[3] Pi Hongyan is one of a number of talented Chinese-born badminton players who have emigrated from China, in part, because of the intense competition to gain positions on its national team, and because of the elite status within the sport that such a player is likely to hold in other badminton playing countries.

Her titles include women's singles at the U.S. (1999), German (2001, 2002), Bitburger (2001, 2002), Portugal (2001, 2003), Swiss (2001, 2005), Croatian (2003), French (2003, 2004, 2005), Dutch (2004), Denmark (2005), Singapore (2006) and India (2009) Opens.

She was runner-up to China's Xie Xingfang at the prestigious All-England Championships in 2007.

A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.

[5] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.