Man Wei Chong

Man Wei Chong (; born 5 September 1999) is a Malaysian badminton player who specializes in doubles event. He was one of the compatriots of the Malaysian squad that won the silver medals at the 2016 and 2017 BWF World Junior Championships.

Career 2016–2017: Junior career In September 2016, he won the Malaysia Junior International title with partner Chen Tang Jie. He also won two consecutive silver medals in mixed team event at the 2016

2018–2019 In August 2018, Man and Chen competed at the 2018 Spain Masters but their run were stopped in the semi-finals by the eventual champions, Kim Gi-jung and Lee Yong-dae. In 2019, he played mixed doubles partnered with Pearly Tan. Together, they finished as runners-up at the Malaysia International Challenge in November. They also reached the semi-finals of Vietnam International in April and Malaysia International Series in June.

2021 After more than a year not competing due to pandemic, Man made a return to international badminton at the Polish Open in March. He and partner Tee Kai Wun won the title after defeating compatriots Chang Yee Jun and Chia Wei Jie in the final. In June, Man and Tee clinched their second title at the Spanish International. He was then selected to represent Malaysia at the 2021 Sudirman Cup and 2020 Thomas & Uber Cup. In October, Man and Tee finished as runners-up to Terry Hee and Loh Kean Hean at the Czech Open. In November, the pair won their third title of the year at the Irish Open. In December, they end the season with a runner-up finish at the Welsh International.

2022 In January, Man and Tee claimed their first BWF World Tour title by winning the 2022 Syed Modi International. He was part of Malaysia's men's team that won gold at the 2022 Badminton Asia Team Championships in February. In May, he made his debut at the 2021 SEA Games where he helped Malaysia win the silver medal in the men's team event. In July, Man and Tee captured the 2022 Taipei Open title beating reigning Olympic champion Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin in three games.

2023 In May, Man and Tee entered their first final of the year at home event 2023 Malaysia Masters, but lost out to Korea's Kang Min-hyuk and Seo Seung-jae. In June, they successfully defended their title at the 2023 Taipei Open after defeating home pair Lu Ching-yao and Yang Po-han. In August, the pair made their debut at the 2023 BWF World Championships but fell in the third round to Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang in three games. In October, they made it to the 2023 Arctic Open final and finished as runners-up to Denmark's Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen.

2024 In June, contesting their first BWF World Tour Super 1000 final at the 2024 Indonesia Open, Man and Tee went down to Liang and Wang, finishing second.

2025 At the beginning of the new season in January, Man and Tee went to the semi-finals in their home ground Malaysia Open before they lost against Chen Boyang and Liu Yi in 3 sets. Their luck changes in the next two tournaments when they redeem their lost in Indonesia the previous year by winning Indonesia Masters against the home favourite, Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto in straight sets. Man and Tee ended a 12 years droughts for home title in Malaysia Masters after prevailed in All-Malaysian finals against Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik. In December, he competed in the SEA Games in Thailand. He won the silver medal in the team event, and a bronze in the men's doubles.

2026 Man and Tee did not started the year with good performance as they only managed to reach several quarter-finals berth including at the Malaysia Open, India Open and All England Open. In August, BAM shuffled up the existing pair to seek for the best pairings where in the Korea Masters, he would play alongside Soh Wooi Yik. This pairing gave a positive result when they managed to reach the final of that tournament, where they lost against another shuffle pair consisting of his old partner, Tee Kai Wun and Yap Roy King.

Achievements

SEA Games Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref

is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is 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 doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2022 Syed Modi International Super 300 Tee Kai Wun Krishna Prasad Garaga Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala 21–18, 21–15 Winner 2022 Taipei Open Super 300 Tee Kai Wun Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin 21–18, 11–21, 21–18 Winner 2023 Malaysia Masters Super 500 Tee Kai Wun Kang Min-hyuk Seo Seung-jae 15–21, 24–22, 19–21 Runner-up 2023 Taipei Open Super 300 Tee Kai Wun Lu Ching-yao Yang Po-han 20–22, 21–17, 21–14 Winner 2023 Arctic Open Super 500 Tee Kai Wun Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 18–21, 17–21 Runner-up 2024 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Tee Kai Wun Liang Weikeng Wang Chang 21–19, 16–21, 12–21 Runner-up 2025 Indonesia Masters Super 500 Tee Kai Wun Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto 21–11, 21–19 Winner 2025 Malaysia Masters Super 500 Tee Kai Wun Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik 21–12, 15–21, 21–16 Winner 2026 Korea Masters Super 300 Soh Wooi Yik Tee Kai Wun Yap Roy King 13–21, 18–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 3 runners-up) Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2021 Polish Open Tee Kai Wun Chang Yee Jun Chia Wei Jie 21–17, 20–22, 21–19 Winner 2021 Spanish International Tee Kai Wun Lucas Corvée Ronan Labar 21–15, 21–18 Winner 2021 Czech Open Tee Kai Wun Terry Hee Loh Kean Hean 21–13, 15–21, 15–21 Runner-up 2021 Irish Open Tee Kai Wun Rory Easton Zach Russ 21–7, 21–17 Winner 2021 Welsh International Tee Kai Wun Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang 18–21, 21–18, 15–21 Runner-up

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2019 Malaysia International Pearly Tan Dong Weijie Chen Xiaofei 16–21, 19–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament