Pearly Tan
Pearly Tan Koong Le is a Malaysian badminton player. She and her partner Thinaah Muralitharan won the women's doubles silver medals at the 2025 World Championships and reached the women's doubles semi-finals at the 2024 Summer Olympics. They also won gold medals in both the women's doubles and the mixed team events at the 2022 Commonwealth Games as well as in the women's doubles event at the 2025 SEA 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.
Career
2018
In July, Tan and Toh Ee Wei became silver medalists in the girls' doubles events at the Badminton Asia Junior Championships.Following a win at the Malaysia International Junior Open, Tan and Toh continued their great form at the World 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 with Goh Jin Wei.
2019
After brief partnerships with Teoh Mei Xing and Lim Chiew Sin, Tan went on to win her maiden senior title at the 2019 Malaysia International Series with Thinaah Muralitharan.2021
Tan and Muralitharan clinched their first BWF World Tour title at the Swiss Open, defeating teammates and second seeds Chow Mei Kuan and Lee Meng Yean in the semi-finals, and third seeds Gabriela Stoeva and Stefani Stoeva in the finals as an unseeded pair.2022
In August, Tan and Muralitharan became gold medalists in the women's doubles and mixed team event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.In October, Tan and Muralitharan claimed the French Open title, becoming the first ever Malaysian women's doubles pair to achieve this feat.
2023
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.In May, Tan and Muralitharan won all of their games at the Sudirman Cup and managed a second place finish at the Malaysia Masters, losing to Baek Ha-na and Lee So-hee in the finals.
At the World Championships, Tan and Muralitharan defeated fourth seeds and two-time former champions Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara in the third round, but fell to sixth seeds Zhang Shuxian and Zheng Yu in the quarter finals in a tightly contested three game match.
In September, they finished second at the Hong Kong Open, losing to Apriyani Rahayu and Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti in the finals.
2024
Tan and Muralitharan became the first ever Malaysian women's doubles pair to advance to the semi-finals of an Olympic Games at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Ranked 13th in the world at the time, they were drawn into Group A alongside Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan from China, Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara from Japan, and Apriyani Rahayu and Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti from Indonesia, ranked 1st, 6th, and 9th in the world respectively. Having successfully advanced from the group stage with a 2–1 record, they defeated then ranked 7th in the world Kim So-yeong and Kong Hee-yong from Korea in the quarter-finals in straight sets, before falling to Chen and Jia in the semi-finals and Japan's Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida in the bronze medal match.In September, they finished second at the Korea Open, losing to Jeong Na-eun and Kim Hye-jeong in the finals. They won their first Super 500 level title at the Hong Kong Open, defeating Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning in the finals in straight sets.
In October, they finished second at the Arctic Open, losing to Liu and Tan in the finals.
2025
In 2025, Tan competed in the SEA Games in Thailand. She managed to contribute a gold medal in the women's doubles, and a bronze in the team event.Personal life
Tan was born in Alor Setar, Kedah to Tan Chai Ling and badminton coach Tan Seng Hoe. Her father runs the Alor Setar Racquet Club, which is also the childhood club of national shuttlers Lee Zii Jia and Jacky Kok.Awards and recognition
Order
- * Companion of the Ahli Cemerlang Semangat Jerai Kedah .
Awards
Achievements
World Championships
Women's doubles| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result | Ref | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Adidas Arena, Paris, France |  Commonwealth GamesWomen's doubles
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