Ho Yen Mei

Ho Yen Mei
Personal information
Country  Malaysia
Born (1996-04-29) 29 April 1996[1]
Residence Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Height 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight 56 kg (123 lb)[1]
Handedness Right
Coach Wong Tat Meng and Rony Agustinus[2]
Women's singles
Career record 72-52
Current ranking 69 (25 August 2016)
BWF profile
Updated on 10:23 AM 13 August, 2015 (UTC)[3].
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Ho (何).
Ho Yen Mei
Traditional Chinese 何豔美
Simplified Chinese 何艳美

Ho Yen Mei (born 29 April 1996) is a female Malaysian badminton player who competes in the singles category.

Early life

Yen Mei was born on 29 April 1996 to her father, Albert Ho.[4] At a young age, her family used to go to the Pandan Lake Club.[4] Her mother would take her for swimming classes while her father played badminton.[4] After swimming classes, she and her mother would wait for her father. She then started playing badminton with her father and his friends.[4] A year later, through advices she had got, she decided to sign up for badminton classes. She then got a place at the Bukit Jalil Sports School when she was Form Three.[4]

Yen Mei had stated that she would have become a swimmer if not for her father, and that she has no regrets taking up badminton whilst still favours swimming.[4]

Career Overview

Singles
Played Wins Losses Balance
Total 124 72 52 +20
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

Individual Titles (4)

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's Singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2016 Malaysia International Japan Sayaka Takahashi 17-21, 11-21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Polish International Malaysia Lim Chiew Sien 21–16, 21–12 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Smiling Fish International Thailand Rawinda Prajongjai 9-21, 19-21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament
     BWF Future Series tournament

National Championships

Year Tournament Category Opponent in final Score
2014 Malaysia 100PLUS National Junior Circuit Grand Prix Finals (Kuala Lumpur)[5] GS U18 Malaysia Yap Rui Chen 21-15, 21-18
Malaysia Maybank National Circuit Perak Open (1st Leg)[6] WS [D1] Malaysia Yang Li Lian 23-21, 19-21, 21-12[7]

International Championships

Year Tournament Opponent in final Score
2014 Malaysia Maybank Malaysia International Youth U19 Badminton Championships[8] South Korea Kim Ga-eun 11-10, 11-7, 9-11, 8-11, 11-8[9]

Record against selected opponents

References

  1. 1 2 3 HO Yen Mei. seagames2015.com
  2. "Yen Mei finds joy in badminton’s new scoring format". www.thestar.com.my. 14 September 2014
  3. "BWF World Rankings - BWF世界排名榜". www.bwfbadminton.org. 13 August 2015
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Yen Mei has no regrets switching from swimming to badminton". thestar.com.my Published: Monday December 8, 2014 MYT 11:07:00 PM, Updated: Tuesday December 9, 2014 MYT 1:13:59 AM
  5. "100PLUS National Junior Circuit Grand Prix Finals 2014 (Kuala Lumpur)". tournamentsoftware.com Last updated: 22 June, 2014 11:32 AM
  6. "MAYBANK National Circuit Perak Open 2014 (1st Leg)". tournamentsoftware.com Last updated: 13 October, 2014 5:40 PM
  7. "Daren and Yen Mei delight in first local title". www.thestar.com.my. 12 October 2014
  8. "Maybank Malaysia International Youth U19 Badminton Championships 2014". tournamentsoftware.com Last updated: 18 September, 2014 9:33 AM
  9. "Yen Mei finds joy in badminton’s new scoring format". thestar.com.my 14 September 2014
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