Tjun Tjun (Chinese: 梁春生) is a former Chinese-Indonesian badminton player. Though a singles player early in his career, he became one of the sport's greatest doubles specialists. His game was notable for its speed, power, accuracy, and aggressiveness. He is the brother of Liang Qiu-xia, also a badminton player and coach.
Tjun Tjun became world champion in men's doubles with Johan Wahjudi at the first IBF World Championships held in 1977.[1] They also won 6 of the 7 All England Open Badminton Championships held from 1974 through 1980.[2] They were clearly the world's number one team during this period, often beating fellow countrymen Christian Hadinata and Ade Chandra in the finals of major events. Playing one stint at singles and regularly in doubles (first with Rudy Hartono, and later with Wahjudi) Tjun Tjun won all of his matches in three consecutive Thomas Cup campaigns (1973, 1976, 1979), all of which resulted in world team titles for Indonesia.[3] He was elected to the World Badminton Hall of Fame in 2009.
Major achievements
| Rank |
Event |
Date |
Venue |
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| World Championships |
| 1 |
Men's doubles |
1977 |
Malmo, SWE |
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| Asian Games |
| 1 |
Men's doubles |
1974 |
Tehran, IRI |
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| Open Championships |
| 1 |
Men's doubles |
1972, 1973, 1974 |
Denmark Open |
| Mixed doubles |
1974 |
| 1 |
Men's doubles |
1977 |
Swedish Open Open |
| 1 |
Men's doubles |
1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 |
All England |
| 2 |
1973, 1981 |
References
- ↑ Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 109.
- ↑ Davis, 107.
- ↑ Pat Davis, The Guinness Book of Badminton (Enfield, Middlesex, England: Guinness Superlatives Ltd., 1983) 125-128.
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Tjun, Tjun |
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| Short description |
Indonesian badminton player |
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