Wong Mew Choo

Datin Wong Mew Choo (born 1 May 1983) is a

Malaysian former badminton singles player. Wong Mew Choo
黄妙珠
Personal information
Career Country Malaysia
Born 1 May 1983
She first came to prominence in the 2003 SEA Games Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
badminton women's singles, where she won the gold
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
medal, along the way beating Singapore's Li Li, the
then reigning Commonwealth Games Champion. Weight 51 kg (112 lb; 8.0 st)
Spouse Lee Chong Wei ​(m. 2012)​

2005 Years active 2003–2011

Retired 2011
She competed at the 2005 World Championships in
Anaheim and reached the second round. She managed Handedness Right
two quarterfinal appearances, in the Denmark Open Coach Misbun Sidek
and 2005 Asian Championships. Women's singles

She managed to reach the semifinal of Indonesia Open, Highest 7 (30 October 2008)
losing a tough encounter with Mia Audina. Later that ranking
year, she qualified again for the 2005 SEA Games Medal record
women's singles badminton final, but had to settle for Women's badminton
silver, losing to Adriyanti Firdasari from Indonesia.
Representing Malaysia
Sudirman Cup
2006 2009 Guangzhou Mixed team
In the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, she Commonwealth Games
helped Malaysia clinch the gold medal in the mixed 2006 Melbourne Mixed team
team event, taking the crucial point against England's
2010 Delhi Mixed team
Tracey Hallam that gave Malaysia the lead 2–1.
2006 Melbourne Women's singles
Eventually the team won 3–1 over against England for
the first time in the games history. However, Hallam 2010 Delhi Women's singles
exacted revenge in the women's singles final. Asian Championships
2007 Johor Bahru Women's singles
In the World Championships, she reached the third
SEA Games
round before losing to Zhang Ning.
2003 Vietnam Women's singles
Her best achievement of the year was in the Korea 2009 Vientiane Women's team
Open semifinals, losing to eventual winner Zhu Lin. 2005 Manila Women's singles
She also reached the China Open quarterfinals.
2005 Manila Women's team
2009 Vientiane Women's singles
2007 BWF profile (https://bwfbadminton.com/player/
73799B23-881E-4322-9A36-BB3E1C51CA39)
The year 2007 was Wong's best year. She started by
reaching the finals of the Malaysia Superseries,
defeating big names like Pi Hongyan and Xu Huaiwen Wong Mew Choo
on her way. At the All England Superseries, she beat Traditional Chinese 黃妙珠
Chinese Lu Lan to become the first Malaysian Simplified Chinese 黄妙珠
women's singles player to qualify to the women's
Transcriptions
singles quarterfinal. Lu claimed revenge in the 2007
Asian Championships. Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Huáng Miàozhū
Her biggest win was at the 2007 BWF World
Championships third round, where she shocked China's Xie Xingfang in straight sets to become the first
Malaysian women's singles player to reach the quarter-finals of the World Championships in Kuala
Lumpur. However, her progress was stopped by Zhu Lin, who went on to take the title.

She was beaten in the first round of the Denmark Superseries, but quickly rebounded a week later, at the
French Superseries. Wong defeated higher ranked players like Wang Chen. However, Wong lost to Xie
Xingfang in the semifinal.

Wong, who was unseeded at the China Open Superseries and had not won any major championship since
the 2003 SEA Games, delivered a brilliant performance in Guangzhou, China by beating all the top three
female shuttlers from China in succession, starting with world champion Zhu Lin, two-time Olympic
Champion Zhang Ning, and finally world number one Xie Xingfang in three sets in the final. She became
the one of only a few non-Chinese (overseas Chinese) winners of the China Open. She also became the
first Malaysian woman to lift an international title outside the country.

2008
Wong started the year by reaching the semifinal of Malaysia Superseries before losing to Zhu Lin once
again.

She played in the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, becoming the quarter-finalist after her defeat from Lu
Lan of China.

2009
After getting injured at the beginning of this season, Wong returned in Swiss Open Superseries and India
Open. But her achievements were not yet satisfactory.

She was also chosen as the Malaysia's top women's singles player to play in Sudirman Cup. In the semi-
finals, Malaysia lost 0–3 to China.

In the China Open Superseries in November, Wong beat China's Wang Yihan, the world number one, in
two sets, 21–18 and 21–17. However, she was beaten by Wang's compatriot Wang Shixian in the quarter-
finals.
In December, Wong clinched her first title of the year in World Superseries Masters Finals - downing
Juliane Schenk, 21–15, 21–7. Many top players did not play in women's singles of Superseries Finals,
allowing Wong, who was ranked 20th in Superseries rankings at that time, to participate.

Wong led Malaysia women's team in 2009 SEA Games in Laos. She and her teammates won the gold
medal by beating Indonesia 3–1. However, Wong failed to reach individual final as she was defeated by
Thailand's Salakjit Ponsana 18–21, 14–21. As a result, Wong only claimed bronze.

In 2010 Commonwealth Games, Delhi, she won silver in a closely contested final with Saina Nehwal of
India, ranked No 3 in the world.

2011
In April, Wong retired from competition, citing injuries that had taken a toll on her body.[1] Due to her
experience and service to the national team, BJSS offered her a coaching contract to become one of the
women coaches.[2]

Achievements

Commonwealth Games
Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result

Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Tracey

2006 12–21, 15–21
Melbourne, Australia Hallam Silver

Saina 21–19, 21–23,

2010 Siri Fort Sports Complex, New Delhi, India
Nehwal 13–21 Silver

Asian Championships
Women's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result

2007 Stadium Bandaraya, Johor Bahru, Malaysia Lu Lan 17–21, 18–21 Bronze

SEA Games
Women's singles
 Year Venue Opponent Score Result

Tan Binh Sport Center, Ho Chi Minh City, Salakjit

2003 11–5, 11–5 Gold
Vietnam Ponsana
Adriyanti
2005 PhilSports Arena, Metro Manila, Philippines 8–11, 7–11 Silver
Firdasari

Gym Hall 1, National Sports Complex, Salakjit 18–21, 14–

2009
Vientiane, Laos Ponsana 21 Bronze

BWF Superseries
The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[3] is a series of elite
badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two
level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments
around the world, which introduced since 2011,[4] with successful players invited to the Superseries
Finals held at the year end.

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result

Runner-
2007 Malaysia Open Zhu Lin 15–21, 12–21
up

Xie Xingfang 21–16, 8–21, 21– Winner

2007 China Open
17
World Superseries Masters Juliane
2009 21–15, 21–7 Winner
Finals Schenk

BWF Superseries Finals tournament

BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton
tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton
Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Women's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result

2010 India Open Saina Nehwal 22–20, 14–21, 12–21 Runner-up

Career Overview

Year Tournament Achievement

All England Super Series First round
German Grand Prix Gold Semi-finalist
2011
Victor Korea Super Series Premier Second round
Proton Malaysia Super Series First round
2010 Commonwealth Games Runner-Up
2010
2010 Commonwealth Games – Mixed team Winner
BWF Super Series Masters Finals Winner
Malaysia Grand Prix Gold Semi-finalist
2009
Djarum Indonesia Super Series First round
Aviva Singapore Super Series First round
Aviva Singapore Super Series Semi-finalist
Swiss Open Super Series Second round
2008 All England Super Series Quarter-finalist
Korea Super Series First round

Proton Malaysia Super Series Semi-finalist

Hong Kong Super Series First round
China Open Super Series Winner
French Super Series Semi-finalist
Denmark Super Series First round
Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold Quarter-finalist
Japan Super Series Second round

BWF World Championships Quarter-finalist

2007
China Masters Super Series First round
Djarum Indonesia Super Series First round
Singapore Super Series Second round
2007 Asian Badminton Championships Semi-finalist
Swiss Super Series First round

Yonex All England Super Series Quarter-finalist

Proton Malaysia Super Series Runner-Up
 China Open Quarter-finalist
Japan Open First round
IBF World Championships Second round
Hong Kong Open Second round
Korea Open Second round
2006 Thailand Open Second round

Djarum Indonesia Open First round

2006 Asian Badminton Championships First round
XVIII Commonwealth Games Runner-Up
Yonex All England Open Second round
Swiss Open Second round
Denmark Open Quarter-finalist
Indonesia Open Semi-finalist
2005
2005 Asian Badminton Championships Quarter-finalist
XXIII SEA Games Runner-Up
2004 Asian Badminton Championships Quarter-finalist
Japan Open First round
Korea Open Second round
2004 Yonex All England Open Second round

Swiss Open First round

Syed Modi Memorials Runner-Up
Thailand Open Second round
2003 XXII SEA Games Winner

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-
finalists.
 Results
Players Matches Difference
Won Lost

/ Huang Chia-chi 2 1 1 0

Petya Nedelcheva 1 1 0 +1

Dai Yun 1 0 1 –1

Gong Ruina 1 0 1 –1

Lu Lan 6 3 3 0

Wang Lin 7 2 5 –3

Wang Shixian 1 0 1 –1

Wang Xin 5 0 5 –5

Wang Yihan 1 1 0 +1

Xie Xingfang 8 2 6 –4

Zhang Ning 8 1 7 –6

Zhu Lin 6 1 5 –4

Cheng Shao-chieh 4 2 2 0

Tine Baun 6 1 5 –4

Tracey Hallam 1 1 0 +1

Results
Players Matches Difference
Won Lost
Pi Hongyan 5 2 3 –1

Petra Overzier 1 1 0 +1

Juliane Schenk 2 2 0 +2

Xu Huaiwen 3 1 2 –1

Wang Chen 5 2 3 –1

Yip Pui Yin 1 1 0 +1

Zhou Mi 3 0 3 –3

Saina Nehwal 8 3 5 –2

Lindaweni Fanetri 2 2 0 +2

Maria Kristin Yulianti 2 1 1 0

Mia Audina 2 0 2 –2

Bae Yeon-ju 1 0 1 –1

Sung Ji-hyun 1 0 1 –1
Porntip Buranaprasertsuk 3 3 0 +3
Personal life
She has an elder sister, Wong Miew Kheng who was a former Malaysian national badminton player. She
also dated the Malaysian badminton star Lee Chong Wei. The duo were planning to settle down after 11
years of courtship, after the London Olympics.[5]

In year 2009, Lee and Wong announced they are no longer together during the 2009 World
Championships in Hyderabad, India. However, Lee Chong Wei announced his reconciliation with Mew
Choo after winning a silver medal in 2012 London Olympics.[6] They met in 2001 at a public badminton
camp when they were both back-up shuttlers for the Malaysian crew. They got married on 9 November
2012. The couple had their first child, Kingston on 12 April 2013 and their second child, Terrance on 9
July 2015. [7] They had their third son, Anson Lee, on 28 November, 2022. [8]

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