Wang Chang (badminton)

Wang Chang 王昶
Personal information
Country	China
Born	7 May 2001 Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Handedness	Right
Men's doubles
Highest ranking	1 (with Liang Weikeng 31 October 2023)
Current ranking	2 (with Liang Weikeng 23 January 2024)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing China World Championships 2023 Copenhagen Men's doubles Sudirman Cup 2023 Suzhou Mixed team Thomas Cup 2020 Aarhus Men's team Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Men's team World Junior Championships 2017 Yogyakarta Mixed team 2018 Markham Boys' doubles 2018 Markham Mixed team 2017 Yogyakarta Boys' doubles 2019 Kazan Boys' doubles 2019 Kazan Mixed team Asian Junior Championships 2017 Jakarta Boys' doubles 2018 Jakarta Boys' doubles 2018 Jakarta Mixed team 2019 Suzhou Boys' doubles 2019 Suzhou Mixed team
BWF profile

Wang Chang (Chinese: 王昶; pinyin: Wáng Chǎng; born 7 May 2001) is a Chinese badminton player. He was the boys' doubles World Junior champion and two times Asian Junior champion partnering Di Zijian. Wang was part of Chinese winning team at the 2023 Sudirman Cup, and together with Liang Weikeng, they won the bronze medal at the 2023 World Championships. Wang and Liang reached a career high of world number 1 on 31st of October 2023.

Career

2015–2019: Early and junior career – Asian and World junior champions

Born in Ningbo, Zhejiang, Wang who trained in Ningbo training centre, entered the provincial team in 2015, and in the national team in 2017. After being selected to join the national team, he started his partnership with Di Zijian in the men's doubles discipline. He made a debut in the international tournament at the 2017 Asian Junior Championships, and claimed the gold medal in the boys' doubles event. He also participated at the 2017 World Junior Championships where he helped the team to take the Suhandinata Cup, and he also won the silver medal in the boys' doubles event. In 2018, he won the boys' doubles and mixed team titles at the Asia and World Junior Championships.

2022

Starting from 2022, Wang started a new partnership with Liang Weikeng and advanced to the final of the Indonesia Masters from the qualifying rounds, defeating Tokyo 2020 bronze medalists Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik and world number 1 Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo en route. In the final, they lost 10–21, 17–21 to home favorites Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto. In the next tournament, they defeated the reigning World Champions Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi to reach the semi-finals of the Malaysia Masters, but were then stopped by Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in straight games. Wang then won the Japan Open, where he and Liang defeated Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen in the final in three games.

2023

In the first half of the 2023 season, Wang and his partner Liang showed quite significant progress. They were able to win 2 BWF World Tour titles in India and Thailand, as well as being runners-up in Malaysia and Singapore. Apart from that, Wang was part of the Chinese team that won the Sudirman Cup. Wang and Liang's achievements were able to bring them to 2nd place in the BWF world rankings on 13 June 2023.

In August, Wang and Liang won the bronze medal at the World Championships in Copenhagen. They were defeated by home pair Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen in a close rubber game. The Chinese rising pair then claimed their first ever BWF World Tour Super 1000 title at the China Open.

Achievements

World Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark	Liang Weikeng	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	21–17, 18–21, 19–21	Bronze

World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	GOR Among Rogo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia	Di Zijian	Mahiro Kaneko Yunosuke Kubota	14–21, 21–15, 13–21	Silver
2018	Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada	Di Zijian	Shin Tae-yang Wang Chan	21–19, 22–20	Gold
2019	Kazan Gymnastics Center, Kazan, Russia	Di Zijian	Leo Rolly Carnando Daniel Marthin	19–21, 18–21	Silver

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center, Jakarta, Indonesia	Di Zijian	Lee Sang-min Na Sung-seung	21–19, 21–11	Gold
2018	Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center, Jakarta, Indonesia	Di Zijian	Liang Weikeng Shang Yichen	18–21, 24–22, 21–19	Gold
2019	Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre, Suzhou, China	Di Zijian	Leo Rolly Carnando Daniel Marthin	9–21, 21–15, 19–21	Silver

BWF World Tour (7 titles, 5 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, 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.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Lingshui China Masters	Super 100	Di Zijian	Han Chengkai Zhou Haodong	21–19, 17–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2019	SaarLorLux Open	Super 100	Di Zijian	Mathias Bay-Smidt Lasse Mølhede	21–17, 21–15	Winner
2022	Indonesia Masters	Super 500	Liang Weikeng	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	10–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2022	Japan Open	Super 750	Liang Weikeng	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	21–18, 13–21, 21–17	Winner
2023	Malaysia Open	Super 1000	Liang Weikeng	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	18–21, 21–18, 13–21	Runner-up
2023	India Open	Super 750	Liang Weikeng	Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik	14–21, 21–19, 21–18	Winner
2023	Thailand Open	Super 500	Liang Weikeng	Muhammad Shohibul Fikri Bagas Maulana	21–10, 21–15	Winner
2023	Singapore Open	Super 750	Liang Weikeng	Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi	13–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2023	China Open	Super 1000	Liang Weikeng	Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik	21–12, 21–14	Winner
2023	China Masters	Super 750	Liang Weikeng	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty	21–19, 18–21, 21–19	Winner
2023	BWF World Tour Finals	World Tour Finals	Liang Weikeng	Kang Min-hyuk Seo Seung-jae	17–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2024	Malaysia Open	Super 1000	Liang Weikeng	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty	9–21, 21–18, 21–17	Winner

Performance timeline

Key

National team

• Junior level

• Senior level

Individual competitions

Junior level

• Boys' doubles

• Mixed doubles

Senior level

• Men's doubles

• Mixed doubles