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Terry Hee

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Hee (許).
Terry Hee
許永凱
Hee at the 2022 Singapore Open
Personal information
Full nameTerry Hee Yong Kai
CountrySingapore
Born (1995-07-06) 6 July 1995 (age 29)
Singapore[1][2][3][4]
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Years active2014–present
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking22 (MD with Loh Kean Hean 27 December 2022)
13 (XD with Jessica Tan 3 January 2023)
Current ranking17 (XD with Jessica Tan 13 August 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Singapore
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Glasgow Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Selangor Men's team
SEA Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Singapore Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Kuala Lumpur Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Philippines Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Vietnam Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Vietnam Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Cambodia Men's team
BWF profile

Terry Hee Yong Kai OLY (Chinese: 許永凱; born 6 July 1995) is a Singaporean badminton player.[5] In mixed doubles with Jessica Tan, Hee won his first World Tour title at the 2022 India Open.[6] Hee together with Jessica Tan also won the gold medal in the mixed doubles event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, a first for Singapore in that discipline at the Games. Hee and his wife, Jessica Tan, were nominated for the Straits Times Singaporean of the Year Award 2022.[7] Terry Hee and Jessica Tan are Singapore's first local-born mixed doubles duo to qualify for the Olympics, and made their debut at the Paris Olympics 2024.[8]

Early life

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Hee was born in Singapore and enrolled in the Singapore Sports School on a scholarship when he was 13.[1][2][3][4][9] He began playing badminton professionally for Singapore in 2014, after going through the youth system at the Singapore Sports School (SBA)'s badminton academy.[6][10]

Career

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2014–2018: Early senior career

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Hee won the mixed team bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.[11] He was also part of the national team that won the men's team bronze medals at the 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, and the 2023 SEA Games.[12] He made his second appearance at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast 2018.[13]

2022: Commonwealth Games success

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Hee and Tan with other Singapore Olympians during an open-top bus parade in 2024

Hee opened the 2022 season by winning the mixed doubles title at the India Open partnering Jessica Tan.[6] The duo later captured their second World Tour title of the year by winning the Orléans Masters.[14]

In May 2022, Hee competed at the 2021 SEA Games. He won the bronze medals in the men's team and doubles events.[15][16]

Hee and Tan after winning the mixed doubles final at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games in August, Hee was part of the Singaporean team who won the bronze medal in the mixed team events as the Singaporean team defeated England 3–0 at the bronze medal playoff.[17][18] Hee had also competed at the individual mixed doubles event with his wife, Tan. They won a historic gold medal and Singapore's first Commonwealth Games badminton mixed doubles gold after beating England's Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith in the final, with a score of 21–16, 21–15 in straight sets.[19]

2023–2024: Roller Coaster Journey to Paris Olympics

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After crowning as the Commonwealth Games mixed-double champion in 2022, the forms of Hee and Tan dipped. The duo suffered early-round exits in their subsequent tournaments in 2022 and won just three out of nine matches in their first six tournaments of 2023. The 2024 Paris Olympics qualification period began on May 1, 2023. However, the chances of the pair qualifying for the Olympics were slim, as they won only one of their next nine matches. [20] The turnaround came after they started playing in lower-tier tournaments to boost confidence. They clinched second place in the Abu Dhabi Masters (BWF World Tour 100) in October and won the Iris Open, a BWF international challenge tournament in November. They ended 2023 with another two silverware from BWF World Tour 100 events: winning the Guwahati Masters and making the final of Odisha Masters. The haul of points from these tournaments significantly improved their chance to qualify for the Olympics. [20]

In 2024, Hee and Tan started the year strong by making it into the semi-final of Malaysia Open, a BWF World Tour 1000 event. However, since then, second-round appearances were their best in all subsequent tournaments until the end of the 2024 Paris Olympics qualification period. They ranked 18th on the BWF Race to Paris rankings on April 30, 2024, and thus missed out on the automatic qualification spots. There were only 16 slots for the doubles at the Paris Olympics. Only the first 13 eligible pairs were allocated slots via the Race to Paris rankings, while the remaining three spots were given to the continental champions of America, Africa and Oceania. [21]

Fortunately, Hee and Tan received a lifeline after Australia, which had qualified in four badminton events, elected to take up the slots in the women’s singles and women’s doubles, thus freeing up a mixed doubles spot for Hee and Tan, the next eligible pair in the rankings. They became the first local-born mixed doubles duo from Singapore to qualify for the Olympic Games.[22] In the badminton mixed-double events in the 2024 Paris Olympics, Hee and Tan were assigned to Group D together with Feng Yanzhe / Huang Dongping of China (2nd seed), Chen Tang Jie / Toh Ee Wei from Malaysia, and the American pair of Vinson Chiu / Jennie Gai. Hee and Tan played Chen and Toh in the opening match but lost 23–21 and 21–12. Up against China’s world no. 2 pair Feng and Huang next, the duo could not overcome their rivals, losing 21-13, 21-17, thus missing out on the quarter-finals [23] Hee and Tan ended their Olympics campaign with a win though as they beat United States’ Chiu and Gai, 21–17, 21–12 in the last group fixture.

2024: A New Partnership With Jin Yujia

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Post-Olympics, Hee and Tan continued to contest in major World Tour tournaments, but all ended with 1st round exits. While competing in the Macau Open, where they were seeded second, their campaign was abruptly halted in the first round against Ye Hong Wei and Nicole Chan (Chinese Taipei). Tan suffered a hamstring injury amid the second set, and the duo had to retire. [24]

It was announced in November 2024 that Hee would form a new partnership with Jin Yujia, as Jessica Tan had not fully recovered from her injuries and was not sufficiently competition-fit.[25] The Hee-Jin partnership had a promising start in their first competition by reaching the semi-finals of Guwahati Masters. A week later, they made it into the final at the Odisha Masters but fell 15-21, 21-15, 21-15 in 54 minutes to China’s Gao Jiaxuan and Tang Ruizhi to finish runners-up..[26] Finally, In only their third competition together, Hee and Jin succeeded in capturing their first title together at the Bangladesh International Challenge beating India’s Bokka Navaneeth and Ritika Thaker 21-14, 21-16 in the final.[27]

Personal life

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Hee married fellow Singaporean shuttler Jessica Tan in October, 2021. They had often partnered at mixed doubles tournaments since the start of Hee's professional career.[28] Their victory at the 2021 Czech Open, defeating Russians Lev Barinov and Anastasiia Boiarun, was their first tournament as a married duo.[28] They were made HSBC Life Singapore's first brand ambassadors in 2023. In 2024, Singlife committed to a sponsorship deal with the couple upon their Olympic qualification.[29]

Awards and nominations

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Hee and Jessica Tan were nominated for the 2022 ST Athlete of the Year Award.[30] They were also conferred the Team of the Year (Event) award in the Singapore Sports Awards 2023 by the Singapore National Olympic Council.[31]

Achievements

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Commonwealth Games

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Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2022 National Exhibition Centre,
Birmingham, England 		Singapore Jessica Tan England Marcus Ellis
England Lauren Smith 		21–16, 21–15 Gold Gold [19]

SEA Games

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Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2021 Bac Giang Gymnasium,
Bắc Giang, Vietnam 		Singapore Loh Kean Hean Indonesia Pramudya Kusumawardana
Indonesia Yeremia Rambitan 		21–15, 17–21, 19–21 Bronze Bronze [16]

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 3 runners-up)

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The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[32] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are 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.[33]

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2022 India Open Super 500 Singapore Jessica Tan Malaysia Chen Tang Jie
Malaysia Peck Yen Wei 		21–15, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [6]
2022 Orléans Masters Super 100 Singapore Jessica Tan Indonesia Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto
Indonesia Lisa Ayu Kusumawati 		21–12, 16–21, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [14]
2023 Abu Dhabi Masters Super 100 Singapore Jessica Tan Denmark Mads Vestergaard
Denmark Christine Busch 		22–20, 17–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2023 Guwahati Masters Super 100 Singapore Jessica Tan Denmark Mads Vestergaard
Denmark Christine Busch 		21–19, 21–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Odisha Masters Super 100 Singapore Jessica Tan India Dhruv Kapila
India Tanisha Crasto 		21–17, 19–21, 21–23 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2024 Odisha Masters Super 100 Singapore Jin Yujia China Gao Jiaxuan
China Tang Ruizhi 		21–15, 15–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (12 titles, 5 runners-up)

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Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Vietnam International Singapore Hendra Wijaya Chinese Taipei Lu Ching-yao
Chinese Taipei Tien Tzu-chieh 		13–21, 21–14, 21–23 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Singapore International Singapore Loh Kean Hean Indonesia Hardianto
Indonesia Kenas Adi Haryanto 		13–21, 21–16, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Nepal International Singapore Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Malaysia Ian Wong Jien Sern
Malaysia Tan Chee Tean 		22–20, 14–21, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 South Australia International Singapore Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Japan Akira Koga
Japan Taichi Saito 		11–21, 21–19, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Sydney International Singapore Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Japan Hiroki Okamura
Japan Masayuki Onodera 		6–21, 11–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Singapore International Singapore Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Hong Kong Yonny Chung
Hong Kong Tam Chun Hei 		21–13, 18–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2021 Dutch Open Singapore Loh Kean Hean Malaysia Tan Kian Meng
Malaysia Tan Wee Kiong 		21–14, 18–21, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2021 Czech Open Singapore Loh Kean Hean Malaysia Man Wei Chong
Malaysia Tee Kai Wun 		13–21, 21–15, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Singapore International Singapore Jessica Tan Singapore Loh Kean Hean
Singapore Dellis Yuliana 		21–19, 19–21, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Malaysia International Singapore Jessica Tan Indonesia Hafiz Faizal
Indonesia Shella Devi Aulia 		21–19, 19–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Bangladesh International Singapore Jessica Tan Malaysia Tan Wee Gieen
Malaysia Shevon Jemie Lai 		21–10, 19–21, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Smiling Fish International Singapore Jessica Tan Malaysia Wong Fai Yin
Malaysia Shevon Jemie Lai 		21–16, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Hungarian International Singapore Jessica Tan Poland Paweł Pietryja
Poland Aneta Wojtkowska 		11–6, 11–7, 13–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 South Australia International Singapore Citra Putri Sari Dewi Japan Kohei Gondo
Japan Ayane Kurihara 		22–20, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2021 Czech Open Singapore Jessica Tan Russia Lev Barinov
Russia Anastasiia Boiarun 		21–18, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2023 Irish Open Singapore Jessica Tan England Gregory Mairs
England Jenny Mairs 		21–17, 18–21, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2024 Bangladesh International Singapore Jin Yujia India Bokka Navaneeth
India Ritika Thaker 		21–14, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References

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