Kristen Tsai


Kristen Tsai is a Taiwanese born-Canadian badminton player. She became the first Canadian ever to make in to the quarterfinals at the World Junior Championships. Lived in Vancouver, British Columbia, she trained at the ClearOne badminton club, and educated criminology at the Simon Fraser University. She won her first Pan Am Championships title in 2012 in the women's singles event, and after that Tsai spent a full 4 years – between the 2013 and 2017 Canada Opens – away from international competition. In 2018, she competed at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. She won gold medal at the Pan American Games in the women's doubles partnered with Rachel Honderich, and a silver medal in the mixed doubles with Nyl Yakura in 2019 Lima.

Achievements

Pan American Games

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Polideportivo 3,
Lima, Peru		 Rachel Honderich Keui-Ya Chen
Jamie Hsu		21–10, 21–9 Gold

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Polideportivo 3,
Lima, Peru		 Nyl Yakura Joshua Hurlburt-Yu
Josephine Wu		21–18, 12–21, 15–21 Silver

Pan Am Championships

Women's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2012Coliseo Manuel Bonilla, Lima, Peru Jamie Subandhi21–16, 21–19 Gold

Women's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Gimnasio Olímpico,
Aguascalientes, Mexico		 Rachel Honderich Catherine Choi
Josephine Wu		21–15, 27–25 Gold
2018Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium,
Guatemala City, Guatemala		 Rachel Honderich Michelle Tong
Josephine Wu		17–21, 21–17, 21–14 Gold
2012Coliseo Manuel Bonilla,
Lima, Peru		 Jocelyn Ko Alexandra Bruce
Phyllis Chan		21–17, 17–21, 12–21 Silver

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Gimnasio Olímpico,
Aguascalientes, Mexico		 Nyl Yakura Fabricio Farias
Jaqueline Lima		22–24, 19–21 Bronze
2018Teodoro Palacios Flores Gymnasium,
Guatemala City, Guatemala		 Nyl Yakura Ty Alexander Lindeman
Josephine Wu		14–21, 24–26 Silver

Pan Am Junior Championships

Girls' doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2009Guaynabo, Puerto Rico Sarah Kong Lorena Duany
Katherine Winder		18–21, 13–21 Bronze

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 5 runners-up)

Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2013Canadian International Michelle Li14–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2013Peru International Nicole Grether21–11, 21–12 Winner

Women's doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Yonex / K&D Graphics International Rachel Honderich Setyana Mapasa
Gronya Somerville		21–14, 9–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2019Hungarian International Rachel Honderich Emma Karlsson
Johanna Magnusson		21–16, 21–16 Winner
2019Belgian International Rachel Honderich Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva		16–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2019Kharkiv International Rachel Honderich Chloe Birch
Lauren Smith		14–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2019Brazil International Rachel Honderich Émilie Lefel
Anne Tran		21–18, 17–21, 21–19 Winner
2018Yonex / K&D Graphics International Rachel Honderich Hung Shih-han
Yu Chien-hui		21–19, 21–15 Winner
2017Yonex / K&D Graphics International Rachel Honderich Leanne Choo
Renuga Veeran		21–12, 21–15 Winner
2013Peru International Joycelin Ko Grace Gao
Michelle Li		15–21, 18–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Yonex / K&D Graphics International Nyl Yakura Oliver Leydon-Davis
Susannah Leydon-Davis		21–11, 21–8 Winner