Ho Yen Mei


Ho Yen Mei is a Malaysian badminton player who competes in the singles category. She won gold medal at the BWF Tour Super 100 2018 Russian Open in the women’s singles event. She was the winner at the Varcolar Polish International 2015. Ho was also the part of the Malaysia team to win the women’s team silver at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games & 2017 Southeast Asian Games. In junior, she was the winner of the Maybank Youth International 2014.

Early life

Ho was born on 29 April 1996 to her father, Albert Ho. When she was young, her family used to go to the Pandan Lake Club. Her mother would take her for swimming classes while her father played badminton. After swimming classes, she and her mother would wait for her father. Yen Mei then started playing badminton with her father and his friends. A year later, she signed up for badminton classes. She got a place at the Bukit Jalil Sports School when she was Form Three.
Ho has said that she would have become a swimmer if not for her father, and that she has no regrets taking up badminton whilst she still favours swimming.

Career overview

; Singles
PlayedWinsLossesBalance
Total1649371+22
Current year18612-6

; Doubles
PlayedWinsLossesBalance
Total17611-5
Current year0000

; Mixed doubles
PlayedWinsLossesBalance
Total1284+4
Current year0000

Achievements

BWF World Tour

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Women's singles
YearTournamentLevelOpponentScoreResult
2018Russian OpenSuper 100 Shiori Ebihara22–20, 11–21, 21–18 Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series

Women's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2016Malaysia International Sayaka Takahashi17–21, 11–21 Runner-up
2015Polish International Lim Chiew Sien21–16, 21–12 Winner
2013Smiling Fish International Rawinda Prajongjai9–21, 19–21 Runner-up

National Championships

Record against selected opponents