Lee Meng Yean

Lee Meng Yean (born 30 March 1994) is a Malaysian badminton player.^[1][2] Together with Chow Mei Kuan, she won the 2018 Syed Modi International and achieved a career-high ranking of 10 in women's doubles.^[3]

Lee Meng Yean 李明晏
Personal information
Country	Malaysia
Born	(1994-03-30) 30 March 1994 (age 31) Malacca, Malaysia
Residence	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Years active	2009 - 2021
Handedness	Right
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	10 (WD with Chow Mei Kuan) (2 February 2021) 79 (XD with Ong Jian Guo) (25 September 2014)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Malaysia Asia Team Championships 2020 Manila Women's team SEA Games 2017 Kuala Lumpur Women's team 2019 Philippines Women's doubles 2019 Philippines Women's team Summer Universiade 2013 Kazan Women's doubles World Junior Championships 2011 Taipei Mixed team 2012 Chiba Girls' doubles Commonwealth Youth Games 2011 Douglas Girls' doubles 2011 Douglas Mixed doubles Asian Junior Championships 2010 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team 2011 Lucknow Girls' doubles 2011 Lucknow Mixed team 2012 Gimcheon Girls' doubles 2012 Gimcheon Mixed team
BWF profile

Career

She was the 2011 Asian Junior Badminton Championships silver medalist. In 2013, she won a bronze medal at the BWF World Junior Championships and the Summer Universiade. In 2018, they were runners-up at the 2018 Russian Open. In 2019, they lost in the 2019 India Open final to future Olympic gold medalists Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu.^[4]

In the same year, she won a bronze medal at the SEA Games. They competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics but lost in the group stage.^[5] In 2022, she was appointed as the coach for women's doubles by the Badminton Association of Malaysia.^[6]

Achievements

SEA Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Muntinlupa Sports Complex, Metro Manila, Philippines	Chow Mei Kuan	Chayanit Chaladchalam Phataimas Muenwong	20–22, 11–21	Bronze

Summer Universiade

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Tennis Academy, Kazan, Russia	Chow Mei Kuan	Jang Ye-na Kim So-young	17–21, 9–21	Bronze

World Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Chiba Port Arena, Chiba, Japan	Chow Mei Kuan	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	6–21, 12–21	Bronze

Commonwealth Youth Games

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	National Sports Centre, Douglas, Isle of Man	Chow Mei Kuan	Soniia Cheah Su Ya Yang Li Lian	21–17, 21–8	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	National Sports Centre, Douglas, Isle of Man	Nelson Heg	Ryan McCarthy Emily Westwood	21–14, 21–10	Bronze

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, Lucknow, India	Chow Mei Kuan	Suci Rizki Andini Tiara Rosalia Nuraidah	18–21, 21–16, 12–21	Silver
2012	Gimcheon Indoor Stadium, Gimcheon, South Korea	Chow Mei Kuan	Lee So-hee Shin Seung-chan	14–21, 14–21	Bronze

BWF World Tour (1 title, 2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[7] 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.^[8]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Russian Open	Super 100	Chow Mei Kuan	Chisato Hoshi Kie Nakanishi	11–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2018	Syed Modi International	Super 300	Chow Mei Kuan	Ashwini Ponnappa N. Sikki Reddy	21–15, 21–13	Winner
2019	India Open	Super 500	Chow Mei Kuan	Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu	11–21, 23–25	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 4 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Finnish Open	Chow Mei Kuan	Alex Bruce Michelle Li	19–21, 21–12, 16–21	Runner-up
2012	Malaysia International	Chow Mei Kuan	Ririn Amelia Melvira Oklamona	21–13, 23–21	Winner
2013	Austrian International	Chow Mei Kuan	Misato Aratama Megumi Taruno	14–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2015	Bangladesh International	Lim Yin Loo	Chaladchalam Chayanit Phataimas Muenwong	15–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2016	Polish Open	Chow Mei Kuan	Puttita Supajirakul Sapsiree Taerattanachai	7–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2016	Malaysia International	Chow Mei Kuan	Jiang Binbin Tang Pingyang	21–17, 17–21, 21–15	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament