Vanessa Neo

Vanessa Neo
梁语嫣
Personal information
Birth nameVanessa Neo Yu Yan
CountrySingapore
Born (1987-06-19) 19 June 1987 (age 37)[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
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLiáng Yǔyān

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]

Achievements

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BWF Grand Prix

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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 Singapore Riky Widianto Indonesia Tontowi Ahmad
Indonesia Shendy Puspa Irawati
17–21, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Dutch Open Singapore Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Indonesia Muhammad Rijal
Indonesia Debby Susanto
21–19, 25–23 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Macau Open Singapore Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Indonesia Edi Subaktiar
Indonesia Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja
15–21, 30–29, 20–22 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

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Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Ballarat International Singapore Shinta Mulia Sari Singapore Frances Liu
Singapore Yao Lei
14–21, 21–17, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Waikato International Singapore Shinta Mulia Sari Singapore Frances Liu
Singapore Yao Lei
11–21, 21–18, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 Vietnam International Singapore Frances Liu Singapore Shinta Mulia Sari
Singapore Yao Lei
21–15, 18–21, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Singapore International Singapore Dellis Yuliana Japan Aya Shimozaki
Japan Emi Moue
13–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2013 Singapore International Singapore Fu Mingtian Singapore Shinta Mulia Sari
Singapore Yao Lei
21–19, 15–21, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Ballarat International Singapore Riky Widianto Singapore Chayut Triyachart
Singapore Shinta Mulia Sari
21–19, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Waikato International Singapore Riky Widianto Singapore Chayut Triyachart
Singapore Shinta Mulia Sari
16–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 Malaysia International Singapore Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Malaysia Lutfi Zaim Abdul Khalid
Malaysia Lim Yin Loo
21–14, 17–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Vietnam International Singapore Hendri Saputra Chinese Taipei Wang Chia-min
Chinese Taipei Wang Pei-rong
23–21, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 New Zealand International Singapore Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Japan Takeshi Kamura
Japan Koharu Yonemoto
21–14, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 White Nights Singapore Danny Bawa Chrisnanta France Baptiste Carême
France Audrey Fontaine
21–18, 19–21, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2011 Singapore International Singapore Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Malaysia Mohd Razif Abdul Latif
Malaysia Amelia Alicia Anscelly
23–21, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 Vietnam International Singapore Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Indonesia Hafiz Faizal
Indonesia Pia Zebadiah Bernadet
21–11, 17–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 Bahrain International Challenge Singapore Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Thailand Bodin Isara
Thailand Savitree Amitrapai
17–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2015 USA International Singapore Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Germany Michael Fuchs
Germany Birgit Michels
16–21, 17–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

References

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  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.
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