Pearly Tan 陈康乐
Tan at the2022 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	2 (WD withThinaah Muralitharan, 29 July 2025) 74 (XD withMan Wei Chong, 17 March 2020)
Current ranking	2 (WD with Thinaah Muralitharan, 11 November 2025)
Medal record Women'sbadminton Representing Malaysia World Championships 2025 Paris Women's doubles 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

Pearly Tan Koong LeASK (Chinese:陳康樂;pinyin:Chén Kānglè;Pe̍h-ōe-jī:Tân Khong-lo̍k; born 14 March 2000) is a Malaysianbadminton player. She and her partnerThinaah Muralitharan won thewomen's doubles silver medals at the2025 World Championships and reached thewomen's doubles semi-finals at the2024 Summer Olympics. They also won gold medals in both thewomen's doubles and themixed team events at the2022 Commonwealth Games. They became the first ever Malaysian World Championship medalists and Olympic semi-finalists in the women's doubles event. Their results at the World Championships and the Olympic Games made them the most successful Malaysian badminton women's doubles pair in the history.^[1]

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

Following a win at the Malaysia International Junior Open, Tan and Toh continued their great form at theWorld 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 withGoh Jin Wei.^[2]

After brief partnerships withTeoh Mei Xing andLim Chiew Sin, Tan went on to win her maiden senior title at the2019 Malaysia International Series withThinaah Muralitharan.

Tan and Muralitharan clinched their first BWF World Tour title at theSwiss Open, defeating teammates and second seedsChow Mei Kuan andLee Meng Yean in the semi-finals, and third seedsGabriela Stoeva andStefani Stoeva in the finals as an unseeded pair.^[3]

In August, Tan and Muralitharan became gold medalists in the women's doubles and mixed team event at the2022 Commonwealth Games.^[4][5]

In October, Tan and Muralitharan claimed theFrench Open title, becoming the first ever Malaysian women's doubles pair to achieve this feat.^[6]

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.^[7]

In May, Tan and Muralitharan won all of their games at theSudirman Cup and managed a second place finish at theMalaysia Masters, losing toBaek Ha-na andLee So-hee in the finals.

At theWorld Championships, Tan and Muralitharan defeated fourth seeds and two-time former championsMayu Matsumoto andWakana Nagahara in the third round, but fell to sixth seedsZhang Shuxian andZheng Yu in the quarter finals in a tightly contested three game match.

In September, they finished second at theHong Kong Open, losing toApriyani Rahayu andSiti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti in the finals.

Tan and Muralitharan became the first ever Malaysian women's doubles pair to advance to the semi-finals of an Olympic Games at the2024 Paris Olympics. Ranked 13th in the world at the time, they were drawn into Group A alongsideChen Qingchen andJia Yifan from China,Mayu Matsumoto andWakana Nagahara from Japan, andApriyani Rahayu andSiti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti from Indonesia, ranked 1st, 6th, and 9th in the world respectively.^[8] Having successfully advanced from the group stage with a 2–1 record, they defeated then ranked 7th in the worldKim So-yeong andKong Hee-yong from Korea in the quarter-finals in straight sets, before falling to Chen and Jia in the semi-finals and Japan'sNami Matsuyama andChiharu Shida in the bronze medal match.

In September, they finished second at theKorea Open, losing toJeong Na-eun andKim Hye-jeong in the finals. They won their first Super 500 level title at theHong Kong Open, defeatingLiu Shengshu andTan Ning in the finals in straight sets.

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

Tan was born inAlor Setar, Kedah to Tan Chai Ling and badminton coach Tan Seng Hoe.^[9] Her father runs the Alor Setar Racquet Club (ASRC), which is also the childhood club of national shuttlersLee Zii Jia andJacky Kok.^[10]

• • Companion of theAhli Cemerlang Semangat Jerai Kedah (ASK) (2022).

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2025	Adidas Arena, Paris, France	Thinaah Muralitharan	Liu Shengshu Tan Ning	14–21, 22–20, 17–21	Silver	[12]

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	[13]

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	[2]

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	[14]

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[15] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by theBadminton 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.^[16]

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	[3]
2022	French Open	Super 750	Thinaah Muralitharan	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara	21–19, 18–21, 21–15	Winner	[6]
2023	Malaysia Masters	Super 500	Thinaah Muralitharan	Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee	20–22, 21–8, 17–21	Runner-up	[17]
2023	Hong Kong Open	Super 500	Thinaah Muralitharan	Apriyani Rahayu Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti	21–14, 22–24, 9–21	Runner-up	[18]
2024	Korea Open	Super 500	Thinaah Muralitharan	Jeong Na-eun Kim Hye-jeong	12–21, 11–21	Runner-up	[19]
2024	Hong Kong Open	Super 500	Thinaah Muralitharan	Liu Shengshu Tan Ning	21–14, 21–14	Winner	[20]
2024	Arctic Open	Super 500	Thinaah Muralitharan	Liu Shengshu Tan Ning	12–21, 17–21	Runner-up	[21]
2025	Indonesia Masters	Super 500	Thinaah Muralitharan	Kim Hye-jeong Kong Hee-yong	12–21, 21–17, 18–21	Runner-up	[22]
2025	Thailand Open	Super 500	Thinaah Muralitharan	Jeong Na-eun Lee Yeon-woo	21–16, 21–17	Winner	[23]
2025	Indonesia Open	Super 1000	Thinaah Muralitharan	Liu Shengshu Tan Ning	25–23, 12–21, 19–21	Runner-up	[24]
2025	Japan Open	Super 750	Thinaah Muralitharan	Liu Shengshu Tan Ning	15–21, 14–21	Runner-up	[25]
2025	Arctic Open	Super 500	Thinaah Muralitharan	Rin Iwanaga Kie Nakanishi	21–7, 21–9	Winner	[26]
2025	Japan Masters	Super 500	Thinaah Muralitharan	Rin Iwanaga Kie Nakanishi	22–20, 21–19	Winner	[27]

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

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• 2000 births
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• Olympic badminton players for Malaysia
• Badminton players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Malaysia
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• Commonwealth Games gold medallists in badminton
• Badminton players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
• Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
• Asian Games badminton players for Malaysia
• Badminton players at the 2022 Asian Games
• Badminton players from Kedah
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