Terry Hee

Terry Hee Yong Kai (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. Terry 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 will make their debut at the Paris Olympics 2024.[8]

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
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 ranking22 (XD with Jessica Tan 2 January 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Singapore
Commonwealth Games
2022 Birmingham Mixed doubles
2014 Glasgow Mixed team
2022 Birmingham Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
2022 Selangor Men's team
SEA Games
2015 Singapore Men's team
2017 Kuala Lumpur Men's team
2019 Philippines Men's team
2021 Vietnam Men's doubles
2021 Vietnam Men's team
2023 Cambodia Men's team
BWF profile

Early life

Hee was born in Singapore to Malaysian Chinese parents from Penang on 6 July 1995.[1][2][3][4] He enrolled in the Singapore Sports School on a scholarship when he was 13[9] and 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

2014–2018: Early senior career

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

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]

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]

Personal life

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.[20] Their victory at the 2021 Czech Open, defeating Russians Lev Barinov and Anastasiia Boiarun, was their first tournament as a married duo.[20] They were made HSBC Life Singapore's first brand ambassadors in 2023.

Awards and nominations

Hee and Jessica Tan were nominated for the 2022 ST Athlete of the Year Award.[21] They were also conferred the Team of the Year (Event) award in the Singapore Sports Awards 2023 by the Singapore National Olympic Council.[22]

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

Mixed doubles

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

SEA Games

Men's doubles

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

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 2 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[23] 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.[24]

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2022 India Open Super 500 Jessica Tan Chen Tang Jie
Peck Yen Wei		 21–15, 21–18 Winner [6]
2022 Orléans Masters Super 100 Jessica Tan Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto
Lisa Ayu Kusumawati		 21–12, 16–21, 21–13 Winner [14]
2023 Abu Dhabi Masters Super 100 Jessica Tan Mads Vestergaard
Christine Busch		 22–20, 17–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2023 Guwahati Masters Super 100 Jessica Tan Mads Vestergaard
Christine Busch		 21–19, 21–11 Winner
2023 Odisha Masters Super 100 Jessica Tan Dhruv Kapila
Tanisha Crasto		 21–17, 19–21, 21–23 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (11 titles, 5 runners-up)

Men's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Singapore International Jessica Tan Loh Kean Hean
Dellis Yuliana		 21–19, 19–21, 21–14 Winner
2014 Malaysia International Jessica Tan Hafiz Faizal
Shella Devi Aulia		 21–19, 19–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2015 Bangladesh International Jessica Tan Tan Wee Gieen
Shevon Jemie Lai		 21–10, 19–21, 21–12 Winner
2016 Smiling Fish International Jessica Tan Wong Fai Yin
Shevon Jemie Lai		 21–16, 21–17 Winner
2016 Hungarian International Jessica Tan Paweł Pietryja
Aneta Wojtkowska		 11–6, 11–7, 13–11 Winner
2018 South Australia International Citra Putri Sari Dewi Kohei Gondo
Ayane Kurihara		 22–20, 21–18 Winner
2021 Czech Open Jessica Tan Lev Barinov
Anastasiia Boiarun		 21–18, 21–12 Winner
2023 Irish Open Jessica Tan Gregory Mairs
Jenny Mairs		 21–17, 18–21, 21–15 Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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