Fajar Alfian

Summary

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]

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 ranking7 (with Muhammad Rian Ardianto 19 March 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Indonesia
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Basel Men's doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Tokyo Men's doubles
Thomas Cup
Gold medal – first place 2020 Aarhus Men's team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Bangkok Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Bangkok Men's team
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Men's team
Asian Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Manila Men's doubles
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Hong Kong Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Manila Men's team
SEA Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Kuala Lumpur Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Philippines Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Bangkok Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kota Kinabalu Mixed team
BWF profile

Career edit

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]

Alfian and Ardianto kicked off 2022 with a rough start, with early exits at the German Open and the All England. They scored their breakthrough win at the Swiss Open.[22] Afterwards, they won the Indonesia Masters,[23] and Malaysia Masters,[24] and finished as runner-up at Korea Open,[25] Thailand Open,[26] Malaysia Open[27] and Singapore Open.[28] They also won bronze medal at the Asian Championships.[29][30] 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.[31] 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.[32] They closed off the 2022 World Tour season with a career high rank of world number 1.[3]

2023 edit

In January, Alfian and Ardianto won their first Super 1000 tournament at the Malaysia Open by defeating Chinese pair Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang.[33] 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.[34] At their home tournament Indonesia Masters, they lost in the quarter-finals against fifth seeds Liu Yuchen and Ou Xuanyi.[35]

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[36]

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.[37] At the Spain Masters they lost in the quarter-finals from unseeded Chinese Taipei player Lee Fang-chih and Lee Fang-jen.[38]

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.[39]

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.[40] 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.[41]

In June, Alfian competed at the Singapore Open, but lost in the first round from English pair Ben Lane and Sean Vendy.[42] 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.[43]

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.[44] 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.[45]

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.[46] 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.[47] Made his second appearance at the Asian Games,[48] Alfian failed to bring home any medals after lost in the quarter-finals in both the men's doubles and team events.[49]

Awards and nominations edit

Award Year Category Result Ref.
Gatra Awards 2021 Sports Category with 2020 Thomas Cup squad Won [50]
BWF Awards 2022 Most Improved Player of The Year with Muhammad Rian Ardianto Won [51]
Golden Award SIWO PWI 2019 Favorite Team with 2018 Asian Games men's badminton team Nominated [52]
Indonesian Sport Awards 2018 Favorite Male Athlete Duos with Muhammad Rian Ardianto Nominated [53]
iNews Indonesia Awards 2023 Favorite Athlete with Muhammad Rian Ardianto Nominated [54]

Achievements edit

BWF World Championships edit

Men's doubles

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

Asian Games edit

Men's doubles

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

Asian Championships edit

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2022 Muntinlupa Sports Complex,
Metro Manila, Philippines
  Muhammad Rian Ardianto   Pramudya Kusumawardana
  Yeremia Rambitan
20–22, 21–13, 18–21   Bronze [55]

SEA Games edit

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2017 Axiata Arena,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  Muhammad Rian Ardianto   Kittinupong Kedren
  Dechapol Puavaranukroh
17–21, 21–23   Bronze [15]

BWF World Tour (11 titles, 6 runners-up) edit

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[56] 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.[57]

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2018 Malaysia Masters Super 500   Muhammad Rian Ardianto   Goh V Shem
  Tan Wee Kiong
14–21, 24–22, 21–13   Winner [11]
2018 German Open Super 300   Muhammad Rian Ardianto   Takuto Inoue
  Yuki Kaneko
16–21, 18–21   Runner-up [58]
2018 Syed Modi International Super 300   Muhammad Rian Ardianto   Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
  Chirag Shetty
21–11, 22–20   Winner [12]
2019 Swiss Open Super 300   Muhammad Rian Ardianto   Lee Yang
  Wang Chi-lin
21–19, 21–16   Winner [13]
2019 Korea Open Super 500   Muhammad Rian Ardianto   Takeshi Kamura
  Keigo Sonoda
21–16, 21–17   Winner [14]
2022 Swiss Open Super 300   Muhammad Rian Ardianto   Goh Sze Fei
  Nur Izzuddin
21–18, 21–19   Winner [22]
2022 Korea Open Super 500   Muhammad Rian Ardianto   Kang Min-hyuk
  Seo Seung-jae
21–19, 15–21, 18–21   Runner-up [25]
2022 Thailand Open Super 500   Muhammad Rian Ardianto   Takuro Hoki
  Yugo Kobayashi
4r–13   Runner-up [26]
2022 Indonesia Masters Super 500   Muhammad Rian Ardianto   Liang Weikeng
  Wang Chang
21–10, 21–17   Winner [23]
2022 Malaysia Open Super 750   Muhammad Rian Ardianto   Takuro Hoki
  Yugo Kobayashi
22–24, 21–16, 9–21   Runner-up [27]
2022 Malaysia Masters Super 500   Muhammad Rian Ardianto   Mohammad Ahsan
  Hendra Setiawan
21–12, 21–19   Winner [24]
2022 Singapore Open Super 500   Muhammad Rian Ardianto   Leo Rolly Carnando
  Daniel Marthin
21–9, 14–21, 16–21   Runner-up [28]
2022 Denmark Open Super 750   Muhammad Rian Ardianto   Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
  Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
21–19, 28–26   Winner [31]
2023 Malaysia Open Super 1000   Muhammad Rian Ardianto   Liang Weikeng
  Wang Chang
21–18, 18–21, 21–13   Winner [33]
2023 All England Open Super 1000   Muhammad Rian Ardianto   Mohammad Ahsan
  Hendra Setiawan
21–17, 21–14   Winner [37]
2023 Korea Open Super 500   Muhammad Rian Ardianto   Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
  Chirag Shetty
21–17, 13–21, 14–21   Runner-up [44]
2024 All England Open Super 1000   Muhammad Rian Ardianto   Aaron Chia
  Soh Wooi Yik
21–16, 21–16   Winner

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 2 runners-up) edit

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

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2015 New Zealand Open   Muhammad Rian Ardianto   Huang Kaixiang
  Zheng Siwei
21–16, 17–21, 9–21   Runner-up [59]
2016 Chinese Taipei Masters   Muhammad Rian Ardianto   Chen Hung-ling
  Wang Chi-lin
11–6, 11–6, 11–13, 9–11, 12–10   Winner [9]
2017 Bitburger Open   Muhammad Rian Ardianto   Kim Astrup
  Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
19–21, 21–19, 18–21   Runner-up [60]
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles) edit

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2014 Indonesia International   Muhammad Rian Ardianto   Fran Kurniawan
  Agripina Prima Rahmanto Putra
9–11, 11–9, 11–9, 11–8   Winner [5]
2015 Austrian Open   Muhammad Rian Ardianto   Peter Briggs
  Tom Wolfenden
23–21, 18–21, 21–19   Winner [8]
2015 Indonesia International   Muhammad Rian Ardianto   Hantoro
  Rian Swastedian
21–12, 17–21, 21–15   Winner [6]
2016 Indonesia International   Muhammad Rian Ardianto   Yoshiki Tsukamoto
  Shunsuke Yamamura
21–12, 21–19   Winner [7]
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

Performance timeline edit

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 edit

  • Junior level
Team events 2013
Asian Junior Championships B
World Junior Championships S
  • Senior level
Team events 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Ref
SEA Games G NH G NH A NH A
Asia Team Championships NH A NH G NH A NH [61]
Asia Mixed Team Championships A NH B NH QF [36]
Asian Games NH S NH QF NH [49]
Thomas Cup NH B NH G NH S NH [21]
Sudirman Cup A NH DNP NH QF NH QF [20][40]

Individual competitions edit

Junior level edit

Boys' doubles edit
Events 2013
Asian Junior Championships 2R
World Junior Championships QF
Mixed doubles edit
Events 2013
Asian Junior Championships 2R

Senior level edit

Men's doubles edit
Events 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Ref
SEA Games B NH QF NH A NH A [15]
Asian Championships 2R 2R 2R NH B QF [55][39]
Asian Games NH S NH QF NH [16][49]
World Championships A 3R B NH w/d B 2R [17][47]
Tournament BWF Superseries / Grand Prix BWF World Tour Best Ref
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Malaysia Open A 2R 2R SF NH F W QF W ('23) [27][33]
India Open A NH A SF QF SF ('23) [34]
Indonesia Masters 2R 2R 1R NH 2R QF SF 1R W QF SF W ('22) [23][35]
Thailand Masters NH A QF QF A NH A QF ('17, '18)
German Open A 1R A F A NH 2R A F ('18) [58]
French Open A QF w/d 1R NH SF 2R QF QF SF ('21)
All England Open A 1R 1R SF 2R w/d 1R W W W ('23, '24) [37]
Swiss Open A QF A W NH A W A W ('19, '22) [13][22]
Spain Masters NH A NH QF A QF ('23) [38]
Malaysia Masters A 2R W 2R SF NH W 1R W ('18, '22) [11][24][41]
Thailand Open NH A SF QF A 2R 2R NH F A F ('22) [26]
1R
Singapore Open A 2R A QF NH F 1R F ('22) [28][42]
Indonesia Open A 1R SF SF QF NH QF QF QF SF ('17, '18) [43]
Chinese Taipei Open A QF A QF NH A QF ('16, '19)
Korea Open A 1R A W NH F F W ('19) [14][25][44]
Japan Open A 2R QF 2R NH QF SF SF ('23) [45]
Australian Open A 1R A 1R NH w/d QF QF ('23) [46]
Indonesia Masters Super 100 NH A 2R NH A 2R ('19)
China Open A 2R SF NH 1R SF ('19)
Hong Kong Open A 1R SF 2R NH 2R SF ('18)
Vietnam Open A QF 2R A NH A QF ('15)
Denmark Open A w/d QF A QF W SF W ('22) [31]
Hylo Open A F A QF A F ('17) [60]
Korea Masters A 1R A NH A 1R ('18)
Japan Masters NH w/d
China Masters A QF A 1R 2R NH 2R QF ('16)
Syed Modi International A SF W A NH A W ('18) [12]
Superseries / Tour Finals DNQ SF SF SF ('22, '23) [32]
Chinese Taipei Masters NH 1R W NH W ('16) [9]
Macau Open A SF A NH SF ('16)
New Zealand Open A F 2R A NH F ('15) [59]
Year-end ranking 112 49 24 17 7 5 6 8 1 6 1 [3]
Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Best Ref
Mixed doubles edit
Tournament BWF Superseries / Grand Prix Best
2013
Indonesia Masters 1R 1R ('13)
Year-end ranking 536 173

Record against selected opponents edit

Men's doubles results with Muhammad Rian Ardianto against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 10 October 2023.[62]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Tournament software did not included the men's team event of the 2022 Asian Games results for head-to-head.[63]

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