Bao Chunlai

Bao Chunlai (Chinese: 鲍春来; pinyin: Bào Chūnlái; Mandarin pronunciation: [pâu ʈʂʰwə́n lǎi]; born 17 February 1983) is a retired left-handed badminton player from China.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Bao (鲍).
Bao Chunlai
鲍春来
Personal information
CountryChina
Born (1983-02-17) 17 February 1983
Changsha, Hunan, China
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
HandednessLeft
Men's singles
Highest ranking1[1] (5 September 2002)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  China
World Championships
2006 Madrid Men's singles
2003 Birmingham Men's singles
2007 Kuala Lumpur Men's singles
Sudirman Cup
2005 Beijing Mixed team
2007 Glasgow Mixed team
2009 Guangzhou Mixed team
2011 Qingdao Mixed team
2003 Eindhoven Mixed team
Thomas Cup
2004 Jakarta Men's team
2006 Sendai & Tokyo Men's team
2008 Jakarta Men's team
2010 Kuala Lumpur Men's team
Asian Games
2006 Doha Men's team
2010 Guangzhou Men's team
2002 Busan Men's team
World Junior Championships
2000 Guangzhou Boys' singles
2000 Guangzhou Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
2000 Kyoto Boys' team
BWF profile
Bao Chunlai
Simplified Chinese鲍春来
Traditional Chinese鮑春來

Career

The tall, powerful Bao ranked among the world's leading singles player during the first decade of the 21st century. He was a member of China's world champion Thomas Cup (men's international) teams in 2004, 2006, 2008, and 2010. Bao won medals at three of the six BWF World Championships that he played in, earning a bronze at the 2003 and 2007 editions, and a silver at the 2006 Championships in Madrid, where he upset first seeded Lee Chong Wei in the quarterfinals before falling to teammate Lin Dan in the final. A frequent finalist in top tier international tournaments, Bao had some difficulty breaking through in them until 2009, his most successful year, which saw him capture the Asian Championships, and the German, Singapore, and Japan Opens. In 2010 he upset his superbly accomplished compatriot Lin Dan in the quarterfinals of the prestigious All England Open but was then upset in turn by Japan's Kenichi Tago. Bao's repeat win that year at the German Open was his last tournament victory on the international circuit.

Bao officially retired from the national team on 21 September 2011. In 2015 he appeared in the sports action film Full Strike.

Achievements

World Championships

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2003 National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England Xia Xuanze 11–15, 7–15 Bronze
2006 Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad, Madrid, Spain Lin Dan 21–18, 17–21, 12–21 Silver
2007 Putra Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Lin Dan 12–21, 20–22 Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2009 Suwon Indoor Stadium, Suwon, South Korea Chen Long 16–21, 21–10, 21–16 Gold
2011 Sichuan Gymnasium, Chengdu, China Lin Dan 19–21, 13–21 Silver

World Junior Championships

Boys' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2002 Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China Sony Dwi Kuncoro 7–1, 7–5, 1–7, 7–5 Gold

BWF Superseries (3 titles, 5 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[2] 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.[3] Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2007 Malaysia Open Peter Gade 15–21, 21–17, 14–21 Runner-up
2007 Indonesia Open Lee Chong Wei 15–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2007 Denmark Open Lin Dan 15–21, 12–21 Runner-up
2007 French Open Lee Chong Wei 11–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2007 China Open Lee Chong Wei 21–12, 21–13 Winner
2009 Singapore Open Boonsak Ponsana 21–19, 16–21, 21–15 Winner
2009 Japan Open Taufik Hidayat 21–15, 21–12 Winner
2010 China Open Chen Long 21–9, 14–21, 16–21 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (5 titles, 10 runners-up)

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 sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2001 Dutch Open Lee Tsuen Seng 1–7, 7–1, 5–7, 4–7 Runner-up
2001 Denmark Open Lin Dan 7–5, 7–1, 7–0 Winner
2004 Swiss Open Lin Dan 12–15, 6–15 Runner-up
2004 Japan Open Ronald Susilo 13–15, 6–15 Runner-up
2004 China Open Lin Dan 11–15, 10–15 Runner-up
2005 China Masters Lin Dan 6–15, 13–15 Runner-up
2005 Hong Kong Open Lin Dan 4–15, 6–15 Runner-up
2005 China Open Chen Hong 12–15, 15–8, 9–15 Runner-up
2006 Indonesia Open Taufik Hidayat 18–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2006 Korea Open Roslin Hashim 21–18, 21–16 Winner
2006 China Open Chen Hong 17–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2009 German Open Gong Weijie 21–18, 21–14 Winner
2010 German Open Chen Long 21–13, 21–10 Winner
2010 Korea Grand Prix Wang Zhengming 23–21, 21–18 Winner
2011 Malaysia Grand Prix Gold Lee Chong Wei 9–21, 19–21 Runner-up

Performance timeline

Singles performance timeline
Key
W F SF QF #R RR Q# A SF-B S G NH N/A
Tournament20012002200320042005200620072008200920102011SRW–LWin %
Summer Olympics NH 2R
1–1		 NH QF
2–1		 NH 0 / 23–260%
World Championships A NH SF-B
4–1		 NH QF
3–1		 S
5–1		 SF-B
3–1		 NH 1R
0–1		 3R
2–1		 A 0 / 617–674%
World Cup NH RR
1–1		 RR
1–1		 NH 0 / 22–250%
World Superseries Finals NH DNQ SF
2–2		 DNQ 0 / 12–250%
Asian Championships Absent 3R
2–1		 G
6–0		 A S
5–1		 1 / 313–287%
Asian Games NH A NH QF
2–1		 NH A NH 0 / 12–167%
East Asian Games NH A NH 0 / 0
Team Competitions
Thomas Cup NH SF-B
1–1		 NH G
4–0		 NH G
5–0		 NH G
5–0		 NH G
1–0		 NH 4 / 516–194%
Sudirman Cup A NH A NH A NH A NH A NH A 0 / 0
Asian Games NH SF-B
0–0		 NH G
2–0		 NH G
0–0		 NH 2 / 32–0100%
East Asian Games NH A MH 0 / 0
BWF World Superseries Premier
Korea Open 1R
0–1		 3R
1–1		 A 3R
2–1		 A W
6–0		 SF
3–1		 QF
2–1		 A QF
2–1		 2R
1–1		 1 / 817–771%
All England Open Absent 3R
2–1		 2R
1–1		 QF
3–1		 2R
1–1		 SF
3–1		 SF
3–1		 2R
1–1		 SF
3–1		 2R
1–1		 0 / 918–967%
Indonesia Open A SF
4–1		 3R
2–1		 SF
4–1		 A F
5–1		 F
4–1		 SF
3–1		 Absent 2R
1–1		 0 / 723–777%
Denmark Open W
6–0		 A 1R
0–1		 Absent F
4–1		 Absent 1 / 310–283%
China Open 2R
2–1		 A QF
3–1		 F
5–1		 F
5–1		 A W
5–0		 A 1R
0–1		 F
4–1		 A 1 / 724–680%
BWF World Superseries
Malaysia Open 1R
2–1		 SF
4–1		 QF
3–1		 QF
3–1		 SF
4–1		 A F
4–1		 QF
2–1		 A 2R
1–1		 1R
0–1		 0 / 923–972%
India Open NH 3R
1–1		 Absent 0 / 11–150%
Singapore Open 3R
2–1		 QF
3–1		 QF
3–1		 SF
4–1		 QF
3–1		 SF
4–1		 Absent W
5–0		 A 2R
1–1		 1 / 825–778%
China Masters NH F
4–1		 A QF
2–1		 SF
3–1		 2R
1–1		 SF
3–1		 A 0 / 513–572%
Japan Open A QF
2–1		 1R
0–1		 F
4–1		 QF
2–1		 2R
0–1		 1R
0–1		 A W
5–0		 QF
2–1		 A 1 / 815–768%
French Open Absent NH F
4–1		 A QF
2–1		 Absent 0 / 26–275%
Hong Kong Open A NH SF
4–1		 NH F
4–1		 A 2R
1–1		 A SF
3–1		 Absent 0 / 412–475%
BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix
German Open Absent SF
4–1		 A SF
4–1		 3R
2–1		 Absent W
6–0		 W
6–0		 A 2 / 522–388%
Swiss Open Absent F
4–1		 Absent 2R
1–1		 SF
3–1		 1R
0–1		 Absent 0 / 48–467%
Dutch Open F
5–1		 Absent 0 / 15–183%
Philippines Open NH A 3R
2–1		 NH A NH 0 / 12–167%
Macau Open NH QF
3–1		 QF
3–1		 1R
0–1		 Absent 0 / 36–367%
Korea Open NH Absent W
5–0		 A 1 / 15–0100%
U.S. Open Absent QF
3–1		 0 / 13–175%
Career Statistics
20012002200320042005200620072008200920102011
Tournaments Played6710101012141112117110
Titles1001031144015
Finals Reached2004355145129
Overall Win–Loss17–515–625–1032–933–1036–939–1326–1031–929–712–7295–95
Win Percentage77%71%71%78%77%80%75%72%78%81%63%75.64%
Year End Ranking[4]88831

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi finalists, and Olympic quarter finalists, plus all Olympic opponents.[5]

Head-to-head vs. top 20 ranked players

Bao's win-loss record against players who have been ranked world No. 20 or higher is as follows:[6][7]

Players who have been Olympic, world champion or ranked world No. 1 are in boldface.

NationalityPlayerHead-to-head
 CHNChen Hong4–5
 CHNChen Jin5–2
 CHNChen Long3–3
 CHNDu Pengyu1–1
 CHNLin Dan5–20
 CHNQiao Bin2–0
 CHNWang Zhengming1–0
 CHNXia Xuanze1–1
 TPEChou Tien-chen1–0
 DENViktor Axelsen0–1
 DENPeter Gade4–6
 DENKenneth Jonassen1–1
 DENJoachim Persson4–1
 ENGRajiv Ouseph1–0
 ENGAndrew Smith3–0
 GERMarc Zwiebler1–0
 HKGChan Yan Kit5–0
 HKGHu Yun1–0
 HKGNg Wei3–0
 HKGWei Nan1–0
 INDChetan Anand1–0
 INDArvind Bhat1–0
 INDParupalli Kashyap3–0
 INATaufik Hidayat9–5
NationalityPlayerHead-to-head
 INASony Dwi Kuncoro7–3
 INADionysius Hayom Rumbaka2–0
 INASimon Santoso4–0
 JPNSho Sasaki6–0
 JPNShōji Satō5–0
 JPNKenichi Tago0–2
 JPNTakuma Ueda1–0
 JPNKazushi Yamada2–0
 KORLee Hyun-il9–4
 KORPark Sung-hwan5–1
 KORSon Wan-ho2–0
 MASChong Wei Feng2–0
 MASLee Chong Wei4–13
 MASMuhammad Hafiz Hashim2–2
 MASMuhammad Roslin Hashim6–1
 MASWong Choong Hann9–3
 NEDDicky Palyama3–2
 POLPrzemysław Wacha5–0
 SINKendrick Lee Yen Hui3–0
 SINRonald Susilo6–2
 THABoonsak Ponsana6–1
 VIENguyễn Tiến Minh4–2
 WALRichard Vaughan1–0
* Statistics are correct as of 28 October 2019.

Players with winning records against Bao
NationalityPlayerHead-to-head
 CHNChen Hong4–5
 CHNLin Dan5–20
 CHNWu Yunyong0–1
 TPELiao Sheng-shiun0–1
 DENViktor Axelsen0–1
 DENPeter Gade4–6
NationalityPlayerHead-to-head
 INABudi Santoso0–1
 JPNKeita Masuda0–1
 JPNKenichi Tago0–2
 KORPark Tae-sang2–3
 MASLee Chong Wei4–13
 MASOng Ewe Hock0–1

Filmography

Films
  • Confidant (2019)
  • The Match (2016)
  • Full Strike (2015)
  • Soul Transfer Station (2012)

[8] [9]

References
  1. https://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/index.php?threads/historical-1994-2008-top-25-world-ranking-data.182203/
  2. "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
  3. "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". www.ibadmintonstore.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  4. "Badminton World Federation – Historical Ranking". Archived from the original on 2010-08-14. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
  5. http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/profile/selectheadtohead.aspx?id=F882194D-79B9-487B-9F97-CB9D5777324C
  6. "Bao's head-to-head record against other players". Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013.
  7. "Bao Chunlai head to head analysis". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  8. Bao Chunlai at hkmdb.com
  9. Bao Chunlai at chinesemov.com
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