Pearly Tan

In this Chinese name, the family name is Tan.

Pearly Tan Koong Le ASK (Chinese: 陳康樂; pinyin: Chén Kānglè; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Khong-lo̍k; born 14 March 2000) is a Malaysian badminton player.

Pearly Tan 陈康乐
Tan at the 2022 Commonwealth Games medal ceremony
Personal information
Birth name	Pearly Tan Koong Le
Country	Malaysia
Born	(2000-03-14) 14 March 2000 (age 25) Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Years active	2015-present
Handedness	Right
Coach	Rosman Razak
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	5 (WD with Thinaah Muralitharan, 31 January 2023) 74 (XD with Man Wei Chong, 17 March 2020)
Current ranking	5 (WD with Thinaah Muralitharan, 15 April 2025)
Medal record Women's badminton Representing  Malaysia Sudirman Cup 2021 Vantaa Mixed team 2023 Suzhou Mixed team Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Women's doubles 2022 Birmingham Mixed team Asia Team Championships 2020 Manila Women's team 2022 Selangor Women's team World Junior Championships 2016 Bilbao Mixed team 2017 Yogyakarta Mixed team 2018 Markham Girls' doubles Asian Junior Championships 2018 Jakarta Girls' doubles 2017 Jakarta Mixed team 2018 Jakarta Mixed team
BWF profile

At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan became the first ever Malaysian semi-finalists in the women's doubles event at the Olympic Games.

Career

2018

In July, Tan and Toh Ee Wei became silver medalists in the girls' doubles events at the Badminton Asia Junior Championships.

Following a win at the Malaysia International Junior Open, Tan and Toh continued their great form at the World Junior Championships and clinched silver. Tan also won all of her matches in the Mixed Team event both with Toh and as a scratch pairing with Goh Jin Wei.^[1]

2019

After brief partnerships with Teoh Mei Xing and Lim Chiew Sin, Tan went on to win her maiden senior title at the 2019 Malaysia International Series with Thinaah Muralitharan.

2021

Tan and Muralitharan clinched their first BWF World Tour title at the Swiss Open, defeating teammates and second seeds Chow Mei Kuan and Lee Meng Yean in the semi-finals, and third seeds Gabriela Stoeva and Stefani Stoeva in the finals as an unseeded pair.^[2]

2022

In August, Tan and Muralitharan became gold medalists in the women's doubles and mixed team event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.^[3][4]

In October, Tan and Muralitharan claimed the French Open title, becoming the first ever Malaysian women's doubles pair to achieve this feat.^[5]

2023

In April, Tan set a new world record for the fastest women's badminton smash at 438 kilometers per hour at the Yonex Tokyo Factory. She is the first badminton player to hold that world record.^[6]

In May, Tan and Muralitharan won all of their games at the Sudirman Cup and managed a second place finish at the Malaysia Masters, losing to Baek Ha-na and Lee So-hee in the finals.

At the World Championships, Tan and Muralitharan defeated fourth seeds and two-time former champions Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara in the third round, but fell to sixth seeds Zhang Shuxian and Zheng Yu in the quarter finals in a tightly contested three game match.

In September, they finished second at the Hong Kong Open, losing to Apriyani Rahayu and Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti in the finals.

2024

Tan and Muralitharan became the first ever Malaysian women's doubles pair to advance to the semi-finals of an Olympic Games at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Ranked 13th in the world at the time, they were drawn into Group A alongside Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan from China, Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara from Japan, and Apriyani Rahayu and Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti from Indonesia, ranked 1st, 6th, and 9th in the world respectively.^[7] Having successfully advanced from the group stage with a 2–1 record, they defeated then ranked 7th in the world Kim So-yeong and Kong Hee-yong from Korea in the quarter-finals in straight sets, before falling to Chen and Jia in the semi-finals and Japan's Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida in the bronze medal match.

In September, they finished second at the Korea Open, losing to Jeong Na-eun and Kim Hye-jeong in the finals. They won their first Super 500 level title at the Hong Kong Open, defeating Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning in the finals in straight sets.

In October, they finished second at the Arctic Open, losing to Liu and Tan in the finals.

Personal life

Tan was born in Alor Setar, Kedah to Tan Chai Ling and badminton coach Tan Seng Hoe.^[8] Her father runs the Alor Setar Racquet Club (ASRC), which is also the childhood club of national shuttlers Lee Zii Jia and Jacky Kok.^[9]

Awards and recognition

Order

• Kedah:
  • Companion of the Ahli Cemerlang Semangat Jerai Kedah (ASK) (2022)

Awards

Year	Award	Category	Result
2022	National Sports Awards	National women's team (with Thinaah Muralitharan)	Won[10]

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

The six medallists in the women's badminton doubles at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Left to right: Chloe Birch and Lauren Smith (England), Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan (Malaysia), Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand (India).

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2022	National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, England	Thinaah Muralitharan	Chloe Birch Lauren Smith	21–5, 21–8	Gold	[11]

World Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2018	Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada	Toh Ee Wei	Liu Xuanxuan Xia Yuting	16–21, 16–21	Silver	[1]

Asian Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2018	Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center, Jakarta, Indonesia	Toh Ee Wei	Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma Ribka Sugiarto	12–21, 16–21	Silver	[12]

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 5 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[13] 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, and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[14]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2021	Swiss Open	Super 300	Thinaah Muralitharan	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	21–19, 21–12	Winner	[2]
2022	French Open	Super 750	Thinaah Muralitharan	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	21–19, 18–21, 21–15	Winner	[5]
2023	Malaysia Masters	Super 500	Thinaah Muralitharan	Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee	20–22, 21–8, 17–21	Runner-up	[15]
2023	Hong Kong Open	Super 500	Thinaah Muralitharan	Apriyani Rahayu Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti	21–14, 22–24, 9–21	Runner-up	[16]
2024	Korea Open	Super 500	Thinaah Muralitharan	Jeong Na-eun Kim Hye-jeong	12–21, 11–21	Runner-up	[17]
2024	Hong Kong Open	Super 500	Thinaah Muralitharan	Liu Shengshu Tan Ning	21–14, 21–14	Winner	[18]
2024	Arctic Open	Super 500	Thinaah Muralitharan	Liu Shengshu Tan Ning	12–21, 17–21	Runner-up	[19]
2025	Indonesia Masters	Super 500	Thinaah Muralitharan	Kim Hye-jeong Kong Hee-yong	12–21, 21–17, 18–21	Runner-up	[20]

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 3 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Malaysia International	Thinaah Muralitharan	Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma Ribka Sugiarto	21–16, 11–21, 21–18	Winner
2019	Sydney International	Thinaah Muralitharan	Cheng Yu-chieh Tseng Yu-chi	17–21, 21–17, 13–21	Runner-up
2019	India International	Thinaah Muralitharan	Teoh Mei Xing Yap Ling	21–18, 21–14	Winner
2019	Bangladesh International	Thinaah Muralitharan	K. Maneesha Rutaparna Panda	22–20, 21–19	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	India International	Chia Wei Jie	Hoo Pang Ron Cheah Yee See	15–21, 15–21	Runner-up
2019	Malaysia International	Man Wei Chong	Dong Weijie Chen Xiaofei	16–21, 19–21	Runner-up

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament