Tee Kai Wun
Malaysian badminton player

Tee Kai Wun

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Malaysian badminton player
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17 April 2000(Malacca, Malaysia)
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Introduction

Tee Kai Wun (Chinese: 鄭凱文; pinyin: Zhèng Kǎiwén; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tīⁿ Khái-bûn; born on 17 April 2000) is a Malaysian badminton player. He helped Malaysia win a silver medal in the 2017 BWF World Junior Championships mixed team event.

Career

2017–2019

In 2017, he won a silver medal at the 2017 BWF World Junior Championships in mixed team event. In June 2018, Tee entered the final of Mauritius International with Ng Yong Chai and finished as runner-ups. In December 2019, he won his first senior title at the Bangladesh International in the men's doubles event with Chang Yee Jun.

2021

After more than a year not competing due to pandemic, Tee made a return to international badminton at the Polish Open in March. He and partner Man Wei Chong won the title after defeating compatriots Chang Yee Jun and Chia Wei Jie in the final. In June, Tee competed at the Spanish International and won the men's doubles and mixed doubles titles with Man and Teoh Mei Xing respectively. He was then selected to represent Malaysia at the 2021 Sudirman Cup and 2020 Thomas & Uber Cup. In October, Tee and Man finished as runner-ups to Terry Hee and Loh Kean Hean at the Czech Open. In November, the pair won their third title of the year at the Irish Open. In December, they end the season with a runner-up finish at the Welsh International.

2022

In January, Tee and Man claimed their first BWF World Tour title by winning the 2022 Syed Modi International. He was part of Malaysia's men's team that won gold at the 2022 Badminton Asia Team Championships in February. In May, he made his debut at the 2021 SEA Games where he helped Malaysia win the silver medal in the men's team event. In July, Tee and Man captured the 2022 Taipei Open title beating reigning Olympic champion Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin in three games.

2023

In May, Tee and Man entered their first final of the year at home event 2023 Malaysia Masters, but lost out to Korean pair of Kang Min-hyuk and Seo Seung-jae. In June, they successfully defended their title at the 2023 Taipei Open after defeating home pair Lu Ching-yao and Yang Po-han. In August, the pair made their debut at the 2023 BWF World Championships but fell in the third round to Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang in three games. In October, they made it to the 2023 Arctic Open final and finished as runner-ups to Denmark's Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen.

Achievements

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

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

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2022 Syed Modi International Super 300 Man Wei Chong Krishna Prasad Garaga
Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala
21–18, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Taipei Open Super 300 Man Wei Chong Lee Yang
Wang Chi-lin
21–18, 11–21, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Malaysia Masters Super 500 Man Wei Chong Kang Min-hyuk
Seo Seung-jae
15–21, 24–22, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Taipei Open Super 300 Man Wei Chong Lu Ching-yao
Yang Po-han
20–22, 21–17, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Arctic Open Super 500 Man Wei Chong Kim Astrup
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
18–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 3 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Mauritius International Ng Yong Chai Daniel Graßmück
Roman Zirnwald
21–16, 12–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2019 Bangladesh International Chang Yee Jun Arjun M. R.
Dhruv Kapila
21–19, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2021 Polish Open Man Wei Chong Chang Yee Jun
Chia Wei Jie
21–17, 20–22, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2021 Spanish International Man Wei Chong Lucas Corvée
Ronan Labar
21–15, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2021 Czech Open Man Wei Chong Terry Hee
Loh Kean Hean
21–13, 15–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2021 Irish Open Man Wei Chong Rory Easton
Zach Russ
21–7, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2021 Welsh International Man Wei Chong Kim Gi-jung
Kim Sa-rang
18–21, 21–18, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2021 Spanish International Teoh Mei Xing Callum Hemming
Jessica Pugh
21–15, 13–21, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament