Candra Wijaya

Candra Wijaya
Personal information
Country	Indonesia
Born	(1975-09-16) 16 September 1975 Cirebon, Indonesia
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Handedness	Right
Men's doubles
Highest ranking	1
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Indonesia Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Doubles World Championships 1997 Glasgow Doubles World Badminton Grand Prix 1997 Indonesia Doubles 1999 Brunei Doubles 2000 Brunei Doubles Southeast Asian Games 1997 Jakarta Doubles 2001 Kuala Lumpur Doubles Thomas Cup 1998 Hong Kong Men's Team 2000 Kuala Lumpur Men's Team 2002 Guangzhou Men's Team
BWF profile

Candra Wijaya (Chinese: 陳甲亮, born 16 September 1975 in Cirebon, West Java) is a male Indonesian badminton player.

Career

Wijaya is a doubles specialist. He has been rated among the best men's doubles players in the world for over a decade. Noted for his ability in all phases of the doubles game, he has reached the final of the BWF World Championships three times with countryman Sigit Budiarto. They won the 1997 edition in Glasgow, Scotland and finished second in 2003 and 2005. With Tony Gunawan he captured the men's doubles gold medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. Though Budiarto has been his most frequent partner, Wijaya has won top tier men's doubles events (and a mixed doubles event or two) with a variety of players, recently renewing an earlier partnership with Gunawan. Wijaya was a member of the world champion Indonesia Thomas Cup (men's international) teams of 1998, 2000, and 2002.

In 2007 he joined the Japanese club owned by Tonami.^[1]

Personal life

When he was young, he joined the Jaya Raya Jakarta badminton club. His parent's names are Hendra Wijaya (father) and Indranita (mother). His hobby is listening music. Normally people called him Candra.

Participation at Indonesian Team

• 6 times at Sudirman Cup (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007)
• 6 times at Thomas Cup (1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)

World Badminton Grand Prix Finals

Men's Doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Brunei	Tony Gunawan	Halim Haryanto Sigit Budiarto	7–5, 8–6, 7–2	Gold
1999	Brunei	Tony Gunawan	Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon	15–7, 8–15, 15–11	Gold
1997	Indonesia	Sigit Budiarto	Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock	17–15, 11–15, 15–5	Gold

Open Tournaments

Men's Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Chinese Taipei Open	Tony Gunawan	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	20-22, 14-21	Runner-up
2008	Indonesia Open	Tony Gunawan	Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari	21-19, 18-21, 14-21	Runner-up
2007	Hong Kong Open	Tony Gunawan	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	12-21, 21-18, 13-21	Runner-up
2007	Japan Open	Tony Gunawan	Luluk Hadiyanto Alvent Yulianto	21-18, 21-17	Winner
2007	Malaysia Open	Tony Gunawan	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	15-21, 18-21	Runner-up
2006	Japan Open	Tony Gunawan	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	21-15, 21-14	Winner
2006	Indonesia Open	Tony Gunawan	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	21-11, 21-16	Winner
2006	Korea Open	Tony Gunawan	Lee Jae-jin Hwang Ji-man	21-18, 21-18	Winner
2005	Malaysia Open	Sigit Budiarto	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	15-11, 17-14	Winner
2005	Singapore Open	Sigit Budiarto	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	8-15, 15-8, 15-7	Winner
2005	Swiss Open	Sigit Budiarto	Flandy Limpele Eng Hian	8-15, 15-11, 15-11	Winner
2005	Korea Open	Sigit Budiarto	Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen	15-7, 13-15, 13-15	Runner-up
2003	All England Open	Sigit Budiarto	Yoo Yong-sung Lee Dong-soo	15–5, 15–7	Winner
2002	Chinese Taipei Open	Bambang Suprianto	Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon	9-15, 15-13, 3-15	Runner-up
2001	Japan Open	Sigit Budiarto	Lars Paaske Martin Lundgaard Hansen	15-7, 15-11	Winner
2001	All England Open	Sigit Budiarto	Tony Gunawan Halim Haryanto	13-15, 15-7, 7-15	Runner-up
2001	Malaysia Open	Sigit Budiarto	Tony Gunawan Halim Haryanto	7-4, 4-7, 7-2, 2-7, 7-5	Winner
2001	Singapore Open	Sigit Budiarto	Tony Gunawan Halim Haryanto	7-5, 3-7, 2-7, 0-7	Runner-up
2001	Indonesia Open	Sigit Budiarto	Tony Gunawan Halim Haryanto	7–2, 7–3, 7–5	Winner
2000	Japan Open	Tony Gunawan	Yoo Yong-sung Lee Dong-soo	15-6, 15-7	Winner
2000	Chinese Taipei Open	Tony Gunawan	Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock	15-7, 15-7	Winner
2000	Indonesia Open	Tony Gunawan	Flandy Limpele Eng Hian	14–17, 15–6, 15–8	Winner
1999	Singapore Open	Tony Gunawan	Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah	7-15, 15-14, 12-15	Runner-up
1999	All England Open	Tony Gunawan	Yoo Yong-sung Lee Dong-soo	15-7, 15-5	Winner
1999	Malaysia Open	Tony Gunawan	Flandy Limpele Eng Hian	15-6, 15-11	Winner
1999	Indonesia Open	Tony Gunawan	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	12-15, 8-15	Runner-up
1998	Swedish Open	Tony Gunawan	Zhang Jun Yang Ming	15–3, 15–6	Winner
1998	Hong Kong Open	Tony Gunawan	Jens Eriksen Jesper Larsen	15–10, 15–9	Winner
1998	All England Open	Tony Gunawan	Yoo Yong-sung Lee Dong-soo	10-15, 10-15	Runner-up
1998	Singapore Open	Sigit Budiarto	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	15–5, 15–5	Winner
1997	Chinese Taipei Open	Sigit Budiarto	Antonius Ariantho Denny Kantono	15-11, 15-2	Winner
1997	Thailand Open	Sigit Budiarto	Yoo Yong-sung Lee Dong-soo	9-15, 14-17	Runner-up
1997	Swiss Open	Sigit Budiarto	Yoo Yong-sung Lee Dong-soo	11-15, 4-15	Runner-up
1997	Indonesia Open	Tony Gunawan	Yoo Yong-sung Lee Dong-soo	15–9, 15–10	Winner
1997	Singapore Open	Sigit Budiarto	Yoo Yong-sung Lee Dong-soo	15–8, 15–10	Winner
1996	Thailand Open	Sigit Budiarto	Ha Tae-kwon Kang Kyung-jin	15-11, 10-15, 15-12	Winner
1996	China Open	Sigit Budiarto	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	15-12, 15–5	Winner
1996	U.S Open	Sigit Budiarto	Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock	18–16, 15–10	Winner
1996	Swedish Open	Ade Sutrisna	Sigit Budiarto Dicky Purwotjugiono	15-12, 15-6	Winner
1994	U.S Open	Ade Sutrisna	Yap Yee Hup Yap Yee Guan	15–8, 15–4	Winner
1994	Canadian Open	Ade Sutrisna	Yap Yee Hup Yap Yee Guan	15-10, 15-12	Winner

Mixed Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Thailand Open	Jo Novita	Ronne Maykel Runtolalu Eny Widiowati	8-6, 7-1, 8-7	Winner

References

External links

• Candra Wijaya Terpacu Prestasi sang Kakak (In Indonesian)
• Candra Wijaya Teman Curhat yang Asyik (In Indonesian)
• Candra Wijaya at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Candra Wijaya". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.