| Lê Đức Phát | |
| Country: | Vietnam |
| Birth Date: | 1 February 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Đồng Nai, Vietnam[1] |
| Height: | 180 cm |
| Handedness: | Right |
| Event: | Men's singles |
| Highest Ranking: | 64 |
| Highest Ranking Date: | 6 August 2024 |
| Current Ranking: | 64 |
| Current Ranking Date: | 6 August 2024 |
| Bwf Id: | 4FDBDA65-F854-441D-9BDF-AE126F213422 |
Lê Đức Phát (born 1 February 1998) is a Vietnamese badminton player.[2] He qualified to represent Vietnam at the 2024 Summer Olympics and was chosen his country's flag bearer.
Đức Phát was born in 1998 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.[1] His father was a boxer, the Vietnamese national champion from 1988 to 1989.[3] [4] He played several sports growing up, including boxing and football, but ultimately decided to pursue badminton, which was his favorite.[3] He began competing in the sport full-time at age 16 and won his first international tournament in 2017, the Pakistan International.[4] He reached the top 150 of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings in 2018.[5]
However, after achieving the top 150 ranking, Đức Phát suffered injuries and was further limited by the COVID-19 pandemic, causing him to spend significant time away from the sport and resulting in him falling to a ranking of 464 by August 2022.[5] However, he rebounded towards the end of the year, performing well at several tournaments including winning the Vietnamese national championship over Nguyễn Tiến Minh, thus making him the top-ranked Vietnamese badminton player in men's singles.[3]
Đức Phát opened the 2023 season by being runner-up of the Vietnam International Challenge against Takuma Obayashi, and then winning at the Tajikistan International competition as well being runner-up at a tournament in Kazakhstan.[5] He was ranked 86th in the world by February 2024 and that month won the Uganda International, coming back from a 1–9 deficit to defeat Raghu Mariswamy.[6] He reached the semi-finals of the April 2024 Kazakhstan International Challenge and by the end of that month was ranked 74th in the world by the BWF.[4] [7] Đức Phát qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics by being the 34th-ranked player among those eligible for the men's singles event.[7] He was named one of two flag bearers for Vietnam at the Olympics, along with archer Đỗ Thị Ánh Nguyệt.[8]
Men's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Pakistan International |  Emre Lale | 15–21, 21–11, 21–11 | Winner | |
| 2023 | Vietnam International Challenge |  Takuma Obayashi | 14–21, 15–21 | Runner-up | |
| 2023 | Kazakhstan Future Series |  Dmitriy Panarin | 15–21, 20–22 | Runner-up | |
| 2023 | Tajikistan International |  Daniil Dubovenko | 21–16, 24–22 | Winner | |
| 2024 | Uganda International |  Raghu Mariswamy | 21–18, 21–14 | Winner |
BWF International Challenge tournament
BWF International Series tournament
BWF Future Series tournament