Nguyễn Thùy Linh
Vietnamese badminton player (born 1997)
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Nguyễn Thùy Linh (born 20 November 1997) is a Vietnamese badminton player.[1] She started her career by leaving her hometown in Phú Thọ Province, train at the Hanoi badminton club, and later joined Da Nang club. She represented her country at the 2015 SEA Games when she was 18 years old.
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| Born | 20 November 1997 Phú Thọ, Vietnam | ||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2015–present | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country | Vietnam | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Badminton | ||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||
| Women's singles | |||||||||||||||
| Career record | 186 wins, 103 losses | ||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 17 (16 September 2025) | ||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 26 (7 July 2026) | ||||||||||||||
| BWF profile | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She also competed for Vietnam at the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2024 Summer Olympics.[2]
Career
2016
She won her first international title at the 2016 Nepal International, and at the same year, she entered the top 100 in the women's singles world ranking.[3]
2022
She won a bronze medal in the 2021 SEA Games mixed team event.[4] She also competed in the 2022 BWF World Championships and made a huge upset when she won against Aya Ohori in the first round. She lost the second round to eventual bronze medalist An Se-young. [5]
On September, she won the Belgian International tournament, defeating Hirari Mizui in the final.[6] A month later, she won her first ever World Tour title at the home tournament Vietnam Open.
Achievements
BWF World Tour (3 titles, 6 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 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.[8]
Women's singles
| Year | Tournament | Level | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Vietnam Open | Super 100 |  Goh Jin Wei |
21–15, 21–13 |  Winner |
| 2023 | Vietnam Open | Super 100 |  Akari Kurihara |
21–14, 11–21, 21–19 | Winner |
| 2024 | German Open | Super 300 |  Mia Blichfeldt |
11–21, 9–21 |  Runner-up |
| 2024 | Vietnam Open | Super 100 | Kaoru Sugiyama |
21–15, 22–20 | Winner |
| 2025 | German Open | Super 300 |  Yeo Jia Min |
16–21, 17–21 | Runner-up |
| 2025 | Canada Open | Super 300 | Manami Suizu |
12–21, 14–21 | Runner-up |
| 2025 | Vietnam Open | Super 100 |  Cai Yanyan |
17–21, 21–23 | Runner-up |
| 2025 | Korea Masters | Super 300 |  Chiu Pin-chian |
16–21, 15–21 | Runner-up |
| 2026 | Taipei Open | Super 300 |  Tanvi Sharma |
16–21, 16–21 | Runner-up |
BWF International Challenge/Series (9 titles, 6 runners-up)
Women's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Bangladesh International |  Vũ Thị Trang |
18–21, 13–21 | Runner-up |
| 2016 | Nepal International |  Devi Yunita Indah Sari |
21–17, 21–16 | Winner |
| 2017 | Mongolia International |  Han So-yeon |
21–18, 21–9 | Winner |
| 2017 | Lao International |  Benyapa Aimsaard |
21–12, 16–21, 21–11 | Winner |
| 2017 | Italian International | Line Christophersen |
24–22, 16–21, 23–21 | Winner |
| 2018 | Bangladesh International | Putri Kusuma Wardani |
21–18, 21–19 | Winner |
| 2019 | Hungarian International |  Neslihan Yiğit |
16–21, 21–12, 18–21 | Runner-up |
| 2019 | Norwegian International | Sung Shuo-yun |
16–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |
| 2019 | Bangladesh International |  Crystal Pan |
21–8, 21–16 | Winner |
| 2020 | Austrian Open | Yukino Nakai |
13–21, 18–21 | Runner-up |
| 2022 | Belgian International | Hirari Mizui |
21–19, 21–16 | Winner |
| 2022 | Bendigo International | Sung Shuo-yun |
19–21, 15–21 | Runner-up |
| 2022 | Vietnam International Series | Vũ Thị Trang |
21–15, 21–9 | Winner |
| 2023 | Thailand International | Asuka Takahashi |
17–21, 17–21 | Runner-up |
| 2023 | Vietnam International | Asuka Takahashi |
21–7, 15–21, 21–12 | Winner |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
