Li Xuerui

In 2019, she played 25 times with 11 wins and 14 losses. She made to the quarter final at the All England Open, stopped by the 2017 World Champion from Japan Nozomi Okuhara with a score of 17–21, 14–21. After that, finished as the runner-up at the New Zealand Open, losing to South Korean youngster An Se-young with a score of 19–21, 15–21.

Li made her return to professional badminton at the 2017 National Games of China, where she played women's doubles but lost at the group stage. The reason for why she had played doubles instead of singles was that she was not yet fully recovered. In 2018, she made her return to international women's singles after a hiatus of 600 days at the 2018 Lingshui China Masters, which she won.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics women's singles semi-finals, Li Xuerui was defeated by world No. 1 Carolina Marín when she suffered injuries to her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and lateral meniscus. This forced her to withdraw from the bronze medal match against Nozomi Okuhara.

To avoid confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through 2016 Indonesia Open.

In 2015, Li Xuerui managed to defend her title at the Denmark Open at that time in the final she defeated P. V. Sindhu of India with a score of 21-19, 21-12.

In 2014, she succeeded to the World Championships final, then she lost to the Spanish player Carolina Marín with a score of 21–17, 17–21, 18–21.

Li won her first major tournament, the Asian Championships. In the final she defeated her compatriot, Liu Xin 21–13, 18–21, 21–19.

Li won the prestigious Super Series Premier event title at the All England Open for the first time by beating Wang Yihan in the final with a score of 21–13, 21–19.

In 2013, she won a silver medal in the World Championship when she was defeated by Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon with a score of 22–20, 18–21, 14–21.

In 2012, she repeated her success at the Asian Championships by defeating Wang Yihan with a score of 21–16, 16–21, 21–9.

The 2012 season could be said to be the career peak for Li Xuerui. She made her first appearance at the Olympic Games, and on August 5, she won the London Olympic gold medal, in the final she defeated fellow compatriot Wang Yihan with the rubber games with a score of 21–15, 21–23, 21–17.

In 2010, Li Xuerui won her first Grand Prix Gold title at the Macau Open, at the time in the final she defeated Adrianti Firdasari from Indonesia with a score of 21–18, 21–15.

In 2008, she won gold medal the Asian Junior championship, which took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Li Xuerui (born 24 January 1991) is a retired Chinese professional badminton player, she is one of the most successful players of her time. She was a gold medalist at 2012 London Olympic in the women's singles event and was the silver medalists in the 2013 and 2014 World Championships. Li Xuerui had won fourteen Superseries titles, confirmed her name as China's second most successful player after Wang Yihan. She reached a career high of no. 1 in the women's singles for 124 weeks. Li graduated with a BA from Huaqiao University.

She lost out to Busanan Ongbamrungphan 21-18, 20-22, 6-21 In Australian Open despite leading in the 2nd game. Then afterwards, her career witnessed a huge downfall. She competed in Indonesia, Thailand, Japan and China and lost in all of its 1st round matches. She announced her retirement from the international circuit in the 1st round match against Sayaka Takahashi in Korea Open dated 17th October after trailing in the 2nd game 15-21, 3-11.