13–21, 18–21 Silver
2009Stadium Sultan Abdul Halim,
Alor Setar, Malaysia
Xia Huan Suci Rizki Andini
Tiara Rosalia Nuraidah
21–9, 21–18 Gold

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2010Stadium Juara,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Xia Huan Bao Yixin
Ou Dongni
21–17, 21–8 Gold
2009Stadium Juara,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Xia Huan Luo Ying
Luo Yu
14–21, 21–17, 21–13 Gold

BWF World Tour

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018U.S. OpenSuper 300 Yu Xiaohan Kim Hye-jeong
Kim So-yeong
18–21, 21–13, 21–15 Winner

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 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 doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Malaysia Open Huang Yaqiong Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota
17–21, 21–18, 12–21 Runner-up
2015French Open Huang Yaqiong Luo Ying
Luo Yu
21–13, 21–16 Winner
2015Indonesia Open Tian Qing Nitya Krishinda Maheswari
Greysia Polii
21–11, 21–10 Winner
2015Australian Open Tian Qing Ma Jin
Tang Yuanting
19–21, 21–16, 20–22 Runner-up
2014Singapore Open Bao Yixin Kamilla Rytter Juhl
Christinna Pedersen
14–21, 21–19, 21–15 Winner
2014Malaysia Open Bao Yixin Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi
21–19, 14–21, 21–13 Winner
2014Korea Open Bao Yixin Luo Ying
Luo Yu
21–17, 21–15 Winner
2013Superseries Finals Ma Jin Christinna Pedersen
Kamilla Rytter Juhl
19–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2013Hong Kong Open Bao Yixin Ou Dongni
Tang Yuanting
18–21, 21–16, 21–15 Winner
2013French Open Bao Yixin Tian Qing
Zhao Yunlei
21-13, 21-17 Winner
2013Denmark Open Bao Yixin Christinna Pedersen
Kamilla Rytter Juhl
21-16, 21-13 Winner
2013Japan Open Ma Jin Christinna Pedersen
Kamilla Rytter Juhl
21–11, 21–14 Winner
2013China Masters Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli
Yu Yang
17–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2013Korea Open Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli
Yu Yang
17–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2012French Open Ma Jin Christinna Pedersen
Kamilla Rytter Juhl
21-12, 23-21 Winner
2012Denmark Open Ma Jin Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi
21-8, 21-12 Winner
2011China Open Xia Huan Wang Xiaoli
Yu Yang
11-21, 10-21 Runner-up
2011China Masters Xia Huan Wang Xiaoli
Yu Yang
21–19 Retired Winner

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2012China Masters Qiu Zihan Xu Chen
Ma Jin
21–14, 11–21, 10–21 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation since 2007.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017China Masters Huang Yaqiong Bao Yixin
Yu Xiaohan
21–8, 14–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2016German Open Huang Yaqiong Puttita Supajirakul
Sapsiree Taerattanachai
21–14, 21–18 Winner
2015China Masters Zhong Qianxin Bao Yixin
Tang Yuanting
21–14, 11–21, 21–17 Winner
2014Swiss Open Bao Yixin Nitya Krishinda Maheswari
Greysia Polii
19-21, 21-16, 21-13 Winner
2013Macau Open Bao Yixin Huang Yaqiong
Yu Xiaohan
21-17, 21-15 Winner
2013Dutch Open Bao Yixin Anggia Shitta Awanda
Della Destiara Haris
21–15, 21–7 Winner
2013German Open Ma Jin Jung Kyung-eun
Kim Ha-na
21–11, 14–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2012Swiss Open Xia Huan Bao Yixin
Zhong Qianxin
21–17, 21–10 Winner
2012German Open Xia Huan Jung Kyung-eun
Kim Ha-na
23–21, 21–13 Winner
2010India Grand Prix Xia Huan Ng Hui Ern
Ng Hui Lin
21–8, 21–19 Winner
2010Vietnam Open Xia Huan Ma Jin
Zhong Qianxin
19–21, 23–21, 13–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014Swiss Open Chai Biao Chris Adcock
Gabrielle Adcock
17–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2013Swiss Open Zhang Nan Joachim Fischer Nielsen
Christinna Pedersen
20–22, 19–21 Runner-up
2012Thailand Open Tao Jiaming Sudket Prapakamol
Saralee Thoungthongkam
21–14, 21–16 Winner
2010India Grand Prix Liu Peixuan Gan Teik Chai
Ng Hui Lin
21–17, 21–17 Winner