Ho Yen Mei

Ho Yen Mei (born 29 April 1996) is a Malaysian badminton player who competes in the singles category. She won gold medal at the BWF Tour Super 100 2018 Russian Open (badminton) in the women’s singles event. She was the winner at the Varcolar Polish International 2015. Ho was also the part of the Malaysia team to win the women’s team silver at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games & 2017 Southeast Asian Games. In junior, she was the winner of the Maybank Youth International 2014.

Ho Yen Mei
Personal information
Country Malaysia
Born (1996-04-29) 29 April 1996
ResidenceKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Height1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)[1]
HandednessRight
CoachWong Tat Meng and Rony Agustinus[2]
Women's singles
Career record93-71
Career title(s)2
Highest ranking54
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Malaysia
Southeast Asian Games
2017 Kuala Lumpur Women's team
2015 Singapore Women's team
BWF profile
Ho Yen Mei
Traditional Chinese何豔美
Simplified Chinese何艳美

Early life

Ho was born on 29 April 1996 to her father, Albert Ho.[3] When she was young, her family used to go to the Pandan Lake Club.[3] Her mother would take her for swimming classes while her father played badminton.[3] After swimming classes, she and her mother would wait for her father. Yen Mei then started playing badminton with her father and his friends.[3] A year later, she signed up for badminton classes. She got a place at the Bukit Jalil Sports School when she was Form Three.[3]

Ho has said that she would have become a swimmer if not for her father, and that she has no regrets taking up badminton whilst she still favours swimming.[3]

Career overview
Singles
Played Wins Losses Balance
Total 164 93 71 +22
Current year 18 6 12 -6
Doubles
Played Wins Losses Balance
Total 17 6 11 -5
Current year 0 0 0 0
Mixed doubles
Played Wins Losses Balance
Total 12 8 4 +4
Current year 0 0 0 0

Achievements

BWF World Tour

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[4] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[5]

Women's singles

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result
2018 Russian Open Super 100 Shiori Ebihara 22–20, 11–21, 21–18 Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2016 Malaysia International Sayaka Takahashi 17–21, 11–21 Runner-up
2015 Polish International Lim Chiew Sien 21–16, 21–12 Winner
2013 Smiling Fish International Rawinda Prajongjai 9–21, 19–21 Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

National Championships
Year Tournament Category Opponent in final Score
2014 100PLUS National Junior Circuit Grand Prix Finals (Kuala Lumpur)[6] GS U18 Yap Rui Chen 21–15, 21–18
Maybank National Circuit Perak Open (1st Leg)[7] WS [D1] Yang Li Lian 23–21, 19–21, 21–12[8]

Record against selected opponents

References
  1. HO Yen Mei Archived 13 June 2015 at the Wayback Machine. seagames2015.com
  2. "Yen Mei finds joy in badminton’s new scoring format". www.thestar.com.my. 14 September 2014
  3. "Yen Mei has no regrets switching from swimming to badminton". thestar.com.my Published: Monday 8 December 2014 MYT 11:07:00 PM, Updated: Tuesday 9 December 2014 MYT 1:13:59 AM
  4. "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2017.
  5. "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. 15 January 2018.
  6. "100PLUS National Junior Circuit Grand Prix Finals 2014 (Kuala Lumpur)". tournamentsoftware.com Last updated: 22 June 2014 11:32 AM
  7. "MAYBANK National Circuit Perak Open 2014 (1st Leg)". tournamentsoftware.com Last updated: 13 October 2014 5:40 PM
  8. "Daren and Yen Mei delight in first local title". www.thestar.com.my. 12 October 2014

9. https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/badminton/2017/01/28/youngster-yen-mei-is-ready-to-justify-bams-faith-in-her

10. https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/badminton/2018/07/30/from-russia-with-love

11. https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/badminton/2018/08/10/shes-all-gungho-yen-mei-stuns-world-no-10-takahashi-for-a-place-in-qfinals

12. https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/badminton/2015/06/11/womens-badminton-team-in-final

13. http://www.badmintonplanet.com/badminton-news/4016-iskandar-zulkarnain-ho-yen-mei-capture-polish-international-titles.html

14. http://english.astroawani.com/sports-news/yen-mei-leads-three-other-malaysian-women-second-round-33815

15. https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/badminton/2014/04/13/the-shuttles-in-your-court-yen-mei

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