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

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

player. He helped Malaysia win a silver medal in the

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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

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with Ng Yong Chai and finished as runners-up. In December 2019, he won his first senior title at the Bangladesh International in the men's doubles event with Chang Yee Jun.

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 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 respectively. He was then selected to represent Malaysia at the

2021 Sudirman Cup The 2021 Sudirman Cup (officially known as the TotalEnergies BWF Sudirman Cup Finals 2021 for sponsorship reasons) was the 17th edition of the Sudirman Cup, the biennial international badminton championship contested by the mixed national teams ...

and

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. In October, Tee and Man finished as runners-up 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. Hee together with Jessica Tan also won the gold medal in the mixed doubl ...

and Loh Kean Hean 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

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2022

In January, Tee and Man claimed their first BWF World Tour title by winning the 2022 Syed Modi International. He was part of Malaysia's men's team that won gold at the 2022 Badminton Asia Team Championships in February. In May, he made his debut at the

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where he helped Malaysia win the silver medal in the men's team event. In July, Tee and Man captured the 2022 Taipei Open title beating reigning Olympic champion

Lee Yang Lee Yang (; born 12 August 1995) is a Taiwanese retired professional badminton player. He is the Olympic men's doubles champion in 2020 and 2024, becoming the first unseeded men's doubles pair in Olympics history to win consecutive gold medals ...

and

Wang Chi-lin Wang Chi-lin (; born 18 January 1995) is a Taiwanese badminton player who specializes in doubles. He is the 2020 and 2024 Olympics men's doubles champion, becoming the first doubles pair in Olympics history to win consecutive gold medals, and th ...

in three games.

2023

In May, Tee and Man entered their first final of the year at home event

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, but lost out to Korean pair of

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and

Seo Seung-jae Seo Seung-jae (; born 4 September 1997) is a South Korean badminton player. He is the first South Korean player in 24 years to have won two gold medals in a single edition of the BWF World Championships, by winning the mixed and men's doubles e ...

. In June, they successfully defended their title at the 2023 Taipei Open after defeating home pair Lu Ching-yao and Yang Po-han. In August, the pair made their debut at the 2023 BWF World Championships but fell in the third round to Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang in three games. In October, they made it to the 2023 Arctic Open final and finished as runners-up to Denmark's

Kim Astrup Kim Astrup Sørensen (born 6 March 1992) is a Danish badminton player. He was the men's doubles gold medalists at the 2018 European Championships and the 2023 European Games with his partner Anders Skaarup Rasmussen. He also won the bronze medal ...

and

Anders Skaarup Rasmussen Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (born 15 February 1989) is a Danish badminton player. Rasmussen won the men's doubles title at the 2018 European Championships and at the 2023 European Games partnered with Kim Astrup. He also won the bronze medal at th ...

2024

In June, contesting their first BWF World Tour Super 1000 final at the 2024 Indonesia Open, Tee and Man went down to Liang and Wang, finishing second.

2025

At the beginning of the new season in January, Tee and Man went to the semi-finals in their home ground Malaysia Open before they lost against Chen Boyang and Liu Yi in 3 sets. Their luck changes in the next two tournaments when they redeem their lost in Indonesia the previous year by winning

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against the home favourite,

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and

Muhammad Rian Ardianto Muhammad Rian Ardianto (born 13 February 1996) is an Indonesian badminton player. Born in Bantul, Yogyakarta SR, Ardianto plays for the Jaya Raya Jakarta club at national events. He won the men's doubles silver medal at the 2018 Asian Games, th ...

in straight sets. Tee and Man ended a 12 years droughts for home title in

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after prevailed in All-Malaysian finals against

Aaron Chia Aaron Chia Teng Fong (born 24 February 1997) is a Malaysian badminton player. A world champion, an Asian champion and a double bronze medalist at the Olympic Games, he and his partner Soh Wooi Yik became the first ever world badminton champion ...

and

Soh Wooi Yik Soh Wooi Yik (; born 17 February 1998) is a Malaysian badminton player. A world champion, an Asian champion and a double bronze medalist at the Badminton at the Summer Olympics, Olympic Games, he and his partner Aaron Chia became the first ev ...

Achievements

BWF World Tour (5 titles, 3 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

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(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'' :

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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 Badminton players 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