Last updated on December 24th, 2019 at 04:31 pm
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Japan’s Kento Momota is still flying high in the men’s singles game with Chou Tien Chen close behind at number 2. England’s highest ranked men’s player is Toby Penty at number 55.
In the women’s singles China’s Chen Yu Fei is at number one. In fact the there are several top players all vying for the coveted number one position. Those players include Tai Tzu-ying, Nozomi Okuhara and Akane Yamaguchi. Carolina Marin back from injury retains her top 10 ranking whilst Scotland’s Kirsty Gilmour is at number 34. Meanwhile England’s highest ranked player Chloe Birch is at 57.
England’s top men’s doubles pair Marcus Ellis / Chris Langridge are ranked at 21 with their fellow countryman Ben Lane / Sean Vendy at 31.
Meanwhile in the women’s doubles the Netherlands pairing of Selena Piek / Cheryl Seinen are at number 20. England’s highest pairing of Chloe Birch / Lauren Smith are at 22. Meanwhile Australia’s Gronya Somerville / Setyana Mapasa move to number 27.
The mixed doubles is England’s strongest event with three pairs within the top 30. Marcus Ellis/Lauren Smith (11), Chris Adcock/Gabrielle Adcock (12) & Ben Lane/Jessica Pugh (26).
Badminton World Rankings (24 December 2019)
Men’s Singles BWF Ranking – Top 10
| Rank | Country | Player Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | JPN | Kento Momota |
| 2 | TPE | Chou Tien Chen |
| 3 | CHN | Chen Long |
| 4 | DEN | Anders Antonsen |
| 5 | DEN | Viktor Axelsen |
| 6 | INA | Jonatan Christie |
| 7 | INA | Anthony Sinisuka Ginting |
| 8 | CHN | Shi Yuqi |
| 9 | HKG | NG Ka Long Angus |
| 10 | JPN | Kanta Tsuneyama |
| 10 | IND | |
| Others | ||
| 11 | IND | Sai Praneeth B. |
| 12 | IND | Kidambi Srikanth |
| 16 | JPN | Kenta Nishimoto |
| 17 | CHN | Lin Dan |
| 22 | DEN | Jan O Jorgensen |
| 23 | IND | Parupalli Kashyap |
| 55 | ENG | Toby Penty |
Women’s Singles BWF Ranking – Top 10
| Rank | Country | Player Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHN | Chen Yu Fei |
| 2 | TPE | Tai Tzu Ying |
| 3 | JPN | Akane Yamaguchi |
| 4 | JPN | Nozomi Okuhara |
| 5 | THA | Ratchanok Intanon |
| 6 | IND | Pusarla V. Sindhu |
| 7 | CHN | HE Bing Jiao |
| 8 | CAN | Michelle Li |
| 9 | KOR | An Se Young |
| 10 | ESP | Carolina Marin |
| Others | ||
| 11 | IND | Saina Nehwal |
| 12 | KOR | Sung Ji Hyun |
| 13 | DEN | Mia Blichfeldt |
| 14 | JPN | Sayaka Takahashi |
| 16 | USA | Beiwen Zhang |
| 20 | CHN | Han Yue |
| 30 | DEN | Line Højmark Kjaersfeldt |
| 34 | SCO | Kirsty Gilmour |
| 57 | ENG | Chloe Birch |
Men’s Doubles BWF Ranking – Top 10
| Rank | Country | Player Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | INA INA | Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo |
| 2 | INA INA | Hendra Setiawan Mohammad Ahsan |
| 3 | JPN JPN | Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda |
| 4 | CHN CHN | Li Jun Hui Liu Yu Chen |
| 5 | INA INA | Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto |
| 6 | JPN JPN | Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe |
| 7 | TPE TPE | Lee Yang Wang Chi-Lin |
| 8 | MAS MAS | Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik |
| 9 | KOR KOR | Choi SolGyu Seo Seung Jae |
| 10 | MAS MAS | Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong |
| Others | ||
| 11 | CHN CHN | Han Cheng Kai Zhou Hao Dong |
| 12 | IND IND | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty |
| 13 | DEN DEN | Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen |
| 18 | GER GER | Mark Lamsfuss Marvin Emil Seidel |
| 20 | DEN DEN | Mathias Boe Mads Conrad-Petersen |
| 21 | ENG ENG | Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge |
| 28 | RUS RUS | Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov |
| 31 | ENG ENG | Ben Lane Sean Vendy |
Women’s Doubles BWF Ranking – Top 10
| Rank | Country | Player Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHN CHN | Chen Qing Chen Jia Yi Fan |
| 2 | JPN JPN | Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota |
| 3 | JPN JPN | Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara |
| 4 | JPN JPN | Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi |
| 5 | KOR KOR | Kim So Yeong Kong Hee Yong |
| 6 | KOR KOR | Lee So Hee Shin Seung Chan |
| 7 | CHN CHN | Du Yue Li Yin Hui |
| 8 | INA INA | Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu |
| 9 | THA THA | Jongkolphan Kititharakul Rawinda Prajongjai |
| 10 | CHN CHN | Li Wen Mei Zheng Yu |
| Others | ||
| 14 | BUL BUL | Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva |
| 20 | NED NED | Selena Piek Cheryl Seinen |
| 22 | ENG ENG | Chloe Birch Lauren Smith |
| 25 | RUS RUS | Ekaterina Bolotova Alina Davletova |
| 27 | AUS AUS | Setyana Mapasa Gronya Somerville |
| 29 | FRA FRA | Emilie Lefel Anne Tran |
| 30 | IND IND | Ashwini Ponnappa Reddy N. Sikki |
| 31 | DEN DEN | Maiken Fruergaard Sara Thygesen |
Mixed Doubles BWF Ranking – Top 10
| Rank | Country | Player Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHN CHN | Zheng Si Wei Huang Ya Qiong |
| 2 | CHN CHN | Wang Yi Lyu Huang Dong Ping |
| 3 | JPN JPN | Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino |
| 4 | THA THA | Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai |
| 5 | INA INA | Praveen Jordan Melati Daeva Oktavianti |
| 6 | MAS MAS | Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying |
| 7 | KOR KOR | Seo Seung Jae Chae YuJung |
| 8 | MAS MAS | Goh Soon Huat Lai Shevon Jemie |
| 9 | INA INA | Hafiz Faizal Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja |
| 10 | HKG HKG | Tang Chun Man TSE Ying Suet |
| Others | ||
| 11 | ENG ENG | Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith |
| 12 | ENG ENG | Chris Adcock Gabrielle Adcock |
| 13 | CHN CHN | HE Jiting DU Yue |
| 15 | NED NED | Robin Tabeling Selena Piek |
| 17 | GER GER | Mark Lamsfuss Isabel Herttrich |
| 22 | FRA FRA | Thom Gicquel Delphine Delrue |
| 26 | ENG ENG | Ben Lane Jessica Pugh |
| 28 | IND IND | Pranaav Jerry Chopra Reddy N. Sikki |
| 31 | IRL IRL | Sam Magee Chloe Magee |
These are the top 10 Badminton Players in the BWF World Rankings.
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