Xie Xingfang

Xie Xingfang (born September 8, 1981) is a retired Chinese badminton player from Guangzhou, Guangdong. She is a former two-time world champion for women's singles, and former women's singles World No. 1.

Her first big title was in girls' doubles, with her provincial teammate Zhang Jiewen, at the World Junior Championships in 1998. She has also won a bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in mixed doubles with Cai Yun. However, once she entered the Chinese national team, she switched to singles. 2004 was her "break-out" year, as she won several top tier titles on the world circuit. Xie and her senior compatriot and rival Zhang Ning were the most dominant international women's singles players of the middle and late parts of the decade, though they were pressed by younger teammates such as Zhu Lin, Lu Lan, Jiang Yanjiao and Wang Yihan. Due to her height and slender figure, she is regarded to have elegant movement. Xie's strengths were her reach, quickness, consistency, and court sense. She was a member of China's world champion Uber Cup teams of 2004, 2006, and 2008.

Her last appearance as a player in a major badminton competition came at the National Games of China in October 2009.

During most of her badminton career Xie was romantically involved with fellow Chinese badminton star Lin Dan. In 2006 Xie and Lin won their respective women's and men's singles titles at the IBF World Championships in Madrid. Xie had also won the world title in 2005 when Lin finished second to Indonesia's Taufik Hidayat. Xie Xingfang and Lin Dan were married in Guangzhou, China, on 13 December 2010, after seven years of dating. She is also a mother of a son, Lin Xiao Yu, who was born on 5 November 2016.

Achievements

Olympic Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing, China	Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning	12–21, 21–10, 18–21	File:Silver medal.svg Silver

World Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India	Template:Flagicon Lu Lan	21–23, 12–21	Silver Silver
2006	Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad, Madrid, Spain	Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning	21–16, 21–14	Gold Gold
2005	Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, United States	Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning	11–8, 9–11, 11–3	Gold Gold

World Cup

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Olympic Park, Yiyang, China	Template:Flagicon Wang Yihan	18–21, 19–21	Silver Silver
2005	Olympic Park, Yiyang, China	Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning	21–19, 21–16	Gold Gold

Asian Games

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Aspire Hall 3, Doha, Qatar	Template:Flagicon Wang Chen	17–21, 21–17, 16–21	Bronze Bronze

Asian Championships

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Suwon Indoor Stadium, Suwon, South Korea	Template:Flagicon Zhu Lin	11–21, 10–21	Silver Silver
2000	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Template:Flagicon Ellen Angelina	2–11, 11–7, 11–3	Gold Gold

World Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia	Template:Flagicon Zhang Jiewen	Template:Flagicon Gong Ruina Template:Flagicon Huang Sui	3–15, 15–13, 15–10	Gold Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1998	Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Chan Chong Ming Template:Flagicon Joanne Quay	4–15, 3–15	Bronze Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	National Indoor Stadium – 1, Yangon, Myanmar	Template:Flagicon Zhang Jiewen	Template:Flagicon Li Yujia Template:Flagicon Wei Yili	15–9, 15–6	Gold Gold
1998	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Template:Flagicon Dong Fang	Template:Flagicon Jun Woul-sik Template:Flagicon Lee Hyo-jung	3–15, 8–15	Bronze Bronze

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
2009	Singapore Open	Template:Flagicon Zhou Mi	19–21, 21–18, 10–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2008	Hong Kong Open	Template:Flagicon Wang Chen	16–21, 21–10, 10–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2008	French Open	Template:Flagicon Wang Lin	18–21, 21–13, 11–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2008	Swiss Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning	21–18, 21–17	Template:Gold1 Winner
2007	Hongkong Open	Template:Flagicon Zhu Lin	21–19, 21–14	Template:Gold1 Winner
2007	China Open	Template:Flagicon Wong Mew Choo	16–21, 21–8, 17–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2007	French Open	Template:Flagicon Pi Hongyan	21–13, 21–13	Template:Gold1 Winner
2007	Japan Open	Template:Flagicon Tine Rasmussen	15–21, 17–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2007	China Masters	Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning	21–11, 8–21, 23–21	Template:Gold1 Winner
2007	Singapore Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning	18–21, 21–19, 3–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2007	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Pi Hongyan	21–6, 21–13	Template:Gold1 Winner
2007	Korea Open	Template:Flagicon Zhu Lin	21–14, 21–7	Template:Gold1 Winner

  BWF Superseries tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF 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
2008	Thailand Open	Template:Flagicon Lu Lan	26–24, 21–7	Template:Gold1 Winner
2007	Macau Open	Template:Flagicon Jun Jae-youn	21–10, 21–10	Template:Gold1 Winner
2007	German Open	Template:Flagicon Huaiwen Xu	19–21, 21–12, 21–19	Template:Gold1 Winner
2006	Japan Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning	11–21, 21–16, 29–30	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2006	Hongkong Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning	Walkover	Template:Gold1 Winner
2006	Chinese Taipei Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning	15–21, 15–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2006	China Masters	Template:Flagicon Wang Lin	21–15, 13–21, 15–21	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2006	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning	11–6, 4–11, 11–2	Template:Gold1 Winner
2005	China Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning	11–3, 4–11, 8–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2005	Hongkong Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning	4–11, 11–1, 6–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2005	Japan Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning	7–11, 8–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2005	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning	11–3, 11–9	Template:Gold1 Winner
2005	German Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning	11–5, 11–4	Template:Gold1 Winner
2004	Indonesia Open	Template:Flagicon Eriko Hirose	11–8, 11–0	Template:Gold1 Winner
2004	China Open	Template:Flagicon Wang Chen	5–11, 11–3, 11–4	Template:Gold1 Winner
2004	German Open	Template:Flagicon Xu Huaiwen	9–11, 11–6, 11–7	Template:Gold1 Winner
2004	Denmark Open	Template:Flagicon Yao Jie	11–9, 8–11, 11–7	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	Indonesia Open	Template:Flagicon Wang Chen	11–6, 8–11, 11–1	Template:Gold1 Winner
2003	Japan Open	Template:Flagicon Camilla Martin	1–11, 5–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
2003	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Zhou Mi	6–11, 5–11	Template:Silver2 Runner-up
1999	Hong Kong Open	Template:Flagicon Ling Wan Ting	7–11, 11–7, 11–4	Template:Gold1 Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

IBF International

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	French International	Template:Flagicon Wang Rong	7–3, 7–2, 7–1	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/Template:Flagicon Huang Chia-chi	2	2	0	+2
Template:Flagicon Petya Nedelcheva	3	3	0	+3
Template:Flagicon Dai Yun	3	1	2	–1
Template:Flagicon Gong Ruina	6	3	3	0
Template:Flagicon Gong Zhichao	1	0	1	–1
Template:Flagicon Lu Lan	12	9	3	+6
Template:Flagicon Wang Lin	5	2	3	–1
Template:Flagicon Wang Yihan	5	3	2	+1
Template:Flagicon Zhang Ning	23	11	12	–1
Template:Flagicon Zhu Lin	6	5	1	+4
Template:Flagicon Cheng Shao-chieh	5	3	2	+1
Template:Flagicon Tine Baun	12	11	1	+10
Template:Flagicon Camilla Martin	5	2	3	–1
Template:Flagicon Tracey Hallam	9	8	1	+7

Players	Matches	Results		Difference
		Won	Lost
Template:Flagicon Pi Hongyan	10	9	1	+8
Template:Flagicon Petra Overzier	2	2	0	+2
Template:Flagicon Juliane Schenk	4	4	0	+4
Template:Flagicon Xu Huaiwen	9	9	0	+9
Template:Flagicon/Template:Flagicon Wang Chen	9	7	2	+5
Template:Flagicon Yip Pui Yin	4	3	1	+2
Template:Flagicon/Template:Flagicon Zhou Mi	12	3	9	–6
Template:Flagicon Saina Nehwal	2	2	0	+2
Template:Flagicon Maria Kristin Yulianti	2	2	0	+2
Template:Flagicon Wong Mew Choo	8	6	2	+4
Template:Flagicon/Template:Flagicon Mia Audina	6	6	0	+6
Template:Flagicon Bae Yeon-ju	1	1	0	+1
Template:Flagicon Kim Ji-hyun	1	0	1	–1

External links

• Template:In lang Xie Xingfang's blog
• Template:In lang The official Xie Xingfang website
• Template:In lang The official China Badminton website
• Template:Sports-Reference