Andre Kurniawan Tedjono
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| Andre Kurniawan Tedjono | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | December 7, 1986 |
| Place of birth | Magelang |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 91⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 69 kg (150 lb) |
| Men's singles | |
| Country |  Indonesia |
| Handedness | Right |
| Coach | Agus Dwi Santoso (Djarum) |
| Highest Ranking | 38 (August 16, 2007 [1]) |
| Current Ranking | 40 (October 11, 2007 [2]) |
| BWF Profile | |
Andre Kurniawan Tedjono who was born in Magelang, December 7, 1986 is an Indonesian badminton player with special focus in men's single.
[edit] Career
The first of three children, he initially joined Jaya Agung Magelang Club for two years (1995-1996) before he moved to Djarum Badminton Club in 1997 and started shining in the national competition by grabbing the National Championship title for four years in a row (2003-2006).
In 2003 he entered the Indonesian National Badminton Squad PBSI but he was expelled from the national team a year later. In 2005 he was once again invited to rejoin the team, yet in another year he had to leave the squad. And since then he has been living his badminton life Djarum.
He took the world's eyes in 2007 when he entered the quarterfinal of an elite tournament, the Indonesia Super Series. In this tournament he (who was the world's no. 106) had to crawled from the qualification. In the qualification he grabbed his main draw ticket by beating Kennevic Asuncion (ranked 86 at that time), Roman Spitko of Germany (world's no. 60) and his compatriot Bandar Sigit Pamungkas. He shocked the world even more in the main draw by upsetting the world's no. 13 Andrew Smith and no. 10 Kenneth Jonassen to enter the quarter final before he was beaten by seed no. 4 Chen Hong.
A week after the Indonesia Super Series, he showed another great performance in the KLRC New Zealand Open, beating Ng Wei of Hong Kong (world's no. 20), and three top Malaysian performers, Roslin Hashim (world's no. 19), Yeoh Kay Bin (world's no. 23), and Wong Choong Hann (world's no. 35), entitling Andre for the tournament's title.
In the ranking list posted by the Badminton World Federation a week later, May 24, 2007, he rocketed from world's no. 106 to world's no. 47 in just two weeks.
