Anthony Sinisuka Ginting

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
Personal information
Birth name Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
Country  Indonesia
Born (1996-10-20) 20 October 1996
Cimahi, West Java, Indonesia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 64 kg (141 lb)
Years active 2014-present
Handedness Right
Men's singles
Career record 130 wins, 74 losses[1]
Highest ranking 9 (8 February 2018)
Current ranking 9 (11 October 2018[2])
BWF profile

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (born 20 October 1996[3]) is an Indonesian badminton player. He was the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic and World Junior Championships boys' singles bronze medallist.

The Cimahi-born shuttler of Karo descent was introduced to badminton by his father when he was in kindergarten. He is the fourth of five siblings. When he was young, he joined the PB SGS PLN, a badminton club in Bandung, West Java. He only started to take part in tournaments at around 9 years old, or two years after he was scouted. Ginting idolizes Taufik Hidayat, the 2004 Athens Olympic men's singles gold medallist who coincidentally came from the same badminton club.[4]

Career

  • 2013

Ginting participated at the Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold, Vietnam International Challenge, Maldives International Challenge, Malaysia International Challenge and Asia Junior Championships in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.

  • 2014

Joining the national training camp early year, Ginting began to show his worth with stepping up to cruise into 2014 Asia Junior Championships quarterfinals in Taipei, Chinese Taipei on February. In the quarterfinals, he was halted with a 13–21, 15–21 loss to Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan. Ginting then participated at the 2014 BWF World Junior Championships in Alor Setar, Malaysia where he won a boys' singles bronze medal after bowed out in the semifinal to Shi Yuqi of China for 19–21, 15–21. He also competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China and brought home a bronze medal after beating Aditya Joshi of India in the bronze-final match with a straight games 21–17, 21–16.[5] In addition to competing in some international challenge tournaments, he also played in the BWF Grand Prix tournaments such as Chinese Taipei Open, Vietnam Open and Indonesian Masters.

  • 2015

Starting his journey as a rookie in the BWF Superseries event from the qualifying stage, Ginting moved into the quarterfinals after creating an upset with a rubber games 14–21, 22–20, 21–13 win over India's top shuttler and fourth seed Srikanth Kidambi in the second round of the 2015 BCA Indonesia Open Superseries Premier.[6][7][8] His Indonesia Open campaign was eventually halted after losing to the eighth seed and 2012 BWF World Junior champion Kento Momota of Japan in quarterfinals with a rubber games 21–13, 16–21, 15–21.[9] Ginting was part of the Indonesian men's team that won a gold medal at the 28th Southeast Asian Games 2015 in Singapore after beating Thailand men's team 3–2 in the final.

Participating in the 2015 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold as an unheralded shuttler, Ginting reached the quarterfinals after defeating twelfth-seeded fellow Indonesian Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka with a straight sets 21–16, 21–14 in the third round of the tournament. In the first round, he surprisingly upset the eighth seed and 2009 BWF World Junior champion Tian Houwei of China with a stunning 21–13, 21–14 victory. He then lost to the defending champion, former world No. 1 and two-time Olympic gold medalist Lin Dan of China with a straight games 7–21, 20–22 in the quarterfinals.[10]

Achievements

Asian Games

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2018 Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia Chinese Taipei Chou Tien-chen 21–16, 21–23, 17–21 Bronze

Youth Olympic Games

Ginting competed in badminton at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in boys' singles and won a bronze medal in the finals.

2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' Singles
Round Opponent Score Result
GS Republic of the Congo D. N. Mananga Nzoussi 21–6, 21–4 Win
GS Egypt Abdelrahman Hussein 21–9, 21–11 Win
GS Sri Lanka Sachin Angoda Vidanalage 21–14, 21–15 Win
QF Japan Kanta Tsuneyama [5] 21–8, 14–21, 21–12 Win
SF China Lin Guipu [2] 21–19, 19–21, 17–21 Lost
Bronze-final India Aditya Joshi 21–17, 21–16 Bronze

BWF World Junior Championships

The BWF World Junior Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) to crown the best junior badminton players (under-19) in the world.

2014 BWF World Junior Championships – Boys singles
Round Opponent Score Result
1st Bye
2nd Australia Daniel Guda 21–12, 21–13 Win
3rd Thailand Kantawat Leelavechabutr 21–10, 21–16 Win
4th South Korea Seo Seung-jae 22–20, 12–21, 21–18 Win
QF Japan Kanta Tsuneyama 21–13, 21–5 Win
SF China Shi Yuqi [2] 19–21, 15–21 Bronze

BWF World Tour (2 titles, 0 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[12] 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.[13]

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result
2018 China Open (1) Super 1000 Japan Kento Momota 23–21, 21–19 1st, gold medalist(s) Champion
2018 Indonesia Masters (1) Super 500 Japan Kazumasa Sakai 21–13, 21–12 1st, gold medalist(s) Champion

BWF Superseries (1 title, 0 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two levels: Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, introduced in 2007, with successful players invited to the BWF Superseries Finals held at the year's end.

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2017 Korea Open (1) Indonesia Jonatan Christie 21–13, 19–21, 22–20 1st, gold medalist(s) Champion
     Superseries tournament
     Superseries Premier tournament
     Superseries Finals tournament

Participation with Indonesian team

  • 2 times at Thomas Cup (2016, 2018)
  • 2 times at Badminton Asia Team Championships (2016, 2018)
  • 1 time at SEA Games (2015)
  • 1 time at Asian Games (2018)

Performance timeline

Indonesian team

  • Junior level
Team events2014
World Junior Championships Silver
Asia Junior Championships QF
  • Senior level
Team events2015201620172018
Southeast Asian Games Gold NH NH
Asian Games NH Silver
Asia Championships NH Gold NH Gold
Asia Mixed Team Championships NH NH
Thomas Cup NH Silver NH Bronze
Sudirman Cup NH GS NH

Individual competitions

  • Junior level
Event2014
Youth Olympic Games Bronze
Event2014
World Junior Championships Bronze
Event20132014
Asia Junior Championships R2 QF
  • Senior level
Event2016
Asia Championships R1
Event2018
Asian Games Bronze
Tournament2018Best
BWF World Tour
England All England Open R1 R1 (2018)
Indonesia Indonesia Open R2 R2 (2018)
China China Open W W (2018)
Malaysia Malaysia Open R1 R1 (2018)
Japan Japan Open QF QF (2018)
Malaysia Malaysia Masters QF QF (2018)
Indonesia Indonesian Masters W W (2018)
India India Open A N/A
Thailand Thailand Open A N/A
Singapore Singapore Open A N/A
Thailand Thailand Masters A N/A
Switzerland Swiss Open A N/A
Germany German Open QF QF (2018)
New Zealand New Zealand Open A N/A
Australia Australian Open A N/A
United States U.S. Open A N/A
Spain Spain Masters A N/A
Tournament2014201520162017Best
BWF Superseries
England All England Open A Q1 R1 R1 (2017)
India India Open A
Malaysia Malaysia Open A R1 R1 R1 (2016, 2017)
Singapore Singapore Open A R1 SF SF (2017)
Australia Australian Open A [[2016 Australian Super Series|SF] R2 SF (2016)
Indonesia Indonesia Open A QF R1 R1 QF (2015)
Japan Japan Open A Q1 A R1 R1 (2017)
South Korea Korea Open A Q2 Q2 (2015)
Denmark Denmark Open A
France French Open A
China China Open A R1 R1 (2017)
Hong Kong Hong Kong Open A SF SF (2015)
BWF Superseries Finals NQ NQ
Tournament2014201520162017Best
BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold
Malaysia Malaysia Masters A R2 R2 SF SF (2017)
India Syed Modi International A R1 R1 (2016)
Thailand Thailand Masters N/A A SF SF (2017)
Germany German Open A
Switzerland Swiss Open A SF SF (2017)
China China Masters A
New Zealand New Zealand Open A R3 A R3 (2016)
United States U.S. Open A
Canada Canada Open A
Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Open R3 QF QF (2015)
Russia Russian Open A
Vietnam Vietnam Open R1 SF SF (2015)
Thailand Thailand Open N/A R2 A R2 (2015)
Netherlands Dutch Open A
Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Masters N/A QF QF (2015)
Germany Bitburger Open A
South Korea Korea Masters A R2 R2 (2015)
Scotland Scottish Open A
Brazil Brasil Open A
Macau Macau Open A R2 R2 (2015)
Indonesia Indonesian Masters R1 SF R1 NH SF (2015)
United States K & D Graphics A
Mexico Mexico City Grand Prix N/A A

Record against selected opponents

Head to head (H2H) against World Superseries finalists, World Superseries Finals semifinalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists:[14]

References

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