Chan Peng Soon

Chan Peng Soon AMN (born 27 April 1988) is a Malaysian professional badminton player specialised in the mixed doubles event. He is best known for his partnership with Goh Liu Ying where they have been consistently ranked among the top 10 mixed doubles pair in the world. Chan and Goh reached their career high ranking of world No. 3 in 2012 and won the silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Chan Peng Soon
陈炳顺
Personal information
CountryMalaysia
Born (1988-04-27) 27 April 1988
George Town, Penang, Malaysia
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
HandednessRight
Mixed doubles
Highest ranking3 (22 November 2012)
Current ranking7 (17 March 2020)
BWF profile
Chan Peng Soon
Traditional Chinese陳炳順
Simplified Chinese陈炳顺

Career

Chan at the 2013 French Open

In July 2009, Chan won his first senior international title with Lim Khim Wah at the Thailand Open by defeating compatriot Choong Tan Fook and Lee Wan Wah in the final. In October 2009, Chan and Goh Liu Ying reached their first international tournament final at the Vietnam Open but were defeated by Flandy Limpele and Cheng Wen-hsing.

In April 2010, they became the country's first ever mixed doubles champions in a top–flight international tournament after winning the Badminton Asia Championships by defeating South Korean's Yoo Yeon-seong and Kim Min-jung in the final. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, he won the gold medal in mixed team event. In the mixed doubles event, Chan and Goh lost the bronze medal match to Chayut Triyachart and Yao Lei.

In May 2011, they finish as runner-up to Indonesian pair, Tontowi Ahmad and Lilyana Natsir in the final of the Malaysia Open. In November 2011, they won the Bitburger Open by defeating Denmark's Thomas Laybourn and Kamilla Rytter Juhl.

In March 2012, they reached the semi-finals of All England Open before losing to eventual champion, Tontowi Ahmad and Lilyana Natsir. In the following month, they became the runner-up of Australia Open after losing to Chinese Taipei's Chen Hung-Ling and Cheng Wen-Hsing in the final. They gained their first ever Malaysia Open crown by beating Indonesian pair, Irfan Fadhilah and Weni Anggraini.

Chan and Goh represented Malaysia at the 2012 London Olympics. They were the first ever Malaysian mixed doubles pair to qualify for the Olympic Games.[2] They lost all three group matches and fails to progress to quarter-finals in their Olympics debut. In September 2012, Chan and Goh won their first Super Series title at the Japan Open by beating Muhammad Rijal and Lilyana Natsir. In November 2012, they reached the final of China Open but were defeated by top seed, Xu Chen and Ma Jin in straight sets.

In January 2013, they became the runner-up of Malaysia Open after losing to Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna Pedersen in the final. In January 2014, Lai Pei Jing was chosen as his new partner while Goh went on hiatus to recover from knee surgery. In their first international competition together, Chan and Lai reached the final of Austrian International before losing to Robert Mateusiak and Agnieszka Wojtkowska.

In April 2014, Chan briefly resume his partnership with Goh at the Singapore Open. Chan revive his partnership with Lai after Goh finally decided to undergo surgery on both her knees and will be out of action for the rest of the year. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Chan win the gold medal in the mixed team event. In the mixed doubles event, the pair lost the bronze medal match to Robert Blair and Imogen Bankier.

Chan resumed his partnership with Goh in 2015 where they won three titles that year, the Polish Open, Russian Open and the Mexico Open.[3][4] At the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, they won silver after losing to Indonesia's Praveen Jordan and Debby Susanto in the mixed doubles final.[5]

In 2016, they became the runner-up of the inaugural edition of Thailand Masters after losing to unseeded Chinese pair, Zheng Siwei and Chen Qingchen in the final. In March, they clinched their first title of the year by winning the New Zealand Open.[6] In April, they lost to Indonesian pair, Tontowi Ahmad and Lilyana Natsir in the final of the Malaysia Open.

Goh and Chan qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. They won their first two group stage matches but lost the third to Indonesian pair, Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir. They finished as group runner-up and progress to quarter finals round. In the quarter finals, they beat Group B winner, Robert Mateusiak and Nadieżda Zięba of Poland. In the semi-finals, they beat China's Xu Chen and Ma Jin in straight sets to reach the final.[7]

In the final, they had to settle for silver medal after they were beaten by Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir for the second time in the tournament.[8] Despite the fact that Goh and Chan lost in the final, they had created history of being the first Malaysian mixed doubles pair to claim an Olympic medal.

In March 2017, Chan and Goh become the first Malaysian mixed doubles pair to reach the All England Open final since 1955. They were close to winning but lost to China's Lu Kai and Huang Yaqiong in rubber sets, in which a few controversial fault calls were made by the umpire against them. In April, they reached the semi-finals of Indian Open but were forced to concede a walkover to Zheng Siwei-Chen Qingchen after Goh fell ill. They later suffered first round loss to Edi Subaktiar-Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja in the Malaysia Open.

With Goh out of action due to injury, Chan partner Peck Yen Wei at the Indonesian Open where they reached the semi-finals. He later team up with Cheah Yee See where they reached the quarter-final of the Australian Open. In July, the pair won their first career title together at the Russia Open. At the 2017 Southeast Asian Games, he won silver in men's team and bronze in mixed doubles event. In September, Chan and Cheah reached the semifinal of the Korea Open before losing to Wang Yilu and Huang Dongping.

In January 2018, he resumed his partnership with Goh and they won the Thailand Masters. Chan participated in the 2018 Commonwealth Games where he won the silver medal in mixed team event. Chan and Goh reached the semifinals of the mixed doubles event before being defeated by Chris Adcock and Gabrielle Adcock. They later acquired the bronze medal by defeating Indian pair, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa.[9]

In January 2019,he resigned from Badminton Association of Malaysia with his partner, Goh Liu Ying. He also participated in Purple League18/19 and represented Ampang Jaya Badminton Club by partnering temporarily with Shevon Jamie Lai. He was also a temporarily coach for Tan Wee Kiong and Goh V Shem.

Personal life

He is married to a Malaysian singer, Esther Cham May May since September 2010. They have four children.[10]

Sponsorship

Since May 2019, Chan and Goh are appointed by Yobick Malaysia as their brand ambassadors.[11]

Achievements

Olympic Games

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Riocentro - Pavilion 4, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Goh Liu Ying Tontowi Ahmad
Liliyana Natsir
14–21, 12–21 Silver

Commonwealth Games

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre,
Gold Coast, Australia
Goh Liu Ying Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Ashwini Ponnappa
21–19, 21–19 Bronze

Asian Championships

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2010 Siri Fort Indoor Stadium, New Delhi, India Goh Liu Ying Yoo Yeon-seong
Kim Min-jung
21–17, 20–22, 21–19 Gold

Southeast Asian Games

Mixed doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Gym Hall 1, National Sports Complex, Vientiane, Laos Goh Liu Ying Songphon Anugritayawon
Kunchala Voravichitchaikul
18–21, 13–21 Bronze
2015 Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore Goh Liu Ying Praveen Jordan
Debby Susanto
21–18, 13–21, 23–25 Silver
2017 Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Cheah Yee See Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Sapsiree Taerattanachai
16–21, 21–18, 21–23 Bronze

BWF World Tour (4 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[12] 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.[13]

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Thailand Masters Super 300 Goh Liu Ying Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Puttita Supajirakul
21–15, 14–21, 21–16 Winner
2018 Australian Open Super 300 Goh Liu Ying Seo Seung-jae
Chae Yoo-jung
12–21, 21–23 Runner-up
2018 U.S. Open Super 300 Goh Liu Ying Marvin Emil Seidel
Linda Efler
21–19, 21–15 Winner
2018 Indonesia Open Super 1000 Goh Liu Ying Tontowi Ahmad
Liliyana Natsir
17–21, 8–21 Runner-up
2019 Thailand Masters Super 300 Goh Liu Ying Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Sapsiree Taerattanachai
21–16, 21–15 Winner
2019 New Zealand Open Super 300 Goh Liu Ying Praveen Jordan
Melati Daeva Oktavianti
21–14, 16–21, 29–27 Winner

BWF Superseries (1 title, 4 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[14] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011.[15] Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Japan Open Goh Liu Ying Muhammad Rijal
Liliyana Natsir
21–12, 21–19 Winner
2012 China Open Goh Liu Ying Xu Chen
Ma Jin
15–21, 17–21 Runner-up
2013 Malaysia Open Goh Liu Ying Joachim Fischer Nielsen
Christinna Pedersen
13–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2016 Malaysia Open Goh Liu Ying Tontowi Ahmad
Liliyana Natsir
21–23, 21–13, 16–21 Runner-up
2017 All England Open Goh Liu Ying Lu Kai
Huang Yaqiong
21–18, 19–21, 16–21 Runner-up
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (7 titles, 4 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Thailand Open Lim Khim Wah Choong Tan Fook
Lee Wan Wah
20–22, 21–14, 21–11 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2009 Vietnam Open Goh Liu Ying Flandy Limpele
Cheng Wen-hsing
23–25, 19–21 Runner-up
2011 Malaysia Grand Prix Gold Goh Liu Ying Tontowi Ahmad
Liliyana Natsir
21–18, 15–21, 19–21 Runner-up
2011 Bitburger Open Goh Liu Ying Thomas Laybourn
Kamilla Rytter Juhl
21–18, 14–21, 27–25 Winner
2012 Australian Open Goh Liu Ying Chen Hung-ling
Cheng Wen-hsing
20–22, 21–12, 21–23 Runner-up
2012 Malaysia Grand Prix Gold Goh Liu Ying Irfan Fadhilah
Weni Anggraini
21–12, 21–14 Winner
2015 Russian Open Goh Liu Ying Yuta Watanabe
Arisa Higashino
21–14, 21–12 Winner
2015 Mexico City Grand Prix Goh Liu Ying Choi Sol-gyu
Eom Hye-won
21–13, 23–21 Winner
2016 Thailand Masters Goh Liu Ying Zheng Siwei
Chen Qingchen
17–21, 15–21 Runner-up
2016 New Zealand Open Goh Liu Ying Zheng Siwei
Li Yinhui
21–19, 22–20 Winner
2017 Russian Open Cheah Yee See Keiichiro Matsui
Akane Araki
11–8, 11–13, 11–3 Winner
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series/Satellite (5 titles, 5 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 Sri Lanka Satellite Chang Hun Pin Mohd Razif Abdul Latif
Khoo Chung Chiat
18–21, 21–14, 21–19 Winner
2006 India Satellite Chang Hun Pin Sanave Thomas
K. T. Rupesh Kumar
21–19, 8–21, 20–22 Runner-up
2007 Malaysia International Chang Hun Pin Mohd Razif Abdul Latif
Khoo Chung Chiat
21–14, 11–21, 21–11 Winner
2007 India International Chang Hun Pin James Jayan
T. Dinesh
21–8, 21–15 Winner
2008 Vietnam International Mohd Razif Abdul Latif Hong Chieng Hun
Ng Kean Kok
21–19, 26–28, 13–21 Runner-up
2009 Malaysia International Lim Khim Wah Bodin Isara
Maneepong Jongjit
22–20, 28–26 Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2006 Sri Lanka Satellite Haw Chiou Hwee Chetan Anand
Jwala Gutta
10–21, 21–15, 18–21 Runner-up
2014 Austrian International Lai Pei Jing Robert Mateusiak
Agnieszka Wojtkowska
15–21, 21–15, 16–21 Runner-up
2015 Polish Open Goh Liu Ying Akshay Dewalkar
Pradnya Gadre
28–26, 21–18 Winner
2015 Orleans International Goh Liu Ying Mathias Christiansen
Lena Grebak
21–11, 17–21, 19–21 Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series/ Asian Satellite tournament

Honours

References

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