Gao Fangjie

Badminton player

Gao Fangjie
高昉洁

Personal information

Country

China

Born

(1998-09-29) 29 September 1998 (age 25)
Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Height

1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Handedness

Right

Women's singles

Highest ranking

13 (20 September 2018)

Current ranking

33 (2 January 2024)

Medal record

Women's badminton

Representing China
Uber Cup
	2018 Bangkok	Women's team
Asian Games
	2018 Jakarta–Palembang	Women's team
Asia Mixed Team Championships
	2023 Dubai	Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
	2018 Alor Setar	Women's team
World Junior Championships
	2015 Lima	Mixed team
	2016 Bilbao	Mixed team
Asia Junior Championships
	2016 Bangkok	Mixed team
	2016 Bangkok	Girls' singles

BWF profile

Gao Fangjie (Chinese: 高昉洁; pinyin: Gāo Fǎngjié; Mandarin pronunciation: [káʊ fàŋ.tɕjě]; born 29 September 1998) is a Chinese badminton player from Nanjing, Jiangsu.^[1]^[2] She was part of the Chinese junior team to win the gold medals at the 2015, and 2016 World Junior; and also at the 2016 Asia Junior Championships. In 2016 Asia, she won the bronze medal in the girls' singles event. Gao was the runner-up in the senior tournament at the 2016 China International.^[3] In 2017, she reached the final round at the BWF Superseries Premier tournament at the China Open after competing from the qualification round, and beat the seeded players Nozomi Okuhara, P. V. Sindhu and Carolina Marín.^[4]^[5] In 2023, she helped the national team win the Asia Mixed Team Championships.^[6]

Achievements

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	CPB Badminton Training Center, Bangkok, Thailand	Gregoria Mariska Tunjung	13–21, 21–13, 10–21	Bronze

BWF World Tour (1 title, 2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[7] 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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[8]

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Singapore Open	Super 500	Sayaka Takahashi	23–25, 14–21	Runner-up
2022	Indonesia Masters	Super 100	Riko Gunji	21–10, 21–12	Winner
2023	U.S. Open	Super 300	Supanida Katethong	15–21, 16–21	Runner-up

BWF Superseries (1 runner-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[9] 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.^[10] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	China Open	Akane Yamaguchi	13–21, 15–21	Runner-up

BWF Superseries Finals tournament

BWF Superseries Premier tournament

BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (1 title)

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 singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Korea Masters	Lee Jang-mi	21–19, 21–5	Winner

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

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

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	China International	Hui Xirui	11–21, 21–19, 17–21	Runner-up
2022	Malang Indonesia International	Riko Gunji	21–9, 21–11	Winner
2022	Malaysia International	Chiu Pin-chian	21–10, 21–16	Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

References

^ "Players: Gao Fangjie". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
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^ "Testing Young Blood – Tahoe China Open 2017: Preview". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
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^ "Asia Mixed Team Championships: China reign again". Badminton World Federation. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
^ 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.
^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
^ "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
^ "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.