Liu Yuchen

Liu Yuchen (Chinese: 刘雨辰; pinyin: Liú Yǔchén, born 25 July 1995) is a Chinese badminton player.[1] He was the men's doubles World Champion in 2018,[2] two times Asian Champion in 2017 and 2018, and also a silver medalist at the 2020 Summer Olympics partnered with Li Junhui. Liu was part of the national team member that won the 2018 Asian Games, 2018 Thomas Cup and 2019 Sudirman Cup. Together with Li, he achieved the men's doubles world number 1 in 6 April 2017, and occupied the top ranking for ten weeks.

Liu Yuchen
刘雨辰
Personal information
CountryChina
Born (1995-07-25) 25 July 1995
Beijing, China
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight88 kg (194 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking1 (MD with Li Junhui 6 April 2017)
38 (XD 27 October 2016)
Current ranking153 (MD with Ou Xuanyi),
320 (MD Zhou Haodong) (19 April 2022)
BWF profile

Personal life

His sister, Liu Jing, is a swimmer.[3]

Career

Liu competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4] Partnered with Li Junhui, he won a silver medal in the men's doubles after defeated by Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin of Chinese Taipei in the final.[5]

Achievements

Olympic Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2020 Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Tokyo, Japan Li Junhui Lee Yang
Wang Chi-lin
18–21, 12–21 Silver

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park,
Nanjing, China
Li Junhui Takeshi Kamura
Keigo Sonoda
21–12, 21–19 Gold
2019 St. Jakobshalle,
Basel, Switzerland
Li Junhui Takuro Hoki
Yugo Kobayashi
19–21, 13–21 Bronze

Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Istora Gelora Bung Karno,
Jakarta, Indonesia
Li Junhui Fajar Alfian
Muhammad Rian Ardianto
14–21, 21–19, 13–21 Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Gimcheon Indoor Stadium,
Gimcheon, South Korea
Li Junhui Shin Baek-cheol
Yoo Yeon-seong
20–22, 17–21 Silver
2016 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China
Li Junhui Lee Yong-dae
Yoo Yeon-seong
14–21, 26–28 Silver
2017 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China
Li Junhui Huang Kaixiang
Wang Yilyu
21–14, 21–12 Gold
2018 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China
Li Junhui Takeshi Kamura
Keigo Sonoda
11–21, 21–10, 21–13 Gold

BWF World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Chiba Port Arena,
Chiba, Japan
Wang Yilyu Lee Chun Hei
Ng Ka Long
10–21, 11–21 Bronze
2013 Hua Mark Indoor Stadium,
Bangkok, Thailand
Li Junhui Huang Kaixiang
Zheng Siwei
14–21, 21–13, 22–20 Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Chiba Port Arena,
Chiba, Japan
Chen Qingchen Edi Subaktiar
Melati Daeva Oktavianti
21–14, 18–21, 11–21 Bronze
2013 Hua Mark Indoor Stadium,
Bangkok, Thailand
Huang Dongping Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
Masita Mahmudin
21–6, 17–21, 19–21 Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 Likas Indoor Stadium,
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
Li Junhui Huang Kaixiang
Zheng Siwei
21–15, 21–14 Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Gimcheon Indoor Stadium,
Gimcheon, South Korea
Chen Qingchen Choi Sol-gyu
Chae Yoo-jung
17–21, 19–21 Bronze
2013 Likas Indoor Stadium,
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
Huang Dongping Choi Sol-gyu
Chae Yoo-jung
11–21, 21–19, 13–21 Silver

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 6 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[6] 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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[7]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Indonesia Masters Super 500 Li Junhui Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
21–11, 10–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2018 Japan Open Super 750 Li Junhui Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
11–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2018 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Li Junhui Hiroyuki Endo
Yuta Watanabe
21–15, 21–11 Winner
2019 Malaysia Open Super 750 Li Junhui Takeshi Kamura
Keigo Sonoda
21–12, 21–17 Winner
2019 Thailand Open Super 500 Li Junhui Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Chirag Shetty
19–21, 21–18, 18–21 Runner-up
2019 Macau Open Super 300 Li Junhui Huang Kaixiang
Liu Cheng
21–8, 18–21, 22–20 Winner
2020 Malaysia Masters Super 500 Li Junhui Kim Gi-jung
Lee Yong-dae
14–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2022 German Open Super 300 Ou Xuanyi Goh Sze Fei
Nur Izzuddin
21–23, 21–16, 14–21 Runner-up
2022 Korea Masters Super 300 Ou Xuanyi Kim Gi-jung
Kim Sa-rang
14–21, 16–21 Runner-up

BWF Superseries (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[8] 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.[9] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Japan Open Li Junhui Kim Gi-jung
Ko Sung-hyun
21–12, 21–12 Winner
2016 Korea Open Li Junhui Lee Yong-dae
Yoo Yeon-seong
21–15, 20–22, 18–21 Runner-up
2017 All England Open Li Junhui Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
19–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2017 Singapore Open Li Junhui Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen
13–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2017 Indonesia Open Li Junhui Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen
21–19, 19–21, 21–18 Winner
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (7 titles, 2 runners-up)

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.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2013 New Zealand Open Li Junhui Angga Pratama
Ryan Agung Saputra
6–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2014 India Grand Prix Gold Li Junhui Huang Kaixiang
Zheng Siwei
21–17, 19–21, 22–20 Winner
2014 Chinese Taipei Open Li Junhui Andrei Adistia
Hendra Aprida Gunawan
14–21, 21–16, 16–21 Runner-up
2015 China Masters Li Junhui Wang Yilyu
Zhang Wen
21–15, 19–21, 21–12 Winner
2015 U.S. Open Li Junhui Manu Attri
B. Sumeeth Reddy
21–12, 21–16 Winner
2015 Canada Open Li Junhui Huang Kaixiang
Wang Sijie
17–21, 21–12, 21–18 Winner
2015 Vietnam Open Li Junhui Huang Kaixiang
Wang Sijie
21–8, 21–16 Winner
2016 Chinese Taipei Open Li Junhui Chen Hung-ling
Wang Chi-lin
21–17, 17–21, 24–22 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Chinese Taipei Open Yu Xiaohan Alfian Eko Prasetya
Annisa Saufika
21–16, 21–18 Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 China International Li Junhui Wang Yilyu
Zhang Wen
10–21, 20–22 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 China International Yu Xiaohan Zheng Siwei
Chen Qingchen
21–15, 12–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2015 Osaka International Huang Dongping Kim Duck-young
Eom Hye-won
17–21, 21–16, 17–21 Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

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  2. "Li Junhui & Liu Yuchen crowned men's doubles champions at badminton worlds". Xinhua. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  3. "甜蜜!中国体坛又一冠军情侣正式公开恋情,郎才女貌超般配". Sohu. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  4. "Liu Yu Chen". Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  5. "China's Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen win silver in badminton men's doubles". China Daily. Xinhua. 31 July 2021. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021 via China Daily.
  6. 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.
  7. 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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