Yeo Jia Min (Chinese: 楊佳敏; pinyin: Yáng Jiāmǐn; born 1 February 1999) is a Singaporean badminton player.
She subsequently started formal training under the tutelage of former national player Tan Eng Han at the Assumption English School (AES) in Bukit Panjang at the West Region of Singapore.
[4] In 2013, at age 14, Yeo played in her first senior tournament at the Singapore Open where she lost in the women's singles qualifying round to her compatriot Liang Xiaoyu in two games.
[5] In the women's doubles event, she partnered with Elaine Chua Yi Ling and lost in the first round to the Korean pairing of Chang Ye-na and Kim So-yeong.
Her best result came in the girls' singles event at the German Junior Open, where she lost in the semi-finals to then China's Qin Jinjing in 33 minutes.
Then, she partnered compatriot Crystal Wong to beat Japan's Natsu Saito and Rumi Yoshida to clinch the U-17 girls' doubles title.
[10] In 2016, Yeo won the first senior title of her career when she defeated Ayumi Mine of Japan in the Vietnam Open Grand Prix in two straight games.
[18] In June, she participated in the Mongolia International Series and was knocked out at the semi-finals by Joy Xuan Deng of Hong Kong in two straight sets.
[25] In the same month at the BWF World Championships, Yeo become the first female shuttler from Singapore to reach the quarter-finals after she defeated Vietnam's Vũ Thị Trang in the third round, in a 72 minutes battle.
1, Akane Yamaguchi in the second round of the tournament[27] met the 2013 World Champion, Ratchanok Intanon in the quarter-finals again and lost to her in two straight games in 41 minutes.
[33] In the Hylo Open held in Germany, she managed to reach her first final of the year, but she was defeated by the fifth seed, Busanan Ongbamrungphan of Thailand, in two straight games.
[37] At the year end World Championships held in Huelva, Spain, Yeo, the 15th seed, was upset in the second round by the unseeded Kirsty Gilmour of Scotland.
[38] In January, Yeo withdrew from the India Open before she could play her quarter-finals match against Thailand's Supanida Katethong, initially reported as having a high fever.
[41] The following week, Yeo had a better showing at the Korea Masters where she reached the quarter-finals but lost to China's Wang Zhi Yi in straight sets.
[42] At the Badminton Asia Championships held in Manila, Philippines, she was eliminated in the second round after losing to Japan's Sayaka Takahashi in a three sets battle that lasted 49 minutes.
[51] In October, Yeo played in both the Denmark and French Open and did not perform well, losing in the first round to Japan's Aya Ohori[52] and China's Chen Yu Fei[53] respectively in straight sets.
In November, at the Hylo Open, Yeo advanced past the first round after defeating Chinese Tapei's Pai Yu-po in three sets.
[55] Yeo concluded her 2022 season with yet another first round defeat at the Australia Open, her seventh of the year on tour, after losing to Pai Yu Po.
[citation needed] At the Indonesia Masters, she faced another first round defeat, losing a closely contested rubber game against Line Christophersen of Denmark.
[64] In May, at the SEA Games, Yeo took part in only the team event and won all her matches to help Singapore to clinch a joint-bronze medal with the Philippines.
[65] However, her participation in the Sudirman Cup yielded mixed results, with Yeo losing two out of three matches, contributing to Singapore's inability to progress to the knockout stage.