Li Xuerui

Li Xuerui (born 24 January 1991) is a retired Chinese professional badminton player, she is one of the most successful players of her time. She was a gold medalist at 2012 London Olympic in the women's singles event and was the silver medalists in the 2013 and 2014 World Championships.[1][2] Li Xuerui won fourteen Superseries titles, confirming her status as China's second most successful player after Wang Yihan. She reached a career high of no. 1 in the women's singles for 124 weeks. Li graduated with a BA from Huaqiao University.[3]

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Li (李).
Li Xuerui
Personal information
Birth name李雪芮
Country China
Born (1991-01-24) 24 January 1991
Chongqing, China
ResidenceBeijing, China
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Years activeSince 2007
Retired17 October 2019
HandednessRight
CoachChen Jin
Women's singles
Career record330 wins, 79 losses
Career title(s)27
Highest ranking1 (20 December 2012)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  China
Olympic Games
2012 London Women's singles
World Championships
2013 Guangzhou Women's singles
2014 Copenhagen Women's singles
Sudirman Cup
2013 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
2015 Dongguan Mixed team
2017 Gold Coast Mixed team
Uber Cup
2012 Wuhan Women's team
2014 New Delhi Women's team
2016 Kunshan Women's team
2018 Bangkok Women's team
Asian Games
2014 Incheon Women's team
2014 Incheon Women's singles
Asian Championships
2010 New Delhi Women's singles
2012 Qingdao Women's singles
2013 Taipei Women's singles
2015 Wuhan Women's singles
2016 Wuhan Women's singles
World Junior Championships
2008 Pune Mixed team
2007 Waitakere City Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
2008 Kuala Lumpur Girls' singles
2008 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
BWF profile
Li Xuerui
Traditional Chinese李雪芮
Simplified Chinese李雪芮

Career summary

Li Xuerui started playing badminton when she was 7 years old. She began playing in local clubs in her hometown in Chongqing. She made her professional debut as a badminton player when she attended the Asia Junior championship which took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Li Xuerui at the US Open 2011

2008

In 2008, she won gold medal at the Asian Junior championship, which took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

2010

In 2010, Li Xuerui won her first Grand Prix Gold title at the Macau Open, in the final she defeated Adrianti Firdasari from Indonesia with a score of 21–18, 21–15.

Li won her first major tournament, the Asian Championships. In the final, she defeated her compatriot, Liu Xin, 21–13, 18–21, 21–19.

2012

In 2012, she repeated her success at the Asian Championships by defeating Wang Yihan with a score of 21–16, 16–21, 21–9.

Li won the prestigious Super Series Premier event title at the All England Open for the first time by beating Wang Yihan in the final with a score of 21–13, 21–19.

She then captured other international titles in India Open, China Open, and Hong Kong Open.

She collected five Super Series titles, including the Super Series Final in Dubai which she won defeating Wang Shixian in the final.

The 2012 season could be said to be the career peak for Li Xuerui. She made her first appearance at the Olympic Games, and on August 5, she won the London Olympic gold medal, in the final she defeated compatriot Wang Yihan with a score of 21–15, 21–23, 21–17.

2013

In 2013, she won a silver medal in the World Championship when she was defeated by Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon in the final with a score of 22–20, 18–21, 14–21.

In the same year, she won three Super Series titles in the Indonesia Open, China Open and the Super Series Final.

2014

In 2014, she reached the World Championships final, then she lost to the Spanish player Carolina Marín with a score of 21–17, 17–21, 18–21.

Li managed to win four Super Series titles including successfully defending her title in Indonesia Open, the other titles were: Japan Open, Malaysia Open, and Denmark Open.

2015

In 2015, Li Xuerui managed to defend her title at the Denmark Open. In the final she defeated P. V. Sindhu of India with a score of 21-19, 21-12.

2016 Summer Olympics: heartbreak and injury issues

At the 2016 Summer Olympics women's singles semi-finals, Li Xuerui was defeated by world No. 1 Carolina Marín when she suffered injuries to her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and lateral meniscus. This forced her to withdraw from the bronze medal match against Nozomi Okuhara.

2018: Return to professional badminton

Li made her return to professional badminton at the 2017 National Games of China, where she played women's doubles but lost at the group stage. The reason for why she had played doubles instead of singles was that she was not yet fully recovered.[4] In 2018, she made her return to international women's singles after a hiatus of 600 days at the 2018 Lingshui China Masters, which she won.[5]

2019

In 2019, she played 25 times with 11 wins and 14 losses. She reached the quarter final at the All England Open, stopped by the 2017 World Champion from Japan Nozomi Okuhara with a score of 17–21, 14–21.[6] After that, finished as the runner-up at the New Zealand Open, losing to South Korean youngster An Se-young with a score of 19–21, 15–21.[7]

She lost out to Busanan Ongbamrungphan 21-18, 20-22, 6-21 ath Australian Open despite leading in the second game. Then afterwards, her career witnessed a huge downfall. She competed in Indonesia, Thailand, Japan and China and lost in the first round in all the tournaments. She announced her retirement from the international circuit in the first round match against Sayaka Takahashi in Korea Open dated 17th October after trailing in the 2nd game 15-21, 3-11.[8]

Achievements

Olympic Games

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2012 Wembley Arena, London, United Kingdom Wang Yihan 21–15, 21–23, 21–17 Gold

World Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2014 Ballerup Super Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark Carolina Marín 21–17, 17–21, 18–21 Silver
2013 Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou, China Ratchanok Intanon 20–22, 21–18, 14–21 Silver

Asian Games

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2014 Gyeyang Gymnasium, Incheon, South Korea Wang Yihan 21–11, 17–21, 7–21 Silver

Asian Championships

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2016 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China Wang Yihan 14–21, 21–13, 16–21 Silver
2015 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China Ratchanok Intanon 22–20, 21–23, 12–21 Silver
2013 Taipei Arena, Taipei, Taiwan Wang Yihan 15–21, 13–21 Silver
2012 Qingdao Sports Centre Conson Stadium, Qingdao, China Wang Yihan 21–16, 16–21, 21–9 Gold
2010 Siri Fort Indoor Stadium, New Delhi, India Liu Xin 21–13, 18–21, 21–19 Gold

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2008 Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Wang Shixian 22–20, 21–13 Gold

BWF World Tour

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[9] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[10]

Women's singles

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result
2019 New Zealand Open Super 300 An Se-young 19–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2018 Korea Masters Super 300 Han Yue 21–10, 21–18 Winner
2018 Canada Open Super 100 Sayaka Takahashi 22–20, 15–21, 21–17 Winner
2018 U.S. Open Super 300 Zhang Beiwen 24–26, 21–15, 21–11 Winner
2018 Lingshui China Masters Super 100 Kim Ga-eun 16–21, 21–16, 21–18 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). 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 singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2016 India Open Ratchanok Intanon 17–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2015 China Open Saina Nehwal 21–12, 21–15 Winner
2015 Denmark Open P. V. Sindhu 21–19, 21–12 Winner
2015 Malaysia Open Carolina Marín 21–19, 19–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2014 French Open Wang Shixian 15–21, 3–8r Runner-up
2014 Denmark Open Wang Yihan 21–17, 22–20 Winner
2014 Indonesia Open Ratchanok Intanon 21–13, 21–13 Winner
2014 Japan Open Tai Tzu-ying 21–16, 21–6 Winner
2014 Singapore Open Wang Yihan 11–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2014 India Open Wang Shixian 20–22, 19–21 Runner-up
2014 All England Open Wang Shixian 19–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2014 Malaysia Open Wang Shixian 21–16, 21–17 Winner
2013 Super Series Masters Finals Tai Tzu-ying 21–8, 21–14 Winner
2013 China Open Wang Shixian 16–21, 21–17, 21–19 Winner
2013 Singapore Open Wang Yihan 18–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2013 Indonesia Open Juliane Schenk 21–16, 18–21, 21–17 Winner
2012 Super Series Masters Finals Wang Shixian 21–9, 15–4r Winner
2012 Hong Kong Open Wang Yihan 21–12, 11–3r Winner
2012 China Open Ratchanok Inthanon 21–12, 21–9 Winner
2012 Indonesia Open Saina Nehwal 21–13, 20–22, 19–21 Runner-up
2012 India Open Juliane Schenk 14–21, 21–17, 21–8 Winner
2012 All England Open Wang Yihan 21–13, 21–19 Winner
2011 French Open Wang Xin 15–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2010 French Open Wang Yihan 13–21, 9–21 Runner-up
     BWF Superseries Finals tournament
     BWF Superseries Premier tournament
     BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2016 China Masters Sun Yu 21–16, 19–21, 21–6 Winner
2016 German Open Wang Shixian 21–14, 21–17 Winner
2015 Chinese Taipei Open Wang Yihan 10–21, 9–21 Runner-up
2012 German Open Juliane Schenk 21–19, 21–16 Winner
2011 Bitburger Open Yao Jie 21–8, 21–9 Winner
2011 Thailand Open Jiang Yanjiao 14–21, 21–14, 21–14 Winner
2010 Korea Masters Liu Xin 9–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2010 Macau Open Adriyanti Firdasari 21–18, 21–15 Winner
     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
     BWF Grand Prix tournament

Performance timeline

Singles performance timeline
Key
W F SF QF #R RR Q# A SF-B S G NH N/A

To avoid confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through 2016 Indonesia Open.

Tournament2007200820092010201120122013201420152016SRW–LWin %
Summer Olympics NH A Not Held G
6–0		 Not Held 4th
4–1		 1 / 210–191%
World Championships A NH Absent NH S
4–1		 S
4–1		 3R
1–1		 NH 0 / 39–375%
World Superseries Finals NH Absent W
5–0		 W
5–0		 Absent 2 / 210–0100%
Asian Championships Absent G
8–0		 QF
2–1		 G
5–0		 S
4–1		 A S
4–1		 S
4–1		 2 / 627–487%
Asian Games Not Held A Not Held S
3–1		 Not Held 0 / 13–175%
East Asian Games Not Held A Not Held A Not Held 0 / 0
Team Competitions
Uber Cup NH A NH A NH G
2–0		 NH G
6–0		 NH G
5–0		 3 / 313–0100%
Sudirman Cup A NH A NH A NH G
3–0		 NH G
3–0		 NH 2 / 26–0100%
Asian Games Not Held A Not Held G
3–0		 Not Held 1 / 13–0100%
Uber Cup Asia preliminaries Not Held S
4–0		 Not Held A 0 / 14–0100%
East Asian Games Not Held A Not Held A Not Held 0 / 0
BWF World Superseries Premier
All England Open Absent 2R
1–1		 W
5–0		 1R
0–1		 F
4–1		 2R
1–1		 QF
2–1		 1 / 613–572%
Malaysia Open Absent 2R
1–1		 QF
2–1		 A W
5–0		 F
4–1		 2R
1–1		 1 / 513–476%
Indonesia Open Absent 2R
1–1		 F
4–1		 W
5–0		 W
5–0		 2R
1–1		 2R
1–1		 2 / 617–481%
Denmark Open Absent QF
2–1		 QF
2–1		 QF
2–1		 QF
2–1		 W
5–0		 W
5–0		 A 2 / 618–482%
China Open Q1
0–1		 QF
3–1		 SF
5–1		 2R
1–1		 SF
3–1		 W
5–0		 W
5–0		 A W
5–0		 A 3 / 827–584%
BWF World Superseries
India Open NH Absent W
5–0		 A F
4–1		 A F
4–1		 1 / 314–288%
Singapore Open Absent QF
4–1		 Absent F
4–1		 F
4–1		 Absent 0 / 312–380%
Australian Open QF
2–1		 SF
3–1		 0 / 25–271%
Japan Open Absent 1R
0–1		 W
5–0		 QF
2–1		 A 1 / 37–278%
Korea Open Absent 1R
0–1		 QF
2–1		 1R
0–1		 A QF
2–1		 A 0 / 44–450%
French Open Absent F
4–1		 F
4–1		 Absent F
4–1		 QF
2–1		 A 0 / 414–478%
Hong Kong Open Absent W
5–0		 QF
2–1		 A 1R
0–1		 A 1 / 37–278%
BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix
Malaysia Masters Not Held Q1
0–1		 Absent 0 / 10–10%
German Open Absent W
5–0		 QF
2–1		 Absent W
5–0		 2 / 312–192%
China Masters Absent 1R
1–1		 2R
1–1		 1R
0–1		 QF
1–1		 SF
3–1		 Absent W
5–0		 1 / 611–569%
Chinese Taipei Open Absent F
4–1		 A 0 / 14–180%
U.S. Open Absent QF
2–1		 Absent 0 / 12–167%
Thailand Open Absent NH W
5–0		 Absent NH Absent 1 / 15–0100%
Bitburger Open Absent 2R
1–1		 W
5–0		 Absent 1 / 26–186%
Korea Open Absent F
4–1		 SF
3–1		 Absent 0 / 27–278%
Macau Open Absent Q2
1–1		 W
5–0		 SF
3–1		 Absent 1 / 39–282%
Career Statistics
2007200820092010201120122013201420152016
Tournaments Played114914151412141094
Titles000229463329
Finals Reached 00044117126549
Overall Win–Loss0–13–17–430–732–1258–539–1052–636–1134–7291–64
Win Percentage0%75%64%81%73%92%80%90%77%83%81.97%
Year End Ranking[11]14611911138

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.[12]

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References
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  7. "A new star is born".
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