Hendra Setiawan

Hendra Setiawan
Personal information
Country	Indonesia
Born	(1984-08-25) August 25, 1984 Pemalang, Central Java
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Handedness	Right
Men's doubles
Highest ranking	1 (Markis Kido) (September 27, 2007[1])
Current ranking	1 (Mohammad Ahsan) (November 26, 2013 [2])
BWF profile

Olympic medal record
Competitor for  Indonesia
Badminton
Olympic Games
Gold	2008 Beijing	Doubles
World Championships
Gold	2007 Kuala Lumpur	Men's doubles
Bronze	2010 Paris	Men's doubles
Gold	2013 Guangzhou	Men's doubles
Badminton World Cup
Gold	2006 Yiyang	Men's Doubles
Asian Games
Gold	2010 Guangzhou	Doubles
Bronze	2006 Doha	Doubles
Bronze	2006 Doha	Men's Team
Bronze	2010 Guangzhou	Men's Team
Sudirman Cup
Silver	2007 Glasgow	Mixed Team
Thomas Cup
Bronze	2006 Tokyo	Men's Team
Bronze	2008 Jakarta	Men's Team
Silver	2010 Kuala Lumpur	Men's Team
Southeast Asian Games
Gold	2005 Philippines	Men's Doubles
Gold	2007 Thailand	Men's Doubles
Gold	2009 Laos	Men's Doubles
Silver	2011 Indonesia	Men's Doubles
Gold	2007 Thailand	Men's Teams
Gold	2009 Laos	Men's Teams
Gold	2011 Indonesia	Men's Teams
Silver	2005 Philippines	Men's Teams

Hendra Setiawan (born in Pemalang, Central Java, August 25, 1984) is a male badminton player from Indonesia and one of the world's leading doubles players.

Career

In 2005, with Markis Kido, he won men's doubles at the Asian Badminton Championships and the Indonesia Open. In 2006, they also won the Jakarta Satellite, the Hong Kong Open and the China Open after defeating China's Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng, the 2006 IBF (BWF) world champions in the finals.

2007 was a big year for Setiawan and Kido. They were crowned world champions after defeating Jung Jae-sung and Lee Yong-dae from South Korea, 21–19 and 21–19, at the World Championship finals in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. They also captured the China Super Series after defeating China 's Guo Zhendong and Xie Zhongbo and the BWF World Cup Invitation after beating Malaysia's Mohd. Fairuzizuan Mohd. Tazari and Lin Woon Fui at Yiyang, Hunan. In July they were runners-up at the China Masters Super Series, this time losing to Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng, 15–21, 16–21. They won the Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold event in September over the Danish veterans Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen. In December they won the Hong Kong Super Series after overcoming two of Indonesia's "all-time" greats Candra Wijaya and Tony Gunawan 21–12, 18–21, 21–13 in the final. At the 2007 Southeast Asian Games in Thailand, they helped Indonesia win the men's team gold medal, and won men's doubles gold in the individual events after defeating Hendri Kurniawan Saputra and Hendra Wijaya, Indonesian-born players who represented Singapore.

In January 2008 they won the Malaysian Super Series. In August 2008 they captured their most prestigious prize yet, at the Beijing Olympic Games. They took the gold medal in men's doubles after defeating Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng of China 12–21, 21–11, 21–16, thus more than avenging their loss to that team in the 2007 China Masters event. In September 2008 Setiawan teamed with Kido to win the 2008 China Masters Super Series after beating the Chinese pair of Sun Junjie and Xu Chen in the final round. In October they won the Denmark Super Series after beating another Chinese pair, Fu Haifeng and Shen Ye in a straight set final. In November in Paris, they added the French Super Series to their list after defeating yet another Chinese pairing, Cai Yun and Xu Chen, in another straight set final round.

In January 2009 they won the Malaysian Super Series. In September 2009 they won Japan Super Series after beating other Indonesian pair, Rian Sukmawan and Yonathan Suryatama 21–19 and 24–22 in final round. In October 2009 they won French Super Series.

On December 17, 2009.they defeated Malaysian Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong to win Gold Medal at South East Asian Games 2009

They continued their domination to win Gold Medal 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China after beating Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong

Now he's pairing with a younger partner Mohammad Ahsan. They won their first tournament in 2013 Malaysia Super Series after beating Korean pair Lee Yong-dae and Ko Sung-hyun 21-15, 21-13 in the final. They also won their second tournament in 2013 Indonesia Super Series Premier again with another victory against Lee Yong-dae and Ko Sung-hyun with straight game 21-14 and 21-18. Once again, they defeated the Korean pair for the third time in third final of super series tournament with straight sets 21-15 and 21-18 at the 2013 Singapore Super Series on June 23, 2013. In August 2013, They became world champions after winning 2013 BWF World Championships defeated the Danes pair Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen 21-13, 23-21, without losing any single game to all of their opponents since the first round.

Participation at Indonesian Team

• 2 time at Sudirman Cup (2007, 2013)
• 3 times at Thomas Cup (2006, 2008, 2010)

Achievements

Mens Doubles with Muhammad Ahsan

Mens Doubles with Markis Kido

Personal life

When he was young, he joined the Jaya Raya Jakarta badminton club. Setiawan's parents are named Ferry Yoegianto (father) and Kartika Christyaningrum (mother). His hobby is listening music. Normally people called him Hendra or Junkies. His older sister Sylvia Anggraeny is married to the former Indonesian star badminton player Hendrawan.

References

External links

• BWF Player Profile
• BWF Pair Profile – With Markis Kido

v t e World rankings · Top ten badminton players as of January 30, 2014   Men's singles 1. Lee C W () 2. Chen L () 3. T Sugiarto () 4. J Ø Jørgensen () 5. K Tago () 6. B Ponsana () 7. Du PY () 8. Nguyễn T M () 9. Wang ZM () 10. Hu Y ()   Women's singles 1. Li XR () 2. Wang YH () 3. R Intanon () 4. Wang SX () 5. Sung J-h () 6. Bae Youn-joo () 7. S Nehwal (2) 8. Tai T-y (1) 9. J Schenk (1) 10. P V Shindu (1)   Men's doubles 1. M Ahsan / H Setiawan () 2. Ko S-h / Lee Y-d () 3. H Endo / K Hayakawa () 4. M Boe / C Mogensen () 5. Kim K-j / Kim S-r () 6. Liu XL / Qiu ZH () 7. Koo K K / Tan B H () 8. Hoon T H / Tan W K () 9. A Pratama / R A Saputra () 10. Lee S-m / Tsai C-h ()   Women's doubles 1. Wang XL / Yu Y () 2. K Rytter Juhl / C Pedersen () 3. Ma J / Tang JH () 4. M Matsutomo / A Takahashi () 5. Bao YX / Tang JH () 6. Jung K-e / Kim H-n () 7. P Z Bernadeth / R A Pradipta () 8. Jang Y-n / Kim S-y () 9. R Kakiiwa / M Maeda () 10. N K Maheswari / G Polii ()   Mixed doubles 1. Zhang N / Zhao YL () 2. T Ahmad / L Natsir () 3. Xu C / Ma J () 4. J Fischer Nielsen / C Pedersen () 5. C Adcock / G Adcock () 6. Chan P S / Goh L Y () 7. M Kido / P Z Bernadeth () 8. S Prapakamol / S Thungthonkam () 9. Shin B-c / Jang Y-n () 10. P Jordan / V Marissa ()

v t e Top Ten Indonesian Badminton Players - Men's doubles as of 30 January 2014 1. M Ahsan / H Setiawan (1 ) 2. A Pratama / R Saputra (9 ) 3. M Gideon / M Kido (19 ) 4. W Nayaka / A Yusuf (28 ) 5. M Kido / A Yulianto (30 ) 6. B Angriawan / R Suwardi (39 1) 7. C Rusdianto / T Wardhana (45 2) 8. Y Dasuki / H Gunawan (47 2) 9. F Kurniawan / B Septano (50 11) 10. R Suwardi / M Ulinnuha (55 2)