Soong Joo Ven

Soong Joo Ven (; formerly known as ; born 19 May 1995) is a Malaysian badminton player. He was part of the Malaysian team that won gold in the 2011 BWF World Junior Championships mixed team event.

Career

2011–2017 He won silver medal at the 2012 Asia Junior Championships in the boys' singles event after losing to Kento Momota of Japan. He was the runner-up of the 2015 Malaysia International Challenge tournament in the men's singles event, and in 2016, he also became the runner-up of the Scottish Open Grand Prix tournament. In 2017, he reached the Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold semifinals.

2018 He was a runner-up at the Hyderabad Open, where he lost to Sameer Verma in two games. He also had a few quarterfinal finishes at the German Open and the Korea Masters.

2019 He won the Malaysia International by beating compatriot Cheam June Wei. He was also a semifinalist at the Indonesia Masters Super 100 event in Bangka Belitung.

2022 Alongside Goh Jin Wei, he joined the Kuala Lumpur Badminton Club (KLRC) and is currently being coached by Nova Armada and former national player Sairul Amar Ayob. Shortly after, he lost in the second round of the India Open to Mithun Manjunath.

He then reached the semifinals of the Korea Masters and the Taipei Open.

Achievements

Asian Junior Championships Boys' singles Year Venue Opponent Score Result 2012 Gimcheon Indoor Stadium, Gimcheon, South Korea Kento Momota 13–21, 20–22 Silver Silver

BWF World Tour (1 runner-up) The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Men's singles Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result 2018 Hyderabad Open Super 100 Sameer Verma 15–21, 18–21 Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up) 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 singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2016 Scottish Open Anders Antonsen 20–22, 15–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 5 runners-up) Men's singles Year Tournament Opponent Score Result 2015 Malaysia International Khosit Phetpradab 14–21, 10–21 Runner-up 2017 Polish International Lee Zii Jia 17–21, 16–21 Runner-up 2019 Malaysia International Cheam June Wei 21–13, 22–20 Winner 2021 Scottish Open Ng Tze Yong 18–21, 14–21 Runner-up 2023 Maldives International Ravi 19–21, 18–21 Runner-up 2024 Kazakhstan International Tharun Mannepalli 10–21, 19–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament

Record against selected opponents Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi finalists, and Olympic quarter finalists. Accurate as of 7 September 2024.

Player Matches Win Lost Chou Tien-chen 3 0 3 –3 Wang Tzu-wei 4 2 2 0 Anders Antonsen 2 0 2 –2 Hans-Kristian Vittinghus 2 0 2 –2 Srikanth Kidambi 2 0 2 –2 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 1 0 1 –1 Sony Dwi Kuncoro 1 1 0 +1 Kento Momota 1 0 1 –1 Lee Hyun-il 2 0 2 –2 Kantaphon Wangcharoen 1 0 1 –1 Loh Kean Yew 1 0 1 –1 Marc Zwiebler 1 1 0 +1