Carolina Marín

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Carolina Marín
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Marín in 2014
Personal information
Birth nameCarolina María Marín Martín
CountrySpain
Born (1993-06-15) 15 June 1993 (age 31)
Huelva, Andalusia, Spain
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Years active2009–present
HandednessLeft
CoachFernando Rivas
Women's singles
Career record511 wins, 143 losses
Highest ranking1 (11 June 2015)
Current ranking4 (27 August 2024)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro Women's singles
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Copenhagen Women's singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Jakarta Women's singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Nanjing Women's singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Copenhagen Women's singles
European Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Kraków–Małopolska Women's singles
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Kazan Women's singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 La Roche-sur-Yon Women's singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Kolding Women's singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Huelva Women's singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Kyiv Women's singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Madrid Women's singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Saarbrücken Women's singles
European Team Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Łódź Women's team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Kazan Women's team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Kazan Women's team
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Taipei Girls' singles
European Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Vantaa Girls' singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2009 Milan Girls' singles
BWF profile

Carolina María Marín Martín (born 15 June 1993) is a Spanish badminton player. She is an Olympic Champion, three-time World Champion, and eight-time European Champion. She once held the No. 1 BWF World Ranking in women's singles for a total of 66 weeks. [1] [2] [3] [4] She has won the World Championships in 2014, 2015, and 2018, becoming the second women's singles player after Han Aiping to win the title three times. [5] [6] [7] Marín is the only player in history to win at least seven gold medals in a single discipline of any continental championship (individual events), having won every European Championships title since 2014, and a European Games title in 2023. [8] She also won the Olympic gold medal in women's singles at the 2016 Rio Olympics, thereby becoming the only non-Asian female player to win a badminton gold medal at the Olympics. [9]

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Marín was appointed as the brand ambassador of football major LaLiga and Meliá Hotels International for its promotion in other countries. [10] [11] In 2024, Marín was awarded the Princess of Asturias Award for Sports. [12]

Early life

Marín was a keen flamenco dancer in her childhood. After a friend introduced her to badminton, she fell in love with the sport and decided to stop dancing and play badminton wholeheartedly. At the age of eight, she started playing badminton at the IES La Orden in Huelva. She had to leave her hometown and her family at a very young age to travel all the way to Madrid for training at the National Centre. [13] [14]

Career

2009–2011: First international title and European Junior Champions

Marin won her first international title at 2009 Irish International in Dublin Irish09 marin7 crop.jpg
Marín won her first international title at 2009 Irish International in Dublin

In 2009, she became the first Spanish badminton player to win a silver medal first, at the European Junior Championships, and also in the same year, won the gold medal at the European U-17 Junior Championships. [13] [15] She won her first major title at the Irish International tournament coming through the qualification stage and beating the Dutch player Rachel Van Cutsen in the final in the rubber game. [16] [17]

In 2011, she alongside her teammate, Beatriz Corrales, made history for the Spanish badminton, after placing two representatives of Spain in the final at the continental European Junior Championships held in Vantaa, Finland, and Marín grabbed the gold medal. [18] She also competed at the World Junior Championships in Taipei, reaching the semi-finals, but lost to Elisabeth Purwaningtyas of Indonesia and settled for the bronze medal. [19]

2013–2014: First Grand Prix title, European and World Champions

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Marín at 2013 Axiata Cup Surabaya

In 2013, she became the first Spanish badminton player to win a Grand Prix Gold title after winning the London Grand Prix Gold. [20] In August, Marín played for the Bangalore-based team Banga Beats in the inaugural edition of the Indian Badminton League (IBL). [21] In April, she won her first European Championships title. [22]

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Marín at 2014 Spanish National Championships in Jaén

On 31 August 2014, she defeated Li Xuerui of China in the World Championships women's singles final and became the first Spaniard to win a World Championship title and the third European female player to achieve the gold medal, after Lene Køppen (1977) and Camilla Martin (1999). [23] At the age of 21, she became the youngest European that won the World Championships ever. [24]

2015: Five Superseries title, second World Championships and World #1

In 2015, she won the All England Open, her first Superseries Premier title in her first Superseries Premier final after defeating Saina Nehwal in the final with score 16–21, 21–14, 21–7. [25] The title propelled her to rank number 4 in the world ranking and, for the first time, no. 1 in the Superseries standing. [26] At India Open, she had the chance to unseat Li Xuerui as the new world no. 1, however, she narrowly lost to Thai prodigy Ratchanok Intanon in a close three games at the semi-finals stage. [27] She rose to a career-high as world no. 2 in the world ranking on 2 April.

On 5 April, Marín won her second straight Superseries Premier title, beating Olympic champion Li Xuerui for the second consecutive time at the 2015 Malaysia Open with a score of 19–21, 21–19, 21–17. In August, she defended her title at the World Championship by beating Saina Nehwal of India in 21–16, 21–19. [28] 2015 was the golden year for Marín, where in addition to defending the World Championships title, she also won other Superseries titles such as the Australian Open, [29] French Open, [30] and Hong Kong Open. [31]

2016: Olympics gold

In August, she represented her country at the Rio Olympics. She arrived at Rio as the number one seed and won a gold medal by beating India's P. V. Sindhu in the women's singles final with a score of 19–21, 21–12, 21–15. She made history by becoming the first non-Asian to win the Olympic badminton women's singles gold medal. [9] [32] An indoor arena in Huelva is named after her honour, with Marín herself attending the inauguration. [33]

2017–2018: Fourth European and Third World Championships title

In 2017, Marín won the Japan Open Superseries title after beating He Bingjiao of China in the final, winning a Superseries title after almost two years. [34] At the Hong Kong Open, which took place in late November, Marín retired to Michelle Li, losing 21–19, 13–21, 8–11, due to a hip injury that she sustained during the match. Marín later announced on Twitter and Instagram that, due to her hip injury, she would not be participating in the season-ending Dubai World Superseries Finals. [35]

On 29 April 2018, she won her fourth consecutive European Championships title in her home soil Huelva, Spain, by beating Evgeniya Kosetskaya with a score of 21–15, 21–7 in the final. [8] On 5 August, she won the title in the World Championships by defeating P. V. Sindhu of India in straight games 21–19, 21–10, making her the first female player in history to win three World Championships titles. [5] In September, she won World Tour titles at the Japan and China Open. [36] [37]

2019–2020: ACL injury and comeback

Marín began her 2019 season with a runner-up effort at the Malaysia Masters, where she lost to Ratchanok Intanon in straight games. [38] On 27 January, Marín suffered a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury during the Indonesia Masters final against Saina Nehwal, when she was 10–3 ahead in the first games. Marín subsequently retired from the match and underwent ACL reconstruction surgery the same day as soon as she arrived back in Madrid. [39] She had a four-month recovery, dedicating ten hours a day to physical and technical rehabilitation, with morning and afternoon physiotherapy sessions, and swimming pool work. [40]

In September, after an eight-month break forced by the injury, Marín returned to competition at the 2019 Vietnam Open but suffered an opening-round defeat to Supanida Katethong. [41] However, she rebounded and won the China Open on 22 September, defeating Tai Tzu-ying in the finals with a score of 14–21, 21–17, 21–18. [42] This was Marín's first title of the season, which she followed with the semi-finals at the Denmark Open, where she was defeated in three tight games by Nozomi Okuhara. She reached the final of the French Open next week, where she was defeated by Korean youngster An Se-young in three games 21–16, 18–21, 5–21. Her achievements in the last three tournaments succeeded in bringing her back into the world top 10 of BWF women's singles ranking. [43] She further won Syed Modi and Italian International tournaments later in the year. [44] [45]

Marín started the 2020 season at the Southeast Asian tour on a positive note; reaching the semi-finals of Malaysia Masters where she lost to Chen Yufei. A week later, she then reached the final of the Indonesia Masters, where she narrowly missed the title after getting defeated from Ratchanok Intanon in three games 19–21, 21–11, 18–21. [46] She continued her good form and thereafter reached the semi-finals of Thailand Masters, which she lost to top seed Akane Yamaguchi in a close rubber game. [47] In February, she reached the final of her home event Barcelona Spain Masters, where she lost in an upset to rising Thai star Pornpawee Chochuwong in the rubber games 21–11, 16–21, 18–21. [48] In March, she competed as 8th seeds in the All England Open, but stopped by the eventual champion Tai Tzu-ying in the semi-finals. [49]

In July, Marín's father died following an accident in February. [50] She reached the final of the Denmark Open in October for the very first time but was defeated by Okuhara in straight games. [51]

2021–2022: Sixth European Championships title

Marín won the first title of the year, the Thailand Open Super 1000 event, by beating World no. 1 Tai Tzu-ying in two comfortable games. She didn't lose any game in the whole tournament. [52] Continuing her scintillating form, she won the second edition of Thailand Open, the Toyota Thailand Open, also a super 1000 event by beating Tai yet again. [53] In contesting her first-ever World Tour Finals final, she lost to same rival Tai in three games after failing to capitalize her lead in the final game. [54] She won her first world tour title in Switzerland by beating reigning World champion P. V. Sindhu with a very dominating display, winning 21–12, 21–5. [55] Marín planned to compete at the All England Open but pulled out of the competition due to an injury she suffered in the first round of the Swiss Open. [56] [57]

Marín made history as the first-ever player to claim five consecutive titles at the European Championships, defeating young Dane Line Christophersen in the final. [58] She was expected to defend her title at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics but was forced to withdraw due to knee injury she suffered in June while training. [59]

In 2022, 11 months after Marín second ACL injury, she won her sixth European Championships title. [60] Her best result in the 2022 BWF World Tour was reaching the French Open final, but lost the match to He Bingjiao in a close rubber games. [61]

2023: Silver medals at World Championships and World Tour Finals, return to top 5

Marín began 2023 at the Malaysia Open, the first Super 1000 event of the year, reaching the quarter-finals before losing to Chen Yufei in two close games. [62] She repeated this result at the India Open, falling to Akane Yamaguchi in three games. [63] At the Indonesia Masters, Marín reached her first final in nearly two years. [64] She faced world number two An Se-young in a three-game match lasting 80 minutes, ultimately losing. [65] In March, Marín reached the quarter-finals of All England Open Championship but withdrew due to injury, giving An Se-young a walkover. [66] She returned home for the Spain Masters, reaching the semi-finals before being defeated by Gregoria Mariska Tunjung in three games. [67] Marín claimed her first title in over two years at the Orléans Masters, a Super 300 event, after defeating Beiwen Zhang in a three-game final. [68]

In June, Marín faced world number one An Se-young in the Thailand Open semi-finals, losing in straight games. [69] The Singapore Open marked the first time in 2023 that she failed to reach a tournament quarter-finals as she lost to Supanida Katethong in the second round. [70] However, She rebounded at the Indonesia Open, a Super 1000 event, defeating Goh Jin Wei, Yeo Jia Min, Tai Tzu-ying, and Ratchanok Intanon to reach the final. There, she lost again to Chen Yufei with an 18–21, 19–21 scoreline, mirroring their Malaysia Open match result. [71] Marín capped off June by representing Spain at the European Games, winning her first gold medal in the tournament with a straight-game victory over Mia Blichfeldt. [72]

Entering the World Championships taking place in Denmark as the sixth seed, Marín exceeded expectations as she defeated top-four players Tai Tzu-ying and Akane Yamaguchi en route to her fourth World Championship final. [73] There, she lost in straight games to top-seeded An Se-young, earning a silver medal. [74] In September, she reached the quarter-finals of both the China and Hong Kong Opens. [75] [76]

In October, Marín's strong year-to-date performance saw her return to the world number five ranking. She reached the final of the Denmark Open, with a notable quarter-finals win over Tai Tzu-ying, there she lost to Chen Yufei in straight games. [77] This semi-finals was marked by her tension with P.V. Sindhu over shuttle post-rally returns and screams, resulting in yellow cards for both players; both players later publicly apologised and reconciled. [78] At the French Open, Marín suffered an upset loss to Aya Ohori in the quarter-finals. [79] Further results included reaching the quarter-finals of the Japan Masters and early upset in the China Masters to unseeded Nguyễn Thùy Linh. [80] [81] Marín's world tour ranking of number four qualified her for the $2.5-million-prized year-end World Tour Finals. She won all her round-robin matches without dropping a game, including a notable win over Chen Yufei. [82] After defeating Chen again in a three-game, 104-minute semi-finals, Marín reached her first-ever World Tour Finals final. [83] She finished as runner-up after losing to Tai Tzu-ying in three games. [84] In 2023, she earned $257,335 in prize money, making her the year's fourteenth highest-earning badminton player. [85]

2024: All England title, Seventh European Championships title, Return to Top 3

Marín began 2024 by opting out of BWF tournaments in January and February, citing continued recovery from injuries. [86] Her return to competition was at the European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships as part of the Spain's national team. Despite Marín's individual victories over Kirsty Gilmour and Line Kjærsfeldt in the semifinals and finals, respectively, her team finished as runners-up in the tournament, which was by far the best result for Spain’s national team.

In March, Marín experienced an early exit at the French Open, losing to Beiwen Zhang in the opening round. However, she rebounded at the prestigious All England Open Super 1000 event. En route to the final, she had notable victories over Wang Zhi Yi, Chen Yufei, and Tai Tzu Ying. In her final match against Akane Yamaguchi, Marín secured a hard-fought victory in the first game (26-24) and was leading 11-1 in the second game when Yamaguchi retired due to injury, granting Marín her second All England title after a nine-year interval. In the following week, Marín extended her winning streak by clinching her second title of the year, the Swiss Open Super 300 title, thus becoming the oldest women’s singles player in 16 years to achieve this feat, following Zhang Ning's triumph in 2007. In the quest for her second Swiss Open title, she defeated Gregoria Mariska Tunjung in a hard fought final, with a scoreline of 21-19, 13-21, 22-20.

In April, Marín successfully defended her European Championships title without dropping a game throughout the whole tournament. This achievement helped Marín become the only player in badminton history to win at least seven gold medals at a single discipline (women’s singles) of any continental championship, as she has won the European Championships consecutively since 2014. With 9,200 points gained from winning the championship, Marín returned to world’s no. 3 for the first time in over three years (since March 2021). In June, entering Indonesia Open Super 1000 event as the third seed, Marín overpowered Zhang Yiman, Hsu Wen-chi, and Han Yue with straight wins before losing to Chen Yufei after three games in the semi-finals. Marín then decided to skip all the tournaments leading up to the Olympics in order to focus on the preparations of this paramount event.

Entering the Olympics as the fourth seed, Marín advanced effortlessly through the group stage with straight wins against unseeded players Jenjira Stadelmann and Rachael Darragh. In the round of 16, she defeated the ninth seed Beiwen Zhang in three games to advance to the quarter-finals, where she secured a straight-games victory over the eighth seed Aya Ohori. At 31, Marín became the second oldest women's singles player to reach an Olympic semi-final, where she faced the sixth seed He Bingjiao. Marín won the first game 21-14 and was leading 10-5 in the second game when she sustained a serious knee injury following a bad landing from an overhead smash, causing her to collapse. [87] Despite the injury, she played on with a knee brace on and conceded two more points before retiring from the match due to limited mobility. Due to the injury, Marín was unable to compete in the bronze medal match against Gregoria Mariska Tunjung. [88]

Achievements

Olympic Games

Women's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResultRef
2016 Riocentro – Pavilion 4, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Flag of India.svg P. V. Sindhu 19–21, 21–12, 21–15 Gold medal.svg Gold [9] [32]

World Championships

Women's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResultRef
2014 Ballerup Super Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Xuerui 17–21, 21–17, 21–18 Med 1.png Gold [23]
2015 Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia Flag of India.svg Saina Nehwal 21–16, 21–19 Med 1.png Gold [28]
2018 Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park, Nanjing, China Flag of India.svg P. V. Sindhu 21–19, 21–10 Med 1.png Gold [5]
2023 Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark Flag of South Korea.svg An Se-young 12–21, 10–21 Med 2.png Silver [74]

European Games

Women's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResultRef
2023 Arena Jaskółka, Tarnów, Poland Flag of Denmark.svg Mia Blichfeldt 21–15, 21–14 Med 1.png Gold [72]

European Championships

Women's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResultRef
2014 Gymnastics Center, Kazan, Russia Flag of Denmark.svg Anna Thea Madsen 21–9, 14–21, 21–8 Med 1.png Gold [22]
2016 Vendespace, La Roche-sur-Yon, France Flag of Scotland.svg Kirsty Gilmour 21–12, 21–18 Med 1.png Gold [89]
2017 Sydbank Arena, Kolding, Denmark Flag of Scotland.svg Kirsty Gilmour21–14, 21–12 Med 1.png Gold [89]
2018 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain Flag of Russia.svg Evgeniya Kosetskaya 21–15, 21–7 Med 1.png Gold [8] [89]
2021 Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine Flag of Denmark.svg Line Christophersen 21–13, 21–18 Med 1.png Gold [58]
2022 Polideportivo Municipal Gallur, Madrid, Spain Flag of Scotland.svg Kirsty Gilmour21–10, 21–12 Med 1.png Gold [60]
2024 Saarlandhalle, Saarbrücken, Germany Flag of Scotland.svg Kirsty Gilmour21–11, 21–18 Med 1.png Gold

BWF World Junior Championships

Girls' singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResultRef
2011 Taoyuan Arena, Taipei, Taiwan Flag of Indonesia.svg Elyzabeth Purwaningtyas21–23, 21–17, 18–21 Med 3.png Bronze [19]

European Junior Championships

Girls' singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResultRef
2009 Federal Technical Centre – Palabadminton, Milan, Italy Flag of Denmark.svg Anne Hald Jensen 21–18, 18–21, 19–21 Med 2.png Silver [15]
2011 Energia Areena, Vantaa, Finland Flag of Spain.svg Beatriz Corrales 21–14, 23–21 Med 1.png Gold [18]

BWF World Tour (10 titles, 12 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, [90] 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. [91]

Women's singles

YearTournamentLevelOpponentScoreResultRef
2018 Japan Open Super 750 Flag of Japan.svg Nozomi Okuhara 21–19, 17–21, 21–11Gold medal icon.svgWinner [36]
2018 China Open Super 1000 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Yufei 21–18, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner [37]
2019 Malaysia Masters Super 500 Flag of Thailand.svg Ratchanok Intanon 9–21, 20–22Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [38]
2019 Indonesia Masters Super 500 Flag of India.svg Saina Nehwal 10–4 retiredSilver medal icon.svgRunner-up [39]
2019 China OpenSuper 1000 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Tai Tzu-ying 14–21, 21–17, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner [42]
2019 French Open Super 750 Flag of South Korea.svg An Se-young 21–16, 18–21, 5–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [92]
2019 Syed Modi International Super 300 Flag of Thailand.svg Phittayaporn Chaiwan 21–12, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner [44]
2020 Indonesia MastersSuper 500 Flag of Thailand.svg Ratchanok Intanon19–21, 21–11, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [46]
2020 Spain Masters Super 300 Flag of Thailand.svg Pornpawee Chochuwong 21–11, 16–21, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [48]
2020 Denmark Open Super 750 Flag of Japan.svg Nozomi Okuhara19–21, 17–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [51]
2020 (I) Thailand Open Super 1000 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Tai Tzu-ying21–9, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner [52]
2020 (II) Thailand OpenSuper 1000 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Tai Tzu-ying21–19, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner [53]
2020 BWF World Tour Finals World Tour Finals Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Tai Tzu-ying21–14, 8–21, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [54]
2021 Swiss Open Super 300 Flag of India.svg P. V. Sindhu 21–12, 21–5Gold medal icon.svgWinner [55]
2022 French OpenSuper 750 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg He Bingjiao 21–16, 9–21, 20–22Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [61]
2023 Indonesia MastersSuper 500 Flag of South Korea.svg An Se-young21–18, 18–21, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [65]
2023 Orléans Masters Super 300 Flag of the United States.svg Beiwen Zhang 25–23, 9–21, 21–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner [68]
2023 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Yufei18–21, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [71]
2023 Denmark OpenSuper 750 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Yufei14–21, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [77]
2023 BWF World Tour FinalsWorld Tour Finals Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Tai Tzu-ying21–12, 14–21, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [84]
2024 All England Open Super 1000 Flag of Japan.svg Akane Yamaguchi 26–24, 11–1 retiredGold medal icon.svgWinner
2024 Swiss OpenSuper 300 Flag of Indonesia.svg Gregoria Mariska Tunjung 21–19, 13–21, 22–20Gold medal icon.svgWinner

BWF Superseries (6 titles, 4 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, [93] 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. [94] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResultRef
2014 Australian Open Flag of India.svg Saina Nehwal 18–21, 11–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [95]
2015 All England Open Flag of India.svg Saina Nehwal16–21, 21–14, 21–7Gold medal icon.svgWinner [25]
2015 Malaysia Open Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Xuerui 19–21, 21–19, 21–17Gold medal icon.svgWinner [96]
2015 Australian Open Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Shixian 22–20, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner [29]
2015 French Open Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Shixian21–18, 21–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner [30]
2015 Hong Kong Open Flag of Japan.svg Nozomi Okuhara 21–17, 18–21, 22–20Gold medal icon.svgWinner [31]
2017 India Open Flag of India.svg P. V. Sindhu 19–21, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [97]
2017 Malaysia Open Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Tai Tzu-ying 25–23, 20–22, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [98]
2017 Singapore Open Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Tai Tzu-ying15–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [99]
2017 Japan Open Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg He Bingjiao 23–21, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner [34]
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (2 titles, 3 runners-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

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResultRef
2013 London Grand Prix Gold Flag of Scotland.svg Kirsty Gilmour 21–19, 21–9Gold medal icon.svgWinner [20]
2013 Scottish Open Flag of Scotland.svg Kirsty Gilmour21–14, 11–21, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner [100]
2015 Syed Modi International Flag of India.svg Saina Nehwal 21–19, 23–25, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [101]
2015 German Open Flag of South Korea.svg Sung Ji-hyun 15–21, 21–14, 6–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [102]
2017 German Open Flag of Japan.svg Akane Yamaguchi WalkoverSilver medal icon.svgRunner-up [103]
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (9 titles, 5 runners-up)

Women's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResultRef
2009 Cyprus International Flag of Slovenia.svg Špela Silvester 21–23, 21–23Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [104]
2009 Irish International Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rachel van Cutsen 22–24, 21–14, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner [16]
2010 Uganda International Flag of Greece.svg Anne Hald Jensen 21–18, 19–21, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner [105]
2010Cyprus International Flag of Russia.svg Olga Golovanova 21–12, 25–27, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner [106]
2010 Italian International Flag of Germany.svg Olga Konon 20–22, 14–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [107]
2011 Morocco International Flag of Germany.svg Juliane Schenk 21–17, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner [108]
2011 Spanish Open Flag of Germany.svg Olga Konon21–13, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner [108]
2011Irish International Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Pai Hsiao-ma 21–12, 19–21, 7–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [109]
2013 Swedish Masters Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Nicole Schaller 21–6, 21–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner [110]
2013 Finnish Open Flag of Spain.svg Beatriz Corrales 21–10, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner [111]
2013Spanish Open Flag of Spain.svg Beatriz Corrales19–21, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [112]
2013Italian International Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sabrina Jaquet 21–15, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner [113]
2014Spanish Open Flag of Scotland.svg Kirsty Gilmour 19–21, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [114]
2019Italian International Flag of India.svg Rituparna Das 21–19, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner [45]
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

Performance timeline

Key
WFSFQF#RRRQ#AGSBNHN/ADNQ
(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semi-finalist; (QF) quarter-finalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze medal; (NH) not held; (N/A) not applicable; (DNQ) did not qualify.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

National team

Team events2009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024Ref
European Women's Team Championships NH RR NH RR NH QF NH B NH B NH RR NH S [108] [115]
European Mixed Team Championships RR NH RR NH RR NH w/d NH RR NH RR NHDNQNHDNQNH [108] [116]
Uber Cup NHDNQNHDNQNHDNQNH RR NH w/d NHANH RR NH w/d [117] [118]
Sudirman Cup ANHANHANH 17th NHw/dNHANHDNQNHDNQNH [119] [120]

Individual competitions

Event200920102011Ref
European U-17 Championships G NHA [13]
European Junior Championships S NH G [13] [15] [17] [18]
World Junior Championships A QF B [19] [121]
Events20112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024Ref
European Championships NH QF NH G NH G G G Not Held G G NH G [8] [17] [58] [60] [89] [122]
European Games NHANHANH G NH [72]
World Championships 3R NH QF G G NH QF G inj NH w/d QF S NH [5] [17] [23] [28] [74] [122]
Olympic Games NH RR NH G NH inj NH 4th [2] [9] [59] [87] [88] [122]
Tournament BWF Superseries / Grand Prix BWF World Tour BestRef
20102011201220132014201520162017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Malaysia Open A 1R A 1R W QF F QF ANot Held 2R QF w/d W ('15) [62] [96] [98] [122] [123]
India Open A SF w/d F QF ANot HeldA QF w/d F ('17) [27] [63] [97] [122]
Indonesia Masters ANH QF F F A w/d F w/d F ('19, '20, '23) [39] [46] [65] [122]
Thailand Masters Not HeldA SF Not Held w/d ASF ('20) [47]
German Open A 2R 1R SF F w/d F ANot Held w/d AF ('15, '17) [102] [103] [122] [124]
French Open A 1R A w/d W w/d 2R w/d F NHA F QF 1R W ('15) [30] [43] [61] [79] [92] [122] [125]
All England Open A 1R 1R 1R W SF QF QF A SF A QF W W ('15, '24) [25] [49] [56] [66] [122] [123] [126]
Orléans Masters Not HeldANHA W AW ('23) [68]
Swiss Open A 2R ANH W A W W ('21, '24) [55] [127]
Spain Masters Not Held w/d A F w/d NH SF w/d F ('20) [48] [67] [122]
Malaysia Masters A SF F SF NH w/d AF ('19) [38] [46] [122] [128]
Thailand Open NHA 1R ANHA W NHA SF AW ('20 I, '20 II) [52] [53] [69] [125]
W
Singapore Open A 2R A QF F ANot HeldA 2R QF F ('17) [70] [99] [122] [129]
Indonesia Open A 2R QF 2R 1R SF 1R 1R ANHA 2R F SF F ('23) [71] [123] [130] [131] [132]
Chinese Taipei Open 1R ANot HeldA1R ('10) [133]
Korea Open A 1R A 2R A w/d w/d ANot HeldA2R ('14) [123] [125]
Japan Open A QF QF w/d W W ANot held QF AW ('17, '18) [34] [36] [122] [132]
Vietnam Open A 1R Not HeldA1R ('19) [41]
Canada Open A 2R A SF ANot Held SF ASF ('13, '22) [134] [135]
U.S. Open A 2R A 1R ANot HeldA2R ('11) [129] [134]
Denmark Open A 1R A SF SF 1R 1R SF F A 2R F F ('20, '23) [43] [51] [77] [134]
Hylo Open A SF w/d SF w/d A w/d SF A QF w/d SF ('12, '14, '20) [123] [125] [136]
Hong Kong Open A 2R A SF W SF 2R QF ANot Held QF W ('15) [31] [35] [76] [122] [134] [137]
Australian Open A F W w/d 1R ANot HeldAW ('15) [29] [95] [122]
China Open A 1R A 1R QF QF SF W W Not Held QF W ('18, '19) [37] [42] [75] [123] [132] [134]
Japan Masters NH QF QF ('23) [80]
China Masters A SF 1R Not Held 1R SF ('18) [81] [138] [139]
Syed Modi International ANHA F A W Not HeldAW ('19) [44] [101] [122]
Superseries / Tour Finals DNQ SF RR w/d w/d DNQ F DNQ F F ('20, '23) [35] [54] [84] [132] [140]
London Grand Prix Gold Not Held W Not HeldW ('13) [17] [20] [122] [136]
Scottish Open A W AN/ANHN/ANHN/AW ('13) [100] [122] [136]
Year-end ranking80263415812461066951 [43] [141]
Tournament201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024BestRef

Career overview

The table below gives the overview of Carolina Marín performance data in singles and doubles. [142]

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 6 August 2024. [143]

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