Tan Bin Shen (; born 24 January 1984) is a Malaysian badminton coach and former player. He has served as the men's doubles coach of the Hong Kong national badminton team since February 2025. He served in the same role in Malaysia from 17 December 2020 to 13 January 2025.
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, a law graduate from Northumbria University in United Kingdom. In Year 2012 & 2016, both of them welcome a baby boy and a baby girl. Maxwell Tan Guan Liang, Maxine Tan Guan En.
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 winner at the 2009 Australia Open Grand Prix and previously training with Gan Teik Chai under the coaching of Razif Sidek from Malaysia.
Achievements
Asian Championships Men's doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2005 Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India Ong Soon Hock Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan 13–15, 13–15 Bronze
World Junior Championships Boys' doubles Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result 2002 Pretoria Showgrounds, Pretoria, South Africa Jack Koh Han Sang-hoon Park Sung-hwan 17–14, 9–15, 9–15 Silver
BWF Grand Prix 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 Malaysia Grand Prix Gold Gan Teik Chai Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong 11–21, 13–21 Runner-up 2009 Australian Open Gan Teik Chai Rupesh Kumar K. T. Sanave Thomas 21–13, 21–11 Winner 2010 India Grand Prix Gan Teik Chai Mohammad Ahsan Bona Septano 21–19, 15–21, 14–21 Runner-up BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series Men's doubles Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result 2002 India Satellite Ng Kean Kok Gan Teik Chai Jeremy Gan 13–15, 5–15 Runner-up 2006 Malaysia Satellite Ong Soon Hock Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif Gan Teik Chai 24–26, 21–18, 21–15 Winner 2012 Bulgarian International Robert Blair Andreas Heinz Max Schwenger 21–10, 21–17 Winner 2012 Turkey International Robert Blair Magnus Sahlberg Mattias Wigardt 21–11, 21–15 Winner 2013 Slovak Open Oliver Schaller Nikita Khakimov Vasily Kuznetsov 9–21, 22–20, 18–21 Runner-up BWF International Challenge tournament BWF International Series tournament BWF Future Series tournament
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