Peng Yun

Peng Yun
彭云
Personal information
Born (1974-07-15) 15 July 1974
Guangxi, China
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
CountryChina
SportBadminton
HandednessRight
BWF profile
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  China
East Asian Games
1993 Shanghai Women's team
1993 Shanghai Mixed doubles

Grace Yun Peng (Chinese: 彭云; born 15 July 1974) is a former international badminton player from China, who later represented the United States.

Early life

On July 15, 1974, Peng was born in Guangxi, China.[1]

Career

At age 10, Peng started training in badminton in China.[1] Peng began her career in the U.S. on September 25, 2004. In the US Open 2004 she finished as a semifinalist in the mixed doubles and as a quarter-finalist in the women's doubles. She has won the US Open on two occasions: once in 2005 the women's doubles with her partner Johanna Lee and again in 2008 the mixed doubles crown with partner Halim Haryanto.

Achievements

East Asian Games

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1993 Shanghai, China Liang Qing Chen Xingdong
Sun Man
3–15, 13–15 Silver

BWF/IBF World Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 until 2006.

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1994 Canadian Open Liu Guimei Helene Kirkegaard
Rikke Olsen
12–15, 9–15 Runner-up
1994 U.S. Open Liu Guimei Helene Kirkegaard
Rikke Olsen
4–15, 11–15 Runner-up
2005 U.S. Open Lee Joo-hyun Rachel Hindley
Rebecca Bellingham
15–5, 15–9 Winner
2009 U.S. Open Chen Ying Huang Ruilin
Jiang Xuelian
21–14, 15–21, 11–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1994 French Open Liang Qing Kai Mitteldorf
Katrin Schmidt
15–13, 15–2 Winner
2008 U.S. Open Halim Haryanto Mike Beres
Valerie Loker
21–13, 21–16 Winner
  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF/IBF International

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 USA SCBA International Lee Joo-hyun Miyuki Tai
Noriko Okuma
15–11, 13–15, 15–11 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Puerto Rico International Leonard Holvy de Pauw Derrick Ng
Phyllis Chan
16–21, 21–10, 21–13 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. ^ a b "Grace Peng". sgvbc.net. Archived from the original on 6 August 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.