Soo Teck Zhi (born 4 August 1995) is a Malaysian badminton player. He participated at the Vietnam Open 2012, 2012 India Open Grand Prix Gold, 2012 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold and the 2013 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold. In 2013 he won the gold medal at the Asian Junior Championships in the boys' singles event.[1]

Soo Teck Zhi
苏德智
Personal information
CountryMalaysia
Born (1995-08-04) 4 August 1995 (age 29)
Kelana Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
HandednessRight
Men's singles
Highest ranking50 (9 June 2016)
Current ranking856 (4 October 2022)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Malaysia
Asian Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kota Kinabalu Boys' singles
BWF profile
Soo Teck Zhi
Traditional Chinese蘇德智
Simplified Chinese苏德智
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSū Dézhì

Career

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In his senior career, Soo reached the semifinals of the Copenhagen Masters in 2014 and was the runner-up of the Singapore International in 2015.

He later entered his first BWF Grand Prix semifinal at the 2016 New Zealand Open Grand Prix Gold. In 2018, he won the Bangladesh International and achieved two runner-up positions at the Sydney International and the Nepal International. In 2019, Soo lost the final of the Portugal International to Felix Burestedt of Sweden.

Achievements

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Asian Junior Championships

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Boys' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2013 Likas Indoor Stadium, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia   Jeon Hyeok-jin 21–17, 13–21, 21–15   Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 4 runner-up)

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Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2019 Portugal International   Felix Burestedt 23–21, 8–21, 17–21   Runner-up
2018 Bangladesh International   Phạm Cao Cường 21–17, 21–17   Winner
2018 Nepal International   Kunlavut Vitidsarn 22–20, 20–22, 9–21   Runner-up
2018 Sydney International   Riichi Takeshita 18–21, 11–21   Runner-up
2015 Singapore International   Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin 11–21, 15–21   Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

BWF Junior International (1 runner-up)

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Boys' singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2013 Maybank Malaysia U19   Choi Sol-gyu 21–13, 19–21, 14–21   Runner-up
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
  BWF Junior International Series tournament
  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

References

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  1. ^ "Badminton: Malaysia's Teck Zhi crowned Asian junior champion". english.astroawani.com. Astro Awani. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
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