Wei Yili


Wei Yili is a former badminton player from the People's Republic of China.

Career

A women's doubles specialist, since 2001 Wei has competed on the world circuit in partnership with a variety of her fellow countrywomen, but most often with either Zhao Tingting or Zhang Yawen. A member of China's perennial world champion Uber Cup teams, in the biggest events for individual players Wei and her partners have usually been overshadowed by China's two dominant women's doubles pairs, Gao Ling and Huang Sui, and Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen. One exception came at the 2007 All-Englands where Wei Yili and Zhang Yawen defeated both of these teams to capture the highly coveted title. Her other women's doubles titles include the China, Singapore, Denmark, Thailand, Indonesia, and French Opens.
Wei has medaled four times at the BWF World Championships without "striking gold". She earned a silver with Zhang Jiewen in 2001, a silver with Zhao Tingting in 2003, a silver with Zhang Yawen in 2006, and a bronze with Zhang Yawen in 2007. She finished fourth at the 2004 Olympics in Athens with Zhao Tingting. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics Wei and Zhang Yawen were beaten in the semifinals by yet another Chinese pair, Du Jing and Yu Yang, who went on to win the gold medal. Wei and Zhang earned a bronze medal by defeating Japan's Miyuki Maeda and Satoko Suetsuna in the playoff for third place.
In 2008, Wei retired from the national team. She received an award during a ceremony to mark her retirement with five other teammates from the Chinese national badminton team on the sidelines of the China Open badminton event in Shanghai, November 23, 2008. However, she was still playing a year later by partnering with Gao Ling. They lost to Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen in the Thailand Open final of 2009, but won the Philippines Open of 2009.

Achievements

Olympic Games

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing, China Zhang Yawen Miyuki Maeda
Satoko Suetsuna		21–17, 21–10 Bronze

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2007Putra Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Zhang Yawen Yang Wei
Zhang Jiewen		21–19, 18–21, 16–21 Bronze
2006Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad, Madrid, Spain Zhang Yawen Gao Ling
Huang Sui		21–23, 9–21 Silver
2003National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England Zhao Tingting Gao Ling
Huang Sui		8–15, 11–15 Silver
2001Palacio de Deportes de San Pablo, Seville, Spain Zhang Jiewen Gao Ling
Huang Sui		11–15, 15–17 Silver

World Cup

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2005Olympic Park, Yiyang, China Zhang Yawen Yang Wei
Zhang Jiewen		18–21, 15–21 Silver

Asian Championships

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2002Bangkok, Thailand Zhao Tingting Gao Ling
Huang Sui		5–11, 1–11 Bronze

World Junior Championships

Girls' doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2000Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China Zhang Yawen Zhao Tingting
Li Yujia		4–7, 7–2, 7–0, 7–1 Gold

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2000Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China Zheng Bo Sang Yang
Zhang Yawen		3–7, 0–7, 6–8 Silver

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2000Nishiyama Park Gymnasium, Kyoto, Japan Zhang Yawen Zhao Tingting
Li Yujia		15–12, 15–5 Gold
1999National Indoor Stadium – 1, Yangon, Myanmar Li Yujia Xie Xingfang
Zhang Jiewen		9–15, 6–15 Silver

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2000Nishiyama Park Gymnasium, Kyoto, Japan Zheng Bo Sang Yang
Zhang Yawen		Walkover Gold
1999National Indoor Stadium – 1, Yangon, Myanmar Zheng Bo Hendri Kurniawan Saputra
Enny Erlangga		12–15, 16–17 Silver

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 level such as 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
2008Swiss Open Zhang Yawen Yang Wei
Zhang Jiewen		18–21, 24–22, 8–21 Runner-up
2007Hong Kong Open Zhang Yawen Du Jing
Yu Yang		20–22, 21–13, 17–21 Runner-up
2007French Open Zhang Yawen Zhao Tingting
Yu Yang		21–10, 21–15 Winner
2007Singapore Open Zhang Yawen Zhao Tingting
Yang Wei		10–21, 21–19, 21–18 Winner
2007All England Open Zhang Yawen Yang Wei
Zhang Jiewen		21–16, 8–21, 24–22 Winner

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983.
Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2009Thailand Open Gao Ling Yang Wei
Zhang Jiewen		24–22, 17–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2009Philippines Open Gao Ling Shendy Puspa Irawati
Meiliana Jauhari		21–11, 21–11 Winner
2006China Open Zhang Yawen Yang Wei
Zhang Jiewen		17–21, 7–21 Runner-up
2006Japan Open Zhang Yawen Gao Ling
Huang Sui		15–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2006Indonesia Open Zhang Yawen Yang Wei
Zhang Jiewen		21–13, 21–13 Winner
2006China Masters Zhang Yawen Gao Ling
Huang Sui		12–21, 21–18, 14–21 Runner-up
2005Japan Open Zhao Tingting Yang Wei
Zhang Jiewen		12–15, 2–15 Runner-up
2005All England Open Zhao Tingting Gao Ling
Huang Sui		10–15, 13–15 Runner-up
2005German Open Zhao Tingting Gao Ling
Huang Sui		4–15, 10–15 Runner-up
2004China Open Zhao Tingting Yang Wei
Zhang Jiewen		14–15, 12–15 Runner-up
2004German Open Zhao Tingting Zhang Dan
Zhang Yawen		8–15, 12–15 Runner-up
2004Denmark Open Zhao Tingting Zhang Dan
Zhang Yawen		15–13, 12–15, 15–7 Winner
2004Japan Open Zhao Tingting Lee Kyung-won
Ra Kyung-min		6–15, 15–5, 1–15 Runner-up
2003Japan Open Zhao Tingting Gao Ling
Huang Sui		13–10, 6–11, 5–11 Runner-up
2003Swiss Open Zhao Tingting Yang Wei
Zhang Jiewen		7–11, 11–6, 4–11 Runner-up
2003Thailand Open Zhao Tingting Lee Hyo-jung
Yim Kyung-jin		11–9, 5–11, 11–6 Winner
2002China Open Zhao Tingting Gao Ling
Huang Sui		9–11, 3–11 Runner-up
2002Denmark Open Zhao Tingting Mia Audina
Lotte Jonathans		11–3, 6–11, 11–9 Winner
2001China Open Zhang Jiewen Huang Nanyan
Yang Wei		8–6, 7–3, 6–8, 8–7 Winner
2001Singapore Open Zhang Jiewen Zhang Yawen
Zhao Tingting		8–6, 7–3, 7–4 Winner
2001All England Open Zhang Jiewen Gao Ling
Huang Sui		15–10, 8–15, 9–15 Runner-up
2000Denmark Open Zhang Jiewen Chen Lin
Jiang Xuelian		7–15, 3–15 Runner-up

IBF International

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2002French International Zhang Jiewen Zhang Yawen
Zhao Tingting		7–1, 7–2, 5–7, 5–7, 2–7 Runner-up