{{Short description|Malaysian badminton player (born 1996)}} {{Infobox badminton player | name = Yap Rui Chen<br />叶睿晨 | image = | size = | caption = | nickname = | birth_name = | country = Malaysia | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|3|29}} | birth_place = [[Muar (town)|Muar]], [[Johor]], Malaysia | residence = | height = | weight = | years_active = | handedness =Left | coach = | event = Women's singles & doubles | highest_ranking = 75 (WS) (12 October 2017) <br/> 101 (WD with [[Yap Yee]]) (14 December 2021) | date_of_highest_ranking = | current_ranking = | date_of_current_ranking = | medal_templates = {{MedalSport | Women's [[badminton]] }} {{MedalCountry | {{MAS}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[[FISU World University Games|World University Games]] }} {{MedalBronze | [[Badminton at the 2017 Summer Universiade|2017 Taipei]] | Mixed team }} {{MedalBronze | [[Badminton at the 2021 Summer World University Games|2021 Chengdu]] | Mixed team }} | bwfbadminton_id = 97932 | bwf_id = 4F055359-0258-4499-9B81-F2664A5B8E1B }}
'''Yap Rui Chen''' (born 29 March 1996) is a Malaysian [[badminton]] player.<ref>{{cite web|title=Players: Yap Rui Chen |url=http://bwfbadminton.com/player/97932/rui-chen-yap |publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]]|access-date=11 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Yap Rui Chen Full Profile |url=http://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/profile/biography.aspx?id=4F055359-0258-4499-9B81-F2664A5B8E1B |publisher=[[Badminton World Federation]]|access-date=11 November 2016}}</ref> She was selected to represent Malaysia at the [[2017 Summer Universiade]] in [[Taipei]], Taiwan.
== Career == Yap plays both singles and doubles. She won her first international title in the [[Norwegian International]]. In the same year, she won the [[Hungarian International]] Challenge. Yap and her team won a bronze medal at the [[Badminton at the 2017 Summer Universiade – Mixed team|2017 Summer Universiade]].
In 2022, she participated in the [[2022 ASEAN University Games]] and won a gold medal in the women's team event and a gold in women's doubles.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-28 |title=Asean University Games: M'sia dominate men's, women's badminton team events |url=https://www.thevibes.com/articles/sports/67051/asean-university-games-msia-dominate-mens-womens-badminton-team-events |access-date=2022-07-28 |website=The Vibes}}</ref>
== Achievements ==
=== ASEAN University Games === ''Women's doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" !Year !Venue !Partner !Opponent !Score !Result |- style="background:white" | align="center" |[[Badminton at the 2022 ASEAN University Games|2022]] | align="left" |Gymnasium, UBRU Main Campus,<br/>[[Ubon Ratchathani]], [[Thailand]] | align="left" |{{flagicon|MAS}} [[Teoh Le Xuan]] | align="left" |{{flagicon|MAS}} [[Desiree Siow]]<br/>{{flagicon|MAS}} [[Ng Qi Xuan]] | align="left" |18–21, 22–20, 21–11 | style="text-align:left; background:white" |[[File:Med_1.png|Gold]] '''Gold''' |}
=== BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 1 runners-up) === ''Women's singles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center"|2014 | align="left"|[[Bangladesh International]] | align="left"|{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Neslihan Yiğit]] | align="left"|18–21, 12–21 | style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{silver2}} '''Runner-up''' |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center"|2016 | align="left"|[[Hungarian International]] | align="left"|{{flagicon|DEN}} [[Sofie Holmboe Dahl]] | align="left"|14–12, 11–5, 6–11, 11–8 | style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{gold1}} '''Winner''' |- style="background:#D5D5D5" | align="center"|2016 | align="left"|[[Norwegian International]] | align="left"|{{flagicon|MRI}} [[Kate Foo Kune]] | align="left"|21–13, 21–8 | style="text-align:left; background:white"|{{gold1}} '''Winner''' |}
''Women's doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2024 | align="left" | [[Nepal International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Kisona Selvaduray]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|THA}} [[Kodchaporn Chaichana]]<br />{{flagicon|THA}} [[Pannawee Polyiam]] | align="left" | 21–13, 21–4 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |}
''Mixed doubles'' {| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" ! Year ! Tournament ! Partner ! Opponent ! Score ! Result |- style="background:#D8CEF6" | align="center" | 2024 | align="left" | [[Nepal International]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|MAS}} [[Lau Yi Sheng]] | align="left" | {{flagicon|THA}} [[Nontakorn Thong-On]]<br />{{flagicon|THA}} [[Kodchaporn Chaichana]] | align="left" | 21–18, 21–11 | style="text-align:left; background:white" | {{gold1}} '''Winner''' |} : {{Color box|#D8CEF6|border=darkgray}} [[BWF International Challenge]] tournament : {{Color box|#D5D5D5|border=darkgray}} [[BWF International Series]] tournament : {{Color box|#E9E9E9|border=darkgray}} [[BWF Future Series]] tournament
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{BWF|4F055359-0258-4499-9B81-F2664A5B8E1B}}
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