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2013 BWF World Championships – Men's Doubles
The men's doubles tournament of the 2013 BWF World Championships (World Badminton Championships) was held from August 5 to 11. Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng were the defending champions. Indonesians Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan defeated Danes Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen 21–13, 23–21 in the final. Seeds Ko Sung-hyun / Lee Yong-dae ''(third round)'' Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong ''(quarter-finals)'' Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen ''(final)'' Hiroyuki Endo / Kenichi Hayakawa ''(quarter-finals)'' Kim Ki-jung / Kim Sa-rang ''(semifinals)'' Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan (champion) Liu Xiaolong / Qiu Zihan ''(third round)'' Cai Yun / Fu Haifeng ''(semifinals)'' Chai Biao / Zhang Nan ''(third round)'' Angga Pratama / Rian Agung Saputro ''(quarter-finals)'' Hoon Thien How / Tan Wee Kiong ''(third round)'' Shin Baek-cheol / Yoo Yeon-seong ''(third round)'' Lee Sheng-mu / Tsai Chia-hsin ''(quarter-finals)'' Vladimir Ivanov / Ivan Sozonov ''(secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tianhe Sports Center
Tianhe Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It is currently used for football matches. History Construction of the stadium began on 4 July 1984 at the former site of Guangzhou Tianhe Airport. It was opened in August 1987 for the 1987 National Games of China. It hosted the final of the inaugural FIFA Women's World Cup in 1991. The stadium has hosted the home matches of local football team Guangzhou since 2011. In February 2016, the club obtained the operating rights of the stadium from Guangzhou Sports Bureau for the next twenty years. The stadium hosted the football finals of the 2010 Asian Games and the final match of the AFC Champions League twice, in 2013 and 2015. Transport The stadium is best reached by taking Guangzhou Metro The Guangzhou Metro () ( and ) is the rapid transit system of the city of Guangzhou in Guangdong Province of China. It is operated by the state-owned Guangzhou Metro Corporation and wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ko Sung-hyun
Ko Sung-hyun (Hangul: 고성현; ; born 21 May 1987) is a South Korean badminton player affiliated with Gimcheon City Hall. He is a former world number 1 both in the men's and mixed doubles. Ko is a BWF World Champion, two time Badminton Asian Champion, and Asian Games gold medalist. Ko started to get the attention of the World and Korean badminton when he won the bronze medal at the 2010 World Championships partnered with Ha Jung-eun. Competed in the men's doubles with Yoo Yeon-seong, Ko have achieved several milestones, including won the silver medals at the 2009 Asian and 2011 World Championships, reached a career high as world number 2 at the BWF world ranking. Ko and Yoo ended their partnerships after participating in 2012 London Olympics. Ko then topped the men's doubles BWF world ranking partnered with Lee Yong-dae in May 2013. Ko and Lee were a gold medalists at the 2013 Asian Championships and Summer Universiade. Teamed-up with Shin Baek-cheol, Ko won the gold med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tan Wee Kiong
Tan Wee Kiong (; born 21 May 1989) is a Malaysian badminton player in the doubles event. He is well-known for his former partnership with Goh V Shem, which began at the 2014 Thomas Cup. Together, Tan and Goh won the gold medal in the men's doubles and the mixed team event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. They also won bronze at the 2014 Asian Games. In their Olympic debut at the 2016 Rio Olympics, they won the silver medal, becoming the first Malaysian pair to achieve such a feat since 1996. In November 2016, they reached a career-high ranking of world number 1, making them the fourth ever Malaysian men's doubles pair to do so, after Cheah Soon Kit and Yap Kim Hock, Chan Chong Ming and Chew Choon Eng, and Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong. Early and personal life Tan was born on 21 May 1989 in Johor to Tan Cham Swe and Tan Yok Hua. His brothers, Tan Wee Tat and Tan Wee Gieen, are also professional badminton players. Tan started playing badminton when he was 6 and joined B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoon Thien How
Hoon Thien How (born 24 December 1986) is a former badminton player from Malaysia who plays in the men's doubles category. Currently, he is one of the assistant coach for Malaysia men's doubles national team. Career Hoon Thien How and Tan Boon Heong were the World Junior Champions in 2004. Their partnership continued until early 2006 when they won the silver medal at the 2006 Asian Badminton Championships. Shortly after, Tan was partnered with Koo Kien Keat and Hoon was briefly partnered with Chan Chong Ming and then, Ong Soon Hock. Hoon and Ong participated in the 2008 Indonesia Open and reached the semi-finals before being beaten by Candra Wijaya and Tony Gunawan, 25–23, 15–21, 15–21. This was followed by a defeat to second-seeded Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng in the 2008 China Masters 15–21, 21–17, and 20–22. In 2010, Hoon and Ong were chosen to play for Malaysia Thomas Cup squad. From 2010 onward, he was paired with Tan Wee Kiong. Hoon and Tan broke into the top 10 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rian Agung Saputro
Rian Agung Saputro (born 25 June 1990) is an Indonesian badminton player. He was partnered with Angga Pratama in men's doubles, but split after the 2014 Asian Games. Saputro was then partnered with Berry Angriawan. They debuted at the 2014 Hong Kong Super Series. They won their first Grand Prix Gold title at the 2015 Indonesian Masters. In 2016, he was paired with former Olympic gold medalist, Hendra Setiawan. Saputro was then paired with Setiawan's former partner, Mohammad Ahsan. Ahsan and Saputro's first international title was in 2017 China International. They later won silver at the 2017 BWF World Championships. Achievements BWF World Championships ''Men's doubles'' Southeast Asian Games ''Men's doubles'' BWF Superseries (1 runner-up) The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angga Pratama
Angga Pratama (born 12 May 1991) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with Jaya Raya Jakarta club. He competed in the men's doubles event in the international tournaments, and together with Ricky Karanda Suwardi, he won the 2015 Singapore Open, became his one and only BWF World Superseries title after beating Chinese pair Fu Haifeng and Zhang Nan by 21–15, 11–21, 21–14. Achievements Southeast Asian Games ''Men's doubles'' BWF World Junior Championships ''Boys' doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' Asian Junior Championships ''Boys' doubles'' BWF World Tour (1 runner-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, and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Men's doubles'' BWF Superseries (1 title, 4 r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Nan (badminton)
Zhang Nan (; born 1 March 1990) is a Chinese badminton player who specializes in both men's and mixed doubles. He found much success in mixed doubles with his former partner Zhao Yunlei. They won gold in Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics, 3 golds in BWF World Championships in 2011 BWF World Championships, 2011, 2014 BWF World Championships, 2014 and 2015 BWF World Championships, 2015 and a gold at the Badminton at the 2014 Asian Games, 2014 Asian Games. Having won all major events as a pair, they are considered one of the most successful mixed doubles pairs of all time. Having found huge success in mixed doubles with Zhao, Zhang partnered Fu Haifeng with whom he won gold in Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics. After this, Fu retired and Zhang partnered Liu Cheng (badminton), Liu Cheng and became World Champion in the men's doubles at the 2017 BWF World Championships. Career Zhang Nan is a badminton player who has achieved succ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chai Biao
Chai Biao (; born 10 October 1990) is a Chinese professional badminton player. Chai has concentrated on men's doubles for the majority of his senior career in badminton. His most successful partnership was with Hong Wei: together they reached the year end tournament BWF Superseries Finals in 2014 and 2015. As Hong has since retired, Chai's current partner in men's doubles is Wang Zekang. Career Chai was born in Yanfeng District of Hengyang City in 1990. At the age of 7, he learned badminton from the senior coach of the Badminton Institute in the City Sports School. Due to progressing quickly, he was transported to Hunan Badminton Team for professional training for four years later. He has won the National Junior Championship. In 2007, he was enter the national badminton team, and at that year in the early of July, he competed at the Asian Junior Championships and won the boys' doubles title. In November, Chai won a gold in the mixed team event and a silver in the boys' doubles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qiu Zihan
Qiu Zihan (; born 17 January 1991) is a Chinese badminton player who is a doubles specialist. He was part of China winning team at the 2013 Sudirman Cup. Teamed-up with Liu Xiaolong, he won the 2013 All England Open and a silver medal at the 2015 World Championships. He also won the mixed doubles bronze medal at the 2010 Asian Championships partnered with Tian Qing. Achievements BWF World Championships ''Men's doubles'' Asian Championships ''Mixed doubles'' BWF World Junior Championships ''Boys' doubles'' Asian Junior Championships ''Boys' doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' BWF Superseries The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, 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. Successful players we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liu Xiaolong
Liu Xiaolong (; born 12 May 1988) is a Chinese badminton player who is a doubles specialist. A left handler, he is the former winner of the All England Championships. He was part of China winning team at the 2013 Sudirman Cup. He announced his retirement on international tournament on 26 June 2017. Achievements BWF World Championships ''Men's doubles'' Asian Championships ''Men's doubles'' BWF World Junior Championships ''Boys' doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' Asian Junior Championships ''Mixed doubles'' BWF Superseries The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, 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. Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenichi Hayakawa
is a retired Japanese badminton player. He has been a runner-up of the All England three times (2013, 2014 and 2016) along with his partner, Hiroyuki Endo. He competed at the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games. Career Hayakawa won the first point in the 2014 Thomas Cup finals with Hiroyuki Endo beating 2004 World Junior Champions Hoon Thien How and Tan Boon Heong and lead the momentum for the Japanese team to claim the Thomas Cup for the first time, being the fourth nation to win Thomas cup after Indonesia, China and Malaysia. He retired in November 2016 and currently is the coach for Japanese B national team. Achievements BWF World Championships ''Men's doubles'' Asian Championships ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' BWF Superseries The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroyuki Endo
is a retired Japanese badminton player. He competed at the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics. In 2009, he joined the Unisys badminton team. Career Endo won the 1st point in the Thomas Cup finals with Kenichi Hayakawa beating Tan Boon Heong and Hoon Thien How and led the momentum for the Japanese team to claim the Thomas Cup for the first time, being the fourth nation to win the Thomas cup after Indonesia, China and Malaysia. Known for his defensive skills alongside his knowledge of the game, Endo has reached the finals of the All England Open tournament a total of 5 times, being the runner up three times with his then partner, Kenichi Hayakawa and winning back to back titles, defending his 2020 All England Open title in 2021 with his current partner, Yuta Watanabe. In July 2021, Endo competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's doubles partnering Yuta Watanabe. They were stopped in the quarter-finals, losing to Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin, the eventual champions, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
