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	70 (XD) (May 2015)
Medal record Men's badminton Competitor for  Malaysia Asian Games 2014 Incheon Men's team Asian Championships 2010 New Delhi Mixed doubles Thomas Cup 2014 New Delhi Team Commonwealth Games 2010 New Delhi Mixed team 2014 Glasgow Mixed team Southeast Asian Games 2009 Vientiane Men's team 2009 Vientiane Mixed doubles 2015 Singapore Mixed doubles
BWF profile
Updated on 23:16, 27 May 2014 (UTC).

Chan Peng Soon (born 27 April 1988 in George Town, Penang) is a Malaysian professional badminton doubles player. His regular partner was 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.70.

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	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl	20–22, 21–14, 21–11
Runner-up	2009	Vietnam Open Grand Prix Gold	Goh Liu Ying	Flandy Limpele Cheng Wen-hsing	23–25, 19–21
Winner	2010	Asian Championships	Goh Liu Ying	Yoo Yeon-seong Kim Min-jung	21–17, 20–22, 21–19
Runner-up	2011	Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold	Goh Liu Ying	Tantowi Ahmad Lilyana Natsir	21–18, 15–21, 19–21
Winner	2011	Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold	Goh Liu Ying	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl	21–18, 14–21, 27–25
Runner-up	2012	Australia Open Grand Prix Gold	Goh Liu Ying	Chen Hung-ling Cheng Wen-hsing	20–22, 21–12, 21–23
Winner	2012	Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold	Goh Liu Ying	Irfan Fadhilah Weni Anggraini	21–12, 21–14
Winner	2012	Japan Super Series	Goh Liu Ying	Muhammad Rijal Lilyana Natsir	21–12, 21–19
Winner	2015	Polish Open	Goh Liu Ying	Dewalkar Akshay Pradnya Garde	28–26, 21–18

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Chan Peng Soon.

• Profile at Badminton Association of Malaysia
• Profile at sports-reference.com