Corbett at the podium of U–15 Pan Am Junior Championships in Moncton, Canada in 2019Corbett wins gold for girls' singles and doubles at the U–13 Pan Am Junior Championships in Ontario, Canada
Career
Corbett has been competing in badminton since she was six. She won gold medals in girls' singles and doubles events for U11, U15 and U17 categories at the Pan Am Junior Championships in 2015, 2017, and 2019 respectively.[2] In late 2019, Corbett and her partner Allison Lee won the National Adult Championships women's doubles title, becoming the youngest pair to ever be crowned as national champions.[3] She was then chosen to represent the USA's women's team at the 2020 Pan Am Male & Female Cup in February. The team bagged silver after losing to Canada in the final.[4]
2021
In May, Corbett and Lee entered the final of 2021 Pan Am Championships and finished as runners-up.[5] In the following month, she competed in the National Junior Championships. She won gold in the girls' doubles U19 event with Lee, another gold in the mixed doubles U17 event with Samuel Li, as well as a bronze in the girls' singles U19 event.[6]
2019 National Adult Champions Allison Lee and Francesca Corbett
In July, Corbett helped team USA to win gold in the mixed team event at the 2021 Pan Am Junior Championships.[7] She then won gold with Lee in the women's doubles U19 event. She also picked up bronze in the mixed doubles U17 event partnering Li.[8] In September, Corbett and Lee captured their first senior career title at the Guatemala International.[9]
In April, Corbett and Lee clinched their second silver medal at the 2023 Pan Am Championships.[13] They also reached the final of the Mexican International the following week.[14] In October, the duo made history by becoming the first player or pair from the USA to earn a World Junior Championships medal when they reached the girls' doubles semi-final at the 2023 World Junior Championships.[15] They went on to win silver, falling to Japan's Maya Taguchi and Aya Tamaki in the final.[16][17]
025 Season Corbett partnered with Jennie Gai beginning in 2025.[1] The pair achieved a breakthrough result at the Australian Open in November, reaching the semifinals of a BWF World Tour Super 500 tournament for the first time—a rare accomplishment for a United States women's doubles pair.[2] In the quarterfinals, the world No. 38 ranked duo rallied from a first-game loss to defeat 29th-ranked Hu Ling Fang and Jheng Yu Chieh of Chinese Taipei 10–21, 21–10, 21–12.[2] They were eliminated in the semifinals by Indonesia's Rachel Allessya Rose and Febi Setianingrum, losing 18–21, 19–21.[3]
Updated Draft for Francesca Corbett's Wikipedia page: Injury and Return (2024-2025) In March 2024 at the Spain Masters, Corbett slipped and tore the labrum in her hip BWF World Tour.[4] She continued competing to finish the Olympic qualification race before undergoing hip surgery and beginning university BWF World Tour.[4] Her last international match before surgery was in August 2024, followed by rehabilitation during the final quarter of 2024.[4] Corbett made her return to international competition at the YONEX All England 2025 in March, partnering with Jennie Gai BWF World Tour.[4] The pair were initially on the reserves list for women's doubles but were promoted to the main draw following the withdrawal of England's Chloe Coney and Estelle van Leeuwen BWF World Tour.[4] This marked both Corbett's All England debut and her first international match in seven months.[4] 2025 Season Breakthrough Corbett partnered with Jennie Gai beginning in 2025.[5] The pair achieved a breakthrough result at the Australian Open in November, reaching the semifinals of a BWF World Tour Super 500 tournament for the first time—a rare accomplishment for a United States women's doubles pair.[2] In the quarterfinals, the world No. 38 ranked duo rallied from a first-game loss to defeat 29th-ranked Hu Ling Fang and Jheng Yu Chieh of Chinese Taipei 10–21, 21–10, 21–12.[2] They were eliminated in the semifinals by Indonesia's Rachel Allessya Rose and Febi Setianingrum, losing 18–21, 19–21.[6]
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