Lim Say Hup

Lim Say Hup
Lim Say Hup
Personal information
Medal record
Representing Malaysia
Men's badminton
Thomas Cup
Asian Championships

Lim Say Hup (1935-2005), was a male badminton player from Malaysia.[1]

Career

Say Hup won the All England Open Badminton Championships, considered as the unofficial World Badminton Championships, in men's doubles with Teh Kew San in 1959.[2]

He featured in the final of the 1958 Thomas Cup in addition to representing Malaysia in the Thomas Cup during 1961 and 1964.[3]

Say Hup also won the Glasgow World Invitational, All-Canadian Championships, All-American Championships and Malaysian Open before retiring in 1964.[3]

Personal life

The same year that he won the All England Championships (1959) he received a BA with honours in history from University of Malaya in 1959. He worked for the Commerce and Industry Ministry, Esso and the Asian Development Bank in Manila.[3]

Achievements

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1962	Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Teh Kew San	Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan	9–15, 10–15	Silver

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1962	Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Ng Mei Ling	Chuchart Vatanatham Prathin Pattabongse	15–7, 15–4	Gold

International tournaments

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1957	Malaysia Open	Teh Kew San			Winner
1959	All England	Teh Kew San	Henning Borch Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen	15–12, 15–10	Winner
1959	Canada Open	Teh Kew San	Thanoo Khadjadbhye Charoen Wattanasin	10–15, 15–13, 15–13	Winner
1959	US Open	Teh Kew San	Joe Alston Wynn Rogers		Winner
1959	Malaysia Open	Teh Kew San	Eddy Choong Erland Kops	15–11, 15–9	Winner
1959	Mexico International	Teh Kew San			Winner
1960	All England	Teh Kew San	Finn Kobberø Poul-Erik Nielsen	17–14, 3–15, 1–15	Runner-up
1960	Malaysia Open	Teh Kew San			Winner
1960	Canada Open	Teh Kew San	Charoen Wattanasin Ferry Sonneville	15–8, 15–8	Winner
1963	Malaysia Open	Teh Kew San	Ng Boon Bee Tan Yee Khan	17–14, 9–15, 7–15	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1957	Malaysia Open	Tan Gaik Bee			Winner
1958	Malaysia Open	Tan Gaik Bee	Nandu M. Natekar Alice Lim	15–8, 15–3	Winner
1959	Malaysia Open	Tan Gaik Bee			Winner
1960	Malaysia Open	Tan Gaik Bee			Winner

Invitational Tournaments

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1959	World Invitational Championships	Teh Kew San	Berndt Dahlberg Jørgen Hammergaard Hansen	15–13, 18–15	Gold

References

"History". All England Badminton.
Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 74-78. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
"Say Hup – the passing of a legend". The Star.

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[1] "History". All England Badminton.

[2] Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results. Guinness Superlatives Ltd. pp. 74-78. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.

[Star-3] "Say Hup – the passing of a legend". The Star.