Lu Lan

Lu Lan
Lu Lan at the 2006 German Open
Personal information
Country	China
Born	(1987-05-02) May 2, 1987 Changzhou, Jiangsu, China
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Women's singles
Highest ranking	2 (May 15, 2008 )
Medal record Women's badminton Representing China World Championships 2009 Hyderabad Women's singles 2007 Kuala Lumpur Women's singles Asian Championships 2011 Chengdu Women's singles 2007 Johor Bahru Women's singles World Junior Championships 2004 Richmond Mixed team 2004 Richmond Girls' singles
Updated on 13:01, 26 October 2013 (UTC).

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Lu.

Lu Lan
Traditional Chinese	盧蘭
Simplified Chinese	卢兰
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lú Lán

Lu Lan (born May 2, 1987 in Changzhou, Jiangsu) is a female badminton player from China.

Career

In 2004 she won the Polish Open. In 2006 she won the Korea Open and finished the year in the 5th position in the BWF World Ranking.

In 2007 she won the Denmark Super Series, and was a bronze medalist at the World Championships in Kuala Lumpur, losing to the eventual champion Zhu Lin in the semifinals. In November of that year she reached the third place in the BWF World Ranking.

In 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, she lost to Xie Xingfang 21-7, 10-21, 12-21 in the semi-finals and was then upset by Maria Kristin Yulianti from Indonesia 21-11, 13-21, 15-21 in the bronze medal match. Earlier in 2008 she had reached the final of the prestigious All-England Championships where she lost a very close match to Denmark's Tine Rasmussen.

In 2009, she achieved her greatest success to date when she won the 2009 BWF World Championship Women's Singles title in Hyderabad, India. The match was against compatriot, and two times winner of the event (2005 and 2006), Xie Xingfang; winning in two straight games 23-21, 21-12.

Record Against Selected Opponents

Record against Olympic quarterfinalists, World Championship semifinalists, Super Series finalists, plus all Olympic opponents

• Petya Nedelcheva 2–0
• Anna Rice 1–0
• Nicole Grether 1–0
• Xie Xingfang 2–7
• Jiang Yanjiao 2–3
• Zhang Ning 1–1
• Wang Lin 3–1
• Zhu Lin 4–1
• Wang Yihan 3–5
• Wang Shixian 1–2
• Cheng Shao-chieh 5–1
• Tine Rasmussen 2–4
• Tracey Hallam 4–0
• Pi Hongyan 0–1
• Xu Huaiwen 2–1
• Juliane Schenk 1–0
• Yip Pui Yin 3–1
• Zhou Mi 1–5
• Wang Chen 5–0
• Saina Nehwal 1–4
• Maria Kristin Yulianti 3–2
• Eriko Hirose 6–2
• Sayaka Sato 2–0
• Wong Mew Choo 2–2
• Karen Foo Kune 1–0
• Ratchanok Intanon 1–1
• Porntip Buranaprasertsuk 2–0

External links

• BWF Profile