Ren Xiangyu

Ren Xiangyu
任翔宇
Personal information
CountryChina
Born (1998-10-23) 23 October 1998
Luzhou, Sichuan, China
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Years active2015–present
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking4 (MD with He Jiting, 22 October 2024)
16 (MD with Ou Xuanyi, 19 April 2019)
33 (XD with Zhou Chaomin, 5 November 2019)
Current ranking9 (MD with He Jiting, 3 June 2025)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  China
Thomas Cup
2024 Chengdu Men's team
Asia Mixed Team Championships
2023 Dubai Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
2024 Selangor Men's team
World University Games
2021 Chengdu Men's doubles
2021 Chengdu Mixed team
World Junior Championships
2015 Lima Mixed team
2016 Bilbao Mixed team
2016 Bilbao Boys' doubles
Asian Junior Championships
2015 Bangkok Mixed team
2016 Bangkok Mixed team
2015 Bangkok Boys' doubles
2016 Bangkok Boys' doubles
BWF profile

Ren Xiangyu (Chinese: 任翔宇; pinyin: Rén Xiángyǔ; born 23 October 1998) is a Chinese badminton player. Born in Luzhou, Sichuan province, he has shown his talent in badminton since he was a child. He once trained at the Luzhou sports school, and entered the national team in 2016.[1] He helped the junior national team to clinch the mixed team titles at the 2015 and 2016 Asian Junior Championships, and also at the 2015 and 2016 World Junior Championships. He claimed his first senior international title at the 2018 U.S. Open in the men's doubles event partnered with Ou Xuanyi.[2] In 2023, he helped the national team win the Asia Mixed Team Championships,[3] and won the postponed Summer World University Games with Tan Qiang.[4]

Achievements

World University Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2021 Shuangliu Sports Centre Gymnasium,
Chengdu, China
Tan Qiang He Jiting
Zhou Haodong
23–21, 21–16 Gold [4]

BWF World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Bilbao Arena,
Bilbao, Spain
Fan Qiuyue Lee Hong-sub
Lim Su-min
21–15, 17–21, 20–22 Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 CPB Badminton Training Center,
Bangkok, Thailand
Tan Qiang Han Chengkai
Zhou Haodong
21–12, 16–21, 18–21 Bronze
2016 CPB Badminton Training Center,
Bangkok, Thailand
Fan Qiuyue He Jiting
Tan Qiang
10–21, 16–21 Bronze

BWF World Tour (6 titles, 6 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[5] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[6]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 U.S. Open Super 300 Ou Xuanyi Kang Min-hyuk
Kim Won-ho
16–21, 21–16, 21–17 Winner
2018 Singapore Open Super 500 Ou Xuanyi Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan
13–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2019 Lingshui China Masters Super 100 Ou Xuanyi Lee Jhe-huei
Yang Po-hsuan
17–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2022 Vietnam Open Super 100 Tan Qiang He Jiting
Zhou Haodong
17–21, 21–18, 21–8 Winner
2023 Swiss Open Super 300 Tan Qiang Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Chirag Shetty
19–21, 22–24 Runner-up
2023 Japan Masters Super 500 He Jiting Liu Yuchen
Ou Xuanyi
21–14, 15–21, 21–15 Winner
2024 Thailand Masters Super 300 He Jiting Peeratchai Sukphun
Pakkapon Teeraratsakul
16–21, 21–14, 21–13 Winner
2024 German Open Super 300 He Jiting Lee Jhe-huei
Yang Po-hsuan
21–15, 21–23, 21–23 Runner-up
2024 Singapore Open Super 750 He Jiting Fajar Alfian
Muhammad Rian Ardianto
21–19, 21–14 Winner
2024 Australian Open Super 500 He Jiting Mohammad Ahsan
Hendra Setiawan
21–11, 21–10 Winner
2024 China Open Super 1000 He Jiting Goh Sze Fei
Nur Izzuddin
21–13, 12–21, 17–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 SaarLorLux Open Super 100 Zhou Chaomin Guo Xinwa
Zhang Shuxian
18–21, 19–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title)

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Belarus International Zhou Chaomin Guo Xinwa
Zhang Shuxian
22–20, 21–19 Winner

References

  1. ^ "世界冠军来了 泸州小将任翔宇首获国际羽毛球大赛冠军" (in Chinese). Phoenix New Media. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  2. ^ Hearn, Don (18 June 2018). "U.S. Open Finals – Ren takes a World Tour first!". Badzine. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Asia Mixed Team Championships: China reign again". bwfsudirmancup.com. 2023-02-20. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  4. ^ a b "University Games: China dominate individual events". BWF. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.