Xie Zhongbo

Xie Zhongbo
谢中博
Xie Zhongbo; 谢中博
Personal information
Country	China
Born	22 May 1983 (age 41); Hunan, China
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Retired	January 2010
Handedness	Right
Event	Men's & mixed doubles
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing China
World Championships
World Cup
Thomas Cup
Asian Games
Asian Championships
World Junior Championships
Asian Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Xie Zhongbo (Chinese: 谢中博; born 22 May 1983) is a former Chinese badminton player from Hunan and raised in Sichuan. After retired from the international tournament, he works as badminton coach in Sichuan.^[1]

Career

A doubles specialist on the world circuit, Xie has regularly partnered Guo Zhendong in men's doubles and Zhang Yawen in mixed doubles over the past several years. Xie and Guo have won the Polish International (2004), the China Masters (2005), and the India Open (2008) together. They were quarter-finalists at 2007 BWF World Championships, and at the 2008 Beijing Olympics narrowly lost to the eventual gold medalists, Indonesia's Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan, in the round of sixteen.

Xie has had greater success in mixed doubles. He and Zhang have captured eight titles internationally since the beginning of 2005. They were silver medalists at the 2005 IBF World Championships, losing the gold to Indonesia's Nova Widianto and Lilyana Natsir, and were bronze medalists at the 2007 edition of the tournament.

Xie is a member of China's world champion Thomas Cup (men's international) team. At 1.88 meters and solidly built, he is one of the biggest men currently playing the game at the world level.

He retired from the competitive international badminton in January 2010.^[2]

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, United States	Zhang Yawen	Nova Widianto Lilyana Natsir	15–13, 8–15, 2–15	Silver
2007	Putra Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Zhang Yawen	Nova Widianto Lilyana Natsir	15–21, 21–15, 20–22	Bronze

World Cup

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Olympic Park, Yiyang, China	Guo Zhendong	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	19–21, 13–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Olympic Park, Yiyang, China	Zhang Yawen	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir	21–19, 21–10	Gold
2006	Olympic Park, Yiyang, China	Zhang Yawen	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir	16–21, 18–21	Silver

Asian Games

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Aspire Hall 3, Doha, Qatar	Zhang Yawen	Zheng Bo Gao Ling	16–21, 23–25	Silver

Asian Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Yu Yang	Sudket Prapakamol Saralee Thungthongkam	3–15, 11–15	Bronze

World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China	Cao Chen	Sang Yang Zheng Bo	5–7, 5–7, 7–2, 5–7	Silver

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	National Indoor Stadium – 1, Yangon, Myanmar	Zhang Weihong	Hendri Kurniawan Saputra Wandri Kurniawan Saputra	16–17, 8–15	Bronze
2000	Nishiyama Park Gymnasium, Kyoto, Japan	Cao Chen	Lee Jae-jin Jung Jae-sung	1–15, 16–17	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	National Indoor Stadium – 1, Yangon, Myanmar	Zhang Jiewen	Hendri Kurniawan Saputra Enny Erlangga	14–17, 12–15	Bronze

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[3] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by 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,^[4] with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	China Open	Guo Zhendong	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	12–21, 19–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	French Open	Zhang Yawen	Flandy Limpele Vita Marissa	11–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2008	China Masters	Zhang Yawen	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir	21–17, 21–17	Winner
2008	Hong Kong Open	Zhang Yawen	Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung	21–14, 21–16	Winner
2009	Singapore Open	Zhang Yawen	Zheng Bo Ma Jin	21–19, 19–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2009	China Masters	Zhang Yawen	Tao Jiaming Wang Xiaoli	21–13, 19–21, 4–8 Retired	Runner-up

BWF Superseries Finals tournament

BWF Superseries Premier tournament

BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	China Masters	Guo Zhendong	Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah	15–10, 15–4	Winner
2007	Philippines Open	Guo Zhendong	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	8–21, 24–26	Runner-up
2008	India Open	Guo Zhendong	Chan Chong Ming Chew Choon Eng	19–21, 21–14, 21–12	Winner
2008	Thailand Open	Guo Zhendong	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	17–21, Retired	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Hong Kong Open	Zhang Yawen	Nathan Robertson Gail Emms	15–8, 15–5	Winner
2006	German Open	Zhang Yawen	Zhang Jun Gao Ling	11–15, 12–15	Runner-up
2006	China Masters	Zhang Yawen	Zhang Jun Gao Ling	21–16, 10–21, 22–20	Winner
2006	Indonesia Open	Zhang Yawen	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir	21–19, 21–15	Winner
2006	China Open	Zhang Yawen	Xu Chen Zhao Tingting	21–19, 21–5	Winner
2007	Macau Open	Zhang Yawen	Fang Chieh-min Cheng Wen-hsing	21–14, 21–16	Winner
2008	Thailand Open	Zhang Yawen	He Hanbin Yu Yang	23–25, 21–10, 23–21	Winner