Goh Sze Fei

In this Chinese name, the family name is Goh.

Goh Sze Fei (Chinese: 吳世飛; pinyin: Wú Shìfēi; born 18 August 1997) is a Malaysian badminton player.^[1] He was a silver medalist in the 2024 Asian Championships. Goh was part of the Malaysia winning team in the 2022 Asia Team Championships. He won the 2022 German Open in the men's doubles event partnered with Nur Izzuddin, their first BWF World Tour title.

Goh Sze Fei 吴世飞
Personal information
Country	Malaysia
Born	(1997-08-18) 18 August 1997 (age 27) Malacca, Malaysia
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Handedness	Right
Men's doubles
Highest ranking	3 (with Nur Izzuddin, 17 December 2024)
Current ranking	3 (with Nur Izzuddin, 17 December 2024)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Malaysia Thomas Cup 2024 Chengdu Men's team Asian Championships 2024 Ningbo Men's doubles 2022 Manila Men's doubles Asia Team Championships 2022 Selangor Men's team 2020 Manila Men's team 2024 Selangor Men's team 2018 Alor Setar Men's team SEA Games 2017 Kuala Lumpur Men's team
BWF profile

Early life

Goh finished his primary school in SJK(C) Chung Hua Tampin, Negeri Sembilan. During his secondary school period, which was in Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Tunku Besar at Tampin, he managed to get recruited into Badminton Association of Malaysia during his secondary school period to be trained as a national player.

Goh comes from a Malaysian Chinese family based in Tampin, Negeri Sembilan. There are 4 siblings in his family and he is the youngest among the siblings.^[2] All his siblings are very enthusiastic in badminton sports and Goh's eldest, Goh Sze Boon and second elder brother, Goh Sze Onn used to be Malaysian national players as well.^[3] Goh's first badminton coach was Goh Sai Chong who guided and coached Sze Fei since he was at his young age.^[4]

Career

In January 2017, Goh and his partner Nur Izzuddin entered their first Grand Prix Gold final at the 2017 Malaysia Masters and finished up as runner-ups.^[5]

2022

In March, Goh and Izzuddin won their first BWF World Tour title at the German Open beating Liu Yuchen and Ou Xuanyi in three games.^[6] In the following week, they entered their second consecutive final at the Swiss Open but lost out to rivals Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto.^[7] In April, Goh and Izzuddin fell to compatriots Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik at the semi-finals of Asian Championships, securing them a bronze medal.^[8] In December, Goh partnered Goh Boon Zhe at the Malaysia International and finished as runner-ups.^[9]

2023

In January, following their underwhelming results in the past few months, Goh and long-time partner Nur Izzuddin decided to split-up, citing lack of connection and loss of trust.^[10] In March, Goh and new partner Choong Hon Jian reached the final of their first outing as a pair at the Thailand International but lost out narrowly to top seeds Chaloempon Charoenkitamorn and Nanthakarn Yordphaisong in rubber game.^[11] Around four months after splitting up, Goh and Izzuddin reunited at the end of May.^[12] The pair set aside their differences and decided to rekindle their partnership in quest for the 2024 Summer Olympics spot.^[13]

In July, Goh and Izzuddin competed at the 2023 U.S. Open, their first tournament after reuniting. The pair emerged as winners defeating Chinese Taipei's Lee Fang-chih and Lee Fang-jen in the final.^[14] The duo also won the Super 100 event in the Kaohsiung and Abu Dhabi Masters.^[15][16] From May to December, Goh, along with Nur Dhabitah Sabri and Shahrul Saad were appointed as the brand ambassadors for Nutrilite Malaysia.^[17]

2024

Goh started the 2024 season with unsatisfactory results, as he and Izzuddin suffered multiple early rounds defeats in the Asian and European leg. Goh and Izzuddin finally reached the final of the Asian Championships in April, winning the silver medal.^[18] Their performance started to improve as evidenced by the results they achieved by reaching the quarter-finals of the Malaysia Masters, Singapore Open, and Indonesia Open. In August, it was reported that the pair had decided to leave the national team,^[19] and would officially start their career as independent players in early September.^[20] The duo then won the Japan Open in August,^[21] China Open in September,^[22] and Arctic Open in October.^[23]

In December, Goh and Izzuddin finished their extraordinary 2024 season as the runners-up of the BWF World Tour Finals, losing to Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen of Denmark in the final with a score of 17–21, 21–17, 11–21. Their achievement elevated them to world number 3, the highest ever ranking in their career. With that, they have become the top Malaysian men's doubles pair, taking over Olympic bronze medalists Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik. That achievement also marks them being the first men's doubles pair in Malaysia to reach the final of the BWF World Tour Series since its establishment in 2018.^[24]

Achievements

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2022	Muntinlupa Sports Complex, Metro Manila, Philippines	Nur Izzuddin	Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik	13–21, 15–21	Bronze	[8]
2024	Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China	Nur Izzuddin	Liang Weikeng Wang Chang	17–21, 21–15, 10–21	Silver	[18]

BWF World Tour (7 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[25] 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.^[26]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2022	German Open	Super 300	Nur Izzuddin	Liu Yuchen Ou Xuanyi	23–21, 16–21, 21–14	Winner	[6]
2022	Swiss Open	Super 300	Nur Izzuddin	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	18–21, 19–21	Runner-up	[7]
2023	U.S. Open	Super 300	Nur Izzuddin	Lee Fang-chih Lee Fang-jen	21–9, 21–10	Winner	[14]
2023	Kaohsiung Masters	Super 100	Nur Izzuddin	Lee Jhe-huei Yang Po-hsuan	21–14, 21–10	Winner	[15]
2023	Abu Dhabi Masters	Super 100	Nur Izzuddin	Pharanyu Kaosamaang Worrapol Thongsa-nga	18–21, 21–17, 21–12	Winner	[16]
2024	Japan Open	Super 750	Nur Izzuddin	Kang Min-hyuk Seo Seung-jae	21–19, 21–15	Winner	[21]
2024	China Open	Super 1000	Nur Izzuddin	He Jiting Ren Xiangyu	13–21, 21–12, 21–17	Winner	[22]
2024	Arctic Open	Super 500	Nur Izzuddin	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	15–21, 21–15, 21–19	Winner	[23]
2024	BWF World Tour Finals	World Tour Finals	Nur Izzuddin	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	17–21, 21–17, 11–21	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2017	Malaysia Masters	Nur Izzuddin	Berry Angriawan Hardianto	19–21, 12–21	Runner-up	[5]

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 5 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2016	Singapore International	Nur Izzuddin	Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Hendra Wijaya	21–13, 21–14	Winner
2016	Vietnam International Series	Nur Izzuddin	Đỗ Tuấn Đức Phạm Hồng Nam	21–17, 19–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2016	Swiss International	Nur Izzuddin	Aaron Chia Wong Wai Jun	21–18, 21–12	Winner
2016	India International Series	Nur Izzuddin	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty	11–8, 5–11, 11–7, 8–11, 5–11	Runner-up
2017	Malaysia International	Nur Izzuddin	Shia Chun Kang Tan Wee Gieen	21–19, 21–12	Winner
2018	Tata Open India International	Nur Izzuddin	Arjun M.R. B. Sumeeth Reddy	10–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2022	Malaysia International	Goh Boon Zhe	Muhammad Haikal Nur Izzuddin	17–21, 16–21	Runner-up	[9]
2023	Thailand International	Choong Hon Jian	Chaloempon Charoenkitamorn Nanthakarn Yordphaisong	21–15, 15–21, 22–24	Runner-up	[11]

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

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External links

• Goh Sze Fei at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
• Goh Sze Fei at BWFBadminton.com