Fajar Alfian

Indonesian badminton player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Fajar Alfian (born 7 March 1995) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with the SGS PLN Bandung.[1][2] He won the men's doubles silver medal at the 2018 Asian Games, the bronze medals at the 2017 SEA Games, 2019 and 2022 World Championships. He was part of the Indonesia winning team at the 2020 Thomas Cup. He reached a career high of world number 1 in the men's doubles with Muhammad Rian Ardianto on 27 December 2022.[3]

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Fajar Alfian
Personal information
CountryIndonesia
Born (1995-03-07) 7 March 1995 (age 29)
Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
HandednessRight
CoachAryono Miranat
Herry Iman Pierngadi
Men's doubles
Highest ranking1 (with Muhammad Rian Ardianto 27 December 2022)
Current ranking4 (with Muhammad Rian Ardianto 21 January 2025)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Indonesia
World Championships
2019 Basel Men's doubles
2022 Tokyo Men's doubles
Thomas Cup
2020 Aarhus Men's team
2022 Bangkok Men's team
2024 Chengdu Men's team
2018 Bangkok Men's team
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta–Palembang Men's doubles
2018 Jakarta–Palembang Men's team
Asian Championships
2022 Manila Men's doubles
Asia Mixed Team Championships
2019 Hong Kong Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
2020 Manila Men's team
SEA Games
2017 Kuala Lumpur Men's team
2019 Philippines Men's team
2017 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles
World Junior Championships
2013 Bangkok Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
2013 Kota Kinabalu Mixed team
BWF profile
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Career

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Alfian started his partnership with Muhammad Rian Ardianto in July 2014.[4] In the beginning of their career, they have won international tournaments including the Indonesia International in 2014, 2015, and 2016;[5][6][7] the Austrian International in 2015;[8] and at the BWF Grand Prix level, the 2016 Chinese Taipei Masters.[9]

Alfian was a member of the Indonesia men's team that won gold medals at the 2017 and 2019 SEA Games. He also played with Ardianto, and clinched the men's doubles bronze at that event in 2017.[10] Alfian and Ardianto competed on the BWF World Tour, and won titles at the 2018 Malaysia Masters and the Syed Modi International;[11][12] and also the 2019 Swiss and Korea Opens.[13][14] Together with Ardianto he won a bronze medal in the men's doubles at the 2017 SEA Games,[15] the silver at the 2018 Asian Games,[16] and another bronze at the 2019 BWF World Championships.[17]

In February 2020, Alfian alongside Indonesia men's team won the Asia Team Championships held in Manila.[18] In September–October 2021, Alfian alongside Indonesia team competed at the 2021 Sudirman Cup in Vantaa, Finland. He and Ardianto contribute a point in a tie against Canada.[19] Indonesia team advanced to the knockout stage, but lost in the quarter-finals to Malaysia.[20] In the next tournament, he helped Indonesia team won the World Men's Team Championships, the 2020 Thomas Cup.[21]

2022: World number 1

Alfian and Ardianto kicked off 2022 with a rough start, with early exits at the German Open and the All England.[22] They scored their breakthrough win at the Swiss Open.[23] Afterwards, they won the Indonesia Masters,[24] and Malaysia Masters,[25] and finished as runner-up at Korea Open,[26] Thailand Open,[27] Malaysia Open[28] and Singapore Open.[29] They also won bronze medals at the Asian and World Championships.[30][31][32] In October, they won their fourth title of the year at the Denmark Open in a tight battle against compatriots Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo.[33] Thanks to their achievements, they qualified for their first ever World Tour Finals. Alfian and Ardianto competed at the World Tour Finals as the first seed, but lost to Liu Yuchen and Ou Xuanyi in the semi-finals.[34] They closed off the 2022 World Tour season with a career high rank of world number 1.[3]

2023

In January, Alfian and Ardianto won their first Super 1000 tournament at the Malaysia Open by defeating Chinese pair Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang.[35] The week after, they bowed out of India Open at the semifinals against Malaysians Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik, leaving Indonesia without any representatives in any finals.[36] At their home tournament Indonesia Masters, they lost in the quarter-finals against fifth seeds Liu Yuchen and Ou Xuanyi.[37]

In February, Alfian was called up to the Indonesian team for the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships. He and Ardianto lost at the quarterfinals against Korean scratch pair Kim Won-ho and Na Sung-seung[38]

With the Indonesian federation skipping the German Open, Alfian resumed competition at the All England in March. He and Ardianto won their first ever All England title in an all-Indonesian final against Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan.[39] At the Spain Masters they lost in the quarter-finals from unseeded Chinese Taipei player Lee Fang-chih and Lee Fang-jen.[40]

In late April, Alfian competed at the Asian Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, but had to lose in the quarter-finals from 8th seed Malaysian pair Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi.[41]

In May, Alfian alongside the Indonesian team competed at the 2023 Sudirman Cup in Suzhou, China. He won a match in the group stage, against Supak Jomkoh and Kittinupong Kedren of Thailand. Indonesia advanced to the knockout stage but lost at the quarterfinals against China.[42] In the following week, Alfian competed in the second Asian Tour at the Malaysia Masters. Unfortunately, he lost in the first round from eventual winner Korean pair Kang Min-hyuk and Seo Seung-jae.[43]

In June, Alfian competed at the Singapore Open, but lost in the first round from English pair Ben Lane and Sean Vendy.[44] In the next tour, they competed at the home tournament, Indonesia Open, but lost in the quarter finals from 7th seed and eventual champions Indian pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in straight matches.[45]

In July, Alfian competed at the Korea Open, but lost in the final against 3rd seed Indian pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty for second times in a row.[46] In the next tour, he competed at the Japan Open, but lost in the semi-finals against Chinese Taipei pair Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin.[47]

In early August, Alfian competed at the Australian Open, but had to lose in the quarter-finals from 8th seed Korean pair Kang Min-hyuk and Seo Seung-jae in rubber games.[48] In late August, he competed at the World Championships, but lost in the second round from Taiwanese pair Lee Jhe-huei and Yang Po-hsuan in straight games.[49] Made his second appearance at the Asian Games,[50] Alfian failed to bring home any medals after lost in the quarter-finals in both the men's doubles and team events.[51]

2024

Alfian and Aridanto are one of the most consistent pairs that Indonesia has had in 2024. Having won two titles and one runner-up in the BWF World Tour, they are still firmly in the top 5 of the BWF rankings. Their first title came from the All England Open in March, where the pair successfully defended the title after defeating Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in the final.[52] The duo reached the finals in the Singapore Open in June, losing to He Jiting and Ren Xiangyu.[53] It took months to win their second title, where in November they emerged victorous in the Japan Masters beating host pairing Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi.[54] Alfian and Ardianto have participated in 13 BWF World Tours this year, and have only suffered two defeats in the early rounds, in the first round of the Indonesia Open and the second round of the China Masters.[55][56] Together with the Indonesia national team, Alfian won the silver medal in the Thomas Cup, after the team was defeated by the host country China 1–3.[57] He also made his debut at the Olympics in Paris, stopped in the quarter-finals to number 1 seed Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang.[58]

2025

Alfian and Ardianto had a bad start in 2025, losing out in early rounds in Malaysia Open and India Open.[59][60] They manage to recover well in their home ground Indonesia Masters by advancing to the final before losing to Man Wei Chong and Tee Kai Wun with the score 19–21, 11–21.[61]

Awards and nominations

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Gatra Awards 2021 Sports Category with 2020 Thomas Cup squad Won [62]
BWF Awards 2022 Most Improved Player of The Year with Muhammad Rian Ardianto Won [63]
Golden Award SIWO PWI 2019 Favorite Team with 2018 Asian Games men's badminton team Nominated [64]
Indonesian Sport Awards 2018 Favorite Male Athlete Duos with Muhammad Rian Ardianto Nominated [65]
iNews Indonesia Awards 2023 Favorite Athlete with Muhammad Rian Ardianto Nominated [66]
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Achievements

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BWF World Championships

Men's doubles

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Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2019 St. Jakobshalle,
Basel, Switzerland
Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Indonesia Mohammad Ahsan
Indonesia Hendra Setiawan
16–21, 21–15, 10–21 Bronze Bronze [17]
2022 Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium,
Tokyo, Japan
Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Indonesia Mohammad Ahsan
Indonesia Hendra Setiawan
21–23, 21–12, 16–21 Bronze Bronze [32]
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Asian Games

Men's doubles

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Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2018 Istora Gelora Bung Karno,
Jakarta, Indonesia
Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Indonesia Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Indonesia Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
21–13, 18–21, 22–24 Silver Silver [16]
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Asian Championships

Men's doubles

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Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2022 Muntinlupa Sports Complex,
Metro Manila, Philippines
Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Indonesia Pramudya Kusumawardana
Indonesia Yeremia Rambitan
20–22, 21–13, 18–21 Bronze Bronze [67]
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SEA Games

Men's doubles

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Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2017 Axiata Arena,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Thailand Kittinupong Kedren
Thailand Dechapol Puavaranukroh
17–21, 21–23 Bronze Bronze [15]
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BWF World Tour (12 titles, 8 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[68] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[69]

Men's doubles

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Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2018 Malaysia Masters Super 500 Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Malaysia Goh V Shem
Malaysia Tan Wee Kiong
14–21, 24–22, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [11]
2018 German Open Super 300 Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Japan Takuto Inoue
Japan Yuki Kaneko
16–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [70]
2018 Syed Modi International Super 300 Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto India Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
India Chirag Shetty
21–11, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [12]
2019 Swiss Open Super 300 Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Chinese Taipei Lee Yang
Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin
21–19, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [13]
2019 Korea Open Super 500 Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Japan Takeshi Kamura
Japan Keigo Sonoda
21–16, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [14]
2022 Swiss Open Super 300 Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Malaysia Goh Sze Fei
Malaysia Nur Izzuddin
21–18, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [23]
2022 Korea Open Super 500 Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto South Korea Kang Min-hyuk
South Korea Seo Seung-jae
21–19, 15–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [26]
2022 Thailand Open Super 500 Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Japan Takuro Hoki
Japan Yugo Kobayashi
4r–13 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [27]
2022 Indonesia Masters Super 500 Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto China Liang Weikeng
China Wang Chang
21–10, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [24]
2022 Malaysia Open Super 750 Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Japan Takuro Hoki
Japan Yugo Kobayashi
22–24, 21–16, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [28]
2022 Malaysia Masters Super 500 Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Indonesia Mohammad Ahsan
Indonesia Hendra Setiawan
21–12, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [25]
2022 Singapore Open Super 500 Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Indonesia Leo Rolly Carnando
Indonesia Daniel Marthin
21–9, 14–21, 16–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [29]
2022 Denmark Open Super 750 Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Indonesia Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Indonesia Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
21–19, 28–26 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [33]
2023 Malaysia Open Super 1000 Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto China Liang Weikeng
China Wang Chang
21–18, 18–21, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [35]
2023 All England Open Super 1000 Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Indonesia Mohammad Ahsan
Indonesia Hendra Setiawan
21–17, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [39]
2023 Korea Open Super 500 Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto India Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
India Chirag Shetty
21–17, 13–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [46]
2024 All England Open Super 1000 Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Malaysia Aaron Chia
Malaysia Soh Wooi Yik
21–16, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [52]
2024 Singapore Open Super 750 Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto China He Jiting
China Ren Xiangyu
19–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [53]
2024 Japan Masters Super 500 Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Japan Takuro Hoki
Japan Yugo Kobayashi
21–15, 17–21, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [54]
2025 Indonesia Masters Super 500 Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Malaysia Man Wei Chong
Malaysia Tee Kai Wun
11–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [61]
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BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 2 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 2017.

Men's doubles

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Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2015 New Zealand Open Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto China Huang Kaixiang
China Zheng Siwei
21–16, 17–21, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [71]
2016 Chinese Taipei Masters Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Chinese Taipei Chen Hung-ling
Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin
11–6, 11–6, 11–13, 9–11, 12–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [9]
2017 Bitburger Open Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Denmark Kim Astrup
Denmark Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
19–21, 21–19, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up [72]
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  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles)

Men's doubles

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Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2014 Indonesia International Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Indonesia Fran Kurniawan
Indonesia Agripina Prima Rahmanto Putra
9–11, 11–9, 11–9, 11–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [5]
2015 Austrian Open Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto England Peter Briggs
England Tom Wolfenden
23–21, 18–21, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [8]
2015 Indonesia International Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Indonesia Hantoro
Indonesia Rian Swastedian
21–12, 17–21, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [6]
2016 Indonesia International Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Japan Yoshiki Tsukamoto
Japan Shunsuke Yamamura
21–12, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner [7]
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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

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  • Senior level
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Team events20172018201920202021202220232024Ref
SEA Games G NH G NH A NH A NH
Asia Team Championships NH A NH G NH A NH A [73]
Asia Mixed Team Championships A NH B NH QF NH [38]
Asian Games NH S NH QF NH [51]
Thomas Cup NH B NH G NH S NH S [21][22][57]
Sudirman Cup A NH DNP NH QF NH QF NH [20][42]
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Individual competitions

Junior level

Boys' doubles
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Mixed doubles
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Senior level

Men's doubles
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TournamentBWF Superseries / Grand PrixBWF World TourBestRef
201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Malaysia Open A 2R 2R SF NH F W QF 1R W ('23) [28][35][74]
India Open A NH A SF QF 2R SF ('23) [36][75][76]
Indonesia Masters 2R 2R 1R NH 2R QF SF 1R W QF SF F W ('22) [24][37][77][61]
Thailand Masters NH A QF QF A NH A QF ('17, '18) [78]
German Open A 1R A F A NH 2R A F ('18) [70][22]
All England Open A 1R 1R SF 2R w/d 1R W W Q W ('23, '24) [22][39][52]
Swiss Open A QF A W NH A W A W ('19, '22) [13][23]
Spain Masters NH A NH QF A NH QF ('23) [40]
Thailand Open NH A SF QF A 2R 2R NH F A F ('22) [27]
1R
Malaysia Masters A 2R W 2R SF NH W 1R A W ('18, '22) [11][25][43]
Singapore Open A 2R A QF NH F 1R F F ('22, '24) [29][44][53]
Indonesia Open A 1R SF SF QF NH QF QF QF 1R SF ('17, '18) [22][45][55]
Australian Open A 1R A 1R NH w/d QF A QF ('23) [48]
Japan Open A 2R QF 2R NH QF SF QF SF ('23) [22][47]
Korea Open A 1R A W NH F F A W ('19) [14][26][46]
Indonesia Masters Super 100 NH A 2R NH A 2R ('19) [79]
Chinese Taipei Open A QF A QF NH A QF ('16, '19) [80]
Vietnam Open A QF 2R A NH A QF ('15) [81]
Hong Kong Open A 1R SF 2R NH 2R A SF ('18) [82]
China Open A 2R SF NH 1R QF SF ('19) [83]
Macau Open A SF A NH A SF ('16) [84]
Arctic Open N/A NH A QF QF ('24) [85]
Denmark Open A w/d QF A QF W SF SF W ('22) [33][86]
French Open A QF w/d 1R NH SF 2R QF QF SF ('21) [87][22]
Hylo Open A F A QF A F ('17) [72]
Korea Masters A 1R A NH A 1R ('18) [88]
Japan Masters NH w/d W W ('24) [54]
China Masters A QF A 1R 2R NH 2R 2R QF ('16) [89][56]
Syed Modi International A SF W A NH A W ('18) [12]
Superseries / Tour Finals DNQ SF SF SF SF ('22, '23, '24) [34][90][91]
Chinese Taipei Masters NH 1R W NH W ('16) [9]
New Zealand Open A F 2R A NH F ('15) [71]
Year-end ranking 112 49 24 17 7 5 6 8 1 6 4 1 [3]
Tournament201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025BestRef
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Mixed doubles
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TournamentBWF Superseries / Grand PrixBestRef
2013
Indonesia Masters 1R 1R ('13) [92]
Year-end ranking 536 173
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Record against selected opponents

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Men's doubles results with Muhammad Rian Ardianto against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 24 November 2024.[93]

Notes

  1. Tournament software did not included the men's team event of the 2022 Asian Games results for head-to-head.[94]

References

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