Zhang Yiman (, born 15 January 1997) is a Chinese

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players p ...

player. She won her first World Tour title at the 2019 Vietnam Open. She also won a bronze medal at the 2021 World Championships in the women's singles category.

Career

2021

In 2021, Zhang participated in the 2021 BWF World Championships in the women's singles category. The unseeded Zhang defeated Hong Kong's Cheung Ngan Yi in the first round before receiving a walkover to the third round, where she defeated the sixteenth seed Kim Ga-eun of South Korea in straight games. Then in the quarter-finals, she shocked the seventh seed and former world champion

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in a hard-fought three-game match. This was the biggest win in her career. Although she lost to Japan's Akane Yamaguchi in straight games in the semi-final, she won a bronze medal, which was her first ever medal from a major tournament.

2022

Zhang reached the final at the

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, but lost to compatriot

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in straight games.

2023

Zhang won her first

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title at the

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, beating compatriot

in three games.

Achievements

BWF World Championships

''Women's singles''

Summer Universiade

''Women's singles''

BWF World Tour (2 titles, 3 runners-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. ''Women's singles''

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 runner-up)

''Women's singles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament

Record against selected opponents

Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 6 November 2022.

References

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* 1997 births Living people Badminton players from Hunan Chinese female badminton players Universiade silver medalists for China Universiade bronze medalists for China Medalists at the 2021 Summer Universiade Universiade medalists in badminton {{PRChina-badminton-bio-stub