Eva Lee (badminton)

Eva Lee 李意恒
Personal information
Country	United States
Born	(1986-08-07) August 7, 1986 (age 38) British Hong Kong
Residence	Diamond Bar, California, U.S.
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Johanna Lee
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	61 (WS October 22, 2008) 17 (WD April 2, 2015) 21 (XD March 12, 2008)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  United States Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro Women's singles 2007 Rio de Janeiro Women's doubles 2007 Rio de Janeiro Mixed doubles 2015 Toronto Women's doubles 2011 Guadalajara Mixed doubles 2011 Guadalajara Women's doubles Pan Am Championships 2007 Calgary Mixed doubles 2013 Santo Domingo Women's doubles 2014 Markham Women's doubles 2007 Calgary Women's doubles 2007 Calgary Mixed team 2013 Santo Domingo Mixed doubles 2013 Santo Domingo Mixed team 2014 Markham Mixed team Pan Am Junior Championships 2004 Lima Mixed team 2002 California Girls' doubles 2002 California Mixed doubles 2002 California Girls' singles
BWF profile

Eva Lee (Chinese: 李意恒, born August 7, 1986) is an American badminton player.^[1][2]

1997

She started to play badminton and trained with her first coach Peter Baum (former US National Team member).

1998

She took her first three crown titles in US Junior National Championships.

1999

She captured her first crown title in Canadian Junior Open (under 17 Singles).

2005 World Championships

She played at the 2005 World Badminton Championships in Anaheim and lost in the first round.

2006 Intercollegiate Championships

She was both singles and doubles champion at the California Community College Athletic Association State Championships.

2006 Canadian International

In 2006 Eva Lee grabbed three titles at the Canadian Open.^[3]

2006 Boston Badminton Open

At the Boston Badminton Open she won the doubles title together with Mesinee Mangkalakiri.

2007 Pan American Games

Lee also competed in badminton at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro. She won three gold medals, one in women's singles, one in women's doubles with Mesinee Mangkalakiri, and another in mixed doubles with Howard Bach.^[4]

2008 Beijing Olympics

Lee lost in the first round to Canadian Anna Rice. While losing the first game, she made a quick comeback in the second and won. In the third, she maintained lead until halfway through where Anna Rice took command and finished through.

Women's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Riocentro Sports Complex Pavilion 4B, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Charmaine Reid	21–14, 21–18	Gold

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Riocentro Sports Complex Pavilion 4B, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Mesinee Mangkalakiri	Charmaine Reid Fiona McKee	21–14, 21–15	Gold
2011	Multipurpose Gymnasium, Guadalajara, Mexico	Paula Lynn Obañana	Alex Bruce Michelle Li	21–12, 16–21, 19–21	Bronze
2015	Atos Markham Pan Am Centre, Toronto, Canada	Paula Lynn Obañana	Lohaynny Vicente Luana Vicente	21–14, 21–6	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Riocentro Sports Complex Pavilion 4B, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Howard Bach	Mike Beres Valerie Loker	21–19, 21–16	Gold
2011	Multipurpose Gymnasium, Guadalajara, Mexico	Halim Haryanto	Toby Ng Grace Gao	13–21, 21–9, 17–21	Silver

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Calgary Winter Club, Calgary, Canada	Mesinee Mangkalakiri	Fiona McKee Charmaine Reid	20–22, 21–17, 18–21	Silver
2013	Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Paula Lynn Obañana	Alex Bruce Phyllis Chan	21–15, 21–13	Gold
2014	Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada	Paula Lynn Obañana	Lohaynny Vicente Luana Vicente	23–21, 21–14	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Calgary Winter Club, Calgary, Canada	Howard Bach	Mike Beres Valerie Loker	21–18, 21–17	Gold
2013	Palacio de los Deportes Virgilio Travieso Soto, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Howard Shu	Toby Ng Alex Bruce	12–21, 21–23	Silver

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	U.S. Grand Prix	Paula Lynn Obañana	Hsieh Pei-chen Wu Ti-jung	16–21, 10–21	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	U.S. Open	Howard Bach	Alvin Lau Jiang Xuelian	21–13, 21–12	Winner
2014	U.S. Grand Prix	Howard Shu	Peter Käsbauer Isabel Herttrich	12–21, 14–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Canadian International	Denyse Julien	21–12, 21–12	Winner

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Canadian International	Mesinee Mangkalakiri	Caren Hueckstaedt Razi Huwaina	21–13, 21–14	Winner
2007	Irish International	Mesinee Mangkalakiri	Huang Bing Chloe Magee	15–21, 21–9, 11–21	Runner-up
2008	Banuinvest International	Mesinee Mangkalakiri	Olga Golovanova Anastasia Prokopenko	18–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2010	Brazil International	Paula Lynn Obañana	Iris Wang Rena Wang	14–21, 21–11, 21–12	Winner
2011	Guatemala International	Paula Lynn Obañana	Grace Gao Joycelyn Ko	19–21, 21–18, 21–13	Winner
2011	Brazil International	Paula Lynn Obañana	Alex Bruce Michelle Li	21–14, 21–17	Winner
2011	Norwegian International	Paula Lynn Obañana	Lotte Jonathans Paulien van Dooremalen	17–21, 21–6, 21–13	Winner
2012	Swedish Masters	Paula Lynn Obañana	Mariana Agathangelou Heather Olver	15–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2012	Austrian International	Paula Lynn Obañana	Ng Hui Ern Ng Hui Lin	16–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2012	Polish Open	Paula Lynn Obañana	Mariana Agathangelou Heather Olver	12–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2012	Tahiti International	Paula Lynn Obañana	Alex Bruce Michelle Li	21–13, 21–12	Winner
2013	Canadian International	Paula Lynn Obañana	Alex Bruce Phyllis Chan	15–21, 14–21	Winner
2013	Bulgarian International	Paula Lynn Obañana	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	15–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2014	Peru International	Paula Lynn Obañana	Nicole Grether Charmaine Reid	21–14, 21–15	Winner
2014	Guatemala International	Paula Lynn Obañana	Paula B Pereira Fabiana Silva	11–3, 11–3, 11–10	Winner
2014	USA International	Paula Lynn Obañana	Naoko Fukuman Kurumi Yonao	10–21, 23–25	Runner-up
2015	Guatemala International	Paula Lynn Obañana	Johanna Goliszewski Carla Nelte	18–21, 22–24	Runner-up
2015	Bulgarian International	Paula Lynn Obañana	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	14–21, 10–21	Runner-up
2015	Chile International Challenge	Paula Lynn Obañana	Lohaynny Vicente Luana Vicente	21–17, 21–16	Winner
2016	Austrian Open	Paula Lynn Obañana	Ekaterina Bolotova Evgeniya Kosetskaya	11–21, 21–23	Runner-up
2016	Tahiti International	Paula Lynn Obañana	Akane Araki Ayaka Kawasaki	13–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2016	Yonex / K&D Graphics International	Paula Lynn Obañana	Jing Yu Hong Beiwen Zhang	17–21, 20–22	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Canadian International	Howard Bach	William Milroy Tammy Sun	21–19, 21–15	Winner
2007	Miami Pan Am International	Howard Bach	Mike Beres Valerie Loker	21–17, 23–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2007	Irish International	Howard Bach	Wouter Claes Nathalie Descamps	21–10, 21–13	Winner
2010	Brazil International	Halim Haryanto	Hock Lai Lee Priscilla Lun	21–11, 22–20	Winner
2011	Peru International	Halim Haryanto	Toby Ng Grace Gao	11–21, 21–14, 15–21	Runner-up
2011	Brazil International	Halim Haryanto	Glenn Warfe Leanne Choo	21–11, 21–15	Winner
2013	Italian International	Zvonimir Đurkinjak	Jacco Arends Selena Piek	23–21, 21–18	Winner
2014	Peru International	Christian Yahya Christianto	Derrick Ng Michelle Li	21–16, 21–18	Winner
2014	Guatemala International	Howard Shu	Phillip Chew Jamie Subandhi	10–11, 11–5, 11–10, 8–11, 11–5	Winner

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

  BWF Future Series tournament

• Eva Lee at BWFBadminton.com
• Eva Lee at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
• Eva Lee at Olympics.com
• Eva Lee at Olympedia (archive)
• Eva Lee at Team USA (archive June 2, 2023)
• Eva Lee at the Toronto 2015 Pan American Games (archived)