Yeo Jia Min (; born 1 February 1999) is a Singaporean

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player. She is a former World Junior No.1 and the first Singaporean in either the junior or senior categories to made it to the top of the BWF's ranking system.

Early life

Yeo was born in

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emigrants who moved to Singapore and became

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. Along with her parents, she became a Singaporean citizen sometime in her childhood. Yeo started playing badminton when she was seven years old, often playing with her parents. She then started formal training under the tutelage of former national player Tan Eng Han at the

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. At nine, she competed in the 2008 Cheers Age Group Badminton Championships and won the Under-11 championship title. At age 10, she won the Under-11 singles title at an international level when she represented Singapore at the 2009 Li-Ning Youth International. In June 2012, with the intention of turning professional, she transferred from

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to the sports-focused

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Career

2012–2014: Junior and senior circuits tryout

In 2012, Yeo participated in three junior championships, the Badminton Asia Youth U17 & U15 Championships, the World Junior Mixed Team Championships and the World Junior Championships Eye-Level Cups. She played in both the singles and doubles disciplines, with her best showing at the Badminton Asia Youth Under-15 girls' singles championships where she reached the quarter-finals. In 2013, at age 14, Yeo played in her first senior tournament at the Singapore Open where she lost in the women's singles qualifying round to her compatriot

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in two games. In the women's doubles event, she partnered with Elaine Chua Yi Ling and lost in the first round to the Korean pairing of

Chang Ye-na Chang Ye-na (; ; born 13 December 1989) is a South Korean badminton player who specializes in doubles. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She won gold medals at the 2013 Kazan Universiade in the mixed team and w ...

and

Kim So-yeong Kim So-yeong (Hangul: 김소영; born 9 July 1992) is a South Korean badminton player. Kim, who attended the University of Incheon, was the triple crowns at the 2013 Summer Universiade, by winning the gold medals in the women's doubles, mixed do ...

. Later that year, she contested in the Badminton Asia Youth U17 & U15 Championships and emerged triumphant in the Under-15 girls' singles event. In 2014, she competed in various senior and junior tournaments in multiple disciplines. Her best result came in the girls' singles event at the German Junior Open, where she lost in the semi-finals to then China's

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in 33 minutes.

2015–2017: First senior title and World Junior #1

In 2015, Yeo once again reached the semi-finals of the girls' singles event at the German Junior Open, but she lost to Denmark's

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. In June, she participated in her first

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and managed to win bronze in the women's team event. In August, she finished as runner-up to Indonesia's

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at the Singapore International Series. In October, Yeo clinched two titles at the Badminton Asia U17 & U15 Junior Championships in Kudus, Indonesia. She defeated the unseeded Indonesian Sri Fatmawati in the Under-17 girls' singles final. Then, she partnered compatriot Crystal Wong to beat Japan's Natsu Saito and Rumi Yoshida to clinch the U-17 girls' doubles title. In 2016, Yeo won the first senior title of her career when she defeated

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of Japan in the Vietnam Open Grand Prix in two straight games. She followed up her success with another title, at the junior level, in the Junior Grand Prix held in

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, Indonesia. There, she defeated

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of Korea in two tightly contested games, 21–19, 21–19, to win the final in 35 minutes. In 2017, Yeo continued her good form in the junior tournaments by winning the Dutch Junior Open held in March by beating Pattarasuda Chaiwan of Thailand in two games. The following week, she reached the final of the German Junior Open but lost to

Hirari Mizui is a Japanese badminton player. She graduated from Futaba Mirai School. She was the girls' singles bronze medalist at the 2017 Asian Junior Championships. Mizui participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( ...

of Japan. In June, Yeo was ranked World Junior No.1 in the girls' singles event after she overtook Malaysia's

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, making it the first time that a Singaporean badminton player, in either junior or senior categories, made it to the top of the BWF's ranking system. In July, Yeo won a bronze medal at the Asian Junior Championships after reaching the semi-finals stage. However, she was defeated by Chaiwan this time, in a marathon three-set match that lasted for 63 minutes. In August, she won her second women's team bronze at the

where Singapore reached the semi-finals of the women's team competition but lost to Thailand, the eventual winner, 0–3.

2018–2020: Two World Tour titles

In April of 2018, Yeo competed at her first

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held in

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, Australia. In June, she participated in the Mongolia International Series and was knocked out at the semi-finals by Joy Xuan Deng of Hong Kong in two straight sets. The following week, Yeo reached the final of

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, an International Challenge tournament held in

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, Russia. There she met Deng once again and lost to her in a thrilling three-set match in 51 minutes. In August, Yeo continued her good showing in Vietnam by winning her second

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title in three years. She defeated China's

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, 21–19, 21–19 in the final to seal the victory. This is also her first World Tour success after BWF rebranded the tournaments in 2018. In September, Yeo took part in the Hyderabad Open and reached the semi-finals but she lost to Deng again, her third defeat to the same opponent on the tour that year. In 2019, Yeo played in her first All England Open and was eliminated in the first round by China's former Olympic champion,

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in two close games. In August, she won her first title of the year by winning the Hyderabad Open. In the final, she defeated the talented

An Se-young An Se-young (; born 5 February 2002) is a South Korean badminton player from Gwangju, who was awarded as 2019 Most Promising Player of the Year by the BWF. In 2018, An was selected to join the national team and became the first junior high s ...

of Korea in a three-set battle that lasted 73 minutes. In the same month at the

BWF World Championships The BWF World Championships, formerly known as IBF World Championships, and also known as the World Badminton Championships, is a badminton tournament sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The tournament is one of the most prestigious i ...

, Yeo created history by becoming the first female shuttler from Singapore to reach the quarter-finals after she defeated Vietnam's

Vũ Thị Trang Vũ Thị Trang (born 19 May 1992) is a badminton player from Vietnam. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was a bronze medallist at the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore. In 2016, Vũ married fellow Vie ...

in the third round, in a grueling 72 minutes battle. Yeo, who also defeated World No. 1, Akane Yamaguchi in the second round of the tournament met the 2013 World Champion,

Ratchanok Intanon Ratchanok Intanon ( th, รัชนก อินทนนท์, , ; born 5 February 1995) is a Thai badminton player who became the first Thai to become No.1 in women's singles. She is known for her relaxed hitting motion and light footwork, w ...

of Thailand in the quarter-finals but ended up losing to her in two straight games thus ending her campaign without a medal. At the year-end

held in

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, Philippines, she won her third women's team bronze after Singapore reached the semi-finals of the women's team competition but lost to Indonesia, 1–3. Due to the

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, the 2020 badminton season was shortened and Yeo participated in only five tournaments. Her best result was at the

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where Singapore women's team reached the quarter-finals of the competition.

2021: Olympian

Yeo began the season on the Thailand leg of the world tour at the Yonex Thailand Open and the Toyota Thailand Open where she lost in the first round to

and second round to

respectively. In June, she qualified for her first ever Olympic Games after placing 17th in BWF’s road to Tokyo rankings. In July, Yeo competed at the delayed

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but did not make it to the knockout round, and the 22 years old Yeo became emotional and, cried to the local media for her apologies from her exit in the games. In her first group stage game, she defeated Haramara Gaitan of Mexico in two straight games but then lost to

of Korea in the next match, thus ending her Olympics conquest. After the Olympics, she played on the European leg of the world tour held in Denmark, France and Germany. In the

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, she was eliminated in the first round by China's He Bing Jiao. In the

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, she reached the quarter-finals but lost to

. In the

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held in Germany, she managed to reach her first final of the year, but she was defeated by the fifth seed,

Busanan Ongbamrungphan Busanan Ongbamrungphan (Thai: บุศนันท์ อึ๊งบำรุงพันธ์; born 22 March 1996) is a Thai badminton player who specializes in singles. She competed at the 2014 and 2018 Asian Games as well as the 2020 Summe ...

of Thailand, in two straight games. In November, Yeo participated in the

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and Indonesia Open held in

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. She was knockout by her former junior rivals,

Phittayaporn Chaiwan Lalinrat Chaiwan ( th, ลลินรัตน์ ไชยวรรณ; born Pattarasuda Chaiwan ( th, ภัทรสุดา ไชยวรรณ), 21 February 2001) is a Thai badminton player. She has shown her talent as a badminton player ...

in the quarter-finals and Akane Yamaguchi in the second round respectively. In December, Yeo became the first Singaporean to qualify and play in the season-ending

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. She made her debut by playing Akane Yamaguchi but lost 11–21, 14–21. She then had to retire in the next match against

when she was trailing 7–21, 9–15 due to a right knee injury. At the year end

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held in

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, Spain, Yeo, the 15th seed, was upset in the second round by the unseeded

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of Scotland.

2022: Commonwealth Games bronze medalists

In January, Yeo withdrew from the

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before she could play her quarter-finals match against Thailand's

Supanida Katethong Supanida Katethong ( th, ศุภนิดา เกตุทอง; born 26 October 1997) is a Thai badminton player. She won the gold medal in the women's singles at the 2023 SEA Games, and also part of Thai winning team at the Games in 2021 ...

, initially reported as having a high fever. Upon her return to Singapore, she was found to be infected with the

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virus. In April, she returned to tour at the Korea Open and managed to see off South Korea's Sim Yu-jin in the first round before losing to her compatriot

in the second round. The following week, Yeo had a better showing at the

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where she reached the quarter-finals but lost to China's Wang Zhi Yi in straight sets. At the

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held in

, Philippines, she was eliminated in the second round after losing to Japan's

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in a three sets battle that lasted 49 minutes. In May, Yeo participated in the 31st SEA Games and clinched a joint-bronze in the women's team event. In the singles event, she reached the quarter-finals before losing to Thailand’s

. In June, she competed at the

, Indonesia Open and Malaysia Open but were eliminated in the first round of all three by Supanida Katethong, Tai Tzu-ying and An Se-young respectively. In July, at the Singapore Open, she reached the second round before bowing out against Thailand's

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in three sets. At the 22nd Commonwealth Games held in

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, England, Yeo won a bronze medal as Singapore finished in third place at the mixed team event, having defeated England 3–0. A few days later, she won another bronze medal after defeating Scotland's

, 21–14, 22–20 in the women's singles bronze medal match. In August, Yeo missed out the

after testing positive for Covid-19 again. However, she recovered in time to take part in the Japan Open where she would suffer another first round defeat at the hand of Supanida Katethong. In October, Yeo played in both the

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and

and did not perform well, losing in the first round to Japan's

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and China's Chen Yu Fei respectively in straight sets. In November, at the

, Yeo advanced past the first round after defeating Chinese Tapei's

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in three sets. She, however, could not overcome Spain's

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in her next matchup, losing in straight sets, 14–21, 17–21. Yeo concluded her 2022 season with yet another first round defeat at the

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, her seventh of the year on tour, after losing to Pai Yu Po.

2023

Yeo started her new season with first round defeat to

at the

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and

respectively in straight games. At the

, she faced another first round defeat, losing a closely contested rubber game against

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of Denmark. In February, Yeo played only one match during the

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, where Singapore did not make it to the knockout stage. She competed in the opening round and suffered a defeat to

from South Korea. In March, Yeo made it to the main draw of the All England Open after the withdrawal of Indian shuttler

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. She however, lost to China's

in the first round. The following week, she claimed her first title since 2019 by winning the Polish Open. In the final, she defeated

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from Turkey. Yeo continued her good form at the

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and made it to the semi-finals, but lost to P. V. Sindhu in two closely contested games. At the

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, she made it to the quarter-finals for the third tournament in a row but was outclassed by Carolina Marín.

Personal life

On 19 December 2020, Yeo announced that she had been in a relationship with swimmer

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Awards

Yeo received the 2020 Meritorious Award from the Singapore National Olympic Committee.

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

''Women's singles''

Asian Junior Championships

''Girls' singles''

BWF World Tour (2 titles, 1 runner-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

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(BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the BWF World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100. ''Women's singles''

BWF Grand Prix (1 title)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the

(BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. ''Women's singles'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 2 runners-up)

''Women's singles'' :

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tournament :

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tournament

References

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