Wang Chang (badminton)

Wang Chang
王昶
Personal information
Born (2001-05-07) 7 May 2001 (age 25)
Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Spouse
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(m. 2026)​
Sport
CountryChina
SportBadminton
HandednessRight
Men's doubles
Highest ranking1 (with Liang Weikeng, 31 October 2023)
33 (with Di Zijian, 3 December 2019)
Current ranking3 (with Liang Weikeng, 27 October 2026)
BWF profile
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  China
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2024 ParisMen's doubles
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2026 New DelhiMen's doubles
Bronze medal – third place2023 CopenhagenMen's doubles
Sudirman Cup
Gold medal – first place2023 SuzhouMixed team
Gold medal – first place2025 XiamenMixed team
Thomas Cup
Gold medal – first place2024 ChengduMen's team
Gold medal – first place2026 HorsensMen's team
Silver medal – second place2020 AarhusMen's team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2022 HangzhouMen's team
Silver medal – second place2026 Aichi–NagoyaMen's team
Silver medal – second place2026 Aichi–NagoyaMen's doubles
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2024 NingboMen's doubles
Bronze medal – third place2025 NingboMen's doubles
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 YogyakartaMixed team
Gold medal – first place2018 MarkhamBoys' doubles
Gold medal – first place2018 MarkhamMixed team
Silver medal – second place2017 YogyakartaBoys' doubles
Silver medal – second place2019 KazanBoys' doubles
Silver medal – second place2019 KazanMixed team
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 JakartaBoys' doubles
Gold medal – first place2018 JakartaBoys' doubles
Gold medal – first place2018 JakartaMixed team
Silver medal – second place2019 SuzhouBoys' doubles
Bronze medal – third place2019 SuzhouMixed team

Wang Chang (Chinese: 王昶; pinyin: Wáng Chǎng; born 7 May 2001) is a Chinese badminton player. Partnering Di Zijian, Wang won the gold medal in boys' doubles at the 2017 Asian Junior Championships and the 2018 World Junior Championships. Partnering Liang Weikeng, Wang won the bronze medal in men's doubles at the 2023 World Championships, the silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics, and the gold medal at the 2026 World Championships. Wang was also a part of the Chinese winning team at the 2023 and 2025 Sudirman Cup and the 2024 and 2026 Thomas Cup. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 1 in men's doubles on 31 October 2023.

Career

2015–2019: Early and junior career – Asian and World junior champions

Born in Ningbo, Zhejiang, Wang who trained in Ningbo training centre, entered the provincial team in 2015, and in the national team in 2017. After being selected to join the national team, he started his partnership with Di Zijian in the men's doubles discipline. He made a debut in the international tournament at the 2017 Asian Junior Championships, and claimed the gold medal in the boys' doubles event. He also participated at the 2017 World Junior Championships where he helped the team to take the Suhandinata Cup, and he also won the silver medal in the boys' doubles event. In 2018, he won the boys' doubles and mixed team titles at the Asia and World Junior Championships.

2022

Starting from 2022, Wang started a new partnership with Liang Weikeng and advanced to the final of the Indonesia Masters from the qualifying rounds, defeating Tokyo 2020 bronze medalists Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik and world number 1 Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo en route. In the final, they lost 10–21, 17–21 to home favorites Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto. In the next tournament, they defeated the reigning World Champions Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi to reach the semi-finals of the Malaysia Masters, but were then stopped by Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in straight games. Wang then won the Japan Open, where he and Liang defeated Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen in the final in three games.

2023

In the first half of the 2023 season, Wang and his partner Liang showed quite significant progress. They were able to win 2 BWF World Tour titles in India and Thailand, as well as being runners-up in Malaysia and Singapore. Apart from that, Wang was part of the Chinese team that won the Sudirman Cup. Wang and Liang's achievements were able to bring them to 2nd place in the BWF world rankings on 13 June 2023.

In August, Wang and Liang won the bronze medal at the World Championships in Copenhagen. They were defeated by home pair Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen in a close rubber game. The Chinese rising pair then claimed their first ever BWF World Tour Super 1000 title at the China Open.

Personal life

On 7 February 2026, Wang announced on Weibo that he had registered his marriage with Chinese table tennis player Qian Tianyi, sharing photos of their marriage certificates, while Qian posted a video of Wang’s proposal.

Achievements

Olympic Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2024 Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France China Liang Weikeng Chinese Taipei Lee Yang
Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin		 17–21, 21–18, 19–21 Silver

World Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2023 Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark China Liang Weikeng Denmark Kim Astrup
Denmark Anders Skaarup Rasmussen		 21–17, 18–21, 19–21 Bronze Bronze
2026 Indira Gandhi Arena, New Delhi, India China Liang Weikeng Malaysia Aaron Chia
Malaysia Soh Wooi Yik		 21–17, 21–16 Gold Gold

Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2026 Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium, Ichinomiya, Japan China Liang Weikeng Indonesia Leo Rolly Carnando
Indonesia Daniel Marthin		 21–19, 13–21, 18–21 Silver Silver

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2024 Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China China Liang Weikeng Malaysia Goh Sze Fei
Malaysia Nur Izzuddin		 21–17, 15–21, 21–10 Gold Gold
2025 Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China China Liang Weikeng Malaysia Aaron Chia
Malaysia Soh Wooi Yik		 12–21, 14–21 Bronze Bronze

World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2017 GOR Among Rogo,
Yogyakarta, Indonesia		 China Di Zijian Japan Mahiro Kaneko
Japan Yunosuke Kubota		 14–21, 21–15, 13–21 Silver Silver
2018 Markham Pan Am Centre,
Markham, Canada		 China Di Zijian South Korea Shin Tae-yang
South Korea Wang Chan		 21–19, 22–20 Gold Gold
2019 Kazan Gymnastics Center,
Kazan, Russia		 China Di Zijian Indonesia Leo Rolly Carnando
Indonesia Daniel Marthin		 19–21, 18–21 Silver Silver

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2017 Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center,
Jakarta, Indonesia		 China Di Zijian South Korea Lee Sang-min
South Korea Na Sung-seung		 21–19, 21–11 Gold Gold
2018 Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center,
Jakarta, Indonesia		 China Di Zijian China Liang Weikeng
China Shang Yichen		 18–21, 24–22, 21–19 Gold Gold
2019 Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre,
Suzhou, China		 China Di Zijian Indonesia Leo Rolly Carnando
Indonesia Daniel Marthin		 9–21, 21–15, 19–21 Silver Silver

BWF World Tour (11 titles, 7 runners-up)

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

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2018 Lingshui China Masters Super 100 China Di Zijian China Han Chengkai
China Zhou Haodong		 21–19, 17–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 SaarLorLux Open Super 100 China Di Zijian Denmark Mathias Bay-Smidt
Denmark Lasse Mølhede		 21–17, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Indonesia Masters Super 500 China Liang Weikeng Indonesia Fajar Alfian
Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto		 10–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Japan Open Super 750 China Liang Weikeng Denmark Kim Astrup
Denmark Anders Skaarup Rasmussen		 21–18, 13–21, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Malaysia Open Super 1000 China Liang Weikeng Indonesia Fajar Alfian
Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto		 18–21, 21–18, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 India Open Super 750 China Liang Weikeng Malaysia Aaron Chia
Malaysia Soh Wooi Yik		 14–21, 21–19, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Thailand Open Super 500 China Liang Weikeng Indonesia Muhammad Shohibul Fikri
Indonesia Bagas Maulana		 21–10, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Singapore Open Super 750 China Liang Weikeng Japan Takuro Hoki
Japan Yugo Kobayashi		 13–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 China Open Super 1000 China Liang Weikeng Malaysia Aaron Chia
Malaysia Soh Wooi Yik		 21–12, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 China Masters Super 750 China Liang Weikeng India Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
India Chirag Shetty		 21–19, 18–21, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals China Liang Weikeng South Korea Kang Min-hyuk
South Korea Seo Seung-jae		 17–21, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2024 Malaysia Open Super 1000 China Liang Weikeng India Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
India Chirag Shetty		 9–21, 21–18, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2024 Indonesia Open Super 1000 China Liang Weikeng Malaysia Man Wei Chong
Malaysia Tee Kai Wun		 19–21, 21–16, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2024 Denmark Open Super 750 China Liang Weikeng Denmark Kim Astrup
Denmark Anders Skaarup Rasmussen		 21–18, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2025 Orléans Masters Super 300 China Liang Weikeng South Korea Kang Min-hyuk
South Korea Ki Dong-ju		 13–21, 21–18, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2025 Hong Kong Open Super 500 China Liang Weikeng India Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
India Chirag Shetty		 19–21, 21–14, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2025 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals China Liang Weikeng South Korea Kim Won-ho
South Korea Seo Seung-jae		 18–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2026 India Open Super 750 China Liang Weikeng Japan Hiroki Midorikawa
Japan Kyohei Yamashita		 17–21, 25–23, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Performance timeline

Key
W F SF QF #R RR Q# A G S B NH N/A DNQ
(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semi-finalist; (QF) quarter-finalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze medal; (NH) not held; (N/A) not applicable; (DNQ) did not qualify.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

National team

Team events201720182019Ref
Asian Junior Championships QF G B
World Junior Championships G G S
Team events2020202120222023202420252026Ref
Asian Games NH G NH S
Thomas Cup S NH A NH G NH G
Sudirman Cup NH A NH G NH G NH

Individual competitions

Junior level

  • Boys' doubles
Events201720182019Ref
Asian Junior Championships G G S
World Junior Championships S G S
  • Mixed doubles
Event2017
Asian Junior Championships 2R

Senior level

  • Men's doubles
Tournaments202120222023202420252026Ref
Asian Championships NH A QF G B QF
Asian Games NH 2R NH S
World Championships 1R A B NH 3R G
Olympic Games NH S NH
TournamentBWF SS / GPBWF World TourBestRef
2017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Malaysia Open A NH A F W 2R 1R W ('24)
India Open A NH A W 2R QF W W ('23, '26)
Indonesia Masters NH A 2R A F 2R A F ('22)
Thailand Masters A QF 1R NH A QF ('19)
German Open A NH A 1R A SF SF ('26)
All England Open A 1R A SF 2R 1R QF SF ('23)
Lingshui China Masters NH F SF NH A F ('18)
Swiss Open A NH A QF A QF ('25)
Orléans Masters NA A NH A F A F ('25)
Thailand Open A Q1 A NH 2R W A W ('23')
Malaysia Masters A 1R 1R NH SF A QF A SF ('22)
Singapore Open A NH 2R F QF QF SF F ('23)
Indonesia Open A 1R NH A QF W 2R 1R W ('24)
Australian Open A NH QF A SF SF ('26)
Macau Open 1R A NH A 1R ('17)
U.S. Open A 2R A NH A 2R ('18)
Canada Open A SF A NH A SF ('18)
Japan Open A NH W 2R w/d QF QF W ('22)
China Open Q2 A 1R NH W 2R SF SF W ('23)
Korea Masters Q1 A QF NH A QF (19)
China Masters A NH W 2R 2R w/d W ('23)
Vietnam Open A QF NH A QF (19)
Denmark Open A 1R A 1R 1R 1R W SF SF W ('24)
French Open A 1R NH A QF 2R 2R 1R 1R QF ('22)
Hylo Open A W A QF A W ('19)
Korea Open A NH A SF A 1R SF ('23)
Hong Kong Open A NH A W W ('25)
Syed Modi International A SF NH A SF ('19)
Superseries / Tour Finals DNQ F DNQ F F ('23, '25)
Year-end ranking 367 116 33 35 41 17 1 2 4 1
Tournament2017201820192020202120222023202420252026BestRef
  • Mixed doubles
TournamentBWF SS / GP
2017
Korea Masters Q2

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