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(Top) 1 Career 1.1 2022 2 Achievements 2.1 Asian Championships 2.2 BWF World Tour (2 titles, 4 runners-up) 3 References 4 External links

Lu Guangzu

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Lu Guangzu
陆光祖

Personal information

Country

China

Born

19 October 1996 (age 27)
Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China

Years active

2016–present

Handedness

Right

Men's singles

Highest ranking

10 (17 January 2023)

Current ranking

16 (18 June 2024)

Medal record

Men's badminton

Representing China
Sudirman Cup
	2021 Vantaa	Mixed team
	2023 Suzhou	Mixed team
Thomas Cup
	2024 Chengdu	Men's team
	2020 Aarhus	Men's team
Asian Games
	2022 Hangzhou	Men's team
Asian Championships
	2023 Dubai	Men's singles
Asia Mixed Team Championships
	2019 Hong Kong	Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
	2024 Selangor	Men's team
	2018 Alor Setar	Men's team

BWF profile

Lu Guangzu (Chinese: 陆光祖; pinyin: Lù Guāngzǔ; Wade–Giles: Lu Guangzu; born on 19 October 1996) is a Chinese badminton player.^[1]In2018, Lu made into his first final at the Lingshui China Masters. Since then, he both won Australian Open and Canada Open's titles.

Career

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2022

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Lu reached the final of the Australian Open, his first final in four years, defeating world No.2 Lee Zii Jia en route.^[2] Although he lost to compatriot Shi Yuqi in three games,^[3] he qualified for the World Tour Finals for the first time in his career. In his group, he defeated Prannoy H. S. in a tight three-game match, but failed to qualify for the semi-finals as he lost to world No.1 Viktor Axelsen and Kodai Naraoka, both in straight games.^[4]

Achievements

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Asian Championships

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Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2023	Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Loh Kean Yew	19–21, 15–21	Bronze

BWF World Tour (2 titles, 4 runners-up)

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The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[5] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[6]

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Syed Modi International	Super 300	Sameer Verma	21–16, 19–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2018	Canada Open	Super 100	Minoru Koga	21–15, 21–10	Winner
2018	Australian Open	Super 300	Zhou Zeqi	21–8, 23–21	Winner
2018	Lingshui China Masters	Super 100	Lin Yu-hsien	21–12, 12–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2022	Australian Open	Super 300	Shi Yuqi	19–21, 21–18, 5–21	Runner-up
2023	China Open	Super 1000	Viktor Axelsen	16–21, 19–21	Runner-up

References

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^ "Player: Lu Guangzu". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 20 July 2018.

^ "Australian Open: Zii Jia fails to qualify for World Tour Finals after second-round exit". Stadiumastro. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2022.

^ "Shi Yuqi continues revival at Australian Open as top seed An Seyoung takes women's title". Olympics.com. 20 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.

^ "Semifinalists decided for super Saturday". BWF. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2022.

^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.

^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.