The year is coming to an end after another exciting badminton season. Among many standout moments, we saw South Korean superstar An Se-young win a record-breaking 10 women’s singles titles, China reassert their dominance and French badminton make impressive strides on the global stage.
For Malaysian fans, there have been flashes of brilliance and historic breakthroughs. Here’s a look back on the nation’s performers in each discipline for 2025.
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MS: Justin Hoh
Excluding the pandemic-disrupted 2020 season, this was the first time since 2019 that Malaysia failed to win a men’s singles title on the World Tour. With Lee Zii Jia and Ng Tze Yong hampered by injuries, the responsibility fell to the likes of Leong Jun Hao, Jacky Kok and Eogene Ewe to keep Malaysia competitive.
Among them, Hoh delivered the strongest campaign, highlighted by a run to the Macau Open final, where he lost to Indonesia’s Alwi Farhan. He also produced solid performances against higher-ranked opponents such as Toma Junior Popov and Lin Chun Yi.
WS: Wong Ling Ching
Women’s singles remained Malaysia’s weakest department on the World Tour, extending its title drought to a seventh consecutive year since Ho Yen Mei’s triumph at the 2018 Russian Open.
Despite K. Letshanaa being the nation’s highest-ranked player at No. 42, Wong arguably put together the stronger overall season. The 22-year-old won the lower-tier Slovenian Open, clinched a bronze medal at the Summer World University Games and reached the Malaysia Super 100 final, where she fell to former world No. 1 Nozomi Okuhara. She also most recently performed well at the 2025 SEA Games in Thailand.
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MD: Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik
Men’s doubles was Malaysia’s best-performing discipline in 2025, with five different pairs winning at least one BWF title. But Aaron/Soh once again separated themselves from the pack.
The world-class duo reached five BWF World Tour finals and captured the Singapore Open and Thailand Open titles. Their biggest achievement, however, came in April outside the World Tour when they won the Asian Championships honour, defeating China’s Chen Boyang/Liu Yi in the final. It marked Malaysia’s first Asian men’s doubles title since Choong Tan Fook/Lee Wan Wah in 2007.
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WD: Pearly Tan/M. Thinaah
After a sluggish start to the year, Tan/Thinaah rediscovered their rhythm mid-season to claim Thailand Open, Arctic Open and Japan Masters titles and climb up to the world number two, the highest ranking of their career.
Their crowning moment was at the World Championships, where they finished as runners-up and became the first Malaysian women’s doubles pair ever to reach the final, cementing their status as one of the country’s most successful partnerships.
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XD: Chen Tang Jie/Toh Ee Wei
Mixed doubles was not Malaysia’s strongest discipline this year, producing only one World Tour title won by Chen/Toh, who also delivered a historic moment. They became Malaysia’s first-ever mixed doubles world champions, which was more impressive considering the pair had a temporary split earlier this year.
A special mention goes to Lai Pei Jing, who teamed up with Jimmy Wong following Tan Kian Meng’s retirement. The new pairing showed excellent chemistry and came close to capturing a BWF title on seven occasions, signalling strong potential for 2026.
