He Bingjiao (; Mandarin pronunciation: ; born 21 March 1997) is a Chinese

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player. She began to receive intensive badminton training at the Suzhou Junior Sports School, when she was 7 years old. Five years later, she was sent to study in Nanjing and for tougher training there. The junior already competed in the senior level, and made her senior international debut at the 2013 Vietnam Open. In 2014, she competed at the

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, winning a gold medal in the girls' singles and a bronze in the mixed doubles event. She also won bronze medals at the World Championships in 2018 and 2021.

Career

2013–2015

He Bingjiao started playing at international tournaments in 2013 when she was 16 years of age. She reached the semi-finals of the Asian Junior Championships where she was defeated by the Thai

Busanan Ongbamrungphan Busanan Ongbamrungphan (Thai: บุศนันท์ อึ๊งบำรุงพันธ์; born 22 March 1996) is a Thai badminton player who specializes in singles. She competed at the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games as well as the 2020 Summe ...

in straight games. She also reached the semi-finals of the World Junior Championships but was defeated by the Japanese

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. She won the Vietnam Open by defeating the Indonesian

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in straight games by just 21 minutes. At the 2014 World Junior Championships, she avenged her defeat to

in the World Junior Championships last year, beating her in straight games. However she had to settle for a silver medal after she lost to another Japanese

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in a tightly contested final match of 3 games 21–14, 18–21, 13–21. Her biggest victory came at the Youth Olympic Games, where she defeated Akane Yamaguchi in yet another difficult match and took revenge of her defeat in World Junior Championships final. She also had a good campaign at the

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, where she defeated prominent opponents like

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and Beiwen Zhang, but finished as runner-up after her defeat against Sun Yu. In 2015, she won her first title of the year at the China Masters, defeating Hui Xirui. She also got a final spot in the

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, but was defeated by Japanese player

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. She suffered a shocking defeat in the quarter-finals of the World Junior Championships by Natsuki Nidaira of Japan. She claimed the

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title later that year, defeating

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in straight games in the final. Her victories in the tournament included a biggest surprise against two-time World Championship bronze medalist

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2016

She had one of the greatest tournaments of her career at the

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, where she defeated world's top players: Ratchanok Intanon,

, and Sun Yu to reach the finals. She defeated

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in a one-sided final match, 21–16, 21–10, and took revenge of her defeat in the All England against her. She claimed her first Superseries title at the Japan Open, beating Sun Yu in the final. She won the French Open Superseries thereafter, defeating Beiwen Zhang in a very easy final 21–9, 21–9. She defended her title successfully at the

, beating

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in the final. As a result of her outstanding performances, she was qualified for the season-ending Superseries Finals, where she had satisfactory results. Despite losing to Tai Tzu-ying and

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, she won against Ratchanok Intanon after Intanon left the match trailing 19–21, 11–10.

2017

She reached the semi-finals of the Asian Championships after a hard battle against Olympic silver medalist

in the quarter-finals. However, she lost in the semi-finals against

in straight games, thus winning the bronze medal. She was also the part of the China's Sudirman Cup team that won the silver medal at that tournament after losing to

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in the final. At the World Championships in

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, she lost to home favorite

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in the third round in a thrilling match, 14–21, 21–15, 16–21. She failed to defend her title in Japan after losing to Carolina Marín in the final. She was qualified for the Dubai World Superseries Finals this time too, but lost all the group matches, losing to P. V. Sindhu, Akane Yamaguchi and

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. Therefore, she was denied a semi-final spot.

2018

She reached the final of the Malaysia Open for the first time, but failed to give good fight to Tai Tzu-ying even after she had three game points in the first game. She took her biggest revenge against Tai Tzu-ying in the World Championships, where she defeated her in the quarter-finals in 3 games 21–18, 7–21, 21–13. With this win, she broke Tai Tzu-ying's nearly seven months' unbeatable record which included 31 straight wins. She had to settle for a bronze medal after getting defeated by Carolina Marín in yet another three-game clash, 21–13, 16–21, 13–21. She competed at the

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, where she lost to

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in the round of 16. She had shown her great consistency after reaching the semi-finals of various other tournaments. Although she was qualified, she opted not to take part in the first ever edition of

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in her home country China, citing some injury problems she got during her match against

in the Hong Kong Open.

2019

At the India Open, she defeated the defending champion Beiwen Zhang in the quarter-finals and

for the fourth straight time in the next round. but lost in the final to Ratchanok Intanon in straight games. This was her first defeat against Intanon. She won a silver medal at the Asian Championships following her defeat against

again. After early losses in Indonesia, Japan and Thailand, she finished as a quarter-finalist in the World Championships losing out to

. She got a title victory in Korea Open in 3 years after her last in 2016. In the final, she defeated Ratchanok Intanon even when she was 4 match points down. She had an upsetting campaign at the World Tour Finals, where she was defeated by

and

. She led against Sindhu in game one with a huge 18–9 lead, but failed to consolidate that lead, and eventually lost the match 19–21, 19–21.

2020–2021

He Bingjiao competed at the

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as the number eight seed in the women's singles. She finished fourth after being defeated by

in the semi-finals and

in the bronze medal match. She was part of the China's winning team at the

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. She reached the semi-finals of the

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. However, she lost to Tai Tzu-ying in three games 17–21, 21–13, 14–21, so she settled for a bronze medal, her second ever medal at the World Championships.

2022

She started the 2022 season by winning the

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and the

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, defeating compatriot

in both finals. Then in October, she claimed back-to-back Super 750 titles, winning the Denmark Open and the

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. As a result of her good performance this season, she qualified for the

, where she topped the group by beating Tai Tzu-ying, Ratchanok Intanon and

to reach the semi-finals for the first time in her career. However, she was outpowered by Tai Tzu-ying in straight games. Despite this, she still reached a career-high ranking of No.5 at the end of the year.

Achievements

BWF World Championships

''Women's singles''

Asian Championships

''Women's singles''

Youth Olympic Games

''Girls' singles'' ''Mixed doubles''

BWF World Junior Championships

''Girls' singles''

Asian Junior Championships

''Girls' singles''

BWF World Tour (5 titles, 2 runners-up)

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(BWF). The BWF World Tour is 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. ''Women's singles''

BWF Superseries (2 titles, 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

(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 each year. ''Women's singles'' :

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tournament : BWF Superseries Premier tournament :

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tournament

BWF Grand Prix (5 titles, 2 runners-up)

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(BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. ''Women's singles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament :

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tournament

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 20 December 2022.

References

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