Wang Chang (badminton)

Wang Chang
王昶
Wang Chang; 王昶
Personal information
Country	China
Born	7 May 2001 (age 23); Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Handedness	Right
Men's doubles
Highest ranking	1 (with Liang Weikeng, 31 October 2023)
Current ranking	1 (with Liang Weikeng, 13 August 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing China
Olympic Games
World Championships
Sudirman Cup
Thomas Cup
Asian Games
Asian Championships
World Junior Championships
Asian Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Wang Chang (Chinese: 王昶; pinyin: Wáng Chǎng; born 7 May 2001) is a Chinese badminton player. He was the boys' doubles World Junior champion and two times Asian Junior champion partnering Di Zijian. Wang was part of Chinese winning team at the 2023 Sudirman Cup, and together with Liang Weikeng, they won the bronze medal at the 2023 World Championships. Wang and Liang reached a career high of world number 1 on 31st of October 2023.

Career

2015–2019: Early and junior career – Asian and World junior champions

Born in Ningbo, Zhejiang, Wang who trained in Ningbo training centre, entered the provincial team in 2015, and in the national team in 2017. After being selected to join the national team, he started his partnership with Di Zijian in the men's doubles discipline.^[1] He made a debut in the international tournament at the 2017 Asian Junior Championships, and claimed the gold medal in the boys' doubles event.^[1]^[2] He also participated at the 2017 World Junior Championships where he helped the team to take the Suhandinata Cup, and he also won the silver medal in the boys' doubles event.^[1]^[3] In 2018, he won the boys' doubles and mixed team titles at the Asia^[4] and World Junior Championships.

2022

Starting from 2022, Wang started a new partnership with Liang Weikeng and advanced to the final of the Indonesia Masters from the qualifying rounds, defeating Tokyo 2020 bronze medalists Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik and world number 1 Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo en route.^[5] In the final, they lost 10–21, 17–21 to home favorites Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto.^[6] In the next tournament, they defeated the reigning World Champions Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi to reach the semi-finals of the Malaysia Masters,^[5] but were then stopped by Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in straight games.^[7] Wang then won the Japan Open, where he and Liang defeated Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen in the final in three games.^[8]

2023

In the first half of the 2023 season, Wang and his partner Liang showed quite significant progress. They were able to win 2 BWF World Tour titles in India and Thailand,^[9]^[10] as well as being runners-up in Malaysia and Singapore.^[11]^[12] Apart from that, Wang was part of the Chinese team that won the Sudirman Cup.^[13]^[14] Wang and Liang's achievements were able to bring them to 2nd place in the BWF world rankings on 13 June 2023.^[15]

In August, Wang and Liang won the bronze medal at the World Championships in Copenhagen.^[16] They were defeated by home pair Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen in a close rubber game.^[17] The Chinese rising pair then claimed their first ever BWF World Tour Super 1000 title at the China Open.^[18]

Achievements

Olympic Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2024	Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France	Liang Weikeng	Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin	17–21, 21–18, 19–21	Silver

World Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark	Liang Weikeng	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	21–17, 18–21, 19–21	Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2024	Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China	Liang Weikeng	Goh Sze Fei Nur Izzuddin	21–17, 15–21, 21–10	Gold

World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	GOR Among Rogo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia	Di Zijian	Mahiro Kaneko Yunosuke Kubota	14–21, 21–15, 13–21	Silver
2018	Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada	Di Zijian	Shin Tae-yang Wang Chan	21–19, 22–20	Gold
2019	Kazan Gymnastics Center, Kazan, Russia	Di Zijian	Leo Rolly Carnando Daniel Marthin	19–21, 18–21	Silver

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center, Jakarta, Indonesia	Di Zijian	Lee Sang-min Na Sung-seung	21–19, 21–11	Gold
2018	Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center, Jakarta, Indonesia	Di Zijian	Liang Weikeng Shang Yichen	18–21, 24–22, 21–19	Gold
2019	Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre, Suzhou, China	Di Zijian	Leo Rolly Carnando Daniel Marthin	9–21, 21–15, 19–21	Silver

BWF World Tour (9 titles, 5 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[19] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[20]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Lingshui China Masters	Super 100	Di Zijian	Han Chengkai Zhou Haodong	21–19, 17–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2019	SaarLorLux Open	Super 100	Di Zijian	Mathias Bay-Smidt Lasse Mølhede	21–17, 21–15	Winner
2022	Indonesia Masters	Super 500	Liang Weikeng	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	10–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2022	Japan Open	Super 750	Liang Weikeng	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	21–18, 13–21, 21–17	Winner
2023	Malaysia Open	Super 1000	Liang Weikeng	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	18–21, 21–18, 13–21	Runner-up
2023	India Open	Super 750	Liang Weikeng	Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik	14–21, 21–19, 21–18	Winner
2023	Thailand Open	Super 500	Liang Weikeng	Muhammad Shohibul Fikri Bagas Maulana	21–10, 21–15	Winner
2023	Singapore Open	Super 750	Liang Weikeng	Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi	13–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2023	China Open	Super 1000	Liang Weikeng	Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik	21–12, 21–14	Winner
2023	China Masters	Super 750	Liang Weikeng	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty	21–19, 18–21, 21–19	Winner
2023	BWF World Tour Finals	World Tour Finals	Liang Weikeng	Kang Min-hyuk Seo Seung-jae	17–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2024	Malaysia Open	Super 1000	Liang Weikeng	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty	9–21, 21–18, 21–17	Winner
2024	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Liang Weikeng	Man Wei Chong Tee Kai Wun	19–21, 21–16, 21–12	Winner
2024	Denmark Open	Super 750	Liang Weikeng	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	21–18, 21–17	Winner

Performance timeline

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 team

Junior level

Team events	2017	2018	2019
Asian Junior Championships	QF	G	B
World Junior Championships	G	G	S

Senior level

Team events	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Asian Games	NH		G	NH
Thomas Cup	S	NH	A	NH	G
Sudirman Cup	NH	A	NH	G	NH

Individual competitions

Junior level

Boys' doubles

Events	2017	2018	2019
Asian Junior Championships	G	G	S
World Junior Championships	S	G	S

Mixed doubles

Event	2017
Asian Junior Championships	2R

Senior level

Men's doubles

Tournaments	2021	2022	2023	2024
Asian Championships	NH	A	QF	G
Asian Games	NH		2R	NH
World Championships	1R	A	B	NH
Olympic Games	NH			S

Tournament	BWF SS / GP	BWF World Tour							Best
Tournament	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	Best
Malaysia Open	A			NH		A	F	W	W ('24)
India Open	A			NH		A	W	2R	W ('23)
Indonesia Masters	NH	A		2R	A	F	2R	A	F ('22)
Thailand Masters	A		QF	1R	NH		A		QF ('19)
German Open	A			NH		A	1R	A	1R ('23)
French Open	A		1R	NH	A	QF	2R	2R	QF ('22)
All England Open	A			1R	A		SF	2R	SF ('23)
Lingshui China Masters	NH	F	SF	NH			A		F ('18)
Thailand Open	A		Q1	A	NH	2R	W	A	W ('23')
Malaysia Masters	A		1R	1R	NH	SF	A		SF ('22)
Singapore Open	A			NH		2R	F	QF	F ('23)
Indonesia Open	A		1R	NH	A		QF	W	W ('24)
Australian Open	A			NH		QF	A		QF ('22)
U.S. Open	A	2R	A	NH			A		2R ('18)
Canada Open	A	SF	A	NH		A			SF ('18)
Japan Open	A			NH		W	2R	w/d	W ('22)
Korea Open	A			NH		A	SF	A	SF ('23)
Vietnam Open	A		QF	NH		A			QF (19)
China Open	Q2	A	1R	NH			W	2R	W ('23)
Macau Open	1R	A		NH				A	1R ('17)
Denmark Open	A		1R	A	1R	1R	1R	W	W ('24)
Hylo Open	A		W	A		QF	A		W ('19)
Korea Masters	Q1	A	QF	NH		A			QF (19)
China Masters	A			NH			W		W ('23)
Syed Modi International	A		SF	NH		A			SF ('19)
Superseries / Tour Finals	DNQ						F		F ('23)
Year-end ranking	367	116	33	35	41	17	1		1
Tournament	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	Best

Mixed doubles

Tournament	BWF SS / GP
Tournament	2017
Korea Masters	Q2

References

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^ "China's Liang, Wang claim men's doubles title at badminton's Thailand Open". Xinhua. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
^ "Fajar-Rian stave off China's doubles dominance". Bernama. 15 January 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
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^ Mustikasari, Delia (14 June 2023). "Update ranking BWF - Waspada Fajar/Rian, ganda putra China sudah buntuti di ranking ke-2, Marcus/Kevin naik" (in Indonesian). Bola. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
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^ Sukumar, Dev; Ropars, Mikael; Nonotte, Yohan (27 August 2023). "Kim & Anders carry Danish hopes". BWF. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
^ Tian, Guangyu; Ding, Wenxian; Xu, Shihao (11 September 2023). "中国羽毛球公开赛："凡尘""梁王"双打夺冠陆光祖获男单亚军" (in Chinese). Xinhua. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
^ 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.
^ 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

Wang Chang at BWFBadminton.com
Wang Chang at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
Wang Chang at Olympics.com
Wang Chang at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics

[ks-1] "16岁小将助力国羽世青赛夺冠，球技好颜值高，堪称羽坛"张继科"" (in Chinese). Sina Corp. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.

[2] Perada, Mathilde Liliana (31 July 2017). "Asian Juniors Finals – China takes home two titles". Badzine. Retrieved 19 November 2018.

[3] "China are still the mixed team king pins in World Junior Championships". Badminton Asia. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2018.

[4] "2018羽毛球亚青赛国羽拿三金包揽女单男双冠亚军_楚天运动频道". CTC Sports. Retrieved 11 June 2022.

[masm22a-5] Kumar, Prem (8 July 2022). "Malaysia Masters: Rising youngsters stay grounded". BWF. Retrieved 12 September 2023.

[inam22-6] "Indonesia Masters: China dominate, Axelsen impeccable". BWF. 12 June 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2022.

[masm22b-7] Kumar, Prem (9 July 2022). "Malaysia Masters: Disappointing end for both Malaysian pairs". The Sun Daily. Retrieved 12 September 2023.

[jpn22-8] "Japan Open: This is why we play badminton". BWF. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2022.

[ind23-9] Wang, Rongfei (23 January 2023). "梁伟铿/王昶，夺冠！梁伟铿/王昶夺得印度羽毛球公开赛男双冠军" (in Chinese). China Sports News. Retrieved 13 September 2023.

[thao23-10] "China's Liang, Wang claim men's doubles title at badminton's Thailand Open". Xinhua. 4 June 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.

[maso23-11] "Fajar-Rian stave off China's doubles dominance". Bernama. 15 January 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.

[sgp23-12] Chia, Han Keong (11 June 2023). "Singapore Badminton Open: Anthony Ginting is first man to retain title in 20 years". Yahoo News Singapore. Retrieved 13 September 2023.

[sud23a-13] "苏迪曼杯即将到来！韩国队成国羽卫冕头号对手，女单对决最受期待" (in Chinese). Sohu. 6 May 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.

[sud23b-14] "2023年BWF苏迪曼杯："雅思"、石宇奇和陈雨菲建功，中国队第13次夺得苏迪曼杯冠军" (in Chinese). International Olympic Committee. 22 May 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.

[rank23a-15] Mustikasari, Delia (14 June 2023). "Update ranking BWF - Waspada Fajar/Rian, ganda putra China sudah buntuti di ranking ke-2, Marcus/Kevin naik" (in Indonesian). Bola. Retrieved 13 September 2023.

[wc23a-16] "BWF World Championships Review: South Korea claim three golds". All England Badminton. 27 August 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.

[wc23b-17] Sukumar, Dev; Ropars, Mikael; Nonotte, Yohan (27 August 2023). "Kim & Anders carry Danish hopes". BWF. Retrieved 12 September 2023.

[chno23-18] Tian, Guangyu; Ding, Wenxian; Xu, Shihao (11 September 2023). "中国羽毛球公开赛："凡尘""梁王"双打夺冠陆光祖获男单亚军" (in Chinese). Xinhua. Retrieved 13 September 2023.

[19] 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.

[20] Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

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