Tan Bin Shen


Tan Bin Shen is a male badminton player from Malaysia.

Personal life

In his early years, Tan favoured chess and music. Tan began to play badminton at the age of 7. At the age of 12, Tan's potential was spotted by a Selangor coach, Moo Chien Keat. The coach asked Tan's father if he could take him as a student. After receiving the nod from his father, the coach began to train Tan. Four years later, due to his great achievements, Tan was then drafted into the national squad. Tan is married with Melissa Lee, who is a law graduate from Northumbria University in United Kingdom. In November 2012, both of them have a baby boy and namely, Maxwell Tan Guan Liang.

Career

Tan Bin Shen played at the 2007 BWF World Championships in men's doubles with Ong Soon Hock. They were seeded world #16. He was the Champion at the Australia Open Grand Prix 2009 and previously training with Gan Teik Chai under the coaching of Razif Sidek from Malaysia. Tan is currently training with Robert Blair.

Achievements

Asia Championships

Men's doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2005Gachibowli Indoor Stadium,
Hyderabad, India		 Ong Soon Hock Markis Kido
Hendra Setiawan		13–15, 13–15 Bronze

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation since 2007.
Men's Doubles
YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2009Malaysia Masters Gan Teik Chai Koo Kien Keat
Tan Boon Heong		11-21, 13-21 Runner-up
2009Australian Open Gan Teik Chai Rupesh Kumar K. T.
Sanave Thomas		21-13, 21-11 Winner
2010India Grand Prix Gan Teik Chai Mohammad Ahsan
Bona Septano		21-19, 15-21, 14-21 Runner-up