Liu Yi (badminton)

Liu Yi
刘毅
Personal information
CountryChina
Born (2003-07-07) 7 July 2003
Anhui, China
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
HandednessRight
CoachChen Qiqiu
Men's doubles
Highest ranking9 (with Chen Boyang, 6 May 2025)
Current ranking13 (with Chen Boyang, 3 June 2025)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  China
Sudirman Cup
2025 Xiamen Mixed team
Asian Championships
2025 Ningbo Men's doubles
Asia Team Championships
2024 Selangor Men's team
BWF profile

Liu Yi (simplified Chinese: 刘毅; traditional Chinese: 劉毅; pinyin: Liú Yì; born 7 July 2003) is a Chinese badminton player.[1] He won the silver medal at the 2025 Asian Championships partnered with Chen Boyang.[2] He was part of China winning team in the 2024 Asia Team Championships. Liu captured his first senior title at the 2022 Vietnam International Series with Chen.

Career

Liu won his first senior international title at the Vietnam International Series with Chen Boyang. A week later, Liu won his second consecutive title at the Malaysia International Series tournament.[3]

In March 2023, Liu and Chen won their first BWF Tour 100 title at the 2023 Ruichang China Masters,[4] and won their first BWF World Tour title at the 2023 Orléans Masters.[5]

In 2024, Liu and Chen became the runner-up in the Thailand Open.[6] Together with his temporary partner Chen Xujun, they captured the Macau Open title.[7]

In the beginning of the 2025 season, Liu and Chen reached their first ever final in the BWF World Tour Super 1000 at the Malaysia Open, but the duo were beaten by Korean new pair Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho.[8] They then won the silver medal at the 2025 Asian Championships after being defeated in the final by Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik.[2]

Achievements

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2025 Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China Chen Boyang Aaron Chia
Soh Wooi Yik
19–21, 17–21 Silver [2]

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[9] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[10]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2023 Ruichang China Masters Super 100 Chen Boyang Muhammad Haikal
Nur Izzuddin
21–16, 19–21, 21–16 Winner [4]
2023 Orléans Masters Super 300 Chen Boyang Muhammad Shohibul Fikri
Bagas Maulana
21–19, 21–17 Winner [5]
2024 Thailand Open Super 500 Chen Boyang Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Chirag Shetty
15–21, 15–21 Runner-up [6]
2024 Macau Open Super 300 Chen Xujun Sabar Karyaman Gutama
Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani
21–18, 21–14 Winner [7]
2025 Malaysia Open Super 1000 Chen Boyang Kim Won-ho
Seo Seung-jae
21–19, 12–21, 12–21 Runner-up [8]

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2022 Vietnam International Chen Boyang Christian Bernardo
Alvin Morada
21–17, 25–23 Winner
2022 Malaysia International Chen Boyang Beh Chun Meng
Goh Boon Zhe
21–11, 21–13 Winner [3]
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

  1. ^ "Lio Yi | Profile". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "2025年亚洲羽毛球锦标赛:陈雨菲、刘圣书/谭宁首次加冕亚锦赛冠军" (in Chinese). International Olympic Committee. 13 April 2025. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  3. ^ a b "2022大马国际赛国羽4金3银收官 高昉洁赛季三冠 中羽在线 - 超人气羽毛球社区". Badmintoncn. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  4. ^ a b "陈柏阳/刘毅2比1胜海卡尔/伊祖丁,瑞昌大师赛国羽4冠4亚收官_比赛_方面_赛事". Sohu. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Orleans Masters: Chen/Liu burst onto main scene". Badminton World Federation. 10 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Thailand Open badminton: Satwik-Chirag win title, beat China's Chen-Liu". The Hindu. 19 May 2024. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  7. ^ a b "澳门公开赛国羽收获4冠 伍家朗胜郑加恒男单问鼎" [China's badminton team wins 4 titles at Macau Open; Ng Ka Long defeats Jason Teh to win men's singles title] (in Chinese). Sina. 29 September 2024. Archived from the original on 29 September 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Malaysia Open 2025: Won Ho-Seung Jae wins title in first event as doubles pair". Bernama. 12 January 2025. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.