Ho Yen Mei Explained

Ho Yen Mei 何艳美
Country:	Malaysia
Birth Date:	1996 4, df=yes
Residence:	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Height:	1.59m (05.22feet)^[1]
Event:	Women's singles
Handedness:	Right
Coach:	Wong Tat Meng and Rony Agustinus^[2]
Highest Ranking:	54
Date Of Highest Ranking:	13 October 2016
Bwf Id:	2620D42C-2296-4DA3-92BC-58EE88EBE7CF

Ho Yen Mei (born 29 April 1996) is a Malaysian badminton player who competes in the singles category. She won the women's singles title at the BWF Tour Super 100 2018 Russian Open. Ho won 2015 Polish International in the women's singles. Ho was also the part of the Malaysia team to win the women's team silver at the 2015 and 2017 SEA Games.

Early life

Ho was born on 29 April 1996 to her father, Albert Ho. When she was young, her family used to go to the Pandan Lake Club.^[3] Her mother would take her for swimming classes while her father played badminton. After swimming classes, she and her mother would wait for her father. Yen Mei then started playing badminton with her father and his friends. A year later, she signed up for badminton classes. She got a place at the Bukit Jalil Sports School when she was Form Three.

Ho has said that she would have become a swimmer if not for her father, and that she has no regrets taking up badminton whilst she still favours swimming.

Achievements

BWF World Tour

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[4] 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.^[5]

Women's singles

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Smiling Fish International	Rawinda Prajongjai	9–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2015	Polish International	Lim Chiew Sien	21–16, 21–12	Winner
2016	Malaysia International	Sayaka Takahashi	17–21, 11–21	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

National Championships

Year	Tournament	Category	Opponent in final	Score
2014	100PLUS National Junior Circuit Grand Prix Finals (Kuala Lumpur)^[6]	GS U18	Yap Rui Chen	21–15, 21–18
	Maybank National Circuit Perak Open (1st Leg)^[7]	WS [D1]	Yang Li Lian	23–21, 19–21, 21–12^[8]

Notes and References

1. http://results.seagames2015.com/eng/zb/engzb_badminton_biography_overview_n1006390_ho_yen_mei.htm HO Yen Mei
2. http://www.thestar.com.my/Sport/Badminton/2014/09/14/Yen-Mei-finds-joy-in-badmintons-new-scoring-format/ "Yen Mei finds joy in badminton’s new scoring format"
3. http://www.thestar.com.my/Sport/Badminton/2014/12/08/Yen-Mei-has-no-regrets-switching-from-swimming-to-badminton/ "Yen Mei has no regrets switching from swimming to badminton"
4. Web site: Alleyne . Gayle . BWF Launches New Events Structure . . 19 March 2017 . 29 November 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201164159/http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/ . 1 December 2017.
5. Web site: Sukumar . Dev . Action-Packed Season Ahead! . Badminton World Federation . 10 January 2018 . 15 January 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180113162925/http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/ . 13 January 2018.
6. http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=7B5AC5CD-B832-4295-BC53-EA39126C2130&draw=81 "100PLUS National Junior Circuit Grand Prix Finals 2014 (Kuala Lumpur)"
7. http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/winners.aspx?id=F3F1D148-6D2C-4D1E-9597-D958C8593293 "MAYBANK National Circuit Perak Open 2014 (1st Leg)"
8. http://www.thestar.com.my/Sport/Badminton/2014/10/12/Daren-and-Yen-Mei-delight-in-first-local-title/ "Daren and Yen Mei delight in first local title"