| Championnat d'Europe | 04/08 12:40 | - | Danylo Bosniuk v Matthew Abela | L | 2-0 | |
| Malta Int. | 04/05 12:30 | - | Matthew Abela v Wolfgang Gnedt | L | 0-2 | |
| International du Portugal Qualif. | 03/06 17:00 | - | Angus Meldrum v Matthew Abela | L | 2-0 | |
| International d'Islande | 01/26 12:30 | - | Matthew Abela v Mathias Solgaard | L | 0-2 | |
| Spanish Int. | 11/14 15:35 | - | Matthew Abela v Baschwitz, Ernesto | L | 0-2 | |
| European Games | 06/28 09:30 | - | Matthew Abela v Spoljarec, Filip | L | 0-2 | |
| Austrian Open Qual | 05/25 11:15 | - | Dragoslav Petrovic v Matthew Abela | L | 2-1 | |
| Slovenia Open Quals | 05/17 16:55 | - | Matthew Abela v Tang, Kai Feng | L | 0-2 | |
| Slovenia Open Quals | 05/17 09:20 | - | Matthew Abela v Bai, Aaron | W | 2-0 | |
| Luxembourg Open | 05/05 08:20 | - | Matthew Abela v Krishna Adi Nugraha | L | 0-2 | |
| Dutch Int. - | 04/14 10:25 | - | Karan Rajan Rajarajan v Matthew Abela | L | 2-0 | |
| International du Portugal | 03/10 12:40 | - | Dominik Kwinta v Matthew Abela | L | 2-0 | |
| Canada Open | 09/28 17:40 | 5 | Misha Zilberman v Matthew Abela | L | 2-0 | |
| Luxembourg Open | 05/06 08:20 | - | Matthew Abela v Dennis Koppen | L | 0-2 | |
| Championnat d'Europe | 04/26 10:20 | - | Tobias Kuenzi v Matthew Abela | L | 2-0 | |
| Ukraine Open | 01/28 11:40 | - | Christo Popov v Matthew Abela | L | 2-0 | |
| Hungarian Int. | 11/04 12:00 | 5 | Matthew Abela v Nilsson, Jacob | L | 0-2 | |
| Czech Open Qual | 10/21 11:40 | - | Matthew Abela v Dominik Kopriva | L | 1-2 | |
| Ukraine Int. | 09/08 11:05 | - | Matthew Abela v Chirag Sen | L | 0-2 | |
| Hellas Int. | 09/03 09:30 | - | Jan Louda v Matthew Abela | L | 2-0 | |
| Olympics 2020 - Men | 07/25 03:40 | 1 | Yu Qi Shi v Matthew Abela | L | 2-0 | |
| Slovenia Int. | 05/20 11:20 | - | Vasigaran, Eveshgaran v Matthew Abela | L | 2-0 | |
| Portuguese Int. Qual | 05/06 11:00 | 1 | Matthew Abela v Harry Huang | L | 0-2 | |
| Peru Int. Qual | 04/21 20:00 | - | Macias, Nicolas v Matthew Abela | - | View | |
| Open de Pologne - Qualif. | 03/25 08:30 | - | Lukasz Cimosz v Matthew Abela | D |
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| Portuguese Int. | 11/06 10:45 | 7 | Matthew Abela v Monroy, Joan | L | 0-2 | |
| Open de Slovaquie - Qualif. | 02/26 09:05 | - | Matthew Abela v Shaun Ekengren | L | 0-2 | |
| International d'Islande | 01/25 12:20 | 4 | Enghoej, M. v Matthew Abela | L | 2-0 | |
| International d'Islande | 01/24 17:20 | 5 | Matthew Abela v Samuel Cassar | W | 2-0 | |
| Hatzor Int | 10/25 13:00 | - | Matthew Abela v Klauer, Christopher | L | 0-2 |
Matthew Abela (born 18 March 1999) is a Maltese badminton player affiliated with Paola badminton club. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Men's singles.
He is seven times Maltese National champion.
Abela started playing badminton when he was 5 years old and his father, who is a coach, used to bring him to training sessions. He trained at the Paola badminton club, and entered the Maltese national team since 2011. He won his first U19 national junior title in 2011, and until 2019, he has collected eleven U19 national junior titles. He made his international debut in the junior tournament in 2013, and to improve and reach his future goals to become a better badminton player, he joining Badminton Europe's Centre of Excellence based in Holbæk, Denmark in September 2017.
Abela won six men's singles title and one mixed doubles title at the Maltese National Championships. With participation at 2020 Tokyo Olympics confirmed, Abela has also been confirmed as the first badminton player to ever represent Malta at the Olympics.