50 Facts About Tai Tzu-ying

Tai Tzu-ying was gold medalist in the 2017 Summer Universiade and the 2018 Asian Games.

Tai Tzu-ying was thrice the champion of the All England Open, and of the Asian Championships.

Tai Tzu-ying's career began when she was in elementary school, as she was influenced by her father who was a firefighter and the director of Kaohsiung city's badminton committee.

Tai Tzu-ying started playing badminton in the fourth or fifth grade of elementary school, and in the sixth grade, she played at the National ranking tournament, won the title in the second division, and earning the right to participate in the first division games.

Tai Tzu-ying was the youngest player to compete in the first division.

Tai Tzu-ying made her debut in an international tournament in 2007 Vietnam International.

Tai Tzu-ying represented Kaohsiung City in the National Games and went into the quarter-finals.

Young Tai Tzu-ying began to show her potential when she was 15 years old, as she was able to compete at the senior level and become runner-up at the Vietnam Open a Grand Prix tournament.

Tai Tzu-ying started in the qualifying draw and went on to reach the final, which she lost to Saina Nehwal in straight games.

In 2011, Tai Tzu-ying made good progress by defeating the top ranked player.

Tai Tzu-ying reached the semi-finals of the Canada, Vietnam, and French Open, where in France, she defeated China's number 1 Wang Shixian in the quarter-finals.

Tai Tzu-ying was awarded best rookie athlete in the 2011 Sports Elite Award.

Tai Tzu-ying represented her country as the second women's singles behind Cheng Shao-chieh at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Tai Tzu-ying was expected to near the upper echelons and future of the women's game by her victory in Japan and increasingly impressive performances by significant wins over some of the top players.

Tai Tzu-ying took part in the World University Championships and won a gold in the women's singles, and a silver medal in the women's doubles with her partner Pai Hsiao-ma.

Tai Tzu-ying clinched her maiden and only title in 2013 in the Malaysia Open.

Tai Tzu-ying then competed in the Summer Universiade, won the silver in the women's singles and bronze in the team event.

Tai Tzu-ying next played in the East Asian Games in Tianjin, won a silver medal in the women's team event.

Tai Tzu-ying made it to the semi-finals and successfully avenged her loss, beating Wang Shixian.

Tai Tzu-ying ended second after losing the final to Li Xuerui.

Tai Tzu-ying reached her first finals in the Superseries event in the Japan Open, but still unable to defeat the world number 1 Li Xuerui.

Tai Tzu-ying then won the Hong Kong Open after beating Nozomi Okuhara in straight games.

Tai Tzu-ying extended her winning streak to the Superseries Finals in Dubai and won the first title for Taiwan in the Superseries finals by beating Korea's Sung Ji-hyun in straight games.

In 2016, Tai Tzu-ying won the Indonesia Open and the Hong Kong Open to reach World No 1 for the first time in her career.

Tai Tzu-ying won the Superseries Finals in Dubai for the second time, becoming the second women's singles player to do so.

Tai Tzu-ying made history by becoming the first women's singles player to reach the finals in the Superseries Finals three times.

Tai Tzu-ying received the highest prize money throughout 2016 with US$271,025.

Tai Tzu-ying decided to attend the 2017 Summer Universiade not only out of a desire to earn a title for her home country but for the bigger picture.

Tai Tzu-ying won the Special Contribution Award in 2017 Sports Elite Awards.

Tai Tzu-ying won her first All England Open title in March 2017, beating Ratchanok Intanon in the finals.

In 2018, Tai Tzu-ying started the season by participating in the Malaysian Master in which she defeated Chen Yufei in the quarter-finals and Carolina Marin in a thrilling semi-finals, coming from a game down, but lost to Ratchanok Intanon in the final.

Tai Tzu-ying became the second player in the women's singles category to break 100,000 points, while the first was Li Xuerui, who led the points by 101,644.

Tai Tzu-ying did not reveal the nature of the injury or how it occurred.

Tai Tzu-ying came back and claimed back to back titles at the Malaysia Open and Singapore Open; beating the Japanese Akane Yamaguchi and Nozomi Okuhara respectively in the finals in straight games.

Tai Tzu-ying reached the final of the China Open, where she lost to insurgent Carolina Marin in three games.

Tai Tzu-ying claimed her third title of the year at the Denmark Open further defending her title there.

Tai Tzu-ying continued her good form and reached the semi-finals of the French Open and Fuzhou China Open.

Tai Tzu-ying avenged her loss in the Group Stage to Nozomi Okuhara in the semi-finals and reached the final again after three years.

Tai Tzu-ying commenced the year by competing at the Malaysia Masters as the first seed.

Tai Tzu-ying finished as runner-up after losing to Chen Yufei in straight games.

Tai Tzu-ying had to settle for the second best at the two consecutive Thailand Open Super 1000 events in January, 2021 after losing to Carolina Marin in both occasions in straight games.

Tai Tzu-ying finally defeated Marin at the BWF World Tour Finals while contesting her 5th end-of-season championships final, and winning it for the third time.

Tai Tzu-ying claimed victory over her opponent in three games.

Tai Tzu-ying won the All England 2020 and then struck a rich vein of form at the three-tournament Asian Leg in January 2021, making all three finals, and clinching the BWF World Tour Finals 2020.

Tai Tzu-ying met Chen again in the semi-finals of the Indonesia Open.

Tai Tzu-ying won her fourth Taipei Open title with a straight game win over Saena Kawakami in the final.

Tai Tzu-ying plays an offensive game, with many calling her style unpredictable and often spontaneous.

Tai Tzu-ying is a very adventurous player with a disguised nature of shots, seemingly able to hit the shuttle from just about anywhere with a great range of shots and angles.

Tai Tzu-ying has a strong backhand and good net-play, while her biggest fault is being inconsistent at times.

Tai Tzu-ying herself said that she does not follow a certain play or style, and focuses on herself rather than her opponent or any strategies.