Vivian Hoo Kah Mun

Personal information

Country

Born

19 March 1990 (age 31)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Height

1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)

Weight

60 kg (132 lb)

Handedness

Right

Coach

Chan Chong Ming

Women's doubles

Highest ranking

9 (19 November 2015)

Current ranking

19 (12 October 2021)

Medal record

Women's badminton

Representing Malaysia
Sudirman Cup
	2009 Guangzhou	Mixed team
Commonwealth Games
	2014 Glasgow	Mixed team
	2014 Glasgow	Women's doubles
	2018 Gold Coast	Women's doubles
	2018 Gold Coast	Mixed team
Asian Games
	2014 Incheon	Women's doubles
Asian Championships
	2010 New Delhi	Women's doubles
Asia Team Championships
	2020 Manila	Women's team
Southeast Asian Games
	2013 Naypyidaw	Women's doubles
	2015 Singapore	Women's doubles
	2015 Singapore	Women's team
	2017 Kuala Lumpur	Women's team
	2011 Jakarta–Palembang	Women's team
	2017 Kuala Lumpur	Women's doubles
	2019 Philippines	Women's doubles
	2019 Philippines	Women's team
World Junior Championships
	2008 Pune	Mixed doubles
	2008 Pune	Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
	2007 Kuala Lumpur	Mixed team
	2008 Kuala Lumpur	Mixed team

BWF profile

Vivian Hoo Kah Mun (Chinese: 许家雯; pinyin: Xǔ Jiāwén; born 19 March 1990) is a Malaysian professional badminton player.^[1]

Career

Teamed-up with Woon Khe Wei in the women's doubles event, they reached top 10 BWF World Ranking. Being a regular women's doubles player, Hoo has won the Commonwealth Games women's doubles event twice, first with her regular partner, Woon, at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and a second time with Chow Mei Kuan at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.^[2]^[3] Hoo and Woon had also reached the quarter-finals of the 2016 Rio Olympics.^[4]

Personal life

Vivian is the older sister of Hoo Pang Ron, who is also a badminton player. She is an alumna of University of Malaya.^[5]

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland	Woon Khe Wei	Jwala Gutta Ashwini Ponnappa	21–17, 23–21	Gold
2018	Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre, Gold Coast, Australia	Chow Mei Kuan	Lauren Smith Sarah Walker	21–12, 21-12	Gold

Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Gyeyang Gymnasium, Incheon, South Korea	Woon Khe Wei	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	16–21, 17–21	Bronze

Asian Championships

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2010	Siri Fort Indoor Stadium, New Delhi, India	Woon Khe Wei	Pan Pan Tian Qing	10–21, 6–21	Silver

Southeast Asian Games

Women's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Wunna Theikdi Indoor Stadium, Naypyidaw, Myanmar	Woon Khe Wei	Nitya Krishinda Maheswari Greysia Polii	21–17, 18–21, 21–17	Gold
2015	Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore	Woon Khe Wei	Amelia Alicia Anscelly Soong Fie Cho	18–21, 13–21	Silver
2017	Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Woon Khe Wei	Jongkolphan Kititharakul Rawinda Prajongjai	21–17, 20–22, 17–21	Bronze
2019	Muntinlupa Sports Complex, Metro Manila, Philippines	Yap Cheng Wen	Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu	18–21, 19–21	Bronze

BWF World Junior Championships

Mixed' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Badminton Hall, Pune, India	Mak Hee Chun	Zhang Nan Lu Lu	12–21, 7–21	Bronze

BWF World Tour (1 title, 1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[6] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[7]

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Hyderabad Open	Super 100	Yap Cheng Wen	Ng Tsz Yau Yuen Sin Ying	18–21, 21–16, 14–21	Runner-up
2018	Macau Open	Super 300	Yap Cheng Wen	Misato Aratama Akane Watanabe	21–15, 22–20	Winner

BWF Grand Prix (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix has two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Indonesia Grand Prix Gold	Woon Khe Wei	Bao Yixin Zhong Qianxin	19–21, 21–19, 21–18	Winner
2013	New Zealand Open	Woon Khe Wei	Ou Dongni Tang Yuanting	15–21, 21–11, 19–21	Runner-up
2015	Syed Modi International	Woon Khe Wei	Amelia Alicia Anscelly Soong Fie Cho	20–22, 15–21	Runner-up
2017	New Zealand Open	Woon Khe Wei	Ayako Sakuramoto Yukiko Takahata	18–21, 21–16, 21–19	Winner

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Iran Fajr International	Sannatasah Saniru	Ezgi Epice Aprilsasi Putri Lejarsar Variella	21–9, 11–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2018	Vietnam International	Chow Mei Kuan	Baek Ha-na Lee Yu-rim	19–21, 21–17, 17–21	Runner-up
2018	Bangladesh International	Yap Cheng Wen	Aparna Balan Sruthi K. P.	21–14, 21–13	Winner