dja Badminton
Top badminton players and their chosen rackets
by Daniel A. Jones
It’s been a very interesting year in professional badminton with veterans and youngsters both having amazing campaigns. I have been impressed by so many performances of the top ranked singles players and doubles teams. Badminton World Federation has done an outstanding job of promoting the best sport on Earth – a healthy activity for your lifetime. I will write about the various tournaments and individual accomplishments throughout the 2017 season.
For now I want to introduce just a few of the top players for 2017, and I will list some of the current badminton rackets used by many of these players. These are rackets I have found that they have used in the 2016 season from either the racket maker or BWF as the main sources. Of course, many of the pros will change models for 2017.
Up and coming men’s and women’s players in doubles and singles –
CHEN Qingchen
Jhe-huei LEE
Yang LEE
Beiwen ZHANG
Top singles players –
TAI Tzu Ying
LEE Chong Wei
CHEN Long
Ratchanok INTANON
Jan O. Jorgensen
Top doubles players –
ZHANG Nan
CHEN Qingchen
Wee Kiong TAN
Misaki MATSUTOMO
Kevin Sanjaya SUKAMULJO
Keigo SONODA
KO Sung Hyun
Rackets used by selected professional badminton players –
Jan O. JORGENSEN
Yonex Voltric 80 E-tune
LEE Chong Wei
Yonex Duora 10
Markus Fernaldi GIDEON
Victor MX90
Kevin Sanjaya SUKAMULJO
Victor Jetspeed S 10
Wee Kiong TAN
Victor Jetspeed S 10
TAI Tzu Ying
Victor TI99, formerly Hypermano X 800
Carolina MARIN
Yonex Nanoray Z-Speed
NG Ka Long Angus
Victor TK8000
Akane YAMAGUCHI
Yonex Voltric 70 E-tune
Liliyana NATSIR
Victor JS 8 S Natsir L
Tontowi AHMAD
Victor JS S8 PS
SUNG Ji Hyun
Victor JS-8 ST and Victor Brave Sword 12 (per BWF profile)
SON Wan Ho
Victor Hypermano X 800
YOO Yeon Seong
Victor Brave Sword 12
Christinna PEDERSEN
Yonex Nanoray 800
Saina NEHWAL
Yonex Nanoray 900
Marc ZWIEBLER
Yonex Voltric 70 E-tune
Yonex Arcsaber 11
Mathias BOE
Yonex Duora 10
Carsten MOGENSEN
Yonex Duora 10
Mohammad AHSAN
Yonex Nanoray 900
Victor AXELSEN
Yonex Arcsaber 11
CHOU Tien Chen
Yonex Duora 10
Tommy SUGIARTO
Yonex Voltric 80 E-tune
KIDAMBI Srikanth
Yonex Voltric Z –Force II
Ratchanok INTANON
Yonex Voltric 70 E-tune
PUSARLA V. Sindhu
Yonex Voltric Z –Force II
Greysia POLII
Yonex Nanoray 900
Nitya Krishinda MAHESWARI
Yonex Nanoray GianZ
Chris ADCOCK
Yonex Voltric Z –Force II
Gabrielle ADCOCK
Yonex Voltric Z –Force II
Peter GADE
Yonex Voltric 80 E-tune
Tanongsak SAENSOMBOONSUK
Yonex Voltric 80 E-tune
Hans-Kristian VITTINGHUS
Carlton Kinesis X900 LTD
Rajiv OUSEPH
Yonex Nanoray 9000 – maybe 900 actually
WONG Wing Ki Vincent
Yonex Voltric 70 E-tune
Iskandar ZULKARNAIN
Victor Jetspeed 10
Porntip BURANAPRASERTSUK
Li-ning n90II
Kirsty GILMOUR
Yonex Voltric I-Force
Line KJAERSFELDT
FZ Forza Kevlar CNT-Power 10000s
Karin SCHNAASE
Yonex Nanoray 800
Misaki MATSUTOMO
Wilson CX 9000 J (FIERCE)
JUNG Kyung Eun
Victor Zet Speed S 10
Selena PIEK
Babolat Satellite Power
Gabriela STOEVA
Babolat Essential (blue)
Heather OLVER
Babolat Satellite Power Metrix Flex 6.5
Kim ASTRUP
Yonex Arcsaber 11
Marcus ELLIS
Yonex Voltric Z Force II
Chris LANGRIDGE
Carlton Vapour Trail Tour DSiL
Michael FUCHS
Yonex Voltric 80 E-tune
KO Sung Hyun
Victor Brave Sword 12
Natalia Koch ROHDE
Victor Wave Power 6600
Liu Ying GOH
Victor HX800
CHAU Hoi Wah
Victor Jetspeed 10
Bodin ISARA
Yonex Voltric Z Force
PEI Jing Lai
Victor Jetspeed 10
LEE Chun Hei Reginald
Victor TK 900
KIM Ha Na
Victor Hypermano X 800