Weng Hongyang ( zh, s=翁泓阳, p=Wēng Hóngyáng; born 18 June 1999) is a Chinese

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

player. He won his first BWF World Tour title at the 2019 Lingshui China Masters. He was part of China winning team in the 2024 Thomas Cup.

Career

Early career

Weng entered the Fuzhou Sports School in 2006, and later the Fujian Sports School in 2009. He joined the provincial sports team in March 2011, and entered the national team in March 2018. In 2019, he won the Lingshui China Masters, defeating Liu Haichao in straight games in the final.

2020–2021

In November 2020, he won the men's singles title of the China National Championships. Weng was part of the Fujian winning team at the 2021 National Games of China.

2022

In the Korea Open, Weng was promoted from the reserves list to enter the main draw. He defeated home favorite Heo Kwang-hee in the first round, and defeated Malaysians Cheam June Wei and

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to reach the semi-finals. There, he defeated Denmark's Victor Svendsen to reach his career's maiden World Tour Super 500 final. In the final, he defeated Indonesia's Jonatan Christie to win his career's biggest title, despite being one game down and trailing 16–19 in the second. It was his career's biggest win. In the Asian Championships, Weng qualified for the main draw. He defeated former World No.1

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in straight games. Despite this, he still won a bronze medal, which was his first medal from a major tournament.

2023

Weng won his second BWF World Tour Super 500 title at the

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, with victories against Kodai Naraoka,

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and Lee Zii Jia. In the final, Weng came from 14–19 down and saved a match point in the deciding game to defeat Prannoy H. S. He then won the Denmark Open defetating Lee Zii Jia in the final.

2024

Weng reached his first ever BWF World Tour Super 1000 tournament in the China Open. He won the title after beating Kodai Naraoka in the final.

2025

Weng doesn't start well in this year, losing in the first round in Malaysia Open but he certainly did better in

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, reaching semifinals. In March, Weng won his first Super 300 in Swiss Open against Christo Popov in straight sets.

Achievements

Asian Championships

''Men's singles''

BWF World Tour (6 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, and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Men's singles''

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title)

''Men's singles'' :

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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 :

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

tournament

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Weng, Hongyang 1999 births Living people Sportspeople from Fuzhou Badminton players from Fujian Chinese male badminton players Badminton players at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games medalists in badminton Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games 21st-century Chinese sportsmen