Matthew Chau

Matthew Chau (born 9 November 1994) is an Australian badminton player. He was four times men's doubles Oceania Champion winning in 2015–2018. Chau competed in the men's doubles at the 2016 Summer Olympics alongside Sawan Serasinghe.

Matthew Chau picked up his first badminton racquet at age 10, following his parents to the Monash University Badminton Club where they played socially. The now 22-year-old fell in love with the all rounded nature of the sport and says he enjoys that badminton demands speed, strength, endurance, skill, tactical smarts and hard work from its athletes. Chau first partnered with Serasinghe at the 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival and the duo went on to secure the Rio quota spot for Australia by winning the 2016 Oceania Championships title.

Chau also took home the men's doubles title with Serasinghe at the Waikato International tournament and competed at his first World Championships 2016 at just 20 years old in Jakarta, Indonesia.

When he is not playing, Chau studies a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Engineering and enjoys cooking.

Achievements

Oceania Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2020 Ken Kay Badminton Stadium,Ballarat, Australia Sawan Serasinghe Oliver Leydon-Davis Abhinav Manota 21–18, 9–21, 14–21 Silver Silver 2018 Eastlink Badminton Stadium,Hamilton, New Zealand Sawan Serasinghe Robin Middleton Ross Smith 21–17, 23–21 Gold Gold 2017 Salle Anewy,Nouméa, New Caledonia Sawan Serasinghe Kevin Dennerly-Minturn Niccolo Tagle 21–8, 21–14 Gold Gold 2016 Punaauia University Hall,Papeete, Tahiti Sawan Serasinghe Léo Cucuel Rémi Rossi 21–11, 21–12 Gold Gold 2015 X-TRM North Harbour Badminton Centre,Auckland, New Zealand Sawan Serasinghe Kevin Dennerly-Minturn Oliver Leydon-Davis 10–21, 21–16, 21–13 Gold Gold 2014 Ken Kay Badminton Hall,Ballarat, Australia Sawan Serasinghe Raymond Tam Glenn Warfe 11–21, 13–21 Silver Silver

Mixed doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2018 Eastlink Badminton Stadium,Hamilton, New Zealand Leanne Choo Sawan Serasinghe Setyana Mapasa 19–21, 18–21 Silver Silver 2015 X-TRM North Harbour Badminton Centre,Auckland, New Zealand Gronya Somerville Oliver Leydon-Davis Danielle Tahuri 15–21, 21–19, 14–21 Bronze Bronze 2014 Ken Kay Badminton Hall,Ballarat, Australia Jacqueline Guan Oliver Leydon-Davis Susannah Leydon-Davis 19–21, 13–21 Silver Silver

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 3 runners-up) Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2017 Nouméa International Sawan Serasinghe Joel Findlay Jeff Tho 17–21, 21–7, 21–14 Winner 2015 Maribyrnong International Sawan Serasinghe Darren Isaac Devadass Vountus Indra Mawan 24–22, 10–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2015 Waikato International Sawan Serasinghe Rizwan Azam Michael Fariman 21–16, 21–15 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2015 Turkey International Gronya Somerville Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Zięba 12–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2015 Waikato International Gronya Somerville Sawan Serasinghe Setyana Mapasa 13–21, 17–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament