Tey Seu Bock

In this Chinese name, the family name is Zheng (鄭).

Datuk Tey Seu Bock DPSM (born 21 February 1973)^[1] is a retired Malaysian professional badminton player. He is most well known for being the coach of three-time Olympic silver medalist and former world No. 1 badminton men's singles shuttler Lee Chong Wei between 2010 and 2016.^[2] Tey currently serves as coach of the men's singles department at the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM).^[3]

Tey Seu Bock 郑瑞睦
Personal information
Country	Malaysia
Born	(1973-02-21) 21 February 1973 (age 52) Alor Gajah District, Malacca, Malaysia
Years active	1991–1995
Handedness	Right
Event	Men's singles & doubles
BWF profile

Tey Seu Bock
Traditional Chinese	鄭瑞睦
Simplified Chinese	郑瑞睦
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhèng Ruì Mù Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Zeng6 Seoi6 Muk6 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Tēⁿ Sūi-bo̍k Tâi-lô Tēnn Suī-bo̍k

As a player, he was active in both men's singles and doubles until his retirement.

Background

Tey was born in Pengkalan Balak in the Malaysian state of Malacca. Following limited success in his playing career, he turned to coaching and remained as an assistant to Misbun Sidek for a large number of years acting as sparring partner to players such as Rashid Sidek, Muhammad Roslin Hashim and eventually Lee himself. He once ventured into the kopi tiam (traditional coffee shop) business in an attempt to strengthen his financial situation but the business failed after a year.^[4]

Career

1995

Men's Doubles

Year	Tournament	Round	Partner	Opponent	Score
1995	Brunei Open	Round of 32	Rahman Sidek	Dodi Hermono Yuwono	14-17 9-15

1994

Men's Singles

Year	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Score
1994	German Open	Qualification	Holger Kampen	15-7 15-4
		Qualification	Franz Josef Mueller	15-9 15-3
Round of 64	Volker Renzelmann	15-8 15-12
Round of 32	Tomas Johansson	8-15 9-15
1994	Dutch Open	Round of 64	Budi Santoso	4-15 7-15
1994	Indonesia Open	Round of 64	Hendrawan	11-15 10-15
1994	Brunei Open	Round of 64	Wilfred Albo	15-2 15-4
Round of 32	Jeffer Rosobin	5-15 2-15
1994	Singapore Open	Qualification	Noor Izwan Paini	15-0 15-2
		Qualification	Kok Keong Desmond Tan	15-1 15-14
Qualification	Saman Ismail	9-15 15-4 15-11
Round of 64	Jeroen Van Dijk	5-15 15-12 9-15
1994	Malaysia Open	Round of 64	Ardy Wiranata	2-15 3-15

1993

Men's Singles

Year	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Score
1993	Brunei Open	Round of 32	Antonio Jr Mance	15-7 11-15 15-4
		Round of 16	Kitipon Kitikul	15-5 15-13
Quarterfinal	Kantharoopan Ponniah	6-15 15-11 9-15
1993	Malaysia Open	Round of 64	Takuya Katayama	15-10 15-6
Round of 32	Pontus Jäntti	6-15 10-15

Men's Doubles

Year	Tournament	Round	Partner	Opponent	Score
1993	Brunei Open	Round of 32	Ah Heng Lo	Wahab Moksin Hj Yusof	15-4 15-5
		Round of 16		Gunawan Al-Muhtadee Billah	18-17 1-15 15-4
Quarterfinal	Kitipon Kitikul Prapon Prapaitrakul	6-15 2-15
1993	Malaysia Open	Round of 32	Ah Heng Lo	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	2-15 3-15

1992

Men's Singles

Year	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Score
1992	Malaysia Open	Round of 128	Yifeng Shen	8-15 15-11 14-17

1991

Men's Singles

Year	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Score
1991	Singapore Open	Qualification
		Qualification	Yuzo Kubota	15-7 10-15 15-13
Qualification	Bhawin Gala	12-15 9-15
1991	Malaysia Open	Qualification	Ibrahim Sadru	Walkover
		Qualification	Luis Lopezllera	Walkover
Qualification	Dipankar Bhattacharjee	7-15 8-15

Men's Doubles

Year	Tournament	Round	Partner	Opponent	Score
1991	Malaysia Open	Qualification	D. Jivehenthiran	Bye
Qualification	Liwen Lin Jianjun Liu	6-15 8-15

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Coaching

Tey joined the BAM in 2002 and became an understudy to Misbun Sidek.^[5] Following Misbun's resignation from the BAM in 2010, Tey was chosen to take over coaching responsibilities of the men's singles department and take world No. 1 Lee Chong Wei under his wing.^[6] Under his watch, Lee would go on to clinch, among many, two more Olympic silver medals, four world championships silver medals and three All England Open Badminton Championships men's singles titles.^[7]

Following the coaching reshuffle at BAM in 2017, Tey was re-assigned and has since served as head coach of Malaysia's national women's singles department.^[8][9][10]

In May 2020, the BAM once again restructured their national coaching setup which saw Tey returning to the men's singles squad as assistant to head coach, Hendrawan.^[11][12][13] Another Indonesian, Indra Wijaya, succeeded Tey as women's singles head coach.

Honours

• Companion Class II of the Order of Malacca (DPSM) - Datuk (2017).^[14]