Tan Boon Heong (, born 18 September 1987) is a former World No.1

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n professional

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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,

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and

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, in the quarterfinals, Indonesia's

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and

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in the semifinals, and finally

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and

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, 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,

and

in straight games.

2008

They competed at the

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, 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

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, Tan and partner Koo Kien Keat launched themselves into the semifinals after beating Korean rivals

Lee Yong-dae Lee Yong-dae (; ; born 11 September 1988) is a South Korean professional badminton player who had been successful in both men's and mixed doubles. He reached world number 1 ranking with 4 different partners, Jung Jae-sung, Ko Sung-hyun and Yoo Ye ...

and

Jung Jae-sung Jung Jae-sung (also spelled Chung Jae-sung; ; ; 25 August 1982 – 9 March 2018) was a South Korean professional badminton player who specialized in men's doubles. Together with his partner Lee Yong-dae, Jung spent forty weeks as World No. 1 in ...

. In the semifinals they defeated China's

Guo Zhendong Guo Zhendong (; born 4 August 1984) is a badminton player from China. , he (along with his partner Xu Chen) was ranked within the top 10 male badminton doubles teams in the world. He competed at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games. Career A men's ...

and Xu Chen 21–14, 21–18. 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

and

and lost 21–18, 18–21, 14–21. 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

and

in the quarterfinals. They then defeated World champions

and

21–11, 23–21. They lost to Danes and world no.1 Mathias Boe and

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21–15, 18–21, 18–21. In doing so, they failed to win their second All England Open title.

2012

Tan competed at the

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with Koo Kien Keat, reaching the semi-finals, and losing 0–2 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 Goh V Shem (; born Goh Wei Shem; 20 May 1989) is a Malaysian badminton player in the doubles event. He was partnered with Tan Wee Kiong after their outstanding performance at the 2014 Thomas Cup. Together, Goh and Tan won the gold medal fo ...

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, 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 The 2014 BWF World Championships was a badminton tournament which was held from 25 to 31 August 2014 at the Ballerup Super Arena in Copenhagen, Denmark. Host city selection Copenhagen and Macau submitted bids for this of championships. Both citi ...

. 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 19–21 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

debut tournament at the 2017 Syed Modi International, they managed to advance until the quarter-finals. They reached the final round at the

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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

, Tan Wee Kiong,

Goh Liu Ying Goh Liu Ying (; born 30 May 1989) is a Malaysian former badminton player. She had been consistently ranked among the top 10 mixed doubles player in the world with her partner, Chan Peng Soon. Together, they were ranked as high as world No. ...

and

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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''

Commonwealth Games

''Men's doubles''

Asian Games

''Men's doubles''

Asian Championships

''Men's doubles''

Southeast Asian Games

''Men's doubles''

World Junior Championships

''Boys' doubles''

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

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(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'' : BWF Superseries Finals tournament : BWF Superseries Premier tournament :

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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

(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'' : BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament : BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 2 runners-up)

''Men's doubles'' :

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tournament :

BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF Future Series The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

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. *

3-14 * Chai Biao &

1–0 * Sun Junjie & Xu Chen 0–1 *

& Xu Chen 0–1 *

Liu Xiaolong Liu Xiaolong (; born 12 May 1988) is a Chinese badminton player who is a doubles specialist. A left handler, he is the former winner of the All England Championships. He was part of China winning team at the 2013 Sudirman Cup. He announced hi ...

Qiu Zihan Qiu Zihan (; born 17 January 1991) is a Chinese badminton player who is a doubles specialist. He was part of China winning team at the 2013 Sudirman Cup. Teamed-up with Liu Xiaolong, he won the 2013 All England Open and a silver medal at the ...

6–1 *

& Xie Zhongbo 1–0 * Chai Biao &

Hong Wei Hong Wei (; born 4 October 1989) is a Chinese professional badminton player. He competed at the Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Rio in the Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles, men's doubles event, and placed four ...

0–1 *

& Xu Chen 3–0 *

Fang Chieh-min Fang Chieh-min (; born 31 January 1986) is a Taiwanese badminton player. He paired with Lee Sheng-mu in men's doubles. The pair won 3 BWF Super Series titles including 2010 Singapore Super Series, 2010 Indonesia Super Series and 2012 Malaysia ...

& Lee Sheng-mu 1–1 * Lee Sheng-mu & Tsai Chia-hsin 2–3 * Lars Påske &

Jonas Rasmussen Jonas Rasmussen (born 28 October 1977 in Aarhus) is a retired badminton player from Denmark. Career With his men's doubles partner Lars Paaske he won the 2003 IBF World Championships defeating Indonesian pair Candra Wijaya and Sigit Budiart ...

3–2 * Mathias Boe &

10–5 *

& Mads Conrad-Petersen 1–1 *

Jens Eriksen Jens Dyrløv Eriksen (born 30 December 1969) is a badminton player from Denmark. He competed in four consecutive Olympic Games from 1996 to 2008, and won a mixed doubles bronze medal in 2004 partnered with Mette Schjoldager. At the World Cham ...

& Martin Lundgård Hansen 4–0 * / Anthony Clark & Robert Blair 1–1 * Anthony Clark &

Nathan Robertson Nathan James Robertson (born 30 May 1977) from Cotgrave in Nottinghamshire is a retired English badminton player who has achieved international success in both the men's events and the mixed doubles event. He was educated at Dayncourt School Spe ...

2–1 *

Mohammad Ahsan Mohammad Ahsan (born 7 September 1987) is an Indonesian retired badminton player affiliated with Djarum club who specializes in the men's doubles. He is a three-time World Champion, three-time season ending finals champion, and Asian Games go ...

Bona Septano Bona Septano (born 22 September 1987) is an Indonesian former badminton player. He currently works as pilot in Indonesian airlines. Bona Septano concentrates on men's doubles with Mohammad Ahsan. They have competed successfully on the internat ...

2–3 *

& Alvent Yulianto Chandra 1–1 *

7–4 *

Angga Pratama Angga Pratama (born 12 May 1991) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with Jaya Raya Jakarta club. He competed in the men's doubles event in the international tournaments, and together with Ricky Karanda Suwardi, he won the 2015 Singapo ...

& Ryan Agung Saputra 1–1 *

Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (born 2 August 1995) is an Indonesian former badminton player who was ranked world number 1 in the men's doubles by the Badminton World Federation. Considered as one of the best players of his generation, he won the men' ...

& Marcus Fernaldi Gideon 0-3 *

2–1 *

Gideon Markus Fernaldi Marcus Fernaldi Gideon (born 9 March 1991) is an Indonesian former badminton player who was ranked world No. 1 in the men's doubles by the Badminton World Federation alongside Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo. He plays for PB Jaya Raya, and has been a mem ...

0–1 * Shuichi Sakamoto & Shintaro Ikeda 3–2 * Naoki Kawamae &

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5–0 * Hirokatsu Hashimoto & Noriyasu Hirata 2–2 *

Hiroyuki Endo is a retired Japanese badminton player. He competed at the Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles, 2016 Rio and Badminton at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles, 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics. In 2009, he joined the Unisys ...

Kenichi Hayakawa is a retired Japanese badminton player. He has been a runner-up of the All England three times (2013, 2014 and 2016) along with his partner, Hiroyuki Endo. He competed at the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games. Career Hayakawa won the first point in ...

3–0 *

Cho Gun-woo Cho Gun-woo (; born 30 August 1988) is a South Korean badminton player from Samsung Electro-Mechanics, and joined the club since 2007. Cho Gun-woo has focused his career on men's doubles, although he has competed in mixed doubles. His longest p ...

Shin Baek-cheol Shin Baek-cheol (; born 19 October 1989) is a mixed and men's doubles badminton player from South Korea. He is a World, Asian and World Junior Champions, as well a gold medalists in the Asian Games and Summer Universiade. Career Shin starte ...

1–0 *

3–13 *

Ko Sung-hyun Ko Sung-hyun (; ; born 21 May 1987) is a South Korean badminton player affiliated with Gimcheon City Hall. He is a former world number 1 both in the men's and mixed doubles. Ko is a BWF World Championships, BWF World Champion, two time Badminto ...

Yoo Yeon-seong Yoo Yeon-seong (; born 19 August 1986) is a South Korean professional badminton player. He specializes in doubles events and was ranked as high as No. 2 worldwide with his former partner, Ko Sung-hyun. The two also competed at the 2012 Summer ...

1–6 * Lee Jae-jin &

Hwang Ji-man Hwang Ji-man (; ; born 8 July 1984) is a badminton player from South Korea. Career Hwang started playing badminton when he was in Miryang elementary school, and when he was 17, Hwang was chosen to represent the National Junior team. Hwang play ...

1–1 *

1–2 *

0–1 *

Kim Gi-jung Kim Gi-jung or Kim Ki-jung (; or ; born 14 August 1990) is a South Korean badminton player. He competed at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's doubles event. Career In 2008, he won a bronze medal at the World Junior Championships ...

& Kim Sa-rang 1–6 *

Choong Tan Fook Choong Tan Fook (born 6 February 1976) is a former badminton player from Malaysia. Choong is currently coaching the Hong Kong badminton team. Career overview Choong made his debut in Olympic Games in 2000 Sydney. Partnered with Lee Wan ...

Lee Wan Wah Lee Wan Wah (, born 24 November 1975) is a former badminton player from Malaysia. He is currently the Japan junior team coach. Career overview Lee made his debut in Olympic Games in 2000 Sydney. Partnered with Choong Tan Fook, they adva ...

3–1 * Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif & Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari 6–4 *

& Tan Wee Kiong 0-2 * Bodin Isara & Maneepong Jongjit 2–0 * Howard Bach & Tony Gunawan 3–0 * / Tony Gunawan &

Candra Wijaya Rafael Candra Wijaya (; born Tan Chia Liang, 16 September 1975) is an Indonesian badminton player. Career Wijaya started his career in badminton at the age of five, motivated by his brother Indra Wijaya and later joined a club in Cirebon. His ...

2–2

Filmography

*Sepahtu Reunion Live Year:2022 Role:himself Channel: Astro Warna Program *Maharaja Lawak Mega Year:2022 Role:Guest Pair:Boro

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tan, Boon Heong 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 gold 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 Badminton players from Kedah