Hung En-tzu
Taiwanese badminton player (born 2001)
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Hung En-tzu (Chinese: 洪恩慈; pinyin: Hóng Ēncí; born 6 July 2001) is a Taiwanese badminton player. Partnering with Hsieh Pei-shan, Hung achieved a career-high world ranking of No. 12 on 13 May 2025. Their victory at the 2025 Taipei Open Super 300 tournament was particularly notable; it ended Chinese Taipei’s 17-year wait for a women’s doubles crown at their home event and emulated the 2008 victory of their high school coach, Chien Yu-chin.[2]
Hung at 2023 National Games of Taiwan | |||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
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| Born | 6 July 2001 Taiwan | ||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||
| Country | Republic of China (Taiwan) | ||||||||
| Sport | Badminton | ||||||||
| Handedness | Left[1] | ||||||||
| Women's & mixed doubles | |||||||||
| Highest ranking | 8 (WD with Hsieh Pei-shan, 10 March 2026) 26 (XD with Lu Ming-che, 8 April 2025) | ||||||||
| Current ranking | 9 (WD with Hsieh Pei-shan) 43 (XD with Lu Ming-che) (21 April 2026) | ||||||||
| BWF profile | |||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Hung first grasp of senior international badminton come at Sydney International in 2017 where she manage to win in both women's singles and women's doubles category.[3]
In 2023, Hung focusing mostly on doubles performance and manage a final appearances in Nantes International and Vietnam Open respectively. In 2024, Hung paired with Hsieh Pei-shan, a senior who is 4 years older than her and win the very first BWF World Tour in 2024 Indonesia Masters Super 100.[4] Hung and Hsieh won their first Super 300 tournament on their homeground Taipei Open in 2025, beating Japanese young doubles of Miyu Takahashi and Mizuki Otake in straight games.[5] In the same year, they also won Macau Open against another Japanese young pair of Kaho Osawa and Mai Tanabe.[6]
Achievements
BWF World Tour (3 titles, 2 runners-up)
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[7] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are 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.[8]
Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Level | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
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| 2023 | Vietnam Open | Super 100 | 18–21, 14–21 | [9] | |||
| 2024 | Macau Open | Super 300 | 23–25, 21–18, 20–22 | [10] | |||
| 2024 (II) | Indonesia Masters | Super 100 | 21–19, 21–15 | [4] | |||
| 2025 | Taipei Open | Super 300 | 21–14, 21–15 | [5] | |||
| 2025 | Macau Open | Super 300 | 21–18, 21–12 | [6] |
BWF International Challenges/Series (2 titles, 2 runners-up)
Women's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
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| 2017 | Sydney International | 17–21, 21–18, 22–20 | [3] | ||
| 2019 | Portugal International | 12–21, 21–19, 11–21 | [11] |
Women's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref |
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| 2017 | Sydney International | 21–19, 21–19 | [3] | |||
| 2023 | Nantes International | 15–21, 14–21 | [12] |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament