Terry Hee

In this Chinese name, the family name is Hee (許).

Terry Hee Yong Kai (Chinese: 許永凱; born 6 July 1995) is a Singaporean badminton player.^[5] In mixed doubles with Jessica Tan, Hee won his first World Tour title at the 2022 India Open.^[6] Hee together with Jessica Tan also won the gold medal in the mixed doubles event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, a first for Singapore in that discipline at the Games. Terry Hee and his wife Jessica Tan were nominated for the Straits Times Singaporean of the Year Award 2022.^[7] Terry Hee and Jessica Tan are Singapore's first local-born mixed doubles duo to qualify for the Olympics, and will make their debut at the Paris Olympics 2024.^[8]

Terry Hee 許永凱
Hee at the 2022 Singapore Open
Personal information
Full name	Terry Hee Yong Kai
Country	Singapore
Born	(1995-07-06) 6 July 1995 (age 29) Singapore[1][2][3][4]
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Years active	2014–present
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	22 (MD with Loh Kean Hean 27 December 2022) 13 (XD with Jessica Tan 3 January 2023)
Current ranking	17 (XD with Jessica Tan 13 August 2024)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Singapore Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Mixed doubles 2014 Glasgow Mixed team 2022 Birmingham Mixed team Asia Team Championships 2022 Selangor Men's team SEA Games 2015 Singapore Men's team 2017 Kuala Lumpur Men's team 2019 Philippines Men's team 2021 Vietnam Men's doubles 2021 Vietnam Men's team 2023 Cambodia Men's team
BWF profile

Early life

Hee was born in Singapore and enrolled in the Singapore Sports School on a scholarship when he was 13.^{[1][2][3][4][9]} He began playing badminton professionally for Singapore in 2014, after going through the youth system at the Singapore Sports School (SBA)'s badminton academy.^[6][10]

Career

2014–2018: Early senior career

Hee won the mixed team bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.^[11] He was also part of the national team that won the men's team bronze medals at the 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, and the 2023 SEA Games.^[12] He made his second appearance at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast 2018.^[13]

2022: Commonwealth Games success

Hee and Tan with other Singapore Olympians during an open-top bus parade in 2024

Hee opened the 2022 season by winning the mixed doubles title at the India Open partnering Jessica Tan.^[6] The duo later captured their second World Tour title of the year by winning the Orléans Masters.^[14]

In May 2022, Hee competed at the 2021 SEA Games. He won the bronze medals in the men's team and doubles events.^[15][16]

Hee and Tan after winning the mixed doubles final at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games in August, Hee was part of the Singaporean team who won the bronze medal in the mixed team events as the Singaporean team defeated England 3–0 at the bronze medal playoff.^[17][18] Hee had also competed at the individual mixed doubles event with his wife, Tan. They won a historic gold medal and Singapore's first Commonwealth Games badminton mixed doubles gold after beating England's Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith in the final, with a score of 21–16, 21–15 in straight sets.^[19]

Personal life

Hee married fellow Singaporean shuttler Jessica Tan in October, 2021. They had often partnered at mixed doubles tournaments since the start of Hee's professional career.^[20] Their victory at the 2021 Czech Open, defeating Russians Lev Barinov and Anastasiia Boiarun, was their first tournament as a married duo.^[20] They were made HSBC Life Singapore's first brand ambassadors in 2023. In 2024, Singlife committed to a sponsorship deal with the couple upon their Olympic qualification.^[21]

Awards and nominations

Hee and Jessica Tan were nominated for the 2022 ST Athlete of the Year Award.^[22] They were also conferred the Team of the Year (Event) award in the Singapore Sports Awards 2023 by the Singapore National Olympic Council.^[23]

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2022	National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England	Jessica Tan	Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith	21–16, 21–15	Gold	[19]

SEA Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2021	Bac Giang Gymnasium, Bắc Giang, Vietnam	Loh Kean Hean	Pramudya Kusumawardana Yeremia Rambitan	21–15, 17–21, 19–21	Bronze	[16]

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 2 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[24] 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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[25]

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2022	India Open	Super 500	Jessica Tan	Chen Tang Jie Peck Yen Wei	21–15, 21–18	Winner	[6]
2022	Orléans Masters	Super 100	Jessica Tan	Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto Lisa Ayu Kusumawati	21–12, 16–21, 21–13	Winner	[14]
2023	Abu Dhabi Masters	Super 100	Jessica Tan	Mads Vestergaard Christine Busch	22–20, 17–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2023	Guwahati Masters	Super 100	Jessica Tan	Mads Vestergaard Christine Busch	21–19, 21–11	Winner
2023	Odisha Masters	Super 100	Jessica Tan	Dhruv Kapila Tanisha Crasto	21–17, 19–21, 21–23	Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (11 titles, 5 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Vietnam International	Hendra Wijaya	Lu Ching-yao Tien Tzu-chieh	13–21, 21–14, 21–23	Runner-up
2015	Singapore International	Loh Kean Hean	Hardianto Kenas Adi Haryanto	13–21, 21–16, 21–19	Winner
2017	Nepal International	Danny Bawa Chrisnanta	Ian Wong Jien Sern Tan Chee Tean	22–20, 14–21, 21–16	Winner
2018	South Australia International	Danny Bawa Chrisnanta	Akira Koga Taichi Saito	11–21, 21–19, 16–21	Runner-up
2018	Sydney International	Danny Bawa Chrisnanta	Hiroki Okamura Masayuki Onodera	6–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2018	Singapore International	Danny Bawa Chrisnanta	Yonny Chung Tam Chun Hei	21–13, 18–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2021	Dutch Open	Loh Kean Hean	Tan Kian Meng Tan Wee Kiong	21–14, 18–21, 22–20	Winner
2021	Czech Open	Loh Kean Hean	Man Wei Chong Tee Kai Wun	13–21, 21–15, 21–15	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Singapore International	Jessica Tan	Loh Kean Hean Dellis Yuliana	21–19, 19–21, 21–14	Winner
2014	Malaysia International	Jessica Tan	Hafiz Faizal Shella Devi Aulia	21–19, 19–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2015	Bangladesh International	Jessica Tan	Tan Wee Gieen Shevon Jemie Lai	21–10, 19–21, 21–12	Winner
2016	Smiling Fish International	Jessica Tan	Wong Fai Yin Shevon Jemie Lai	21–16, 21–17	Winner
2016	Hungarian International	Jessica Tan	Paweł Pietryja Aneta Wojtkowska	11–6, 11–7, 13–11	Winner
2018	South Australia International	Citra Putri Sari Dewi	Kohei Gondo Ayane Kurihara	22–20, 21–18	Winner
2021	Czech Open	Jessica Tan	Lev Barinov Anastasiia Boiarun	21–18, 21–12	Winner
2023	Irish Open	Jessica Tan	Gregory Mairs Jenny Mairs	21–17, 18–21, 21–15	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

References

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External links

• Terry Hee at BWFBadminton.com
• Terry Hee at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com
• Terry Hee at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Terry Hee at Singapore Badminton Association