Career
In 1966 All England Badminton Championships, 1966 he won men's singles at the All England Open Badminton Championships, then considered the unofficial World Badminton Championships, defeating Japan's Masao Akiyama in the finals. This came during a run of four straight appearances in the All England finals from 1965 through 1968. He lost hard-fought matches to Erland Kops in '65 and '67 and to Rudy Hartono in '68. Tan was a member of four Malaysian Thomas Cup (men's international) teams including its world champion team of 1967 Thomas Cup, 1967. He won numerous major international singles titles during the mid- and late 1960s including the Denmark Open, Danish Open, the U.S. Open Badminton Championships, US Open, the Canada Open, Canadian Open, and the Malaysia Open (badminton), Malaysian Open. He won both singles and doubles at the British Commonwealth Games of 1966.Achievements
Southeast Asian Peninsular Games
''Men's singles''Commonwealth Games
''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles''International tournaments
''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles''Honour
* : ** Member of the Order of the Defender of the Realm#Member, Order of the Defender of the Realm (AMN) (1968)References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tan, Aik Huang Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent Malaysian people of Teochew descent Malaysian male badminton players 1946 births Living people Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Malaysia Badminton players at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton Southeast Asian Games medalists in badminton Southeast Asian Games gold medalists for Malaysia People who lost Singaporean citizenship Singaporean emigrants to Malaysia Members of the Order of the Defender of the Realm Competitors at the 1965 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games Competitors at the 1971 Southeast Asian Peninsular Games