Pi Hongyan

In this Chinese name, the family name is Pi.

Pi Hongyan 皮红艳
Personal information
Country	France
Born	(1979-01-25) 25 January 1979 Chongqing, China
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	53 kg (117 lb)
Retired	2012
Handedness	Right
Women's singles
Highest ranking	2
Medal record Women's badminton Representing France World Championships 2009 Hyderabad Women's singles European Championships 2004 Geneva Women's singles 2008 Herning Women's singles 2010 Manchester Women's singles Representing China Asian Junior Championships 1997 Manila Girls' team 1997 Manila Girls' singles
BWF profile

Pi Hongyan (simplified Chinese: 皮红艳; traditional Chinese: 皮紅艷; pinyin: Pí Hóngyàn; born 25 January 1979) is a former Chinese badminton player, who later represented France.

Career

Pi Hongyan is one of a number of talented Chinese-born badminton players who have emigrated from China, in part, because of the intense competition to gain positions on its national team, and because of the elite status within the sport that such a player is likely to hold in other badminton playing countries. Her titles include women's singles at the U.S. (1999), German (2001, 2002), Bitburger (2001, 2002), Portugal (2001, 2003), Swiss (2001, 2005), Croatian (2003), French (2003, 2004, 2005), Dutch (2004), Denmark (2005), Singapore (2006) and India (2009) Opens. At the biennial European Championships she was a silver medalist in 2004 and a bronze medalist in 2008 and 2010. She was runner-up to China's Xie Xingfang at the prestigious All-England Championships in 2007. Pi has been at least a quarter-finalist in each of the last six consecutive BWF World Championships (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, and 2011), with a bronze medal in 2009, as well as a quarter-finalist at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India	Xie Xingfang	18–21, 8–21	Bronze

European Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Queue d’Arve Sport Center, Geneva, Switzerland	Mia Audina	1–11, 0–11	Silver
2008	Messecenter, Herning, Denmark	Xu Huaiwen	11–21, 21–4, 18–21	Bronze
2010	Manchester Evening News Arena, Manchester, England	Juliane Schenk	14–21, 13–21	Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	Ninoy Aquino Stadium, Manila, Philippines	Gong Ruina	6–11, 11–4, 10–12	Bronze

BWF Superseries

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

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	All England Open	Xie Xingfang	6–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2007	French Open	Xie Xingfang	13–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2009	Korea Open	Tine Rasmussen	19–21, 19–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

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. The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	U.S. Open	Wu Huimin	11–8, 11–3	Winner
2001	Swiss Open	Xu Huaiwen	7–2, 7–1, 7–5	Winner
2001	German Open	Elena Nozdran	7–1, 7–5, 7–2	Winner
2001	Denmark Open	Camilla Martin	6–8, 3–7, 0–7	Runner-up
2002	German Open	Yao Jie	4–11, 11–9, 11–7	Winner
2003	Chinese Taipei Open	Mia Audina	13–10, 2–11, 3–11	Runner-up
2004	Dutch Open	Yao Jie	11–5, 11–4	Winner
2005	Swiss Open	Xu Huaiwen	13–12, 11–6	Winner
2005	Denmark Open	Xu Huaiwen	7–11, 11–4, 11–5	Winner
2006	Singapore Open	Mia Audina	22–20, 22–20	Winner
2007	Chinese Taipei Open	Wang Chen	18–21, 21–14, 24–26	Runner-up
2009	India Open	Julia Wong Pei Xian	17–21, 21–15, 21–14	Winner
2011	Canada Open	Cheng Shao-chieh	15–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2011	Indonesia Grand Prix Gold	Chen Xiaojia	21–19, 15–21, 17–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Portugal International	Anu Weckström	11–8, 11–1	Winner
2001	BMW Open International	Xu Huaiwen	7–4, 3–7, 7–2, 7–3	Winner
2002	BMW Open International	Xu Huaiwen	11–9, 11–1	Winner
2003	Portugal International	Judith Meulendijks	11–5, 11–5	Winner
2003	French International	Judith Meulendijks	11–1, 11–5	Winner
2003	Croatian International	Kelly Morgan	6–11, 11–5, 11–4	Winner
2003	Mauritius International	Kanako Yonekura	5–11, 13–10, 11–4	Winner
2003	South Africa International	Kanako Yonekura	6–11, 11–4, 11–9	Winner
2003	Bitburger International	Xu Huaiwen	11–9, 5–11, 5–11	Runner-up
2004	French International	Chen Lanting	11–5, 11–8	Winner
2005	French International	Anne Marie Pedersen	11–1, 11–2	Winner
2012	Swedish Masters	Kristina Gavnholt	21–13, 21–17	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Portugal International	Kasper Kiim Jensen	Björn Siegemund Nicol Pitro	3–15, 1–15	Runner-up
2004	Bitburger International	Svetoslav Stoyanov	Rasmus Andersen Britta Andersen	2–15, 12–15	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF/IBF International Series tournament

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.

Players	Matches	Results		Difference
		Won	Lost
/ Huang Chia-chi	3	3	0	+3
Petya Nedelcheva	10	7	3	+4
Dai Yun	1	1	0	+1
Gong Ruina	2	0	2	–2
Li Xuerui	2	0	2	–2
Lu Lan	3	2	1	+1
Wang Lin	2	1	1	0
Wang Shixian	4	1	3	–2
Wang Xin	5	0	5	–5
Wang Yihan	4	1	3	–2
Xie Xingfang	10	1	9	–8
Zhang Ning	17	3	14	–11
Zhu Lin	11	3	8	–5
Cheng Shao-chieh	5	3	2	+1
Tai Tzu-ying	2	2	0	+2
Tine Baun	12	6	6	0
Camilla Martin	5	2	3	–1
Mette Sørensen	1	1	0	+1
Tracey Hallam	6	4	2	+2

Players	Matches	Results		Difference
		Won	Lost
Petra Overzier	2	2	0	+2
Juliane Schenk	14	10	4	+6
/ Xu Huaiwen	20	12	8	+4
/ Wang Chen	9	2	7	–5
Yip Pui Yin	6	4	2	+2
Zhou Mi	7	3	4	–1
Saina Nehwal	7	5	2	+3
Lindaweni Fanetri	1	1	0	+1
Maria Kristin Yulianti	3	3	0	+3
Minatsu Mitani	1	1	0	+1
Nozomi Okuhara	1	1	0	+1
Wong Mew Choo	5	3	2	+1
Mia Audina	12	5	7	–2
Bae Yeon-ju	3	2	1	+1
Sung Ji-hyun	3	2	1	+1
Carolina Marín	1	1	0	+1
Porntip Buranaprasertsuk	2	2	0	+2
Ratchanok Intanon	1	1	0	+1

External links

• Pi Hongyan at BWFBadminton.com
• Pi Hongyan at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
• Pi Hongyan at Olympics.com
• Pi Hongyan at Olympedia
• Pi Hongyan at the French Olympic and Sports Committee (archived) (in French)
• Official website of Pi Hongyan