In this biography
Quick facts
- Born
- 29 March 1998
- Birthplace
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Country
- Malaysia
- Nationality
- Malaysian
- Known for
- The 2019 Hyderabad Open title, 2021 Sudirman Cup team bronze and China Masters finals with Cheng Su Yin and Lai Pei Jing
- Playing hand
- Right-handed
- Hyderabad Open
- Super 100 champion with Cheah Yee See, 2019
- Sudirman Cup
- Team bronze, 2021
- Vietnam SEA Games
- Mixed-doubles silver, May 2022
- China Masters
- Super 750 runner-up in 2024 and 2026, with different partners
- Independent career
- BAM departure announced in April 2026; competing with Lai Pei Jing later that year
Why this life matters
Hoo’s career connects a decisive national-team performance with successive mixed-doubles partnerships and a move into independent competition.
Timeline
Key moments
Born in Kuala Lumpur
BAM’s player profile records his birth date as 29 March and his playing hand as right.
Won the Hyderabad Open
Took the Super 100 mixed-doubles title with Cheah Yee See.
Delivered a decisive Sudirman Cup point
With Cheah, completed Malaysia’s 3–2 quarterfinal victory over Indonesia en route to team bronze.
Won SEA Games silver
Hoo and Cheah finished behind Chen Tang Jie and Peck Yen Wei at the postponed 2021 edition in Vietnam.
Changed partnerships
Played with Toh Ee Wei, then Teoh Mei Xing; won the Malaysia International Challenge with Teoh in December.
Reached a Super 750 final with Cheng Su Yin
Held a match point but finished China Masters runner-up to Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping.
Reached the World Championships quarterfinals
Hoo and Cheng lost to Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin in Paris.
Began an independent chapter
BAM announced his departure on 10 April. His partnership with Lai Pei Jing debuted at the Malaysia Masters in May.
Returned to major late rounds with Lai
Reached the China Masters final on 6 September and the Denmark Open semifinals on 17 October.
Kuala Lumpur beginnings and the Hyderabad title
Hoo Pang Ron is a Malaysian badminton player specialising in mixed doubles. Born in Kuala Lumpur on 29 March 1998, he plays right-handed, according to the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM). His best-known results span several partnerships: a tournament title with Cheah Yee See, a national-team bronze and later major finals with Cheng Su Yin and Lai Pei Jing.
In August 2019, Hoo and Cheah won the Hyderabad Open mixed-doubles title in India. The tournament was a Super 100 event, an important early success before their contribution to Malaysia’s Sudirman Cup campaign. BAM’s annual results also record their India International Challenge title that November, showing that Hyderabad was not an isolated winning run.
Sudirman Cup bronze and SEA Games silver
On 1 October 2021, Hoo and Cheah delivered the deciding point in Malaysia’s 3–2 Sudirman Cup quarterfinal victory over Indonesia in Vantaa, Finland. Their win sent the team into the semifinals. Malaysia then lost 1–3 to Japan on 2 October and finished with bronze, a shared team medal rather than an individual mixed-doubles world title.
The partnership reached another final at the Vietnam SEA Games in May 2022. Although the postponed competition retained the edition name “2021”, the matches took place the following year. Hoo and Cheah won mixed-doubles silver, with the gold going to Malaysian teammates Chen Tang Jie and Peck Yen Wei. That regional final was a separate achievement from the previous year’s Sudirman bronze.
A succession of mixed-doubles partners
After the SEA Games, Hoo went through two partner changes in 2022. In a Bernama interview published in January 2023, he recalled playing with Toh Ee Wei at the Indonesia Masters in June, before a late-year combination with Teoh Mei Xing. Hoo and Teoh won the Malaysia International Challenge in Ipoh in December.
The interview captured a player rebuilding combinations while looking towards Olympic qualification, not someone who had already qualified for Paris. A further partnership with Cheng Su Yin began in 2023. Their progress eventually brought Hoo to a higher tournament tier: his first Super 750 final at the China Masters the following November.
The China Masters final and a world quarterfinal
On 24 November 2024, Hoo and Cheng came close to converting that breakthrough into a title against Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping. They won the first game and held a match point at 22–21 in the second, but lost 23–21, 23–25, 16–21. The result was a runner-up finish, not a Super 750 championship.
At the 2025 World Championships in Paris, Hoo and Cheng reached the quarterfinals before losing to Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin on 29 August. Their last-eight finish ended short of a medal. It nevertheless added a world-championship knockout run to the Super 750 final they had reached together the previous season.
Leaving BAM and competing with Lai Pei Jing
BAM announced Hoo’s departure from the national setup on 10 April 2026. He continued competing independently rather than retiring. His new partnership with Lai Pei Jing debuted at the Malaysia Masters in May, creating another route back to the later rounds of major tournaments.
On 6 September, Hoo and Lai reached the China Masters Super 750 final in Shenzhen, losing 19–21, 16–21 to Feng and Huang. Hoo had therefore reached finals at the same tournament with two different partners. On 17 October 2026, he and Lai also reached the Denmark Open semifinals, where Feng and Huang again ended their run. These dated results establish an active post-BAM career without treating a changing world ranking as a permanent biographical fact.
Quick answers
Frequently asked questions about Hoo Pang Ron
- Who is Hoo Pang Ron?
- He is a Malaysian mixed-doubles badminton player, born in Kuala Lumpur on 29 March 1998. His results include the 2019 Hyderabad Open title with Cheah Yee See and Malaysia’s 2021 Sudirman Cup team bronze.
- Who were Hoo Pang Ron’s China Masters partners?
- Cheng Su Yin in the 2024 final and Lai Pei Jing in the 2026 final. Both were Super 750 runner-up finishes against Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping, separate from his 2019 Super 100 title with Cheah Yee See.
- Which SEA Games medal did Hoo Pang Ron win with Cheah Yee See?
- Mixed-doubles silver in Vietnam in May 2022, behind Chen Tang Jie and Peck Yen Wei. The postponed event retained the edition name “2021”.
- Did Hoo Pang Ron retire after leaving BAM?
- No. BAM announced his departure on 10 April 2026, but he continued competing independently with Lai Pei Jing, reaching the China Masters final in September and Denmark Open semifinals in October 2026.
Keep exploring
Lives connected to this story
- Cheng Su Yin
Read her own junior career, their China Masters final and her later mixed-doubles partnerships.
- Lai Pei Jing
Read her own route from Commonwealth team gold and a Korea Open title to their 2026 mixed-doubles partnership.
- Cheah Yee See
Read about his Hyderabad Open partner and their shared Sudirman Cup and SEA Games achievements.
- Toh Ee Wei
Follow his mixed-doubles partner during the June 2022 Indonesia Masters period and her later career with Chen Tang Jie.
- Chen Tang Jie
Explore the career of his 2022 SEA Games final opponent, who won gold with Peck Yen Wei.
- Peck Yen Wei
Read the other side of the all-Malaysian 2022 SEA Games mixed-doubles final.
Sources and further reading
Explore the evidence
These references support the biography and offer further reading. Official records, first-person accounts and independent reporting provide different perspectives; image records document attribution and licensing.
- 1. Badminton Association of MalaysiaHoo Pang Ron: official birth date, birthplace and playing hand
- 2. Macau Open tournament organiser26 September 2024 official schedule: HOO Pang Ron / 許邦榮, PDF page 1
The organiser’s bilingual player row directly attests 許邦榮. No unverified family relationship is inferred from the surname Hoo.
- 3. Badminton Association of MalaysiaAnnual Report 2019: Hyderabad Open and India International Challenge titles, printed p. 68
The indexed annual-report winners table supports the Hyderabad and India International Challenge titles. Full physical PDF inspection is not claimed.
- 4. Bernama · original report via Free Malaysia Today11 August 2019: Hoo and Cheah win the Hyderabad Open Super 100
The original Bernama report’s indexed text identifies Hyderabad as Super 100; the full article was unavailable during review. This title is not conflated with the later Super 750 runner-up finishes.
- 5. Badminton Association of MalaysiaDated Sudirman Cup archive: Indonesia quarterfinal and Japan semifinal, 1–2 October 2021
- 6. Badminton Association of MalaysiaAnnual Report 2022: Vietnam SEA Games dates and mixed-doubles medal table, printed pp. 60–62
- 7. Bernama interview · Pelita Brunei2 January 2023 edition: Hoo’s partner changes and Malaysia International Challenge title, printed p. 19
The 2 January edition carries a Kuala Lumpur, 1 January Bernama interview. It supports the Toh/Teoh sequence and December 2022 title. The Paris qualification ambition expressed then is not a completed Olympic appearance.
- 8. Badminton Association of Malaysia24 November 2024: Hoo–Cheng China Masters final and match point
The contemporary final report gives the three-game score and match point. BAM’s annual review establishes the Super 750 tier. No disputed match duration is repeated.
- 9. Badminton Association of MalaysiaAnnual Report 2024: mixed-doubles review and first Super 750 final
- 10. Radio Televisyen Malaysia29 August 2025: Hoo and Cheng exit the World Championships quarterfinals
- 11. Badminton Association of Malaysia10 April 2026: official departure announcement for Hoo Pang Ron and Go Pei Kee
10 April 2026 is the announcement date. The same notice’s 15 April reporting date belongs to Jimmy Wong, not Hoo’s departure. Leaving the national setup is not treated as retirement.
- 12. Bernama · original final interviews6 September 2026: Hoo and Lai finish China Masters runners-up after May debut
- 13. Badminton Association of Malaysia17 October 2026: Hoo–Lai Denmark Open semifinal result
- 14. Wikimedia Commons / 吉瀚宇2022 Taipei Open photograph: creator, source crop and CC BY-SA 4.0 licence
Photographed by 吉瀚宇 on 22 July 2022 at the Taipei Open; Cherryonbottom created the Commons crop on 25 December 2025. The complete 908 × 1273 source crop is retained without further crop or upscaling and converted to WebP, with source, creator and share-alike licence credited.
