Kendrick Lee Yen Hui (; born 8 October 1984) is a Singaporean former

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player. Lee was ranked fourteen, his highest ranking, in 2007. He was a two-time national champion.

Career

Lee was a two-time men's singles national champion of 2000 and 2005. He was the youngest to ever win the title when he won his first, at the age of 15. Lee was the silver medalists at the 2002 World Junior Championships, became the first Singaporean to reach the World Junior finals. He competed at the

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, and was part of the team that clinched the silver medal. In 2003, he finished as the semi-finalists at the

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and Malaysia Satellite tournament. Lee won his first senior international title at the 2004

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in the mixed doubles event partnered with

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. After that, he won the singles event at the Smiling Fish and Cheers Asian Satellite tournament. In 2006, he competed at the

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and

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. During the 2006 Bitburger Luxembourg Open, Lee managed to clinch the runner-up position, losing to compatriot

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. Notable achievements include the semi-final appearance in the 2006 Chinese Taipei Open after defeating China's Chen Hong. In October 2007, he managed to end his 3-year drought by claiming the Dutch Open men's single's crown, beat

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's Przemyslaw Wacha in the final. At the 24th SEA Games held in

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, Thailand, he was the national flag-bearer. He was quoted as saying that it's an honour he does not take lightly. Compiled with the recent win in the

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, it gave him more motivation to do well. Kendrick defeating World no.6

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in the first round. He went on to beat Kuan Beng Hong in the quarter-finals. In the semi-finals, he once again took everyone by disposing of Thai favourite,

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, in 2 straight sets on Boonsak's homesoil. He made history for being the first Singaporean to feature in the finals of the men's singles event after 24 years. However, he lost to reigning

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champion

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in the finals, adding another silver medal to the silver medal he has already gotten earlier for the men's team event.

Awards

Lee received the 2005 Meritorious Award from the Singapore National Olympic Committee. Lee was named as 2007 Singapore Sports Idol along with 21 Singaporean athletes.

Achievements

Southeast Asian Games

''Men's singles''

World Junior Championships

''Boys' singles''

BWF Grand Prix

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(BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006. ''Men's singles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF/IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series/Satellite

''Men's singles'' ''Mixed doubles'' :

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tournament :

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/IBF Satellite tournament

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Kendrick 1984 births Living people Singaporean male badminton players Singaporean people of Chinese descent Catholic High School, Singapore alumni Badminton players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Singapore Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton Badminton players at the 2006 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Singapore Competitors at the 1999 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2003 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games Southeast Asian Games silver medalists for Singapore Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for Singapore Southeast Asian Games medalists in badminton