Tey Seu Bock 郑瑞睦 | |
Birth Date: | 1973 2, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Alor Gajah District, Malacca, Malaysia |
Event: | Men's singles & doubles |
Country: | Malaysia |
Years Active: | 1991–1995 |
Handedness: | Right |
Bwf Id: | f38b2de4-3a0a-4b4f-9ac4-b1b99130f7a5 |
Datuk Tey Seu Bock (born 21 February 1973)[1] is a retired Malaysian professional badminton player. He is most well known for being the coach of three-time Olympic silver medalist and former world No. 1 badminton men's singles shuttler Lee Chong Wei between 2010 and 2016.[2] Tey currently serves as coach of the men's singles department at the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM).[3]
As a player, he was active in both men's singles and doubles until his retirement.
Tey was born in the tourist destination of Pengkalan Balak in the historical Malaysian state of Malacca. Following limited success in his playing career, he turned to coaching and remained as an assistant to Misbun Sidek for a large number of years acting as sparring partner to players such as Rashid Sidek, Muhammad Roslin Hashim and eventually Lee himself. He once ventured into the kopi tiam (traditional coffee shop) business in an attempt to strengthen his financial situation but the business failed after a year.[4]
Men's Doubles
Men's Singles
Year | Tournament | Round | Opponent | Score | |
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1994 | German Open | Qualification | Holger Kampen | 15-7 15-4 | |
Qualification | Franz Josef Mueller | 15-9 15-3 | |||
Round of 64 | Volker Renzelmann | 15-8 15-12 | |||
Round of 32 | Tomas Johansson | 8-15 9-15 | |||
1994 | Dutch Open | Round of 64 | Budi Santoso | 4-15 7-15 | |
1994 | Indonesia Open | Round of 64 | Hendrawan | 11-15 10-15 | |
1994 | Brunei Open | Round of 64 | Wilfred Albo | 15-2 15-4 | |
Round of 32 | Jeffer Rosobin | 5-15 2-15 | |||
1994 | Singapore Open | Qualification | Noor Izwan Paini | 15-0 15-2 | |
Qualification | Kok Keong Desmond Tan | 15-1 15-14 | |||
Qualification | Saman Ismail | 9-15 15-4 15-11 | |||
Round of 64 | Jeroen Van Dijk | 5-15 15-12 9-15 | |||
1994 | Malaysia Open | Round of 64 | Ardy Wiranata | 2-15 3-15 |
Men's Singles
Year | Tournament | Round | Opponent | Score |
---|---|---|---|---|
1993 | Brunei Open | Round of 32 | Antonio Jr Mance | 15-7 11-15 15-4 |
Round of 16 | Kitipon Kitikul | 15-5 15-13 | ||
Quarterfinal | Kantharoopan Ponniah | 6-15 15-11 9-15 | ||
1993 | Malaysia Open | Round of 64 | Takuya Katayama | 15-10 15-6 |
Round of 32 | Pontus Jäntti | 6-15 10-15 |
Men's Doubles
Year | Tournament | Round | Partner | Opponent | Score | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1993 | Brunei Open | Round of 32 | Ah Heng Lo | Wahab Moksin Hj Yusof | 15-4 15-5 | |
Round of 16 | Gunawan Al-Muhtadee Billah | 18-17 1-15 15-4 | ||||
Quarterfinal | Kitipon Kitikul Prapon Prapaitrakul | 6-15 2-15 | ||||
1993 | Malaysia Open | Round of 32 | Ah Heng Lo | Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja | 2-15 3-15 |
Men's Singles
Men's Singles
Year | Tournament | Round | Opponent | Score |
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1991 | Singapore Open | Qualification | ||
Qualification | Yuzo Kubota | 15-7 10-15 15-13 | ||
Qualification | Bhawin Gala | 12-15 9-15 | ||
1991 | Malaysia Open | Qualification | Ibrahim Sadru | Walkover |
Qualification | Luis Lopezllera | Walkover | ||
Qualification | Dipankar Bhattacharjee | 7-15 8-15 |
Men's Doubles
Year | Tournament | Round | Partner | Opponent | Score |
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1991 | Malaysia Open | Qualification | D. Jivehenthiran | Bye | |
Qualification | Liwen Lin Jianjun Liu | 6-15 8-15 |
BWF International Series tournament
Tey joined the BAM in 2002 and became an understudy to Misbun Sidek.[5] Following Misbun's resignation from the BAM in 2010, Tey was chosen to take over coaching responsibilities of the men's singles department and take world No. 1 Lee Chong Wei under his wing.[6] Under his watch, Lee would go on to clinch, among many, two more Olympic silver medals, four world championships silver medals and three All England Open Badminton Championships men's singles titles.[7]
Following the coaching reshuffle at BAM in 2017, Tey was re-assigned and has since served as head coach of Malaysia's national women's singles department.[8] [9] [10]
In May 2020, the BAM once again restructured their national coaching setup which saw Tey returning to the men's singles squad as assistant to head coach, Hendrawan.[11] [12] [13] Another Indonesian, Indra Wijaya, succeeded Tey as women's singles head coach.