Raymond Tam (badminton)

Raymond Tam (born 20 October 1986) is an Australian badminton player and is currently top of the Badminton Australia men's doubles rankings. Tam was born in Hong Kong, and immigrated to Australia with his father when he was 3 years old.^[1] He competed for Australia at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.^[2] Tam was educated at Newington College (1995–2004) and lives in Sydney.^[3] He was the champion at the Oceania Badminton Championships in 2012 in the mixed doubles event, and in 2014 in the men's doubles event.^[4][5]

Raymond Tam 谭家豪
Personal information
Country	Australia
Born	(1986-10-20) 20 October 1986 (age 37) Hong Kong
Residence	Sydney, Australia
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	44 (MD 16 October 2014) 71 (XD 20 February 2014)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Australia Oceania Championships 2012 Ballarat Mixed doubles 2014 Ballarat Men's doubles 2014 Ballarat Mixed doubles 2019 Melbourne Men's doubles 2020 Ballarat Men's doubles 2020 Ballarat Mixed doubles Oceania Mixed Team Championships 2012 Ballarat Mixed team 2014 Ballarat Mixed team Oceania Men's Team Championships 2018 Hamilton Men's team 2012 Ballarat Men's team
BWF profile

Achievements

Oceania Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Ken Kay Badminton Stadium, Ballarat, Australia	Lukas Defolky	Matthew Chau   Sawan Serasinghe	10–21, 17–21	Bronze
2019	Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre, Melbourne, Australia	Lukas Defolky	Simon Leung   Mitchell Wheller	12–21, 6–21	Bronze
2014	Ken Kay Badminton Stadium, Ballarat, Australia	Glenn Warfe	Matthew Chau   Sawan Serasinghe	21–11, 21–13	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2020	Ken Kay Badminton Stadium, Ballarat, Australia	Jessica Lim	Simon Leung   Gronya Somerville	12–21, 14–21	Bronze
2014	Ken Kay Badminton Stadium, Ballarat, Australia	Gronya Somerville	Oliver Leydon-Davis   Susannah Leydon-Davis	19–21, 19–21	Bronze
2012	Ken Kay Badminton Stadium, Ballarat, Australia	Eugenia Tanaka	Glenn Warfe   Leanne Choo	21–17, 21–19	Gold

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 5 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Maribyrnong International	Glenn Warfe	Jagdish Singh   Roni Tan Wee Long	14–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2013	Victorian International	Glenn Warfe	Robin Middleton   Ross Smith	19–21, 21–19, 17–21	Runner-up
2013	Auckland International	Glenn Warfe	Robin Middleton   Ross Smith	16–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2011	Counties Manukau International	Wesley Caulkett	Daniel Shirley   Andrew Smith	12–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2011	Fiji International	Wesley Caulkett	Michael Fariman   Pit Seng Low	21–8, 21–13	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Auckland International	Gronya Somerville	Ross Smith   Renuga Veeran	16–21, 12–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

References

1. "澳华裔羽毛球选手将出战美加 争伦敦奥运参赛资格" (in Chinese). China News Service. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
2. "Badminton pair face big second round". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
3. "Old Boys Headed for Commonwealth Games". Newington College. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
4. "Three Titles for Aussies at Oceania Champs". Badminton Australia. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
5. "2014 Oceania Championships: Australia Clinch Robson Shield". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 8 February 2018.

External links

• Raymond Tam at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
• Raymond Tam at BWFbadminton.com  
• Raymond Tam at Commonwealth Games Australia
• at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)