Fu Haifeng

Fu Haifeng

Fu Haifeng (born 23 August 1983) is a Chinese badminton player. He is considered one of the all-time greats of badminton. Combining Fu Haifeng's impressive power with his regular partner Cai Yun's impressive speed, he has won numerous top tier events on the world circuit including the All England Open in 2005 and 2009 and the BWF World Championships in 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2011. Cai and Fu have helped China win five consecutive Thomas Cup (World men's team championships) (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2012) and four consecutive Sudirman Cup (World mixed team championships) (2005, 2007, 2009 and 2011). Cai and Fu also competed together in the Olympic games 3 times, including the 2004, the 2008 and the 2012 Olympic Games.

Career

At the 2010 BWF World Championships in Paris, Fu with his partner Cai Yun being the fifth seed—beat the third seed Danish pair Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen 21–11, 21–18 in the quarter-finals. In the semi-finals, they defeated the second seed Indonesian Olympic Champions Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan 21–16, 21–13. In the finals, they overcame the first seed and Malaysian world no. 1 Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong 18–21, 21–18, 21–14 to win the world title for the 3rd time. They are the first men's doubles pair to achieve this feat.

Cai and Fu went on to win the China Masters Super Series. Being the fifth seed, they first defeated their second seed compatriots Xu Chen and Guo Zhendong 21–11, 21–16 in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, they made a great comeback against the third seed South Korean rival Lee Yong-dae and Jung Jae-sung 20–22, 21–13, 21–17. Cai and Fu then clinched their second China Masters title by defeating the fourth seed South Korean pair Yoo Yeon-seong and Ko Sung-hyun in 2 sets 21–14, 21–19. Cai and Fu won their third title in a row by winning the Yonex Japan Open Super Series. They, being the fifth seed, beat the young Korean Pair Cho Gun-woo and Kwon Yi-goo 21–14, 16–21, 21–12 in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, they defeated their promising compatriots Zhang Nan and Chai Biao 21–17, 21–16. In the finals, they made a great comeback again against the first seed and Malaysian world no. 1 Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong 18–21, 21–14, 21–12 to win their first Japan Open title.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, they defeated Denmark's Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen in the final to win the gold medal.

Having had 1 Olympic gold medal and 4 World Championship titles, as well as many other titles, Cai and Fu are one of the most successful men's doubles pair in badminton history.

An ancillary badminton achievement of Fu is that while competing in the 2005 Sudirman Cup, one of his smashes was clocked at 332 km/h (206 mph), the fastest propulsion of a shuttle on record. Fu also fired a 303 km/h smash during game 3 of the 2010 BWF World Championships men's doubles final, which was confirmed by the commentator Gillian Clark as the fastest of the tournament. The fastest smash by Fu during the 2011 Sudirman Cup final was clocked at 291 km/h.

In 2014, Fu played with mixed doubles champion Zhang Nan in the All England Super Series. They lost to the Indonesian pair Muhammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in the quarter finals 21-23 20–22. Later on it, they took revenge at Denmark Open Super Series, and became the champion after beating top seed Korean pair Lee Yong-dae and Yoo Yeon-seong in 2 straight sets in the final.

In 2015, his partnership with Zhang Nan was stable after reaching several Super Series Finals such as Singapore Open, Indonesia Open, Japan Open, All England as runners-up.

In 2016, they won the Singapore Open Super Series after beating the top seed from Korea Lee/Yoo in 2 straight sets at semi final. Their performance later in several Super Series was not so climatic. They were seeded 4th in the Olympic Games in Rio, as Fu claimed his second gold medal in men's doubles category after beating Malaysian's pair Tan/Goh in 3 sets. He ends his career having reached 3 consecutive finals in the Olympic Games with two different partners, winning gold twice.

Achievements

Olympic Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing, China	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Markis Kido Template:Flagicon Hendra Setiawan	21–12, 11–21, 16–21	File:Silver medal.svg Silver
2012	Wembley Arena, London, Great Britain	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Mathias Boe Template:Flagicon Carsten Mogensen	21–16, 21–15	File:Gold medal.svg Gold
2016	Riocentro - Pavilion 4, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Template:Flagicon Zhang Nan	Template:Flagicon Goh V Shem Template:Flagicon Tan Wee Kiong	16–21, 21–11, 23–21	File:Gold medal.svg Gold

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2003	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, United Kingdom	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Sigit Budiarto Template:Flagicon Candra Wijaya	15–6, 10–15, 9–15	Bronze Bronze
2006	Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad, Madrid, Spain	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Robert Blair Template:Flagicon Anthony Clark	21–9, 21–13	Gold Gold
2009	Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Jung Jae-sung Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae	21–18, 16–21, 28–26	Gold Gold
2010	Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Paris, France	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Koo Kien Keat Template:Flagicon Tan Boon Heong	18–21, 21–18, 21–14	Gold Gold
2011	Wembley Arena, London, England	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Ko Sung-hyun Template:Flagicon Yoo Yeon-seong	24–22, 21–16	Gold Gold
2013	Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou, China	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Mohammad Ahsan Template:Flagicon Hendra Setiawan	19–21, 17–21	Bronze Bronze

World Cup

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Olympic Park, Yiyang, China	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Sigit Budiarto Template:Flagicon Candra Wijaya	21–11, 21–18	Gold Gold
2006	Olympic Park, Yiyang, China	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Lin Woon Fui Template:Flagicon Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari	15–21, 21–13, 17–21	Bronze Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Sichuan Gymnasium, Chengdu, China	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Hirokatsu Hashimoto Template:Flagicon Noriyasu Hirata	21–12, 21–15	Gold Gold
2016	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Template:Flagicon Zhang Nan	Template:Flagicon Li Junhui Template:Flagicon Liu Yuchen	21–23, 19–21	Bronze Bronze

BWF Superseries (16 titles, 14 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011. Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Koo Kien Keat Template:Flagicon Tan Boon Heong	15–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2007	Singapore Open	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Choong Tan Fook Template:Flagicon Lee Wan Wah	16–21, 24–22, 21–18	Winner
2007	Indonesia Open	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif Template:Flagicon Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari	21–17, 22–20	Winner
2007	China Masters	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Markis Kido Template:Flagicon Hendra Setiawan	21–15, 21–16	Winner
2007	French Open	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Choong Tan Fook Template:Flagicon Lee Wan Wah	21–14, 21–19	Winner
2008	Korea Open	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Luluk Hadiyanto Template:Flagicon Alvent Yulianto	21–7, 20–22, 21–17	Winner
2008	Denmark Open	Template:Flagicon Shen Ye	Template:Flagicon Markis Kido Template:Flagicon Hendra Setiawan	15–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2009	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Han Sang-hoon Template:Flagicon Hwang Ji-man	21–17, 21–15	Winner
2009	Indonesia Open	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Jung Jae-sung Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae	15–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2009	China Masters	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Guo Zhendong Template:Flagicon Xu Chen	Walkover	Runner-up
2010	Korea Open	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Jung Jae-sung Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae	11–21, 21–14, 18–21	Runner-up
2010	China Masters	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Ko Sung-hyun Template:Flagicon Yoo Yeon-seong	21–14, 21–19	Winner
2010	Japan Open	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Koo Kien Keat Template:Flagicon Tan Boon Heong	18–21, 21–14, 21–12	Winner
2011	Singapore Open	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Hendra Aprida Gunawan Template:Flagicon Alvent Yulianto	21–17, 21–13	Winner
2011	Indonesia Open	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Chai Biao Template:Flagicon Guo Zhendong	21–13, 21–12	Winner
2011	China Masters	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Jung Jae-sung Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae	17–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2011	Japan Open	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Mohammad Ahsan Template:Flagicon Bona Septano	21–13, 23–21	Winner
2011	Denmark Open	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Jung Jae-sung Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae	16–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2011	French Open	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Jung Jae-sung Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae	21–14, 15–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2011	Hong Kong Open	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Jung Jae-sung Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae	14–21, 24–22, 21–19	Winner
2012	Korea Open	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Jung Jae-sung Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae	18–21, 21–17, 21–19	Winner
2012	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Jung Jae-sung Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae	23–21, 9–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2012	Hong Kong Open	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Koo Kien Keat Template:Flagicon Tan Boon Heong	21–16, 21–17	Winner
2014	Denmark Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Nan	Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Yoo Yeon-seong	21–13, 25–23	Winner
2015	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Nan	Template:Flagicon Mathias Boe Template:Flagicon Carsten Mogensen	17–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2015	Indonesia Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Nan	Template:Flagicon Ko Sung-hyun Template:Flagicon Shin Baek-cheol	16–21, 21–16, 19–21	Runner-up
2015	Singapore Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Nan	Template:Flagicon Angga Pratama Template:Flagicon Ricky Karanda Suwardi	15–21, 21–11, 14–21	Runner-up
2015	Japan Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Nan	Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae Template:Flagicon Yoo Yeon-seong	19–21, 27–29	Runner-up
2016	Singapore Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Nan	Template:Flagicon Takeshi Kamura Template:Flagicon Keigo Sonoda	21–11, 22–20	Winner
2017	Malaysia Open	Template:Flagicon Zheng Siwei	Template:Flagicon Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Template:Flagicon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	14–21, 21–14, 12–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (8 titles, 8 runners-up)

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. The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2003	Malaysia Open	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon Template:Flagicon Lee Dong-soo	15–17, 11–15	Runner-up
2003	German Open	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Eng Hian Template:Flagicon Flandy Limpele	15–9, 8–15, 4–15	Runner-up
2004	Swiss Open	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Luluk Hadiyanto Template:Flagicon Alvent Yulianto	15–9, 17–14	Winner
2004	Japan Open	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Ha Tae-kwon Template:Flagicon Kim Dong-moon	7–15, 15–6, 6–15	Runner-up
2004	Indonesia Open	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Luluk Hadiyanto Template:Flagicon Alvent Yulianto	8–15, 11–15	Runner-up
2005	German Open	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Jens Eriksen Template:Flagicon Martin Lundgaard Hansen	6–15, 15–3, 15–10	Winner
2005	All England Open	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Lars Paaske Template:Flagicon Jonas Rasmussen	15–10, 15–6	Winner
2005	Malaysia Open	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Sigit Budiarto Template:Flagicon Candra Wijaya	11–15, 14–17	Runner-up
2005	Hong Kong Open	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Jens Eriksen Template:Flagicon Martin Lundgaard Hansen	15–13, 15–9	Winner
2006	China Masters	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Jens Eriksen Template:Flagicon Martin Lundgaard Hansen	17–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2006	Chinese Taipei Open	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Jung Jae-sung Template:Flagicon Lee Yong-dae	21–14, 21–18	Winner
2006	Macau Open	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Guo Zhendong Template:Flagicon Zheng Bo	21–12, 9–21, 21–19	Winner
2006	China Open	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Markis Kido Template:Flagicon Hendra Setiawan	16–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2008	Thailand Open	Template:Flagicon Cai Yun	Template:Flagicon Guo Zhendong Template:Flagicon Xie Zhongbo	21–17, retired	Winner
2014	Swiss Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Nan	Template:Flagicon Chai Biao Template:Flagicon Hong Wei	20–22, 14–21	Runner-up
2015	Chinese Taipei Open	Template:Flagicon Zhang Nan	Template:Flagicon Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Template:Flagicon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	21–13, 21–8	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

External links

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• Fu Haifeng at the Beijing 2008 Olympics (archived)
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• Fu Haifeng's Blog Template:In lang