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Badminton World Rankings – End of the Year 2017 Round-up

John Stuart 28th December 2017

Last updated on March 23rd, 2022 at 01:41 am

With the 2017 coming to a close it’s time to take a look at which badminton players are doing well and those who have fallen away. Here’s a quick end of year 2017 “Badminton World Rankings Round-up.”

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Badminton World Rankings – December 2017

Starting off with the men’s singles and it has been a terrific year for Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen as he became the World Champion and World number one and he remains top as 2017 comes to a close.

Men’s Singles Rankings
RankCountryPlayer Name
1DENViktor Axelsen
2MASLee Chong Wei
3CHNChen Long
4INDKidambi Srikanth
5KORSon Wan Ho

Now to the women’s singles and Tai Tzu Ying remains the dominant force in the women’s game having been at the top of the rankings for over a year.

Women’s Singles Rankings
RankCountryPlayer Name
1TPETai Tzu Ying
2JPNAkane Yamaguchi
3INDPusarla V. Sindhu
4ESPCarolina Marin
5KORSung Ji Hyun

Meanwhile switching focus to the mixed doubles sees China taking three out of the top five places in the rankings with Zheng Siwei and Chen Qingchen ending the year ranked number one. England’s Chris Adcock and Gabrielle Adcock manage a good end to the year managing fifth place.

Mixed Doubles Rankings
RankCountryPlayer Name
1CHN
CHN
Zheng Siwei
Chen Qingchen
2CHN
CHN
Lu Kai
Huang Yaqiong
3INA
INA
Tontowi Ahmad
Liliyana Natsir
4CHN
CHN
Wang Yilyu
Huang Dongping
5ENG
ENG
Chris Adcock
Gabrielle Adcock

The men’s doubles saw Indonesian pair Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo end the year as the best pair followed by Denmark’s Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen at number two.

Men’s Doubles Rankings
RankCountryPlayer Name
1INA
INA
Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
2DEN
DEN
Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen
3CHN
CHN
Li Junhui
Liu Yuchen
4CHN
CHN
Liu Cheng
Zhang Nan
5JPN
JPN
Takeshi Kamura
Keigo Sonoda

Round off the look at the end of year badminton world rankings are the women’s mixed doubles in which Chinese pair Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan can feel pleased finishing the year at number one. Japan has two pairs in the top five with the other spot going to Denmark.

Women’s Doubles Rankings
RankCountryPlayer Name
1CHN
CHN
Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan
2JPN
JPN
Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi
3DEN
DEN
Kamilla Rytter Juhl
Christinna Pedersen
4KOR
KOR
Chang Ye Na
Lee So Hee
5JPN
JPN
Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota

There you have it a good year of badminton I think and hopefully another good one in 2018 in which we have the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games to look forward to.

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