Tan Boon Heong

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Tan Boon Heong 陈文宏
Personal information
Birth name	Tan Boon Heong (陈文宏)
Date of birth	September 18, 1987 (age 19)
Place of birth	Alor Setar, Kedah
Height	180 cm
Weight	71 kg
Men's doubles
Country	Malaysia
Handedness	Left
Coach	Rexy Mainaky
Current Ranking	9 (with Koo Kien Keat) (April 5, 2007)
BWF profile

Tan Boon Heong (Simplified Chinese: 陈文宏, born September 18, 1987 in Alor Setar, Kedah) is a professional badminton player representing Malaysia in the men's doubles event.

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 formidable pair went on to become the Asian Games champion, winning the gold medal in their maiden outing.

They also became the first qualifiers to win the Malaysian Open title in 2007.

[edit] Major Achievements

Men Doubles

Year	Tournament	Venue	Round
2007
	Swiss Open Super Series	Basel, SUI	WINNER
	All England Super Series	Birmingham, ENG	WINNER
	Yonex Korea Open Super Series	Seoul, KOR	Semi-Finalist
	Proton Malaysia Super Series	Kuala Lumpur, MAS	WINNER
2006
	Asian Games XV	Doha, Qatar	WINNER
	Yonex Japan Open	Tokyo, JPN	Runner-Up
	Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Open	Hong Kong, HKG	Quarter-Finalist
	Thailand Open	Thailand	Quarter-Finalist
	Macau Open Championship	Macau	Quarter-Finalist
	Singapore Open	Singapore, SIN	Quarter-Finalist
	Asian Badminton Championships	Johor Bahru, MAS	Runner-up
	China Masters		Quarter-Finalist
2005
2005	Malaysia Satellite		Runner-up
2004
	Singapore Satellite	Singapore, SIN	Runner-up
	World Junior Championships	Vancouver, CAN	WINNER