Li Xuerui

In 2008, she won gold medal at the Asian Junior championship, which took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

In 2010, Li Xuerui won her first Grand Prix Gold title at the Macau Open, in the final she defeated Adrianti Firdasari from Indonesia with a score of 21–18, 21–15.

Li won her first major tournament, the Asian Championships. In the final, she defeated her compatriot, Liu Xin, 21–13, 18–21, 21–19.

In 2012, she repeated her success at the Asian Championships by defeating Wang Yihan with a score of 21–16, 16–21, 21–9.

Li won the prestigious Super Series Premier event title at the All England Open for the first time by beating Wang Yihan in the final with a score of 21–13, 21–19.

She then captured other international titles in India Open, China Open, and Hong Kong Open.

She collected five Super Series titles, including the Super Series Final in Dubai which she won defeating Wang Shixian in the final.

The 2012 season could be said to be the career peak for Li Xuerui. She made her first appearance at the Olympic Games, and on August 5, she won the London Olympic gold medal, in the final she defeated compatriot Wang Yihan with a score of 21–15, 21–23, 21–17.

In 2013, she won a silver medal in the World Championship when she was defeated by Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon in the final with a score of 22–20, 18–21, 14–21.

In the same year, she won three Super Series titles in the Indonesia Open, China Open and the Super Series Final.

In 2014, she reached the World Championships final, then she lost to the Spanish player Carolina Marín with a score of 21–17, 17–21, 18–21.

Li managed to win four Super Series titles including successfully defending her title in Indonesia Open, the other titles were: Japan Open, Malaysia Open, and Denmark Open.

In 2015, Li Xuerui managed to defend her title at the Denmark Open. In the final she defeated P. V. Sindhu of India with a score of 21-19, 21-12.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics women's singles semi-finals, Li Xuerui was defeated by world No. 1 Carolina Marín when she suffered injuries to her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and lateral meniscus. This forced her to withdraw from the bronze medal match against Nozomi Okuhara.

Li made her return to professional badminton at the 2017 National Games of China, where she played women's doubles but lost at the group stage. The reason for why she had played doubles instead of singles was that she was not yet fully recovered.[4] In 2018, she made her return to international women's singles after a hiatus of 600 days at the 2018 Lingshui China Masters, which she won.[5]

In 2019, she played 25 times with 11 wins and 14 losses. She reached the quarter final at the All England Open, stopped by the 2017 World Champion from Japan Nozomi Okuhara with a score of 17–21, 14–21.[6] After that, finished as the runner-up at the New Zealand Open, losing to South Korean youngster An Se-young with a score of 19–21, 15–21.[7]

She lost out to Busanan Ongbamrungphan 21-18, 20-22, 6-21 ath Australian Open despite leading in the second game. Then afterwards, her career witnessed a huge downfall. She competed in Indonesia, Thailand, Japan and China and lost in the first round in all the tournaments. She announced her retirement from the international circuit in the first round match against Sayaka Takahashi in Korea Open dated 17th October after trailing in the 2nd game 15-21, 3-11.[8]

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Wembley Arena, London, United Kingdom	Wang Yihan	21–15, 21–23, 21–17	Gold

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou, China	Ratchanok Intanon	20–22, 21–18, 14–21	Silver
2014	Ballerup Super Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark	Carolina Marín	21–17, 17–21, 18–21	Silver

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Gyeyang Gymnasium, Incheon, South Korea	Wang Yihan	21–11, 17–21, 7–21	Silver

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Siri Fort Indoor Stadium, New Delhi, India	Liu Xin	21–13, 18–21, 21–19	Gold
2012	Qingdao Sports Centre Conson Stadium, Qingdao, China	Wang Yihan	21–16, 16–21, 21–9	Gold
2013	Taipei Arena, Taipei, Taiwan	Wang Yihan	15–21, 13–21	Silver
2015	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Ratchanok Intanon	22–20, 21–23, 12–21	Silver
2016	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Wang Yihan	14–21, 21–13, 16–21	Silver

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Liu Xin	21–12, 21–14	Gold

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Chinese Taipei	Liu Xin	Cheng Shu Ma Jin	Walkover	Silver

Girls' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Wang Shixian	22–20, 21–13	Gold

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[9] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[10]

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Lingshui China Masters	Super 100	Kim Ga-eun	16–21, 21–16, 21–18	Winner
2018	U.S. Open	Super 300	Zhang Beiwen	24–26, 21–15, 21–11	Winner
2018	Canada Open	Super 100	Sayaka Takahashi	22–20, 15–21, 21–17	Winner
2018	Korea Masters	Super 300	Han Yue	21–10, 21–18	Winner
2019	New Zealand Open	Super 300	An Se-young	19–21, 15–21	Runner-up

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two levels: Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	French Open	Wang Yihan	13–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2011	French Open	Wang Xin	15–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2012	All England Open	Wang Yihan	21–13, 21–19	Winner
2012	India Open	Juliane Schenk	14–21, 21–17, 21–8	Winner
2012	Indonesia Open	Saina Nehwal	21–13, 20–22, 19–21	Runner-up
2012	China Open	Ratchanok Intanon	21–12, 21–9	Winner
2012	Hong Kong Open	Wang Yihan	21–12, 11–3 retired	Winner
2012	World Superseries Finals	Wang Shixian	21–9, 15–4 retired	Winner
2013	Indonesia Open	Juliane Schenk	21–16, 18–21, 21–17	Winner
2013	Singapore Open	Wang Yihan	18–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2013	China Open	Wang Shixian	16–21, 21–17, 21–19	Winner
2013	World Superseries Finals	Tai Tzu-ying	21–8, 21–14	Winner
2014	Malaysia Open	Wang Shixian	21–16, 21–17	Winner
2014	All England Open	Wang Shixian	19–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2014	India Open	Wang Shixian	20–22, 19–21	Runner-up
2014	Singapore Open	Wang Yihan	11–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2014	Japan Open	Tai Tzu-ying	21–16, 21–6	Winner
2014	Indonesia Open	Ratchanok Intanon	21–13, 21–13	Winner
2014	Denmark Open	Wang Yihan	21–17, 22–20	Winner
2014	French Open	Wang Shixian	15–21, 3–8 retired	Runner-up
2015	Malaysia Open	Carolina Marín	21–19, 19–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2015	Denmark Open	P. V. Sindhu	21–19, 21–12	Winner
2015	China Open	Saina Nehwal	21–12, 21–15	Winner
2016	India Open	Ratchanok Intanon	17–21, 18–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Macau Open	Adriyanti Firdasari	21–18, 21–15	Winner
2010	Korea Grand Prix	Liu Xin	9–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2011	Thailand Open	Jiang Yanjiao	14–21, 21–14, 21–14	Winner
2011	Bitburger Open	Yao Jie	21–8, 21–9	Winner
2012	German Open	Juliane Schenk	21–19, 21–16	Winner
2015	Chinese Taipei Open	Wang Yihan	10–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2016	German Open	Wang Shixian	21–14, 21–17	Winner
2016	China Masters	Sun Yu	21–16, 19–21, 21–6	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

Key

To avoid confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through 2016 Indonesia Open.