Zheng Siwei

Zheng Siwei
郑思维
Zheng Siwei; 郑思维
	Zheng at the 2023 Singapore Open
Personal information
Country	China
Born	26 February 1997 (age 27); Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	35 (MD with Huang Kaixiang, 8 July 2016); 1 (XD with Chen Qingchen, 22 December 2016); 1 (XD with Huang Yaqiong, 9 August 2018)
Current ranking	1 (XD with Huang Yaqiong, 16 July 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing China
Olympic Games
World Championships
Sudirman Cup
Thomas Cup
Asian Games
Asian Championships
Asia Mixed Team Championships
World Junior Championships
Asian Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Zheng Siwei (Chinese: 郑思维; pinyin: Zhèng Sīwéi; born 26 February 1997) is a Chinese badminton player specializing in doubles.^[2] He is an Olympic gold medalist, a three-time World Champion and two-time Asian Games gold medalist in the mixed doubles with his current partner Huang Yaqiong.^[3]^[4] He also helped the national team clinch the 2018 Thomas and 2019 Sudirman Cup.

Zheng joined the national team in 2013, and excelled in the junior events, collecting four gold medals, a silver and a bronze at the World Junior Championships, also six golds and a silver at the Asian Junior Championships from 2013 to 2015. He also participated in the senior event, winning doubles titles in New Zealand and Brasil Open.^[5] For his achievements in 2015, the BWF awarded him the Eddy Choong Most Promising Player of the Year.^[6]

Zheng achieved his breakthrough in 2016 by achieving the world number 1 ranking in mixed doubles partnering with Chen Qingchen in December 2016. He and Chen reached thirteen Superseries finals, won the year-end tournament Dubai World Superseries Finals in 2016 and 2017, and the silver medal at the 2017 World Championships. He forged a new mixed doubles pairing with Huang Yaqiong in November 2017, started their partnership by winning the China, Hong Kong and Macau Open in consecutive weeks. He again ascended to the mixed doubles world number 1 ranking on 9 August 2018, with the achievement of seven 2018 World Tour titles, and gold medals at the World Championships and Asian Games.^[5]

^ "Rankings: Axelsen, Zheng/Huag occupy rarefied heights". BWF. 12 April 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
^ "温籍羽球小将郑思维夺混双冠军有望排名世界第一" (in Chinese). 温州网. 20 December 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
^ "China's Zheng/Huang to defend mixed doubles title at badminton worlds final". Xinhua. 25 August 2019. Archived from the original on August 25, 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
^ "China's Zheng and Huang power to gold in Asiad badminton mixed doubles". China Daily. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
^ ^a ^b "无双郑思维/黄雅琼在2018赛季收获9个冠军". Sina Sports (in Chinese). 22 December 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
^ Sukumar, Dev. "Chen, Marin Crowned BWF Players of the Year". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 May 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.

[1] "Rankings: Axelsen, Zheng/Huag occupy rarefied heights". BWF. 12 April 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.

[2] "温籍羽球小将郑思维夺混双冠军有望排名世界第一" (in Chinese). 温州网. 20 December 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2018.

[3] "China's Zheng/Huang to defend mixed doubles title at badminton worlds final". Xinhua. 25 August 2019. Archived from the original on August 25, 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2019.

[4] "China's Zheng and Huang power to gold in Asiad badminton mixed doubles". China Daily. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2019.

[zzhy-5] "无双郑思维/黄雅琼在2018赛季收获9个冠军". Sina Sports (in Chinese). 22 December 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2019.

[6] Sukumar, Dev. "Chen, Marin Crowned BWF Players of the Year". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 May 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.

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