The seeding report and version two of the M+Q for the MAXX North Harbour International 2025 is now available, showcasing what will be on offer in the first week of the International Challenge tournaments across Oceania in October. With 174 players competing from 15 countries, the tournament is shaping up to be full of excitement.
MEN’S SINGLES
Wang Po-Wei (TPE) returns to the tournament as the top seed. World Number 72, Wang will be looking to go better than his semifinal finish in the 2024 edition of the MAXX North Harbour International.
Second seed, Ting Yen-Chen (TPE) is riding the success of winning the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games. The up-and-coming star is set to make an impact at next week’s tournament.
Fellow Chinese Taipei player, Liao Jhuo-Fu rounds out the top three. Liao had a breakout performance earlier this year with a third place finish at the YONEX US Open 2025.
Le Duc Phat (VIET), will compete in New Zealand for the first time since 2019. The 2024 Paris Olympian brings years of experience on the world stage and will be hoping for a breakthrough performance to take the title.
New Zealand’s Edward Lau (NZL) enters the competition as fifth seed, and with the home court advantage will be eager to show why he’s a growing force on the circuit.
- WANG Po-Wei (TPE)
- TING Yen-Chen (TPE)
- LIAO Jhuo-Fu (TPE)
- LE Duc Phat (VIE)
- Edward LAU (NZL)
WOMEN’S SINGLES
Chinese Taipei once again dominates the top five rankings, taking all spots atop the seeding list.
Tung Ciou-Tong leads the way. The world number 54 made the finals of both the YONEX Bendigo International 2024 and the ROKETTO Sydney International 2024 but bowed out in the round of 16 at last year’s MAXX North Harbour International. After several HSBC BWF World Tour Super 500 and Super 300 appearances this year, she is poised for a promising performance next week in Auckland.
Compatriots Chen Su Yu, Wang Yu Si, and Yi En Hsieh complete the top four.
The highest-ranked Oceania player is Tiffany Ho (AUS), who enters the competition as the seventh seed. Ho will want redemption from her last match at the Harcourts Cooper & Co Badminton North Harbour Centre, where she fell to Shaunna Li (NZL) in the final of the VICTOR Oceania Championships 2025. The trans-Tasman rivals are both in the draw for the MAXX North Harbour International.
- TUNG Ciou-Tong (TPE)
- CHEN Su Yu (TPE)
- WANG Yu Si (TPE)
- Yi En HSIEH (TPE)
MEN’S DOUBLES
Chinese Taipei domination in the seeding lists continues in the men’s doubles, holding all three top spots in the rankings.
Number one seeds, Lin Yu Chieh/Chen Zhi Ray are currently ranked 40th in the world. The pair reached the quarterfinals of the YONEX US Open 2025 and had impressive performances at the Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games.
Chang Ko-Chi/Po Li-Wei are next in the rankings, with a current world ranking of 54. Their second-place finish at the YONEX Canada Open 2025, paired with consistent results throughout the year, shows them to be in good form for the MAXX North Harbour International.
- LIN Yu Chieh/CHEN Zhi Ray (TPE)
- CHANG Ko-Chi/PO Li-Wei (TPE)
- SU Ching Heng/WU Guan Xun (TPE)
- Worrapol THONGSA-NGA/Chaloempon CHAROENKITAMORN (THA)
WOMEN’S DOUBLES
Last year’s winners, Lee Chih Chen/Li Yen Yu (TPE) return to defend their women’s doubles title. After a consistent set of results in 2025, they enter the competition as the pair to beat.
Chen Su Yu/Yi En Hsieh lost in the MAXX North Harbour International finals last year to their fellow Chinese Taipei players. After another year on the international circuit playing together, the duo will hope to go one better than last year’s effort.
- LEE Chih Chen/LIN Yen Yu (TPE)
- CHEN Su Yu/Yi En HSIEH (TPE)
- Hsuan Ni CHEN/HSIEH Mi Yen (TPE)
- You Zhu WANG/Chia En CHUNG (TPE)
MIXED DOUBLES
The duo of Wu Guan Xu/Lee Chia Hsin make Chinese Taipei five from five atop the seeding list. Semifinalists at the BAOJI China Masters 2025 earlier this month, they are clearly finding form leading into the tournament.
Hometown heroes, Edward Lau/Shaunna Li (NZL) top the rankings. Coming off a successful 2025 campaign that rocketed the pair to highest ranking of 65th in the world and a TotalEnergies BWF World Championship debut, they will want to clinch the title on their home court.
Australia’s Andika Ramadiansyah/Nozomi Shimizu and New Zealand’s Vincent Tao/Alyssa Tagle also find themselves in the top four pairs in the seeding report. With Oceania athletes taking the majority of the top positions, we are in for a week of competition that highlights some of the best of our region.
- WU Guan Xun/LEE Chia Hsin (TPE)
- Edward LAU/Shaunna LI (NZL)
- Andika RAMADIANSYAH/Nozomi SHIMUZI (AUS)
- Vincent TAO/Alyssa TAGLE (NZL)
