Matthew Chau

Matthew Chau (born 9 November 1994) is an Australian badminton player.^[1] He was four times men's doubles Oceania Champion winning in 2015–2018.^[2] Chau competed in the men's doubles at the 2016 Summer Olympics alongside Sawan Serasinghe.^[3]

Matthew Chau 曹善凯
Personal information
Country	Australia
Born	(1994-11-09) 9 November 1994 (age 30) Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia
Residence	Melbourne, Victoria
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	32 (MD 1 December 2016) 55 (XD 1 September 2016)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Australia Oceania Championships 2015 North Harbour Men's doubles 2016 Papeete Men's doubles 2017 Nouméa Men's doubles 2018 Hamilton Men's doubles 2014 Ballarat Men's doubles 2014 Ballarat Mixed doubles 2018 Hamilton Mixed doubles 2020 Ballarat Men's doubles 2015 North Harbour Mixed doubles Oceania Mixed Team Championships 2014 Ballarat Mixed team 2016 Auckland Mixed team 2019 Melbourne Mixed team Oceania Men's Team Championships 2018 Hamilton Men's team 2020 Ballarat Men's team
BWF profile

Chau picked up his first badminton racquet at age 10, following his parents to the Monash University Badminton Club where they played socially. The now 22-year-old fell in love with the all rounded nature of the sport and says he enjoys that badminton demands speed, strength, endurance, skill, tactical smarts and hard work from its athletes. Chau first partnered with Serasinghe at the 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival and the duo went on to secure the Rio quota spot for Australia by winning the 2016 Oceania Championships title.^[4]

Chau also took home the men's doubles title with Serasinghe at the Waikato International tournament and competed at his first World Championships 2016 at just 20 years old in Jakarta, Indonesia.

When he is not playing, Chau studies a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Engineering and enjoys cooking.^[4]

Achievements

Oceania Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Ken Kay Badminton Stadium, Ballarat, Australia	Sawan Serasinghe	Oliver Leydon-Davis Abhinav Manota	21–18, 9–21, 14–21	Silver
2018	Eastlink Badminton Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand	Sawan Serasinghe	Robin Middleton Ross Smith	21–17, 23–21	Gold
2017	Salle Anewy, Nouméa, New Caledonia	Sawan Serasinghe	Kevin Dennerly-Minturn Niccolo Tagle	21–8, 21–14	Gold
2016	Punaauia University Hall, Papeete, Tahiti	Sawan Serasinghe	Léo Cucuel Rémi Rossi	21–11, 21–12	Gold
2015	X-TRM North Harbour Badminton Centre, Auckland, New Zealand	Sawan Serasinghe	Kevin Dennerly-Minturn Oliver Leydon-Davis	10–21, 21–16, 21–13	Gold
2014	Ken Kay Badminton Hall, Ballarat, Australia	Sawan Serasinghe	Raymond Tam Glenn Warfe	11–21, 13–21	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Eastlink Badminton Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand	Leanne Choo	Sawan Serasinghe Setyana Mapasa	19–21, 18–21	Silver
2015	X-TRM North Harbour Badminton Centre, Auckland, New Zealand	Gronya Somerville	Oliver Leydon-Davis Danielle Tahuri	15–21, 21–19, 14–21	Bronze
2014	Ken Kay Badminton Hall, Ballarat, Australia	Jacqueline Guan	Oliver Leydon-Davis Susannah Leydon-Davis	19–21, 13–21	Silver

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 3 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Nouméa International	Sawan Serasinghe	Joel Findlay Jeff Tho	17–21, 21–7, 21–14	Winner
2015	Maribyrnong International	Sawan Serasinghe	Darren Isaac Devadass Vountus Indra Mawan	24–22, 10–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2015	Waikato International	Sawan Serasinghe	Rizwan Azam Michael Fariman	21–16, 21–15	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Turkey International	Gronya Somerville	Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Zięba	12–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2015	Waikato International	Gronya Somerville	Sawan Serasinghe Setyana Mapasa	13–21, 17–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

References

1. "Players: Matthew Chau". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
2. "Gronya, Abhinav double booked in the final. Wendy Chen chases sixth title. Semifinal highlights – VICTOR Oceania Championships 2020". Badminton Oceania. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
3. "Australian badminton champion makes Olympic debut". Australia Plus. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
4. "Matthew Chau | AUS Team | Rio 2016". Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 19 February 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2016.

External links

• Matthew Chau at BWFBadminton.com
• Matthew Chau at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
• Matthew Chau at Olympics.com
• Matthew Chau at Olympedia (archive)
• Matthew Chau at the Australian Olympic Committee
• Matthew Chau at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Matt Chau at Commonwealth Games Australia