The 2007 China Masters Super Series was a badminton tournament which took place at
Sichuan Provincial Gymnasium in
Chengdu
Chengdu (, ; Simplified Chinese characters, simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively Romanization of Chi ...
, China, from 10 to 15 July 2007 and had a total purse of $250,000.
Tournament
The 2007 China Masters Super Series was the seventh tournament of the
2007 BWF Super Series
The 2007 BWF Super Series was the inaugural season of the BWF Super Series. It was held from January 16 with Malaysia Open and end on December 2, 2007. It was expected to end on December 23, 2007 with Super Series Finals; this event was postponed ...
and also part of the
China Masters The Fuzhou China Open, formerly known as China Masters, is an annual badminton tournament held in China. It became part of the BWF Super Series tournaments in 2007. In 2014 the level of the tournament was downgraded to BWF Grand Prix Gold because, ...
championships, which had been held since 2005.
Venue
This international tournament was held at
Sichuan Provincial Gymnasium in
Chengdu
Chengdu (, ; Simplified Chinese characters, simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively Romanization of Chi ...
, China.
Point distribution
Below is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the
BWF points system for the
BWF Super Series
The BWF Super Series was a series of Grade 2 badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). It was launched on December 14, 2006 and implemented in 2007.
Since 2011, the Super Series includes two levels of tournament, ...
event.
Prize money
The total prize money for this tournament was US$250,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.
Men's singles
Seeds
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Lin Dan
Lin Dan (born 14 October 1983) is a Chinese former professional badminton player. He is a two-time Olympic champion, five-time World champion, as well as a six-time All England champion. Widely regarded as the greatest badminton player of a ...
(champion)
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Chen Hong ''(first round)''
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Lee Chong Wei
Datuk Lee Chong Wei (; born 21 October 1982) is a Malaysian former badminton player. As a singles player, Lee was ranked first worldwide for 349 weeks, including a 199-week streak from 21 August 2008 to 14 June 2012. He is the fifth Malay ...
''(semi-finals)''
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Chen Jin ''(first round)''
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Chen Yu ''(first round)''
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Bao Chunlai
Baozi (), Pao-tsih or bao, is a type of yeast-leavened filled bun in various Chinese cuisines. There are many variations in fillings ( meat or vegetarian) and preparations, though the buns are most often steamed. They are a variation of ''mant ...
''(quarter-finals)''
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''(semi-finals)''
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Kenneth Jonassen
Kenneth Jonassen (born 3 July 1974) is a badminton player from Denmark, who won Danish national and international titles during the first decade of the 21st century. The big, hard fighting Dane was often ranked among the top few singles players ...
''(quarter-finals)''
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Women's singles
Seeds
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Zhang Ning
Zhang Ning (; born 19 May 1975) is a former Chinese badminton player. She won the Olympic gold medal twice for women's singles in both 2004 and 2008. She has played badminton on the world scene since the mid-1990s and has been particularly succes ...
''(final)''
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Xie Xingfang
Xie Xingfang (born January 8, 1981) is a retired Chinese badminton player from Guangzhou, Guangdong. She is a former defending two-time world champion for women's singles, and former women's singles World No. 1.
Her first big title was in girl ...
(champion)
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Zhu Lin ''(first round)''
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Huaiwen Xu
Huaiwen Xu (; born 2 August 1975) is a German badminton player. Born in Guiyang, Guizhou, China, she decided to play for Germany because the Chinese thought that she was too short to play professional world badminton.Said by David Mercer/ Gilli ...
''(quarter-finals)''
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Wang Chen ''(second round)''
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Pi Hongyan
Pi Hongyan (; born 25 January 1979) is a former Chinese badminton player, who later represented France.
Career
Pi Hongyan is one of a number of talented Chinese-born badminton players who have emigrated from China, in part, because of the inte ...
''(semi-finals)''
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Yao Jie
Yao Jie (; born 10 April 1977) is a Chinese-born badminton player who now resides in the Netherlands.
Yao is one of a number of badminton players who have emigrated from China, in part, because the depth of badminton talent in that country h ...
''(second round)''
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Lu Lan
Lu Lan (born 2 May 1987) is a badminton player from China.
Career
In 2004, she won the Polish Open. In 2006, she won the Korea Open and finished the year in the 5th position in the BWF World Ranking.
In 2007, she won the Denmark Super Series ...
''(quarter-finals)''
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Men's doubles
Seeds
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Women's doubles
Seeds
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Zhang Yawen
Zhang Yawen (; born 9 March 1985) is a badminton player from China.
Career
Zhang has specialized in women's doubles and mixed doubles, earning numerous international titles in both events. At various times she has partnered either Zhang Dan, ...
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Wei Yili
Wei Yili (; born 24 June 1982) is a former badminton player from China.
Career
A women's doubles specialist, since 2001 Wei has competed on the world circuit in partnership with a variety of her fellow countrywomen, but most often with Zhang J ...
''(quarter-finals)''
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Gao Ling
Gao Ling (; born 14 March 1979) is a Chinese former badminton player.
Career
Noted for her consistency, anticipation, forecourt prowess, and sporting smile, Gao is one of the most successful doubles players in the history of women's badminton. ...
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Huang Sui
Huang Sui (; born 8 January 1982) is a Chinese-Australian female badminton player.
Career
Although Huang has won the Chinese National mixed doubles title almost all of her many international titles have come in women's doubles with Gao Ling, in ...
''(quarter-finals)''
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Chien Yu-chin
Chien Yu-chin (; born 24 October 1982) is a Taiwanese former badminton player.
Summer Olympics
Chien competed for Chinese Taipei in the 2004 Olympics in the women's doubles with partner Cheng Wen-hsing. They defeated Helen Nichol and Charmai ...
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Cheng Wen-hsing
Cheng Wen-hsing (; born 24 February 1982) is a Taiwanese former badminton player. She is now works as German national team coach.
Career
Cheng competed for Chinese Taipei in the 2004 Olympics in the women's doubles with partner Chien Yu-chin. ...
''(second round)''
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Wong Pei Tty
Wong Pei Tty (, born 11 November 1981) is a former doubles badminton player from Malaysia. Currently, she works as an assistant coach for Malaysia women's double national team.
Career
Wong competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in ...
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Chin Eei Hui
Chin Eei Hui (; Hakka Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chhìn Ngì-fui; born 18 June 1982) is a former badminton player from Malaysia who plays in both women's and mixed doubles. She worked as a coach for Malaysia's national women's doubles players of which th ...
''(second round)''
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Zhao Tingting
Zhao Tingting (; born 28 November 1982) is a Chinese badminton player from Nantong, Jiangsu.
Career
A doubles specialist, Zhao has often been a "utility player" on China's national team, winning international tournaments with a variety of compa ...
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Yang Wei ''(final)''
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Kumiko Ogura
is a Japanese badminton player, affiliated with the Sanyo Electric team.
Born in Kawagoe, Mie, Ogura started playing badminton at the age of eight. When she was in grade 1 in Shitennoji Senior High School, she entered the Japanese junior team. A ...
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Reiko Shiota
is a Japanese badminton player, affiliated with the Sanyo electric team. Shiota was the bronze medallist at the 2007 World Championships in the women's doubles event partnered with Kumiko Ogura. She also won the silver and bronze medals at the ...
''(quarter-finals)''
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Gail Emms
Gail Elizabeth Emms Order of the British Empire, MBE (born 23 July 1977) is a retired English badminton player who has achieved international success in doubles tournaments. A badminton player since the age of four, Emms was first chosen to rep ...
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Donna Kellogg
Donna Victoria Kellogg, (born 20 January 1978) is an English former badminton player. She is the European Champion, winning the women's doubles titles in 2000, 2006 and the mixed doubles title in 2008. She won the silver medal at the 2006 Wo ...
''(semi-finals)''
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Du Jing
Du Jing (; born 23 June 1984) is a former China, Chinese badminton player from Anshan, Liaoning.
Career
A doubles specialist, Du and her regular partner Yu Yang (badminton), Yu Yang have steadily emerged as one of the world's elite women's doub ...
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Yu Yang ''(semi-finals)''
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Mixed doubles
Seeds
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Nathan Robertson
Nathan James Robertson (born 30 May 1977) from Cotgrave in Nottinghamshire is a retired English badminton player who has achieved international success in both the men's events and the mixed doubles event. He was educated at Dayncourt School Sp ...
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Gail Emms
Gail Elizabeth Emms Order of the British Empire, MBE (born 23 July 1977) is a retired English badminton player who has achieved international success in doubles tournaments. A badminton player since the age of four, Emms was first chosen to rep ...
''(semi-finals)''
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Xie Zhongbo
Xie Zhongbo (; born 22 May 1983) is a former Chinese badminton player from Hunan and raised in Sichuan. After retired from the international tournament, he works as badminton coach in Sichuan.
Career
A doubles specialist on the world circuit, ...
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Zhang Yawen
Zhang Yawen (; born 9 March 1985) is a badminton player from China.
Career
Zhang has specialized in women's doubles and mixed doubles, earning numerous international titles in both events. At various times she has partnered either Zhang Dan, ...
''(quarter-finals)''
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Zheng Bo
Zheng Bo (; born 26 November 1983) is a badminton player from Hunan, China.
Career
A doubles specialist, Zheng won men's doubles at the 2003 Indonesia Open with Sang Yang. Zheng and Sang also secured the winning point against Denmark in the ...
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Gao Ling
Gao Ling (; born 14 March 1979) is a Chinese former badminton player.
Career
Noted for her consistency, anticipation, forecourt prowess, and sporting smile, Gao is one of the most successful doubles players in the history of women's badminton. ...
(champions)
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Nova Widianto
Andreas Nova Widianto (born 10 October 1977) is an Indonesian former badminton player. He is currently the Indonesia national team mixed doubles head coach.
Career
Nova Widianto is considered one of the greatest doubles player in his era. He i ...
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Liliyana Natsir
Liliyana Natsir (born 9 September 1985) is an Indonesian former badminton player who specialized in doubles. She is one of the standout front court player, with dexterousness and skill in controlling and executing the shuttlecock. Natsir has tre ...
''(semi-finals)''
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Sudket Prapakamol
Sudket Prapakamol ( th, สุดเขต ประภากมล; ; born 8 February 1980) is a badminton player from Thailand. He is a police lieutenant and a sportsman like his brother. He has a Bachelor's degree from the University of the Th ...
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Saralee Thungthongkam
Captain Saralee Thungthongkam ( th, สราลีย์ ทุ่งทองคำ ผู้พัน หรือน.อ.ส้ม; ; born 13 June 1979) is a Thai retired badminton player. She graduated with a master's degree in Communication ...
''(quarter-finals)''
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He Hanbin
He Hanbin (; born 10 January 1986) is a retired badminton player from China.
Career
A doubles specialist, He won men's doubles at the Austrian International tourney with Guo Zhendong in 2007. Most of his accomplishments, however, have come i ...
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Yu Yang ''(quarter-finals)''
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Anthony Clark /
Donna Kellogg
Donna Victoria Kellogg, (born 20 January 1978) is an English former badminton player. She is the European Champion, winning the women's doubles titles in 2000, 2006 and the mixed doubles title in 2008. She won the silver medal at the 2006 Wo ...
''(final)''
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Thomas Laybourn
Thomas Laybourn (born 30 September 1977) is a retired badminton player from Denmark. He is a World Champion, two times European Champion and was ranked as world number 1 in the mixed doubles in January 2011.
Career
Laybourn won the 2006 Eur ...
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Kamilla Rytter Juhl
Kamilla Rytter Juhl (born 23 November 1983) is a retired Danish badminton player. Juhl is an Olympic silver medalist, World Championship gold medalist and seven times European champion as well.
Career
Rytter Juhl played as a left-handed doubl ...
''(quarter-finals)''
Finals
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
References
External links
Tournament Link
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China Masters The Fuzhou China Open, formerly known as China Masters, is an annual badminton tournament held in China. It became part of the BWF Super Series tournaments in 2007. In 2014 the level of the tournament was downgraded to BWF Grand Prix Gold because, ...
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