Chou Tien-chen


Chou Tien-chen is a Taiwanese badminton player. He became the first local shuttler in 17 years to win the men's singles title of the Chinese Taipei Open in 2016 since Indonesian-born Fung Permadi won it in 1999. He won his first BWF Super Series title at the 2014 French Open, beating Wang Zhengming of China 10–21, 25–23, 21–19 in the finals. He is the record holder of three consecutive Hylo Open titles from 2012 till 2014.
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Achievements

World Championships

Men's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2022Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan

Asian Games

Men's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
[Badminton at the 2018 India Open (badminton)|2018 Asian Games – Men's singles|2018]Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia

Asian Championships

Men's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2019Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China

World University Games

Men's singles
YearVenueOpponentScoreResult
2013Tennis Academy, Kazan, Russia

Asian Junior Championships

Mixed doubles
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

World Tour (11 titles, 15 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation. The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Men's singles
YearTournamentLevelOpponentScoreResult
2018India OpenSuper 500silver2

Superseries (1 title, 2 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation. BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011. Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.
Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2014French Opengold1

BWF Grand Prix (7 titles, 6 runners-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 and played between 2007 and 2017.
Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2011Dutch Opensilver2

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles)

Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2012Iceland Internationalgold1

Record against selected opponents

Record against Year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 11 October 2025.
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Personal life

After winning the 2024 Thailand Masters, Chou revealed that he had been diagnosed with early-stage colorectal cancer the previous year and underwent a colectomy.
Chou was baptized as a Christian in 2012.