Low Hang Yee

Low Hang Yee
刘航益
Low Hang Yee; 刘航益
Personal information
Country	Malaysia
Born	22 February 1997 (age 27); Selangor, Malaysia
Handedness	Right
Men's doubles
Highest ranking	45 (with Ng Eng Cheong, 16 January 2024); 63 (with Chia Wei Jie, 22 November 2022)
Current ranking	45 (with Ng Eng Cheong, 16 January 2024)
	BWF profile

Low Hang Yee (Chinese: 劉航益; pinyin: Liú Hángyì; born 22 February 1997) is a Malaysian badminton player.^[1] He won his first international title at the 2022 Ukraine Open partnered with Chia Wei Jie.^[2]

Career

Prior to 2019, he played mixed doubles with Cheah Yee See and were runners-up at the 2016 India International Series.^[3]

2019

Partnered with Ng Eng Cheong, they were runners-up at the Lao International^[4] and the Malaysia International.^[5] They were also part of the Malaysian squad that participated in the 2019 Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships.

2021

In March, Low and Ng got into the quarter-finals of the Swiss Open where they won against 4th seeds Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge but lost to Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen in three games.^[6] He was selected as a backup player for the 2020 Thomas Cup. In October, he partnered with Chia Wei Jie and were semi-finalists at the Czech Open.

2022

In January, Low and Chia entered the final of the Swedish Open but lost out to Danny Bawa Chrisnanta and Andy Kwek.^[7] In the following week, they entered their second consecutive final and captured their first international title at the Ukraine Open.^[2]^[8] At the end of the year, Low resigned from the national team.^[9]

2023

Low then reunited with Ng and they won back-to-back titles at the Slovenia Open^[10] and Austrian Open in May,^[11] defeating compatriots Lwi Sheng Hao and Jimmy Wong in both finals. In the following month, the pair finished as runners-up at the Maldives International^[12] and China International.^[13] In July, they captured their third title of the year at the Mongolia International.^[14] In November, they reached their sixth season final at their home event, the KL Masters. They settled for second best after losing to Chen Cheng-kuan and Chen Sheng-fa.^[15]

Achievements

BWF World Tour (1 title, 1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[16] 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, and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[17]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2023	Malaysia Masters	Super 100	Ng Eng Cheong	Chen Cheng-kuan Chen Sheng-fa	21–23, 17–21	Runner-up	^[15]
2024	Malaysia Masters	Super 100	Ng Eng Cheong	Chen Zhi-yi Presley Smith	19–21, 21–15, 21–12	Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 6 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Lao International	Ng Eng Cheong	Chooi Kah Ming Low Juan Shen	21–18, 18–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2019	Malaysia International	Ng Eng Cheong	Leo Rolly Carnando Daniel Marthin	21–17, 17–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2022	Swedish Open	Chia Wei Jie	Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Andy Kwek	13–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2022	Ukraine Open	Chia Wei Jie	Emil Lauritzen Mads Vestergaard	19–21, 22–20, 23–21	Winner
2023	Slovenia Open	Ng Eng Cheong	Lwi Sheng Hao Jimmy Wong	22–20, 21–18	Winner
2023	Austrian Open	Ng Eng Cheong	Lwi Sheng Hao Jimmy Wong	21–11, 21–17	Winner
2023	Maldives International	Ng Eng Cheong	Pharanyu Kaosamaang Worrapol Thongsa-Nga	19–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2023	China International	Ng Eng Cheong	Chen Xujun Peng Jianqin	19–21, 21–19, 14–21	Runner-up
2023	Mongolia International	Ng Eng Cheong	Chia Wei Jie Liew Xun	21–17, 21–15	Winner