Lu Guangzu (; born on 19 October 1996) 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 was a silver medalist in the
2025 Asian Championships.
Lu was integrated to China winning team in the
2021
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and
2023 Sudirman Cup, as well at the
2024 Thomas Cup. In
2018
Events January
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, Lu made into his first final at the
Lingshui China Masters. Since then, he both won
Australian Open
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and
Canada Open's titles.
Career
Lu reached the final of the
Australian Open
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, his first final in four years, defeating world number 2
Lee Zii Jia
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en route. Although he lost to compatriot
Shi Yuqi
Shi Yuqi (; Mandarin pronunciation: ; born 28 February 1996) is a Chinese badminton player.Shi won his first Superseries title in the 2016 French Open. At the 2017 All England Open, he defeated 6-time champion Lin Dan to reach the final, and r ...
in three games,
he qualified for the
World Tour Finals for the first time in his career. In his group, he defeated
Prannoy H. S. in a tight three-game match, but failed to qualify for the semi-finals as he lost to world No.1
Viktor Axelsen
Viktor Axelsen (born 4 January 1994) is a Danish badminton player. He is a two-time Badminton at the Summer Olympics, Olympic Champion, two-time BWF World Championships, World Champion, and four-time European Badminton Championships, European Cha ...
and
Kodai Naraoka, both in straight games.
In 2025, he reached the final in the
Asian Championships held in Ningbo, but was defeated by
Kunlavut Vitidsarn.
Achievements
Asian Championships
''Men's singles''
BWF World Tour (3 titles, 5 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
The Badminton World Federation, aka BWF, is the international governing body for the sport of badminton approved by the International Olympic Committee. It was founded on 5 July 1934 as the International Badminton Federation with nine member ...
(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''
References
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Living people
1996 births
Sportspeople from Xuzhou
Badminton players from Jiangsu
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
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