Jia Yifan

Jia Yifan (Chinese: 贾一凡; pinyin: Jiǎ Yīfán; Mandarin pronunciation: [tɕjà.í fǎn]; born 29 June 1997) is a Chinese badminton player and Olympic champion.^[1][2] With partner Chen Qingchen, Jia won silver in women's doubles at the 2020 Summer Olympics and gold in the same event at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Jia Yifan 贾一凡
Personal information
Country	China
Born	(1997-06-29) 29 June 1997 (age 27) Tianjin, China
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Handedness	Left
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	1 (WD with Chen Qingchen 2 November 2017) 97 (XD 1 September 2016)
Current ranking	1 (WD with Chen Qingchen 13 August 2024)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  China Olympic Games 2024 Paris Women's doubles 2020 Tokyo Women's doubles World Championships 2017 Glasgow Women's doubles 2021 Huelva Women's doubles 2022 Tokyo Women's doubles 2023 Copenhagen Women's doubles Sudirman Cup 2019 Nanning Mixed team 2021 Vantaa Mixed team 2023 Suzhou Mixed team 2017 Gold Coast Mixed team Uber Cup 2020 Aarhus Women's team 2024 Chengdu Women's team 2022 Bangkok Women's team 2018 Bangkok Women's team Asian Games 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Women's doubles 2022 Hangzhou Women's doubles 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Women's team 2022 Hangzhou Women's team Asian Championships 2019 Wuhan Women's doubles 2022 Manila Women's doubles 2024 Ningbo Women's doubles Asia Mixed Team Championships 2017 Ho Chi Minh Mixed team World Junior Championships 2014 Alor Setar Girls' doubles 2014 Alor Setar Mixed team 2015 Lima Girls' doubles 2015 Lima Mixed team 2013 Bangkok Girls' doubles 2013 Bangkok Mixed team Asian Junior Championships 2013 Kota Kinabalu Girls' doubles 2013 Kota Kinabalu Mixed team 2014 Taipei Girls' doubles 2014 Taipei Mixed team 2015 Bangkok Mixed team 2015 Bangkok Girls' doubles
BWF profile

Jia won four gold medals at the World Championships in 2017, 2021, 2022, and 2023.^[3] She also won two gold medals at the Asian Games in 2018 and 2022,^[4] as well as at the 2019 and 2022 Asian Championships.^[5] Jia was part of the Chinese winning team in the 2019, 2021, and 2023 Sudirman Cup, and also at the 2020 Uber Cup. She also won silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[6] She reached a career-high ranking of world number 1 in the women's doubles with Chen Qingchen in November 2017.

Career

In 2023, Jia and Chen Qingchen helped the national team reach the final of the Sudirman Cup by winning the deciding rubber, beating fellow former world no. 1 pair Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota in straight games.^[7] The team then ended the tournament by lifting the cup for 13 times.^[8] In August, Jia and Chen won the World Championships title by beating Apriyani Rahayu and Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti in the final. The duo becoming the first women's doubles to win four golds in the World Championships history.^[9] In October, they won the Denmark Open, becoming the first Chinese women's doubles pair to win defend the title.^[10]

At the 2024 Summer Olympics, with partner Chen Qingchen, Jia won gold in the women's doubles event, defeating compatriots Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning 2–0 in the finals.^[11]

Achievements

Olympic Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, Tokyo, Japan	Chen Qingchen	Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu	19–21, 15–21	Silver
2024	Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France	Chen Qingchen	Liu Shengshu Tan Ning	22–20, 21–15	Gold

World Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland	Chen Qingchen	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	21–18, 17–21, 21–15	Gold
2021	Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain	Chen Qingchen	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	21–16, 21–17	Gold
2022	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Chen Qingchen	Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong	22–20, 21–14	Gold
2023	Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark	Chen Qingchen	Apriyani Rahayu Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti	21–16, 21–12	Gold

Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Chen Qingchen	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	22–20, 22–20	Gold
2022	Binjiang Gymnasium, Hangzhou, China	Chen Qingchen	Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee	21–18, 21–17	Gold

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Chen Qingchen	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	19–21, 21–14, 21–19	Gold
2022	Muntinlupa Sports Complex, Metro Manila, Philippines	Chen Qingchen	Rin Iwanaga Kie Nakanishi	21–11, 21–15	Gold
2024	Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China	Chen Qingchen	Zhang Shuxian Zheng Yu	14–21, 16–21	Bronze

World Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Huang Dongping	Chae Yoo-jung Kim Ji-won	20–22, 21–16, 20–22	Bronze
2014	Stadium Sultan Abdul Halim, Alor Setar, Malaysia	Chen Qingchen	Rosyita Eka Putri Sari Apriyani Rahayu	21–11, 21–14	Gold
2015	Centro de Alto Rendimiento de la Videna, Lima, Peru	Chen Qingchen	Du Yue Li Yinhui	21–18, 13–21, 21–11	Gold

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Likas Indoor Stadium, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia	Huang Dongping	Chen Qingchen He Jiaxin	21–19, 21–16	Gold
2014	Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan	Chen Qingchen	Du Yue Li Yinhui	21–11, 21–18	Gold
2015	CPB Badminton Training Center, Bangkok, Thailand	Chen Qingchen	Du Yue Li Yinhui	14–21, 21–18, 18–21	Silver

BWF World Tour (19 titles, 8 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[12] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[13]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Malaysia Masters	Super 500	Chen Qingchen	Kamilla Rytter Juhl Christinna Pedersen	20–22, 18–21	Runner-up
2018	Malaysia Open	Super 750	Chen Qingchen	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	12–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2018	Japan Open	Super 750	Chen Qingchen	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	15–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2019	All England Open	Super 1000	Chen Qingchen	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	18–21, 22–20, 21–11	Winner
2019	Malaysia Open	Super 750	Chen Qingchen	Du Yue Li Yinhui	21–14, 21–15	Winner
2019	Australian Open	Super 300	Chen Qingchen	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	10–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2019	China Open	Super 1000	Chen Qingchen	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	21–14, 21–18	Winner
2019	Denmark Open	Super 750	Chen Qingchen	Baek Ha-na Jung Kyung-eun	21–9, 19–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2019	Hong Kong Open	Super 500	Chen Qingchen	Chang Ye-na Kim Hye-rin	21–11, 13–21, 21–15	Winner
2019	BWF World Tour Finals	World Tour Finals	Chen Qingchen	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	21–14, 21–10	Winner
2020	Thailand Masters	Super 300	Chen Qingchen	Baek Ha-na Jung Kyung-eun	17–21, 21–17, 21–15	Winner
2022	German Open	Super 300	Chen Qingchen	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	21–16, 29–30, 21–19	Winner
2022	Indonesia Masters	Super 500	Chen Qingchen	Apriyani Rahayu Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti	21–18, 21–12	Winner
2022	Malaysia Masters	Super 500	Chen Qingchen	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	21–11, 21–12	Winner
2022	Denmark Open	Super 750	Chen Qingchen	Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee	21–12, 21–15	Winner
2022	BWF World Tour Finals	World Tour Finals	Chen Qingchen	Benyapa Aimsaard Nuntakarn Aimsaard	21–13, 21–14	Winner
2023	Malaysia Open	Super 1000	Chen Qingchen	Baek Ha-na Lee Yu-lim	21–16, 21–10	Winner
2023	India Open	Super 750	Chen Qingchen	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	Walkover	Runner-up
2023	Singapore Open	Super 750	Chen Qingchen	Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee	21–16, 21–12	Winner
2023	Korea Open	Super 500	Chen Qingchen	Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong	21–10, 17–21, 21–7	Winner
2023	Japan Open	Super 750	Chen Qingchen	Kim So-yeong Kong Hee-yong	17–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2023	China Open	Super 1000	Chen Qingchen	Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee	21–11, 21–17	Winner
2023	Denmark Open	Super 750	Chen Qingchen	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	21–16, 21–13	Winner
2023	BWF World Tour Finals	World Tour Finals	Chen Qingchen	Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee	21–16, 21–16	Winner
2024	French Open	Super 750	Chen Qingchen	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	21–12, 19–21, 24–22	Winner
2024	Singapore Open	Super 750	Chen Qingchen	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	21–15, 21–12	Winner
2024	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Chen Qingchen	Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee	17–21, 13–21	Runner-up

BWF Superseries (5 titles)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[14] 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.^[15] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	French Open	Chen Qingchen	Chang Ye-na Lee So-hee	21–16, 21–17	Winner
2016	Dubai World Superseries Finals	Chen Qingchen	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	21–15, 13–21, 21–17	Winner
2017	Indonesia Open	Chen Qingchen	Chang Ye-na Lee So-hee	21–19, 15–21, 21–10	Winner
2017	China Open	Chen Qingchen	Kim Hye-rin Lee So-hee	21–7, 18–21, 21–14	Winner
2017	Hong Kong Open	Chen Qingchen	Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu	14–21, 21–16, 21–15	Winner

  Superseries Finals Tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (6 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.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Indonesia Grand Prix Gold	Huang Dongping	Luo Ying Luo Yu	21–19, 15–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2014	India Grand Prix Gold	Chen Qingchen	Huang Yaqiong Yu Xiaohan	22–24, 21–19, 21–11	Winner
2015	Brasil Open	Chen Qingchen	Eefje Muskens Selena Piek	21–17, 21–14	Winner
2016	China Masters	Chen Qingchen	Luo Ying Luo Yu	21–16, 15–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2016	Bitburger Open	Chen Qingchen	Jongkolphan Kititharakul Rawinda Prajongjai	21–12, 21–19	Winner
2016	Macau Open	Chen Qingchen	Anggia Shitta Awanda Ni Ketut Mahadewi Istarani	21–15, 21–13	Winner
2017	Thailand Masters	Chen Qingchen	Puttita Supajirakul Sapsiree Taerattanachai	21–16, 21–15	Winner
2017	Swiss Open	Chen Qingchen	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	21–16, 21–15	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Osaka International	Chen Qingchen	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	21–17, 21–15	Winner
2016	China International	Chen Qingchen	Hu Yuxiang Xu Ya	21–8, 21–10	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	China International	Zhou Haodong	Wang Sijie Chen Lu	18–21, 21–18, 17–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

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	2013	2014	2015
Asian Junior Championships	G	G	G
World Junior Championships	B	G	G

• Senior level

Team events	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Asia Mixed Team Championships	B	NH	A	NH			A	NH
Asian Games	NH	S	NH			S	NH
Uber Cup	NH	B	NH	G	NH	S	NH	G
Sudirman Cup	S	NH	G	NH	G	NH	G	NH

Individual competitions

Junior level

Girls' doubles

Events	2013	2014	2015
Asia Junior Championships	G	G	S
World Junior Championships	B	G	G

Senior level

Women's doubles

Events	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Asian Championships	2R	QF	2R	G	NH		G	QF	B
Asian Games	NH		G	NH			G	NH
World Championships	NH	G	QF	QF	NH	G	G	G	NH
Olympic Games	DNQ	NH			S	NH			G

Tournament	BWF Superseries / Grand Prix					BWF World Tour							Best
	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Malaysia Open	A			QF	QF	F	W	NH		QF	W	QF	W ('19, '23)
India Open	A			QF	A			NH		A	F	w/d	F ('23)
Indonesia Masters	F	A			NH	2R	QF	2R	A	W	A		W ('22)
Thailand Masters	NH			QF	W	A		W	NH		A		W ('17, '20)
German Open	A			QF	A	QF	QF	NH		W	A		W ('22)
French Open	A			W	SF	1R	QF	NH	A	QF	2R	W	W ('16, '24)
All England Open	A			2R	1R	QF	W	QF	A	1R	QF	2R	W ('19)
Swiss Open	A			QF	W	A	QF	NH	A	w/d	A		W ('17)
Malaysia Masters	A					F	A	2R	NH	W	A		W ('22)
Thailand Open	A	NH	SF	A					NH	QF	A		SF ('15)
Singapore Open	A			QF	QF	A		NH		w/d	W	W	W ('23, '24)
Indonesia Open	A				W	SF	SF	NH	A	QF	QF	F	W (17)
Australian Open	A				SF	A	F	NH		A			F ('19)
Japan Open	A				1R	F	2R	NH		SF	F	SF	F ('18, '23)
Korea Open	A						QF	NH		A	W	A	W ('23)
Chinese Taipei Open	A			SF	A			NH		A			SF ('16)
Hong Kong Open	A			SF	W	1R	W	NH			A		W ('17, '19)
China Open	A	1R	A	1R	W	QF	W	NH			W	SF	W ('17, '19, '23)
Arctic Open	N/A							NH			A	QF	QF ('24)
Denmark Open	A			1R	2R	2R	F	A	1R	W	W	QF	W ('22, '23)
Hylo Open	A	2R	A	W	A								W ('16)
Korea Masters	A							NH		A		w/d	—
Japan Masters	NH										1R		1R ('23)
China Masters	w/d	A	SF	F	A	2R	SF	NH			SF		F ('16)
Syed Modi International	NH	W	A					NH		A			W ('14)
BWF Superseries / Tour Finals	DNQ			W	RR	RR	W	DNQ		W	W		W ('16, '19, '22, '23)
Brasil Open	NH	A	W	A	NH								W ('15)
Macau Open	A			W	w/d	A		NH					W ('16)
New Zealand Open	A		2R	A				NH					2R ('15)
Year-end ranking	156	98	52	6	1	5	1	1	1	1	1		1
Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	Best

Mixed doubles

Tournament	BWF Superseries / Grand Prix				Best
	2013	2014	2015	2016
New Zealand Open	A		1R	A	1R ('15)
India Open	A			QF	QF ('16)
Thailand Open	A	NH	QF	A	QF ('15)
Chinese Taipei Open	A			1R	1R ('16)
Syed Modi International	NH	QF	A		QF ('14)
Hylo Open	A	2R	A		2R ('14)
Indonesia Masters	2R	A			2R ('13)
Brasil Open	NH	A	SF	A	SF ('15)
Year-end ranking	346	263	260	156	97
Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	Best

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External links

• Jia Yifan at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
• Jia Yifan at BWFBadminton.com
• Jia Yifan at Olympedia
• Jia Yifan at Olympics.com