Tang Jinhua

Tang Jinhua 汤金华
Personal information
Country	China
Born	(1992-01-08) 8 January 1992 (age 32) Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Retired	16 May 2019
Handedness	Right
Coach	Chen Qiqiu
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	1 (WD 29 May 2014) 30 (XD 2 May 2013)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  China Sudirman Cup 2017 Gold Coast Mixed team Uber Cup 2014 New Delhi Women's team 2016 Kunshan Women's team 2018 Bangkok Women's team Asian Games 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Women's team Asian Championships 2013 Taipei Women's doubles World Junior Championships 2009 Alor Setar Girls' doubles 2009 Alor Setar Mixed team 2010 Guadalajara Mixed team 2010 Guadalajara Girls' doubles Asian Junior Championships 2009 Kuala Lumpur Girls' doubles 2010 Kuala Lumpur Girls' doubles 2010 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team 2009 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
BWF profile

Tang Jinhua (Chinese: 汤金华; pinyin: Tāng Jīnhuá; born 8 January 1992) is a Chinese retired badminton player who competed at the highest level of badminton tournaments 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.^[1]

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.^[2] 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.^[3][4]

In September 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.^[5] In 2011 they also reached the semi-finals of the Grand Prix Gold level Korea Open^[6] and the finals of the Super Series Premier level China Open.^[7]

In 2012, Tang Jinhua and Xia Huan won the Grand Prix Gold level German Open and Swiss Open.^[8][9] 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 (who would win the event) but Tang Jinhua rebounded from this loss by winning mixed doubles at the same tournament, and from an unseeded position, with partner Tao Jiaming.^[10] 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.^[11][12]

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.^[13] However, at the end of 2013, Tang and Ma lost the final of the Super Series Masters Finals to Danish pair Christinna Pedersen and Kamilla Rytter Juhl.^[14] Tang's results with Ma Jin, however, were completely overshadowed by her success with new partner Bao Yixin beginning in October 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.^[15][16] 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.^[17]

In 2015, she won the China Masters Grand Prix Gold tournament with Zhong Qianxin.^[18] For the Superseries tournament, She won the Indonesia Open with Tian Qing, and French Open with Huang Yaqiong.^[19][20] In 2016, she and Huang won the German Open Grand Prix Gold tournament, beat the Thai pairs Puttita Supajirakul and Sapsiree Taerattanachai.^[21]

In May 2019, she announced her retirement on her Weibo.^[22]

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Taipei Arena, Taipei, Taiwan	Ma Jin	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	15–21, 21–14, 15–21	Silver

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Stadium Sultan Abdul Halim, Alor Setar, Malaysia	Xia Huan	Suci Rizki Andini Tiara Rosalia Nuraidah	21–9, 21–18	Gold
2010	Domo del Code Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico	Xia Huan	Bao Yixin Ou Dongni	13–21, 18–21	Silver

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Xia Huan	Luo Ying Luo Yu	14–21, 21–17, 21–13	Gold
2010	Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Xia Huan	Bao Yixin Ou Dongni	21–17, 21–8	Gold

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[23] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are 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.^[24]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	U.S. Open	Super 300	Yu Xiaohan	Kim Hye-jeong Kim So-yeong	18–21, 21–13, 21–15	Winner

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[25] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011.^[26] Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Women's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	China Masters	Qiu Zihan	Xu Chen Ma Jin	21–14, 11–21, 10–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Vietnam Open	Xia Huan	Ma Jin Zhong Qianxin	19–21, 23–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2010	India Grand Prix	Xia Huan	Ng Hui Ern Ng Hui Lin	21–8, 21–19	Winner
2012	German Open	Xia Huan	Jung Kyung-eun Kim Ha-na	23–21, 21–13	Winner
2012	Swiss Open	Xia Huan	Bao Yixin Zhong Qianxin	21–17, 21–10	Winner
2013	German Open	Ma Jin	Jung Kyung-eun Kim Ha-na	21–11, 14–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2013	Dutch Open	Bao Yixin	Anggia Shitta Awanda Della Destiara Haris	21–15, 21–7	Winner
2013	Macau Open	Bao Yixin	Huang Yaqiong Yu Xiaohan	21-17, 21-15	Winner
2014	Swiss Open	Bao Yixin	Nitya Krishinda Maheswari Greysia Polii	19-21, 21-16, 21-13	Winner
2015	China Masters	Zhong Qianxin	Bao Yixin Tang Yuanting	21–14, 11–21, 21–17	Winner
2016	German Open	Huang Yaqiong	Puttita Supajirakul Sapsiree Taerattanachai	21–14, 21–18	Winner
2017	China Masters	Huang Yaqiong	Bao Yixin Yu Xiaohan	21–8, 14–21, 17–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	India Grand Prix	Liu Peixuan	Gan Teik Chai Ng Hui Lin	21–17, 21–17	Winner
2012	Thailand Open	Tao Jiaming	Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam	21–14, 21–16	Winner
2013	Swiss Open	Zhang Nan	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen	20–22, 19–21	Runner-up
2014	Swiss Open	Chai Biao	Chris Adcock Gabby Adcock	17–21, 13–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

• Tang Jinhua at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
• Tang Jinhua at BWFBadminton.com