Teo Ee Yi

Teo Ee Yi
张御宇
Personal information
CountryMalaysia
Born (1993-04-04) 4 April 1993
Muar, Johor, Malaysia
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
HandednessRight
CoachRosman Razak[1]
Men's doubles
Highest ranking6 (with Ong Yew Sin 20 June 2023)
Current ranking31 (with Ong Yew Sin 11 March 2025)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Malaysia
World Championships
2021 Huelva Men's doubles
Sudirman Cup
2023 Suzhou Mixed team
Thomas Cup
2016 Kunshan Men's team
Asian Championships
2023 Dubai Men's doubles
Asia Team Championships
2020 Manila Men's team
2018 Alor Setar Men's team
SEA Games
2017 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles
2017 Kuala Lumpur Men's team
2019 Philippines Men's team
2019 Philippines Men's doubles
World Junior Championships
2011 Taipei Boys' doubles
2011 Taipei Mixed team
2010 Guadalajara Boys' doubles
2010 Guadalajara Mixed team
Commonwealth Youth Games
2011 Douglas Boys' doubles
2011 Douglas Mixed doubles
Asian Junior Championships
2010 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
2011 Lucknow Mixed team
2010 Kuala Lumpur Boys' doubles
2011 Lucknow Boys' doubles
BWF profile

Teo Ee Yi (simplified Chinese: 张御宇; traditional Chinese: 張御宇; pinyin: Zhāng Yù Yǔ; Jyutping: Zoeng1 Jyu6 Jyu5; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiuⁿ Gū-ú; born 4 April 1993) is a Malaysian badminton player.[2] He won a silver medal with Ong Yew Sin at the 2023 Badminton Asia Championships and a bronze medal with Ong at the 2021 BWF World Championships. In the junior event, he captured the golds medal at the 2011 World Junior Championships in the team and boys' doubles events.[3]

Career

Teo won his first Grand Prix title at the 2016 Bitburger Open with his partner, Ong Yew Sin.[4]

Teo and Ong earned a silver and a bronze medal at the 2017 and 2019 SEA Games respectively. They were also runners-up at the 2019 Malaysia Masters.[5]

In January 2020, they were dropped from the national team by the Badminton Association of Malaysia.[6] Following the incident, they went on to win their first World Tour title at the 2020 Thailand Masters.[7] At the Indonesia badminton festival in Bali, they finished as semifinalists at the 2021 Indonesia Masters and the 2021 BWF World Tour Finals.[8][9]

Their best achievement was winning the men's doubles silver medal at the 2023 Badminton Asia Championships after narrowly losing to Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty with score of 21–16, 17–21, 19–21 in 66 minutes. They won the men's doubles bronze medal at the 2021 BWF World Championships, where they had to go through a narrow fight against Olympic champions Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin in the quarterfinals.[10] Because of their achievements, they were selected to be part of the Malaysian squad in the 2022 Thomas Cup.[11]

Achievements

World Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2021 Palacio de los Deportes Carolina Marín, Huelva, Spain Ong Yew Sin Takuro Hoki
Yugo Kobayashi
13–21, 9–21 Bronze

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2023 Sheikh Rashid Bin Hamdan Indoor Hall, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Ong Yew Sin Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Chirag Shetty
21–16, 17–21, 19–21 Silver

SEA Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Axiata Arena,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Ong Yew Sin Kittinupong Kedren
Dechapol Puavaranukroh
19–21, 22–20, 17–21 Silver
2019 Muntinlupa Sports Complex,
Metro Manila, Philippines
Ong Yew Sin Bodin Isara
Maneepong Jongjit
12–21, 21–16, 19–21 Bronze

World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Domo del Code Jalisco,
Guadalajara, Mexico
Nelson Heg Ow Yao Han
Yew Hong Kheng
18–21, 15–21 Silver
2011 Taoyuan Arena,
Taoyuan City, Taipei, Taiwan
Nelson Heg Huang Po-jui
Lin Chia-yu
21–17, 21–17 Gold

Commonwealth Youth Games

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 National Sports Centre, Douglas, Isle of Man Nelson Heg Ryan McCarthy
Tom Wolfenden
24–22, 21–16 Gold

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 National Sports Centre, Douglas, Isle of Man Chow Mei Kuan Srikanth Kidambi
K. Maneesha
18–21, 21–16, 21–8 Gold

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Stadium Juara,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Nelson Heg Choi Seung-il
Kang Ji-wook
13–21, 14–21 Bronze
2011 Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium,
Lucknow, India
Nelson Heg Huang Po-jui
Lin Chia-yu
16–21, 21–11, 17–21 Bronze

BWF World Tour (1 title, 2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[12] 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.[13]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Malaysia Masters Super 500 Ong Yew Sin Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
15–21, 16–21 Runner-up
2020 Thailand Masters Super 300 Ong Yew Sin Huang Kaixiang
Liu Cheng
18–21, 21–17, 21–17 Winner
2022 Australian Open Super 300 Ong Yew Sin Liu Yuchen
Ou Xuanyi
16–21, 20–22 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 1 runner-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.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Bitburger Open Ong Yew Sin Michael Fuchs
Johannes Schöttler
21–16, 21–18 Winner
2017 New Zealand Open Ong Yew Sin Chen Hung-ling
Wang Chi-lin
16–21, 18–21 Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Dutch International Nelson Heg Jorrit de Ruiter
Dave Khodabux
19–21, 21–13, 21–9 Winner
2012 Malaysia International Goh V Shem Low Juan Shen
Tan Yip Jiun
21–15, 21–12 Winner
2013 Finnish Open Nelson Heg Mohd Lutfi Zaim Abdul Khalid
Tan Wee Gieen
21–14 21–12 Winner
2016 Portugal International Ong Yew Sin Đỗ Tuấn Đức
Phạm Hồng Nam
21–17, 24–22 Winner
2016 Romanian International Ong Yew Sin Zvonimir Đurkinjak
Zvonimir Hölbling
21–13, 21–9 Winner
2016 Vietnam International Ong Yew Sin Kenya Mitsuhashi
Yuta Watanabe
21–19, 21–14 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

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  3. ^ "Unbeaten Jin Wei becomes the new world junior champion". Badminton Association of Malaysia. 16 November 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  4. ^ Paul, Rajes (6 November 2016). "Ee Yi-Yew Sin cap splendid show in Germany with Bitburger title". The Star. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Masters Malaysia: Yew Sin-Ee Yi bukti mampu jadi sandaran negara" (in Malay). Stadium Astro. 20 January 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
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  7. ^ "Independent men's doubles pair Yew Sin-Ee Yi win Thailand Masters". The Star. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
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