Tey Seu Bock Explained

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.

Background

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]

Career

1995

Men's Doubles

1994

Men's Singles

YearTournamentRoundOpponentScore
1994German OpenQualification Holger Kampen15-7 15-4
Qualification Franz Josef Mueller15-9 15-3
Round of 64 Volker Renzelmann15-8 15-12
Round of 32 Tomas Johansson8-15 9-15
1994Dutch OpenRound of 64 Budi Santoso4-15 7-15
1994Indonesia OpenRound of 64 Hendrawan11-15 10-15
1994Brunei OpenRound of 64 Wilfred Albo15-2 15-4
Round of 32 Jeffer Rosobin5-15 2-15
1994Singapore OpenQualification Noor Izwan Paini15-0 15-2
Qualification Kok Keong Desmond Tan15-1 15-14
Qualification Saman Ismail9-15 15-4 15-11
Round of 64 Jeroen Van Dijk5-15 15-12 9-15
1994Malaysia OpenRound of 64 Ardy Wiranata2-15 3-15

1993

Men's Singles

YearTournamentRoundOpponentScore
1993Brunei OpenRound of 32 Antonio Jr Mance15-7 11-15 15-4
Round of 16 Kitipon Kitikul15-5 15-13
Quarterfinal Kantharoopan Ponniah6-15 15-11 9-15
1993Malaysia OpenRound of 64 Takuya Katayama15-10 15-6
Round of 32 Pontus Jäntti6-15 10-15

Men's Doubles

YearTournamentRoundPartnerOpponentScore
1993Brunei OpenRound 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
1993Malaysia OpenRound of 32 Ah Heng Lo Rexy Mainaky
Ricky Subagja
2-15 3-15

1992

Men's Singles

1991

Men's Singles

YearTournamentRoundOpponentScore
1991Singapore OpenQualification
Qualification Yuzo Kubota15-7 10-15 15-13
Qualification Bhawin Gala12-15 9-15
1991Malaysia OpenQualification Ibrahim SadruWalkover
Qualification Luis LopezlleraWalkover
Qualification Dipankar Bhattacharjee7-15 8-15

Men's Doubles

YearTournamentRoundPartnerOpponentScore
1991Malaysia OpenQualification D. JivehenthiranBye
Qualification Liwen Lin
Jianjun Liu
6-15 8-15

BWF International Series tournament

Coaching

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.

Honours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Facebook. Lee Chong Wei. 16 June 2019. 21 February 2017. Lee Chong Wei 李宗伟.
  2. Web site: The Star (Malaysia). 16 June 2019. Seu Bock: 'One-of-a-kind' shuttler never takes the game lightly. 14 June 2019.
  3. Web site: Badminton: BAM place faith on Indonesian coaches in revamp The Star. 2020-06-03. www.thestar.com.my.
  4. Web site: 16 June 2019. The man behind Chong Wei almost quit the sport. 5 August 2012. Rizal. Hashim.
  5. Web site: DATUK TEY SEU BOCK. Badminton Association of Malaysia. 16 June 2019.
  6. Web site: Misbun quits as national singles coach. The Star (Malaysia). 16 June 2019. 2 January 2011. Rajes. Paul.
  7. Web site: All England Badminton 2011: Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei set to defend title and stop Lin Dan the hard way. The Telegraph. 16 June 2019. 8 March 2011. Rod. Gilmour.
  8. Web site: Hafiz to join BAM after settling personal matters. 14 June 2017. 16 June 2019. The Star (Malaysia).
  9. Web site: (Badminton) Misbun Sidek returns to BAM as men's singles head coach. 8 June 2017. 16 June 2019. New Straits Times.
  10. Web site: Hafiz Hashim looks forward to joining new BAM set up. 14 June 2017. 16 June 2019. Malay Mail.
  11. Web site: 26 May 2020. 17 May 2020. Hendrawan-Seu Bock combo returns to lead men's singles. Bernama. Free Malaysia Today.
  12. Web site: 26 May 2020. 17 May 2020. Langkah bijak satukan Hendrawan, Seu Bock. Malay. Helmi. Berita Harian. Talkah.
  13. Web site: 26 May 2020. 18 May 2020. Chong Ming happy to 'return home' to BAM. New Straits Times. Peter. Fabian.
  14. Web site: 16 June 2019. 17 October 2017. New Straits Times. (Badminton) Women's singles coach Seu Bock honoured for achievements in badminton. Helmi. Talkah.