Xia Huan (; born 30 January 1992) is a Chinese

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doubles player.

Career

Xia became World Junior Champion in the girls' doubles event in

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with

Tang Jinhua Tang Jinhua (; born 8 January 1992) is a Chinese retired badminton player who competed at the highest level during the second decade of the 2000s, winning numerous women's doubles and occasional mixed doubles events with a variety of partners. S ...

held in

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, Malaysia. One year later in

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, the pair almost managed to defend their World Juniors title, reaching the final, which they eventually lost to compatriots

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and

Ou Dongni Ou Dongni (; born 7 February 1993) is a badminton player from China. She won the 2015 Singapore Super Series with Yu Xiaohan. Achievements East Asian Games ''Women's doubles'' BWF World Junior Championships ''Girls' doubles'' Asian ...

(13–21, 18–21). The pair also won the

and 2010 Asian Junior Championships. In 2011, Xia Huan and Tang Jinhua won their first major title, the China Masters Superseries. They also reached the semi-finals at the 2011 Korea Grand Prix Gold, and the final at the China Open Superseries. In 2012, Xia and Tang won the

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and Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold.

Achievements

Asian Championships

''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

BWF World Junior Championships

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

Asian Junior Championships

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

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the

Badminton World Federation The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) with nine member ...

(BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011. Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year. ''Women's doubles'' :

BWF Superseries Finals The BWF Super Series Finals (named as BWF Super Series Masters Finals until 2009) was an annual badminton tournament held at the end of the year where the players with the most points from that calendar year's twelve events of the BWF Super Series c ...

tournament : BWF Superseries Premier tournament :

BWF Superseries 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, ...

tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the

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. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

(BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017. ''Women's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

''Mixed doubles'' :

BWF International Challenge The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Xia, Huan 1992 births Living people People from Yiyang Badminton players from Hunan Chinese female badminton players