Jia Yifan
Jia Yifan
Jia won four gold medals at the World Championships in 2017, 2021,
2022, and 2023.[3] She also won two gold medals at the Asian Games in
2018 and 2022,[4] as well as at the 2019 and 2022 Asian
Championships.[5] Jia was part of the Chinese winning team in the
2019, 2021, and 2023 Sudirman Cup, and also at the 2020 Uber Cup.
She also won silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[6] She
reached a career-high ranking of world number 1 in the women's
doubles with Chen Qingchen in November 2017.
Career
In 2023, Jia and Chen Qingchen helped the national team reach the final
of the Sudirman Cup by winning the deciding rubber, beating fellow Personal information
former world no. 1 pair Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota in straight
Country China
games.[7] The team then ended the tournament by lifting the cup for 13
times.[8] In August, Jia and Chen won the World Championships title by Born 29 June 1997
beating Apriyani Rahayu and Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti in the final. Tianjin, China
The duo becoming the first women's doubles to win four golds in the Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
World Championships history.[9] In October, they won the Denmark Handedness Left
Open, becoming the first Chinese women's doubles pair to defend the
Women's & mixed doubles
title.[10]
Highest 1 (WD with Chen Qingchen 2
At the 2024 Summer Olympics, with partner Chen Qingchen, Jia won ranking November 2017)
gold in the women's doubles event, defeating compatriots Liu Shengshu 97 (XD 1 September 2016)
and Tan Ning 2–0 in the finals.[11] Current 2 (WD with Chen Qingchen 12
ranking November 2024)
Medal record
Achievements Women's badminton
Representing China
Binjiang Baek
21–
Gymnasium, Chen Ha-na
2022 18,
Hangzhou, Qingchen Lee Gold
21–17
China So-hee
Asian Championships
Women's doubles
Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
Mayu
Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Chen Matsumoto 19–21, 21–14, Gold
2019
Wuhan, China Qingchen Wakana 21–19
Nagahara
Zhang
Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Chen
2024 Shuxian 14–21, 16–21
Gymnasium, Ningbo, China Qingchen Bronze
Zheng Yu
Women's doubles
Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
Kamilla Rytter Juhl
Chen Runner-
2018 Malaysia Masters Super 500 Christinna 20–22, 18–21
Qingchen up
Pedersen
Chen Du Yue
2019 Malaysia Open Super 750 21–14, 21–15 Winner
Qingchen Li Yinhui
Benyapa Aimsaard
BWF World Tour World Tour Chen
2022 Nuntakarn 21–13, 21–14 Winner
Finals Finals Qingchen
Aimsaard
Chen Baek Ha-na
2023 Malaysia Open Super 1000 21–16, 21–10 Winner
Qingchen Lee Yu-lim
Women's doubles
Women's doubles
Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
Jongkolphan
Chen
2016 Bitburger Open Kititharakul 21–12, 21–19 Winner
Qingchen
Rawinda Prajongjai
Puttita Supajirakul
Chen
2017 Thailand Masters Sapsiree 21–16, 21–15 Winner
Qingchen
Taerattanachai
Hu Yuxiang
2016 China International Chen Qingchen 21–8, 21–10 Winner
Xu Ya
Mixed doubles
Performance timeline
Key
W F SF QF #R RR Q# A G S B NH N/A DNQ
(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semi-finalist; (QF) quarter-finalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#)
qualification round; (A) absent; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze medal; (NH) not held; (N/A) not applicable; (DNQ) did
not qualify.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's
participation has ended.
National team
Junior level
Senior level
Team events 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Uber Cup NH B NH G NH S NH G
Sudirman Cup S NH G NH G NH G NH
Individual competitions
Junior level
Girls' doubles
Senior level
Women's doubles
Events 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Asian Championships 2R QF 2R G NH G QF B
Asian Games NH G NH G NH
World Championships NH G QF QF NH G G G NH
Olympic Games DNQ NH S NH G
BWF Superseries / Grand Prix BWF World Tour
Tournament Best
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
W
Malaysia
A QF QF F W NH QF W QF F ('19,
Open
'23)
F
India Open A QF A NH A F w/d 2R
('23)
Indonesia W
F A NH 2R QF 2R A W A SF
Masters ('22)
W
Thailand
NH QF W A W NH A w/d ('17,
Masters
'20)
German W
A QF A QF QF NH W A
Open ('22)
W
French
A W SF 1R QF NH A QF 2R W ('16,
Open
'24)
All England W
A 2R 1R QF W QF A 1R QF 2R
Open ('19)
W
Swiss Open A QF W A QF NH A w/d A
('17)
Malaysia W
A F A 2R NH W A
Masters ('22)
Thailand SF
A NH SF A NH QF A
Open ('15)
W
Singapore
A QF QF A NH w/d W W ('23,
Open
'24)
Indonesia W
A W SF SF NH A QF QF F
Open (17)
Australian F
A SF A F NH A
Open ('19)
F
Japan Open A 1R F 2R NH SF F SF ('18,
'23)
W
Korea Open A QF NH A W A
('23)
Chinese SF
A SF A NH A
Taipei Open ('16)
W
Hong Kong
A SF W 1R W NH A ('17,
Open
'19)
W
('17,
China Open A 1R A 1R W QF W NH W SF
'19,
'23)
W
Macau Open A W w/d A NH A
('16)
QF
Arctic Open N/A NH A QF
('24)
W
Denmark
A 1R 2R 2R F A 1R W W QF ('22,
Open
'23)
W
Hylo Open A 2R A W A
('16)
Korea
A NH A w/d —
Masters
Japan QF
NH 1R QF
Masters ('24)
China F
w/d A SF F A 2R SF NH SF QF
Masters ('16)
Syed Modi W
NH W A NH A
International ('14)
W
BWF
('16,
Superseries
DNQ W RR RR W DNQ W W SF '19,
/ Tour
'22,
Finals
'23)
W
Brasil Open NH A W A NH
('15)
New
2R
Zealand A 2R A NH
('15)
Open
Year-end
156 98 52 6 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1
ranking
Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Best
Mixed doubles
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