Nguyễn Tiến Minh

Nguyễn Tiến Minh
Personal information
Birth name	Nguyễn Tiến Minh
Country	Vietnam
Born	(1983-02-12) February 12, 1983 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb; 9.3 st)
Handedness	Right
Men's singles
Highest ranking	4 (january , 2010)
Current ranking	81 (June 21, 2018)
Medal record Representing Vietnam Men's badminton BWF World Championships 2013 Guangzhou Men's Singles Southeast Asian Games 2005 Manila Men's team 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Men's singles 2013 Naypyidaw Men's singles 2017 Kuala Lumpur Men's singles
BWF profile

Nguyễn Tiến Minh (born February 12, 1983 in Ho Chi Minh City) is a male badminton player from Vietnam. His best achievement to date is a bronze medal at the World Badminton Championship in 2013.

Career

Introduced to badminton by his father at the early age of 10, Minh was immediately captivated by the sport. The interest soon developed into a passion which led to Minh's crucial decision in 2001 when the athlete was 18 years old: to take on the path of becoming a professional badminton player instead of carrying on his education as his family wished. The young man's determination soon demonstrated its fruitful aspects when Minh was recruited into the national team in the same year. However, Minh's career did not become well known nationwide until 2002 when he, at the age of 19, defeated the long time national champion, Phu Cuong Nguyen, and won the gold medal for the men's singles category.

Nevertheless, despite Minh's quick progress, the badminton player was receiving a salary of less than 150 US dollars a month, as most Vietnamese athletes were at the time. After years of contributing to the nation's sport team, while his ranking has been progressing significantly and rapidly, Minh's income has only been increased by around 50 dollars. Vietnamese athletes, with incomes much higher than that of Minh's, normally have specially assigned specialists to look after their every aspect, such as diet, injuries, and endurance training, not to mention all the top ranking sporting facilities provided for by the government. On the other side of the scale, Minh has been trained in an environment with nothing but poor equipment and has to rely mostly on his family's financial support, the effort of his few coaches, and the contributions of his teammates.

Minh is portrayed by a common description in his home country, "the athlete with a herculean progress".

World Championship 2013

Minh came into the world championship seeded #7. His previous best achievement at a world championship was to get to the quarter-final round at the 2011 championship in London, where he lost to Peter Gade of Denmark in three sets.

The first match was an easy affair (21-8 21-11) against the New Zealand player Joe Wu, who ranked 110.

The second match against the German Dieter Domke turned out to be quite tight. Minh started well, but then faded, and almost lost the first set. He was able to close out the set 24-22 though. Minh then won the second set 21-17.

In the next round, Minh played the Spaniard Pablo Abián. Minh lost the first set 15-21, but came back strongly and easily won the next two sets 21-9 21-10

The quarterfinal match between Minh and Jan O Jorgensen, rank #9, was a three-setter. Both players knew a lot was at stake here: the winner not only got to the semi-final, but would also be guaranteed a medal (the two losers in the semi-final both win bronze medals). That would be the first medal for both players at a world championship. Minh won in three set match (21-8, 17-21, 22-20). He became the first Vietnamese to win a medal at the world championship.

In the semi-final against Lin Dan, Minh lost 17-21 15-21. Despite the semi-final loss, the bronze medal was still a huge success for Tien Minh.

Immediately after the championship, Minh was nominated by the governmental sports authority of Vietnam (the TCTDTT - Bureau of Sports and Physical Activities) for an Order of Labor, 2nd class. Minh had been awarded the Order of Labor, 3rd class in 2011, also for his achievements and excellency in the field of sports.

Personal life

He opened a sports apparel and equipment store named Tien Minh Shop in Ho Chi Minh City in early 2016.

In December 2016, he officially got married to long-time girlfriend Vũ Thị Trang. Trang is also a badminton player and has been competing alongside Minh throughout many international tournaments.

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Men's Singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou, China	Lin Dan	17-21, 15-21	Bronze

Southeast Asian Games

Men's Singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Jonatan Christie	11–21, 16–21	Bronze
2013	Wunna Theikdi Indoor Stadium, Naypyidaw, Myanmar	Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka	21–13, 12–21, 20–22	Bronze
2007	Vongchavalitkul University, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand	Taufik Hidayat	15–21, 21–14, 14–21	Bronze

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	U.S. Open	Chou Tien-chen	21–19, 14–21, 21–19	Winner
2013	Chinese Taipei Open	Son Wan-ho	21–19, 9–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2013	U.S. Open	Wong Wing Ki	18–21, 21–17, 21–18	Winner
2012	Chinese Taipei Open	Chou Tien-chen	21–11, 21–17	Winner
2012	Vietnam Open	Takuma Ueda	21–14, 21–19	Winner
2012	Australian Open	Chen Jin	11–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2011	Vietnam Open	Sho Sasaki	21–13, 21–17	Winner
2011	U.S. Open	Sho Sasaki	17–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2010	Australian Open	Krishnan Yogendran	21–14, 21–11	Winner
2009	Vietnam Open	Chong Wei Feng	21–7, 19–21, 21–14	Winner
2009	Chinese Taipei Open	Wong Choong Hann	21–11, 21–14	Winner
2009	Thailand Open	Boonsak Ponsana	21–16, 21–13	Winner
2008	Vietnam Open	Chan Yan Kit	24–22, 21–18	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Iran Fajr International	Pham Cao Cuong	14–15, 11–13, 13–11, 7–11	Runner-up
2017	Vietnam International	Khosit Phetpradab	21–14, 21–17	Winner
2016	Vietnam International Series	Lim Chi Wing	21–14, 23–21	Winner
2016	Vietnam International	Wang Tzu-wei	22–20, 21–16	Winner
2016	Finnish Open	Kanta Tsuneyama	10–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2016	Waikato International	Shih Kuei-chun	21–23, 21–8, 21–8	Winner
2015	Sydney International	Zulfadli Zulkiffli	21–11, 21–12	Winner
2015	White Nights	Vladimir Malkov	16–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2014	Vietnam International	Tan Chun Seang	21–17, 21–13	Winner
2009	Vietnam International	Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka	21–13, 21–15	Winner
2008	Vietnam International	Chong Wei Feng	21–17, 10–21, 26–24	Winner
2006	Vietnam Satellite	Jeffer Rosobin	21–17, 21–12	Winner
2004	Malaysia Satellite	Lee Tsuen Seng	15–11, 9–15, 15–12	Winner
2004	Vietnam Satellite	Ahn Hyun-suk	15–13, 9–15, 10–15	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

Record against top-5 players

Nguyễn Tiến Minh's record against players who have been ranked world no. 5 or higher is as follows:

Player	Matches	Record	Win%	Last Match
Number 1 ranked players
Lin Dan	7	0–7	0%	Lost (7–21, 12–21) at Rio 2016 Olympic Games – Singles Group
Lee Chong Wei	12	1–11	8%	Lost (10–21, 5–21) at 2013 Japan Super Series Semifinal
Chen Long	5	1–4	20%	Lost (17–21, 8–21) at 2014 China Open Super Series Premier First Round
Viktor Axelsen	1	0–1	0%	Lost (16–21, 17–21) at 2014 BWF World Championships Third Round
Shon Wan-ho	6	3–4	43%	Lost (17–21, 16–21) at 2014 Malaysia Super Series Premier First Round
Number 2 ranked players
Peter Gade	7	0–7	0%	Lost (21–17, 13–21) at 2011 BWF World Championships Quarterfinal
Jan Ø. Jørgensen	8	6–2	75%	Won (21–8, 17–21, 22-20) at 2013 BWF World Championships Quarterfinal
Chen Jin	4	0–4	0%	Lost (11–21, 12–21) at 2012 Australia Open Grand Prix Gold Final
Taufik Hidayat	6	1–5	17%	Lost (21–10, 7–21, 9-21) at 2013 Malaysia Super Series First Round
Kento Momota	4	3–1	75%	Lost (15–10, 16–21) at 2015 BWF World Championships Third Round
Srikanth Kidambi	3	1–2	33%	Lost (18–21, 21–19, 14-21) at 2015 Singapore Super Series First Round
Number 3 ranked players
Simon Santoso	5	0–5	0%	Lost (20–22, 21–15, 13-21) at 2015 Chinese Taipei Masters Grand Prix Second Round
Du Pengyu	2	2–2	50%	Lost (19–21, 15–21) at 2013 Indonesia Super Series Premier First Round
Kenichi Tago	3	1–2	33%	Lost (21–19, 10–21, 9-21) at 2012 Korea Open Super Series Premier First Round
Tommy Sugiarto	7	6–1	85%	Lost (22–20, 19–21, 15-21) at 2013 Singapore Super Series Semifinal
Number 4 ranked players
Sony Dwi Kuncoro	4	2–2	50%	Won (21–15, 28–26) at 2012 Vietnam Open Grand Prix Semifinal
Boonsak Ponsana	5	3–2	60%	Won (21–19, 21–19) at 2015 Mexico City Grand Prix Second Round
Hu Yun	10	5–5	50%	Won (22–20, 21–3) at 2015 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold Second Round
Chou Tien-chen	5	3–2	60%	Lost (12–21, 14–21) at 2015 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold Third Round
Number 5 ranked players

* Statistics correct as of March 19, 2017.

External links

• Nguyễn Tiến Minh at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com