Yap Roy King

Yap Roy King (; born 10 February 2001) is a Malaysian badminton player. He won two silver medals at the 2023 SEA Games, in the men's team event In the following week, he and Ooi won their second title in two weeks at the India Junior International.

In October, Yap competed at the 2019 World Junior Championships. He and Gan reached the mixed doubles event quarter-finals but lost to Thailand's Ratchapol Makkasasithorn and Benyapa Aimsaard.

2021 In August, Yap won two titles at the Latvia International together with Muhammad Nurfirdaus Azman in men's doubles and Valeree Siow in mixed doubles.

In the following month, he and Siow won another two more titles back-to-back, the Hellas International and the Ukraine International.

2023 In May, Yap made his debut at the 2023 SEA Games where he helped Malaysia win a silver medal in the men's team event. He later partnered with Cheng Su Yin in the mixed doubles event and went on to win silver, falling to Indonesia's Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto and Lisa Ayu Kusumawati in the final.

In June, he captured the Nantes International men's doubles title partnered with Junaidi Arif.

In July, he was crowned double national champion after winning the 2023 National Championships men's doubles event with Arif and the mixed doubles event with Siow.

In September, Yap and Siow entered the final of Indonesia Masters I. They successfully captured the mixed doubles title after defeating Japan's Hiroki Nishi and Akari Sato in three games.

2024 In late March, playing only their second tournament of the year after an injury layoff, Yap and Arif advanced to the Spain Masters final. They fell to Sabar Karyaman Gutama and Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani in three games, finishing as runners-up.

2025 In July, right before the upcoming 2025 BWF World Championships, Yap and Arif won their maiden title in men's doubles at Macau Open against Sabar and Reza, on a slippery court and with a tremendous delay in between during matches.

2026 Due to the BAM pair reshuffling action, Yap would be paired with Tee Kai Wun. This pair was working as they won the Korea Masters in an All-Malaysian final against Man Wei Chong and Soh Wooi Yik.

Achievements

Southeast Asian Games Mixed 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 Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Men's doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2024 Spain Masters Super 300 Junaidi Arif Sabar Karyaman Gutama Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani 18–21, 21–17, 19–21 Runner-up 2025 Macau Open Super 300 Junaidi Arif Sabar Karyaman Gutama Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani 22–20, 21–18 Winner 2026 Korea Masters Super 300 Tee Kai Wun Man Wei Chong Soh Wooi Yik 21–13, 21–18 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref 2023 (I) Indonesia Masters Super 100 Valeree Siow Hiroki Nishi Akari Sato 13–21, 21–14, 21–14 Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles) Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2021 Latvia International Muhammad Nurfirdaus Azman Junaidi Arif Muhammad Haikal 21–23, 21–15, 21–19 Winner 2023 Nantes International Junaidi Arif Putra Erwiansyah Patra Harapan Rindorindo 21–16, 14–21, 21–12 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2021 Latvia International Valeree Siow Muhammad Nurfirdaus Azman Low Yeen Yuan 22–20, 21–15 Winner 2021 Hellas International Valeree Siow Carl Christian Mork Solvår Flåten Joergensen 21–13, 21–17 Winner 2021 Ukraine Open Valeree Siow Johannes Pistorius Emma Moszczynski 21–19, 21–12 Winner BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament

BWF Junior International (3 titles) Boys' doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2019 Malaysia Junior International Ooi Jhy Dar Justin Hoh Fazriq Razif 21–14, 21–14 Winner 2019 India Junior International Ooi Jhy Dar Takuma Kawamoto Tsubasa Kawamura 17–21, 21–16, 23–21 Winner

Mixed doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2019 Malaysia Junior International Gan Jing Err Ghana Muhammad Al Ilham Berliona Alma Pradisa 21–11, 21–12 Winner BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament BWF Junior International Challenge tournament BWF Junior International Series tournament BWF Junior Future Series tournament