Peck Yen Wei Explained

Peck Yen Wei
白燕微
Country:Malaysia
Birth Date:1996 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Residence:Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Handedness:Right
Event:Women's & mixed doubles
Highest Ranking:65 (WD with Goh Yea Ching 17 November 2016)
21 (XD with Chen Tang Jie 8 November 2022)
Bwf Id:88E31265-2827-4107-B01F-48FF4A92653A

Peck Yen Wei (born 10 February 1996) is a Malaysian badminton player. She started playing badminton at aged ten in Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (C) Jinjang Utara. She made her debut in the international tournament in 2014, and at the same year she selected to join the national team.[1]

Career

In the junior event, she was the champion at the U-18 2013 Thailand Junior Championship in the girls' doubles event.[2] Peck won her first senior international title at the 2016 Portugal International tournament in the women's doubles event partnered with Goh Yea Ching.[3] Teamed-up with the Olympic silver medalist Chan Peng Soon in the mixed doubles event, they reached the semi-final round at the 2017 Indonesia Open, defeated by the 2016 Rio mixed doubles gold medalist from Indonesia Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir in straight games.[4] She won the mixed doubles title at the 2018 Malaysia International Challenge tournament partnered with Chen Tang Jie.[5]

Peck resigned from Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) on 1 November 2022 due to splitting up with long-time partner Chen Tang Jie and an untimely ankle injury. She has joined CPS Badminton (founded by Chan Peng Soon) in Petaling Jaya as one of their coaches.[6]

Achievements

SEA Games

Mixed doubles

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[7] 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, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[8]

Mixed doubles

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 4 runners-up)

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016Portugal International Goh Yea Ching Chloe Birch
Sarah Walker
21–9, 21–15 Winner
2016Romanian International Goh Yea Ching Jessica Pugh
Cheryl Seinen
19–21, 15–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2014Bangladesh International Tan Wee Gieen Tan Chee Tean
Shevon Jemie Lai
17–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2015Vietnam International Series Tan Kian Meng Rian Swastedian
Masita Mahmudin
13–21, 21–19, 17–21 Runner-up
2016Romanian International Ong Yew Sin Wong Fai Yin
Shevon Jemie Lai
15–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2018Malaysia International Chen Tang Jie Andika Ramadiansyah
Mychelle Crhystine Bandaso
12–21, 23–21, 21–13 Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

BWF Future Series tournament

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Players: Yen Wei Peck . . 22 April 2018.
  2. Web site: Back Up: Peck Yen Wei . . 22 April 2018.
  3. News: 葡萄牙國際羽球賽 大馬奪2冠 . . 22 April 2018 . Chinese.
  4. News: Chan Peng Soon/Peck Yen Wei fizzle out at Indonesian Open . Badmintonplanet.com . 22 April 2018.
  5. News: Tang Jie-Yen Wei another mixed doubles stars in the making . . 22 April 2018.
  6. News: Mixed doubles shuttler makes painful decision after recent misfortunes. . 2 November 2022.
  7. Web site: Alleyne. Gayle. 19 March 2017. BWF Launches New Events Structure. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201164159/http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/. 1 December 2017. 29 November 2017. Badminton World Federation.
  8. Web site: Sukumar. Dev. 10 January 2018. Action-Packed Season Ahead!. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180113162925/http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/. 13 January 2018. 15 January 2018. Badminton World Federation.