Hsu Ya-ching

Hsu Ya-ching
許雅晴
Hsu Ya-ching; 許雅晴
	Hsu at the 2017 Summer Universiade
Personal information
Country	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Born	30 July 1991 (age 33); Tainan, Taiwan
Residence	Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Spouse	Lin Chia-yu (m. 2018)
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	21 (WS, 18 June 2015); 17 (WD with Wu Ti-jung, 15 June 2017); 21 (XD with Lee Jhe-huei, 17 March 2020)
Current ranking	76 (WD with Sung Yu-hsuan, 18 March 2025)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Chinese Taipei
East Asian Games
Summer Universiade
	BWF profile

Hsu Ya-ching (Chinese: 許雅晴; pinyin: Xǔ Yǎqíng; born 30 July 1991) is a Taiwanese badminton player.^[1]

Personal life

Hsu is married to former doubles partner Lin Chia-yu.^[2]

Career

She started playing badminton at aged 10, then in 2009 she joined Chinese Taipei national badminton team.^[1] She participated in the 2015 Malaysia Super Series Premier Qualification, in the 2015 Japan Super Series and in the 2014 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold.

Achievements

Summer Universiade

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan	Wu Ti-jung	Chayanit Chaladchalam Phataimas Muenwong	21–17, 22–20	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Taipei Gymnasium, Taipei, Taiwan	Lee Yang	Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub Goh Yea Ching	14–21, 16–21	Bronze

World University Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Sports Palace "Borisoglebskiy", Ramenskoe, Russia	Lee Yang	Mohd Lutfi Zaim Abdul Khalid Shevon Jamie Lai	21–13, 21–19	Gold

BWF World Tour (1 title, 3 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[3] 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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[4]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Orléans Masters	Super 100	Hu Ling-fang	Chloe Birch Lauren Smith	18–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2024	Swiss Open	Super 300	Lin Wan-ching	Lanny Tria Mayasari Ribka Sugiarto	21–13, 16–21, 8–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	U.S. Open	Super 300	Lee Jhe-huei	Thom Gicquel Delphine Delrue	21–17, 21–17	Winner
2019	Vietnam Open	Super 100	Lee Jhe-huei	Guo Xinwa Zhang Shuxian	21–18, 20–22, 8–21	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Dutch Open	Zhang Beiwen	11–21, 19–21	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 4 runners-up)

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Polish International	Cheng Chi-ya	18–21, 21–14, 17–21	Runner-up
2013	Malaysia International	Pai Yu-po	21–6, 21–13	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Polish International	Chiang Mei-hui	Lee Chia-hsin Wu Ti-jung	10–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2022	Italian International	Lin Wan-ching	Jin Yujia Crystal Wong	21–8, 21–8	Winner
2022	Bonn International	Lin Wan-ching	Lanny Tria Mayasari Jesita Putri Miantoro	21–19, 12–21, 21–16	Winner
2022	Nantes International	Lin Wan-ching	Julie Finne-Ipsen Mai Surrow	22–24, 17–21	Runner-up
2023	Northern Marianas Open	Lin Wan-ching	Lee Yu-lim Shin Seung-chan	21–19, 18–21, 22–20	Winner
2023	Saipan International	Lin Wan-ching	Sayaka Hobara Yui Suizu	21–10, 21–18	Winner
2025	Vietnam International	Sung Yu-hsuan	Hina Osawa Akari Sato	13–21, 12–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Polish International	Lin Chia-hsuan	Lu Ching-yao Pai Yu-po	12–21, 21–16, 21–18	Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

References

^ ^a ^b "Players: Hsu Ya Ching". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
^ "合庫首對羽球佳偶約會看棒球" (in Chinese). 19 July 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
^ 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.