Hoon Thien How

Hoon Thien How (born 24 December 1986) is a Malaysian former badminton player who played in the men's doubles category. Currently, he is one of the assistant coaches for Malaysia men's doubles national team.

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 Silver

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

BWF Superseries The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011. Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

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 had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

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