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Tan Boon Heong (Chinese: ้ๆๅฎ; Peฬh-ลe-jฤซ: Tรขn Bรปn-hรดng, born 18 September 1987) is a former World No.1 Malaysian professional badminton player in the men's doubles event.
Career
2004-2006
Tan was previously paired with Hoon Thien How, with whom he won the World Junior Championships in 2004 and a silver medal at the 2006 Asian Badminton Championships.
2006
Nearing the Doha Asian Games in 2006, Rexy Mainaky (the Malaysian doubles coach) decided to split them up and partner Tan Boon Heong with Koo Kien Keat instead. This move, nevertheless, proved to be spot-on as this pair went on to become the Asian Games champion, winning the gold medal in their maiden outing by defeating the then Chinese world champions, Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng, in the quarterfinals, Indonesia's Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan in the semifinals, and finally Luluk Hadiyanto and Alvent Yulianto, also from Indonesia, in the finals. They are the youngest men's doubles to win gold medal at Asian Games at the age of 21 and 19 respectively.
2007
2007 was the best year for Koo and Tan. They became the first qualifiers to win the Superseries at the Malaysian Open. They also became the World No.1 that year. They won their first All England Open after beating Chinese pair, Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng in straight games.
2008
They competed at the 2008 Olympics, reaching the quarter-finals.
2009
At the Japan Open, Tan set the world record for badminton smashes at 421 km/h. This was done under lab conditions and recorded by Yonex representatives, and not in an official match. Later, he and Koo Kien Keat won the bronze medal at the 2009 World Championships.
2010
At the 2010 BWF World Championships, Tan and partner Koo Kien Keat launched themselves into the semifinals after beating Korean rivals Lee Yong-dae and Jung Jae-sung. In the semifinals they defeated China's Guo Zhendong and Xu Chen 21โ14, 21โ18. Tan Boon Heong and Koo Kien Keat were the first Malaysian pair to enter a World Championships final in 13 years. In the finals, they played China's Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng and lost 21โ18, 18โ21, 14โ21. The year 2010 was the last time Koo and Tan ranked World No. 1.
2011
At the 2011 All England Open, Tan and Koo defeated 2008 Olympic champions Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan in the quarterfinals. They then defeated World champions Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng 21โ11, 23โ21. They lost to Danes and world no.1 Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen 21โ15, 18โ21, 18โ21. In doing so, they failed to win their second All England Open title.
2012
Tan competed at the 2012 Olympics with Koo Kien Keat, reaching the semi-finals, and losing 0โ2 in the bronze medal match to the Koreans.
2013
Tan and Koo suffered a lot of early round exits in 2013 and a three-year major title drought but they managed to remain in the top 5 of the world ranking.
2014
As of March 2014, following the resignation of his partner, Koo Kien Keat, which was due to their deteriorating performance, Tan was scratch partnered with several men's doubles players including Goh V Shem, Ow Yao Han, Hoon Thien How and Tan Wee Kiong. Following the tournament, Tan has been officially re-partnered with Hoon Thien How. In August that year, Koo returned to play his last tournament with Tan at the 2014 BWF World Championships. Their last match together was in the third round where they lost to Chinese Taipei pair Lee Sheng-mu and Tsai Chia-hsin with a score of 19โ21 in the deciding game.
2015
In early 2015, Tan announced his resignation from the Badminton Association of Malaysia. Koo and Tan announced that they are coming out of retirement and try to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics before they call it quits for good. They are currently sponsored by Seri Mutiara Development Sdn Bhd. They have achieved some breakthroughs this year. Winning the Dutch Open and runners-up in the Thailand Open. They have also made it to 2 Superseries quarterfinals in Australia and Korea.
2016
In 2016, Koo and Tan managed to enter the top 15 of the world rankings. However, due to the new Olympic qualification requirement set by the BWF whereby each country can send two representatives for each event only if they are both in the top 8 of the world rankings in their discipline and if they are not then only the highest ranked representative will contest, Koo and Tan narrowly failed to qualify for the Olympics.
2017
Tan and Hendra Setiawan debut tournament at the 2017 Syed Modi International, they managed to advance until the quarter-finals. They reached the final round at the Australian Open but were beaten by third seed Takeshi Kamura and Keigo Sonoda from Japan.
2018
Tan was partner with Yoo Yeon Seong from South Korea. Subsequently, he was partner with Kim Sa Rang and they play together in men's doubles in 18/19 Purple League.
2019
Tan was also currently training with Goh V Shem, Tan Wee Kiong, Goh Liu Ying and Chan Peng Soon after their resignation from Badminton Association of Malaysia.
Personal life
Tan Boon Heong is married to beautician Sherlyn Tan Yean Ling since 2016.
Achievements
BWF World Championships
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2009 | Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India | Koo Kien Keat | Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae |
21โ16, 14โ21, 20โ22 | Bronze |
2010 | Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Paris, France | Koo Kien Keat | Cai Yun Fu Haifeng |
21โ18, 18โ21, 14โ21 | Silver |
Commonwealth Games
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2010 | Siri Fort Sports Complex, New Delhi, India | Koo Kien Keat | Anthony Clark Nathan Robertson |
21โ19, 21โ14 | Gold |
Asian Games
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2006 | Aspire Hall 3, Doha, Qatar | Koo Kien Keat | Luluk Hadiyanto Alvent Yulianto |
21โ13, 21โ14 | Gold |
2010 | Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China | Koo Kien Keat | Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan |
21โ16, 24โ26, 19โ21 | Silver |
Asian Championships
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2006 | Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia | Hoon Thien How | Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah |
21โ17, 11โ21, 12โ21 | Silver |
2007 | Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia | Koo Kien Keat | Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah |
14โ21, 21โ11, 12โ21 | Silver |
2008 | Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia | Koo Kien Keat | Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae |
21โ16, 16โ21, 18โ21 | Bronze |
Southeast Asian Games
Men's doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2009 | Gym Hall 1, National Sports Complex, Vientiane, Laos | Koo Kien Keat | Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan |
17โ21, 17โ21 | Silver |
World Junior Championships
Boys' doubles
Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2004 | Minoru Arena, Richmond, Canada] | Hoon Thien How | Lee Yong-dae Jung Jung-young |
15โ6, 3โ15, 15โ12 | Gold |
BWF Superseries (8 titles, 10 runners-up)
The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011. Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2007 | Malaysia Open | Koo Kien Keat | Tony Gunawan Candra Wijaya |
21โ15, 21โ18 | Winner |
2007 | All England Open | Koo Kien Keat | Cai Yun Fu Haifeng |
21โ15, 21โ18 | Winner |
2007 | Swiss Open | Koo Kien Keat | Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen |
17โ21, 21โ16, 21โ12 | Winner |
2007 | Denmark Open | Koo Kien Keat | Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen |
14โ21, 21โ14, 21โ12 | Winner |
2008 | World Superseries Masters Finals | Koo Kien Keat | Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae |
21โ18, 21โ14 | Winner |
2009 | Swiss Open | Koo Kien Keat | Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen |
21โ14, 21โ18 | Winner |
2009 | Denmark Open | Koo Kien Keat | Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen |
20โ22, 21โ14, 21โ17 | Winner |
2009 | French Open | Koo Kien Keat | Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan |
21โ15, 15โ21, 14โ21 | Runner-up |
2009 | China Open | Koo Kien Keat | Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae |
13โ21, 21โ19, 18โ21 | Runner-up |
2010 | Malaysia Open | Koo Kien Keat | Guo Zhendong Xu Chen |
21โ15, 17โ21, 21โ16 | Winner |
2010 | Swiss Open | Koo Kien Keat | Ko Sung-hyun Yoo Yeon-seong |
18โ21, 16โ21 | Runner-up |
2010 | Japan Open | Koo Kien Keat | Cai Yun Fu Haifeng |
21โ18, 14โ21, 12โ21 | Runner-up |
2011 | All England Open | Koo Kien Keat | Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen |
21โ15, 18โ21, 18โ21 | Runner-up |
2012 | Japan Open | Koo Kien Keat | Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang |
16โ21, 19โ21 | Runner-up |
2012 | Denmark Open | Koo Kien Keat | Shin Baek-cheol Yoo Yeon-seong |
21โ19, 11โ21, 19โ21 | Runner-up |
2012 | Hong Kong Open | Koo Kien Keat | Cai Yun Fu Haifeng |
16โ21, 17โ21 | Runner-up |
2013 | French Open | Koo Kien Keat | Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Markis Kido |
16โ21, 18โ21 | Runner-up |
2017 | Australian Open | Hendra Setiawan | Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda |
17โ21, 19โ21 | Runner-up |
- BWF Superseries Finals tournament
- BWF Superseries Premier tournament
- BWF Superseries tournament
BWF Grand Prix (8 titles, 5 runners-up)
The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix was sanctioned by the International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2006 | Japan Open | Koo Kien Keat | Tony Gunawan Candra Wijaya |
15โ21, 14โ21 | Runner-up |
2007 | Philippines Open | Koo Kien Keat | Guo Zhendong Xie Zhongbo |
21โ8, 26โ24 | Winner |
2007 | Macau Open | Koo Kien Keat | Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah |
21โ18, 17โ21, 23โ21 | Winner |
2008 | Macau Open | Koo Kien Keat | Fang Chieh-min Lee Sheng-mu |
21โ16, 21โ18 | Winner |
2009 | Malaysia Grand Prix Gold | Koo Kien Keat | Gan Teik Chai Tan Bin Shen |
21โ11, 21โ13 | Winner |
2009 | Macau Open | Koo Kien Keat | Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah |
21โ14, 17โ21, 21โ12 | Winner |
2011 | Malaysia Grand Prix Gold | Koo Kien Keat | Hendra Aprida Gunawan Alvent Yulianto |
21โ16, 21โ7 | Winner |
2012 | Malaysia Grand Prix Gold | Koo Kien Keat | Chooi Kah Ming Ow Yao Han |
21โ15, 21โ19 | Winner |
2013 | Malaysia Grand Prix Gold | Koo Kien Keat | Goh V Shem Lim Khim Wah |
20โ22, 15โ21 | Runner-up |
2015 | Thailand Open | Koo Kien Keat | Wahyu Nayaka Ade Yusuf |
22โ20, 21โ23, 16โ21 | Runner-up |
2015 | Dutch Open | Koo Kien Keat | Manu Attri B. Sumeeth Reddy |
21โ15, 21โ10 | Winner |
2016 | Malaysia Masters | Koo Kien Keat | Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo |
21โ18, 13โ21, 18โ21 | Runner-up |
2016 | Vietnam Open | Koo Kien Keat | Lee Jhe-huei Lee Yang |
21โ18, 14โ21, 7โ21 | Runner-up |
- BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
- BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 2 runners-up)
Men's doubles
Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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2015 | Sri Lanka International | Koo Kien Keat | Chooi Kah Ming Ow Yao Han |
21โ19, 21โ17 | Winner |
2015 | White Nights | Koo Kien Keat | Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge |
21โ10, 21โ12 | Winner |
2015 | Swiss International | Koo Kien Keat | Peter Briggs Tom Wolfenden |
18โ21, 21โ16, 21โ16 | Winner |
2019 | Perth International | Shia Chun Kang | Lee Chia-hao Liu Wei-chi |
21โ17, 21โ16 | Winner |
2019 | South Australia International | Shia Chun Kang | Kim Duk-young Kim Sa-rang |
14โ21, 21โ17, 16โ21 | Runner-up |
2019 | Dubai International | Shia Chun Kang | Keiichiro Matsui Yoshinori Takeuchi |
14โ21, 14โ21 | Runner-up |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
Record against selected opponents
Men's doubles results with Koo Kien Keat against Superseries finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists, plus all Olympic opponents.
- Cai Yun & Fu Haifeng 3-14
- Chai Biao & Guo Zhendong 1โ0
- Sun Junjie & Xu Chen 0โ1
- Cai Yun & Xu Chen 0โ1
- Liu Xiaolong & Qiu Zihan 6โ1
- Guo Zhendong & Xie Zhongbo 1โ0
- Chai Biao & Hong Wei 0โ1
- Guo Zhendong & Xu Chen 3โ0
- Fang Chieh-min & Lee Sheng-mu 1โ1
- Lee Sheng-mu & Tsai Chia-hsin 2โ3
- Lars Pรฅske & Jonas Rasmussen 3โ2
- Mathias Boe & Carsten Mogensen 10โ5
- Jonas Rasmussen & Mads Conrad-Petersen 1โ1
- Jens Eriksen & Martin Lundgรฅrd Hansen 4โ0
- / Anthony Clark & Robert Blair 1โ1
- Anthony Clark & Nathan Robertson 2โ1
- Muhammad Ahsan & Bona Septano 2โ3
- Luluk Hadiyanto & Alvent Yulianto Chandra 1โ1
- Markis Kido & Hendra Setiawan 7โ4
- Angga Pratama & Ryan Agung Saputra 1โ1
- Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo & Marcus Fernaldi Gideon 0-3
- Muhammad Ahsan & Hendra Setiawan 2โ1
- Markis Kido & Gideon Markus Fernaldi 0โ1
- Shuichi Sakamoto & Shintaro Ikeda 3โ2
- Naoki Kawamae & Shoji Sato 5โ0
- Hirokatsu Hashimoto & Noriyasu Hirata 2โ2
- Hiroyuki Endo & Kenichi Hayakawa 3โ0
- Cho Gun-woo & Shin Baek-cheol 1โ0
- Jung Jae-sung & Lee Yong-dae 3โ13
- Ko Sung-hyun & Yoo Yeon-seong 1โ6
- Lee Jae-jin & Hwang Ji-man 1โ1
- Ko Sung-hyun & Lee Yong-dae 1โ2
- Lee Yong-dae & Yoo Yeon-seong 0โ1
- Kim Gi-jung & Kim Sa-rang 1โ6
- Choong Tan Fook & Lee Wan Wah 3โ1
- Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif & Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari 6โ4
- Goh V Shem & Tan Wee Kiong 0-2
- Bodin Isara & Maneepong Jongjit 2โ0
- Howard Bach & Tony Gunawan 3โ0
- / Tony Gunawan & Candra Wijaya 2โ2
Filmography
- Sepahtu Reunion Live
Year:2022 Role:himself Channel:Astro Warna
Program
- Maharaja Lawak Mega
Year:2022 Role:Guest Pair:Boro
References
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- "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". IBadmintonstore. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
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External links
- Tan Boon Heong at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)
- Tan Boon Heong at BWFBadminton.com
- Tan Boon Heong at Olympedia
- Tan Boon Heong at Olympics.com
- Tan Boon Heong on YouTube
- 1987 births
- Living people
- People from Alor Setar
- Malaysian people of Hokkien descent
- Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent
- Malaysian male badminton players
- Badminton players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Badminton players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic badminton players for Malaysia
- Badminton players at the 2006 Asian Games
- Badminton players at the 2010 Asian Games
- Badminton players at the 2014 Asian Games
- Asian Games gold medalists for Malaysia
- Asian Games silver medalists for Malaysia
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Malaysia
- Asian Games medalists in badminton
- Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Badminton players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Malaysia
- Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton
- Competitors at the 2009 SEA Games
- SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia
- SEA Games medalists in badminton
- World No. 1 badminton players
- Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Sportspeople from Kedah