Lu Lan

Lu Lan (Template:Zh; born 2 May 1987) is a badminton player from China.

Career

In 2004, she won the Polish Open. In 2006, she won the Korea Open and finished the year in the 5th position in the BWF World Ranking.

In 2007, she won the Denmark Super Series, and was a bronze medalist at the World Championships in Kuala Lumpur, losing to the eventual champion Zhu Lin in the semifinals.

In 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, she lost to Xie Xingfang 21–7, 10–21, 12–21 in the semi-finals and was then upset by Maria Kristin Yulianti from Indonesia 21–11, 13–21, 15–21 in the bronze medal match. Earlier in 2008 she had reached the final of the prestigious All-England Championships where she lost a very close match to Denmark's Tine Rasmussen.

In 2009, she achieved her greatest success to date when she won the 2009 BWF World Championship Women's Singles title in Hyderabad, India. The match was against compatriot, and two times winner of the event (2005 and 2006), Xie Xingfang; winning in two straight games 23–21, 21–12.

After retiring from the tournament in 2013, she continued her education at the Beijing Sport University. She married Peng Xin in September 2013, and lived in Shanghai. She then became an official umpire on the BWF World Tour, the first renowned player who successfully transitioned to an officiating job in the sport.

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Putra Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Template:Flagicon Zhu Lin	10–21, 13–21	Bronze Bronze
2009	Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India	Template:Flagicon Xie Xingfang	23–21, 21–12	Gold Gold

World Cup

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Partner	Score	Result
2005	Olympic Park, Yiyang, China	Template:Flagicon Xie Xingfang	11–21, 19–21	Bronze Bronze

Asian Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia	Template:Flagicon Jiang Yanjiao	23–25, 21–23	Silver Silver
2011	Sichuan Gymnasium, Chengdu, China	Template:Flagicon Wang Yihan	15–21, 21–23	Silver Silver

World Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Minoru Arena, Richmond, Canada	Template:Flagicon Cheng Shao-chieh	7–11, 5–11	Silver Silver

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Hwacheon Indoor Stadium, Hwacheon, South Korea	Template:Flagicon Jiang Yanjiao	9–11, 2–11	Silver Silver

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two levels: Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Swiss Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning	16–21, 18–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2007	Denmark Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning	21–17, 21–14	Template:Gold1 Winner
2008	Korea Open	Template:Flagicon Zhou Mi	18–21, 21–15, 15–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2008	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Tine Rasmussen	11–21, 21–18, 20–22	Template:Silver2 Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	German Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning	8–11, 3–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2006	Indonesia Open	Template:Flagicon Zhu Lin	11–21, 16–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2006	Korea Open	Template:Flagicon Zhu Lin	21–18, 21–11	Template:Gold1 Winner
2006	Denmark Open	Template:Flagicon Jiang Yanjiao	14–21, 14–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2008	India Open	Template:Flagicon Zhou Mi	14–21, 14–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2008	Thailand Open	Template:Flagicon Xie Xingfang	24–26, 7–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2011	Russian Open	Template:Flagicon Chen Xiaojia	20–22, 21–15, 23–21	Template:Gold1 Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

IBF International

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Polish International	Template:Flagicon Zhu Lin	11–7, 11–2	Template:Gold1 Winner

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.

Players	Matches	Results		Difference
		Won	Lost
Template:Flagicon Huang Chia-chi	1	1	0	+1
Template:Flagicon Petya Nedelcheva	2	2	0	+2
Template:Flagicon Li Xuerui	2	1	1	0
Template:Flagicon Wang Lin	5	4	1	+3
Template:Flagicon Wang Shixian	3	1	2	–1
Template:Flagicon Wang Yihan	9	4	5	–1
Template:Flagicon Xie Xingfang	12	3	9	–6
Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning	4	1	3	–2
Template:Flagicon Zhu Lin	10	7	3	+4
Template:Flagicon Cheng Shao-chieh	6	4	2	+2
Template:Flagicon Tai Tzu-ying	2	0	2	–2
Template:Flagicon Tine Baun	6	2	4	–2
Template:Flagicon Tracey Hallam	4	4	0	+4
Template:Flagicon Pi Hongyan	3	1	2	–1

Players	Matches	Results		Difference
		Won	Lost
Template:Flagicon Juliane Schenk	1	1	0	+1
Template:Flagicon Xu Huaiwen	7	5	2	+3
Template:Flagicon Wang Chen	8	6	2	+4
Template:Flagicon Yip Pui Yin	4	3	1	+2
Template:Flagicon Zhou Mi	7	1	6	–5
Template:Flagicon Saina Nehwal	5	1	4	–3
Template:Flagicon Maria Kristin Yulianti	5	3	2	+1
Template:Flagicon Wong Mew Choo	6	3	3	0
Template:Flagicon Mia Audina	4	2	2	0
Template:Flagicon Bae Yeon-ju	1	1	0	+1
Template:Flagicon Sung Ji-hyun	2	1	1	0
Template:Flagicon Porntip Buranaprasertsuk	2	2	0	+2
Template:Flagicon Ratchanok Intanon	2	1	1	0

External links

• BWF profile
• Template:Sports-Reference