Liu Cheng
刘成

Personal information

Country

China

Born

4 January 1992 (age 32)
Sanming, Fujian, China

Residence

Beijing, China

Height

1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)

Weight

82 kg (181 lb)

Retired

30 June 2022^[1]

Handedness

Right

Men's & mixed doubles

Highest ranking

2 (MD 21 June 2018)
2 (XD 3 December 2015)

Current ranking

77 (MD 27 September 2022)

Medal record

Men's badminton

Representing China
World Championships
	2017 Glasgow	Men's doubles
	2015 Jakarta	Mixed doubles
	2014 Copenhagen	Mixed doubles
	2018 Nanjing	Men's doubles
Sudirman Cup
	2015 Dongguan	Mixed team
	2021 Vantaa	Mixed team
Thomas Cup
	2018 Bangkok	Men's team
	2020 Aarhus	Men's team
Asian Games
	2018 Jakarta-Palembang	Men's team
Asian Championships
	2018 Wuhan	Men's doubles
Asia Mixed Team Championships
	2017 Ho Chi Minh	Mixed team
Summer Universiade
	2013 Kazan	Mixed doubles
	2013 Kazan	Mixed team
World Junior Championships
	2009 Alor Setar	Mixed team
	2010 Guadalajara	Mixed doubles
	2010 Guadalajara	Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
	2010 Kuala Lumpur	Mixed doubles
	2010 Kuala Lumpur	Mixed team

BWF profile

Liu Cheng (Chinese: 刘成; born 4 January 1992) is a retired badminton player who represented China.^[2] He was the men's doubles World Champion in 2017 partnered with Zhang Nan, also the mixed doubles World and Asian Junior Champion in 2010 with Bao Yixin. Liu was part of the national team member that won the team events at the 2015, 2021 Sudirman Cup, 2018 Thomas Cup and 2018 Asian Games. He reached a career high of world number 2 in both men's and mixed doubles events. He announced his retirement from the international tournament on 30 June 2022.^[1]

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland	Zhang Nan	Mohammad Ahsan Rian Agung Saputro	21–10, 21–17	Gold
2018	Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park, Nanjing, China	Zhang Nan	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	15–21, 13–21	Bronze

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Ballerup Super Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark	Bao Yixin	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei	15–21, 13–21	Bronze
2015	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Bao Yixin	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei	17–21, 11–21	Silver

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Zhang Nan	Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda	21–14, 12–21, 23–25	Bronze

Summer Universiade

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Tennis Academy, Kazan, Russia	Tian Qing	Kim Gi-jung Kim So-young	20–22, 14–21	Silver

BWF World Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Domo del Code Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico	Bao Yixin	Kang Ji-wook Choi Hye-in	21–15, 21–15	Gold

Asian Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Bao Yixin	Ow Yao Han Lai Pei Jing	Walkover	Gold

BWF World Tour (2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[3] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[4]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Macau Open	Super 300	Huang Kaixiang	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	8–21, 21–18, 20–22	Runner-up
2020	Thailand Masters	Super 300	Huang Kaixiang	Ong Yew Sin Teo Ee Yi	21–18, 17–21, 17–21	Runner-up

BWF Superseries (2 titles, 7 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[5] 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.^[6] 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
2015	Australian Open	Lu Kai	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	16–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2015	Denmark Open	Lu Kai	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	8–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2017	Denmark Open	Zhang Nan	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	21–16, 22–24, 21–19	Winner
2017	Dubai World Superseries Finals	Zhang Nan	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	16–21, 15–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Hong Kong Open	Bao Yixin	Chris Adcock Gabby Adcock	14–21, 22–24	Runner-up
2014	Dubai World Superseries Finals	Bao Yixin	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei	15–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2015	India Open	Bao Yixin	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen	21–19, 21–19	Winner
2015	Australian Open	Bao Yixin	Lee Chun Hei Chau Hoi Wah	19–21, 21–19, 15–21	Runner-up
2015	Hong Kong Open	Bao Yixin	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei	17–21, 21–17, 17–21	Runner-up

BWF Superseries Finals tournament

BWF Superseries Premier tournament

BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (2 titles, 2 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.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	China Masters	Kang Jun	Wang Yilyu Zhang Wen	21–13, 21–16	Winner
2017	Swiss Open	Zhang Nan	Chai Biao Hong Wei	21–13, 16–21, 15–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Swiss Open	Bao Yixin	Lu Kai Huang Yaqiong	21–17, 20–22, 13–21	Runner-up
2015	China Masters	Bao Yixin	Edi Subaktiar Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja	18–21, 21–15, 26–24	Winner