Hoon Thien How

Hoon Thien How
Hoon Thien How
Chinese	雲天豪
Jyutping
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Wan4 Tin1 Hou4
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Hûn Thian-hô

Hoon Thien How
云天豪
Hoon Thien How; 云天豪
Personal information
Country	Malaysia
Born	24 December 1986 (age 38); Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Years active	2004-2017
Handedness	Right
Men's doubles
Highest ranking	7 (14 March 2013)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Malaysia
Thomas Cup
Asian Games
Asian Championships
World Junior Championships
Commonwealth Youth Games
Asian Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Hoon Thien How (born 24 December 1986) is a former badminton player from Malaysia who plays in the men's doubles category. Currently, he is one of the assistant coach for Malaysia men's doubles national team.^[1]

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 the 2008 Indonesia Open and reached the semi-finals before being beaten by Candra Wijaya and Tony Gunawan, 25–23, 15–21, 15–21. This was followed by a defeat to second-seeded Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng in the 2008 China Masters 15–21, 21–17, and 20–22.

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