Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto

Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto (born 28 February 2000) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with Djarum club.^[1] He won the mixed doubles and men's team gold medals in 2023 SEA Games.

Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto
Personal information
Country	Indonesia
Born	(2000-02-28) 28 February 2000 (age 24) Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	209 (MD with Pramudya Kusumawardana 24 May 2018) 10 (XD with Lisa Ayu Kusumawati 2 May 2023) 78 (XD with Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti 27 September 2018)
Current ranking	21 (XD with Lisa Ayu Kusumawati 2 April 2024)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Indonesia SEA Games 2023 Cambodia Mixed doubles 2023 Cambodia Men's team World Junior Championships 2017 Yogyakarta Mixed doubles 2018 Markham Mixed doubles 2018 Markham Mixed team Asian Junior Championships 2017 Jakarta Mixed doubles 2017 Jakarta Mixed team 2018 Jakarta Mixed team
BWF profile

Early life

His father Tri Kusharjanto, is an Olympic silver medalist in badminton in 2000, and his mother Sri Untari, was an Asian Champion in 1992. He started practicing badminton with his father at the age of 5, and joined the Djarum club in 2013.^[1][2] He was the champion at the 2016 Asian U-17 Junior Championships in the boys' doubles event partnered with Haffiz Nur Adila,^[3] and in 2017, he clinched the mixed doubles title at the Asian Junior Championships with Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti.^[4] He was also a two-times mixed doubles World Junior Championship silver medalists in 2017 and 2018 with Ramadhanti.^[5][6]

Senior career

2022

In March, Kusharjanto and his partner Lisa Ayu Kusumawati reached their first BWF World Tour final in the Orléans Masters, but lost to Singaporean pair Terry Hee and Tan Wei Han.^[7] This year, they debuted at the BWF World Championships. In October, they reached another final in the Vietnam Open but lost to fellow Indonesians Dejan Ferdinansyah and Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja.^[8] They also reached the semi-finals of the French Open, but lost to Dutch pair Robin Tabeling and Selena Piek.^[9] In November, they claimed their first ever BWF World Tour title at the Hylo Open by defeating Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping in the final in straight games.^[10] Their progress, particularly their victory at the Hylo Open, led them to break through the world top 20 in mixed doubles.^[11]

2023

In the beginning of the 2023 season, Kusharjanto with his partner Kusumawati suffered a fourth consecutive early exit. They lost in the second round of the Malaysia Open,^[12] India Open,^[13] Thailand Masters,^[14] and in the first round of the Indonesia Masters.^[15] He then was called up to the Indonesian team for the Asia Mixed Team Championships, but the teams lost in the quarter-finals from South Korea.^[16] In March–April, Kusharjanto and Kusumawati reached the semi-finals in the All England Open and Orléans Masters,^[17][18] and also reached the quarter-finals in the Spain Masters.^[19] In Europe tour, they only suffered an early exits in the Swiss Open.^[20] He and his partner competed competed at the Asian Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, but had to retire in the first round due to injury he suffered before the tournament begin.^[21] Kusharjanto made his debut at the SEA Games in Cambodia, and won the gold medals in the mixed doubles and team events.^[22][23] He and his father, Tri Kusharjanto, are the first parent-child pair who won SEA Games badminton gold medal.^[24]

Kusharjanto and Kusumawati then suffered a sixth consecutive early exit, stopped in the second round of the Malaysia Masters,^[25] Indonesia Open,^[26] and Taipei Open,^[27] and also in the first round of the Singapore Open,^[28] 2023 Japan Open,^[29] and Australian Open.^[30] In his second appearance at the World Championships, he and his partner lost in the third round from 2nd seed Japanese pair Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino in straight games.^[31] The inconsistency in performance shown by the pair of Kusharjanto and Kusumawati continued into the China and Hong Kong Opens, where the pair again failed in the early rounds.^[32][33] Indonesian badminton fans then criticized Kusharjanto's posture which looked too fat, disproportionate like an athlete. Indonesia's mixed doubles coach, Herry IP, confirmed this;^[34] However, the Indonesian national team nutritionist, Paulina Toding, stated that Kusharjanto's fat mass index was normal close to the upper limit.^[32]

Kusharjanto made his debut at the Asian Games in Hangzhou,^[35] but unable to win any medals both in the mixed doubles and team events.^[36][37]

Achievements

SEA Games

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2023	Morodok Techo Badminton Hall, Phnom Penh, Cambodia	Lisa Ayu Kusumawati	Yap Roy King Cheng Su Yin	20–22, 21–8, 21–16	Gold	[23]

World Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2017	GOR Among Rogo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia	Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti	Rinov Rivaldy Pitha Haningtyas Mentari	23–21, 15–21, 18–21	Silver	[5]
2018	Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada	Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti	Leo Rolly Carnando Indah Cahya Sari Jamil	15–21, 9–21	Silver	[6]

Asian Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2017	Jaya Raya Sports Hall Training Center, Jakarta, Indonesia	Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti	Na Sung-seung Seong Ah-yeong	21–19, 19–21, 21–9	Gold	[4]

BWF World Tour (1 title, 3 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[38] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[39]

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2022	Orléans Masters	Super 100	Lisa Ayu Kusumawati	Terry Hee Tan Wei Han	12–21, 21–16, 13–21	Runner-up	[7]
2022	Vietnam Open	Super 100	Lisa Ayu Kusumawati	Dejan Ferdinansyah Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja	13–21, 18–21	Runner-up	[8]
2022	Hylo Open	Super 300	Lisa Ayu Kusumawati	Feng Yanzhe Huang Dongping	21–17, 21–15	Winner	[10]
2023	Hylo Open	Super 300	Lisa Ayu Kusumawati	Tang Chun Man Tse Ying Suet	21–15, 15–21, 14–21	Runner-up	[40]

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

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2018	Finnish Open	Pramudya Kusumawardana	Akbar Bintang Cahyono Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani	14–21, 17–21	Runner-up	[41]

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2017	Indonesia International	Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti	Irfan Fadhilah Pia Zebadiah Bernadet	21–9, 21–18	Winner	[42]
2019	Finnish Open	Lisa Ayu Kusumawati	Mathias Bay-Smidt Rikke Søby Hansen	22–20, 15–21, 21–14	Winner	[43]

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

BWF Junior International (1 title, 3 runners-up)

Boys' doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2017	India Junior International	Rinov Rivaldy	Pacharapol Nipornram Kunlavut Vitidsarn	21–9, 21–13	Winner	[44]
2018	Malaysia Junior International	Pramudya Kusumawardana	Leo Rolly Carnando Daniel Marthin	17–21, 12–21	Runner-up	[45]

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2017	Malaysia Junior International	Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti	Yeremia Rambitan Angelica Wiratama	11–21, 16–21	Runner-up	[46]
2018	Malaysia Junior International	Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti	Ghifari Anandaffa Prihardika Lisa Ayu Kusumawati	19–21, 21–14, 16–21	Runner-up	[47]

  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament

  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament

  BWF Junior International Series tournament

  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

Performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

G

S

B

NH

N/A

DNQ

(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semi-finalist; (QF) quarter-finalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze medal; (NH) not held; (N/A) not applicable; (DNQ) did not qualify.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

National team

• Junior level

Team events	2017	2018
Asian Junior Championships	S	B
World Junior Championships	QF	B

• Senior level

Team events	2022	2023	Ref
SEA Games	NH	G	[22]
Asia Mixed Team Championships	NH	QF	[16]
Asian Games	QF	NH	[37]

Individual competitions

Junior level

• Mixed doubles

Events	2017	2018	Ref
Asian Junior Championships	G	QF	[4]
World Junior Championships	S	S	[5][6]

Senior level

Men's doubles

Tournament	BWF World Tour	Best
	2018
Orléans Masters	1R	1R ('18)
Vietnam Open	1R	1R ('18)
Year-end ranking	235	209
Tournament	2018	Best

Mixed doubles

Events	2021	2022	2023	2024	Ref
SEA Games	A	NH	G	NH	[23]
Asia Championships	NH	1R	1R	1R	[21]
Asian Games	NH	1R	NH		[36]
World Championships	w/d	3R	3R	NH	[31]

Tournament	BWF World Tour							Best	Ref
	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Malaysia Open	A		NH		2R	2R	2R	2R ('22, '23, '24)	[12]
India Open	A		NH		A	2R	2R	2R ('23, '24)	[13]
Indonesia Masters	A	1R	A	1R	2R	1R	QF	QF ('24)	[15]
Thailand Masters	2R	1R	A	NH		2R	SF	SF ('24)	[14]
German Open	A		NH		A		SF	SF ('24)
French Open	A		NH	A	SF	QF	1R	SF ('22)
All England Open	A					SF	1R	SF ('23)	[17]
Orléans Masters	2R	SF	NH	A	F	SF	A	F ('22)	[7][18]
Swiss Open	A		NH	A	SF	2R	2R	SF ('22)	[20]
Spain Masters	A				NH	QF	QF	QF ('23, '24)	[19]
Thailand Open	A			NH	1R	A	QF	QF ('24)
Malaysia Masters	A			NH	1R	2R	QF	QF ('24)	[25]
Singapore Open	A		NH		1R	1R	A	1R ('22, '23)	[28]
Indonesia Open	A		NH	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R ('23)	[26]
Australian Open	A		NH		A	1R	1R	1R ('23, '24)	[30]
Japan Open	A		NH		1R	1R	2R	2R ('24)	[29]
Korea Open	A		NH		A		2R	2R ('24)
Indonesia Masters Super 100	2R	SF	NH		A			SF ('19)
Taipei Open	A		NH		w/d	2R	A	2R ('23)	[27]
Vietnam Open	2R	1R	NH		F	A		F ('22)	[8]
Hong Kong Open	A		NH			2R	A	2R ('23)
China Open	A		NH			1R	A	1R ('23)
Arctic Open	N/A		NH			A	QF	QF ('24)	[48]
Denmark Open	A				1R	1R	2R	2R ('24)	[49]
Hylo Open	A				W	F	A	W ('22)	[10][40]
Korea Masters	A		NH		A		Q
Japan Masters	NH					1R	2R	2R ('24)	[50]
China Masters	A		NH			1R		2R ('23)
Hyderabad Open	2R	QF	NH					QF ('19)
Russian Open	A	QF	NH					QF ('19)
Year-end ranking	102	55	48	54	14	19		10
Tournament	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	Best	Ref

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External links

• Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto at BWFBadminton.com
• Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto at BWF.TournamentSoftware.com (alternate link)