Zhang Dan (badminton)

Zhang Dan 張丹
Personal information
Country	China Macau
Born	(1982-01-16) 16 January 1982 (age 42) China
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	23 (5 August 2010)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  China World Championships 2005 Anaheim Women's doubles World Cup 2005 Yiyang Women's doubles Summer Universiade 2007 Bangkok Mixed team 2007 Bangkok Women's doubles 2007 Bangkok Mixed doubles Representing  Macau East Asian Games 2009 Hong Kong Women's doubles
BWF profile

Zhang Dan (Chinese: 張丹; born 16 January 1982) is a Chinese badminton player and in 2008 she started representing Macau.^[1][2]

Zhang was specialized in women's doubles and mixed doubles, earning numerous international titles in both events.

At the 2005 World Championships tournament she took a bronze in women's doubles with Zhang Yawen. At the 2007 Summer Universiade she took a silver medal with the Chinese mixed team and two individual bronze medals in women's doubles with Wang Lin and in mixed doubles with Chen Hong.

She reached nine finals at Grand Prix events in women's doubles between 2003 and 2006, winning three events with Zhang Yawen, the 2004 Thailand Open & German Open and the 2005 Singapore Open.

In 2007, she became the women's doubles semifinalist of the Korea International Challenge tournament partnered with Zhang Zhibo.^[3]

In 2008, she became the women's doubles runner-up of the China Masters tournament partnered with Zhang Zhibo. They were defeated by Cheng Shu and Zhao Yunlei of China in straight games 14–21, 11–21.^[4]

In 2009, she and partner Zhang Zhibo won the gold medal for Macau at the East Asian Games in the women's doubles event after they beat the top seeds from China, Ma Jin and Wang Xiaoli with the score 22–20, 21–16.^[5] She also became the women's doubles semifinalist of the Macau and Denmark Open tournaments. At Macau, she and her partner Zhang Zhibo were defeated by the 2008 Olympic Games gold medalist Du Jing and Yu Yang with the score 10–21, 17–21; and at Denmark, they were defeated by Pan Pan and Zhang Yawen of China.^[6][7]

In 2010, she qualified to represent Macau at the Asian Games. However, in accordance with the competition rules, players must be three years after they last competed for their country of origin before they will be able to represent the country, so her entry qualification was canceled; the Macau team also decided to withdraw from the competition.^[8] Not long after Zhang Dan retired from playing on international level.

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, United States	Zhang Yawen	Gao Ling Huang Sui	5–15, 8–15	Bronze

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Olympic Park, Yiyang, China	Zhao Tingting	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	21–15, 9–21, 10–21	Bronze

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Thammasat University, Pathum Thani, Thailand	Wang Lin	Chien Yu-chin Cheng Wen-hsing	19–21, 12–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Thammasat University, Pathum Thani, Thailand	Chen Hong	Yoo Yeon-seong Kim Min-jung	14–21, 21–23	Bronze

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong	Zhang Zhibo	Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli	22–20, 21–16	Gold

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[9] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011,^[10] with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	China Masters	Zhang Zhibo	Cheng Shu Zhao Yunlei	14–21, 11–21	Runner-up

The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Singapore Open	Zhao Tingting	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	18–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2006	Swiss Open	Zhao Tingting	Du Jing Yu Yang	5–15, 15–10, 11–15	Runner-up
2005	Singapore Open	Zhang Yawen	Gao Ling Huang Sui	15–13, 15–10	Winner
2005	Thailand Open	Zhang Yawen	Lee Hyo-jung Lee Kyung-won	15–9, 11–15, 13–15	Runner-up
2004	Indonesia Open	Zhang Yawen	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	10–15, 5–15	Runner-up
2004	German Open	Zhang Yawen	Wei Yili Zhao Tingting	15–8, 15–12	Winner
2004	Denmark Open	Zhang Yawen	Wei Yili Zhao Tingting	13–15, 15–12, 7–15	Runner-up
2004	Thailand Open	Zhang Yawen	Du Jing Yu Yang	15–5, 15–7	Winner
2003	Denmark Open	Zhang Yawen	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	2–15, 1–15	Runner-up

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