Tee Kai Wun (; born on 17 April 2000) is a Malaysian

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

player. He helped Malaysia win a silver medal in the

2017 BWF World Junior Championships The 2017 BWF World Junior Championships (officially known as the Blibli.com Yonex-Sunrise BWF World Junior Championships 2017 for sponsorship reasons) was the nineteenth tournament of the BWF World Junior Championships. It was held in Yogyakarta ...

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 The Mauritius International is an annual feature international badminton tournament held in Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label= Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation ...

with Ng Yong Chai and finished as runner-ups. In December 2019, he won his first senior title at the

Bangladesh International The Bangladesh International is an international badminton tournament held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and organized by the Bangladesh Badminton Federation. The tournament was established in June 2002 and was part of the Asian Satellite. In 2011, the to ...

in the men's doubles event with

Chang Yee Jun Chang may refer to: People Surname * Chang (surname), the romanization of several separate Chinese surnames * Chang or Jang (Korean name), romanizations of the Korean surname Given name * Chang Bunker () (1811–1874), one of the original ...

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 Man Wei Chong (; born 5 September 1999) is a Malaysian badminton player who specializes in doubles event. He was one of the compatriots of the Malaysian squad that won the silver medals at the 2016 and 2017 BWF World Junior Championships. Care ...

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 Teoh Mei Xing (born 6 March 1997) is a Malaysian badminton player. She was the runner-up of the 2016 Swiss International and Scottish Open tournament in the women's doubles event partnered with Amelia Alicia Anscelly. She won her first internat ...

respectively. He was then selected to represent Malaysia at the 2021 Sudirman Cup and

2020 Thomas & Uber Cup The 2020 Thomas & Uber Cup (officially known as the TotalEnergies BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2020 for sponsorship reasons) was the 31st edition of the Thomas Cup and the 28th edition of the Uber Cup, the biennial international badminton champio ...

. In October, Tee and Man finished as runner-ups to

Terry Hee Terry Hee Yong Kai (; born 6 July 1995) is a Singaporean badminton player. In mixed doubles with Jessica Tan, Hee won his first World Tour title at the 2022 India Open. They repeated their success at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Early life ...

and

Loh Kean Hean Loh Kean Hean (; born 12 March 1995) is a Singaporean badminton player. Career Born in Penang, Loh permanently moved to Singapore in 2009 after receiving a scholarship from the Singapore Badminton Association (SBA). His younger brother follo ...

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 The Welsh International is an international badminton championship held in Wales since 1928 and is thereby one of the oldest badminton tournaments in the world. The tournament was halted during World War II and until 1956, between 1960 and 1966, a ...

2022

In January, Tee and Man claimed their first BWF World Tour title by winning the

2022 Syed Modi International The 2022 Syed Modi International (officially known as the Syed Modi India International) was a badminton tournament that took place at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, from 18 to 23 January 2022. It had a ...

. He was part of Malaysia's men's team that won gold at the

2022 Badminton Asia Team Championships The 2022 Badminton Asia Team Championships (also known as the 2022 Selangor Badminton Asia Team Championship) was held at the Setia City Convention Centre in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia, from 15 to 20 February 2022. This championships was organ ...

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 The 2022 Taipei Open (officially known as the Yonex Taipei Open 2022) was a badminton tournament which took place at Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium in Taipei, Taiwan, from 19 to 24 July 2022 and had a total purse of $500,000. Hongkonger Ng Ts ...

title beating reigning Olympic champion

Lee Yang Lee Yang (; born 12 August 1995) is a Taiwanese badminton player and 2020 Olympics men's doubles champion. Career Lee played in the men's doubles with Lee Jhe-huei. They were champions in 2016 at the Vietnam Open Grand Prix. In 2015, toget ...

and

Wang Chi-lin Wang Chi-lin (; born 18 January 1995) is a Taiwanese badminton player who specializes in doubles. He is the 2020 Olympics men's doubles champion. Career In 2021, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, he and his partner Lee Yang defeated the 2018 World ...

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 Kang Min-hyuk (; born June 28, 1991) is a South Korean musician, singer-songwriter, and actor. He is the drummer of South Korean rock band CNBLUE. Career 2009–present: CNBLUE Kang became a member of CNBLUE in 2009. The group debuted in Jap ...

and

Seo Seung-jae Seo Seung-jae (Hangul: 서승재; born 4 September 1997) is a South Korean badminton player. In 2014, he competed at the Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China. In 2017, he helped the Korean national team compete at the 2017 Sudirman Cup and w ...

. In June, they successfully defended their title at the 2023 Taipei Open after defeating home pair

Lu Ching-yao Lu Ching-yao (; born 7 June 1993) is a Taiwanese badminton player. He was the silver medalist at the 2011 Asian Junior Championships, and 2015 Summer Universiade. He won his first senior international title at the 2014 Singapore International ...

and

Yang Po-han Yang Po-han (; born 13 March 1994) is a Taiwanese badminton player. In 2013, he won the men's doubles title at the Vietnam International tournament partnered with Liao Min-chun when he was 18-year-old. Achievements BWF World Tour (1 title, ...

. In August, the pair made their debut at the 2023 BWF World Championships but fell in the third round to

Liang Weikeng Liang Weikeng (; born 30 November 2000) is a Chinese badminton player. He was part of Chinese winning team at the 2023 Sudirman Cup, and at the same year won the men's doubles bronze medal at the 2023 BWF World Championships – Men's doubles, B ...

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 Kim Astrup Sørensen (born 6 March 1992) is a Danish badminton player. As junior player, he won the bronze medal at the 2010 World Junior Championships in the boys' doubles. He later won a gold in the mixed doubles and bronze medals in the boys' ...

and

Anders Skaarup Rasmussen Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (born 15 February 1989) is a Danish badminton player. He joined the Denmark winning team at the 2016 Thomas Cup in Kunshan, China, where he and his teammates beating Indonesia 3–2 in the final. Rasmussen won the men's ...

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 The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) with nine member ...

(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''

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

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

BWF International Challenge The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF Future Series The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tee, Kai Wun 2000 births Living people Sportspeople from Malacca Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent Malaysian male badminton players Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in badminton