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Tai Tzu-ying
Tai Tzu-ying at the 2016 Chinese Taipei Open.
Personal information
Country	Taiwan
Born	(1994-06-20) 20 June 1994 (age 30) Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb; 8.7 st)
Years active	2009
Handedness	Right
Coach	Jiang-Chen Lai
Women's Singles
Highest ranking	1 (December 1, 2016)
Current ranking	1 (April 13, 2017)
Medal record Representing  Chinese Taipei Women's Badminton Asian Games 2014 Incheon Women's Singles Asian Championships 2015 Wuhan Women's Singles 2017 Wuhan Women's Singles
BWF profile

Tai Tzu-ying (Chinese: 戴資穎; pinyin: Dài Zīyǐng; Wade–Giles: Tai Tzu-ying; born on 20 June 1994) is a female badminton player from Taiwan.^[1] In 2011, she won the title of Taiwanese ranking competition when she was only 16 years and 6 months old, becoming the youngest No. 1 in Taiwan badminton history. She became world No. 1 in Women's Singles in December 2016, and has ranked No. 1 for 20 continuous weeks since then.

Tai was the finalist at the 2010 Singapore Super Series. She won her first international title at the 2011 US Open Grand Prix Gold at the age of 17.^[2] She won her biggest titles at the Superseries Finals in 2014 and 2016, and won the Superseries Premiere event, Indonesia Open in 2016. She won five consecutive Super Series titles spanning 2016 & 2017, and is (as of April 16, 2017) on a 17-match winning streak, to be continued at the 2017 Indonesia Open. She also won the Hong Kong Super Series twice, in 2014 and 2016.

Tai’s father is a firefighter and the director of Kaohsiung city’s badminton committee. His favorite activity in spare time is playing badminton. Tai started playing badminton as third grader in elementary school. She won the title in the nationwide second division game, and got the access to participate in the first division games. Furthermore, she was the youngest player to compete in the first division.

In 2009, Tai, aged 15, began to compete in international games. She was the runner-up in her first game, Vietnam Open. In July, she represented Kaohsiung City to play in the National Games and went into the quarter final. In the same month, she signed up for Asian Youth Badminton Tournament in Malaysia and became the runner-up. In December, Tai competed at the East Asian Games for Chinese Taipei and won one silver and one bronze medal.

In 2012, she won her first ever Super Series title in Japan Open and made a history as the youngest player who won Super Series title (Currently the third youngest player, after Ratchanok Intanon won the India Open in 2013, and Akane Yamaguchi won the Japan Open 2013).

She won the Yonex Chinese Taipei Open 2012 against Lindaweni Fanetri, but failed to defend her title in 2013, losing to Sung Ji-hyun 21–16, 21–9

In August 2013, she was recruited by the team Banga Beats to play for them in the Indian Badminton League.

In the 2013 BWF Super Series Masters Finals, she defeated Sung Ji-hyun and Porntip Buranaprasertsuk but lost to Wang Shixian. She made it into the semifinals and successfully avenged her loss, beating Wang Shixian. She ended second after losing the final to Li Xuerui.

Tai represented her country at the 2014 Asian Games and won Chinese Taipei's first badminton medal by placing third.^[3] She won the Hong Kong Open in 2014 after winning Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in straight sets, 21–19, 21–11. She kept her winning streak to the Super Series Finals in Dubai and won the first gold medal for Chinese Taipei in the Super Series finals by beating Sung Ji-hyun in straight sets.

In 2015, She was beaten by Sun Yu in Singapore Open. She did not win a title this year.

In 2016, Tai won the Indonesia Super Series and the Hong Kong Super Series to reach World No.1 for the first time in her career. She won the Super Series Finals in Dubai for a second time in her career, becoming the second women's singles player to do so (after Li Xuerui in 2012 and 2013). She also made history by becoming the first women's singles player to reach the finals in the Super Series Finals for three times. She ends 2016 as the year-end No. 1.

Tai starts her 2017 season ranked No. 1, and won her first All England title in March, beating Ratchanok Intanon in the finals. In April, Tai won the Malaysia Open as well as the Singapore Open beating Carolina Marin in the finals two times in two weeks, Malaysia and Singapore being her fourth and fifth consecutive titles. Her winning streak extends to 17 matches. She will be looking to defend her title in Indonesia in June.

Tai plays an offensive game, with many calling her style unpredictable and often spontaneous. She is a very adventurous player with huge disguise and she seems to be able to hit the shuttle from just about anywhere with a great range of different shots and angles. Remarkable is also her very relaxed hitting motion. Tai has clocked fast smashes, with the fastest recorded being 360 km/h at the 2016 All England Open quarterfinals, despite her preferring to play slowly so she could set up shots. She has a strong backhand and good net-play, her biggest fault being inconsistency at times. Tai has strong stamina, being muscular and with a six-pack. Tai herself said that she does not follow a certain play or style, and focuses on herself rather than her opponent or strategies. Tai's prodigious talent and deceptive shot-making has earned compliments of many, including BWF commentator Gillian Clark, who has said that Tai is one of the best players to watch in women's singles, and has often complimented her shot-making and talent.

Year	Tournament	Opponent in final	Score
2011	U.S. Open	Sayaka Sato	21–16, 19–21, 21–6
2012	Japan Open	Eriko Hirose	9–21, 21–9, 21–14
2012	Chinese Taipei Open	Lindaweni Fanetri	21–19, 20–22, 22–20
2012	World University Badminton Championship	Pai Hsiao-Ma	21–13 Retired
2013	Malaysia Open	Yao Xue	21–17, 21–14
2014	Hong Kong Open	Nozomi Okuhara	21–19, 21–11
2014	BWF Superseries Finals	Sung Ji-hyun	21–17, 21–12
2016	Indonesia Open	Wang Yihan	21–17, 21–8
2016	Chinese Taipei Open	Wang Shixian	23–21, 21–6
2016	Hong Kong Open	P. V. Sindhu	21–15, 21–17
2016	BWF Superseries Finals	Sung Ji-hyun	21–14, 21–13
2017	All England Open	Ratchanok Intanon	21–16, 22–20
2017	Malaysia Open	Carolina Marin	23–25, 22–20, 21–13
2017	Singapore Open	Carolina Marin	21–15, 21–15
2017	Badminton Asia Championships	Akane Yamaguchi	18-21, 21-11, 21-18

  Super Series Premier/Finals

  Super Series

  Grand Prix Gold

  Continental Championships

Key

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	NH			1R*	NH			1R*	NH
Asian Games
Asian Games	NH	A	NH			SF-B	NH
BWF World Championships
World Championships	A	A	A	NH	QF	QF	QF	NH
BWF Asia Championships
Asia Championships	A	A	2R	2R	QF	QF	SF-B	QF	G
Uber Cup
Uber Cup	NH	A	NH	QF	NH	RR	NH	QF	NH
Sudirman Cup
Sudirman Cup Singles	A	NH	QF	NH	QF	NH	QF	NH
BWF Superseries Premier
Korea Open	SS		1R	2R	QF	SS
Malaysia Open	SS					2R	1R	F	W
All England Open	SS		2R	SF	1R	1R	SF	SF	W
Indonesia Open	SS		2R	1R	QF	2R	2R	W
Denmark Open	SS		QF	A	1R	1R	2R	F
China Open	SS		A	A	1R	2R	QF	SF
BWF Superseries
Korea Open	A	2R	SSP			QF	QF	QF
Malaysia Open	A	Q2	2R	1R	W	SSP
All England Open	A	A	SSP
Swiss Open	A	A	GPG
India Open	GPG		A	1R	A	1R	A	QF	A
Indonesia Open	A	1R	SSP
Singapore Open	A	F	2R	2R	QF	QF	F	1R	W
China Masters	A	A	1R	A	A	GPG
Japan Open	A	2R	QF	W	SF	F	SF	1R
Australian Open	GPG					QF	1R	QF
Denmark Open	A	2R	SSP
French Open	A	1R	SF	A	QF	1R	SF	QF
China Open	A	1R	SSP
Hong Kong Open	A	2R	A	1R	2R	W	QF	W
BWF Superseries Finals
World Superseries Finals	A	A	A	A	F	W	RR	W
Year-end Rankings	158	20	16	10	7	7	9	1

1R* Since 2012, the preliminary stage consists of 16 groups of either two or three players. Each player plays every other member of the group with the top most player advancing to the knock-out stage, ultimately leading to the winner. In 2012 Summer Olympics, Tai Tzu-Ying advanced to the first round of knock-out stage but lost to Li Xuerui of China in 16-21, 21-23. Meanwhile, in 2016 Summer Olympics, Tai Tzu-Ying also advanced to the first round of knock-out stage but lost to P. V. Sindhu of India in 13-21, 15-21.

Record against Superseries finalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists.^[4]

During the period of 2016 Summer Olympics, Yonex provided unfit shoes to non-contract Tai. This forced Tai to wear other shoes made by her personal sponsor brand, Victor, without any logo. This event caused a controversy with Chinese Taipei Badminton Association.^[5][6]

• Tai Tzu-ying at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
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