Tey Seu Bock
# Tey Seu Bock

Datuk Tey Seu Bock DPSM (born 21 February 1973) 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. Tey currently serves as coach of the men's singles department at the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM).

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.

## 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 |
| 1994 | German Open | Qualification | Franz Josef Mueller | 15-9 15-3 |
| 1994 | German Open | Round of 64 | Volker Renzelmann | 15-8 15-12 |
| 1994 | German Open | 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 |
| 1994 | Brunei Open | Round of 32 | Jeffer Rosobin | 5-15 2-15 |
| 1994 | Singapore Open | Qualification | Noor Izwan Paini | 15-0 15-2 |
| 1994 | Singapore Open | Qualification | Kok Keong Desmond Tan | 15-1 15-14 |
| 1994 | Singapore Open | Qualification | Saman Ismail | 9-15 15-4 15-11 |
| 1994 | Singapore Open | 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 |
| 1993 | Brunei Open | Round of 16 | Kitipon Kitikul | 15-5 15-13 |
| 1993 | Brunei Open | Quarterfinal | Kantharoopan Ponniah | 6-15 15-11 9-15 |
| 1993 | Malaysia Open | Round of 64 | Takuya Katayama | 15-10 15-6 |
| 1993 | Malaysia Open | 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 |
| 1993 | Brunei Open | Round of 16 | Ah Heng Lo | Gunawan Al-Muhtadee Billah | 18-17 1-15 15-4 |
| 1993 | Brunei Open | Quarterfinal | Ah Heng Lo | 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 | | |
| 1991 | Singapore Open | Qualification | Yuzo Kubota | 15-7 10-15 15-13 |
| 1991 | Singapore Open | Qualification | Bhawin Gala | 12-15 9-15 |
| 1991 | Malaysia Open | Qualification | Ibrahim Sadru | Walkover |
| 1991 | Malaysia Open | Qualification | Luis Lopezllera | Walkover |
| 1991 | Malaysia Open | Qualification | Dipankar Bhattacharjee | 7-15 8-15 |

Men's Doubles

| Year | Tournament | Round | Partner | Opponent | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1991 | Malaysia Open | Qualification | D. Jivehenthiran | Bye | |
| 1991 | Malaysia Open | Qualification | D. Jivehenthiran | 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. 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. 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.

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.

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. Another Indonesian, Indra Wijaya, succeeded Tey as women's singles head coach.

## Honours

* Malacca :
   * Companion Class II of the Order of Malacca (DPSM) - Datuk (2017)
