Matthew Chau


Matthew Chau is a badminton player from Australia. He was four times men's doubles Oceania Champion winning in 2015–2018. Chau competed in the men's doubles at the 2016 Summer Olympics alongside Sawan Serasinghe.
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.
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.

Achievements

Oceania Championships

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

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018Eastlink Badminton Stadium,
Hamilton, New Zealand
Leanne Choo Sawan Serasinghe
Setyana Mapasa
19–21, 18–21 Silver
2015X-TRM North Harbour Badminton Centre,
North Harbour, New Zealand
Gronya Somerville Oliver Leydon-Davis
Danielle Tahuri
15–21, 21–19, 14–21 Bronze
2014Ken 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
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Nouméa International Sawan Serasinghe Joel Findlay
Jeff Tho
17–21, 21–7, 21–14 Winner
2015Maribyrnong International Sawan Serasinghe Darren Isaac Devadass
Vountus Indra Mawan
24–22, 10–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2015Waikato International Sawan Serasinghe Rizwan Azam
Michael Fariman
21–16, 21–15 Winner

Mixed doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015Turkey International Gronya Somerville Robert Mateusiak
Nadiezda Zieba
12–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2015Waikato International Gronya Somerville Sawan Serasinghe
Setyana Mapasa
13–21, 17–21 Runner-up