Ng_Ka_Long Knowpia

Ng Ka Long
Ng Ka Long
Traditional Chinese	伍家朗
Simplified Chinese	伍家朗
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Wǔ Jiālǎng
Wade–Giles	Wu Chia Lang
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Ng5 Gaa1 Long5

Angus Ng Ka Long
伍家朗
Angus Ng Ka Long; 伍家朗
Personal information
Country	Hong Kong
Born	24 June 1994 (age 29); Hong Kong
Residence	Hong Kong
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Wong Choong Hann
Men's singles
Career record	306 wins, 191 losses
Highest ranking	6 (11 November 2017)
Current ranking	20 (14 November 2023)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Hong Kong
Asia Mixed Team Championships
East Asian Games
World Junior Championships
Asian Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Angus Ng Ka Long (born 24 June 1994) is a badminton player from Hong Kong. He has a career-high ranking of 6th in the men's singles discipline. He won the 2016 Hong Kong Super Series, the 2020 Thailand Masters and the 2023 German Open.

Early life and education edit

Ng trained at the Hong Kong Sports Institute. He credits his father as the main influence on his career.^[1] His grandmother from his mother's side is Chinese-Indonesian.^[3]

Career edit

At the 2010 BWF World Junior Championships, Guadalajara, he won a bronze medal in the men's doubles category. He won gold in the men's doubles in 2012 in Chiba Prefecture. He won bronze in the 2012 Asian Junior Championships in men's doubles.

In 2013, Ng participated in the 2013 BWF World Championships in Guangzhou, China, was the runner-up at the Vietnam International Challenge in men's singles, and competed in the 2013 East Asian Games in Tianjin for Hong Kong, winning a silver medal in the men's team and bronze in the men's doubles.

In 2014, Ng won the China International Challenge, Osaka International Challenge and Irish Open. He was the runner-up at the Canadian Grand Prix and the Swiss International tournaments.

In 2015, Ng won the men's singles title at the Austrian Open. He later won his first Grand Prix title at the Bitburger Open.^[4] He also came second at the Canadian Grand Prix and reached the semifinals at the Hong Kong Super Series, having beaten top 10 players like Lin Dan and Chou Tien Chen before losing to the legendary Lee Chong Wei.

In 2016, Ng made history by becoming the first home player to win the men's singles title at the Hong Kong Open, beating India's Sameer Verma in the final. He also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[5]

After a damp 2022, Ng found his form in 2023 by reaching the final of the Thailand Masters and winning the German Open. At the 2023 Badminton Asia Championships, he defeated the defending champion Lee Zii Jia in straight games in the first round, which was his second consecutive victory over the former All England champion.^[6]^[7]

Achievements edit

East Asian Games edit

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Binhai New Area Dagang Gymnasium, Tianjin, China	Lee Chun Hei	Lee Sheng-mu Tsai Chia-hsin	11–21, 19–21	Bronze

BWF World Junior Championships edit

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Domo del Code Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico	Lee Chun Hei	Nelson Heg Wei Keat Teo Ee Yi	21–17, 15–21, 11–21	Bronze
2012	Chiba Port Arena, Chiba, Japan	Lee Chun Hei	Takuto Inoue Yuki Kaneko	21–16, 21–17	Gold

Asian Junior Championships edit

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Gimcheon Indoor Stadium, Gimcheon, South Korea	Lee Chun Hei	Arya Maulana Aldiartama Edi Subaktiar	21–15, 24–26, 15–21	Bronze

BWF World Tour (2 titles, 6 runners-up) edit

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[8] 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.^[9]

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	German Open	Super 300	Chou Tien-chen	19–21, 21–18, 18–21	Runner-up
2019	New Zealand Open	Super 300	Jonatan Christie	12–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2019	Thailand Open	Super 500	Chou Tien-chen	14–21, 21–11, 21–23	Runner-up
2020	Thailand Masters	Super 300	Kenta Nishimoto	16–21, 21–13, 21–12	Winner
2020 (I)	Thailand Open	Super 1000	Viktor Axelsen	14–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2022	Malaysia Masters	Super 500	Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo	20–22, 15–21	Runner-up
2023	Thailand Masters	Super 300	Lin Chun-yi	17–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2023	German Open	Super 300	Li Shifeng	20–22, 21–18, 21–18	Winner

BWF Superseries (1 title) edit

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[10] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.^[11] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Hong Kong Open	Sameer Verma	21–14, 10–21, 21–11	Winner

BWF Superseries Finals tournament

BWF Superseries Premier tournament

BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (2 titles, 2 runners-up) edit

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

Men’s singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Canada Open	Lee Hyun-il	16–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2015	Canada Open	Lee Chong Wei	17–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2015	Bitburger Open	Wong Wing Ki	21–12, 21–13	Winner
2017	Malaysia Masters	Lee Hyun-il	14–21, 21–15, 10–9 retired	Winner

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 2 runners-up) edit

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Vietnam International	Chan Kwong Beng	11–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2014	China International	Wei Nan	21–16, 21–15	Winner
2014	Osaka International	Riichi Takeshita	21–13, 21–12	Winner
2014	Swiss International	Jonatan Christie	11–9, 11–9, 6–11, 9–11, 10–11	Runner-up
2014	Irish Open	Wang Tzu-wei	21–18, 21–13	Winner
2015	Austrian International	Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin	14–21, 21–18, 21–19	Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

References edit

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