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Tony Gunawan (born April 9, 1975) is an American professional doubles badminton player whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful doubles players of all time. He is a former Olympic gold medalist and world champion for Indonesia, and now represents the United States. At the age of 31, he is regarded by many, including his peers, as one of the greatest doubles players of all time. His versatility in doubles is unmatched, having won the 2000 Olympics gold medal, the 2001 World Championships, and 2005 World Championships with 3 different partners.
He recently won the Men's Doubles gold medal in the 2005 IBF World Championships with his partner Howard Bach. Gunawan partnered with Halim Haryanto to win the 2001 IBF World Championships as well as the 2001 All-England Open, and with Candra Wijaya to win the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.
Gunawan and Bach won the 2005 IBF World Championships Men's Doubles gold over Gunawan's ex-partner Wijaya and Sigit Budiarto who were also finalist in the 2003 IBF World Championships in the same event. Tony played for Indonesia from 1992- 2001 and is the winner of numerous titles including two World Championship titles and an Olympic Gold in Men's Doubles. He has coached and played for USA since 2001. Tony is currently studying in Orange County,California and coaches at The Orange County Badminton Club.
[edit] Achievements
[edit] Men's Doubles Titles (35)
| Legend |
| Olympics (1) |
| World Championships (2) |
| Thomas Cup (2) |
| IBF/EBU/PABC Circuit (27) |
| Other(3) |
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| No. |
Date |
Tournament (*Rating) |
Partner |
Opponent in the final |
Score |
| 1. |
1997, March |
French Open (A) |
Victo Wibowo |
 Efraim Davis / Halim Haryanto |
15-10, 15-8 |
| 2. |
1997, March |
Polish Open (1*) |
Victo Wibowo |
Rudy Wijaya / Sen Kok Keong |
15-11, 15-6 |
| 3. |
1997, December |
Copenhagen Masters |
Candra Wijaya |
 Simon Archer / Chris Hunt |
15-13, 15-8 |
| 4. |
1998, March |
Swedish Open (3*) |
Candra Wijaya |
 Yang Ming / Zhang Jun |
15-3, 15-6 |
| 5. |
1998, May |
Thomas Cup |
Team |
 Malaysia |
3-1 |
| 6. |
1998, July |
Malaysia Open (5*) |
Halim Haryanto |
Liu Yong / Yu Jinhao |
6-15, 15-5, 15-11 |
| 7. |
1998, July |
Brunei Open (4*) |
Halim Haryanto |
 Michael Sogaard / Denny Kantono |
15-2, 15-8 |
| 8. |
1998, November |
Hong Kong Open (5*) |
Candra Wijaya |
Jens Eriksen / Jesper Larsen |
15-10, 15-9 |
| 9. |
1999, March |
All England Open (4*) |
Candra Wijaya |
 Lee Dong-Soo / Yoo Yong-Sung |
15-7, 15-8 |
| 10. |
1999, July |
Malaysia Open (5*) |
Candra Wijaya |
Flandy Limpele / Eng Hian |
15-6, 15-11 |
| 11. |
1999, November |
Ipoh Masters |
Candra Wijaya |
Flandy Limpele / Eng Hian |
15-11, 15-9 |
| 12. |
1999, December |
World Grand Prix Finals(7*) |
Candra Wijaya |
Kim Dong Moon / Ha Tae Kwon |
15-7, 8-15, 15-11 |
| 13. |
2000, April |
Japan Open (5*) |
Candra Wijaya |
Lee Dong-Soo / Yoo Yong-Sung |
15-6, 15-7 |
| 14. |
2000, May |
Thomas Cup |
Rexy Mainaky |
Chen Qiqiu / Yu Jinhao |
3-0 |
| 15. |
2000, July |
Indonesia Open (5*) |
Candra Wijaya |
Flandy Limpele / Eng Hian |
14-17, 15-6, 15-8 |
| 16. |
2000, August |
XXVII Olympics (7*) |
Candra Wijaya |
Lee Dong-Soo / You Yong-Sung |
15-10, 9-15, 15-7 |
| 17. |
2000, December |
World Grand Prix Finals (7*) |
Candra Wijaya |
Halim Haryanto / Sigit Budiarto |
7-5, 8-6, 7-2 |
| 18. |
2001 |
All England Open (4*) |
Halim Haryanto |
Candra Wijaya / Sigit Budiarto |
15-13, 7-15, 15-7 |
| 19. |
2001, July |
World Championships (7*) |
Halim Haryanto |
Kim Dong Moon / Ha Tae Kwon |
15-0, 15-10 |
| 20. |
2002, September |
US Open (1*) |
Bob Malaythong |
 Kevin Han / Howard Bach |
11-15, 15-7, 15-7 |
| 21. |
2002, September |
Puerto Rico Open (A) |
Bob Malaythong |
 Sergio Llopis / José Antonio Crespo |
15-6, 15-3 |
| 22. |
2002, December |
SCBA Classic (A) |
Bob Malaythong |
Kevin Han / Howard Bach |
15-10, 15-9 |
| 23. |
2003, September |
US Open (1*) |
Bob Malaythong |
 Wei Hsiang Lin / Sung Yuan Lee |
6-15, 15-4, 15-5 |
| 24. |
2004, September |
US Open (1*) |
Howard Bach |
Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen |
15-5, 15-7 |
| 25. |
2004, September |
Dutch Open (2*) |
Howard Bach |
Peter Steffensen / Thomas Laybourn |
15-8, 15-7 |
| 26. |
2005, February |
USA SCBA International (A) |
Howard Bach |
Bob Malaythong / Raju Rai |
1-0 retired |
| 27. |
2005, August |
World Championships (7*) |
Howard Bach |
Candra Wijaya / Sigit Budiarto |
15-11, 10-15, 15-11 |
| 28. |
2005, October |
BitBurger German Open(1*) |
Halim Haryanto |
 Mike Beres / William Millroy |
15-3, 15-6 |
| 29. |
2005, November |
OCBC Yonex International (A) |
Howard Bach |
Mike Beres / William Milroy |
15-1, 15-2 |
| 30. |
2005, November |
Chinese Taipei Open (3*) |
Halim Haryanto |
Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen |
15-13, 15-13 |
| 31. |
2005, December |
Copenhagen Masters |
Howard Bach |
Fu Haifeng / Cai Yun |
15-12, 11-15, 15-4 |
| 32. |
2006, June |
Indonesia Open (6*) |
Candra Wijaya |
Markis Kido / Hendra Setiawan |
21-17, 21-16 |
| 33. |
2006, August |
US Open (1*) |
Halim Haryanto |
 Alexander Nikolaenko / Vitaly Durkin |
21-10, 21-19 |
| 34. |
2006, September |
Korea Open (6*) |
Candra Wijaya |
Lee Jae Jin / Hwang Ji Man |
21-18, 21-18 |
| 35. |
2006, October |
Japan Open (5*) |
Candra Wijaya |
Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong |
21-15, 21-14 |
[edit] Mixed Doubles Titles (5)
| Legend |
| IBF/EBU/PABC Circuit (5) |
|
|
| No. |
Date |
Tournament (*Rating) |
Partner |
Opponent in the final |
Score |
| 1. |
2002, September |
US Open (1*) |
Eti Tantra |
Simon Archer /  Marina Andrievskaya |
7-11, 11-4, 11-6 |
| 2. |
2002, September |
Puerto Rico Open (A) |
Mesinee Mangkalakiri |
 Tjitte Weistra / Dorianna Rivera |
15-6, 15-3 |
| 3. |
2002, December |
SCBA Classic (1*) |
Mesinee Mangkalakiri |
Bob Malaythong / Lili Zhou |
11-2, 13-10 |
| 4. |
2003, September |
US Open (1*) |
Eti Tantra |
Ji Man Hwang / Eun Woo Lee |
15-5, 15-9 |
| 5. |
2005, November |
Taipei Open (3*) |
Cheng Wen-Hsing |
Devin Lahardi / Vita Marissa |
17-15, 15-6 |
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