Swiss Open 2025: Meet The Winners, Chen Yufei And Li Shifeng

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The Swiss Open 2025 took place at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel and concluded on 23 March. The tournament was a part of the BWF World Tour categorized as a Super 300-level tournament and featured a huge prize pool of $250,000. 

The event featured many notable performances like Sankar Subramanian, a rising badminton star defeating World Number 2, Anders Antonsen in the Round of 16, but the standout performances remain to be of Chen Yufei and Li Shifeng, the winners of the Swiss Open in the singles category. 

Chen Yufei secured the women’s singles title after defeating Højmark Kjærsfeldt which marked her first win in the 2025 season after losing the Orleans Masters in the finals to An Se-Young. She only appeared in three tournaments in the 2025 season, winning the Swiss Open and being the runner-up of the Orleans Masters. This win also ended her title drought as she last won a title in 2023 at the Indonesia Open. She was also a previous champion of the Swiss Open having previously won in 2019. 

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Li Shifeng, on the other hand, clinched his title by defeating Weng Hongyang. He appeared in five tournaments in his 2025 campaign, having reached the semi-finals in two of them and losing to Shi Yuqi in both of them. In the absence of his arch-rival, Shi Yuqi, as he experienced an early exit, he took the opportunity to shine and won his well-deserved title. 

With that being said, the Chinese duo definitely deserves applause so let’s take a look at their achievements.

Trophy Cabinet of Chen Yufei

Chen Yufei is a promising Chinese badminton player known for her remarkable achievements in the sport. Her career-high ranking is World Number 1, and she’s currently placed in the 13th position. She had a notable career with several achievements like the bronze and silver medals in the World Championships in 2017 and 2022, respectively. She also won a silver medal in 2018 at the Asian Games in a team event. 

She has won multiple BWF Tour Titles over the years, like the Swiss Open and All-England Open. She also won the BWF World Championship in 2019, showing her dominance in the sport. Her most valuable achievement remained to be the gold medal in women’s singles at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 which solidified her position in the sport as one of the top players.

Amazing Achievements of Li Shifeng

Li Shifeng has a career record of 198 wins and 80 losses with the highest ranking of World Number 3. He has been a key player since his junior year, as he was a part of the winning team at the World Junior Championships in 2017 and 2018. He also helped his team secure gold at the Asian Junior Championships in 2018. 

He represented China and won the gold in the boy’s singles at the Youth Olympic Games in 2018. He also won the All-England Open title in 2023 by defeating his arch-enemy, Shi Yuqi. He then won the gold in the men’s singles at the Asian Games 2022. He’s currently ranked as the World Number 6, and his current form promises an incredible 2025 campaign.

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