Men’s singles
| Rank | Country | Player | Points |
| 1 |
 |
LEE Chong Wei | 97323.0828 |
| 2 |
 |
CHEN Long | 88225.0064 |
| 3 |
|
DU Pengyu | 68130.0000 |
| 4 |
 |
Boonsak PONSANA | 60307.9914 |
| 5 |
 |
Kenichi TAGO | 57724.9656 |
| 6 |
 |
Tommy SUGIARTO | 57677.9500 |
| 7 |
 |
Tien Minh NGUYEN | 57516.7218 |
| 8 |
 |
HU Yun | 57158.6000 |
| 9 |
 |
Jan O JORGENSEN | 55078.3484 |
| 10 |
|
WANG Zhengming | 51030.0000 |
| 25 |
 |
CHOU Tien Chen |
37900.0000
|
Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia is still ranked No. 1. If he can keep top spot until the first week of October he will have held it for a full year. Following close behind are China’s Chen Long and Du Peng Yu.
The player who has attracted most attention this month is the ROK’s Shon Wan Ho who not only took the title at the Chinese Taipei Open in the first week of September, he also took second at the China Masters, winning 11 times in succession in 13 days, an impressive record indeed. The points he won from the Masters have not been added yet but the 7000 he pocketed for the Chinese Taipei success have sent his world ranking rocketing up 109 places. (now ranked 124th)
Women’s singles
| Rank | Country | Player | Points |
| 1 |
|
LI Xuerui | 85819.9715 |
| 2 |
|
Ratchanok INTANON | 78028.1795 |
| 3 |
 |
Juliane SCHENK | 73423.5663 |
| 4 |
 |
Saina NEHWAL | 70910.0000 |
| 5 |
|
WANG Yihan | 69448.4749 |
| 6 |
 |
SUNG Ji Hyun | 68557.5837 |
| 7 |
|
WANG Shixian | 60960.0000 |
| 8 |
|
TAI Tzu Ying | 59899.3326 |
| 9 |
|
Minatsu MITANI | 56277.0000 |
| 10 |
|
P. V. Sindhu | 55172.0000 |
| 12 |
|
BAE Yeon Ju | 51740.0000 |
| 26 |
|
PAI Hsiao Ma | 38590.0000 |
The top spot is held by China’s Li Xue Rui; in second is Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon who is still young but has showed great skill in competition this year and took the title at the Badminton World Championship in August. She is one of the players who threaten Li Xue Rui’s reign as No. 1
The ROK’s top women’s singles player Sung Ji Hyun is ranked 6th. Chinese Taipei’s Tai Tzu Ying, renowned for her speed, is 8th.Both players are around 1000 points behind the player in front of them and if they can win a few more matches it can be expected that they will rise further in the rankings.
Men’s doubles
| Rank | Country | Player | Points |
| 1 |
|
84545.8812 | |
| 2 |
|
Hendra SETIAWAN
Mohammad AHSAN
|
74110.0000 |
| 3 |
|
Mathias BOE
Carsten MOGENSEN
|
72061.9007 |
| 4 |
|
Kien Keat KOO
Boon Heong TAN
|
71440.3459 |
| 5 |
|
68989.0000 | |
| 6 |
|
Hiroyuki ENDO
Kenichi HAYAKAWA
|
68905.3068 |
| 7 |
|
LIU Xiaolong
QIU Zihan
|
62559.5297 |
| 8 |
|
YOO Yeon Seong | 59090.0000 |
| 9 |
|
CAI Yun
FU Haifeng
|
56347.4635 |
| 10 |
 |
LEE Sheng Mu TSAI Chia Hsin |
55042.1774 |
The ROK’s LEE Yong Dae／KO Sung Hyun are top ranked. The ROK has another two pairs in the top 10 as well; they are 5th ranked Kim Ki Jung／Kim Sa Rang and 8th ranked Shin Baek Choel／ Yoo Yeon Seong.
The points Kim Ki Jung／Kim Sa Rang gained after beating Chinese Taipei’s Lee Sheng Mu／Tsai Chia Hsin in the final of the Chinese Taipei Open pushed their ranking up from 6th to 5th. With the points they gained for second place, Lee／Tsai also saw their ranking rise, from 0h to 11th.
Women’s doubles Top 10
| Rank | Country | Player | Points |
| 1 |
|
WANG Xiaoli
YU Yang (F)
|
90455.3868 |
| 2 |
|
MA Jin
TANG Jinhua
|
72810.0000 |
| 3 |
|
Misaki MATSUTOMO
Ayaka TAKAHASHI
|
69800.1634 |
| 4 |
|
Kamilla RYTTER JUHL
Christinna PEDERSEN
|
66355.6336 |
| 5 |
|
EOM Hye Won
JANG Ye Na
|
63200.0000 |
| 6 |
|
60059.9943 | |
| 7 |
|
Duanganong AROONKESORN
Kunchala VORAVICHITCHAIKUL
|
54528.4839 |
| 8 |
|
Pia Zebadiah BERNADETH
Rizki Amelia PRADIPTA
|
54410.0000 |
| 9 |
|
TIAN Qing
ZHAO Yunlei
|
49900.0000 |
| 10 |
|
POON Lok Yan
TSE Ying Suet
|
48903.8484 |
| 11 |
|
LEE So Hee KORSHIN Seung Chan |
48360.0000 |
| 13 |
|
KO A Ra YOO Hae Won |
43050.0000 |
| 16 |
|
CHOI Hye In
KORSo Young KIM
|
41290.0000 |
Yu Yang／Wang Xiao Li of China are in top spot, followed by compatriots Ma Jin／Tang Jin Hua. Last year China’s women performed well and there were several Chinese pairs in the top 20 in the mixed doubles at one time, winning them the nickname the “Golden Flower Legion.”
However, this year China is not the only country to achieve this feat and the ROK, like China, has five pairs in the top 20 at present.
In particular, Badminton World Championship title winners Eom Hye Won／Jang Ye Na and Chinese Taipei Open winners KIM Ha Na／JUNG Kyung Eun are now ranked 5th and 6th in the world, respectively.
Mixed doubles Top 10
| Rank | Country | Player | Points |
| 1 |
|
XU Chen
MA Jin
|
92610.7000 |
| 2 |
|
89152.0000 | |
| 3 |
|
ZHANG Nan
ZHAO Yunlei
|
86140.5344 |
| 4 |
|
Joachim FISCHER NIELSEN
Christinna PEDERSEN
|
73718.6000 |
| 5 |
|
Peng Soon CHAN
Liu Ying GOH
|
69697.7000 |
| 6 |
|
Muhammad RIJAL
Debby SUSANTO
|
59117.0000 |
| 7 |
 |
Robert MATEUSIAK
Nadiezda ZIEBA *
|
56760.0000 |
| 8 |
|
Sudket PRAPAKAMOL
Saralee THOUNGTHONGKAM
|
56477.7000 |
| 9 |
|
Markis KIDO
Pia Zebadiah BERNADETH
|
50820.0000 |
| 10 |
|
SHIN Baek Choel KORJANG Ye Na |
50500.0000 |
| 15 |
|
SHIN Baek Choel EOM Hye Won |
41940.0000 |
After taking the title at the Badminton World Championships in August, Indonesia’s star mixed doubles pair Tontowi AHMAD／Liliyana NATSIR bagged 12000 points and they are currently ranked second in the world.
The ranking of the ROK’s Shin Baek Choel／Jang Ye Na has moved up steadily this year. They were still ranked 131 st in March but have climbed up to 10th after taking the title at the Chinese Taipei Open and are only 300 points behind KIDO／BERNADETH who are ranked ninth.
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2013-09-18 |
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