Tan Boon Heong

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.

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 are the youngest men double to win gold medal at Asian Games at the age of 21 and 19 respectively.

2007 was the best year for Koo and Tan. They became the first qualifiers to win the Super Series at the Malaysian Open.[1] They also became the World No.1 that year. They won their first All England Super Series after beating Chinese pair, Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng in straight games.

They competed at the 2008 Olympics, reaching the quarter-finals.

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] Later, two won the bronze medal at the 2009 World Championships

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. The year 2010 was the last time Koo and Tan ranked World No.1.

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.

They competed at the 2012 Olympics, reaching the semi-finals, and losing 2 - 0 in the bronze medal match.^[3][4]

They 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.

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 Keong. Following the tournament, Tan has been officially repartnered 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 a Chinese Taipei pair with a score of 19-21 in the deciding game.

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 Russian Open, Yonex Dutch Open and finishing runners up in the Thailand Open. They have also made it to 2 Super Series quarterfinals in Australia and Korea.

Tan and Koo had a string of good runs to finish in 11th place in the 2016 race to Rio Olympics standings. However they did not manage to qualify because they were ranked behind fellow Malaysians Goh V Shem and Tan Wee Kiong.

Tan and Hendra Setiawan debut tournament at Syed Modi International 2017 tournament, they managed to advance until the quarter-finals. They reached the final round at the Australian Open but were beaten by 3rd seed Takeshi Kamura and Keigo Sonoda from Japan

He 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 Purple League 18/19.

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.

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Stade Pierre de Coubertin, Paris, France	Koo Kien Keat	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	21–18, 18–21, 14–21	Silver
2009	Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India	Koo Kien Keat	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	21–16, 14–21, 20–22	Bronze

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Siri Fort Sports Complex, New Delhi, India	Koo Kien Keat	Anthony Clark Nathan Robertson	21–19, 21–14	Gold

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China	Koo Kien Keat	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	21–16, 24–26, 19–21	Silver
2006	Aspire Hall 3, Doha, Qatar	Koo Kien Keat	Luluk Hadiyanto Alvent Yulianto	21–13, 21–14	Gold

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia	Koo Kien Keat	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	21–16, 16–21, 18–21	Bronze
2007	Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia	Koo Kien Keat	Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah	14–21, 21–11, 12–21	Silver
2006	Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia	Hoon Thien How	Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah	21–17, 11–21, 12–21	Silver

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	National Sports Complex, Vientiane, Laos	Koo Kien Keat	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	17–21, 17–21	Silver

Boys' doubles

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

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two levels: 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
2017	Australian Open	Hendra Setiawan	Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda	17–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2013	French Open	Koo Kien Keat	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Markis Kido	16–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2012	Hong Kong Open	Koo Kien Keat	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	16–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2012	Denmark Open	Koo Kien Keat	Shin Baek-choel Yoo Yeon-seong	21–19, 11–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2012	Japan Open	Koo Kien Keat	Kim Gi-jung Kim Sa-rang	16–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2011	All England Open	Koo Kien Keat	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	21–15, 18–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2010	Japan Open	Koo Kien Keat	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	21–18, 14–21, 12–21	Runner-up
2010	Swiss Open	Koo Kien Keat	Ko Sung-hyun Yoo Yeon-seong	18–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2010	Malaysia Open	Koo Kien Keat	Guo Zhendong Xu Chen	21–15, 17–21, 21–16	Winner
2009	China Open	Koo Kien Keat	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	13–21, 21–19, 18–21	Runner-up
2009	French Open	Koo Kien Keat	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	21–15, 15–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2009	Denmark Open	Koo Kien Keat	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	20–22, 21–14, 21–17	Winner
2009	Swiss Open	Koo Kien Keat	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	21–14, 21–18	Winner
2008	Super Series Masters Finals	Koo Kien Keat	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	21–18, 21–14	Winner
2007	Denmark Open	Koo Kien Keat	Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen	14–21, 21–14, 21–12	Winner
2007	Swiss Open	Koo Kien Keat	Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen	17–21, 21–16, 21–12	Winner
2007	All England Open	Koo Kien Keat	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	21–15, 21–18	Winner
2007	Malaysia Open	Koo Kien Keat	Tony Gunawan Candra Wijaya	21–15, 21–18	Winner

     Superseries Finals Tournament

     Superseries Premier Tournament

     Superseries Tournament

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) since 1983.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Vietnam Open	Koo Kien Keat	Lee Jhe-huei Lee Yang	21–18, 14–21, 7–21	Runner-up
2016	Malaysia Masters	Koo Kien Keat	Markus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	21–18, 13–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2015	Dutch Open	Koo Kien Keat	Manu Attri B. Sumeeth Reddy	21–15, 21–10	Winner
2015	Thailand Open	Koo Kien Keat	Wahyu Nayaka Ade Yusuf	22–20, 21–23, 16–21	Runner-up
2013	Malaysia Masters	Koo Kien Keat	Goh V Shem Lim Khim Wah	20–22, 15–21	Runner-up
2012	Malaysia Masters	Koo Kien Keat	Chooi Kah Ming Ow Yao Han	21–15, 21–19	Winner
2011	Malaysia Masters	Koo Kien Keat	Alvent Yulianto Chandra Hendra Aprida Gunawan	21–16, 21–7	Winner
2009	Macau Open	Koo Kien Keat	Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah	21–14, 17–21, 21–12	Winner
2009	Malaysia Masters	Koo Kien Keat	Gan Teik Chai Tan Bin Shen	21–11, 21–13	Winner
2008	Macau Open	Koo Kien Keat	Fang Chieh-min Lee Sheng-mu	21–16, 21–18	Winner
2007	Macau Open	Koo Kien Keat	Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah	21–18, 17–21, 23–21	Winner
2007	Philippines Open	Koo Kien Keat	Guo Zhendong Xie Zhongbo	21–8, 26–24	Winner
2006	Japan Open	Koo Kien Keat	Tony Gunawan Candra Wijaya	15–21, 14–21	Runner-up

     Grand Prix Gold Tournament

     Grand Prix Tournament

     IBF World Grand Prix tournament

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Dubai International	Shia Chun Kang	Keiichiro Matsui Yoshinori Takeuchi	14–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2019	South Australia International	Shia Chun Kang	Kim Duk-young Kim Sa-rang	14–21, 21–17, 16–21	Runner-up
2019	Perth International	Shia Chun Kang	Lee Chia-hao Liu Wei-chi	21–17, 21–16	Winner
2015	Swiss International	Koo Kien Keat	Peter Briggs Tom Wolfenden	18–21, 21–16, 21–16	Winner
2015	White Nights	Koo Kien Keat	Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge	21–10, 21–12	Winner
2015	Sri Lanka International	Koo Kien Keat	Chooi Kah Ming Ow Yao Han	21–19, 21–17	Winner

     BWF International Challenge tournament

     BWF International Series tournament

     BWF Future Series tournament