Hoon Thien How

Hoon Thien How
Personal information
Country	Malaysia
Born	(1986-12-24) 24 December 1986 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Handedness	Right
Men's doubles
Highest ranking	7 (14 March 2013)
Current ranking	7 (22 May 2014[1])
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Malaysia Thomas Cup 2014 New Delhi Men's team 2010 Kuala Lumpur Men's team Asian Games 2014 Incheon Men's team Asian Championships 2006 Johor Bahru Men's doubles World Junior Championships 2004 Richmond Boys' doubles Asian Junior Championships 2004 Hwacheon Boys' team Commonwealth Youth Games 2004 Bendigo Mixed team
BWF profile

Hoon Thien How (born 24 December 1986 in Kuala Lumpur) is a former badminton player from Malaysia who plays in the men's doubles category. Hoon Thien How and Tan Boon Heong won the World Junior Championships in 2004. Their partnership ended in late 2006 as Tan was partnered with Koo Kien Keat. Since then, Hoon was briefly paired with Chan Chong Ming and then Ong Soon Hock. Then, He was paired with Tan Wee Kiong in late 2010. In 2013, they ranked at No. 7 worldwide. However, due to the resignation of Koo Kien Keat in early 2014, Hoon was once again partnered with Tan Boon Heong in September that year. In 2015, Hoon resigned from the Badminton Association of Malaysia. Currently, he is one of the assistant coaches for Malaysia's women's doubles.

Hoon with his partner Tan Wee Kiong

Career

Hoon Thien How and Tan Boon Heong were the World Junior Champions in 2004. Their partnership continued until early 2006 when they won the silver medal at the 2006 Asian Badminton Championships. Shortly after, Tan was partnered with Koo Kien Keat and Hoon was briefly partnered with Chan Chong Ming and then, Ong Soon Hock.

Hoon and Ong participated in Indonesia Open 2008 and did their best as they became the semi-finalist, beaten by Candra Wijaya and Tony Gunawan. Latest, they played in China Masters 2008 but once again was beaten.

In 2010, Hoon and Ong were chosen to play for Malaysia Thomas Cup squad.

From 2010 onwards, he was paired with Tan Wee Kiong. Hoon and Tan broke into the top 10 in the world rankings on 20 December 2012. Together, their highest ranking was at No. 7. Hoon and Tan did not win any Super Series tournaments during their partnership. However, they often made it to the quarterfinals, semifinals or finals of the tournaments which contributed to their world ranking.

In May 2014, Hoon represented Malaysia at 2014 Thomas Cup with former partner, Tan Boon Heong as a scratch pair. They played first doubles and defeated World No. 1 pair, Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan of Indonesia in the semi finals but failed to defeat world No. 3 pair, Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa of Japan in the finals. Malaysia lost narrowly 2-3 to Japan.

After 8 years since they last played together as official partners, Hoon's partnership with Tan Boon Heong was permanently resumed in September 2014. This was due to the resignation of Boon Heong's partner, Koo Kien Keat earlier that year along with Tan Wee Kiong's new partnership with Goh V Shem.

Achievements

Asian Championships

Men's Doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia	Tan Boon Heong	Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah	21–17, 11–21, 12–21	Silver

World Junior Championships

Boys' Doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2004	Minoru Arena, Richmond, Canada	Tan Boon Heong	Lee Yong-dae Jung Jung-young	15–6, 3–15, 15–12	Gold

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Men's Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	China Open	Tan Wee Kiong	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	13–21, 12–21	Runner-up

     Superseries Finals Tournament

     Superseries Premier Tournament

     Superseries Tournament

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels: Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Men's Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Chinese Taipei Masters	Lim Khim Wah	Markus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	12–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2013	Macau Open	Tan Wee Kiong	Lee Sheng-mu Tsai Chia-hsin	21–16, 21–19	Winner
2009	Vietnam Open	Ong Soon Hock	Luluk Hadiyanto Joko Riyadi	19–21, 20–22	Runner-up
2007	New Zealand Open	Chan Chong Ming	Albert Susanto Njoto Yohan Hadikusuma Wiratama	21–14, 20–22, 21–11	Winner

     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

     BWF Grand Prix tournament

References

External links

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• Profile at Badminton Association of Malaysia