Yip Pui Yin

In this Chinese name, the family name is  Yip.

Badminton player

Yip Pui Yin
葉姵延

Yip in 2024

Personal information
Country| Hong Kong
Born|  (1987-08-06) 6 August 1987 (age 37)
Hong Kong
Height| 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight| 59 kg (130 lb)
Handedness| Right
Coach| Wang Chen
Women's singles
Highest ranking| 8 (13 January 2011)

Medal record

Women's badminton
Representing  Hong Kong
Asian Games
| 2006 Doha | Women's singles
| 2010 Guangzhou | Women's singles
Asian Championships
| 2008 Johor Bahru | Women's singles
Asia Mixed Team Championships
| 2019 Hong Kong | Mixed team
East Asian Games
| 2009 Hong Kong | Women's singles
| 2009 Hong Kong | Women's team
| 2013 Tianjin | Women's team
Asian Junior Championships
| 2005 Jakarta | Girls' singles
| 2005 Jakarta | Girls' doubles

BWF profile

Yip Pui Yin (Chinese: 葉姵延; Jyutping: jip6 bui6 jin4; born 6 August 1987) is a badminton player from Hong Kong.

## Career

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Yip played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim. In the women's singles event she reached the third round after beating Laura Molina of Spain and Kanako Yonekura (11th seed) in round one and round two respectively. In the third round she was beaten by the 1st seed and reigning world champion Zhang Ning of China.

She won the silver medal in the 2006 Asian Games after losing to fellow Hong Kong player Wang Chen in the final. In 2007, she played at the World Championships and was defeated in the third round by Zhu Lin, of China, 9–21, 21–16, 14–21. Yip made her first appearance at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1] In 2009, she won the gold medal in the 2009 East Asian Games when her opponent Zhou Mi retired halfway through the deciding set. She won 15–21, 21–13, 17–10.

At the 2012 London Olympics, Yip won against eighth seed Sung Ji-hyun, of South Korea, in the group stage. Then Yip went through to the final eight of the women's singles in badminton after she beat France's 16th seed Pi Hongyan by two games to one, winning 13–21, 21–13, 21–16. Yip faced China's Li Xuerui, who beat her two games to one.[2][1] Her performance equalled the best performance by a Hong Kong shuttler at the Olympic Games.[3]

## Achievements

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### Asian Games

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Women's singles

Year  | Venue  | Opponent  | Score  | Result

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2006 | Aspire Hall 3, Doha, Qatar |  Wang Chen | 14–21, 20–22  |  Silver
2010 | Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China |  Wang Shixian | 14–21, 14–21  |  Bronze

### Asian Championships

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Women's singles

Year  | Venue  | Opponent  | Score  | Result

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2008 | Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia |  Wang Lin | 14–21, 18–21  |  Bronze

### East Asian Games

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Women's singles

Year  | Venue  | Opponent  | Score  | Result

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2009 | Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong |  Zhou Mi | 15–21, 21–13, 17–10 retired  |  Gold

### Asian Junior Championships

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Girls' singles

Year  | Venue  | Opponent  | Score  | Result

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2005 | Tennis Indoor Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia |  Wang Lin | 5–11, 7–11  |  Bronze

Girls' doubles

Year  | Venue  | Partner  | Opponent  | Score  | Result

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2005 | Tennis Indoor Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia |  Lam Sin Ying |  Ha Jung-eun
Hong Soo-jung | 7–15, 7–15  |  Bronze

### BWF Grand Prix

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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 sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Women's singles

Year  | Tournament  | Opponent  | Score  | Result

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2006  | Macau Open |  Judith Meulendijks | 21–18, 10–21, 10–21  |  Runner-up
2009 | Australian Open |  Maria Febe Kusumastuti | 18–21, 19–21  |  Runner-up
2010 | Malaysia Grand Prix Gold |  Zhou Mi | 21–16, 14–21, 21–19  |  Winner
2013 | Canada Open |  Nichaon Jindapon | 18–21, 16–21  |  Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

## Record against selected opponents

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Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 17 December 2021.[4]

| Players  | Matches  | Results  | Difference

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Won  | Lost
Huang Chia-chi | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1
Petya Nedelcheva | 3 | 2 | 1 | +1
Chen Yufei | 2 | 0 | 2 | –2
He Bingjiao | 4 | 0 | 4 | –4
Li Xuerui | 10 | 0 | 10 | –10
Lu Lan | 4 | 1 | 3 | –2
Wang Lin | 8 | 3 | 5 | –2
Wang Shixian | 10 | 0 | 10 | –10
Wang Xin | 2 | 0 | 2 | –2
Wang Yihan | 9 | 3 | 6 | –3
Xie Xingfang | 4 | 1 | 3 | –2
Zhang Yiman | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1
Zhang Ning | 5 | 1 | 4 | –3
| Players  | Matches  | Results  | Difference

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Won  | Lost
Zhu Lin | 5 | 2 | 3 | –1
Cheng Shao-chieh | 4 | 3 | 1 | +2
Tai Tzu-ying | 10 | 1 | 9 | –8
Tine Baun | 5 | 1 | 4 | –3
Tracey Hallam | 3 | 2 | 1 | +1
Pi Hongyan | 6 | 2 | 4 | –2
Juliane Schenk | 8 | 3 | 5 | –2
Xu Huaiwen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0
Wang Chen | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1
Zhou Mi | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0
Saina Nehwal | 11 | 2 | 9 | –7
P. V. Sindhu | 4 | 0 | 4 | –4
Lindaweni Fanetri | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0
| Players  | Matches  | Results  | Difference

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Won  | Lost
Maria Kristin Yulianti | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0
Minatsu Mitani | 3 | 1 | 2 | –1
Nozomi Okuhara | 6 | 1 | 5 | –4
Akane Yamaguchi | 4 | 0 | 4 | –4
Wong Mew Choo | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1
Mia Audina | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1
An Se-young | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1
Bae Yeon-ju | 5 | 2 | 3 | –1
Sung Ji-hyun | 11 | 3 | 8 | –5
Carolina Marín | 5 | 0 | 5 | –5
Porntip Buranaprasertsuk | 7 | 3 | 4 | –1
Ratchanok Intanon | 17 | 3 | 14 | –11

## References

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1. ^ a b "Yip Pui Yin Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
2. ^ "HK shuttler Yip into final 8". The Standard. 1 August 2012.
3. ^ "Yip equals best HK performance by reaching quarters". South China Morning Post. 2 August 2012.
4. ^ "Yip Pui Yin – Head to Head Analysis". BWF Tournament Software. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yip Pui Yin.

* BWF player profile
* YIP Pui Yin profile for the 2009 East Asian Games[permanent dead link]
* YIP Pui Yin profile for the 2012 Olympic Games Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine