Leong Jun Hao

Leong Jun Hao (; born 13 July 1999) is a Malaysian badminton player. An Asian junior champion and world junior championship silver medalist, he won the boys' singles title at the 2017 Asian Junior Championships. He started playing badminton for fun outside his house. At the age of 9, he started playing the sport seriously under his father's tutelage. Leong joined the Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS) at the age of 13. At the end of 2018, he injured his hip twice which resulted in his world ranking dropping from 40th to 120th.

Career 2017 In July, Leong won the Asian Junior Championships by defeating Bai Yupeng in the final. In October, he reached the final of World Junior Championships where he lost to top seed, Kunlavut Vitidsarn, 21–17, 15–21, 9–21. In November, he reached his maiden senior final at the Malaysia International Challenge before losing to compatriot Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin.

2018 In January, he reached the final of the Thailand Masters as a qualifier where he lost to the second seed, Tommy Sugiarto. In April, he won his first senior title at the Finnish Open by defeating his compatriot Cheam June Wei in the final.

2019–2020 In December 2019, Leong reached his first final of the year at the Bangladesh International but lost out to top seed Lakshya Sen.

He was part of Malaysia's men's team that won silver at the 2020 Asian Team Championships in February 2020.

2022 Leong was one of the players that won gold at the 2022 Asian Team Championships for Malaysia in February. In October, he clinched his first BWF World Tour title at the Indonesia Masters, beating compatriot Cheam June Wei in three games.

2023 In May, Leong made his debut at the 2023 SEA Games where he helped Malaysia win a silver medal in the men's team event. He later competed in the men's singles event and went on to win bronze, losing out to Indonesia's Christian Adinata in the semi-finals. In July, he was crowned as men's singles national champion after winning the 2023 Malaysian National Badminton Championships. In October, he competed at the KL Masters as the second seed. He emerged as the winner after defeating top seed Lee Chia-hao 22–20, 21–13 in the final.

2024 In November, Leong reached the final of the Japan Masters, his first of a Super 500 level tournament. He finished as the runner-up, losing 10–21, 13–21 to Li Shifeng.

2025 In 2025, Leong participated in the SEA Games in Thailand. He won a silver medal in the team event and a bronze in the men's singles, repeating his achievements from 2 years earlier in Cambodia.

Achievements

Southeast Asian Games Men's singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result Ref

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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Men's singles Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result Ref 2018 Thailand Masters Super 300 Tommy Sugiarto 16–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2022 Indonesia Masters Super 100 Cheam June Wei 9–21, 22–20, 21–19 Winner 2023 Malaysia Super 100 Super 100 Lee Chia-hao 22–20, 21–13 Winner 2024 Japan Masters Super 500 Li Shifeng 10–21, 13–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 2 runners-up) Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result Ref 2017 Malaysia International Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin 11–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2018 Finnish Open Cheam June Wei 12–21, 21–17, 22–20 Winner 2019 Bangladesh International Lakshya Sen 20–22, 18–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament