Zulfadli Zulkiffli

Zulfadli Zulkiffli
Personal information
Birth name Zulfadli Bin Zulkiffli
Country  Malaysia
Born (1993-02-11) 11 February 1993
Los Angeles, California,
United States
Residence Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Handedness Right
Men's singles
Highest ranking 30 (26 January 2017)
Current ranking 60 (1 March 2018)
BWF profile

Zulfadli bin Zulkiffli (born 11 February 1993 in Los Angeles, California) is a United States-born Malaysian badminton player. He was the boys' singles gold medalists at the 2011 Asian and World Junior Championships, also at the Commonwealth Youth Games.[1]

In 2018, Zulfadli Zulkiffli was found guilty by the Badminton World Federation and barred from all badminton-related activities for 20 years over match fixing violations.[2] This ban brought his professional playing career to a premature end.

Achievements

World Junior Championships

Boys' Singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2011 Taoyuan Arena, Taoyuan& Taipei, Chinese Taipei Denmark Viktor Axelsen 21–18, 9–21, 21–19 Gold

Asia Junior Championships

Boys' Singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2011 Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, Lucknow, India India Sameer Verma 21–15, 21–17 Gold
2010 Stadium Juara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia China Huang Yuxiang 16–21, 12–21 Bronze

Commonwealth Youth Games

Boys' Singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2011 National Sports Centre, Douglas, Isle of Man India Sameer Verma 21–16 17–21 21–15 Gold

BWF Grand Prix

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

Men's Singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2016 Russian Open India Siril Verma 16–21, 21–19, 21–10 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Brasil Open India Anand Pawar 18–21, 21–11, 21–17 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's Singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2015 Sydney International Vietnam Nguyễn Tiến Minh 11–21, 12–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2012 Maldives International India Srikanth Kidambi 21–13, 11–21, 16–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament

References

  1. "Players: Zulfadli Zulkiffli". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  2. "Zulfadli and Chun Seang to attend match-fixing hearing in Singapore". The Star. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
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