He Bingjiao


He Bingjiao is a Chinese badminton player. She began to receive intensive badminton training at the Suzhou Junior Sports School, when she was only 7 years old. Five years later, she was sent to study in Nanjing and for tougher training there. The junior already competed in the senior level, and made her first senior international debut at the 2013 Vietnam Open. In 2014 she competed at the Summer Youth Olympics, winning a gold medal in the girls' singles and a bronze in the mixed doubles event.

Career

2013–2015

He Bingjiao started playing at international tournaments when she was 16 years of age. She reached semi finals of Asian Junior Championships where she was beaten by Thai Busanan Ongbamrungphan in 2 straight games. She also reached the semi finals of World Junior Championships and faced defeat by Japanese Aya Ohori. She won Vietnam Open defeating Indonesian Hera Desi in just 21 minutes.
At the 2014 World Junior Championships, she avenged her defeat to Aya Ohori in World Junior Championships last year, beating her in 2 straight games. However she has to settle for silver medal after she lost to Akane Yamaguchi in a tightly contested final match of 3 games 21–14, 18–21, 13–21. Her biggest victory came at Youth Olympic Games, where she defeated Akane Yamaguchi in yet another difficult match and took revenge of her defeat in World Junior Championships final. She also had good campaign at the Bitburger Open, where she defeated prominent opponents like Michelle Li and Zhang Beiwen, but finished as runner-up after her defeat against Sun Yu.
In 2015, she won first title of the year at China Masters, defeating Hui Xirui. She also got a final spot in New Zealand Open, but was defeated by Japanese player Saena Kawakami.
She suffered a shocking defeat in the quarter finals in World Junior Championships by Natsuki Nidaira of Japan. She claimed Indonesian Masters title later this year; defeating Chen Yufei in the final. Her victories in the tournament included a biggest surprise against 2 time World Championship bronze medalist P. V. Sindhu.

2016

She had one of the greatest tournaments of her career at the Swiss Open, where she defeated world's top players Ratchanok Intanon, P. V. Sindhu, Sun Yu to reach the finals. She defeated Wang Yihan in a one-sided final match and took revenge of her defeat in All England against her. She claimed her first Superseries title at the Japan Open, beating Sun Yu in the final. She won French Open Superseries thereafter, defeating Zhang Beiwen in a very easy final 21–9, 21–9. She defended her title successfully at the Bitburger Open, beating Nitchaon Jindapol in the final. Due to her best performances, she also qualified for the season ending Superseries Finals, where she had satisfactory results, despite losing to Tai Tzu-ying and Sung Ji-hyun, she won against Ratchanok Intanon after Intanon left the match trailing 19–21, 11–10.

2017

She reached the semi finals of Asian Championships after a hard battle against Olympic silver medalist P. V. Sindhu in the quarter finals. But, she lost in the semi finals against Akane Yamaguchi in two straight games, thus win the bronze medal. She was also the part of China's Sudirman Cup team that won the silver medal at that occasion after losing to South-Korea in the Final. At the World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, she lost to Kirsty Gilmour in the third round in a thrilling match. She failed to defend her title in Japan after losing to Carolina Marín in the final. She qualified for the Dubai World Superseries Finals this time too, but lost all the group matches to P. V. Sindhu, Akane Yamaguchi and Sayaka Sato therefore denying her a semi finals spot.

2018

She reached the final of the Malaysia Open for the first time, but failed to give good fight to Tai Tzu-ying even after she had three game points in the first game. She took biggest revenge against Tai Tzu-ying in World Championships, where she defeated her in the quarter finals in 3 games 21–18, 7–21, 21–13. With this win, she broke Tai Tzu-ying's nearly 7 months unbeatable record which included 31 straight wins. She has to settle for a bronze medal after getting defeated by Carolina Marín in yet another 3 game clash.
She competed at the Asian Games, where she lost to Nozomi Okuhara in round of 16. She has shown her great consistency after reaching semi finals of various other tournaments. Although she qualified, she opted not to take part in first ever edition of World Tour Finals in her home country China; citing some injury problems she got during her match against Sung Ji-hyun in the Hongkong Open.

2019

In India Open, she defeated defending champion Zhang Beiwen in the quarter finals and P. V. Sindhu for the fourth straight time in next round. but lost the final to Ratchanok Intanon in straight games. She lost to Intanon for first time ever. She won silver medal at the Asian Championships following her defeat against Akane Yamaguchi again. After early losses in Indonesia, Japan and Thailand, she finished as quarter-finalist in the World Championships losing out to Nozomi Okuhara. She got a title victory in Korea Open in 3 years after her last in 2016. She defeated Ratchanok Intanon even when she was 4 match points down. She had an upsetting campaign at the World Tour Finals, where she was defeated by Akane Yamaguchi, Chen Yufei and P. V. Sindhu. She led against Sindhu in game one with huge 18–9 lead, but lost the match 19–21, 19–21.

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Women's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2018Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park, Nanjing, China Carolina Marín21–13, 16–21, 13–21 Bronze

Asian Championships

Women's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2019Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China Akane Yamaguchi19–21, 9–21 Silver
2017Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China Akane Yamaguchi15–21, 19–21 Bronze

Youth Olympic Games

Girls' singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2014Nanjing Sport Institute, Nanjing, China Akane Yamaguchi22–24, 23–21, 21–17 Gold

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014Nanjing Sport Institute,
Nanjing, China
Sachin Angodavidanalage Mek Narongrit
Qin Jinjing
21–16, 21–18 Bronze

BWF World Junior Championships

Girls' singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2014Stadium Sultan Abdul Halim, Alor Setar, Malaysia Akane Yamaguchi21–14, 18–21, 13–21 Silver
2013Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand Aya Ohori16–21, 17–21 Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2015CPB Badminton Training Center, Bangkok, Thailand Pornpawee Chochuwong21–16, 21–17 Gold
2013Likas Indoor Stadium, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Busanan Ongbumrungpan16–21, 17–21 Bronze

BWF World Tour (1 title, 2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Women's singles
YearTournamentLevelOpponentScoreResult
2019Korea OpenSuper 500 Ratchanok Intanon18–21, 24–22, 21–17 Winner
2019India OpenSuper 500 Ratchanok Intanon15–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2018Malaysia OpenSuper 750 Tai Tzu-ying20–22, 11–21 Runner-up

BWF Superseries (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation. BWF Superseries had two levels, the Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries featured twelve tournaments around the world, introduced in 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year's end.
Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2017Japan Open Carolina Marin21–23, 12–21 Runner-up
2016French Open Zhang Beiwen21–9, 21–9 Winner
2016Japan Open Sun Yu21–14, 7–21, 21–18 Winner

BWF Grand Prix (5 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation since 2007.
Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2016Bitburger Open Nitchaon Jindapol21–11, 21–18 Winner
2016Swiss Open Wang Yihan21–16, 21–10 Winner
2015Indonesian Masters Chen Yufei21–18, 21–9 Winner
2015New Zealand Open Saena Kawakami16–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2015China Masters Hui Xirui21–13, 21–9 Winner
2014Bitburger Open Sun Yu21–16, 15–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2013Vietnam Open Hera Desi21–10, 21–6 Winner

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 17 March 2020.