Zheng Siwei (Chinese: 郑思维; pinyin: Zhèng Sīwéi; born 26 February 1997) is a Chinese badminton player specializing in doubles.[1] Zheng is three times World Champion and Asian games gold medalists in the mixed doubles with his current partner Huang Yaqiong.[2][3] He also helped the national team clinch the 2018 Thomas and 2019 Sudirman Cup.

Zheng Siwei
郑思维
Zheng Siwei - Indonesia Open 2017.jpg
Personal information
CountryChina
Born (1997-02-26) 26 February 1997 (age 26)
Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking35 (MD with Huang Kaixiang 8 July 2016)
1 (XD with Chen Qingchen 22 December 2016)
1 (XD with Huang Yaqiong 9 August 2018)
Current ranking1 (XD with Huang Yaqiong 14 February 2023)
BWF profile

Zheng entered the national team in 2013, made an excellence performance in the junior events, by collecting four gold medals, a silver and a bronze at the World Junior Championships, also six golds and a silver at the Asian Junior Championships from 2013–2015. Although Zheng stilled as a junior, he has shown a good performance in the senior event, by winning doubles titles in New Zealand and Brasil Open.[4] For his achievements in 2015, the BWF awarded him the Eddy Choong Most Promising Player of the Year.[5]

Zheng provoked the girders, achieved an outbreak in 2016 by setting off the world number 1 in mixed doubles partnering with Chen Qingchen in December 2016. He and Chen reached thirteen Superseries finals, won the year-end tournament Dubai World Superseries Finals in 2016 and 2017, and the silver medal at the 2017 World Championships. He made a new partnership with Huang Yaqiong in November 2017, opened their career by winning the China, Hong Kong and Macau Open in consecutive weeks. He again occupied the mixed doubles world number 1 on 9 August 2018, with the achievements of seven 2018 World Tour titles, the gold medals at the World Championships and Asian Games.[4]

CareerEdit

Zheng and his partner Huang Yaqiong competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics as the top seeds. They won a silver medal after being defeated by their compatriots Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping in the final in a close rubber game.[6][7]

AchievementsEdit

Olympic GamesEdit

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2020 Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Tokyo, Japan   Huang Yaqiong   Wang Yilyu
  Huang Dongping
17–21, 21–17, 19–21   Silver

BWF World ChampionshipsEdit

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Emirates Arena,
Glasgow, Scotland
  Chen Qingchen   Tontowi Ahmad
  Liliyana Natsir
21–15, 16–21, 15–21   Silver
2018 Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park,
Nanjing, China
  Huang Yaqiong   Wang Yilyu
  Huang Dongping
21–17, 21–19   Gold
2019 St. Jakobshalle,
Basel, Switzerland
  Huang Yaqiong   Dechapol Puavaranukroh
  Sapsiree Taerattanachai
21–8, 21–12   Gold
2022 Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium,
Tokyo, Japan
  Huang Yaqiong   Yuta Watanabe
  Arisa Higashino
21–13, 21–16   Gold

Asian GamesEdit

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia   Huang Yaqiong   Tang Chun Man
  Tse Ying Suet
21–8, 21–15   Gold

Asian ChampionshipsEdit

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China
  Huang Yaqiong   Tontowi Ahmad
  Liliyana Natsir
11–21, 13–21   Bronze
2019 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China
  Huang Yaqiong   He Jiting
  Du Yue
14–21, 18–21   Bronze
2022 Muntinlupa Sports Complex,
Metro Manila, Philippines
  Huang Yaqiong   Wang Yilyu
  Huang Dongping
21–17, 21–8   Gold

BWF World Junior ChampionshipsEdit

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Hua Mark Indoor Stadium,
Bangkok, Thailand
  Huang Kaixiang   Li Junhui
  Liu Yuchen
21–14, 13–21, 20–22   Silver
2015 Centro de Alto Rendimiento de la Videna,
Lima, Peru
  He Jiting   Joel Eipe
  Frederik Søgaard
21–14, 21–16   Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Centro de Alto Rendimiento de la Videna,
Lima, Peru
  Chen Qingchen   He Jiting
  Du Yue
21–19, 21–8   Gold

Asian Junior ChampionshipsEdit

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Likas Indoor Stadium,
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
  Huang Kaixiang   Li Junhui
  Liu Yuchen
15–21, 14–21   Silver
2014 Taipei Gymnasium,
Taipei, Taiwan
  Huang Kaixiang   Kim Jae-hwan
  Kim Jung-ho
21–16, 21–14   Gold
2015 CPB Badminton Training Center,
Bangkok, Thailand
  He Jiting   Han Chengkai
  Zhou Haodong
21–19, 18–21, 21–18   Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 CPB Badminton Training Center,
Bangkok, Thailand
  Chen Qingchen   Choi Jong-woo
  Kim Hye-jeong
21–8, 21–12   Gold

BWF World Tour (25 titles, 6 runners-up)Edit

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[8] 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, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[9]

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Malaysia Masters Super 500   Huang Yaqiong   Tang Chun Man
  Tse Ying Suet
21–19, 20–22, 18–21   Runner-up
2018 Indonesia Masters Super 500   Huang Yaqiong   Tontowi Ahmad
  Liliyana Natsir
21–14, 21–11   Winner
2018 All England Open Super 1000   Huang Yaqiong   Yuta Watanabe
  Arisa Higashino
21–15, 20–22, 16–21   Runner-up
2018 Malaysia Open Super 750   Huang Yaqiong   Wang Yilyu
  Huang Dongping
21–19, 21–18   Winner
2018 Japan Open Super 750   Huang Yaqiong   Wang Yilyu
  Huang Dongping
21–19, 21–8   Winner
2018 China Open Super 1000   Huang Yaqiong   Zhang Nan
  Li Yinhui
21–16, 21–9   Winner
2018 Denmark Open Super 750   Huang Yaqiong   Dechapol Puavaranukroh
  Sapsiree Taerattanachai
21–16, 21–13   Winner
2018 French Open Super 750   Huang Yaqiong   Seo Seung-jae
  Chae Yoo-jung
21–19, 21–14   Winner
2018 Fuzhou China Open Super 750   Huang Yaqiong   Wang Yilyu
  Huang Dongping
21–15, 11–21, 21–19   Winner
2018 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals   Huang Yaqiong   Wang Yilyu
  Huang Dongping
21–23, 21–16, 18–21   Runner-up
2019 Indonesia Masters Super 500   Huang Yaqiong   Tontowi Ahmad
  Liliyana Natsir
19–21, 21–19, 21–16   Winner
2019 All England Open Super 1000   Huang Yaqiong   Yuta Watanabe
  Arisa Higashino
21–17, 22–20   Winner
2019 Malaysia Open Super 750   Huang Yaqiong   Wang Yilyu
  Huang Dongping
21–17, 21–13   Winner
2019 Indonesia Open Super 1000   Huang Yaqiong   Wang Yilyu
  Huang Dongping
21–13, 21–18   Winner
2019 China Open Super 1000   Huang Yaqiong   Wang Yilyu
  Huang Dongping
21–17, 15–21, 21–16   Winner
2019 Korea Open Super 500   Huang Yaqiong   Dechapol Puavaranukroh
  Sapsiree Taerattanachai
14–21, 13–21   Runner-up
2019 French Open Super 750   Huang Yaqiong   Praveen Jordan
  Melati Daeva Oktavianti
24–22, 16–21, 12–21   Runner-up
2019 Fuzhou China Open Super 750   Huang Yaqiong   Wang Yilyu
  Huang Dongping
14–21, 13–21   Runner-up
2019 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals   Huang Yaqiong   Wang Yilyu
  Huang Dongping
21–14, 21–14   Winner
2020 Malaysia Masters Super 500   Huang Yaqiong   Wang Yilyu
  Huang Dongping
21–19, 21–12   Winner
2020 Indonesia Masters Super 500   Huang Yaqiong   Wang Yilyu
  Huang Dongping
21–9, 21–9   Winner
2022 Thailand Open Super 500   Huang Yaqiong   Dechapol Puavaranukroh
  Sapsiree Taerattanachai
21–12, 18–21, 21–14   Winner
2022 Indonesia Masters Super 500   Huang Yaqiong   Thom Gicquel
  Delphine Delrue
21–13, 21–14   Winner
2022 Indonesia Open Super 1000   Huang Yaqiong   Yuta Watanabe
  Arisa Higashino
21–14, 21–16   Winner
2022 Malaysia Open Super 750   Huang Yaqiong   Dechapol Puavaranukroh
  Sapsiree Taerattanachai
21–13, 21–18   Winner
2022 Malaysia Masters Super 500   Huang Yaqiong   Rinov Rivaldy
  Pitha Haningtyas Mentari
21–17, 21–12   Winner
2022 Denmark Open Super 750   Huang Yaqiong   Feng Yanzhe
  Huang Dongping
21–19, 20–22, 21–19   Winner
2022 French Open Super 750   Huang Yaqiong   Robin Tabeling
  Selena Piek
21–16, 14–21, 22–20   Winner
2022 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals   Huang Yaqiong   Dechapol Puavaranukroh
  Sapsiree Taerattanachai
21–19, 18–21, 21–13   Winner
2023 Malaysia Open Super 1000   Huang Yaqiong   Yuta Watanabe
  Arisa Higashino
21–19, 21–11   Winner
2023 All England Open Super 1000   Huang Yaqiong   Seo Seung-jae
  Chae Yoo-jung
21–16, 16–21, 21–12   Winner

BWF Superseries (8 titles, 8 runners-up)Edit

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[10] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011.[11] Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Malaysia Open   Fu Haifeng   Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
  Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
14–21, 21–14, 12–21   Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Australian Open   Chen Qingchen   Lu Kai
  Huang Yaqiong
18–21, 14–21   Runner-up
2016 Japan Open   Chen Qingchen   Ko Sung-hyun
  Kim Ha-na
21–10, 21–15   Winner
2016 Korea Open   Chen Qingchen   Ko Sung-hyun
  Kim Ha-na
14–21, 19–21   Runner-up
2016 Denmark Open   Chen Qingchen   Joachim Fischer Nielsen
  Christinna Pedersen
16–21, 20–22   Runner-up
2016 French Open   Chen Qingchen   Ko Sung-hyun
  Kim Ha-na
21–16, 21–15   Winner
2016 Dubai World Superseries Finals   Chen Qingchen   Chris Adcock
  Gabby Adcock
21–12, 21–12   Winner
2017 India Open   Chen Qingchen   Lu Kai
  Huang Yaqiong
24–22, 14–21, 17–21   Runner-up
2017 Malaysia Open   Chen Qingchen   Lu Kai
  Huang Yaqiong
21–15, 21–18   Winner
2017 Indonesia Open   Chen Qingchen   Tontowi Ahmad
  Liliyana Natsir
20–22, 15–21   Runner-up
2017 Australian Open   Chen Qingchen   Praveen Jordan
  Debby Susanto
18–21, 21–14, 21–17   Winner
2017 Denmark Open   Chen Qingchen   Tang Chun Man
  Tse Ying Suet
22–24, 21–19, 21–23   Runner-up
2017 French Open   Chen Qingchen   Tontowi Ahmad
  Liliyana Natsir
20–22, 15–21   Runner-up
2017 China Open   Huang Yaqiong   Mathias Christiansen
  Christinna Pedersen
21–15, 21–11   Winner
2017 Hong Kong Open   Huang Yaqiong   Mathias Christiansen
  Christinna Pedersen
21–15, 21–13   Winner
2017 Dubai World Superseries Finals   Chen Qingchen   Tang Chun Man
  Tse Ying Suet
21–15, 22–20   Winner
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (10 titles, 3 runners-up)Edit

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.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 India Grand Prix Gold   Huang Kaixiang   Li Junhui
  Liu Yuchen
17–21, 21–19, 11–21   Runner-up
2015 New Zealand Open   Huang Kaixiang   Fajar Alfian
  Muhammad Rian Ardianto
16–21, 21–17, 21–9   Winner
2015 Brasil Open   Huang Kaixiang   Wang Yilyu
  Zhang Wen
22–24, 21–10, 21–14   Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Bitburger Open   Chen Qingchen   Alfian Eko Prasetya
  Annisa Saufika
21–11, 21–13   Winner
2015 New Zealand Open   Chen Qingchen   Yu Xiaoyu
  Xia Huan
21–14, 21–8   Winner
2015 Brasil Open   Chen Qingchen   Evgenij Dremin
  Evgenia Dimova
21–12, 21–10   Winner
2016 Malaysia Masters   Li Yinhui   Tan Kian Meng
  Lai Pei Jing
21–14, 21–19   Winner
2016 Thailand Masters   Chen Qingchen   Chan Peng Soon
  Goh Liu Ying
21–17, 21–15   Winner
2016 New Zealand Open   Li Yinhui   Chan Peng Soon
  Goh Liu Ying
19–21, 20–22   Runner-up
2016 China Masters   Chen Qingchen   Xu Chen
  Ma Jin
17–21, 15–21   Runner-up
2016 Chinese Taipei Open   Chen Qingchen   Tan Kian Meng
  Lai Pei Jing
21–13, 21–16   Winner
2016 Bitburger Open   Chen Qingchen   Chris Adcock
  Gabby Adcock
21–16, 23–21   Winner
2017 Macau Open   Huang Yaqiong   Seo Seung-jae
  Kim Ha-na
21–14, 21–11   Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title)Edit

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 China International   Chen Qingchen   Liu Yuchen
  Yu Xiaohan
15–21, 21–12, 21–13   Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

Performance timelineEdit

Key
W F SF QF #R RR Q# A G S B NH N/A DNQ
(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semi-finalist; (QF) quarter-finalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze medal; (NH) not held; (N/A) not applicable; (DNQ) did not qualify.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

National teamEdit

  • Junior level
Team events 2013 2014 2015
Asian Junior Championships G G G
World Junior Championships B G G
  • Senior level
Team events 2017 2018 2019
Asia Mixed Team Championships B NH A
Asian Games NH G NH
Thomas Cup NH G NH
Sudirman Cup S NH G

Individual competitionsEdit

Junior levelEdit

  • Boys' singles
Event 2013
Asia Junior Championships 3R
  • Boys' doubles
Event 2013 2014 2015
Asia Junior Championships S G G
World Junior Championships S QF G
  • Mixed doubles
Event 2015
Asia Junior Championships G
World Junior Championships G

Senior levelEdit

Men's doublesEdit
Tournament BWF Superseries / Grand Prix BWF World Tour Best
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Thailand Masters NH SF A SF ('16)
German Open A QF A QF ('17)
All England Open A QF A QF ('17)
Malaysia Masters A 1R A 1R ('16,)
New Zealand Open A W SF A W ('15)
Australian Open A SF A SF ('16)
Malaysia Open A F A F ('17)
Thailand Open A NH 1R A 1R ('15)
Korea Open A 2R A 2R ('16)
Chinese Taipei Open A 1R A SF A SF ('16)
China Open A 1R A 2R 2R A 2R ('16, '17)
Japan Open A 1R A 1R ('16)
Syed Modi International NH F A F ('14)
French Open A 1R A 1R ('16)
Bitburger Open A 1R A 1R ('14)
Macau Open 2R 2R A 2R ('13, '14)
Fuzhou China Open QF A 1R SF A 1R SF ('16)
Hong Kong Open A 2R A 2R ('16)
Indonesia Masters 1R A NH 2R 2R ('18)
Indonesia Open A QF 1R A QF ('16)
Brasil Open NH A W A NH W ('15)
Year-end ranking 126 89 86 53 110 279 35
Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Best
Mixed doublesEdit
Event 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Asian Championships QF B B NH G
Asian Games NH G NH
World Championships S G G NH 2R G
Olympic Games NH S NH
Tournament BWF Superseries / Grand Prix BWF World Tour Best
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Malaysia Open A W W W NH W W W ('17, '18, '19, '22, '23)
India Open A F A NH A SF F (2017)
Indonesia Masters A NH W W W A W A W ('18, '19, '20, '22)
Thailand Masters NH W A NH A W ('16)
Syed Modi International QF A NH A QF ('14)
German Open A NH 1R 1R ('22)
All England Open A 2R F W 2R A SF W W ('19, '23)
Swiss Open A SF A NH A SF ('17)
Korea Open A F w/d 1R F NH A F ('16, '19)
Korea Masters A NH QF QF ('22)
Thailand Open NH 2R A NH W W ('22)
Indonesia Open A 1R F SF W NH A W W ('19, '22)
Malaysia Masters A W A F A W NH W W ('16, '20, '22)
Singapore Open A w/d A SF NH w/d SF ('19)
Chinese Taipei Open A W A NH A W ('16)
Japan Open A W A W QF NH SF W ('16, '18)
Denmark Open A F F W QF A W W ('18, '22)
French Open A W F W F NH A W W ('16, '18, '22)
Bitburger Open W A W A W ('14, '16)
Hong Kong Open A 2R W A NH W ('17)
Australian Open A F W A NH A W ('17)
New Zealand Open A W F A NH W ('15)
China Open SF A QF W W W NH W ('17, '18, '19)
Fuzhou China Open A 2R F A W F NH W ('18)
Superseries /
World Tour Finals
DNQ W W F W DNQ W W ('16, '17, '19, '22)
Brasil Open A W A NH W ('15)
Macau Open A w/d W A NH NA W ('17)
Year-end ranking 83 50 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Best

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