Wang Chang (badminton)

Wang Chang (Chinese: 王 昶 ; pinyin: Wáng Chǎng;

born 7 May 2001) is a Chinese badminton player. He Wang Chang
was the boys' doubles World Junior champion and two 王昶
times Asian Junior champion partnering Di Zijian. Personal information
Wang was part of Chinese winning team at the 2023 Country China
Sudirman Cup, and together with Liang Weikeng, they Born 7 May 2001
won the bronze medal at the 2023 World Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Championships. Wang and Liang reached a career high
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
of world number 1 on 31st of October 2023.
Handedness Right
Men's doubles
Career Highest ranking 1 (with Liang Weikeng, 31
October 2023)
Current ranking 3 (with Liang Weikeng, 21
2015–2019: Early and junior career – January 2025)
Asian and World junior champions Medal record
Born in Ningbo, Zhejiang, Wang who trained in Men's badminton
Ningbo training centre, entered the provincial team in Representing China
2015, and in the national team in 2017. After being
Olympic Games
selected to join the national team, he started his
2024 Paris Men's doubles
partnership with Di Zijian in the men's doubles
discipline.[1] He made a debut in the international World Championships
tournament at the 2017 Asian Junior Championships, 2023 Copenhagen Men's doubles
and claimed the gold medal in the boys' doubles Sudirman Cup
event.[1][2] He also participated at the 2017 World 2023 Suzhou Mixed team
Junior Championships where he helped the team to
Thomas Cup
take the Suhandinata Cup, and he also won the silver
2024 Chengdu Men's team
medal in the boys' doubles event.[1][3] In 2018, he won
the boys' doubles and mixed team titles at the Asia[4] 2020 Aarhus Men's team
and World Junior Championships. Asian Games
2022 Hangzhou Men's team

2022 Asian Championships

Starting from 2022, Wang started a new partnership 2024 Ningbo Men's doubles
with Liang Weikeng and advanced to the final of the World Junior Championships
Indonesia Masters from the qualifying rounds, 2017 Yogyakarta Mixed team
defeating Tokyo 2020 bronze medalists Aaron Chia 2018 Markham Boys' doubles
and Soh Wooi Yik and world number 1 Marcus
2018 Markham Mixed team
Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo en
2017 Yogyakarta Boys' doubles
route.[5] In the final, they lost 10–21, 17–21 to home
favorites Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian 2019 Kazan Boys' doubles
Ardianto.[6] In the next tournament, they defeated the 2019 Kazan Mixed team
reigning World Champions Takuro Hoki and Yugo Asian Junior Championships
Kobayashi to reach the semi-finals of the Malaysia 2017 Jakarta Boys' doubles
Masters,[5] but were then stopped by Mohammad
2018 Jakarta Boys' doubles
Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in straight games.[7] Wang
2018 Jakarta Mixed team
then won the Japan Open, where he and Liang defeated
Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen in the 2019 Suzhou Boys' doubles
final in three games.[8] 2019 Suzhou Mixed team

BWF profile (https://bwfbadminton.com/player/

2023 B8AEC15D-A098-4780-ACA0-463D6C3EC08
E)
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,[9][10] as well as being runners-up in
Malaysia and Singapore.[11][12] Apart from that, Wang was part of the Chinese team that won the
Sudirman Cup.[13][14] Wang and Liang's achievements were able to bring them to 2nd place in the BWF
world rankings on 13 June 2023.[15]

In August, Wang and Liang won the bronze medal at the World Championships in Copenhagen.[16] They
were defeated by home pair Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen in a close rubber game.[17] The
Chinese rising pair then claimed their first ever BWF World Tour Super 1000 title at the China Open.[18]

Achievements

Olympic Games
Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result

Lee Yang
Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Liang 17–21, 21–18,
2024 Wang
Paris, France Weikeng 19–21 Silver
Chi-lin

World Championships
Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result

Royal Arena, Kim Astrup

Liang 21–17, 18–21,
2023 Copenhagen, Anders Skaarup
Weikeng 19–21 Bronze
Denmark Rasmussen

Asian Championships
Men's doubles
 Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
Goh Sze
Ningbo Olympic Sports Center
Liang Fei 21–17, 15–21,
2024 Gymnasium,
Weikeng Nur 21–10 Gold
Ningbo, China
Izzuddin

World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result

Mahiro Kaneko
GOR Among Rogo, Di 14–21, 21–15,
2017 Yunosuke
Yogyakarta, Indonesia Zijian 13–21 Silver
Kubota
Markham Pan Am Shin Tae-yang
Di
2018 Centre, 21–19, 22–20 Gold
Zijian Wang Chan
Markham, Canada

Kazan Gymnastics Leo Rolly

Di
2019 Center, Carnando 19–21, 18–21
Kazan, Russia Zijian Daniel Marthin Silver

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result

Jaya Raya Sports Hall Lee Sang-min

Di
2017 Training Center, Na Sung- 21–19, 21–11 Gold
Zijian
Jakarta, Indonesia seung

Jaya Raya Sports Hall Liang Weikeng

Di 18–21, 24–22, Gold
2018 Training Center,
Zijian Shang Yichen 21–19
Jakarta, Indonesia

Suzhou Olympic Sports Leo Rolly

Di 9–21, 21–15,
2019 Centre, Carnando
Zijian 19–21 Silver
Suzhou, China Daniel Marthin

BWF World Tour (9 titles, 5 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[19] 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.[20]

Men's doubles
Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result

Lingshui China Super Han Chengkai 21–19, 17–

2018 Di Zijian Runner-
Masters 100 Zhou Haodong 21, 16–21
up

Mathias Bay-
SaarLorLux Super Di Zijian 21–17, 21– Winner
2019 Smidt
Open 100 15
Lasse Mølhede

Fajar Alfian
Indonesia Super Liang 10–21, 17–
2022 Muhammad Runner-
Masters 500 Weikeng 21
Rian Ardianto up

Kim Astrup
Super Liang Anders 21–18, 13–
2022 Japan Open Winner
750 Weikeng Skaarup 21, 21–17
Rasmussen

Fajar Alfian
Super Liang 18–21, 21–
2023 Malaysia Open Muhammad Runner-
1000 Weikeng 18, 13–21
Rian Ardianto up

Super Liang Aaron Chia 14–21, 21– Winner

2023 India Open
750 Weikeng Soh Wooi Yik 19, 21–18

Muhammad
Super Liang Shohibul Fikri 21–10, 21–
2023 Thailand Open Winner
500 Weikeng Bagas 15
Maulana

Takuro Hoki
Super Liang 13–21, 18–
2023 Singapore Open Yugo Runner-
750 Weikeng 21
Kobayashi up

Super Liang Aaron Chia 21–12, 21– Winner

2023 China Open
1000 Weikeng Soh Wooi Yik 14

Satwiksairaj
Super Liang 21–19, 18–
2023 China Masters Rankireddy Winner
750 Weikeng 21, 21–19
Chirag Shetty

World
BWF World Tour Liang Kang Min-hyuk 17–21, 20–
2023 Tour Runner-
Finals Weikeng Seo Seung-jae 22
Finals up
Satwiksairaj
Super Liang 9–21, 21–
2024 Malaysia Open Rankireddy Winner
1000 Weikeng 18, 21–17
Chirag Shetty

Man Wei
Super Liang 19–21, 21–
2024 Indonesia Open Chong Winner
1000 Weikeng 16, 21–12
Tee Kai Wun

Kim Astrup
Super Liang Anders 21–18, 21–
2024 Denmark Open Winner
750 Weikeng Skaarup 17
Rasmussen

Performance timeline
Key

W F SF QF #R RR Q# A G S B NH N/A DNQ
(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semi-finalist; (QF) quarter-finalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin
stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze medal; (NH) not held;
(N/A) not applicable; (DNQ) did not qualify.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or
when the player's participation has ended.

National team
Junior level

Team events 2017 2018 2019

Asian Junior Championships QF G B

World Junior Championships G G S

Senior level

Team events 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Asian Games NH G NH
Thomas Cup S NH A NH G

Sudirman Cup NH A NH G NH

Individual competitions

Junior level
Boys' doubles

Events 2017 2018 2019

Asian Junior Championships G G S

World Junior Championships S G S

Mixed doubles

Event 2017
Asian Junior Championships 2R

Senior level
Men's doubles
 Tournaments 2021 2022 2023 2024
Asian Championships NH A QF G

Asian Games NH 2R NH
World Championships 1R A B NH

Olympic Games NH S
 BWF
SS / BWF World Tour
Tournament GP Best

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

W
Malaysia Open A NH A F W 2R
('24)
W
India Open A NH A W 2R QF
('23)

F
Indonesia Masters NH A 2R A F 2R A
('22)
QF
Thailand Masters A QF 1R NH A
('19)

1R
German Open A NH A 1R A
('23)
QF
French Open A 1R NH A QF 2R 2R
('22)

SF
All England Open A 1R A SF 2R
('23)
F
Lingshui China Masters NH F SF NH A
('18)

W
Thailand Open A Q1 A NH 2R W A
('23')
SF
Malaysia Masters A 1R 1R NH SF A
('22)

F
Singapore Open A NH 2R F QF
('23)
W
Indonesia Open A 1R NH A QF W
('24)

QF
Australian Open A NH QF A
('22)
2R
U.S. Open A 2R A NH A
('18)

SF
Canada Open A SF A NH A
('18)
W
Japan Open A NH W 2R w/d
('22)

SF
Korea Open A NH A SF A
('23)
QF
Vietnam Open A QF NH A
(19)

W
China Open Q2 A 1R NH W 2R
('23)
1R
Macau Open 1R A NH A
('17)
 W
Denmark Open A 1R A 1R 1R 1R W
('24)

W
Hylo Open A W A QF A
('19)
QF
Korea Masters Q1 A QF NH A
(19)

W
China Masters A NH W 2R
('23)
SF
Syed Modi International A SF NH A
('19)

Superseries / Tour F
DNQ F DNQ
Finals ('23)
Year-end ranking 367 116 33 35 41 17 1 2 1

Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Best

Mixed doubles

BWF SS / GP
Tournament
2017
Korea Masters Q2

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External links
Wang Chang (https://bwfbadminton.com/player/55414) at BWFBadminton.com
Wang Chang (https://web.archive.org/web/1/https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/player-profi
le/B8AEC15D-A098-4780-ACA0-463D6C3EC08E) at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
 (alternate link (https://web.archive.org/web/1/https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/find.aspx?
a=8&oid=209B123F-AA87-41A2-BC3E-CB57133E64CC&q=55414)) (archived)
Wang Chang (https://olympics.com/en/athletes/chang-wang-x0019) at Olympics.com
Wang Chang (https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/chang-wang_1913429) at the
Paris 2024 Summer Olympics

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