Matthew Chau

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]

Matthew Chau
Personal information
CountryAustralia
Born (1994-11-09) 9 November 1994
Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia
ResidenceMelbourne, Victoria
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking32 (MD 1 December 2016)
55 (XD 1 September 2016)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Australia
Oceania Championships
2015 North Harbour Men's doubles
2016 Papeete Men's doubles
2017 Nouméa Men's doubles
2018 Hamilton Men's doubles
2014 Ballarat Men's doubles
2014 Ballarat Mixed doubles
2018 Hamilton Mixed doubles
2020 Ballarat Men's doubles
2015 North Harbour Mixed doubles
Oceania Mixed Team Championships
2014 Ballarat Mixed team
2016 Auckland Mixed team
2019 Melbourne Mixed team
Oceania Men's Team Championships
2018 Hamilton Men's team
2020 Ballarat Men's team
BWF profile

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

Oceania Championships

Men's doubles

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

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Eastlink Badminton Stadium,
Hamilton, New Zealand		 Leanne Choo Sawan Serasinghe
Setyana Mapasa		 19–21, 18–21 Silver
2015 X-TRM North Harbour Badminton Centre,
North Harbour, New Zealand		 Gronya Somerville Oliver Leydon-Davis
Danielle Tahuri		 15–21, 21–19, 14–21 Bronze
2014 Ken 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

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Nouméa International Sawan Serasinghe Joel Findlay
Jeff Tho		 17–21, 21–7, 21–14 Winner
2015 Maribyrnong International Sawan Serasinghe Darren Isaac Devadass
Vountus Indra Mawan		 24–22, 10–21, 14–21 Runner-up
2015 Waikato International Sawan Serasinghe Rizwan Azam
Michael Fariman		 21–16, 21–15 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 Turkey International Gronya Somerville Robert Mateusiak
Nadieżda Zięba		 12–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2015 Waikato International Gronya Somerville Sawan Serasinghe
Setyana Mapasa		 13–21, 17–21 Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

References
  1. "Players: Matthew Chau". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  2. "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.
  3. "Australian badminton champion makes Olympic debut". Australia Plus. Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  4. "Matthew Chau | AUS Team | Rio 2016". Australian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 19 February 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
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