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<h2>National badminton doubles players Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik jointly earned USD264,022 (RM1.22 million) in international tournaments last year</h2>
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<p><p>The <b>Badminton World Federation (BWF)</b> recently released its <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2024/01/01/axelsen-tops-prize-money-list" title="Link: https://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2024/01/01/axelsen-tops-prize-money-list">individual prize money summary for the year of 2023</a><b></b>, revealing that <b>the two are Malaysia&#8217;s top earning badminton players of the season.</b></p>
<p>According to the&nbsp;<a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.nst.com.my/sports/badminton/2024/01/997351/aaron-wooi-yik-rake-rm122m">New Straits Times</a>, they participated in 20 tournaments last year, with majority of the earnings coming from their performance at the 2023 China Open, where they emerged as runners-up, and winning the <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://says.com/my/sports/aaron-wooi-yik-win-their-first-world-tour-title" title="Link: https://says.com/my/sports/aaron-wooi-yik-win-their-first-world-tour-title">men&#8217;s doubles title</a> at the 2023 Denmark Open.</p>
<p>The prize money earnings are a noteworthy sum, as it is reported that national players also receive monthly allowances, performance-related bonuses, and individual sponsorships.</p>
<p><b>Aaron-Wooi Yik are the world&#8217;s number four men&#8217;s doubles pair</b>,<b></b> according to BWF rankings.</p>
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<p class="img-caption">National shuttlers Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik after clinching the men&#8217;s doubles title at the 2023 Denmark Open.</p>
<p>                <small class="img-credit">Image via <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/AaronChia24/status/1716218875270795661" rel="noopener">@AaronChia24 (X)</a></small>
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<h2>Other Malaysian badminton players also appeared in BWF&#8217;s 2023 prize money summary, including Lee Zii Jia, Ng Tze Yong, Chen Tang Jie, and Toh Ee Wei</h2>
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<p><p><b>Lee amassed USD109,805 (RM510,000) over 19 appearances</b>, with most of the earnings coming from <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://says.com/my/sports/lee-zii-jia-wins-arctic-open-title-ends-his-17-month-drought">his title win</a> at the 2023 Artic Open.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Ng, who made headlines for <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://says.com/my/sports/malaysia-s-ng-tze-yong-defeats-viktor-axelsen-all-england">toppling world number one</a> Viktor Axelsen at the All England quarter-finals earlier last year, <b>won a total of USD73,530 (RM341,000)</b>, with the majority earned by finishing second to Lee at the Artic Open.</p>
<p>Mixed doubles pair <b>Tang Jie-Ee Wei pocketed a combined total of USD135,096 (RM626,000)</b> from their <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://says.com/my/sports/malaysian-chen-tang-jie-toh-ee-wei-wins-orleans-masters-bandminton-title">two title wins</a> at the Taiwan Open and the Orleans Masters, as well as their semifinalist spot at the China Open.</p>
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<p>                <small class="img-credit">Image via <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nst.com.my/sports/badminton/2023/10/963354/zii-jia-goes-down-fighting-prannoy-hangzhou" rel="noopener">Asyraf Hamzah/New Straits Times</a></small>
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<h2>World number one Axelsen from Denmark was the highest prize money earner of the season, with USD645,095 (RM2.99 million)</h2>
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<p><p>He won six BWF World Tour men&#8217;s singles events in 2023.</p>
<p>South Korea&#8217;s women&#8217;s singles powerhouse An Se Young was second on the list, finishing with USD628,020 (RM2.92 million) in earnings after winning eight BWF World Tour﻿&nbsp;titles in the year.</p>
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BWF Reveals Aaron-Wooi Yik Won RM1.22 Million In Prize Money In 2023