Wei Yili

Wei Yili 魏轶力
Personal information
Country	China
Born	(1982-06-24) 24 June 1982 (age 42) Yichang, Hubei, China
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Handedness	Left
Women's doubles
Highest ranking	1 (with Zhao Tingting May 2003)[1] 1 (with Zhang Yawen August 2007)[2]
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  China Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Women's doubles World Championships 2001 Seville Women's doubles 2003 Birmingham Women's doubles 2006 Madrid Women's doubles 2007 Kuala Lumpur Women's doubles World Cup 2005 Yiyang Women's doubles Sudirman Cup 2007 Glasgow Mixed team 2003 Eindhoven Mixed team Uber Cup 2002 Guangzhou Women's team 2004 Jakarta Women's team 2008 Jakarta Women's team Asian Games 2002 Busan Women's team Asian Championships 2002 Bangkok Women's doubles World Junior Championships 2000 Guangzhou Mixed team 2000 Guangzhou Women's doubles 2000 Guangzhou Mixed doubles Asian Junior Championships 1999 Yangon Girls' team 2000 Kyoto Girls' doubles 2000 Kyoto Mixed doubles 2000 Kyoto Girls' team 1999 Yangon Girls' doubles 1999 Yangon Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Wei Yili (simplified Chinese: 魏轶力; traditional Chinese: 魏軼力; pinyin: Wèi Yìlì; born 24 June 1982) is a former badminton player from China.

A women's doubles specialist, since 2001 Wei has competed on the world circuit in partnership with a variety of her fellow countrywomen, but most often with Zhang Jiewen, Zhao Tingting or Zhang Yawen. A member of China's perennial world champion Uber Cup teams, in the biggest events for individual players (such as the BWF World Championships, the All-England Championships, and the Olympic Games) Wei and her partners have usually been overshadowed by China's two dominant women's doubles pairs, Gao Ling and Huang Sui, and Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen. One exception came at the 2007 All-Englands where Wei Yili and Zhang Yawen defeated both of these teams to capture the highly coveted title. Her other women's doubles titles include the China (2001), Singapore (2001, 2007), Denmark (2002, 2004), Thailand (2003), Indonesia (2006), and French (2007) Opens.

Wei has medaled four times at the BWF World Championships without "striking gold". She earned a silver with Zhang Jiewen in 2001, a silver with Zhao Tingting in 2003, a silver with Zhang Yawen in 2006, and a bronze with Zhang Yawen in 2007. She finished fourth at the 2004 Olympics in Athens with Zhao Tingting.^[3] At the 2008 Beijing Olympics Wei and Zhang Yawen were beaten in the semifinals by yet another Chinese pair, Du Jing and Yu Yang, who went on to win the gold medal. Wei and Zhang earned a bronze medal by defeating Japan's Miyuki Maeda and Satoko Suetsuna in the playoff for third place.^[4]

In 2008, Wei retired from the national team. She received an award during a ceremony to mark her retirement with five other teammates from the Chinese national badminton team on the sidelines of the China Open badminton event in Shanghai, November 23, 2008.^[5] However, she was still playing a year later by partnering with Gao Ling. They lost to Yang Wei and Zhang Jiewen in the Thailand Open final of 2009, but won the Philippines Open of 2009.

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing, China	Zhang Yawen	Miyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna	21–17, 21–10	Bronze

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Palacio de Deportes de San Pablo, Seville, Spain	Zhang Jiewen	Gao Ling Huang Sui	11–15, 15–17	Silver
2003	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England	Zhao Tingting	Gao Ling Huang Sui	8–15, 11–15	Silver
2006	Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad, Madrid, Spain	Zhang Yawen	Gao Ling Huang Sui	21–23, 9–21	Silver
2007	Putra Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Zhang Yawen	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	21–19, 18–21, 16–21	Bronze

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Olympic Park, Yiyang, China	Zhang Yawen	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	18–21, 15–21	Silver

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Zhao Tingting	Gao Ling Huang Sui	5–11, 1–11	Bronze

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China	Zhang Yawen	Li Yujia Zhao Tingting	4–7, 7–2, 7–0, 7–1	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China	Zheng Bo	Sang Yang Zhang Yawen	3–7, 0–7, 6–8	Silver

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	National Indoor Stadium – 1, Yangon, Myanmar	Li Yujia	Xie Xingfang Zhang Jiewen	9–15, 6–15	Silver
2000	Nishiyama Park Gymnasium, Kyoto, Japan	Zhang Yawen	Li Yujia Zhao Tingting	15–12, 15–5	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	National Indoor Stadium – 1, Yangon, Myanmar	Zheng Bo	Hendri Kurniawan Saputra Enny Erlangga	12–15, 16–17	Silver
2000	Nishiyama Park Gymnasium, Kyoto, Japan	Zheng Bo	Sang Yang Zhang Yawen	Walkover	Gold

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[6] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011.^[7] Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	All England Open	Zhang Yawen	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	21–16, 8–21, 24–22	Winner
2007	Singapore Open	Zhang Yawen	Yang Wei Zhao Tingting	10–21, 21–19, 21–18	Winner
2007	French Open	Zhang Yawen	Yu Yang Zhao Tingting	21–10, 21–15	Winner
2007	Hong Kong Open	Zhang Yawen	Du Jing Yu Yang	20–22, 21–13, 17–21	Runner-up
2008	Swiss Open	Zhang Yawen	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	18–21, 24–22, 8–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix has been sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Denmark Open	Zhang Jiewen	Chen Lin Jiang Xuelian	7–15, 3–15	Runner-up
2001	All England Open	Zhang Jiewen	Gao Ling Huang Sui	15–10, 8–15, 9–15	Runner-up
2001	Singapore Open	Zhang Jiewen	Zhang Yawen Zhao Tingting	8–6, 7–3, 7–4	Winner
2001	China Open	Zhang Jiewen	Huang Nanyan Yang Wei	8–6, 7–3, 6–8, 8–7	Winner
2002	Denmark Open	Zhao Tingting	Mia Audina Lotte Jonathans	11–3, 6–11, 11–9	Winner
2002	China Open	Zhao Tingting	Gao Ling Huang Sui	9–11, 3–11	Runner-up
2003	Thailand Open	Zhao Tingting	Lee Hyo-jung Yim Kyung-jin	11–9, 5–11, 11–6	Winner
2003	Swiss Open	Zhao Tingting	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	7–11, 11–6, 4–11	Runner-up
2003	Japan Open	Zhao Tingting	Gao Ling Huang Sui	13–10, 6–11, 5–11	Runner-up
2004	Japan Open	Zhao Tingting	Lee Kyung-won Ra Kyung-min	6–15, 15–5, 1–15	Runner-up
2004	Denmark Open	Zhao Tingting	Zhang Dan Zhang Yawen	15–13, 12–15, 15–7	Winner
2004	German Open	Zhao Tingting	Zhang Dan Zhang Yawen	8–15, 12–15	Runner-up
2004	China Open	Zhao Tingting	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	14–15, 12–15	Runner-up
2005	German Open	Zhao Tingting	Gao Ling Huang Sui	4–15, 10–15	Runner-up
2005	All England Open	Zhao Tingting	Gao Ling Huang Sui	10–15, 13–15	Runner-up
2005	Japan Open	Zhao Tingting	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	12–15, 2–15	Runner-up
2006	China Masters	Zhang Yawen	Gao Ling Huang Sui	12–21, 21–18, 14–21	Runner-up
2006	Indonesia Open	Zhang Yawen	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	21–13, 21–13	Winner
2006	Japan Open	Zhang Yawen	Gao Ling Huang Sui	15–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2006	China Open	Zhang Yawen	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	17–21, 7–21	Runner-up
2009	Philippines Open	Gao Ling	Shendy Puspa Irawati Meiliana Jauhari	21–11, 21–11	Winner
2009	Thailand Open	Gao Ling	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	24–22, 17–21, 15–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	French International	Zhang Jiewen	Zhang Yawen Zhao Tingting	7–1, 7–2, 5–7, 5–7, 2–7	Runner-up

• Wei Yili at BWFBadminton.com
• Wei Yili at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link) (archived)
• Wei Yili at Olympedia (archive)
• Wei Yili at Olympics.com
• Wei Yili at the Chinese Olympic Committee (archived)