Tey Seu Bock

Datuk Tey Seu Bock DPSM (born 21 February 1973)[1] is a retired Malaysian professional badminton player. He is most well known for being the coach of three-time Olympic silver medalist and former world No. 1 badminton men's singles shuttler Lee Chong Wei between 2010 and 2016.[2] Tey currently serves as coach of the men's singles department at the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM).[3]

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zheng (鄭).
Tey Seu Bock
鄭瑞睦
Personal information
Birth nameTey Seu Bock
Country Malaysia
Born (1973-02-21) 21 February 1973
Alor Gajah District, Malacca, Malaysia
Years active1991–1995
HandednessRight
EventMen's singles & doubles
BWF profile
Tey Seu Bock
Traditional Chinese鄭瑞睦
Simplified Chinese郑瑞睦

As a player, he was active in both men's singles and doubles until his retirement.

Background

Tey was born in the tourist destination of Pengkalan Balak in the historical Malaysian state of Malacca. Following limited success in his playing career, he turned to coaching and remained as an assistant to Misbun Sidek for a large number of years acting as sparring partner to players such as Rashid Sidek, Muhammad Roslin Hashim and eventually Lee himself. He once ventured into the kopi tiam (traditional coffee shop) business in an attempt to strengthen his financial situation but the business failed after a year.[4]

Career

1995

Men's Doubles

Year Tournament Round Partner Opponent Score
1995 Brunei Open Round of 32 Rahman Sidek Dodi
Hermono Yuwono		 14-17 9-15

1994

Men's Singles

Year Tournament Round Opponent Score
1994 German Open Qualification Holger Kampen 15-7 15-4
Qualification Franz Josef Mueller 15-9 15-3
Round of 64 Volker Renzelmann 15-8 15-12
Round of 32 Tomas Johansson 8-15 9-15
1994 Dutch Open Round of 64 Budi Santoso 4-15 7-15
1994 Indonesia Open Round of 64 Hendrawan 11-15 10-15
1994 Brunei Open Round of 64 Wilfred Albo 15-2 15-4
Round of 32 Jeffer Rosobin 5-15 2-15
1994 Singapore Open Qualification Noor Izwan Paini 15-0 15-2
Qualification Kok Keong Desmond Tan 15-1 15-14
Qualification Saman Ismail 9-15 15-4 15-11
Round of 64 Jeroen Van Dijk 5-15 15-12 9-15
1994 Malaysia Open Round of 64 Ardy Wiranata 2-15 3-15

1993

Men's Singles

Year Tournament Round Opponent Score
1993 Brunei Open Round of 32 Antonio Jr Mance 15-7 11-15 15-4
Round of 16 Kitipon Kitikul 15-5 15-13
Quarterfinal Kantharoopan Ponniah 6-15 15-11 9-15
1993 Malaysia Open Round of 64 Takuya Katayama 15-10 15-6
Round of 32 Pontus Jäntti 6-15 10-15

Men's Doubles

Year Tournament Round Partner Opponent Score
1993 Brunei Open Round of 32 Ah Heng Lo Wahab Moksin
Hj Yusof		 15-4 15-5
Round of 16 Gunawan
Al-Muhtadee Billah		 18-17 1-15 15-4
Quarterfinal Kitipon Kitikul
Prapon Prapaitrakul		 6-15 2-15
1993 Malaysia Open Round of 32 Ah Heng Lo Rexy Mainaky
Ricky Subagja		 2-15 3-15

1992

Men's Singles

Year Tournament Round Opponent Score
1992 Malaysia Open Round of 128 Yifeng Shen 8-15 15-11 14-17

1991

Men's Singles

Year Tournament Round Opponent Score
1991 Singapore Open Qualification
Qualification Yuzo Kubota 15-7 10-15 15-13
Qualification Bhawin Gala 12-15 9-15
1991 Malaysia Open Qualification Ibrahim Sadru Walkover
Qualification Luis Lopezllera Walkover
Qualification Dipankar Bhattacharjee 7-15 8-15

Men's Doubles

Year Tournament Round Partner Opponent Score
1991 Malaysia Open Qualification D. Jivehenthiran Bye
Qualification Liwen Lin
Jianjun Liu		 6-15 8-15
     BWF International Series tournament

Coaching

Tey joined the BAM in 2002 and became an understudy to Misbun Sidek.[5] Following Misbun's resignation from the BAM in 2010, Tey was chosen to take over coaching responsibilities of the men's singles department and take world No. 1 Lee Chong Wei under his wing.[6] Under his watch, Lee would go on to clinch, among many, two more Olympic silver medals, four world championships silver medals and three All England Open Badminton Championships men's singles titles.[7]

Following the coaching reshuffle at BAM in 2017, Tey was re-assigned and has since served as head coach of Malaysia's national women's singles department.[8][9][10]

In May 2020, the BAM once again restructured their national coaching setup which saw Tey returning to the men's singles squad as assistant to head coach, Hendrawan.[11][12][13] Another Indonesian, Indra Wijaya, succeeded Tey as women's singles head coach.

Honours
gollark: Oh, I thought we were just saying egg.
gollark: **H A T C H L I N G**
gollark: I'm leaning towards "maybe not" but do really want more garlands.
gollark: (Garland hatchling, cheese egg - I have the cheese)
gollark: Is a garland for a cheese fair?

References
  1. "Lee Chong Wei 李宗伟". Lee Chong Wei. Facebook. 21 February 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. "Seu Bock: 'One-of-a-kind' shuttler never takes the game lightly". The Star (Malaysia). 14 June 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  3. "Badminton: BAM place faith on Indonesian coaches in revamp | The Star". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  4. Hashim, Rizal (5 August 2012). "The man behind Chong Wei almost quit the sport". Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  5. "DATUK TEY SEU BOCK". Badminton Association of Malaysia. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  6. Paul, Rajes (2 January 2011). "Misbun quits as national singles coach". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  7. Gilmour, Rod (8 March 2011). "All England Badminton 2011: Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei set to defend title and stop Lin Dan the hard way". The Telegraph. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  8. "Hafiz to join BAM after settling personal matters". The Star (Malaysia). 14 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  9. "(Badminton) Misbun Sidek returns to BAM as men's singles head coach". New Straits Times. 8 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  10. "Hafiz Hashim looks forward to joining new BAM set up". Malay Mail. 14 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  11. "Hendrawan-Seu Bock combo returns to lead men's singles". Free Malaysia Today. Bernama. 17 May 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  12. Talkah, Helmi (17 May 2020). "Langkah bijak satukan Hendrawan, Seu Bock" (in Malay). Berita Harian. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  13. Peter, Fabian (18 May 2020). "Chong Ming happy to 'return home' to BAM". New Straits Times. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  14. Talkah, Helmi (17 October 2017). "(Badminton) Women's singles coach Seu Bock honoured for achievements in badminton". New Straits Times. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
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