Tjun Tjun

Tjun Tjun (Chinese: 梁春生) is a retired Chinese-Indonesian badminton player. Though a world level singles player early in his career, he became one of the sport's greatest ever doubles specialists. His game was notable for its speed, power, accuracy, and aggressiveness. He is the brother of Liang Qiu-xia, also a badminton player and coach.

Tjun Tjun
Personal information
Birth nameLiang Chun-sheng
Country Indonesia
Born (1952-10-04) 4 October 1952
Cirebon, Indonesia

Tjun Tjun became world champion in men's doubles with Johan Wahjudi at the very first IBF World Championships held in 1977.[1] They also won 6 of the 7 All England Open Badminton Championships held from 1974 through 1980.[2] They were clearly the world's number one team during this period, often beating fellow countrymen Christian Hadinata and Ade Chandra in the finals of major events. Playing one stint at singles and regularly in doubles (first with Rudy Hartono, and later with Wahjudi) Tjun Tjun won all of his matches in three consecutive Thomas Cup campaigns (1973, 1976, 1979), all of which resulted in world team titles for Indonesia.[3] He was elected to the World Badminton Hall of Fame in 2009.

Achievements

IBF World Championships

1977 IBF World Championships – Men's Doubles (1)
Round Partner Opponent Score Result
1st Johan Wahjudi - - Bye
2nd - - Bye
3rd Uday Pawar
Pradeep Gandhe
Win
QF David Eddy
Eddy Sutton
15–14, 15–5 Win
SF Bengt Fröman
Thomas Kihlström
15–7, 15–11 Win
Final Christian Hadinata
Ade Chandra
15–6, 15–4 Gold

Other Tournament

Rank Event Date Venue
Asian Games
1 Men's doubles 1974 Tehran, IRI
Open Championships
1 Men's doubles 1972, 1973, 1974 Denmark Open
Mixed doubles 1974
1 Men's doubles 1977 Swedish Open
1 Men's doubles 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 All England
2 1973, 1981

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
1973 German Open Sture Johnsson 5–15, 15–12, 5–15 Runner-up
1973 Singapore Open Iie Sumirat 3–15, 14–15 Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1973 All England Johan Wahjudi Ade Chandra
Christian Hadinata
1–15, 7–15 Runner-up
1973 German Open Johan Wahjudi Ade Chandra
Christian Hadinata
15–4, 15–9 Champion
1973 Denmark Open Johan Wahjudi Ade Chandra
Christian Hadinata
Champion
1973 Singapore Open Johan Wahjudi Rudy Gunawan
Christian Hadinata
15–11, 15–11 Champion
1974 All England Johan Wahjudi Ade Chandra
Christian Hadinata
15–8, 15–6 Champion
1974 Denmark Open Johan Wahjudi Iie Sumirat
Christian Hadinata
Champion
1975 All England Johan Wahjudi Ade Chandra
Christian Hadinata
15–11, 15–5 Champion
1975 Denmark Open Johan Wahjudi Ade Chandra
Christian Hadinata
15–6, 15–1 Champion
1977 All England Johan Wahjudi Ade Chandra
Christian Hadinata
15–7, 18–15 Champion
1977 Swedish Open Ade Chandra Champion
1977 BWF World Championships Johan Wahjudi Ade Chandra
Christian Hadinata
15–6, 15–4 Champion
1978 All England Johan Wahjudi Ade Chandra
Christian Hadinata
15–12, 15–8 Champion
1979 All England Johan Wahjudi Stefan Karlsson
Claes Nordin
17–16, 15–3 Champion
1980 All England Johan Wahjudi Ray Stevens
Mike Tredgett
10–15, 15–9, 15–10 Champion
1981 All England Johan Wahjudi Rudy Heryanto
Hariamanto Kartono
9–15, 8–15 Runner-up

Mix's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1975 Denmark Open Regina Masli Klaus Kaagaard
Joke van Beusekom
15–6, 7–15, 17–14 Champion

References

  1. Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 109.
  2. Davis, 107.
  3. Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 125-128.


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