Xia Huan (; born 30 January 1992) 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 ...

doubles player.

Career

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

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with Tang Jinhua 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 Bao Yixin and Ou Dongni (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 German 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, 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 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 tournament : BWF Superseries Premier tournament : BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. 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 tournament : BWF International Series tournament

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Xia, Huan 1992 births Living people People from Yiyang Badminton players from Hunan Chinese female badminton players 21st-century Chinese sportswomen