Pi Hongyan

Pi Hongyan (simplified Chinese: 皮红艳; traditional Chinese: 皮紅艷; pinyin: Pí Hóngyàn; born 25 January 1979) is a former Chinese badminton player, who later represented France.[3]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Pi.
Pi Hongyan
皮红艳
Personal information
CountryFrance
Born (1979-01-25) 25 January 1979
Chongqing, China
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Retired2012[1]
HandednessRight
Women's singles
Highest ranking2[2]
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

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, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[4] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.[5] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

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 had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1999 U.S. Open Wu Huimin 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
2011 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 Chen Lanting 11–5, 11–8 Winner
2005 French International Anne Marie Pedersen 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 Kasper Kiim Jensen Björn Siegemund
Nicol Pitro		 3–15, 1–15 Runner-up
2004 Bitburger International Svetoslav Stoyanov Rasmus Andersen
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.[6]

References
  1. "Another good-bye! French star Pi Hongyan retired from badminton and got a nice "salute" at today's semi-final in Paris". Twitter. Badminton Europe. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  2. "33岁的皮红艳坚守赛场：还想冲击一次奥运会" (in Chinese). China News. 28 May 2011. Archived from the original on 6 January 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  3. "Pi Hongyan 皮红艳 Joueuse de badminton". www.50ans-50portraits.com (in French). Archived from the original on 9 November 2019.
  4. "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
  5. "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  6. "PI HONGYAN Head to Head". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
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