Malaysian badminton player
Badminton player
Soong Joo Ven 宋侞纹 Birth name 宋浚洋 Country Malaysia Born (1995-05-19 ) 19 May 1995 (age 29) Ampang, Selangor , MalaysiaResidence Kuala Lumpur , MalaysiaHeight 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Weight 65 kg (143 lb) Years active 2010–present Handedness Left Highest ranking 44 (20 December 2022) Current ranking 72 (30 July 2024) BWF profile
Soong Joo Ven (Chinese : 宋侞紋 ; pinyin : Sòng Rúwén ; formerly known as Chinese : 宋俊偉 ; pinyin : Sòng Jùnwěi ; born 19 May 1995) is a Malaysian badminton player.[ 1] He was part of the Malaysian team that won gold in the 2011 BWF World Junior Championships mixed team event.
Career
2011–2017
He won silver medal at the 2012 Asia Junior Championships in the boys' singles event after losing to Kento Momota of Japan.[ 2] He was the runner-up of the 2015 Malaysia International Challenge tournament in the men's singles event, and in 2016, he also became the runner-up of the Scottish Open Grand Prix tournament.[ 3] [ 4] In 2017, he reached the Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold semifinals.
2018
He was a runner-up at the Hyderabad Open , where he lost to Sameer Verma in two games. He also had a few quarterfinal finishes at the German Open and the Korea Masters .
2019
He won the Malaysia International by beating compatriot Cheam June Wei . He was also a semifinalist at the Indonesia Masters Super 100 event in Bangka Belitung.
2022
Alongside Goh Jin Wei , he joined the Kuala Lumpur Badminton Club (KLRC) and is currently being coached by Nova Armada and former national player Sairul Amar Ayob . Shortly after, he lost in the second round of the India Open to Mithun Manjunath .
He then reached the semifinals of the Korea Masters and the Taipei Open .[ 5] [ 6]
Achievements
Asian Junior Championships
Boys' singles
BWF World Tour (1 runner-up)
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[ 7] 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.[ 8]
Men's singles
BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-up)
The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold . It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.
Men's singles
BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 5 runners-up)
Men's singles
BWF International Challenge tournament
BWF International Series tournament
BWF Future Series tournament
Record against selected opponents
Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi finalists, and Olympic quarter finalists. Accurate as of 7 September 2024 .[ 9]
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