Chan Peng Soon

Chan Peng Soon

Chan Peng Soon at the 2013 French Super Series.
Personal information
Country  Malaysia
Born (1988-04-27) 27 April 1988
George Town, Penang, Malaysia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Handedness Right
Coach Jeremy Gan
Men's & Mixed doubles
Highest ranking 3 (XD)
Current ranking 13 (XD) (March 2016)
BWF profile
Updated on 23:16, 27 May 2014 (UTC).
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chan.
Chan Peng Soon
Traditional Chinese 陳炳順
Simplified Chinese 陈炳顺

Chan Peng Soon (born 27 April 1988 in George Town, Penang) is a Malaysian professional badminton doubles player. His regular partner is Goh Liu Ying and together, their highest world ranking in the mixed doubles category was at No. 3. In June 2014, Lai Pei Jing was named as his new partner while Goh went on hiatus to recover from knee surgery. Chan and Lai ranked as high as No. 48 worldwide.

However, Chan has resumed his partnership with Goh as of 2015. They currently have a world ranking of No.13.

Personal life

Chan has been married to Malaysian singer, Ester MayMay since September 2010. They have a son, Milton Chan (b. 2011).

Achievements

Finals: 9 (6 titles, 3 runners-up)

Outcome Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score
Winner 2009 Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold Lim Khim Wah Malaysia Choong Tan Fook
Malaysia Lee Wan Wah
20–22, 21–14, 21–11
Runner-up 2009 Vietnam Open Grand Prix Gold Goh Liu Ying Indonesia Flandy Limpele
Chinese Taipei Cheng Wen-hsing
23–25, 19–21
Winner 2010 Asian Championships Goh Liu Ying South Korea Yoo Yeon-seong
South Korea Kim Min-jung
21–17, 20–22, 21–19
Runner-up 2011 Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold Goh Liu Ying Indonesia Tantowi Ahmad
Indonesia Lilyana Natsir
21–18, 15–21, 19–21
Winner 2011 Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold Goh Liu Ying Denmark Thomas Laybourn
Denmark Kamilla Rytter Juhl
21–18, 14–21, 27–25
Runner-up 2012 Australia Open Grand Prix Gold Goh Liu Ying Chinese Taipei Chen Hung-ling
Chinese Taipei Cheng Wen-hsing
20–22, 21–12, 21–23
Winner 2012 Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold Goh Liu Ying Indonesia Irfan Fadhilah
Indonesia Weni Anggraini
21–12, 21–14
Winner 2012 Japan Super Series Goh Liu Ying Indonesia Muhammad Rijal
Indonesia Lilyana Natsir
21–12, 21–19
Winner 2015 Polish Open Goh Liu Ying India Dewalkar Akshay
India Pradnya Garde
28–26, 21–18
Winner 2015 Russian Open Goh Liu Ying Japan Yuta Watanabe
Japan Arisa Higashino
21-14, 21-12
Winner 2015 Mexico Open Goh Liu Ying South Korea Choi Solgyu
South Korea Eom Hye Won
21-13, 23–21
Runner-up 2016 Thailand Masters Goh Liu Ying China Zheng Siwei
China Chen Qingchen
17-21, 15-21
Winner 2016 New Zealand Open Goh Liu Ying China Zheng Siwei
China Li Yinhui
21-19, 22-20

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