Liang Weikeng

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Liang.
Liang Weikeng
梁伟铿
Personal information
Country China
Born (2000-11-30) 30 November 2000 (age 23)
Baiyun District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Height 1.77 m
Handedness Right
Men's doubles
Highest ranking 1
Current ranking 1
BWF profile

Liang Weikeng (Chinese: 梁伟铿; pinyin: Liáng Wěikēng; born 30 November 2000) is a Chinese badminton player.[1] He was part of Chinese winning team at the 2023 Sudirman Cup, and at the same year won the men's doubles bronze medal at the BWF World Championships partnered with Wang Chang. Liang and Wang won their first title as a pair in the 2022 Japan Open.

In the junior events, Liang was a member of the Chinese junior squad that won gold medals in the 2018 World Junior Championships in Markham and the Asia Junior Championships in Jakarta.

Career

Liang partnered with Shang Yichen and won a bronze medal at the 2018 BWF World Junior Championships in the men's doubles event.[2][3] He also won a silver medal with Shang at the 2018 Badminton Asia Junior Championships after losing to compatriots Di Zijian and Wang Chang in the final.[4]

After a long hiatus, Liang returned to the international court at the 2022 Thailand Open with a new partner, Wang Chang. They were able to break in the men's doubles competition by beating a few top pairs, including Tokyo 2020 bronze medalists Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik and also world number 1 Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo to advance to the final of the Indonesia Masters.[5] In the final, they lost 10–21, 17–21 to home favorites Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto.[6] In the next tournament, they defeated the reigning World Champions Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi to reach the semi-finals of the Malaysia Masters,[5] but were then stopped by Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in straight games.[7] Liang then won his first international title in the Japan Open, where he and Wang defeating Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen in the final in three games.[8]

In the first half of the 2023 season, Liang and his partner Wang Chang showed quite significant progress. They were able to win 2 BWF World Tour titles in India and Thailand,[9][10] as well as being runners-up in Malaysia and Singapore.[11][12] Apart from that, Liang was part of the Chinese team that won the Sudirman Cup.[13][14] Liang and Wang's achievements were able to bring them to 2nd place in the BWF world rankings on 13 June 2023.[15]

In August, Liang and Wang won the bronze medal at the World Championships in Copenhagen.[16] They were defeated by home pair Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen in a close rubber game.[17] The Chinese rising pair then claimed their first ever BWF World Tour Super 1000 title at the China Open.[18]

Achievements

Olympic Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2024 Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris, France China Wang Chang Chinese Taipei Lee Yang
Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin		 17–21, 21–18, 19–21 Silver medal.svg Silver

World Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2023 Royal Arena,
Copenhagen, Denmark		 China Wang Chang Denmark Kim Astrup
Denmark Anders Skaarup Rasmussen		 21–17, 18–21, 19–21 Bronze Bronze [16][17]

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2024 Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium,
Ningbo, China		 China Wang Chang Malaysia Goh Sze Fei
Malaysia Nur Izzuddin		 21–17, 15–21, 21–10 Gold Gold

World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2018 Markham Pan Am Centre,
Markham, Canada		 China Shang Yichen South Korea Shin Tae-yang
South Korea Wang Chan		 12–21, 15–21 Bronze Bronze [2][3]

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2018 Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center,
Jakarta, Indonesia		 China Shang Yichen China Wang Chang
China Di Zijian		 21–18, 22–24, 19–21 Silver Silver [4]

BWF World Tour (7 titles, 4 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[19] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[20]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2022 Indonesia Masters Super 500 China Wang Chang Indonesia Fajar Alfian
Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto		 10–21, 17–21 2nd Runner-up [6]
2022 Japan Open Super 750 China Wang Chang Denmark Kim Astrup
Denmark Anders Skaarup Rasmussen		 21–18, 13–21, 21–17 1st Winner [8]
2023 Malaysia Open Super 1000 China Wang Chang Indonesia Fajar Alfian
Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto		 18–21, 21–18, 13–21 2nd Runner-up [11]
2023 India Open Super 750 China Wang Chang Malaysia Aaron Chia
Malaysia Soh Wooi Yik		 14–21, 21–19, 21–18 1st Winner [9]
2023 Thailand Open Super 500 China Wang Chang Indonesia Muhammad Shohibul Fikri
Indonesia Bagas Maulana		 21–10, 21–15 1st Winner [10]
2023 Singapore Open Super 750 China Wang Chang Japan Takuro Hoki
Japan Yugo Kobayashi		 13–21, 18–21 2nd Runner-up [12]
2023 China Open Super 1000 China Wang Chang Malaysia Aaron Chia
Malaysia Soh Wooi Yik		 21–12, 21–14 1st Winner [18]
2023 China Masters Super 750 China Wang Chang India Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
India Chirag Shetty		 21–19, 18–21, 21–19 1st Winner [21]
2023 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals China Wang Chang South Korea Kang Min-hyuk
South Korea Seo Seung-jae		 17–21, 20–22 2nd Runner-up
2024 Malaysia Open Super 1000 China Wang Chang India Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
India Chirag Shetty		 9–21, 21–18, 21–17 1st Winner [22]
2024 Indonesia Open Super 1000 China Wang Chang Malaysia Man Wei Chong
Malaysia Tee Kai Wun		 19–21, 21–16, 21–12 1st Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 runner-up)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Malaysia International China Shang Yichen Japan Hiroki Midorikawa
Japan Kyohei Yamashita		 21–18, 10–21, 16–21 2nd Runner-up

BWF Junior International (2 titles)

Boys' doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Banthongyord Junior International China Shang Yichen Japan Riku Hatano
Japan Takuma Kawamoto		 18–21, 21–16, 21–11 1st Winner
2018 Dutch Junior International China Shang Yichen India Krishna Prasad Garaga
India Dhruv Kapila		 22–20, 21–16 1st Winner
     BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
     BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
     BWF Junior International Series tournament
     BWF Junior Future Series tournament

References

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External links

  • Liang Weikeng at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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