Chin Eei Hui

Chin Eei Hui
Personal information
Country  Malaysia
Born (1982-06-18) 18 June 1982
George Town, Penang, Malaysia
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 61 kg (134 lb)
Handedness Left
Women's & Mixed doubles
Career title(s) 4
Highest ranking 1 (WD), 95 (XD)
Current ranking 290 (WD) (19 September 2013)
BWF profile
Updated on 10:37, 21 September 2013 (UTC).
Chin Eei Hui
Traditional Chinese 陳儀慧
Simplified Chinese 陈仪慧

Chin Eei Hui (born 18 June 1982 in George Town, Penang) is a former elite badminton player from Malaysia who plays in both women's and mixed doubles. She and her former women's doubles partner, Wong Pei Tty have ranked as high as No. 1 worldwide. Together, Chin and Wong achieved much success by winning super series and super series finals titles. They also clinched gold and bronze medals in 2010 and 2002 Commonwealth Games. Although not a regular mixed doubles player, Chin won a gold and a silver medal with different partners in 2002 and 2010 Commonwealth Games. Currently, she works as a coach for Malaysia's national doubles players.

Career

Chin competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles with partner Wong Pei Tty. They defeated Shizuka Yamamoto and Seiko Yamada of Japan in the first round but subsequently lost to Huang Sui and Gao Ling of China in the round of 16.

Although not well-known as a mixed doubles player, Chin created a first for Malaysia when she won the 2010 Commonwealth Games mixed doubles title, playing with Koo Kien Keat. She had also won a silver in the same event 8 years previously.

Achievements

Finals: 10 (4 titles, 6 runners-up)

Outcome Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score
Runner-up2005Dutch OpenWong Pei TtyNetherlands Mia Audina
Netherlands Lotte Bruil
9–15, 10–15
Runner-up2005Indonesia OpenWong Pei TtySouth Korea Lee Kyung-won
South Korea Lee Hyo-jung
4–15, 5–15
Runner-up2008Thailand Open Grand Prix GoldWong Pei TtyChina Yang Wei
China Zhang Jiewen
21–15, 13–21, 13–21
Runner-up2008Japan Super SeriesWong Pei TtyChina Cheng Shu
China Zhao Yunlei
19–21, 21–15, 18–21
Winner2008Denmark Super SeriesWong Pei TtyIndonesia Rani Mundiasti
Indonesia Jo Novita
23–21, 21–12
Runner-up2008French Super SeriesWong Pei TtyChina Du Jing
China Yu Yang
22–20, 19–21, 11–21
Runner-up2008China Super SeriesWong Pei TtyChina Zhang Yawen
China Zhao Tingting
14–21, 19–21
Winner2008Masters FinalsWong Pei TtyIndonesia Vita Marissa
Indonesia Lilyana Natsir
21–15, 22–20
Winner2009Indonesia Super SeriesWong Pei TtyChina Cheng Shu
China Zhao Yunlei
21–16, 21–16
Winner2009Masters FinalsWong Pei TtyDenmark Kamilla Rytter Juhl
Denmark Lena Frier Kristiansen
21–17, 21–14

References

    • Profile at Badminton Association of Malaysia
    • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Chin Eei Hui". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.


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