Leo Rolly Carnando

Leo Rolly Carnando (born 29 July 2001) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with PB Djarum club.^[1][2] He was a World Junior Champions in the mixed doubles in 2018 and in the boys' doubles in 2019,^[3] also won double gold at the 2019 Asian Junior Championships in the boys' and mixed doubles events.^[4] Carnando was part of Indonesia winning team at the 2020 Thomas Cup.^[5]

Leo Rolly Carnando
Personal information
Country	Indonesia
Born	(2001-07-29) 29 July 2001 (age 23) Klaten, Central Java, Indonesia
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Handedness	Right
Men's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking	9 (MD with Daniel Marthin, 23 May 2023) 9 (MD with Bagas Maulana, 15 April 2025) 175 (XD with Indah Cahya Sari Jamil, 12 March 2019)
Current ranking	9 (MD with Bagas Maulana, 15 April 2025)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Indonesia Thomas Cup 2020 Aarhus Men's team 2024 Chengdu Men's team Asian Championships 2025 Ningbo Men's doubles Asia Team Championships 2022 Selangor Men's team SEA Games 2021 Vietnam Men's doubles 2021 Vietnam Men's team World Junior Championships 2018 Markham Mixed doubles 2019 Kazan Boys' doubles 2019 Kazan Mixed team 2019 Kazan Mixed doubles 2018 Markham Mixed team Asian Junior Championships 2019 Suzhou Boys' doubles 2019 Suzhou Mixed doubles 2019 Suzhou Mixed team 2018 Jakarta Mixed team
BWF profile

Career

Carnando was selected to join the Djarum club in 2015. He has focused on playing in the doubles category. In 2016, he won the boys' doubles titles at the USM Flypower Open, Astec Open Badminton Championships and Singapore Youth International Series. He also won the mixed doubles title at the Walikota Surabaya Open, National circuit in Lampung and West Java. In 2017, he clinched double title by winning the U17 boys' and mixed doubles events at the Jaya Raya Indonesia Junior International, then won the boys' doubles title at the Walikota Surabaya Bank Jatim Victor Open, National circuit in North Sulawesi, and also the mixed doubles title at the National circuit in Central Java.^[2]

Carnando was selected to join the Indonesia National training center in 2018.^[6] He alongside Indonesia team won the bronze medal at the Asian Junior Championships in Jakarta. Unfortunately, in the individual events, he was defeated in the early stage.^[7][8] Carnando claimed his first title in the BWF sanctioned tournament at the India Junior International, where he and Daniel Marthin beat their compatriot Pramudya Kusumawardana and Ghifari Anandaffa Prihardika in the final.^[9] A week later, the duo won the Malaysia International Junior Open.^[10] In November, he won the gold medal in the mixed doubles with partner Indah Cahya Sari Jamil at the Markham World Junior Championships. It was a surprise, because they entered the tournament as an unseeded pair, having only paired a few months earlier.^[11][12] While in the team event, he helped Indonesia win the bronze medal.^[13] Carnando claimed his first senior International title by winning the Bangladesh International in both mixed and men's doubles.^[14] He then reached two finals in the Turkey International, and won a title in the men's doubles.^[15] For his achievements in 2018, Carnado was nominated as Eddy Choong Most Promising Player of the Year with Marthin,^[16] and was named Djarum Outstanding Young Athlete with Jamil.^[17]

In March 2019, Carnando finished as runner-up in the boys' doubles with Daniel Marthin in the German Junior.^[18] In May, he clinched two titles at the Jaya Raya Junior Grand Prix, winning the boys' doubles with Marthin, and in the mixed doubles with Indah Cahya Sari Jamil.^[19] In June, he and Marthin also won the Malaysia International Series.^[20] At the Asian Junior Championships, Carnando took two gold medals. He topped the podium in the boys' doubles with Marthin, and in the mixed doubles with Jamil.^[4][21] Carnando and Marthin then won the Kazan World Junior Championships beating top seeds Di Zijian and Wang Chang.^[22] However, he was unable to defend his mixed doubles title with Jamil.^[23] In the team event, he also helped the National team finish as runner-up in Asian Junior and win the Suhandinata Cup by defeating China in the mixed team final of World Junior Championships.^[24][25]

Entering the senior level, Carnando focused on only playing in the men's doubles.^[26] He started the year as semi-finalists at the Thailand Open with Daniel Marthin.^[27] They later stopped in the quarter-finals at the Swiss Open and Spain Masters.^[28][29] They then reached the finals of the Hylo Open, but was defeated by World number 1 Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo in straight game.^[30] Carnanado made his debut with Indonesia team at the 2020 Thomas Cup, which is Indonesia won the Thomas Cup after 19 years.^[5]

In February 2022, Carnando participated in 2022 Badminton Asia Team Championships with Indonesia and lost the title to Malaysia.^[31] In March, Marthin and Carnando lost in the quarter-finals in the All England and Swiss Opens.^[32][33] In May, he took part at the SEA Games, and won a gold medal in the men's doubles with Marthin and a bronze medal in the men's team event.^[34][35] In July, Carnando and Marthin clinched their first World Tour title at the Singapore Open by beating Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto in the final.^[36]

2023

Carnando entered the 2023 season with less than satisfactory results, where he and his partner Marthin, had to lose in the early rounds at the Malaysia and India Opens.^[37][38] Carnando and Marthin then emerged victorious in the Indonesia and Thailand Masters,^[39][40] entering them to the top 10 of the BWF world rankings.^[41] At the Europe tour in March-April, Carnando and Marthin reached the semi-finals in the Orléans Masters in France,^[42] quarter-finals in the All England Open,^[43] and had to accept first round defeats in two tournaments of Swiss Open and Spain Masters.^[44][45] They again tasted defeat in the early rounds in the Asian Championships in Dubai from 2nd seed Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik.^[46] In May, Carnando alongside the Indonesian team competed at the Sudirman Cup in Suzhou, China. He played a match in the group stage, lost against Mark Lamsfuß and Marvin Seidel of Germany. Indonesia advanced to the knockout stage but lost in the quarter-finals against China.^[47]

The performance of Carnando and Marthin are still inconsistent. Their journey has experienced ups and downs in the world's top level competition. In the Malaysia Masters, they reached the semi-finals,^[48] while in the Singapore and Indonesia Opens they were stopped in the quarter-finals.^[49][50] A number of defeats in the early rounds occurred in the Thailand, Korea, Japan, and Australian Opens, as well at the World Championships.^{[51][52][53][54][55]} They later reached the finals at the Hong Kong, but were unable to produce a satisfactory result after losing the finals to Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen.^[56] Carnando made his debut at the Asian Games in Hangzhou,^[57] but unable to win any medals in both the men's doubles and team events.^[58][59]

2025

Started the 2025 season in the Indonesia Masters, Carnando and Maulana were defeated in the first round.^[60] They then reached the quarter-finals in the Thailand Masters and also the semi-finals in the All England Open both losing to Seo Seung-jae with different partner.^[61][62] Carnando then captured his first medal at the Asian Championships by winning the bronze in the men's doubles with Maulana.^[63]

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Result	Ref.
BWF Awards	2019	Eddy Choong Most Promising Player of the Year with Daniel Marthin	Nominated	[16]
Gatra Awards	2021	Sports Category with 2020 Thomas Cup squad	Won	[64]

Achievements

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2025	Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China	Bagas Maulana	Chen Boyang Liu Yi	21–13, 18–21, 12–21	Bronze	[63]

SEA Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2021	Bac Giang Gymnasium, Bắc Giang, Vietnam	Daniel Marthin	Pramudya Kusumawardana Yeremia Rambitan	21–17, 21–19	Gold	[34]

World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2019	Kazan Gymnastics Center, Kazan, Russia	Daniel Marthin	Di Zijian Wang Chang	21–19, 21–18	Gold	[22]

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2018	Markham Pan Am Centre, Markham, Canada	Indah Cahya Sari Jamil	Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti	21–15, 21–9	Gold	[12]
2019	Kazan Gymnastics Center, Kazan, Russia	Indah Cahya Sari Jamil	Feng Yanzhe Lin Fangling	17–21, 17–21	Silver	[23]

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2019	Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre, Suzhou, China	Daniel Marthin	Di Zijian Wang Chang	21–9, 15–21, 21–19	Gold	[21]

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2019	Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre, Suzhou, China	Indah Cahya Sari Jamil	Feng Yanzhe Lin Fangling	16–21, 22–20, 22–20	Gold	[21]

BWF World Tour (5 titles, 3 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[65] 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.^[66]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2021	Hylo Open	Super 500	Daniel Marthin	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	14–21, 19–21	Runner-up	[30]
2022	Singapore Open	Super 500	Daniel Marthin	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	9–21, 21–14, 21–16	Winner	[36]
2023	Indonesia Masters	Super 500	Daniel Marthin	He Jiting Zhou Haodong	21–17, 21–16	Winner	[39]
2023	Thailand Masters	Super 300	Daniel Marthin	Su Ching-heng Ye Hong-wei	21–16, 21–17	Winner	[40]
2023	Hong Kong Open	Super 500	Daniel Marthin	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	10–21, 24–22, 19–21	Runner-up	[56]
2024	Indonesia Masters	Super 500	Daniel Marthin	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	21–12, 20–22, 21–11	Winner	[67]
2024	Korea Open	Super 500	Bagas Maulana	Kang Min-hyuk Seo Seung-jae	18–21, 21–9, 21–8	Winner	[68]
2025	All England Open	Super 1000	Bagas Maulana	Kim Won-ho Seo Seung-jae	19–21, 19–21	Runner-up	[62]

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2018	Bangladesh International	Daniel Marthin	Supak Jomkoh Wachirawit Sothon	21–16, 21–11	Winner	[14]
2018	Turkey International	Daniel Marthin	Peter Briggs Gregory Mairs	21–14, 13–21, 23–21	Winner	[15]
2019	Malaysia International	Daniel Marthin	Low Hang Yee Ng Eng Cheong	17–21, 21–17, 21–11	Winner	[20]

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2018	Bangladesh International	Indah Cahya Sari Jamil	Hoo Pang Ron Cheah Yee See	21–16, 21–15	Winner	[14]
2018	Turkey International	Indah Cahya Sari Jamil	Danny Bawa Chrisnanta Tan Wei Han	19–21, 21–16, 12–21	Runner-up	[15]

  BWF International Challenge tournament

  BWF International Series tournament

BWF Junior International (4 titles, 2 runners-up)

Boys' doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2018	India Junior International	Daniel Marthin	Pramudya Kusumawardana Ghifari Anandaffa Prihardika	21–12, 21–14	Winner	[9]
2018	Malaysia International Junior Open	Daniel Marthin	Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto Pramudya Kusumawardana	21–17, 21–12	Winner	[10]
2019	German Junior International	Daniel Marthin	Di Zijian Wang Chang	17–21, 13–21	Runner-up	[18]
2019	Jaya Raya Junior International	Daniel Marthin	Di Zijian Wang Chang	21–15, 21–14	Winner	[19]

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2018	India Junior International	Metya Inayah Cindiani	Pramudya Kusumawardana Ribka Sugiarto	16–21, 12–21	Runner-up	[69]
2019	Jaya Raya Junior International	Indah Cahya Sari Jamil	Feng Yanzhe Lin Fangling	21–14, 21–19	Winner	[19]

  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	2018	2019	Ref
Asian Junior Championships	B	S	[7][24]
World Junior Championships	B	G	[13][25]

• Senior level

Team events	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Ref
SEA Games	NH	B	NH	A	NH		[35]
Asia Team Championships	A	NH	S	NH	QF	NH	[31]
Asian Games	NH		QF	NH			[59]
Thomas Cup	G	NH	A	NH	S	NH	[5]
Sudirman Cup	NH	A	NH	QF	NH	A	[47]

Individual competitions

Junior level

Boys' doubles

Events	2018	2019	Ref
Asian Junior Championships	1R	G	[8][21]
World Junior Championships	4R	G	[22]

Mixed doubles

Events	2018	2019	Ref
Asian Junior Championships	1R	G	[21]
World Junior Championships	G	S	[12][23]

Senior level

Men's doubles

Events	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Ref
SEA Games	G	NH	A	NH		[34]
Asian Championships	NH	A	1R	1R	B	[46][63][70]
Asian Games	NH	2R	NH			[58]
World Championships	DNQ		3R	NH		[55]

Tournament	BWF World Tour								Best	Ref
	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Malaysia Open	A		NH		A	2R	1R	A	2R ('23)	[37]
India Open	A		NH		A	1R	1R	A	1R ('23, '24)	[38]
Indonesia Masters	A			1R	2R	W	W	1R	W ('23, '24)	[39][67][60]
Thailand Masters	A		2R	NH		W	2R	QF	W ('23)	[40][61]
Orléans Masters	A		NH	A		SF	A		SF ('23)	[42]
All England Open	A				QF	QF	1R	F	F ('25)	[32][43][71][62]
Swiss Open	A		NH	QF	QF	1R	SF	2R	SF ('23)	[28][33][44][72][73]
Spain Masters	A		1R	QF	NH	1R	A	NH	QF ('21)	[29][45]
Thailand Open	A		SF	NH	A	1R	1R	A	SF ('20)	[27][51][74]
			2R
Malaysia Masters	A			NH	A	SF	A		SF ('23)	[48]
Singapore Open	A		NH		W	QF	1R	Q	W ('22)	[36][49][75]
Indonesia Open	A		NH	1R	2R	QF	2R	Q	QF ('23)	[50][76]
Australian Open	A		NH		A	2R	A		2R ('23)	[54]
Japan Open	A		NH		2R	1R	SF		SF ('24)	[53][77]
Korea Open	A		NH		2R	1R	W		W ('24)	[52][68]
Indonesia Masters Super 100	Q2	A	NH		A				Q2 ('18)
Taipei Open	A		NH		w/d	A			—	[78]
Hong Kong Open	A		NH			F	SF		F ('23)	[56][79]
China Open	A		NH			1R	2R		2R ('24)	[80]
Arctic Open	NA		NH			A	1R		1R ('24)	[81]
Denmark Open	A			1R	QF	1R	2R		QF ('22)	[82]
French Open	A		NH	1R	2R	2R	1R		2R ('22, '23)
Hylo Open	A			F	2R	A			F ('21)	[30]
Korea Masters	A		NH		1R	A			1R ('22)
Japan Masters	NH					1R	SF		SF ('24)	[83]
China Masters	A		NH			QF	1R		QF ('23)	[84]
Akita Masters	A	QF	NH						QF ('19)
Year-end ranking	177	84	70	28	15	11	22		9
Tournament	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Best	Ref