# Wang Zhiyi

Wang Zhiyi (Chinese: 王祉怡; pinyin: Wáng Zhǐyí; born 29 April 2000) is a Chinese badminton player from Shashi, Jingzhou, in Hubei province. She was two-time Asian Champions winning the title in 2022 and 2024. She was part of China winning team in the 2020 and 2024 Uber Cup, as well at the 2021 and 2023 Sudirman Cup. She won her first BWF World Tour Finals title in 2024.

## Career
### Early life and junior career

Wang started her career as a badminton player by training in Jingzhou sports school. She went to the Hubei provincial training centre in 2009, and was selected to join the team in 2013. In 2016, Wang joined the national team, and became part of the national second team in 2017.

### 2018

Wang has achieved a number of achievements in her career in the junior competitions. Wang emerged victory in the girls' singles at the 2018 Asian Junior Championships, and also helped the national team to clinch the mixed team title. She then represented her country at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and clinched the girls' singles silver, after losing the final match to Goh Jin Wei. She again had to accept defeat to Goh in the semi-finals of the World Junior Championships, making her have to be satisfied with a bronze medal.

### 2019

In the 2019 season, Wang won the Austrian Open, U.S. Open as her first World Tour title, Belarus International, Indonesia Masters, Dutch Open, and second consecutive Malaysia International title.

### 2022

She won the women's singles title at the 2022 Asian Championships, which is the biggest title of her career.

### 2024

Wang reached seven finals in the 2024 season, and won six titles including her second Asia Championships title by defeating her senior compatriot Chen Yufei in the final. In the BWF World Tour, she won the Indonesia Masters, Malaysia Masters, Denmark Open, and clinched her first ever BWF World Tour Super 1000 in the home soil China Open. She then closed the season as a champion in the BWF World Tour Finals. Wang's defeat in the final was at the Korea Open, when she gave a walkover to Kim Ga-eun due to injury that she suffered. Wang also part of China winning team in the Uber Cup. She reached a career high of world number 2 in this season.

### 2025

Started the 2025 season as world number 2, she reached the finals in the Malaysia Open losing to An Se-young in straight game. In March, Wang managed to secure a spots in the final of All England Open but fall short again to An Se-young, this time in a grueling three sets.

## Achievements
### Asian Championships

Women's singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
| 2022 | Muntinlupa Sports Complex, Metro Manila, Philippines | Akane Yamaguchi | 15–21, 21–13, 21–19 | Gold | |
| 2024 | Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China | Chen Yufei | 21–19, 21–7 | Gold | |

### Youth Olympic Games

Girls' singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
| 2018 | Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires, Argentina | Goh Jin Wei | 21–16, 13–21, 19–21 | Silver | |

### World Junior Championships

Girls' singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
| 2018 | Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada | Goh Jin Wei | 9–21, 13–21 | Bronze | |

### Asian Junior Championships

Girls' singles
| Year | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
| 2018 | Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center, Jakarta, Indonesia | Zhou Meng | 21–19, 21–8 | Gold | |

### BWF World Tour (8 titles, 7 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Women's singles
| Year | Tournament | Level | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2019 | Canada Open | Super 100 | An Se-young | 15–21, 20–22 | Runner-up |
| 2019 | U.S. Open | Super 300 | Kim Ga-eun | 21–18, 21–19 | Winner |
| 2019 | Indonesia Masters | Super 100 | Porntip Buranaprasertsuk | 20–22, 21–15, 21–13 | Winner |
| 2019 | Dutch Open | Super 100 | Evgeniya Kosetskaya | 21–14, 21–18 | Winner |
| 2022 | Indonesia Open | Super 1000 | Tai Tzu-ying | 23–21, 6–21, 15–21 | Runner-up |
| 2022 | Singapore Open | Super 500 | P. V. Sindhu | 9–21, 21–11, 15–21 | Runner-up |
| 2023 | Arctic Open | Super 500 | Han Yue | 21–16, 20–22, 12–21 | Runner-up |
| 2024 | Indonesia Masters | Super 500 | Nozomi Okuhara | 21–14, 21–13 | Winner |
| 2024 | Malaysia Masters | Super 500 | P. V. Sindhu | 16–21, 21–5, 21–16 | Winner |
| 2024 | Korea Open | Super 500 | Kim Ga-eun | Walkover | Runner-up |
| 2024 | China Open | Super 1000 | Tomoka Miyazaki | 21–17, 21–15 | Winner |
| 2024 | Denmark Open | Super 750 | An Se-young | 21–10, 21–12 | Winner |
| 2024 | BWF World Tour Finals | World Tour Finals | Han Yue | 19–21, 21–19, 21–11 | Winner |
| 2025 | Malaysia Open | Super 1000 | An Se-young | 17–21, 7–21 | Runner-up |
| 2025 | All England Open | Super 1000 | An Se-young | 21-13, 18-21, 18-21 | Runner-up |

### BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

Women's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2017 | China International | Cai Yanyan | 9–11, 13–10, 11–9, 7–11 | Runner-up |
| 2018 | Malaysia International | Lee Ying Ying | 21–10, 22–24, 21–14 | Winner |
| 2019 | Austrian Open | Porntip Buranaprasertsuk | 21–18, 21–10 | Winner |
| 2019 | Belarus International | Zhang Yiman | 18–21, 21–9, 21–8 | Winner |
| 2019 | Malaysia International | Asuka Takahashi | 12–21, 21–17, 21–16 | Winner |
    BWF International Challenge tournament
    BWF International Series tournament

### BWF Junior International (4 titles)

Girls' singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
| 2017 | Korea Junior International | Wei Yaxin | 21–12, 21–12 | Winner |
| 2018 | Dutch Junior International | Wei Yaxin | 21–15, 21–5 | Winner |
| 2018 | Jaya Raya Junior International | Zhou Meng | 21–15, 21–16 | Winner |
| 2018 | Banthongyord Junior International | Phittayaporn Chaiwan | 21–19, 21–16 | Winner |
    BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
    BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
    BWF Junior International Series tournament
    BWF Junior Future Series tournament

## Record against selected opponents

Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 15 August 2024.
| Players | Matches | Results | Results | Difference |
| Players | Matches | Won | Lost | Difference |
| Chen Yufei | 9 | 1 | 8 | –7 |
| He Bingjiao | 8 | 5 | 3 | +2 |
| Li Xuerui | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1 |
| Zhang Yiman | 10 | 6 | 4 | +2 |
| Tai Tzu-ying | 2 | 0 | 2 | –2 |
| Saina Nehwal | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 |
| Pusarla Venkata Sindhu | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Gregoria Mariska Tunjung | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Players | Matches | Results | Results | Difference |
| Players | Matches | Won | Lost | Difference |
| Aya Ohori | 7 | 4 | 3 | +1 |
| Nozomi Okuhara | 3 | 3 | 0 | +3 |
| Akane Yamaguchi | 9 | 3 | 6 | –3 |
| An Se-young | 10 | 2 | 8 | –6 |
| Sung Ji-hyun | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 |
| Carolina Marín | 3 | 1 | 2 | –1 |
| Porntip Buranaprasertsuk | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 |
| Ratchanok Intanon | 5 | 1 | 4 | –3 |