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]
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| Country | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 November 1994 Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Melbourne, Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest ranking | 32 (MD 1 December 2016) 55 (XD 1 September 2016) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 edit
Oceania Championships edit
Men's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2020 | Ken Kay Badminton Stadium, Ballarat, Australia |
 Sawan Serasinghe
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 Oliver Leydon-Davis Abhinav Manota
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21–18, 9–21, 14–21 |  Silver
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| 2018 | Eastlink Badminton Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand |
Sawan Serasinghe
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Robin Middleton Ross Smith
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21–17, 23–21 |  Gold
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| 2017 | Salle Anewy, Nouméa, New Caledonia |
Sawan Serasinghe
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Kevin Dennerly-Minturn Niccolo Tagle
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21–8, 21–14 | Gold
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| 2016 | Punaauia University Hall, Papeete, Tahiti |
Sawan Serasinghe
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 Léo Cucuel Rémi Rossi
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21–11, 21–12 | Gold
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| 2015 | X-TRM North Harbour Badminton Centre, Auckland, New Zealand |
Sawan Serasinghe
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Kevin Dennerly-Minturn Oliver Leydon-Davis
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10–21, 21–16, 21–13 | Gold
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| 2014 | Ken Kay Badminton Hall, Ballarat, Australia |
Sawan Serasinghe
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Raymond Tam Glenn Warfe
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11–21, 13–21 | Silver
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Mixed doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2018 | Eastlink Badminton Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand |
Leanne Choo
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Sawan Serasinghe Setyana Mapasa
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19–21, 18–21 | Silver
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| 2015 | X-TRM North Harbour Badminton Centre, Auckland, New Zealand |
Gronya Somerville
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Oliver Leydon-Davis Danielle Tahuri
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15–21, 21–19, 14–21 |  Bronze
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| 2014 | Ken Kay Badminton Hall, Ballarat, Australia |
Jacqueline Guan
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Oliver Leydon-Davis Susannah Leydon-Davis
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19–21, 13–21 | Silver
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BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 3 runners-up) edit
Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2017 | Nouméa International | Sawan Serasinghe
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Joel Findlay Jeff Tho
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17–21, 21–7, 21–14 |  Winner
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| 2015 | Maribyrnong International | Sawan Serasinghe
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 Darren Isaac Devadass Vountus Indra Mawan
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24–22, 10–21, 14–21 |  Runner-up
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| 2015 | Waikato International | Sawan Serasinghe
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 Rizwan Azam Michael Fariman
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21–16, 21–15 | Winner
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Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2015 | Turkey International | Gronya Somerville
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 Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Zięba
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12–21, 13–21 | Runner-up
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| 2015 | Waikato International | Gronya Somerville
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Sawan Serasinghe Setyana Mapasa
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13–21, 17–21 | Runner-up
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- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
References edit
- ^ "Players: Matthew Chau". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Australian badminton champion makes Olympic debut". Australia Plus. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Matthew Chau | AUS Team | Rio 2016". Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 19 February 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
External links edit
- Matthew Chau at BWFbadminton.com
- Matthew Chau at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
- Matthew Chau at Olympics.com
- Matthew Chau at Olympedia
- Matthew Chau at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Matthew Chau at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Matt Chau at Commonwealth Games Australia
