{{Short description|Taiwanese badminton player (born 1998)}} {{family name hatnote|[[Hu (surname)|Hu]]|lang=Chinese}} {{Infobox badminton player | name = Hu Ling-fang<br />胡綾芳 | image = Hu Ling-fang (TPE) 2024.jpg | image_size = | caption = Hu at the [[2024 Kaohsiung Masters]] | birth_name = | country = Taiwan | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|4|6}} | birth_place = [[Kaohsiung]], Taiwan | height = 1.71 m | weight = 62 kg | years_active = | handedness = Right | coach = | event = Women's & mixed doubles | highest_ranking = 22 (WD with [[Hsu Ya-ching]], 18 February 2020)<br />6 (XD with [[Yang Po-hsuan]], 11 March 2025) | date_of_highest_ranking = | current_ranking = 26 (WD with [[Jheng Yu-chieh]])<br />22 (XD with Yang Po-hsuan) | date_of_current_ranking = 26 May 2026 | medal_templates = | bwfbadminton_id = 87176 | bwf_id = AC5EF9BE-F852-4854-A877-3833D957D1DE }}
'''Hu Ling-fang''' ({{zh|first=t|t=胡綾芳|s=|w=|p=Hú Língfāng}}; born 6 April 1998) is a Taiwanese [[badminton]] player.<ref>{{cite web|title=Players: Ling Fang Hu |url=http://bwfbadminton.com/player/87176/ling-fang-hu |website=Badminton World Federation|access-date=9 April 2017}}</ref> In 2016, she was selected to compete at the [[2016 Thomas & Uber Cup]]. She played as a third women's singles and finally the [[Chinese Taipei national badminton team|Taiwanese team]] beat the Mauritanian with the score 5-0.<ref>{{cite web|title=羽球》湯優盃預賽首戰 台灣女團5：0輕取對手 |url=http://sports.ltn.com.tw/news/breakingnews/1697470 |website=Liberty Times|access-date=9 April 2017 |language=zh}}</ref> She won her first senior international title at the 2017 [[Finnish Open (badminton)|Finnish Open]] in the mixed doubles event partnered with [[Tseng Min-hao]].<ref>{{cite web|title=芬蘭挑戰賽》男雙廖敏竣／蘇敬恒、混雙曾敏豪／胡綾芳雙雙奪冠 |url=https://www.ltsports.com.tw/other/badminton/122560-2017-04-09-16-22-40 |website=LTSports |date=9 April 2017 |access-date=24 December 2018 |language=zh}}</ref> Hu also joined the national team participating at the [[Badminton at the 2018 Asian Games|2018 Asian Games]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Athletes: Hu Ling Fang |url=https://en.asiangames2018.id/athletes/athlete/HU-Lingfang-3012547/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820105622/https://en.asiangames2018.id/athletes/athlete/HU-Lingfang-3012547/ |url-status=dead |website=Asian Games 2018 |archive-date=20 August 2018 |access-date=24 December 2018}}</ref>
== Achievements ==
=== BWF World Tour (4 runners-up) === The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,<ref>{{cite web |last=Alleyne |first=Gayle |title=BWF Launches New Events Structure |url=http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/ |publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]] |date=19 March 2017 |access-date=29 November 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201164159/http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/ |archive-date=1 December 2017}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sukumar |first=Dev |title=Action-Packed Season Ahead! |url=http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/ |publisher=Badminton World Federation |date=10 January 2018 |access-date=15 January 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113162925/http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/ |archive-date=13 January 2018}}</ref>
''Women's doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Level ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- | align="center" | [[2019 Orléans Masters#Finals 4|2019]] | align="left" | [[Orléans Masters]] | align="left" | Super 100 | align="left" | {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Hsu Ya-ching]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Chloe Birch]]<br />{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Lauren Smith (badminton)|Lauren Smith]] | align="left" | 18–21, 17–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |}
''Mixed doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Level ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- | align="center" | [[2024 Singapore Open (badminton)#Finals 5|2024]] | align="left" | [[Singapore Open (badminton)|Singapore Open]] | align="left" | Super 750 | align="left" | {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Yang Po-hsuan]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zheng Siwei]]<br />{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Huang Yaqiong]] | align="left" | 11–21, 19–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- | align="center" | [[2024 Kaohsiung Masters#Finals 5|2024]] | align="left" | [[Kaohsiung Masters]] | align="left" | Super 100 | align="left" | {{flagicon|TPE}} Yang Po-hsuan | align="left" | {{flagicon|THA}} [[Ruttanapak Oupthong]]<br />{{flagicon|THA}} [[Jhenicha Sudjaipraparat]] | align="left" | 18–21, 13–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- | align="center" | [[2024 Taipei Open#Finals 5|2024]] | align="left" | [[Taipei Open (badminton)|Taipei Open]] | align="left" | Super 300 | align="left" | {{flagicon|TPE}} Yang Po-hsuan | align="left" | {{flagicon|THA}} [[Pakkapon Teeraratsakul]]<br />{{flagicon|THA}} [[Phataimas Muenwong]] | align="left" | 17–21, 19–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |}
=== BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 1 runner-up) === ''Mixed doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2017 | align="left" | [[Polish Open (badminton)|Polish Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|TPE}} [[Tseng Min-hao]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|POL}} [[Robert Mateusiak]]<br />{{flagicon|POL}} [[Nadieżda Zięba]] | align="left" | 22–20, 20–22, 13–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2017 | align="left" | [[Finnish Open (badminton)|Finnish Open]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|TPE}} Tseng Min-hao | align="left" | {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Mikkel Mikkelsen (badminton)|Mikkel Mikkelsen]]<br />{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Mai Surrow]] | align="left" | 24–22, 21–16 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |} : {{Color box|#D8CEF6|border=darkgray}} [[BWF International Challenge]] tournament : {{Color box|#D5D5D5|border=darkgray}} [[BWF International Series]] tournament : {{Color box|#E9E9E9|border=darkgray}} [[BWF Future Series]] tournament
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category}} * {{BWFB|87176}} * {{BWFT|AC5EF9BE-F852-4854-A877-3833D957D1DE|member_id=87176}}
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