BWF World Rankings (announced on November 21)

2013-11-26

The top ranked players in the latest BWF world rankings were: Men’s singles: Lee Chong Wei; women’s singles: Li Xue Rui, men’s doubles: Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan, women’s doubles: Wang Xiao Li/Yu Yang; mixed doubles: Zhang Nan/Zhao Yun Lei.
 
  Men's Single Women's Single Men's Doubles Women's Doubles Mixed Doubles
1
Lee Chong Wei

Li Xuerui

Hendra Setiawan
Mohammed Ahsan

Wan Xiaoli
Yu Yang (F)

Zhang Nan
Zhao Yunlei
2
Chen Long

Tatchanok Intaton

Ko Sung Hyun
Lee Yong Dae


Kamilla Rytter Juhl
Chdrinstinna Pedersen


Tontowi Ahmad
Liliyana Natsir
3
Du Pengyu

Wang Shixian

Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen

Ma Jin
Tang Jinhua

Nielsen
Pedersen
4
Kenicihi Tago

Sung Jy Hyun

Hiroyuki Endo
Kenichi Hayakawa

Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahasi


Xu Chen
Ma Jin

5
Tommy Sugiarto

Wang Yihan

Liu Xiaolong
Qiu Zihan

Jung Kyung Eun
Kim Ha Na

Peng Soon Chan
Liu Ying Goh
6
Jan O Jorgensen

Saina Nehwal

Kien Keat Koo
Boon Heong Tan

Tiang Qing
Zhao Yunlei

Sudket
Saralee
7
Boonsak Ponsana

Julianne Schenk

Kim Ki Jung
Kim Sa Rang

Bernadeth
Pradipta

Chris Adcock
Gabrielle Adcock
8
Tien Minh Nguyen

Bae Yeon Ju

Lee Sheng Mu
Tsai Chia Hsin

Aroonkesorn
Voravichitchaikul

Muhammed Rijal
Debby susanto
9
Hu Yun

Tai Tzu Ying

Thien How Hoon
Wee Kiong Tan

Jang Ye Na
Kim So Young

Praveen Jordan
Vita Marissa
10
Wang Zhengming

Buranaprasertsuk

Angga Pratama
Ryan Saptura

Reika Kakiiwa
Miyuki Maeda


Kido
Bernadeth

  #28

Chou Tien Chen
#24

Pai Hsiao Ma
#31

Lee Yong Dae
Yoo Yeon Seong
#11

Lee So Hee
Shing Seung Chan
#11

Shin Baek Choel
Jang Ye Na
        #14

Ko A Ra
Yoo Hae Won
#12

Ku Sung Hyun
Kim Ha Na
Check full ranking at : BWF World Ranking
 
Badminton king Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia still reigns supreme at the top of the men’s singles rankings. Since the London Olympics in 2012 Lee’s main opponent Lin Dan of China has been absent from most major tournament so Lee has been unchallenged at the top of the rankings throughout 2013.  
 
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The ROK’s Sung Ji Hyun’s has risen to fourth in the world rankings
 
As for the women’s singles, Li Xui Rui who occupies the top spot, opened up a big lead over second ranked player Intanon of Thailand by winning the China Open in November. VICTOR stars Sung Ji Hyun, Bae Yeon Ju. and Tai Tzu Ying are ranked 4th, 8th and 9th respectively; each has improved on last year in terms of skill and world ranking. 
 
As for the men’s doubles, there have been substantial changes in the world rankings. The ROK’s Le/Ko ended their partnership in September and so have slipped down the ranking as their points have dwindled. They have been replaced as the top ranked pair by Indonesia’s Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan.
 
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The ROK’s new popular men’s doubles pair Lee Yong Dae /Yoo Youn Seong
 
Highly popular Lee Yong Dae is now partnered by ROK team captain Yoo Youn Seong. They took the title on their first outing at the Denmark Open in October, just like they were announcing “We are the top ROK men’s doubles pair”. They kept up their momentum and claimed the title at the China Open Super Series Premium. Their world ranking climbed from 97th to 31st in just four weeks and it will rise further when the points they bagged at the Hong Kong Open are added. 
 
Other VICTOR stars ranked in the Top 10 are: the ROK’s Kim Ki Jung/Kim Sa Rang ranked at 7th in the men’s doubles; Chinese Taipei’s  Lee Sheng Mu/Tsai Chia Hsin ranked at 8th in the men’s doubles;the ROK’s Jung Kyung Eun / Kim Ha Na ranked at 5th in the women’s doubles; the ROK’s Jang Ye Na/Kim So Yeong ranked at 9h in the women’s doubles; and Indonesia’s Tontowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir, ranked second in the mixed doubles. 
 
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Indonesia’s Liliyana Natsir/Tontowi Ahmad are ranked at No. 2 in the world
 
Tontowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir have performed brilliantly this year. After taking the Badminton World Championship title they took a first and a second place at the Denmark Open and China Open Super Series Premier. Their excellent results have allowed them to move closer and closer to top ranked pair China’s Zhang Nan/Zhao Yun Lei. If they can maintain this level of performance it can be expected that Tontowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir will overtake Zhang/Zhao in the first half of 2014 to claim number one spot in the BWF world rankings! 
 
( Edit by VICTOR Badminton )