| Tan Boon Heong |
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| Personal information |
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| Country |
 Malaysia |
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| Born |
(1987-09-18) 18 September 1987
Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia |
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| Residence |
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
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| Height |
1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) |
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| Weight |
71 kg (157 lb; 11.2 st) |
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| Handedness |
Left |
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| Coach |
Current : Lee Wan Wah/Chew Choon Eng |
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| Men's doubles |
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| Career title(s) |
12 |
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| Highest ranking |
1 (11 October 2007) |
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| Current ranking |
17 (3 December 2015) |
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BWF profile |
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Updated on 23:47, 27 May 2014 (UTC). |
Tan Boon Heong (born 18 September 1987 in Alor Setar, Kedah) is a Malaysian male professional badminton player in the men's doubles event. He and his former partner, Hoon Thien How, were once World Junior Champions. Tan and his second partner Koo Kien Keat won the bronze and silver medals at the 2009 and 2010 World Championships respectively as well as the gold and silver medals at the 2006 and 2010 Asian Games. The last time the two were ranked the world's No.1 men's doubles pair was in 2010.
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. In August 2014, Tan played his last tournament with Koo at the 2014 BWF World Championships. Following the tournament, Tan has been officially repartnered with Hoon Thien How.
In early 2015, Tan announced his resignation from the Badminton Association of Malaysia.
Career
He 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.
Asian success
Nearing the Doha XV 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-Fu Haifeng, in the quarterfinals, Indonesia's Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan in the semifinals, and finally Luluk Hadiyanto-Alvent Yulianto Chandra, also from Indonesia, in the finals.
They also became the first qualifiers to win the Malaysian Open title in 2007.[1]
2009-2011
At the 2009 Japan Super Series, Boon Heong 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.[2]
At the 2010 BWF World Championships, Boon Heong 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 21-14, 21-18. Tan Boon Heong and Koo Kien Keat wrote their names in the record books, being 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 21-18, 18-21, 14-21.
At the 2011 All England Super Series Premier, Boon Heong and Kien Keat defeated 2008 Olympic champions Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan in the quarterfinals. They then defeated World champions Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng 21-11, 23-21. They lost to Danes and world no.1 Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen 21-15, 18-21, 18-21. In doing so, they failed to win their 2nd All England title.
Achievements
Men's doubles
Record against selected opponents
Men's Doubles results with Koo Kien Keat against Super Series finalists, Worlds Semi-finalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists, plus all Olympic opponents.[3]
References
External links
World rankings: Top ten badminton players as of March 17, 2016 |
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Basel 
Birmingham
Odense 
Macau 
Tokyo 
Manila 
Jakarta 
Seoul 
Doha 
Hong Kong 
Bangkok 
Singapore 
Vancouver 
Cai Yun & Fu Haifeng 4–12
Fang Chieh-min & Lee Sheng-mu 1–1
Anthony Clark & Robert Blair 1–1
Howard Bach & Tony Gunawan 3–0
