Bao Yixin (Chinese: 包宜鑫; born 29 September 1992) is a Chinese badminton doubles player.[2] She won titles in the women's doubles category with many different partners. She won two World Junior titles at the 2010 BWF World Junior Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico. In the girls' doubles event, she was crowned World Junior Champion with Ou Dongni and in the mixed doubles she was crowned with Liu Cheng. She also won the mixed doubles at the 2009 Asian Junior Championships with Lu Kai and the mixed doubles at the 2010 Asian Junior Championships with Liu Cheng. Partnering with Tang Yuanting, Bao became the women's doubles champion at the 2015 All England Open. Bao graduated with a bachelor's degree from Xiangtan University.

Bao Yixin
包宜鑫
Personal information
CountryChina
Born (1992-09-29) 29 September 1992 (age 32)
Zhuzhou, Hunan, China
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Retired11 September 2017[1]
HandednessRight
CoachChen Qiqiu
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking1 (WD 23 October 2014)
2 (XD with Liu Cheng 3 December 2015)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  China
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Jakarta Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Copenhagen Mixed doubles
Sudirman Cup
Silver medal – second place 2017 Gold Coast Mixed team
Uber Cup
Gold medal – first place 2014 New Delhi Women's team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Women's team
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Qingdao Women's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Chengdu Women's doubles
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Alor Setar Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guadalajara Girls' doubles
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guadalajara Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guadalajara Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Alor Setar Mixed doubles
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2010 Kuala Lumpur Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2010 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2009 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Kuala Lumpur Girls' doubles
BWF profile

Career

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Bao Yixin started to playing badminton when she was child at the age of 6, and began to receive a formal training at the age of 8. She was selected in to the national team when she was 14, playing in the doubles discipline.

Women's doubles

In 2010, Bao Yixin reached the women's doubles final of the China Masters with Lu Lu.[3] Ath the age of 19, she first won the 2011 Japan Open with Zhong Qianxin and the Canada Open Grand Prix with Cheng Shu.[4][5] One year later, the couple Bao and Zhong won the 2012 Singapore Open and the China Masters back to back.[6][7] They also reached the final of the 2012 Swiss Open losing to compatriots Xia Huan and Tang Jinhua and the final of the 2012 India Open losing to the Korean pair of Jung Kyung-eun & Kim Ha-na. The couple of Bao Yixin and Zhong Qianxin reached the number 2 spot on the BWF World Ranking for women's doubles in January 2013. They lost the final of the 2013 China Open at home to compatriots Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang.[8]

Before this, early in 2013, Bao Yixin paired up with Tian Qing to win the 2013 Malaysia Open. Later in the month June 2013, Bao Yixin teamed up again with Cheng Shu to win the 2013 Indonesia Open final in a close fought battle against teammates Tian Qing & Zhao Yunlei 21–17, 22–20. One month later in July 2013, Bao teamed up with Zhong Qianxin again to this time win the 2013 U.S. Open. She also reached the quarter finales of the World Championships with Zhong in August of the same year.[8]

For the last quarter of 2013, Bao Yixin was paired up with a new partner again. This time it was Tang Jinhua and this would become an instant success winning five big women's doubles events in the last part of the year 2013. There were victories at the finals of the Dutch Open, Denmark Open, French Open, Hong Kong Open and the Macau Open. Of the first 28 matches played this new couple only lost one match. In 2014, Bao and Tang won the Korea Open, Malaysia Open, Swiss Open and the Singapore Open. She was also part of the Chinese Uber Cup winning team in 2014. Together with women's doubles partner Tang Jinhua she reached the number one spot of the BWF World Ranking on 29 May 2014.[8]

In March 2015, she won the All England Open Badminton Championships in women's doubles with her partner Tang Yuanting, defeating the defending champions Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang.[9]

 
Bao and Tang Jinhua at 2013 Dutch Open Grand Prix
Mixed doubles

Bao Yixin and her partner Liu Cheng reached the final of the 2013 Hong Kong Open in mixed doubles. One year earlier, she had already reached the final of the 2012 French Open with Qiu Zihan, narrowly losing in three games to Xu Chen and Ma Jin (17–21, 21–19, 18–21). Her biggest victory to date in the mixed doubles event was winning the 2011 Indonesia Open Grand Prix Gold with He Hanbin after opponents Xu Chen and Ma Jin had to retire with injury in the second game of the final (21–19, 1–4). After two semi-finals at the Swiss and the Singapore Opens Bao Yixin and Liu Cheng received a bronze medal at the 2014 BWF World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark by reaching another semi-final.[8]

Retirement

Bao announced her retirement through her social media account on 11 September 2017.[1][10] After retired, she continue her law degree in Xiangtan University in Hunan, and then moved to study English in Sydney, Australia. She also teaching badminton in a local club in Sydney in her spare time.[11]

Personal life

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Bao Yixin is married to her former partner in mixed doubles Liu Cheng.[12]

Achievements

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BWF World Championships

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Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Ballerup Super Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark   Liu Cheng   Zhang Nan
  Zhao Yunlei
15–21, 13–21   Bronze
2015 Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia   Liu Cheng   Zhang Nan
  Zhao Yunlei
17–21, 11–21   Silver

Asian Championships

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Sichuan Gymnasium, Chengdu, China   Zhong Qianxin   Wang Xiaoli
  Yu Yang
17–21, 9–21   Bronze
2012 Qingdao Sports Centre Conson Stadium, Qingdao, China   Zhong Qianxin   Tian Qing
  Zhao Yunlei
14–21, 15–21   Silver

BWF World Junior Championships

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Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Domo del Code Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico   Ou Dongni   Tang Jinhua
  Xia Huan
21–13, 21–18   Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Stadium Sultan Abdul Halim, Alor Setar, Malaysia   Lu Kai   Angga Pratama
  Della Destiara Haris
19–21, 18–21   Bronze
2010 Domo del Code Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico   Liu Cheng   Kang Ji-wook
  Choi Hye-in
21–15, 21–15   Gold

Asian Junior Championships

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Girls' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia   Ou Dongni   Tang Jinhua
  Xia Huan
17–21, 8–21   Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia   Lu Kai   Liu Peixuan
  Xia Huan
21–15, 21–19   Gold
2010 Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia   Liu Cheng   Ow Yao Han
  Lai Pei Jing
Walkover   Gold

BWF Superseries

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The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[13] 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.[14] Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 China Masters   Lu Lu   Wang Xiaoli
  Yu Yang
8–21, 8–21   Runner-up
2011 Japan Open   Zhong Qianxin   Chen Wen-hsing
  Chien Yu-chin
13–21, 25–23, 21–12   Winner
2012 India Open   Zhong Qianxin   Jung Kyung-eun
  Kim Ha-na
17–21, 18–21   Runner-up
2012 Singapore Open   Zhong Qianxin   Cheng Wen-hsing
  Chien Yu-chin
21–12, 21–17   Winner
2012 China Masters   Zhong Qianxin   Cheng Shu
  Luo Yu
21–12, 21–15   Winner
2013 Malaysia Open   Tian Qing   Misaki Matsutomo
  Ayaka Takahashi
21–16, 21–14   Winner
2013 Indonesia Open   Cheng Shu   Wang Xiaoli
  Yu Yang
15–21, 21–18, 21–18   Winner
2013 Denmark Open   Tang Jinhua   Christinna Pedersen
  Kamilla Rytter Juhl
21–16, 21–13   Winner
2013 French Open   Tang Jinhua   Tian Qing
  Zhao Yunlei
21–13, 21–17   Winner
2013 China Open   Zhong Qianxin   Wang Xiaoli
  Yu Yang
13–21, 7–21   Runner-up
2013 Hong Kong Open   Tang Jinhua   Ou Dongni
  Tang Yuanting
18–21, 21–16, 21–15   Winner
2014 Korea Open   Tang Jinhua   Luo Ying
  Luo Yu
21–17, 21–15   Winner
2014 Malaysia Open   Tang Jinhua   Misaki Matsutomo
  Ayaka Takahashi
21–19, 14–21, 21–13   Winner
2014 Singapore Open   Tang Jinhua   Christinna Pedersen
  Kamilla Rytter Juhl
14–21, 21–19, 21–15   Winner
2015 All England Open   Tang Yuanting   Wang Xiaoli
  Yu Yang
21–14, 21–14   Winner
2016 Australian Open   Chen Qingchen   Nitya Krishinda Maheswari
  Greysia Polii
23–21, 21–17   Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 French Open   Qiu Zihan   Xu Chen
  Ma Jin
17–21, 21–19, 18–21   Runner-up
2013 Hong Kong Open   Liu Cheng   Chris Adcock
  Gabrielle White
14–21, 22–24   Runner-up
2014 Dubai World Superseries Finals   Liu Cheng   Zhang Nan
  Zhao Yunlei
15–21, 12–21   Runner-up
2015 India Open   Liu Cheng   Joachim Fischer Nielsen
  Christinna Pedersen
21–19, 21–19   Winner
2015 Australian Open   Liu Cheng   Lee Chun Hei
  Chau Hoi Wah
19–21, 21–19, 15–21   Runner-up
2015 Hong Kong Open   Liu Cheng   Zhang Nan
  Zhao Yunlei
17–21, 21–17, 17–21   Runner-up
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

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The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Thailand Open   Cheng Shu   Tian Qing
  Zhao Yunlei
7–21, 8–21   Runner-up
2011 Canada Open   Cheng Shu   Cheng Wen-hsing
  Chien Yu-chin
21–13, 23–21   Winner
2011 Indonesia Grand Prix Gold   Zhong Qianxin   Vivian Hoo Kah Mun
  Woon Khe Wei
21–19, 19–21, 18–21   Runner-up
2012 Swiss Open   Zhong Qianxin   Tang Jinhua
  Xia Huan
17–21, 10–21   Runner-up
2013 U.S. Open   Zhong Qianxin   Huang Yaqiong
  Yu Xiaohan
21–17, 24–22   Winner
2013 Dutch Open   Tang Jinhua   Anggia Shitta Awanda
  Della Destiara Haris
21–15, 21–7   Winner
2013 Macau Open   Tang Jinhua   Huang Yaqiong
  Yu Xiaohan
21–17, 21–15   Winner
2014 Swiss Open   Tang Jinhua   Nitya Krishinda Maheswari
  Greysia Polii
19–21, 21–16, 21–13   Winner
2015 Swiss Open   Tang Yuanting   Ayane Kurihara
  Naru Shinoya
21–19, 14–21, 21–17   Winner
2015 China Masters   Tang Yuanting   Tang Jinhua
  Zhong Qianxin
14–21, 21–11, 17–21   Runner-up
2017 China Masters   Yu Xiaohan   Huang Yaqiong
  Tang Jinhua
8–21, 21–14, 21–17   Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Indonesia Grand Prix Gold   He Hanbin   Xu Chen
  Ma Jin
21–19, 1–4 retired   Winner
2015 Swiss Open   Liu Cheng   Lu Kai
  Huang Yaqiong
21–17, 20–22, 13–21   Runner-up
2015 China Masters   Liu Cheng   Edi Subaktiar
  Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja
18–21, 21–15, 26–24   Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

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