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In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhou.
Zhou Meng周萌
Personal information
CountryChina
Born (2001-05-23) 23 May 2001 (age 19)
Dongping, Anhua, Yiyang, Hunan, China[1]
HandednessRight
Women's singles
Career record79 wins, 19 losses
Highest ranking217 (10 March 2020)
Current ranking284 (17 March 2020[2])
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  China World Junior Championships 2017 Yogyakarta Mixed team 2018 Markham Mixed team 2019 Kazan Mixed team 2019 Kazan Girls' singles Asian Junior Championships 2019 Suzhou Girls' singles 2018 Jakarta Mixed team 2018 Jakarta Girls' singles 2019 Suzhou Mixed team
BWF profile

Zhou Meng (Chinese: 周萌; born 23 May 2001) is a Chinese badminton player. Born in Dongping, Anhua, in Yiyang City, Zhou entered the Anhua Sports School in 2005, and was selected to join the Hunan Provincial team in 2010. She won the women's singles National Championships title at the age of 16 in 2017.[1]

Career[edit]

Zhou started to play international tournaments since 2015. She reached the quarterfinals in the 2017 Asian Junior Championships along with partner Yan Chenxue in girls' doubles category. At the 2017 BWF World Junior Championships in girls' singles, she upset the 2nd seeded Yeo Jia Min of Singapore[3] before going down in the quarterfinals to her teammate Han Yue in straight games.

She was the finalist at the 2018 German Junior International Series, where she lost to Phittayaporn Chaiwan. In the Jaya Raya Junior Grand Prix tournament, she managed to reach the finals but suffered defeat against Wang Zhiyi. She won the silver medal at the Asian Junior Championships after going down to her arch-rival Wang Zhiyi in finals day. Her jinx of losing against Wang continued after she went down against her in the quarterfinals of 2018 BWF World Junior Championships also.

In 2019, she won various Junior International titles namely Polish,[4] Swedish,[5] Italian,[6] and German Junior International event[7] by defeating the same opponent Han Qianxi multiple times. She participated in her first ever BWF World Tour event at the Lingshui China Masters where she lost in the second round. At the Yonex Roza BTY International Challenge, she lost the close final to Phittayaporn Chaiwan. By beating Han Qianxi again, she won gold medal in the Asian Junior Championships.[8] At the World Junior Championships, she entered the tournament seeded 2nd. After the defeat of top seed Phittayaporn Chaiwan in another semifinal, she was expected to take gold medal in the tournament. But so was denied by the Japanese sensation Riko Gunji in the final and she had to settle with the silver medal.[9]

Achievements[edit]

World Junior Championships[edit]

Girls' singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2019Kazan Gymnastics Center, Kazan, RussiaJapan Riko Gunji13–21, 21–12, 14–21 Silver

Asian Junior Championships[edit]

Girls' singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2018Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center, Jakarta, Indonesia Wang Zhiyi9–21, 8–21 Silver
2019Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre, Suzhou, China Han Qianxi21–12, 21–9 Gold

BWF Junior International (4 titles, 3 runners-up)[edit]

Girls' singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2018German Junior International Phittayaporn Chaiwan20–22, 25–272nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018Jaya Raya Junior International Wang Zhiyi15–21, 16–212nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019Polish Junior International Han Qianxi21–19, 21–181st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019Swedish Junior International Han Qianxi21–13, 21–23, 21–141st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019Italian Junior International Han Qianxi21–17, 21–161st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019German Junior International Han Qianxi21–14, 21–171st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019Banthongyord Junior International Phittayaporn Chaiwan21–23, 20–222nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
  BWF Junior International Series tournament
  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "益陽的驕傲！16歲萌妹子獲全國羽毛球冠軍賽女單冠軍！轉起！". read01.com (in Chinese). 14 November 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Ranking – ZHOU MENG". bwfbadminton.com. 17 March 2020.
  3. ^ Morgan, Liam (19 October 2017). "Zhou upsets second seed in women's singles event at BWF World Junior Championships". www.insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Results – Victor POLISH Junior 2019". bwfbadminton.com. 20 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Results – SWEDISH Junior 2019". bwfbadminton.com. 27 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Yonex ITALIAN Junior 2019". bwfbadminton.com. 24 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Results – Yonex GERMAN Junior 2019". bwfbadminton.com. 10 March 2019.
  8. ^ "亚青赛周萌2-0横扫队友夺冠 国羽女单实现5连冠". sports.sina.com.cn (in Chinese). 28 July 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  9. ^ Sukumar, Dev (13 October 2019). "Vitidsarn Completes Hat-trick – World Juniors: Finals". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 29 April 2020.

External links[edit]

Zhou Meng at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com