Du Yue (Chinese: 杜玥, born 15 February 1998) is a Chinese former badminton player.[1][2] She won the silver medal at the 2014 Asian Junior Championships in the girls' doubles event partnered with Li Yinhui.[3] She and Li then made it to the gold medal 2015.[4] Du also claimed the girls' doubles gold in 2016 partnered with Xu Ya and doubled-up the title winning mixed doubles gold with He Jiting.[5] She and He Jiting captured the gold medal at the 2016 World Junior Championships, which in the previous year they won the silver medal.[6] She won her first senior international title at the 2017 China International tournament in the women's doubles event partnered with Xu Ya.[7] Du was the mixed doubles silver medalist at the 2019 Asian Championships,[8] and the women's doubles bronze medalist at the 2019 World Championships.[9]

Du Yue
杜玥
Du during the 2019 German Open
Personal information
CountryChina
Born (1998-02-15) 15 February 1998 (age 26)
Yichang, Hubei, China
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking5 (WD with Li Yinhui 17 March 2020)
8 (XD with He Jiting 31 May 2018)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  China
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Basel Women's doubles
Sudirman Cup
Gold medal – first place 2019 Nanning Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2021 Vantaa Mixed team
Uber Cup
Silver medal – second place 2022 Bangkok Women's team
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Wuhan Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Manila Women's doubles
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Hong Kong Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Alor Setar Women's team
World University Games
Silver medal – second place 2021 Chengdu Women's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2021 Chengdu Mixed team
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Alor Setar Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Lima Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Bilbao Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2016 Bilbao Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Lima Girls' doubles
Silver medal – second place 2016 Bilbao Girls' doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Alor Setar Girls' doubles
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Taipei Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Bangkok Girls' doubles
Gold medal – first place 2015 Bangkok Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Bangkok Girls' doubles
Gold medal – first place 2016 Bangkok Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2016 Bangkok Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Taipei Girls' doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Bangkok Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Career

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Du competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Partnered with Li Yinhui, they finished as the quarter-finalists after being defeated by the eventual gold medalists Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu of Indonesia in three rubber games.[10]

After Du's retirement from the national team in 2023,[11] she partnered Xia Yuting to participate in the Summer World University Games. They reached the final before bowing out to compatriots Li Wenmei and Liu Xuanxuan in three games.[12]

Achievements

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BWF World Championships

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland   Li Yinhui   Yuki Fukushima
  Sayaka Hirota
11–21, 17–21   Bronze

Asian Championships

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2022 Muntinlupa Sports Complex,
Metro Manila, Philippines
  Li Wenmei   Chen Qingchen
  Jia Yifan
12–21, 17–21   Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium,
Wuhan, China
  He Jiting   Wang Yilyu
  Huang Dongping
11–21, 21–13, 21–23   Silver

World University Games

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2021 Shuangliu Sports Centre Gymnasium,
Chengdu, China
  Xia Yuting   Li Wenmei
  Liu Xuanxuan
21–18, 19–21, 14–21   Silver [12]

BWF World Junior Championships

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Stadium Sultan Abdul Halim,
Alor Setar, Malaysia
  Li Yinhui   Chen Qingchen
  Jia Yifan
11–21, 14–21   Bronze
2015 Centro de Alto Rendimiento de la Videna,
Lima, Peru
  Li Yinhui   Chen Qingchen
  Jia Yifan
18–21, 21–13, 11–21   Silver
2016 Bilbao Arena,
Bilbao, Spain
  Xu Ya   Sayaka Hobara
  Nami Matsuyama
23–25, 21–19, 14–21   Silver

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Centro de Alto Rendimiento de la Videna,
Lima, Peru
  He Jiting   Zheng Siwei
  Chen Qingchen
19–21, 8–21   Silver
2016 Bilbao Arena,
Bilbao, Spain
  He Jiting   Zhou Haodong
  Hu Yuxiang
21–13, 21–15   Gold

Asian Junior Championships

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Women's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Taipei Gymnasium,
Taipei, Taiwan
  Li Yinhui   Chen Qingchen
  Jia Yifan
11–21, 18–21   Silver
2015 CPB Badminton Training Center,
Bangkok, Thailand
  Li Yinhui   Chen Qingchen
  Jia Yifan
21–14, 18–21, 21–18   Gold
2016 CPB Badminton Training Center,
Bangkok, Thailand
  Xu Ya   Ni Bowen
  Zhou Chaomin
21–15, 21–16   Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 CPB Badminton Training Center,
Bangkok, Thailand
  He Jiting   Choi Jong-woo
  Kim Hye-jeong
18–21, 15–21   Bronze
2016 CPB Badminton Training Center,
Bangkok, Thailand
  He Jiting   Kim Won-ho
  Lee Yu-rim
21–12, 19–21, 21–19   Gold

BWF World Tour (4 titles, 6 runners-up)

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The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[13] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[14]

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Lingshui China Masters Super 100   Li Yinhui   Huang Dongping
  Li Wenmei
21–16, 21–17   Winner
2019 German Open Super 300   Li Yinhui   Misaki Matsutomo
  Ayaka Takahashi
22–20, 21–15   Winner
2019 Malaysia Open Super 750   Li Yinhui   Chen Qingchen
  Jia Yifan
14–21, 15–21   Runner-up
2019 Thailand Open Super 500   Li Yinhui   Shiho Tanaka
  Koharu Yonemoto
19–21, 21–14, 13–21   Runner-up
2019 Macau Open Super 300   Li Yinhui   Jongkolphan Kititharakul
  Rawinda Prajongjai
21–16, 10–21, 21–12   Winner
2020 Malaysia Masters Super 500   Li Yinhui   Li Wenmei
  Zheng Yu
19–21, 21–16, 19–21   Runner-up
2020 All England Open Super 1000   Li Yinhui   Yuki Fukushima
  Sayaka Hirota
13–21, 15–21   Runner-up
2023 Spain Masters Super 300   Chen Fanghui   Liu Shengshu
  Tan Ning
8–21, 21–16, 18–21   Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Korea Open Super 500   He Jiting   Mathias Christiansen
  Christinna Pedersen
21–18, 21–16   Winner
2019 Hong Kong Open Super 500   He Jiting   Yuta Watanabe
  Arisa Higashino
20–22, 16–21   Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (2 titles)

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The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Thailand Open   He Jiting   Goh Soon Huat
  Shevon Jemie Lai
21–13, 16–21, 21–12   Winner
2017 Bitburger Open   He Jiting   Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
  Line Kjærsfeldt
21–18, 21–17   Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title)

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Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 China International   Xu Ya   Chen Lu
  Zhou Chaomin
9–11, 11–8, 9–11, 11–8, 11–5   Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

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  2. ^ "杜玥 Du Yue". Badmintoncn (in Chinese). Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  3. ^ "亚青赛:国羽揽五金收官 黄凯祥荣膺"三冠王"". Sohu (in Chinese). Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  4. ^ "小将杜玥李茵晖:比夺冠更美好的是成长". Sina (in Chinese). Retrieved 20 January 2017.
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  6. ^ "China 'Basque' in Glory – Finals: BWF World Junior Championships 2016". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  7. ^ "2017中国(陵水)国际羽毛球挑战赛中国队夺三冠". Xinhua (in Chinese). Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  8. ^ Shi, Yinglun (28 April 2019). "Mixed doubles final match at BWF Badminton Asia Championships". Xinhua. Archived from the original on November 18, 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  9. ^ "未能晋级女双决赛 杜玥/李茵晖:输了比赛 赢得自信". People's Daily (in Chinese). 25 August 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  10. ^ "Badminton - DU Yue". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  11. ^ laitimes (2023-04-04). "Tears! Guoyu star Du Yue officially announced his retirement, and the Spanish Masters became a farewell battle!". laitimes. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
  12. ^ a b "University Games: China dominate individual events". BWF. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  13. ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
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