Zheng Siwei (; born 26 February 1997) is a Chinese

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player specializing in doubles. He is an Olympic gold medalist, a three-time World Champion and two-time

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gold medalist in the mixed doubles with his current partner

Huang Yaqiong Huang Yaqiong (, born 28 February 1994) is a Chinese badminton player who specializes in doubles. She is an Olympic gold medalist, three-time World Champion, two-time Asian Games gold medalist, and two-time Asian Champion. She also won a silv ...

. He helped the national team clinch the 2018 Thomas Cup and also

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and 2023 Sudirman Cups. Zheng joined the national team in 2013, and excelled in the junior events, collecting four gold medals, a silver and a bronze at the World Junior Championships, also six golds and a silver at the Asian Junior Championships from 2013 to 2015. He also participated in the senior event, winning doubles titles in

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and Brasil Open. For his achievements in 2015, the BWF awarded him the Eddy Choong Most Promising Player of the Year. Zheng achieved his breakthrough in 2016 by achieving the world number 1 ranking in mixed doubles partnering with Chen Qingchen in December 2016. He and Chen reached thirteen Superseries finals, won the year-end tournament Dubai World Superseries Finals in 2016 and 2017, and the silver medal at the 2017 World Championships. He forged a new mixed doubles pairing with

in November 2017, and started their partnership by winning the

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and Macau Open in consecutive weeks. He again ascended to the mixed doubles world number 1 ranking on 9 August 2018, with the achievement of seven 2018 World Tour titles, and gold medals at the

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and

. In November 2024, Zheng announced his retirement from international badminton. The 2024 BWF World Tour Finals was his final tournament.

Career

2021

Zheng and his partner

competed at the

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as the top seeds. They won a silver medal after being defeated by their compatriots

Wang Yilyu Wang Yilyu (; ; born 8 November 1994), sometimes also transliterated as Wang Yilu, Wang Yilv or Wang Yilü, is a Chinese badminton player. He is the mixed doubles Olympic Champion at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and was two-time mixed doubles As ...

and

Huang Dongping Huang Dongping (; born 30 April 1995) is a Chinese badminton player. She is the mixed doubles Olympic Champion at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and was three-time mixed doubles Asian Champion, winning in 2018, 2019 and 2024. Huang was ranked first ...

in the final in a close rubber game.

2022

Zheng participated in the German Open, but with a new partner,

Zhang Shuxian Zhang Shuxian ( zh, 张殊贤; ''Zhāng Shūxián''; born 2 January 2000) is a Chinese badminton player. Career Early career Zhang attended Luzhou Zilu Road School. Later, she was recommended by the city sports school to enter the Sichuan ...

, in which they were knocked out in the first round by Jones Ralfy Jansen and

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. He reunited with

at the

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. They reached the semifinals, where they were defeated by their compatriots Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping once again, in three games. In April, Zheng and Huang participated in the

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for the third time. They were crowned as the champions, avenging their defeat in the Tokyo Olympics against Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping in the final without dropping a game in the whole tournament. From May to July, Zheng and Huang won 5 consecutive World Tour titles at the Thailand Open,

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, Indonesia Open, Malaysia Open and

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back to back. The pair topped the world rankings again after winning the Indonesia Open. In August, competing as the top seed in the

, Zheng and Huang got their third gold medal of this event in their career by beating Yuta Watanabe and

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, who were fighting in home soil, in two straight games. Despite losing to Watanabe and Higashino a week later in the semifinals of Japan Open, Zheng and Huang proceeded to triumph in two Super 750 events,

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and

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in two three-game thrillers, against compatriots

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/ Huang and the Dutch pair Tabeling/ Piek respectively. As a result they finished 1st in the Race to World Tour Finals ranking. They finished the year with their 10th gold of the year in the World Tour Finals by beating No.2 seed

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and

Sapsiree Taerattanachai Sapsiree Taerattanachai (; ; born 18 April 1992) is a Thai badminton player. She claimed titles in the mixed doubles with Dechapol Puavaranukroh at the 2017 SEA Games and at the 2021 World Championships. Sapsiree and Dechapol made history as th ...

21–19, 18–21, 21–13.

2023

Zheng and Huang competed as top seeds and three-time defending champions in the Malaysia Open at the start of the year. They defended their title without dropping a set throughout the tournament. However, a week later they lost in the semi-finals in the

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to Yuta Watanabe and

. In March, the pair of Zheng and Huang participated in the

and were crowned champions for the second time in their career as a pair by beating the Korean pair

Seo Seung-jae Seo Seung-jae (; born 4 September 1997) is a South Korean badminton player. He is the first South Korean player in 24 years to have won two gold medals in a single edition of the BWF World Championships, by winning the mixed and men's doubles e ...

and

Chae Yoo-jung Chae Yoo-jung (; born 9 May 1995) is a South Korean badminton player who affiliated with Incheon International Airport team. She is the daughter of former singles player Kim Bok-sun. She won the mixed doubles title at the 2023 World Champions ...

. At the end of April, Zheng and Huang participated in the

as defending champions, and finished with a silver medal after losing to their younger compatriots

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and

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. In May, the pair then helped the Chinese team to lift the

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trophy by winning all 4 matches they played. In June, after losing to

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and

Jeong Na-eun Jeong Na-eun (; born 27 June 2000) is a South Korean badminton player affiliated with Hwasun County team. She was the silver medalist in the mixed doubles at the 2024 Summer Olympics. She was part of Korean winning team in the 2022 Uber Cup a ...

in the quarterfinals in

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, The pair won their third Super 1000 title of the season in the Indonesia Open, defeating Watanabe and Higashino in straight games in the final. In August, Zheng and Huang entered the

as the top seeds and defending champions. Zheng reached his fifth final without dropping a single game, but the duo lost to

and

, a pair they never lost to in 9 meetings, in three close games. In October, Zheng and Huang, who were 2018 champions, successfully defended their title they won 5 years ago at the

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, avenging their defeat to Seo and Chae in the semi-finals and defeating Watanabe and Higashino in the final in straight games. In December, Zheng achieved the honour of being the first shuttler ever to secure five mixed doubles titles at the World Tour Finals when he with his partner Huang Yaqiong defeated Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping. In the semi-finals, it was a masterclass display as they steamrolled reigning world champions Seo and Chae.

2024

Zheng and Huang competed as the top seeds and four-time defending champions at the Malaysia Open. However, they lost in the quarter-finals to

and

, in three games. After the match, Zheng said that they were ill. As a result, they withdrew from the

the following week. However, they returned to competition at the

, which was held a week after the India Open, and they won the title. In May, they competed at the Singapore Open, and won the title, which was their first title as a pair at the tournament. A week later, they competed at the Indonesia Open as the two-time defending champions. However, they were outclassed in the final in two straight games by compatriats

and

. After being out of international competition for more than a month, in July, Zheng and Huang returned at the

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for the second time. This time, they came back much stronger, by winning the gold medal for the first time, winning all of their matches in two straight games. In the final, they produced a masterclass performance against

and

, with a final score of 21–8, 21–11. In November, Zheng announced his retirement from international badminton, citing needing a balance between career and family. This was a result of his family welcoming his second child, a daughter. The following month, Zheng and Huang won the World Tour Finals after defeating

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and

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in a grueling three sets match of 21–18, 14–21, 21–17. He officially retired from the

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and international competitions shortly thereafter.

Achievements

Olympic Games

''Mixed doubles''

World Championships

''Mixed doubles''

Asian Games

''Mixed doubles''

Asian Championships

''Mixed doubles''

World Junior Championships

''Boys' doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

Asian Junior Championships

''Boys' doubles'' ''Mixed doubles''

BWF World Tour (33 titles, 8 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. ''Mixed doubles'' Zheng, along with his partner

, made history as they were the first player/pair to achieve a calendar year grand slam in Super 750 events (2018) and Super 1000 events (2019).

BWF Superseries (8 titles, 8 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the

(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. ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' :

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tournament : BWF Superseries Premier tournament :

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tournament

BWF Grand Prix (10 titles, 3 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

(BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. ''Men's doubles'' ''Mixed doubles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title)

''Mixed doubles'' :

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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

Performance timeline

National team

* ''Junior level'' * ''Senior level''

Individual competitions

Junior level

* ''Boys' singles'' * ''Boys' doubles'' * ''Mixed doubles''

Senior level

= Men's doubles

= Mixed doubles

References

External links

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