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2019 proved the best ever year in Chen Yufei's career as she earned multiple titles and honour of becoming the most dominant player of 2019 in her category. Starting with the [[2019 All England Open]], she defeated [[Tai Tzu-ying]] in the final, a player she struggled to beat in her last 11 encounters. Chen finally broke that jinx and won her first super 1000 title.<ref name="ae19">{{cite web|url=https://www.allenglandbadminton.com/news/chen-yufei-takes-yonex-all-england-women-s-singles-title/|title=Chen Yufei takes Yonex All England women's singles title|website=All England Badminton|date=10 March 2019|access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> After that, she won the [[2019 Swiss Open (badminton)|Swiss Open]] title following her win against [[Saena Kawakami]] in the final clash.<ref name="swi19">{{cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1076919/chen-continues-strong-form-with-swiss-open-victory-in-basel|title=Chen continues strong form with Swiss Open victory in Basel|editor=James Diamond|website=Inside the Games|date=17 March 2019|access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> She competed in the [[2019 Badminton Asia Championships]] as a top seed after defending champion Tai withdrew from the tournament. She made her way to the semifinal and was discomfited by [[Akane Yamaguchi]] (1–2), thus claiming the bronze medal.<ref name="bac19">{{cite web|url=https://sports.sina.cn/others/badmin/2019-04-27/detail-ihvhiewr8552498.d.html?from=wap|title=亚锦赛陈雨菲遭山口茜逆转 国羽女单无缘包揽冠亚|editor=Eden|language=zh|website=Sina Sports|date=27 April 2019|access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> In the [[2019 Sudirman Cup]], she helped her team to win the record-breaking 11th title, in which she scored a point by defeating Akane Yamaguchi, and eventually Japan was crushed in the final with 3–0 tally by China.<ref name="sc19">{{cite web|url=https://www.shine.cn/sport/1905265460/|title=China blanks Japan to win record 11th Sudirman Cup|editor=Shen Ke|website=Shine|date=26 May 2019|access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> Her best form wasn't dipped yet, as she claimed the next title in the [[2019 Australian Open (badminton)|Australian Open]] by totally outplaying [[Nozomi Okuhara]] in the final with a very one-sided scoreline 21–15, 21–3.<ref name="aus19">{{cite web|url=https://badmintonnation.in/news/australian-open-2019-chen-yufei-final/|title=Australian Open: Chen Yufei decimates Nozomi Okuhara in final|website=Badminton Nation|date=10 June 2019|access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> She claimed the [[2019 Thailand Open (badminton)|Thailand Open]] title victory by winning against [[Ratchanok Intanon]].<ref name="tha19">{{cite news|url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/sports/1724563/chen-masters-ratchanok-at-thailand-open|title=Chen masters Ratchanok at Thailand Open|website=Bangkok Post|date=5 August 2019|access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref>
With all her success in 1st half of the year, she was considered as China's best contender for gold in [[2019 BWF World Championships – Women's singles|2019 BWF World Championships]] in her category. She started well, winning against [[Pornpawee Chochuwong]] in round 1, [[Michelle Li]] in 2nd round in 3 games. In the quarter-final, she was tested severely by Danish [[Mia Blichfeldt]] who once appeared to create an upset by leading 15–12 against her in the decider, but Chen's persistence led her way to the victory and assured her of second medal in this Grade 1 event. In the semifinal her opponent was [[P. V. Sindhu]] who had outplayed her in the 2017 World Championships. Chen again proved low against Sindhu in World Championships and was defeated with a big margin 7–21, 14–21. Thus, she again settled for a bronze medal.<ref name="bwc19">{{cite web|url=https://amp.scroll.in/field/935010/bwf-world-cships-pv-sindhu-dominates-in-form-chen-yufei-to-reach-third-consecutive-final|title=BWF World C'ships: PV Sindhu dominates Chen Yufei to reach third final, Sai Praneeth bags bronze|website=Scroll.in|date=24 August 2019|access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> Leaving her disappointments, she returned very strong and again won series of titles. She won the [[2019 Fuzhou China Open]] again, by beating the same opponent from the last year, Nozomi Okuhara, but this time with tougher opposition.<ref name="fco19">{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/amp/news/badminton/china-open-gideon-sukamuljo-create-history-momota-and-chen-yufei-defend-titles-2381063.html|title=Fuzhou China Open: Gideon-Sukamuljo Create History, Momota and Chen Yufei Defend Titles|website=News18|date=11 November 2019|access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> After beating Ratchanok Intanon in the final, she won her 6th World tour title by winning the [[2019 Hong Kong Open (badminton)|Hong Kong open]].<ref name="hkg19">{{cite web|url=https://amp.ibtimes.sg/breaking-chen-yu-fei-triumphs-over-ratchanok-intanon-hong-kong-open-final-34478|title=BWF Hong Kong Open 2019: Chen Yu Fei triumphs over Ratchanok Intanon in final|editor=Akshay Saraswat|website=International Business Times|date=17 November 2019|access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> Going into the [[2019 BWF World Tour Finals]] as the best title winning contender, in the group stage, she downed all her opponents P. V. Sindhu (2–1), Akane Yamaguchi (2–0) and [[He Bingjiao]] (2–0) to reach the semifinal. She was drawn with Yamaguchi yet again and she displayed a very dominant performance to reach the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bwfworldtourfinals.bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2019/12/14/tai-earns-shot-at-third-title-world-tour-finals-semis/|title=Tai ears shot at third finals crown – World Tour Finals: Day 4|editor=Dev Sukumar|website=Badminton World Federation|date=14 December 2019|access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref> In the final, she showed a great fighting spirit to beat Tai Tzu-ying after being a game down
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