Nguyễn Thùy Linh (born 20 November 1997) is a Vietnamese badminton player.[1] She started her career by leaving her hometown in Phú Thọ Province, train at the Hanoi badminton club, and later joined Da Nang club. She represented her country at the 2015 SEA Games when she was 18 years old.

Nguyễn Thùy Linh
Personal information
CountryVietnam
Born (1997-11-20) 20 November 1997 (age 26)
Phú Thọ, Vietnam
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Years active2015–present
HandednessRight
Women's singles
Career record160 wins, 80 losses
Highest ranking20 (24 October 2023)
Current ranking21 (2 January 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Vietnam
SEA Games
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Vietnam Women's team
BWF profile

Career edit

2016 edit

She won her first international title at the 2016 Nepal International, and at the same year, she entered the top 100 in the women's singles world ranking.[2]

2022 edit

She won a bronze medal in the 2021 SEA Games mixed team event.[3] She also competed in the 2022 BWF World Championships and made a huge upset when she won against Aya Ohori in the first round. She lost the second round to eventual bronze medalist An Se-young. [4]

On September, she won the Belgian International tournament, defeating Hirari Mizui in the final.[5] A month later, she won her first ever World Tour title at the home tournament Vietnam Open.

Achievements edit

BWF World Tour (2 titles, 1 runner-up) edit

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[6] 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 HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[7]

Women's singles

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result
2022 Vietnam Open Super 100   Goh Jin Wei 21–15, 21–13   Winner
2023 Vietnam Open Super 100   Akari Kurihara 21–14, 11–21, 21–19   Winner
2024 German Open Super 300   Mia Blichfeldt 11–21, 9–21   Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (9 titles, 6 runners-up) edit

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2016 Bangladesh International   Vũ Thị Trang 18–21, 13–21   Runner-up
2016 Nepal International   Devi Yunita Indah Sari 21–17, 21–16   Winner
2017 Mongolia International   Han So-yeon 21–18, 21–9   Winner
2017 Lao International   Benyapa Aimsaard 21–12, 16–21, 21–11   Winner
2017 Italian International   Line Christophersen 24–22, 16–21, 23–21   Winner
2018 Bangladesh International   Putri Kusuma Wardani 21–18, 21–19   Winner
2019 Hungarian International   Neslihan Yiğit 16–21, 21–12, 18–21   Runner-up
2019 Norwegian International   Sung Shuo-yun 16–21, 18–21   Runner-up
2019 Bangladesh International   Crystal Pan 21–8, 21–16   Winner
2020 Austrian Open   Yukino Nakai 13–21, 18–21   Runner-up
2022 Belgian International   Hirari Mizui 21–19, 21–16   Winner
2022 Bendigo International   Sung Shuo-yun 19–21, 15–21   Runner-up
2022 Vietnam International Series   Vũ Thị Trang 21–15, 21–9   Winner
2023 Thailand International   Asuka Takahashi 17–21, 17–21   Runner-up
2023 Vietnam International   Asuka Takahashi 21–7, 15–21, 21–12   Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References edit

  1. ^ "Players: Thuy Linh Nguyen". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Nguyễn Thùy Linh: Hoa khôi 20 tuổi của đội tuyển cầu lông Việt Nam" (in Vietnamese). Tin tức Phú Thọ. 3 June 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Cầu lông nữ Việt Nam chạm trán nhà vô địch Olympic ở bán kết đồng đội". Báo Thanh Niên (in Vietnamese). 17 May 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Nguyễn Thùy Linh dừng bước ở vòng 2 trước hạng 3 thế giới An Se Young". Báo Đồng Nai (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Đánh bại tay vợt Nhật Bản, Nguyễn Thùy Linh vô địch giải cầu lông quốc tế Bỉ". Báo Thanh Niên (in Vietnamese). 17 September 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  6. ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  7. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

External links edit