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Tee Kai Wun

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.[2][3] He helped Malaysia win a silver medal in the 2017 BWF World Junior Championships mixed team event.[4]

Tee Kai Wun
郑凯文
Tee at the 2025 Petronas Malaysia Open
Personal information
NicknameKai Wun
Born (2000-04-17) 17 April 2000 (age 26)
Malacca, Malaysia
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
CountryMalaysia
SportBadminton
HandednessRight
Coached byHerry Iman Pierngadi[1]
Men's doubles
Highest ranking4 (with Man Wei Chong, 16 December 2025)
Current ranking11 (with Man Wei Chong, 4 August 2026)
BWF profile
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Malaysia
Sudirman Cup
Bronze medal – third place2021 VantaaMixed team
Asia Team Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 SelangorMen's team
SEA Games
Silver medal – second place2021 VietnamMen's team
Silver medal – second place2025 ThailandMen's team
Bronze medal – third place2025 ThailandMen's doubles
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place2017 YogyakartaMixed team

Career

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2017–2019

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In 2017, he won a silver medal at the 2017 BWF World Junior Championships in the mixed team event.[4] In June 2018, Tee entered the final of Mauritius International with Ng Yong Chai and finished as runners-up.[5] In December 2019, he won his first senior title at the Bangladesh International in the men's doubles event with Chang Yee Jun.[6]

2021

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After more than a year not competing due to the 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.[7] 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.[8][9] He was then selected to represent Malaysia at the 2021 Sudirman Cup and 2020 Thomas & Uber Cup.[10] In October, Tee and Man finished as runners-up to Terry Hee and Loh Kean Hean at the Czech Open.[11] In November, the pair won their third title of the year at the Irish Open.[12] In December, they end the season with a runner-up finish at the Welsh International.[13]

2022

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In January, Tee and Man claimed their first BWF World Tour title by winning the 2022 Syed Modi International.[14] He was part of Malaysia's men's team that won gold at the 2022 Badminton Asia Team Championships in February.[15][16] 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.[17] In July, Tee and Man captured the 2022 Taipei Open title beating reigning Olympic champion Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin in three games.[18]

2023

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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.[19] In June, they successfully defended their title at the 2023 Taipei Open after defeating home pair Lu Ching-yao and Yang Po-han.[20] 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.[21] In October, they made it to the 2023 Arctic Open final and finished as runners-up to Denmark's Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen.[22]

2024

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In June, contesting their first BWF World Tour Super 1000 final at the 2024 Indonesia Open, Tee and Man went down to Liang and Wang, finishing second.[23]

2025

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At the beginning of the new season in January, Tee and Man went to the semi-finals on their home ground Malaysia Open before they lost against Chen Boyang and Liu Yi in 3 sets.[24] Their luck changes in the next two tournaments when they redeem their lost in Indonesia the previous year by winning Indonesia Masters against the home favourite, Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto in straight sets.[25] Tee and Man ended a 12 years droughts for home title in Malaysia Masters after prevailed in All-Malaysian finals against Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik.[26] In December, he competed in the SEA Games in Thailand. He won the silver medal in the team event,[27] and a bronze in the men's doubles.[28]

2026

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Tee and Man did not start the year with good performance as they only managed to reach several quarter-final berths, including at the Malaysia Open, India Open and All England Open.[29][30] In August, BAM shuffled up the existing pair to seek for the best pairings where in the Korea Masters, he would play alongside Yap Roy King.[31] After getting a walkover in the semifinal due to injury for the Japanese pair of Shuji Sawada and Daigo Tanaka, Tee and Yap capitalized on that opportunity and won an All-Malaysian final in that tournament against his old partner, Man Wei Chong and Soh Wooi Yik.[32][33]

Achievements

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SEA Games

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Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2025 Gymnasium 4, Thammasat University Rangsit Campus,
Pathum Thani, Thailand		 Malaysia Man Wei Chong Indonesia Sabar Karyaman Gutama
Indonesia Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani		 16–21, 17–21 Bronze Bronze [28]

BWF World Tour (6 titles, 3 runners-up)

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The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[34] 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.[35]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2022 Syed Modi International Super 300 Malaysia Man Wei Chong India Krishna Prasad Garaga
India Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala		 21–18, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [14]
2022 Taipei Open Super 300 Malaysia Man Wei Chong Chinese Taipei Lee Yang
Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin		 21–18, 11–21, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [18]
2023 Malaysia Masters Super 500 Malaysia Man Wei Chong South Korea Kang Min-hyuk
South Korea Seo Seung-jae		 15–21, 24–22, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [19]
2023 Taipei Open Super 300 Malaysia Man Wei Chong Chinese Taipei Lu Ching-yao
Chinese Taipei Yang Po-han		 20–22, 21–17, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [20]
2023 Arctic Open Super 500 Malaysia Man Wei Chong Denmark Kim Astrup
Denmark Anders Skaarup Rasmussen		 18–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [22]
2024 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Malaysia Man Wei Chong China Liang Weikeng
China Wang Chang		 21–19, 16–21, 12–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [23]
2025 Indonesia Masters Super 500 Malaysia Man Wei Chong Indonesia Fajar Alfian
Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto		 21–11, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [25]
2025 Malaysia Masters Super 500 Malaysia Man Wei Chong Malaysia Aaron Chia
Malaysia Soh Wooi Yik		 21–12, 15–21, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [26]
2026 Korea Masters Super 300 Malaysia Yap Roy King Malaysia Man Wei Chong
Malaysia Soh Wooi Yik		 21–13, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [33]

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

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Men's doubles

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

References

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  1. ↑ "Ganda Putra Malaysia Ini Happy Bakal Dilatih Herry IP". Detik Sport (in Indonesian). Retrieved 22 January 2025.
  2. ↑ "Players: Tee Kai Wun". Badminton Association of Malaysia. 17 April 2000. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "Players: Tee Kai Wun". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  4. 1 2 "China hancurkan harapan Malaysia". Malaysiakini (in Malay). 15 October 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Tournament | Mauritius International 2018". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "Bangladesh IC: Malaysia sweep three titles". Badminton Association of Malaysia. 15 December 2019. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  7. ↑ Anil, Nicolas (29 March 2021). "Malaysia bag three titles at Polish Open". Stadium Astro. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  8. ↑ Zhang, Kevin (20 June 2022). "Selvaduray Kisona, Man Wei Chong/Tee Kai Wun, Tee Kai Wun/Teoh Mei Xing win Spanish International". BadmintonPlanet.com. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "Kai Wun aiming high after sweet double". New Straits Times. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  10. ↑ Kng, Zheng Guan (12 September 2021). "BAM announce shuttlers for Thomas, Uber, Sudirman Cups". New Straits Times. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  11. ↑ Sabrina, Nur (25 October 2021). "Singapore's Terry Hee, Loh Kean Hean triumph at Li-Ning Czech Badminton Open 2021 for back-to-back competition wins". Youthopia. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  12. ↑ Talkah, Helmi (21 November 2021). "Beregu negara menang badminton Terbuka Ireland". bharian.com.my (in Malay). Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  13. ↑ Omar, Hafizuddin (6 December 2021). "Cabaran Wales: Beregu Lelaki, Wei Chong-Kai Wun Muncul Naib Johan". Sukanz (in Malay). Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  14. 1 2 Kng, Zheng Guan (25 January 2022). "Debut Super 300 titles for two pairs". New Straits Times. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  15. ↑ Kng, Zheng Guan (31 January 2022). "Wei Chong-Kai Wun set to surprise". New Straits Times. Archived from the original on 31 January 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  16. ↑ "Malaysian men's squad end Indonesia's dominance to win Badminton Asia Team Championships 2022". Malay Mail. 20 February 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  17. ↑ "SEA Games 21: Malaysia men's team finishes with silver". Badminton Association of Malaysia. 18 May 2022. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  18. 1 2 "Wei Chong-Kai Wun stun Olympic champs to capture Taiwan Open doubles title". The Star. 25 July 2022. Archived from the original on 25 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  19. 1 2 "Wei Chong-Kai Wun fall at final hurdle of Malaysia". The Star. 28 May 2023. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  20. 1 2 "Wei Chong-Kai Wun defend Taiwan Open title". The Star. 25 June 2023. Retrieved 2023-06-26.
  21. ↑ K., Rajan (25 August 2023). "Wei Chong-Kai Wun admit they need to be braver". New Straits Times. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
  22. 1 2 Tan, Ming Wai (15 October 2023). "Wei Chong-Kai Wun come up short at Arctic Open". New Straits Times. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
  23. 1 2 Peter, Fabian (9 June 2024). "Wei Chong-Kai Wun go down fighting in Indonesia Open final". New Straits Times. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  24. ↑ Salim, Faizal; Boopathy, K.M. (11 January 2025). "No Malaysians reach final day of Malaysia Open". New Straits Times. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  25. 1 2 Iswan, Khairil S. (26 January 2025). "Wei Chong-Kai Wun juara Masters Indonesia, dapat angpau RM164,284". Berita Harian (in Malay). Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  26. 1 2 Boopathy, K. M. (25 May 2025). "Man Wei Chong-Tee Kai Wun end 12-year wait for Malaysia Masters men's doubles title". New Straits Times. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  27. ↑ "Emotions cause Malaysia's loss in men's badminton team final – Jonassen". Bernama. 10 December 2025. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  28. 1 2 Kirubashini, R. (13 December 2025). "Aaron-Wooi Yik reach SEA Games final but Wei Chong-Kai Wun crash out". The Star. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  29. ↑ Kirubashini, R. (31 January 2026). "It's all in the mind for Wei Chong-Kai Wun, says Herry". The Star. Retrieved 9 August 2026.
  30. ↑ Zamri, Adam (6 March 2026). "Aaron-Wooi Yik outlast Wei Chong-Kai Wun to reach All-England semis". The Star. Retrieved 9 August 2026.
  31. ↑ "Men's doubles reshuffle continues as Herry seeks best pairings". The Star. 30 July 2026. Retrieved 9 August 2026.
  32. ↑ Zamri, Adam (8 August 2026). "Wei Chong-Wooi Yik fight back to set up all-Malaysian Korean Masters final". The Star. Retrieved 9 August 2026.
  33. 1 2 Boopathy, K. M. (9 August 2026). "All-Malaysian final sees Kai Wun-Roy King take Korea Masters title". NST Online. Retrieved 9 August 2026.
  34. ↑ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  35. ↑ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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