Ng Tze Yong (born 16 May 2000) is a Malaysian badminton player.
Ng won a bronze medal at the 2021 Sudirman Cup.
He also helped Malaysian team to win gold at the 2022 Badminton Asia Team Championships and 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Ng was born in Johor Bahru to Angela Tan and badminton coach, Wilson Ng Soon Tuan.
He is the eldest of three siblings.
He started to take interest in badminton at the age of four after watching a local badminton match.
2017
In July, Ng competed at the 2017 Badminton Asia Junior Championships where he was part of Malaysia's mixed team that won bronze.
He then went on to win another bronze medal in the boys' doubles event with Chia Wei Jie.
He was also one of the players that won a silver at the 2017 BWF World Junior Championships mixed team event in October.
2018
In July, Ng won a second consecutive bronze medal in the mixed team event at the 2018 Badminton Asia Junior Championships.
He then played the boys' singles event and crashed out in the quarter-finals.
In November, he competed at the 2018 BWF World Junior Championships where he defeated the 13th and 2nd seeds in the third and fourth rounds respectively.
However, his run ended in the quarter-finals to the eventual finalist, Kodai Naraoka.
2019
In September 2019, Ng won his first international title at the South Australia International after defeating top seed Lee Hyun-il in the final.
In October 2019, he reached the semi-finals of Indonesia International but lost out to home player Sony Dwi Kuncoro.
2020
Ng was part of Malaysia's men's team that won silver at the 2020 Badminton Asia Team Championships in February 2020.
After more than a year not competing due to pandemic, Ng made a return to international badminton at the Polish Open in March.
He won the men's singles title after defeating Pablo Abián in the final.
He was then selected to represent Malaysia at the 2021 Sudirman Cup and 2020 Thomas Cup.
In October, he competed at the Czech Open and finished as runner-up.
In the following week, he entered the final of Belgian International and emerged as the champion.
In November, he won his third title of the year at the Scottish Open, beating compatriot Soong Joo Ven in the final.
In January, Ng competed at the India Open but lost in the semi-finals to Lakshya Sen in three games.
He was part of Malaysia's men's team that won gold at the 2022 Badminton Asia Team Championships in February.
He delivered the point that crowned the team as champions when he defeated Ikhsan Rumbay of Indonesia.
In June, Ng was chosen to represent the national team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, replacing Lee Zii Jia who opted to skip the games.
In August, he made his debut at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in the mixed team event.
In the final, he beat Srikanth Kidambi to score a crucial point for Malaysia which eventually lead to Malaysia winning gold.
He later competed in the men's singles event as the fifth seed.
In the quarter-finals, he created an upset after beating the reigning world champion and top seed Loh Kean Yew.
He then defeated Srikanth Kidambi once again in the semi-finals, securing himself a spot in the final.
Ng's fine run was finally stopped in the final after he fell to Lakshya Sen, ending his debut campaign with a silver medal.
Later that month, he made his debut at the 2022 BWF World Championships.
In November, he reached the semi-finals of Australian Open but lost out to Lu Guangzu of China in straight games.
In December, he ended the 2022 season with a fifth career title at the Bahrain International, defeating the reigning world junior champion Kuo Kuan-lin in the final.
In January, Ng made his BWF World Tour Super 1000 debut at home event Malaysia Open but lost in the second round to Kodai Naraoka in rubber game.
In February, he reached the quarter-finals of the Thailand Masters but lost out to Ng Ka Long.
In March, he competed at the All England Open.
In the second round, he won against the defending champion and top seed Viktor Axelsen in three games, earning himself the biggest scalp of his career.
However, he was beaten in the next round by the eventual champion, Li Shifeng.
