Tai Tzu-ying (; born 20 June 1994) is a Taiwanese
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.
At the age of 22, she achieved world no.1 in the
BWF women's singles ranking in December 2016, and has held that title for 214 weeks, the longest in
BWF history.
[See also: Number one ranked players timeline.] Tai was the women's singles silver medalist in the
Tokyo 2020 Olympics and the
2021 BWF World Championships. She was gold medalist in the
2017 Summer Universiade and the
2018 Asian Games
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. She was the champion of
BWF Super Series Finals
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/
BWF World Tour Finals a record four times (
2014
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,
2016
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* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
,
2020
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,
2023
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).
She was thrice the champion of the
All England Open (
2017
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Events January
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2018
Events January
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,
2020
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),
and of the
Asian Championships (
2017
2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly.
Events January
* January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
,
2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
,
2023
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).
Career
Tai's career began when she was in elementary school, as she was influenced by her father who was a firefighter and the director of Kaohsiung city's badminton committee. Tai started playing badminton in the fourth or fifth grade of elementary school, and in the sixth grade, she played at the National ranking tournament, won the title in the second division, and earned the right to participate in the first division games. She was the youngest player to compete in the first division.
2007–2010: Early international career
Tai made her debut in an international tournament in 2007 at the
Vietnam International.
In 2009, she won the silver medal at the
Asian Junior Championships, losing the final match to
Chen Xiaojia in straight games. She represented Kaohsiung City in the National Games and went on to the quarter-finals. Young Tai began to show her potential when she was 15 years old, as she was able to compete at the senior level and become runner-up at the
Vietnam Open, a Grand Prix tournament.
In December, Tai competed at the
East Asian Games
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for Chinese Taipei, won a bronze medal in the women's singles, and helped the team reach the final, settling for a silver medal.
In 2010, she entered the big stage by competing in the Superseries event in
Korea Open. In April, she participated at the
World Junior Championships in Mexico but had to retire in the quarter-finals due to injury.
In June, she experienced the most memorable thing during her career as a badminton player when she reached her first Superseries final on her birthday in
Singapore Open. She started in the qualifying draw and went on to reach the final, which she lost to
Saina Nehwal in straight games.
2011–2013: First Grand Prix and Superseries title

In 2011, Tai made good progress by defeating the top-ranked player. She defeated
Zhu Lin in the first round of the
Australian Open
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,
Wang Xin in the first round of
Indonesia Open, and in July, she beat the former world champion
Lu Lan
Lu Lan (; born 2 May 1987) is a badminton player from China.
Career
In 2004, she won the Polish Open. In 2006, she won the Korea Open and finished the year in the 5th position in the BWF World Ranking.
In 2007, she won the Denmark Super Se ...
in the quarter-finals of the
U.S. Open, which was a Grand Prix Gold tournament, and beat World Junior silver medalist
Sayaka Sato in the final. This was the first international title she would win, at the age of only 17.
She also reached the semi-finals of the
Canada
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,
Vietnam
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,
and
French Open
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, where, in France, she defeated China's number 1,
Wang Shixian, in the quarter-finals. Tai was awarded best rookie athlete in the 2011 Sports Elite Awards.
In the early half of the 2012 season, her best achievements were the reaching the semi-finals in the
All England Open and being ranked as 16th in the world.
Tai represented her
country
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as the second women's singles behind
Cheng Shao-chieh
Cheng Shao-chieh (; born 4 January 1986) is a badminton player from Taiwan.
Cheng played badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics for the Republic of China as Chinese Taipei. In women's singles, she defeated Ling Wan Ting of Hong Kong and Jun J ...
at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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in London. The 18-year-old, ranked 13th in the world and seeded 10th won all matches in the group stage defeating
Anu Nieminen of Finland and
Victoria Montero of Mexico. Her run at the Olympics was stopped by the eventual gold medalist from China
Li Xuerui in the round of 16.
In September, she claimed her first ever Superseries title in the
Japan Open and made history as the youngest player to win a Superseries title (currently the third youngest player, after
Ratchanok Intanon
Ratchanok Intanon (, , ; born 5 February 1995) is a Thai badminton player who became the first Thai to become No.1 in women's singles. She is known for her relaxed hitting motion and light footwork, which has been described as 'balletic' by com ...
, who won the India Open in 2013, and
Akane Yamaguchi
is a Japanese badminton player. She was a two-time world champion who won gold medals in the women's singles at the 2021 and 2022 World Championships. She was a member of the winning Japanese team at the Asian Junior Championships in 2012 and ...
, who won the Japan Open in 2013).
She truly entered the upper echelons and future of the women's game with her victory in Japan and increasingly impressive performances and significant wins over some of the top players.
In October, she won the
Chinese Taipei Open against
Lindaweni Fanetri
Lindaweni Fanetri (born 18 January 1989) is a former Indonesian badminton player. She played in women's singles. Fanetri is from PB. Suryanaga, a badminton club from Surabaya, the same club with the likes of Sony Dwi Kuncoro, Alvent Yulianto, an ...
in a close rubber games 21–19, 20–22, 22–20.
In November, she competed as the top-seeded player at the
World Junior Championships in Chiba, Japan, but fell in the quarter-finals to
Sun Yu.
She took part in the World University Championships and won a gold in the women's singles and a silver medal in the women's doubles with her partner
Pai Hsiao-ma.
Tai clinched her maiden and only title in 2013 in the
Malaysia Open.
In other tournaments in the first half of the 2013 season, she often experienced defeat in the quarter-finals, such as in the
Germany
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,
Switzerland
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,
Asian Championships,
Indonesia
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,
Singapore
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, as well with her teammate in the
Sudirman Cup
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. Tai then competed in the
Summer Universiade
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and won the silver in the women's singles and bronze in the team event.
Her quarter-finals defeat continued into the
World Championship
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.
She finally advanced to the final stage in the
Chinese Taipei Open but was defeated by
Sung Ji-hyun
Sung Ji-hyun (; born 29 July 1991) is a South Korean badminton player from Seoul. She is an Badminton Asia Championships, Asian Championship gold medalist, a two-time Badminton at the Summer Universiade, Summer Universiade gold medalist, and a ...
.
She next played in the
East Asian Games
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in Tianjin,
and won a silver medal in the women's team event. Tai qualified for the
Superseries Finals. She defeated Sung Ji-hyun and
Porntip Buranaprasertsuk
Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (; born 24 October 1991) is a Thai badminton player. Buranaprasertsuk won her first BWF Super Series, Superseries title in 2011 India Super Series, 2011 India Open on 1 May 2011, becoming the first Thai to win a women's ...
but lost to Wang Shixian in the group stage. She made it to the semi-finals and successfully avenged her loss, beating Wang Shixian. She ended second after losing the final to
Li Xuerui.
2014–2015: Asian bronze and Superseries Finals title
Tai represented her country at the
2014 Asian Games
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On 17 April 2007, Incheon was awarded ...
and won Taiwan's first badminton medal by finishing in third place.
She reached her first finals in the Superseries event in the
Japan Open but was still unable to defeat the world's number one, Li Xuerui.
She then won the
Hong Kong Open after beating
Nozomi Okuhara in straight games.
She extended her winning streak to the
Superseries Finals in Dubai and won the first title for Taiwan in the Superseries finals by beating Korea's Sung Ji-hyun in straight games.
In 2015, she was beaten by
Sun Yu in the
Singapore Open. She did not win any titles that year.
2016: World #1
In 2016, Tai won the Indonesia Open and the Hong Kong Open to reach World No. 1 for the first time in her career. She won the Superseries Finals in Dubai for the second time, becoming the second women's singles player to do so (after Li Xuerui in 2012 and 2013).
[See also: List of Superseries Finals winner.] She also made history by becoming the first women's singles player to reach the finals in the Superseries Finals three times. She received the most prize money throughout 2016 with US$271,025.
2017: Asian champion and fifth straight Superseries title
Before the 2017 season started, Tai announced that she would skip that year's World Championships in Glasgow. Tai decided to attend the
2017 Summer Universiade
The 2017 Summer Universiade (), officially known as the XXIX Summer Universiade ( zh, t=第二十九屆夏季世界大學運動會, p=Dì èrshíjiǔ jiè xiàjì shìjiè dàxué yùndònghuì) and commonly called Taipei 2017 ( zh, t=台北201 ...
not only out of a desire to earn a title for her home country but also for the bigger picture. Since the Summer Universiade was by far the biggest sporting event held in her home country, only second to the Olympic Games, Tai wanted to welcome the world to see Taiwan.
President Tsai commended Tai's decision. She won the Special Contribution Award at the 2017 Sports Elite Awards.
Tai won her first
All England Open title in March 2017, beating Ratchanok Intanon in the finals.
In April, Tai won the
Malaysia Open as well as the
Singapore Open beating
Carolina Marín
Carolina María Marín Martín (born 15 June 1993) is a Spanish badminton player. She is an Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's singles, Olympic Champion, three-time BWF World Championships, World Champion, and eight-time Europea ...
in the finals two times in two weeks. Her titles in Malaysia and Singapore were her fourth and fifth consecutive ones.
Later in April, she won another title against
Akane Yamaguchi
is a Japanese badminton player. She was a two-time world champion who won gold medals in the women's singles at the 2021 and 2022 World Championships. She was a member of the winning Japanese team at the Asian Junior Championships in 2012 and ...
in the
Asian Championships held in Wuhan, China, marking a sixth consecutive title. It was also the first gold medal for Taiwan in this competition.
After winning 3 matches for her country in the
2017 Sudirman Cup, Tai extended her winning streak to 27 matches,
before losing to Thailand's
Nitchaon Jindapol in the quarter-finals of the
Indonesia Open.
In the
Universiade
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, Tai claimed two gold medals by winning the
women's singles and
team
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As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, " team is a group of people who are interdependent with respect to in ...
events.
She returned to the top of the podium of the Superseries tournament after winning the
French Open
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in October,
then defending and securing her third
Hong Kong Open title in November.
2018–2019: Asian Games gold, second All England and Asian Champions

In 2018, Tai started the season by participating in the
Malaysian Master, in which she defeated
Chen Yufei
Chen Yufei ( zh, s=陈雨菲, p=Chén Yǔfēi; born 1 March 1998) is a Chinese badminton player. She was the gold medalist in the 2020 Summer Olympics, and also at the 2025 Asian Championships. In her junior career, she won the girls' singles ...
in the quarter-finals and
Carolina Marín
Carolina María Marín Martín (born 15 June 1993) is a Spanish badminton player. She is an Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's singles, Olympic Champion, three-time BWF World Championships, World Champion, and eight-time Europea ...
in a thrilling semi-finals, coming from a game down, but lost to
Ratchanok Intanon
Ratchanok Intanon (, , ; born 5 February 1995) is a Thai badminton player who became the first Thai to become No.1 in women's singles. She is known for her relaxed hitting motion and light footwork, which has been described as 'balletic' by com ...
in the final.
A week later, at the
Indonesia Masters, she won the title after defeating
Saina Nehwal.
But in her next tournament, the
Asian Championships, she won the title after defeating
Chen Yufei
Chen Yufei ( zh, s=陈雨菲, p=Chén Yǔfēi; born 1 March 1998) is a Chinese badminton player. She was the gold medalist in the 2020 Summer Olympics, and also at the 2025 Asian Championships. In her junior career, she won the girls' singles ...
in the final in Wuhan and regained her world number 1 ranking.
In the
2018 BWF World Championships's third round, she defeated
Beiwen Zhang
Beiwen Zhang (; born 12 July 1990) is a badminton player who is a singles specialist. Born in China, she previously represented Singapore and currently represents the United States. She won the women's singles title at the 2021 Pan Am Champions ...
in straight games and broke the record of the longest winning streak with 31 consecutive matches won (Indonesia Masters,
All England Open as a defending champion,
Asian Championships,
Uber Cup
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,
Malaysia Open,
Indonesia Open,
and
BWF World Championships), while the former record of 30 wins was held by
Li Xuerui.
However, her winning streak was stopped by
He Bingjiao in the quarter-finals of the World Championships.
In the
2018 Asian Games
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, held in Jakarta, Tai won the gold medal by beating
P. V. Sindhu in straight games in the final, which became the first big title in her career.
She then secured the home soil title, winning the
Chinese Taipei Open in October.
After crowning the
women's singles' title of 2018 Denmark Open,
her ranking points reached 101,517. She became the second player in the women's singles category to break 100,000 points, while the first was Li Xuerui, who led with 101,644 points. Although she lost the final game of the
2018 French Open
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,
she still won 9,350 points. Deleting her
2017 French Open 9,200 points, her points eventually came to 101,667, and she became the highest points holder in women's singles category history.
Tai qualified to compete at the
World Tour Finals and was placed as the top seed. In the group stage, she was placed in group A along with
Akane Yamaguchi
is a Japanese badminton player. She was a two-time world champion who won gold medals in the women's singles at the 2021 and 2022 World Championships. She was a member of the winning Japanese team at the Asian Junior Championships in 2012 and ...
,
P. V. Sindhu, and
Beiwen Zhang
Beiwen Zhang (; born 12 July 1990) is a badminton player who is a singles specialist. Born in China, she previously represented Singapore and currently represents the United States. She won the women's singles title at the 2021 Pan Am Champions ...
. In her first match, she defeated Zhang. She lost to Sindhu. However, she retired with an injury in her third group stage match against Yamaguchi after losing the first game 17–21 and trailing 12–11 in the second game. Tai did not reveal the nature of the injury or how it occurred.
For her achievements in 2018, she was nominated as BWF Female Player of the Year.
In 2019, she reached the quarter-final stage of the Malaysia Masters, losing to the same opponent of the previous year and her arch-rival
Ratchanok Intanon
Ratchanok Intanon (, , ; born 5 February 1995) is a Thai badminton player who became the first Thai to become No.1 in women's singles. She is known for her relaxed hitting motion and light footwork, which has been described as 'balletic' by com ...
in straight games.
In March, she advanced to the finals of the
All England Open for the third straight time. However, she unexpectedly lost to the Chinese
Chen Yufei
Chen Yufei ( zh, s=陈雨菲, p=Chén Yǔfēi; born 1 March 1998) is a Chinese badminton player. She was the gold medalist in the 2020 Summer Olympics, and also at the 2025 Asian Championships. In her junior career, she won the girls' singles ...
, after 11 straight victories over her.
She came back and claimed back-to-back titles at the Malaysia Open and Singapore Open, beating the Japanese
Akane Yamaguchi
is a Japanese badminton player. She was a two-time world champion who won gold medals in the women's singles at the 2021 and 2022 World Championships. She was a member of the winning Japanese team at the Asian Junior Championships in 2012 and ...
and
Nozomi Okuhara respectively in the finals in straight games.
In July, she was unable to defend her title at the
Indonesia Open after losing in the semi-finals to
Akane Yamaguchi
is a Japanese badminton player. She was a two-time world champion who won gold medals in the women's singles at the 2021 and 2022 World Championships. She was a member of the winning Japanese team at the Asian Junior Championships in 2012 and ...
.
Her jinx at the World Championships continued further after she lost to
P. V. Sindhu of India in the quarter-finals in 3 games.
This was her 5th straight quarter-finals loss at the World Championships.
Tai reached the finals of the China Open, where she lost to insurgent
Carolina Marín
Carolina María Marín Martín (born 15 June 1993) is a Spanish badminton player. She is an Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's singles, Olympic Champion, three-time BWF World Championships, World Champion, and eight-time Europea ...
in three games.
She reached the semi-finals of the Korea Open. She aimed for her third title of the year at the Denmark Open and reached the finals again after three years. Despite a good performance, she couldn't stand right against
Chen Yufei
Chen Yufei ( zh, s=陈雨菲, p=Chén Yǔfēi; born 1 March 1998) is a Chinese badminton player. She was the gold medalist in the 2020 Summer Olympics, and also at the 2025 Asian Championships. In her junior career, she won the girls' singles ...
and lost the finals.
2020–2021: Third All England title and BWF Female Player of the Year
Tai commenced the year by competing at the
Malaysia Masters as the first seed. She finished as runner-up after losing to
Chen Yufei
Chen Yufei ( zh, s=陈雨菲, p=Chén Yǔfēi; born 1 March 1998) is a Chinese badminton player. She was the gold medalist in the 2020 Summer Olympics, and also at the 2025 Asian Championships. In her junior career, she won the girls' singles ...
in straight games.
In her fourth straight
All England Open finals that year, she won the coveted title for the third time, thereby becoming only the second female player after
Ye Zhaoying (1996–99) to clinch three titles by contesting 4 consecutive finals in this tournament. In the final, she beat
Chen Yufei
Chen Yufei ( zh, s=陈雨菲, p=Chén Yǔfēi; born 1 March 1998) is a Chinese badminton player. She was the gold medalist in the 2020 Summer Olympics, and also at the 2025 Asian Championships. In her junior career, she won the girls' singles ...
with the score of 21–19, 21–15, and with this, she avenged her defeat to Chen at this stage the prior year.
She had to settle for second best at the two consecutive
Thailand Open Super 1000 events in January, 2021, after losing to
Carolina Marín
Carolina María Marín Martín (born 15 June 1993) is a Spanish badminton player. She is an Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's singles, Olympic Champion, three-time BWF World Championships, World Champion, and eight-time Europea ...
in both occasions in straight games.
She finally defeated Marín at the
BWF World Tour Finals while contesting her 5th end-of-season championships finals and winning for the third time. She claimed victory over her opponent in three games.
Tai was named the BWF Female Player of the Year 2020–2021.
Tai Tzu-ying won the All England 2020 and then struck a rich vein of form at the three-tournament Asian Leg in January 2021, making all three finals and clinching the BWF World Tour Finals 2020. Tai then made the finals of the Tokyo Olympics and won a silver medal after being defeated by the top seed
Chen Yufei
Chen Yufei ( zh, s=陈雨菲, p=Chén Yǔfēi; born 1 March 1998) is a Chinese badminton player. She was the gold medalist in the 2020 Summer Olympics, and also at the 2025 Asian Championships. In her junior career, she won the girls' singles ...
in an intense match, 18–21, 21–19, 18–21.
2022: World Championship bronze, 3rd Indonesia Open, and 4th Taipei Open title
In May's
Thailand Open, Tai advanced to the finals against
Chen Yufei
Chen Yufei ( zh, s=陈雨菲, p=Chén Yǔfēi; born 1 March 1998) is a Chinese badminton player. She was the gold medalist in the 2020 Summer Olympics, and also at the 2025 Asian Championships. In her junior career, she won the girls' singles ...
, repeating the 2020 Tokyo Olympic women's singles match-up. In the end, she defeated Chen to avenge her loss at the 2020 Olympics.
She met Chen again in the semi-finals of the
Indonesia Open. Tai's superb coordination won her in the decider. In the finals, she defeated another Chinese player,
Wang Zhiyi, and she successfully claimed her third Indonesia Open title.
She won her fourth
Taipei Open
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title with a straight game win over
Saena Kawakami in the finals.
In August, at the
BWF World Championships that were held in Tokyo, Japan, Tai defeated Slovakian and Vietnamese players and advanced to the quarter-finals, where she defeated
Busanan Ongbamrungphan
Busanan Ongbamrungphan (Thai: บุศนันท์ อึ๊งบำรุงพันธ์; born 22 March 1996) is a Thai badminton player who specializes in singles. She was the women's singles gold medalists at the 2015 SEA Games, and ...
. However, in the semi-finals, she met Chen again, but due to many mistakes in the last game, she lost and claimed the bronze medal.
Tai qualified to compete at the
World Tour Finals that were held in Bangkok, Thailand. She advanced to the semi-finals with a record of 2 wins and 1 loss in the group stage and then met
He Bingjiao in the semi-finals and avenged her defeat in the group stage. In the finals, she lost to
Akane Yamaguchi
is a Japanese badminton player. She was a two-time world champion who won gold medals in the women's singles at the 2021 and 2022 World Championships. She was a member of the winning Japanese team at the Asian Junior Championships in 2012 and ...
, who was in great form at the time and had won the World Championships for two consecutive years, and finished second.
Playing style
Tai plays an offensive game, with many calling her style unpredictable and often spontaneous. She is a very adventurous player with a disguised nature of shots, seemingly able to hit the shuttle from just about anywhere with a great range of shots and angles. Also remarkable is her very relaxed hitting action.
She has a strong backhand and good net-play, while her biggest fault is being inconsistent at times. Tai also has strong stamina and is very athletic.
Tai herself said that she does not follow a certain play or style, and focuses on herself rather than her opponent or any strategies. Tai has clocked fast smashes, with one of the fastest recorded being 360 km/h at the
2016 All England Open quarter-finals, despite her preference of playing slowly to set up shots.
Tai's prodigious talent and deceptive shot-making has earned compliments of many, including BWF commentator
Gillian Clark, who often compliments her talented shot-making and has said that Tai is one of the best players to watch in women's singles.
Achievements
Olympic Games
''Women's singles''
BWF World Championships
''Women's singles''
Asian Games
''Women's singles''
Asian Championships
''Women's singles''
East Asian Games
''Women's singles''
Summer Universiade
''Women's singles''
World University Championships
''Women's singles''
''Women's doubles''
Asian Junior Championships
''Girls' singles''
BWF World Tour (17 titles, 12 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.
''Women's singles''
BWF Superseries (12 titles, 6 runners-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
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). 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''
:
BWF Superseries Finals tournament
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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, S ...
tournament
BWF Grand Prix (3 titles, 2 runners-up)
The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the
Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of 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) and played between 2007 and 2017.
''Women's singles''
:
BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
:
BWF Grand Prix tournament
Invitation tournament
''Mixed doubles''
Performance timeline
Women's singles
1 Doesn't count in official record.
Women's doubles
Mixed doubles
Record against selected opponents
Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 07 August 2024.
Notes
Sponsorships
Yonex controversy
During the period of the
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...
,
Yonex
is a Japanese sports equipment manufacturing company. Yonex produces equipment and apparel for tennis, badminton, golf, and running.
Its range of products manufactured and commercialized includes equipment for badminton and tennis ( rackets, s ...
provided unfit shoes to non-contract Tai. This forced Tai to wear other shoes made by her personal sponsor brand, Victor, without any logos. This event caused a controversy with the Chinese Taipei Badminton Association.
Top badminton player Tai Tzu-ying stands by her actions in shoe row
''chinapost.com.tw (archived)''.
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References
External links
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1994 births
Living people
Badminton players from Kaohsiung
Taiwanese female badminton players
Badminton players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Badminton players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Badminton players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Badminton players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Olympic badminton players for Taiwan
Olympic silver medalists for Taiwan
Olympic medalists in badminton
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Badminton players at the 2014 Asian Games
Badminton players at the 2018 Asian Games
Badminton players at the 2022 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei
Asian Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei
Asian Games medalists in badminton
Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei
FISU World University Games silver medalists for Chinese Taipei
FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Chinese Taipei
Summer World University Games medalists in badminton
Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade
Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade
World No. 1 badminton players
University of Taipei alumni
21st-century Taiwanese sportswomen
Ambassadors-at-large of the Republic of China