Zheng Bo

Zheng Bo
郑波
Zheng Bo; 郑波
Personal information
Country	China
Born	26 November 1983 (age 41); Hunan, China
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	1 (XD with Ma Jin)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing China
World Championships
World Cup
Sudirman Cup
Thomas Cup
Asian Games
World Junior Championships
Asian Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Zheng Bo (simplified Chinese: 郑波; traditional Chinese: 鄭波; pinyin: Zhèng Bō; born 26 November 1983) is a badminton player from Hunan, China.^[1]

Career

A doubles specialist, Zheng won men's doubles at the 2003 Indonesia Open with Sang Yang. Zheng and Sang also secured the winning point against Denmark in the final of the 2004 Thomas Cup, to clinch China's first men's world team title since 1990. Most of his international titles, however, have come in mixed doubles. Zheng won the 2002 French Open with Zhang Yawen and the 2006 Hong Kong Open with Zhao Tingting. His other mixed doubles titles, all in partnership with doubles maestro Gao Ling, include the 2006 Asian Games, the 2007 China Masters, the prestigious All England Open Championships in both 2007 and 2008; and the 2007 Japan, German, Korea, Malaysia, and the 2007, 2008 Indonesia Opens. Zhang and Gao were the silver medalists behind Indonesia's Nova Widianto and Lilyana Natsir at the 2007 BWF World Championships in Kuala Lumpur. They were upset in the round of 16 at the 2008 Beijing Olympics by former World Champions Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms. Associated with Ma Jin, Zheng won the mixed doubles title at the 2010 BWF World Championships.

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2003	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England	Sang Yang	Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen	6–15, 8–15	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Putra Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Gao Ling	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir	16–21, 14–21	Silver
2010	Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Paris, France	Ma Jin	He Hanbin Yu Yang	21–14, 21–10	Gold

World Cup

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Olympic Park, Yiyang, China	Zhao Tingting	Xie Zhongbo Zhang Yawen	14–21, 11–21	Bronze

Asian Games

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Aspire Hall 3, Doha, Qatar	Gao Ling	Xie Zhongbo Zhang Yawen	21–16, 25–23	Gold

World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China	Sang Yang	Cao Chen Xie Zhongbo	7–5, 7–5, 2–7, 7–5	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China	Wei Yili	Sang Yang Zhang Yawen	3–7, 0–7, 6–8	Silver

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	National Indoor Stadium – 1, Yangon, Myanmar	Lin Dan	Chen Yu Sang Yang	15–10, 3–15, 10–15	Bronze
2000	Nishiyama Park Gymnasium, Kyoto, Japan	Sang Yang	Jung Jae-sung Lee Jae-jin	17–16, 11–15, 15–12	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	National Indoor Stadium – 1, Yangon, Myanmar	Wei Yili	Hendri Kurniawan Saputra Enny Erlangga	12–15, 16–17	Silver
2000	Nishiyama Park Gymnasium, Kyoto, Japan	Wei Yili	Sang Yang Zhang Yawen	Walkover	Gold

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[2] 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,^[3] with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Malaysia Open	Gao Ling	Nathan Robertson Gail Emms	21–12, 14–21, 21–15	Winner
2007	Korea Open	Gao Ling	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl	22–20, 21–19	Winner
2007	All England Open	Gao Ling	Anthony Clark Donna Kellogg	16–21, 21–18, 21–14	Winner
2007	Indonesia Open	Gao Ling	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir	21–16, 21–11	Winner
2007	China Masters	Gao Ling	Anthony Clark Donna Kellogg	21–16, 21–17	Winner
2007	Japan Open	Gao Ling	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir	21–19, 21–14	Winner
2007	Hong Kong Open	Gao Ling	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir	23–21, 18–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2008	All England Open	Gao Ling	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir	18–21, 21–14, 21–9	Winner
2008	Indonesia Open	Gao Ling	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl	21–14, 21–8	Winner
2009	Swiss Open	Ma Jin	Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung	21–16, 21–15	Winner
2009	Singapore Open	Ma Jin	Xie Zhongbo Zhang Yawen	19–21, 21–19, 21–11	Winner
2009	Indonesia Open	Ma Jin	Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung	21–17, 8–21, 21–16	Winner
2009	China Open	Ma Jin	Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung	18–21, 21–15, 15–21	Runner-up

BWF Superseries Finals tournament

BWF Superseries Premier tournament

BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the 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. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2003	Indonesia Open	Sang Yang	Tesana Panvisvas Pramote Teerawiwatana	16–17, 17–15, 15–5	Winner
2004	Korea Open	Sang Yang	Luluk Hadiyanto Alvent Yulianto	12–15, 12–15	Runner-up
2006	Macau Open	Guo Zhendong	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	12–21, 21–9, 19–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2003	Singapore Open	Zhang Jiewen	Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min	5–15, 9–15	Runner-up
2006	Hong Kong Open	Zhao Tingting	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir	22–20, 21–19	Winner
2007	German Open	Gao Ling	Xu Chen Zhao Tingting	21–11, 21–10	Winner
2009	German Open	Ma Jin	Xu Chen Zhao Yunlei	18–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2009	Malaysia Grand Prix Gold	Ma Jin	Xu Chen Zhao Yunlei	5–5, retired	Winner

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

IBF International

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	French International	Sang Yang	Cheng Rui Wang Wei	7–8, 1–7, 3–7	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	French International	Zhang Yawen	Sang Yang Zhao Tingting	7–0, 7–4, 7–8, 3–7, 8–6	Winner

References

^ "Zheng Bo". www.china.org.cn. Archived from the original on 23 June 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
^ "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
^ "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". www.ibadmintonstore.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

External links

Zheng Bo at BWFBadminton.com
Zheng Bo at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
Zheng Bo at Olympedia (archive)
Zheng Bo at Olympics.com

[1] "Zheng Bo". www.china.org.cn. Archived from the original on 23 June 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2021.

[2] "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.

[3] "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". www.ibadmintonstore.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

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