Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo

Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
Sukamuljo at the 2017 All England Open
Personal information
Birth name	Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
Born	(1995-08-02) 2 August 1995 Banyuwangi, East Java, Indonesia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Herry Iman Pierngadi Aryono Miranat
Men's doubles
Career record	211 wins, 67 losses[1]
Highest ranking	1 (with M F Gideon) (16 March 2017[2])
Current ranking	1 (with M F Gideon) (13 September 2018[3])
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Indonesia Sudirman Cup 2015 Dongguan Mixed team Thomas Cup 2016 Kunshan Men's team 2018 Bangkok Men's team Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Men's doubles 2018 Jakarta Men's team Asia Team Championships 2018 Alor Setar Men's team Southeast Asian Games 2015 Singapore Men's team 2015 Singapore Men's doubles World Junior Championships 2013 Bangkok Mixed doubles 2013 Bangkok Mixed team Asian Junior Championships 2012 Gimcheon Boys' doubles 2013 Kota Kinabalu Boys' doubles 2013 Kota Kinabalu Mixed team
BWF profile

Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (born 2 August 1995) is an Indonesian badminton player.^[4] He is a doubles specialist from PB Djarum, a badminton club in Kudus, Central Java and has joined the club since 2007.^[5] He won the 2017 All England Open Superseries Premier with his current partner, Marcus Fernaldi Gideon.^[6] He and Gideon were awarded the 2017 BWF Best Male Players of the Year award after collecting seven Superseries titles in a year.^[7]

Sukamuljo and Marcus Fernaldi Gideon defending the title at the 2018 All England Open badminton championship – the oldest tournament in Badminton – in Birmingham, England

Career

Sukamuljo is the nephew of former world number 1 men's doubles player, Alvent Yulianto Chandra.^[8]. His journey as an athlete Badminton is not as easy as turning a hand. He must work hard to reach his dream. Sukamuljo had failed PB Djarum's general audition in 2006. However, that did not make him give up, he improved the quality of his play by increasing his training hours, which was originally only 4 times a week to be every day. With these additional hours, he finally managed to pass the audition at PB Djarum in 2007. After joining PB Djarum, Sukamuljo had experienced defeat after defeat in the match. But, with high fighting spirit slowly but surely, he showed a brilliant achievement, he was finally elected to Pelatnas Cipayung. At first, Sukamuljo played in a single sector. But, over time he was introduced to multiple exercises. Both the doubles and mixed doubles. Initially, he was very burdened playing double. But, he continued to be encouraged to keep trying. Over time, Kevin Sanjaya actually feels comfortable playing in the double sector. In 2012, Sukamuljo was paired with Alfian Eko Prasetyo and won a bronze medal in Korea in the Asian junior level badminton championship. In 2013, he was paired with Masita Mahmudin playing the mixed game and won a silver medal at the Junior BWF world championship. The following year (2014), Sukamuljo changed partners again with Selvanus who succeeded in winning the championship in the New Zealand Open. And in 2015, Sukamuljo paired up with Marcus Fernaldi Gideon who managed to win several championships, including: Chinese Taipei Master (2015), Malaysia Master (2016), China Open (2016), All England (2017), Japan Open (2017 ), BWF Super Series (2017), Hongkong Open (2017), and India Open (2018). To note, initially the pair Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo and Marcus Fernaldi Gideon are considered "next to" the eye. This is because this pair has a height below the athlete in general. That is why they are called The Minions. But the achievements for their achievements have been successful. Even their achievements exceeded the double achievements of Indonesia's legendary son, Hendra Setiawan and Muhammad Ahsan, with their achievements, they won the 2017 Male Player of the Year title by BWF.

Achievements

Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	13–21, 21–18, 24–22	Gold

Southeast Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon	Angga Pratama Ricky Karanda Suwardi	12–21, 22–24	Silver

BWF World Junior Championships

• 2013 BWF World Junior Championships at the Hua Mark Indoor Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand

2013 BWF World Junior Championships – Mixed Doubles
Round	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1st	Masita Mahmudin [9]	–	–	Bye
2nd		Nathan Cheng Rachel Honderich	21–17, 21–7	Win
3rd		Rian Swastedian Della Augustia Surya	21–10, 21–9	Win
4th		Tang Chun Man [5] Ng Wing Yung	13–21, 21–15, 21–12	Win
QF		Kittiphon Chairojkanjana Lam Narissapat	21–12, 21–6	Win
SF		Liu Yuchen [2] Huang Dongping	6–21, 21–17, 21–19	Win
Final		Huang Kaixiang [3] Chen Qingchen	18–21, 22–20, 21–23	Silver

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Likas Indoor Stadium, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia	Arya Maulana Aldiartama	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	16–21, 12–21	Bronze
2012	Gimcheon Indoor Stadium, Gimcheon, South Korea	Alfian Eko Prasetya	Wang Chi-lin Wu Hsiao-lin	20–22, 13–21	Bronze

BWF World Tour (5 titles, 0 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[9] 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.^[10]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Japan Open (2)	Super 750	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	21–11, 21–13	Champion
2018	Indonesia Open (1)	Super 1000	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon	Takuto Inoue Yuki Kaneko	21–13, 21–16	Champion
2018	All England Open (2)	Super 1000	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	21–18, 21–17	Champion
2018	India Open (3)	Super 500	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon	Kim Astrup Anders Rasmussen	21–14, 21–16	Champion
2018	Indonesia Masters (2)	Super 500	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	11–21, 21–10, 21–16	Champion

BWF Superseries (10 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two levels: Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the World Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	World Superseries Finals (1)	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon	Liu Cheng Zhang Nan	21–16, 21–15	Champion
2017	Hong Kong Open (1)	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon	Mads Conrad-Petersen Mads Pieler Kolding	21–12, 21–18	Champion
2017	China Open (2)	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	21–19, 21–11	Champion
2017	Denmark Open	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon	Liu Cheng Zhang Nan	16–21, 24–22, 19–21	Runner-up
2017	Japan Open (1)	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon	Takuto Inoue Yuki Kaneko	21–12, 21–15	Champion
2017	Korea Open	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	19–21, 21–19, 15–21	Runner-up
2017	Malaysia Open (1)	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon	Fu Haifeng Zheng Siwei	21–14, 14–21, 21–12	Champion
2017	India Open (2)	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon	Angga Pratama Ricky Karanda Suwardi	21–11, 21–15	Champion
2017	All England Open (1)	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon	Li Junhui Liu Yuchen	21–19, 21–14	Champion
2016	China Open (1)	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	21–18, 22–20	Champion
2016	Australian Open (1)	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon	Angga Pratama Ricky Karanda Suwardi	21–14, 21–15	Champion
2016	India Open (1)	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon	Angga Pratama Ricky Karanda Suwardi	21–17, 21–13	Champion

     BWF Superseries Finals tournament

     BWF Superseries Premier tournament

     BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (4 titles, 2 runners-up)

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

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Indonesia Masters (1)	Wahyu Nayaka Arya Pankaryanira	Han Chengkai Zhou Haodong	21–16, 21–18	Champion
2016	Malaysia Masters (1)	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	18–21, 21–13, 21–18	Champion
2015	Chinese Taipei Masters (1)	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon	Hoon Thien How Lim Khim Wah	21–12, 21–8	Champion
2015	Chinese Taipei Open	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon	Fu Haifeng Zhang Nan	13–21, 8–21	Runner-up
2014	Indonesia Masters	Selvanus Geh	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Markis Kido	17–21, 22–20, 14–21	Runner-up
2014	New Zealand Open (1)	Selvanus Geh	Chen Hung-ling Lu Chia-bin	15–21, 23–21, 21–11	Champion

     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Bulgarian International	Selvanus Geh	Edi Subaktiar Ronald Alexander	21–19, 21–13	Champion
2014	Vietnam International	Selvanus Geh	Robin Middleton Ross Smith	21–14, 21–13	Champion
2011	Singapore International	Lukhi Apri Nugroho	Agripina Pamungkas Marcus Fernaldi Gideon	17–21, 9–21	Runner-up

     BWF International Challenge tournament

     BWF International Series tournament

Performance timeline

Indonesian team

• Junior level

Team Events	2012	2013
World Junior Championships	SF	Silver
Asia Junior Championships	QF	Bronze

• Senior level

Team Events	2015	2016	2017	2018
Southeast Asian Games	Gold	NH	A	NH
Asian Games	NH			Silver
Badminton Asia Championships	NH	A	NH	Gold
Thomas Cup	NH	Silver	NH	Bronze
Sudirman Cup	Bronze	NH	Group Stage	NH

Individual competitions

• Junior level

Event	2012	2013
World Junior Championships	R3 (BD) R4 (XD)	QF (BD) Silver (XD)

Event	2012	2013
Asia Junior Championships	Bronze	Bronze

• Senior level

Event	2016
Asia Championships	QF

Event	2015
Southeast Asian Games	Silver

Event	2018
Asian Games	Gold

Event	2017	2018	Best
BWF World Championships	QF	QF	QF (2017, 2018)

Tournament	2018	Best
BWF World Tour
Malaysia Masters	A	W (2016)
Indonesian Masters	W	W (2016, 2018)
India Open	W	W (2016, 2017, 2018)
All England Open	W	W (2017, 2018)
Malaysia Open	QF	W (2017)
Indonesia Open	W	W (2018)
Thailand Open	A	SF (2015)
Singapore Open	A	SF (2017)
Japan Open	W	W (2017, 2018)
China Open	SF	W (2016, 2017)
Korea Open	A	F (2017)
Denmark Open	Report	F (2017)
French Open	Report	R2 (2016)
China Masters	Report	R1 (2015)
Hong Kong Open	Report	W (2017)
BWF World Tour Finals	Report	W (2017)

Tournament	2014	2015	2016	2017	Best
BWF Superseries
All England Open	A	QF	R1	W	W (2017)
India Open	A		W	W	W (2016, 2017)
Malaysia Open	A	R1	R2	W	W (2017)
Singapore Open	A	R2	QF	SF	SF (2017)
Australian Open	A		W	A	W (2016)
Indonesia Open	R2	R2	R2	R1	R2 (2014, 2015, 2016)
Japan Open	A	R1	A	W	W (2017)
Korea Open	A	R1	A	F	F (2017)
Denmark Open	A		QF	F	F (2017)
French Open	A		R2	A	R2 (2016)
China Open	A		W	W	W (2016, 2017)
Hong Kong Open	A	QF	R1	W	W (2017)
BWF Superseries Finals	NQ		GS	W	W (2017)

Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	Best
BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold
Malaysia Masters	R1	A		W	A	W (2016)
Syed Modi International	N/A	A		R2	A	R2 (2016)
Thailand Masters	N/A			R2	A	R2 (2016)
Swiss Open	A		SF	A	A	SF (2015)
China Masters	SS	A	R1	A		R1 (2015)
New Zealand Open	A	W	A	SF	A	W (2014)
Chinese Taipei Open	A	QF	F	A		F (2015)
Vietnam Open	A	R2	SF	A		SF (2015)
Thailand Open	A	N/A	SF	A		SF (2015)
Dutch Open	A	R1	A			R1 (2014)
Chinese Taipei Masters	N/A		W	A	N/A	W (2015)
Bitburger Open	A
Korea Masters	A		R2	A		R2 (2015)
Scottish Open	A
Brasil Open	N/A	A			N/A
Macau Open	A		R2	A		R2 (2015)
Indonesian Masters	R2	F	QF	W	N/A	W (2016)

Record against selected opponents

Men's doubles results against World Tour Level 2–4 finalist, World Tour Finals semifinalists, World Superseries finalists, World Superseries Finals semifinalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists paired with:^[11]

References

External links

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