Vanessa Neo Yu Yan (born 19 June 1987) is a Singaporean former badminton player specializing in doubles. She represented Singapore in 2014 Commonwealth Games, where she won a bronze medal in the team competition.[2]

Vanessa Neo
梁语嫣
Personal information
Birth nameVanessa Neo Yu Yan
CountrySingapore
Born (1987-06-19) 19 June 1987 (age 36)[1]
Singapore
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
HandednessRight[1]
Women's and mixed doubles
Highest ranking9 (28 February 2013[1])
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing  Singapore
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Glasgow Mixed team
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Doha Women's team
Southeast Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Vientiane Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Jakarta Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Singapore Women's team
BWF profile
Vanessa Neo
Traditional Chinese梁語嫣
Simplified Chinese梁语嫣

Achievements edit

BWF Grand Prix edit

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2008 Vietnam Open   Riky Widianto   Tontowi Ahmad
  Shendy Puspa Irawati
17–21, 9–21   Runner-up
2013 Dutch Open   Danny Bawa Chrisnanta   Muhammad Rijal
  Debby Susanto
21–19, 25–23   Winner
2014 Macau Open   Danny Bawa Chrisnanta   Edi Subaktiar
  Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja
15–21, 30–29, 20–22   Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series edit

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Ballarat International   Shinta Mulia Sari   Frances Liu
  Yao Lei
14–21, 21–17, 21–15   Winner
2007 Waikato International   Shinta Mulia Sari   Frances Liu
  Yao Lei
11–21, 21–18, 17–21   Runner-up
2008 Vietnam International   Frances Liu   Shinta Mulia Sari
  Yao Lei
21–15, 18–21, 21–16   Winner
2011 Singapore International   Dellis Yuliana   Aya Shimozaki
  Emi Moue
13–21, 14–21   Runner-up
2013 Singapore International   Fu Mingtian   Shinta Mulia Sari
  Yao Lei
21–19, 15–21, 13–21   Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Ballarat International   Riky Widianto   Chayut Triyachart
  Shinta Mulia Sari
21–19, 21–16   Winner
2007 Waikato International   Riky Widianto   Chayut Triyachart
  Shinta Mulia Sari
16–21, 19–21   Runner-up
2008 Malaysia International   Danny Bawa Chrisnanta   Lutfi Zaim Abdul Khalid
  Lim Yin Loo
21–14, 17–21, 19–21   Runner-up
2010 Vietnam International   Hendri Saputra   Wang Chia-min
  Wang Pei-rong
23–21, 21–13   Winner
2011 New Zealand International   Danny Bawa Chrisnanta   Takeshi Kamura
  Koharu Yonemoto
21–14, 21–13   Winner
2011 White Nights   Danny Bawa Chrisnanta   Baptiste Carême
  Audrey Fontaine
21–18, 19–21, 21–15   Winner
2011 Singapore International   Danny Bawa Chrisnanta   Mohd Razif Abdul Latif
  Amelia Alicia Anscelly
23–21, 21–14   Winner
2012 Vietnam International   Danny Bawa Chrisnanta   Hafiz Faizal
  Pia Zebadiah Bernadet
21–11, 17–21, 17–21   Runner-up
2015 Bahrain International Challenge   Danny Bawa Chrisnanta   Bodin Isara
  Savitree Amitrapai
17–21, 19–21   Runner-up
2015 USA International   Danny Bawa Chrisnanta   Michael Fuchs
  Birgit Michels
16–21, 17–21   Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Vanessa Neo Yu Yan Player Profile". BWF-Tournament Software. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Commonwealth Games: Singapore win bronze in badminton mixed team event". Today Online. Retrieved 5 February 2016.

External links edit