Zhang Dan
Chinese badminton player

Zhang Dan

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Introduction

Zhang Dan (Chinese: 張丹; born 16 January 1982) is a Chinese badminton player and in 2008 she started representing Macau.

Career

Zhang was specialized in women's doubles and mixed doubles, earning numerous international titles in both events.

At the 2005 World Championships tournament she took a bronze in women's doubles with Zhang Yawen. At the 2007 Summer Universiade she took a silver medal with the Chinese mixed team and two individual bronze medals in women's doubles with Wang Lin and in mixed doubles with Chen Hong.

She reached nine finals at Grand Prix events in women's doubles between 2003 and 2006, winning three events with Zhang Yawen, the 2004 Thailand Open & German Open and the 2005 Singapore Open.

In 2007, she became the women's doubles semifinalist of the Korea International Challenge tournament partnered with Zhang Zhibo.

In 2008, she became the women's doubles runner-up of the China Masters tournament partnered with Zhang Zhibo. They were defeated by Cheng Shu and Zhao Yunlei of China in straight games 14–21, 11–21.

In 2009, she and partner Zhang Zhibo won the gold medal for Macau at the East Asian Games in the women's doubles event after they beat the top seeds from China, Ma Jin and Wang Xiaoli with the score 22–20, 21–16. She also became the women's doubles semifinalist of the Macau and Denmark Open tournaments. At Macau, she and her partner Zhang Zhibo were defeated by the 2008 Olympic Games gold medalist Du Jing and Yu Yang with the score 10–21, 17–21; and at Denmark, they were defeated by Pan Pan and Zhang Yawen of China.

In 2010, she qualified to represent Macau at the Asian Games. However, in accordance with the competition rules, players must be three years after they last competed for their country of origin before they will be able to represent the country, so her entry qualification was canceled; the Macau team also decided to withdraw from the competition. Not long after Zhang Dan retired from playing on international level.

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, United States Zhang Yawen Gao Ling
Huang Sui
5–15, 8–15
Zhang Dan
Bronze

World Cup

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 Olympic Park, Yiyang, China Zhao Tingting Yang Wei
Zhang Jiewen
21–15, 9–21, 10–21
Zhang Dan
Bronze

Summer Universiade

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Thammasat University, Pathum Thani, Thailand Wang Lin Chien Yu-chin
Cheng Wen-hsing
19–21, 12–21
Zhang Dan
Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Thammasat University, Pathum Thani, Thailand Chen Hong Yoo Yeon-seong
Kim Min-jung
14–21, 21–23
Zhang Dan
Bronze

East Asian Games

Zhang Dan
Zhang won the women's doubles gold medal at the 2009 Hong Kong East Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong Zhang Zhibo Ma Jin
Wang Xiaoli
22–20, 21–16
Zhang Dan
Gold

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two level such as 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 doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 China Masters Zhang Zhibo Cheng Shu
Zhao Yunlei
14–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

IBF Grand Prix

The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation since 1983.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 Singapore Open Zhao Tingting Yang Wei
Zhang Jiewen
18–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2006 Swiss Open Zhao Tingting Du Jing
Yu Yang
5–15, 15–10, 11–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2005 Singapore Open Zhang Yawen Gao Ling
Huang Sui
15–13, 15–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2005 Thailand Open Zhang Yawen Lee Hyo-jung
Lee Kyung-won
15–9, 11–15, 13–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2004 Indonesia Open Zhang Yawen Yang Wei
Zhang Jiewen
10–15, 5–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2004 German Open Zhang Yawen Wei Yili
Zhao Tingting
15–8, 15–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2004 Denmark Open Zhang Yawen Wei Yili
Zhao Tingting
13–15, 15–12, 7–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2004 Thailand Open Zhang Yawen Du Jing
Yu Yang
15–5, 15–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2003 Denmark Open Zhang Yawen Yang Wei
Zhang Jiewen
2–15, 1–15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up