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Sun Yu 孙瑜
Personal information
Country	China
Born	(1994-02-28) 28 February 1994 (age 30) Dalian, Liaoning, China
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Years active	2012-2017
Retired	February 2019
Handedness	Right
Women's singles
Career record	148 wins, 59 losses
Highest ranking	4 (2 March 2017)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  China Sudirman Cup 2017 Gold Coast Mixed team Uber Cup 2014 New Delhi Women's team 2016 Kunshan Women's team Asia Team Championships 2016 Hyderabad Women's team East Asian Games 2013 Tianjin Women's team Summer Universiade 2013 Kazan Mixed team World Junior Championships 2012 Chiba Mixed team 2012 Chiba Girls' singles Asian Junior Championships 2011 Lucknow Girls' singles 2011 Lucknow Mixed team 2012 Gimcheon Mixed team
BWF profile

Sun Yu (Chinese: 孙瑜; pinyin: Sūn Yú; born 28 February 1994) is a Chinese badminton player. She was part of the Chinese winning team of the 2014 and the 2016 Uber Cup.

After a long struggle from serious injury problems, she officially announced her retirement from the national team on 16 August 2018, and from the international badminton circuit in 2019, at a very young age of 25. The last tournament she played was the 2017 World Championships where she ended her campaign as quarter-finalist.

Achievements

World Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Chiba Port Arena, Chiba, Japan	Nozomi Okuhara	10–21, 20–22	Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, Lucknow, India	Shen Yaying	21–8, 21–13	Gold

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, 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. 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
2015	Singapore Open	Tai Tzu-ying	21–13, 19–21, 22–20	Winner
2016	Singapore Open	Ratchanok Intanon	21–18, 11–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2016	Australian Open	Saina Nehwal	21–11, 14–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2016	Japan Open	He Bingjiao	14–21, 21–7, 18–21	Runner-up
2016	China Open	P. V. Sindhu	11–21, 21–17, 11–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

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
2012	Macau Open	Busanan Ongbamrungphan	21–19, 21–8	Winner
2014	Swiss Open	Wang Yihan	23–21, 9–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2014	Bitburger Open	He Bingjiao	16–21, 21–15, 21–12	Winner
2015	Swiss Open	Busanan Ongbamrungphan	21–16, 21–12	Winner
2015	Korea Masters	Sayaka Sato	20–22, 19–21	Runner-up
2016	Thailand Masters	Ratchanok Intanon	19–21, 21–18, 17–21	Runner-up
2016	China Masters	Li Xuerui	16–21, 21–19, 6–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.

Players Matches Results Difference Won Lost Chen Yufei 4 4 0 +4 He Bingjiao 5 3 2 +1 Li Xuerui 9 2 7 –5 Wang Lin 1 0 1 –1 Wang Shixian 4 1 3 –2 Wang Yihan 2 0 2 –2 Tai Tzu-ying 6 5 1 +4 Tine Baun 1 0 1 –1 Juliane Schenk 1 1 0 +1 Yip Pui Yin 4 4 0 +4 Saina Nehwal 8 2 6 –4

Players Matches Results Difference Won Lost P. V. Sindhu 8 4 4 0 Lindaweni Fanetri 1 1 0 +1 Minatsu Mitani 2 2 0 +2 Nozomi Okuhara 9 5 4 +1 Akane Yamaguchi 6 3 3 0 Bae Yeon-ju 2 2 0 +2 Sung Ji-hyun 6 2 4 –2 Carolina Marín 5 3 2 +1 Porntip Buranaprasertsuk 2 2 0 +2 Ratchanok Intanon 7 2 5 –3

References

1. ^ "孙瑜 Sun Yu" (in Chinese). Badmintoncn. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
2. "Li-Ning BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2014: Lin Dan; Lee Yong Dae In; Yu Yang Out". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
3. "SUN YU Calls It Quits". Badzine. 16 August 2018.
4. "Sun Yu Announces Retirement From Badminton At Just 25". Badminton Planet. 13 February 2019.
5. "Sindhu Advances Into Semifinals Of World Championships". The Star. 26 August 2017.
6. "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
7. "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
8. "Sun Yu head to head Analysis | Profile". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

External links

• Sun Yu at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
• Sun Yu at BWFBadminton.com

• 1994 births
• Living people
• Badminton players from Dalian
• Chinese female badminton players
• Summer World University Games medalists in badminton
• FISU World University Games silver medalists for China
• Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade