Yao Lei

Yao Lei (born February 24, 1990 in Nantong , Jiangsu ) is a Singaporean badminton player .

Career

Her first international success was the bronze medal with the national team in the team classification of the Junior World Championships 2007 in New Zealand's Waitakere City . Less than a month later, she won her first Grand Prix tournament in the double formation alongside her compatriot Shinta Mulia Sari, who was born in Indonesia . A year later she celebrated her second tournament victory in November 2008 when she won the double title with Fu Mingtian at the Junior World Championships in Pune , India . A few weeks later she was part of the Singaporean team that won the silver medal at the Southeast Asian Games.

At the Badminton World Cup , the duo failed in the third round, but won the silver medal at the Southeast Asian Games that same year . Singapore also secured third place in the team classification. 2010 turned out to be the most successful in Lei's career to date. Together with Sari she won four tournaments - at the Romanian International she was also successful in mixed. In June both of them won the India Open and the Singapore Open within a week . It was their first Grand Prix Gold and BWF Super Series titles. The latter in particular was remarkable in that they were eliminated in the first round last year. Both received frenetic cheers in the city-state as they were the first ever to win Singaporeans in the history of the tournament. The duo was ranked 23rd in March 2010, 19th in June and 10th in the women's doubles world rankings in September. With Chayut Triyachart, Lei was in 16th place in mixed in mid-September.

Competition balance

Legend BWF Super Series BWF Grand Prix EBU Circuit

discipline Balance sheet singles 2: 9 Double 90:54 Mixed 36:21

Ladies doubles

Victories

No.	date	competition	Partner	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	November 2, 2008	Junior World Championship	Fu Mingtian	Xie Jing Zhong Qianxin	21:19, 21:17
2.	December 7, 2008	Vietnam Open	Shinta Mulia sari	Shendy Puspa Irawati Meiliana Jauhari	21:16, 19:21, 21:11
3.	March 21, 2010	Romanian International	Shinta Mulia sari	Jillie Cooper Emma Mason	21: 6, 21:10
4th	March 28, 2010	Polish Open	Shinta Mulia sari	Chan Tsz Ka Chau Hoi Wah	18:21, 21:16, 21:10
5.	June 13, 2010	India Open	Shinta Mulia sari	Ashwini Ponnappa Jwala Gutta	21:11, 9:21, 21:15
6th	June 20, 2010	Singapore Open	Shinta Mulia sari	Lee Hyo-jung Kim Min-jung	21:17, 22:20

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Partner	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	December 17, 2009	Southeast Asian Games	Shinta Mulia sari	Chin Eei Hui Wong Pei Tty	12:21, 11:21

Mixed

Victories

No.	date	competition	partner	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	March 21, 2010	Romanian International	Chayut Triyachart	Wouter Claes Nathalie Descamps	21:13; 23:21

Performance development

Ladies doubles competition 2007 2008 2009 2010 World Championship - 3R 3R Southeast Asian Games - F. - Asian Championship 1R Singaporean Championship S. Korea Open Malaysian Open (Super Series) 2R All of England 1R Swiss Open Singapore Open HF 2R S. Indonesia Open 1R China Masters 1R Japan Open 1R Denmark Open French Open China Open Hong Kong Open 2R BWF Super Series Final - India Open - HF 2R S. Singapore International F. Macau Open 3R Malaysian Open (Grand Prix) 1R Chinese Taipei Open 2R German Open 3R US Open HF Canada Open VF Vietnam Open S. 4R HF Romanian International S. Polish Open S.

Mixed competition 2007 2008 2009 2010 World Championship - 3R Southeast Asian Games - - Asian Championship Singaporean Championship Korea Open Malaysian Open (Super Series) 1R All of England Swiss Open Singapore Open 2R Indonesia Open 1R China Masters 1R Japan Open Denmark Open French Open China Open Hong Kong Open 2R BWF Super Series Final - India Open - F. Singapore International HF Macau Open Malaysian Open (Grand Prix) Chinese Taipei Open German Open US Open 1R Canada Open VF Vietnam Open 2R Romanian International S. Polish Open F.

Web links

• Yao Lei at the World Badminton Federation