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Chen Yufei (p=Chén Yǔfēi; born 1 March 1998) is a Chinese badminton player. She was the gold medalist in the 2020 Summer Olympics, and also at the 2025 Asian Championships. In her junior career, she won the girls' singles titles at the 2016 Asian and the World Junior Championships. At the same year, Chen clinched her first senior title at the Macau Open. She won a bronze medal at the 2017 World Championships and was awarded as the Eddy Choong Most Promising Player of the Year in 2017. On 17 December 2019, she reached a career-high BWF World Ranking as world number 1, and finished the year as the year-end no.1. Other achievements include winning the World Tour Finals in 2019 and silver medals at the 2022 World Championships and Asian Games.

Career

2014–2016

Chen Yufei did started playing in international level from the year 2013, being aged only 15. In 2014, she won the silver medal in the Asian Junior Championships after being beaten by Akane Yamaguchi in the final. She finished runner-up in the German Junior International event after being beaten by Qin Jinjing in the final. In 2015, she reached the finals of the China International but lost to Nozomi Okuhara. Her first Grand Prix Gold final was at the 2015 Indonesia Masters, in which she reached the final after astounding several seeded players, but lost to her teammate He Bingjiao. In 2016, she won the major junior titles, including the Asian Junior Championships after beating Gregoria Mariska Tunjung in a summit clash, and the BWF World Junior Championships by beating Pornpawee Chochuwong in the final. She also won the 2016 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold in the end of the year by defeating Chen Xiaoxin.

2017

In 2017, Chen reached the final of the Swiss Open and had to settle for second best after losing to the same opponent whom she defeated in Macau Open final in 2016, Chen Xiaoxin. In the 2017 BWF World Championships, the 19-year-old Chen participated as the 9th seed in the tournament. After defeating Pai Yu-po, the lower ranked Chinese Taipei's player in the first round, she set her meeting with the top seeded Akane Yamaguchi. She bulldozed her way through with the 21–18, 21–19 victory and stunned the world. This was not over yet, in the quarter-final, she defeated another higher seeded player, the former world champion Ratchanok Intanon in 3 games and assured herself of first ever medal in this elite event. However, in the semi-final, she lost to P. V. Sindhu and had to satisfy herself with the bronze medal. With her strong performances, she got a ticket to contest in the year-ending Dubai World Superseries Finals. In the group stage, she lost to Tai Tzu-ying (1–2) but won against Sung Ji-hyun (2–0) & Ratchanok Intanon (2–1) which meant she could confirm her place in the semifinal. But again, in the semi-finals, she lost to P. V. Sindhu in straight games.

2018

She contested in the 2018 German Open final but lost to Akane Yamaguchi. She won the silver medal at the 2018 Badminton Asia Championships losing to Tai Tzu-ying in straight games. She fell to her 9th consecutive defeat against Tai Tzu-ying in the final of the Indonesia Open, in which she took the opening game but \wasn't sufficient to beat Tai and lost the next two. In the World Championships, she failed to cross the quarter-final after being downed by Akane Yamaguchi, a player Chen defeated last year in straight games. Akane Yamaguchi again proved difficult for Chen to crack, this time at the Asian games where she lost to her in quarter-finals. In her second Super 1000 final at the China Open, which is the highest level of World tour events in badminton, she lost to the reigning world champion, Carolina Marín, in straight games. At the 2018 Fuzhou China Open, a Super 750 event, she finally broke her jinx of losing in the finals after defeating Nozomi Okuhara tamely with 21–10, 21–16, and thus winning her first ever World tour title. She again qualified for taking part in the season-ending championships, this time renamed as the "World Tour Finals", which was held in her home country China. In the 1st match of the group stage against Ratchanok Intanon, she injured herself in the deciding game and lost the match. She wasn't recovered from that yet but she played the 2nd match against the Canadian Michelle Li & again lost. In the final group match, she twisted her ankle in the very early stage of 1st game which forced her to retire and her overall campaign ended.

2019

2019 proved the best ever year in Chen Yufei's career as she earned multiple titles and honour of becoming the most dominant player of 2019 in her category. Starting with the 2019 All England Open, she defeated Tai Tzu-ying in the final, a player she struggled to beat in her last 11 encounters. Chen finally broke that jinx and won her first super 1000 title. After that, she won the Swiss Open title following her win against Saena Kawakami in the final clash. She competed in the 2019 Badminton Asia Championships as a top seed after defending champion Tai withdrew from the tournament. She made her way to the semifinal and was discomfited by Akane Yamaguchi (1–2), thus claiming the bronze medal. In the 2019 Sudirman Cup, she helped her team to win the record-breaking 11th title, in which she scored a point by defeating Akane Yamaguchi, and eventually Japan was crushed in the final with 3–0 tally by China. Her best form wasn't dipped yet, as she claimed the next title in the Australian Open by totally outplaying Nozomi Okuhara in the final with a very one-sided scoreline 21–15, 21–3. She claimed the Thailand Open title victory by winning against Ratchanok Intanon.

With all her success in 1st half of the year, she was considered as China's best contender for gold in 2019 BWF World Championships in her category. She started well, winning against Pornpawee Chochuwong in round 1, Michelle Li in 2nd round in 3 games. In the quarter-final, she was tested severely by Danish Mia Blichfeldt who once appeared to create an upset by leading 15–12 against her in the decider, but Chen's persistence led her way to the victory and assured her of second medal in this Grade 1 event. In the semifinal her opponent was P. V. Sindhu who had outplayed her in the 2017 World Championships. Chen again proved low against Sindhu in World Championships and was defeated with a big margin 7–21, 14–21. Thus, she again settled for a bronze medal. Leaving her disappointments, she returned very strong and again won series of titles. She won the 2019 Fuzhou China Open again, by beating the same opponent from the last year, Nozomi Okuhara, but this time with tougher opposition. After beating Ratchanok Intanon in the final, she won her 6th World tour title by winning the Hong Kong open. Going into the 2019 BWF World Tour Finals as the best title winning contender, in the group stage, she downed all her opponents P. V. Sindhu (2–1), Akane Yamaguchi (2–0) and He Bingjiao (2–0) to reach the semifinal. She was drawn with Yamaguchi yet again and she displayed a very dominant performance to reach the final. In the final, she showed a great fighting spirit to beat Tai Tzu-ying after being a game down and won the title 12–21, 21–12, 21–17. With her emphatic 7 titles in the year, she became another player from China to become World no. 1 player, as the last time China had the World's top player in Women's singles was in 2015 (Li Xuerui).

2020–2021

Reaching the final yet again, this time at the 2020 Malaysia Masters, she maintained her unbeaten record at the finals since 2018 Fuzhou China Open, and outgunned Tai Tzu-ying for the title in straight games. She reached her second consecutive 2020 All England Open final and faced opposition from the same rival of last year, Tai Tzu-ying. This time she suffered defeat, and was dethroned from the World no. 1 position.

Chen competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics as the number one seed in the women's singles. In the final, she beat Tai Tzu-ying in an extremely intense match 21–18, 19–21, 21–18 to win the gold medal. In October, she helped the Chinese national team to retain the Sudirman Cup.

2022

Chen won the Indonesia Masters in June, defeating Ratchanok Intanon in the final in three games. However, she lost seven finals during this season, including a World Championship loss to Akane Yamaguchi during her career's first final in that event, and three losses to her compatriot He Bingjiao. However, due to her seven final appearances in the World Tour, she qualified for the World Tour Finals as the first seed. Although she suffered a surprise loss against Gregoria Mariska Tunjung, she beat Akane Yamaguchi after 5 straight losses and An Se-young to top the group. However, she could not replicate her group stage performance in the semi-finals, as she lost to Akane Yamaguchi in straight games.

2023

Chen reached the final of the All England Open but lost to An Se-young in a tight three-game battle. She suffered the same fate against An in Asian Championships in Dubai, losing in semifinals and bringing back another bronze. Later, she did flipped the script by helping the national team defend the Sudirman Cup title at home soil after delivering the final win against An Se-young in straight games. In June's Indonesia Open, she defeated another Olympic champion Carolina Marin in straight games to win her first title since last year's Indonesia Masters. She participated at the World Championships but could only settle for a bronze medal as she was defeated by An Se-young in straight games. After helping the national team to win a silver medal at the women's team event at the delayed 2022 Asian Games, she was defeated by An in the final of the singles event in three games, earning another silver medal. Two weeks later, she won the Denmark Open by defeating Marin again in straight games. Chen continued that great form for another week by snatching the French Open title against Tai Tzu-ying. In November, Chen lost the final of the inaugural edition of Japan Masters at the hands of Gregoria Mariska Tunjung in straight sets. The next week, she redeemed herself in China Masters against Han Yue where the final went to the rubber in which Han had to retire due to leg injury.

2024

Chen's first final in the season is in India Open where she lost against Tai Tzu-ying in straight sets. Chen also lost the second final of Asian Championships in her career to her junior compatriot, Wang Zhiyi this time around. In April, Chen helped China to regain the Uber Cup title after losing it back in 2022. Chen continued her losing streak for the world tour this year in Singapore Open in the hands of An Se-young but she ended the streak by winning the Indonesia Open, also against An. Going into Olympics, Chen coming in as the reigning champion and won all her matches in group stage. She got a bye in the next round but later fallen short to He Bingjiao in quarter finals, thus failed to defend her crown. After Chen's defeat in the quarter-finals of the 2024 Olympic Games, she made the decision to take a break from competitive badminton. During her time away, she spent 10 weeks in Australia studying English and regained her motivation.

2025

She made a comeback in the international stage at the 2025 Asia Mixed Team Championships and helps China team won the silver medal. Chen reached the final in the Orléans Masters and quarter-finals in the All England Open losing the match to An Se-young in both occasion. Chen won her first title of the year in the Swiss Open. She finally won the Asian Championships title beating Han Yue in the final.

Chen is a member of 2025 Sudirman Cup China team that manage to win it for the four times in a row since 2019. Chen continuing her uprising form since comeback by winning the 2025 Thailand Open against home favourite and number 1 seed, Pornpawee Chochuwong. Two weeks later, Chen prevailed in 2025 Singapore Open, over Wang Zhiyi in straight sets. In July, Chen got knocked out by An in the quarterfinals for two successive tournaments (Japan Open and China Open) but her luck changed the next week when she won 2025 Macau Open, nine years after she won it first time back in 2016.

Achievements

Olympic Games

Women's singles

2020

Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Tokyo, Japan

Tai Tzu-ying

21–18, 19–21, 21–18

Gold

World Championships

Women's singles

2017	Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland	P. V. Sindhu	13–21, 10–21	Bronze
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	P. V. Sindhu	7–21, 14–21	Bronze
2022	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Akane Yamaguchi	12–21, 21–10, 14–21	Silver
2023	Royal Arena,Copenhagen, Denmark	An Se-young	19–21, 15–21	Bronze

Asian Games

Women's singles

2022

Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China

An Se-young

18–21, 21–17, 8–21

Silver

Asian Championships

Women's singles

2018	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Tai Tzu-ying	19–21, 20–22	Silver
2019	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Akane Yamaguchi	21–15, 16–21, 17–21	Bronze
2023	Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	An Se-young	21–16, 11–21, 19–21	Bronze
2024	Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China	Wang Zhiyi	19–21, 7–21	Silver
2025	Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China	Han Yue	11–21, 21–14, 21–9	Gold

World Junior Championships

Girls' singles

2016

Bilbao Arena, Bilbao, Spain

Pornpawee Chochuwong

21–14, 21–17

Gold

Asian Youth Games

Mixed doubles

2013

Nanjing Sport Institute, Nanjing, China

Shi Yuqi

Lai Yu-hua
Lee Chia-hsin

21–16, 21–13

Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' singles

2014	Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, China	Akane Yamaguchi	10–21, 15–21	Silver
2016	CPB Badminton Training Center, Bangkok, Thailand	Gregoria Mariska Tunjung	25–23, 21–14	Gold

BWF World Tour (19 titles, 15 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the BWF World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Women's singles

2018	German Open	Super 300	Akane Yamaguchi	19–21, 21–6, 12–21	Runner-up
2018	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Tai Tzu-ying	23–21, 15–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2018	China Open	Super 1000	Carolina Marín	18–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2018	Fuzhou China Open	Super 750	Nozomi Okuhara	21–10, 21–16	Winner
2019	All England Open	Super 1000	Tai Tzu-ying	21–17, 21–17	Winner
2019	Swiss Open	Super 300	Saena Kawakami	21–9, 21–16	Winner
2019	Australian Open	Super 300	Nozomi Okuhara	21–15, 21–3	Winner
2019	Thailand Open	Super 500	Ratchanok Intanon	22–20, 21–18	Winner
2019	Fuzhou China Open	Super 750	Nozomi Okuhara	9–21, 21–12, 21–18	Winner
2019	Hong Kong Open	Super 500	Ratchanok Intanon	21–18, 13–21, 21–13	Winner
2019	BWF World Tour Finals	World Tour Finals	Tai Tzu-ying	12–21, 21–12, 21–17	Winner
2020	Malaysia Masters	Super 500	Tai Tzu-ying	21–17, 21–10	Winner
2020	All England Open	Super 1000	Tai Tzu-ying	19–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2022	German Open	Super 300	He Bingjiao	14–21, 25–27	Runner-up
2022	Korea Masters	Super 300	He Bingjiao	14–21, 21–14, 9–21	Runner-up
2022	Thailand Open	Super 500	Tai Tzu-ying	15–21, 21–17, 12–21	Runner-up
2022	Indonesia Masters	Super 500	Ratchanok Intanon	21–16, 18–21, 21–15	Winner
2022	Malaysia Open	Super 750	Ratchanok Intanon	15–21, 21–13, 16–21	Runner-up
2022	Malaysia Masters	Super 500	An Se-young	17–21, 5–21	Runner-up
2022	Denmark Open	Super 750	He Bingjiao	20–22, 21–12, 10–21	Runner-up
2023	All England Open	Super 1000	An Se-young	17–21, 21–10, 19–21	Runner-up
2023	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Carolina Marín	21–18, 21–19	Winner
2023	Denmark Open	Super 750	Carolina Marín	21–14, 21–19	Winner
2023	French Open	Super 750	Tai Tzu-ying	21–17, 22–20	Winner
2023	Japan Masters	Super 500	Gregoria Mariska Tunjung	12–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2023	China Masters	Super 750	Han Yue	18–21, 21–4, 0–0 retired	Winner
2024	India Open	Super 750	Tai Tzu-ying	16–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2024	Singapore Open	Super 750	An Se-young	19–21, 21–16, 12–21	Runner-up
2024	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	An Se-young	21–14, 14–21, 21–18	Winner
2025	Orléans Masters	Super 300	An Se-young	14–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2025	Swiss Open	Super 300	Line Kjærsfeldt	21–17, 21–17	Winner
2025	Thailand Open	Super 500	Pornpawee Chochuwong	21–16, 21–12	Winner
2025	Singapore Open	Super 750	Wang Zhiyi	21–11, 21–11	Winner
2025	Macau Open	Super 300	Line Christophersen	21–17, 21–17	Winner

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 2 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 Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's singles

2015	Indonesian Masters	He Bingjiao	18–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2016	Macau Open	Chen Xiaoxin	21–13, 21–18	Winner
2017	Swiss Open	Chen Xiaoxin	19–21, 14–21	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 runner-up)

Women's singles

2015

China International

Nozomi Okuhara

19–21, 16–21

Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

Performance timeline

National team

Junior level

Asian Junior Championships	G	G	G	G
World Junior Championships	B	G	G	G

Senior level

Asia Team Championships	G	NH	S	NH	A	NH	A	NH	A	NH
Asia Mixed Team Championships	NH	B	NH	A	NH			A	NH	S
Asian Games	NH		S	NH			S	NH
Uber Cup	A	NH	B	NH	G	NH	S	NH	G	NH
Sudirman Cup	NH	S	NH	G	NH	G	NH	G	NH	G

Individual competitions

Junior level

Girls' singles

Asian Junior Championships	3R	S	3R	G
Asian Youth Games	QF	NH
World Junior Championships	4R	3R	QF	G

Mixed doubles

Asian Youth Games

B

Senior level

Women's singles

Asian Championships	QF	S	B	NH		A	B	S	G
Asian Games	NH	QF	NH			S	NH
World Championships	B	QF	B	NH	A	S	B	NH
Olympic Games	NH			G	NH			QF	NH

Malaysia Open

A

QF

1R

SF

NH

F

SF

A

F ('22)

India Open

A

NH

A

QF

F

A

F ('24)

Indonesia Masters

A

F

2R

NH

1R

SF

1R

A

W

A

W ('22)

Thailand Masters

NH

A

SF

A

NH

A

SF ('17)

German Open

A

F

A

NH

F

SF

A

F ('18, '22)

Orléans Masters

A

NH

A

F

F ('25)

All England Open

A

2R

SF

W

F

A

SF

F

QF

W ('19)

Swiss Open

A

F

A

W

NH

A

W

W ('19, '25)

Chinese Taipei Open

A

QF

A

NH

A

QF ('16)

Thailand Open

NH

2R

A

W

A

NH

F

A

W

W ('19, '25)

Malaysia Masters

A

2R

A

QF

A

W

NH

F

A

W ('20)

Singapore Open

A

2R

A

NH

SF

F

W

W ('25)

Indonesia Open

A

1R

F

SF

NH

A

SF

W

QF

W ('23, '24)

Japan Open

A

2R

SF

NH

SF

2R

A

QF

SF ('17, '18, '19, '22)

China Open

A

2R

1R

F

SF

NH

SF

A

QF

F ('18)

Macau Open

1R

QF

W

A

NH

A

W

W ('16, '25)

Hong Kong Open

A

QF

1R

W

NH

A

W ('19)

China Masters

A

SF

QF

W

NH

W

A

W ('18, '19, '23)

Korea Open

A

QF

A

QF

NH

2R

SF

A

SF ('23)

Denmark Open

A

SF

QF

SF

A

F

W

A

W ('23)

French Open

A

QF

SF

NH

A

2R

W

SF

W ('23)

Korea Masters

A

NH

F

A

F ('22)

Japan Masters

NH

F

A

F ('23)

Australian Open

A

QF

A

W

NH

A

W ('19)

Superseries / Tour Finals

SF

RR

W

SF

W ('19)

New Zealand Open

A

2R

QF

A

NH

N/A

QF ('16)

Year-end ranking

491

50

18

8

4

1

2

3

2

4

1

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 11 March 2025.

Han Yue	+8
He Bingjiao	0
Wang Shixian	–1
Wang Zhiyi	+8
Zhang Yiman	+6
Tai Tzu-ying	–11
Yip Pui Yin	+2
Saina Nehwal	+3
P. V. Sindhu	0
Lindaweni Fanetri	–1

Gregoria Mariska Tunjung	+8
Minatsu Mitani	–1
Aya Ohori	+14
Nozomi Okuhara	+4
Akane Yamaguchi	–10
An Se-young	+1
Bae Yeon-ju	+2
Sung Ji-hyun	+9
Carolina Marín	+1
Ratchanok Intanon	+15

Notes

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