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This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chen.
Chen Long Personal information Birth name 谌龙 Born January 18, 1989
Xiamen, Fujian, ChinaHeight 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Weight 79 kg (170 lb; 12.4 st) Country China Handedness Right Men's singles Highest Ranking 3 (January, 2011) Current Ranking 3 (October, 2011[1]) Medal recordCompetitor for China Men's badminton Asian Games Gold 2010 Guangzhou Team Sudirman Cup Gold 2011 Qingdao Team Thomas Cup Gold 2010 Kuala Lumpur Team BWF Profile Chen Long (Chinese: 谌龙; born January 18, 1989 in Xiamen, Fujian) is a male badminton player from China.
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Career
2010
Chen participated in the Korea Open Super Series in January. He made it through to the semi-finals before losing to Danish player Peter Gade, 13-21 21-10 17-21. A week later, in the Malaysia Open, he lost in the opening round to Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand.
At the prestigious All England Open in March, he registered an impressive victory over 8th seed Jan Jorgensen in the first round but fell to Korea's Shon Wan-ho 18-21 21-18 19-21 in the second round. He followed up this disappointment with his best ever performance in a Super Series event by making it through to the final of the Swiss Open, where he finished runner-up to compatriot Chen Jin.
Chen was part of the Chinese team that successfully won gold at the 2010 Thomas Cup in Kuala Lumpur. He only featured in their opening match against Peru, taking just 31 minutes to beat his opponent, before being replaced in the team by Bao Chunlai for the later rounds. Chen's first individual title of 2010 came at the Bitburger Open in Germany, where he beat Denmark's Hans-Kristian Vittinghus 21-3 12-21 21-9 in the final of the GP Gold event. His good form continued when he finished runner-up to Lin Dan at the China Masters two weeks later, going down 15-21 21-13 14-21 to the reigning Olympic champion.
Chen obtained a second team gold medal of the year with China at the Asian Games held in Guangzhou, but did not feature in the individual event. More success followed when he won the China Open Super Series two weeks later. His passage to the final included a controversial walkover by Lin Dan in the quarter-finals and a hard fought victory over current World champion Chen Jin in the semi-finals. In the final, he squared off against teammate Bao Chunlai, emerging the victor after 75 minutes of play. Chen's attempt at back-to-back Super Series titles came to an end at the hands of former Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat in the semi-final of the Hong Kong Open the following week. Chen's strong finish to the year saw his world ranking rise to a career high of 3rd, briefly becoming the top ranked Chinese player.
2011
In the first tournament of the new season, Chen Long was convincingly beaten by world No 1 Lee Chong Wei in the semi-final of the Malaysia Open. It took just 39 minutes for the Malaysian to blow away the upcoming Chinese star with a score of 21-9 21-9. The effects of the demoralising defeat were still evident a week later when Chen lost in the second round of the Korea Open to Japanese player Kenichi Tago. His first individual title of the year came at the Thailand Open, where he beat experienced Korean player Lee Hyun-il in the final.
In August, Chen was eliminated in the first round of the World Championships by unheralded Guatemalan player Kevin Cordón in what was one of the shock results of the tournament. Cordón emerged the victor after clinching the third set 27-25 in a thrilling encounter. Chen sprang back from his shock exit from the World Championships by winning his first China Masters title after defeating his compatriot Chen Jin in the final. A week later, he won his first Japan Open by successfully avenging world No 1 Lee Chong Wei in the final. In October, Chen won his third consecutive Super Series tournament with another victory over Lee Chong Wei, this time in the final of the Denmark Open in its first year as a Premier Super Series event.
Achievements
Finals (7 titles, 5 runner-ups)
Rank Year Tournament Opponent in final Score 1 2011 Denmark Open Lee Chong Wei 21-15, 21-18 1 2011 Japan Open Lee Chong Wei 21-8, 10-21, 21-19 1 2011 China Masters Chen Jin 21-16, 22-20 1 2011 Thailand Open Lee Hyun-il 21-8, 21-19 1 2010 China Open Bao Chunlai 9-21, 21-14, 21-16 2 2010 China Masters Lin Dan 15-21, 21-13, 14-21 1 2010 Bitburger Open Hans-Kristian Vittinghus 21–3, 12-21, 21-9 2 2010 Swiss Open Chen Jin 21-12, 15-21, 17-21 2 2010 German Open Bao Chunlai 13-21, 10-21 1 2009 Philippine Open Hu Yun 21–13, 21–6 2 2009 Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold Lee Chong Wei 16-21, 9-21 2 2009 Badminton Asia Championships Bao Chunlai 21-16, 10-21, 16-21 Junior Tournaments 1 2007 World Junior Championships Kenichi Tago 21-16, 21-14 1 2007 Asian Junior Championships Mohd Arif Latif 18-21, 21-18, 22-20 References
BWF World Rankings · Top ten badminton players - November 3, 2011 Men's singles Men's doubles Women's singles Women's doubles Mixed doubles - Lee Chong Wei
- Chen Long
- Lin Dan
- Peter Hoeg Gade
- Chen Jin
- Sho Sasaki
- Nguyen Tien Minh
- Taufik Hidayat
- Du Pengyu
- Park Sung-hwan
- Cai Yun & Fu Haifeng
- Jung J-s & Lee Y-d
- M. Boe & C. Mogensen
- Ko S-h & Yoo Y-s
- Koo K. K & Tan B. H
- M. Ahsan & Bona Septano
- Chai B. & Guo Z. D
- M. Kido & H. Setiawan
- A. Chandra & H. Gunawan
- H. Hashimoto & N. Hirata
- Wang Shixian
- Wang Yihan
- Wang Xin
- Saina Nehwal
- Jiang Yanjiao
- Juliane Schenk
- Tine Baun
- Cheng Shao-Chieh
- Sung Ji-hyun
- Bae Youn-joo
- Yu Yang & Wang Xiaoli
- Tian Qing & Zhao Yunlei
- Reika Kakiiwa & Mizuki Fujii
- M. Maeda & S. Suetsuna
- Chien Y-c & Cheng W-h
- Ha Jung-eun & Kim Min-jung
- Mami Naito & Shizuka Matsuo
- Greysia Polii & Meiliana Jauhari
- Poon Lok Yan & Tse Ying Suet
- Vita Marissa & Nadya Melati
- Zhang Nan & Zhao Yunlei
- Xu Chen & Ma Jin
- J. F. Nielsen & C. Pedersen
- T. Ahmad & L. Natsir
- Chen H-l & Cheng W-h
- S. Prapakamol & T. Saralee
- Tao Jiaming & Tian Qing
- A. Songphon & V. Kunchala
- F. K. Teng & PZ Bernadet
- Lee Y-d & Ha J-e
Categories:- Chinese badminton players
- 1989 births
- Living people
- People from Xiamen
- Asian Games medalists in badminton
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