Yao Xue

Yao Xue (Chinese: 姚雪, born 17 January 1991) is a Chinese badminton player.[1]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yao.
Yao Xue
Personal information
CountryChina
Born (1991-01-17) 17 January 1991
Jingzhou, Hubei, China
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Women's singles
Highest ranking16 (19 June 2014)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  China
World Junior Championships
2009 Alor Setar Mixed team
Summer Universiade
2013 Kazan Mixed team
2013 Kazan Women's singles
BWF profile

Career

Yao started playing badminton at the age of six. She trained in Shenzhen for two years. Yao with her excellent performance selected to Guangdong training team. A year later, she became a full member of the Guangdong team, also selected several national junior team.[2] Her biggest achievement in the BWF Superseries event that is becoming the runner-up in the 2013 Malaysia Super Series in the women's singles event.[3] In September 2013, she became the runner-up at the Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold tournament. In the final round, she defeated by her compatriot Suo Di with a tighter finish. Suo dominated the first game but she didn't give up so easily. She tried to steal the second game but came up just short in the end and was unable to take her first international title.[4] She won her first international title at the 2014 Malaysia Grand Prix Gold tournament.[5]

Achievements

Summer Universiade

Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2013 Tennis Academy, Kazan, Russia Sung Ji-hyun 10–21, 21–19, 14–21 Bronze

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[6] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (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.[7] Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2013 Malaysia Open Tai Tzu-ying 17–21, 14–21 Runner-up
  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 Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2013 Indonesia Grand Prix Gold Suo Di 12–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2014 Malaysia Grand Prix Gold Adriyanti Firdasari 21–18, 21–18 Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

References
  1. "Players: Yao Xue". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  2. "新人秀：超级赛亚军姚雪 爸爸领路 妈妈导师". sports.qq.com (in Chinese). Tencent. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  3. "2013 馬來西亞超級賽 決賽". www.victorsport.com.tw (in Chinese). Victor Sport. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  4. "Indonesia GPG 2013 Finals – Luo twins back on top". www.badzine.net. Badzine.net. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  5. "澳门羽球格兰披治大奖赛 女单姚雪出战争冠军". sports.qq.com (in Chinese). Tencent. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  6. "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
  7. "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". www.ibadmintonstore.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
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