Tony Gunawan (Chinese: 吳俊明; pinyin: Wu Junming) (born 9 April 1975) is a Chinese descended, Indonesian born badminton player and coach who excelled internationally for Indonesia and later for the United States.
Career
Gunawan is a former Olympic gold medalist and world champion for Indonesia, and now represents the United States. He is regarded by many, including his peers, as one of the greatest doubles players in badminton's history.[1] A superb all-court player with a particular facility in the forecourt, he won the 2000 Olympic gold medal, the 2001 World Championships, and 2005 World Championships with 3 different men's doubles partners.
He won the Men's Doubles gold medal in the 2005 IBF World Championships from the 13th seeded position with his American 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. He was a member of the world champion 2000 Indonesia Thomas Cup team, winning his match in the final against China with yet another partner, Rexy Mainaky.
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 finalists in the 2003 IBF World Championships in the same event. Tony played for Indonesia from 1992–2001 and is the winner of numerous international titles. He has coached and played for USA since 2001. Tony is currently studying in Orange County, California and coaches at San Gabriel Badminton Club 2 (Pomona).
Achievements
Men's Doubles Titles (35)
Legend |
Olympics (2) |
World Championships (2) |
Thomas Cup (2) |
IBF/EBU/PABC Circuit (28) |
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 / Seng 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 / Yoo 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, March |
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 Milroy |
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 |
36. |
2007, September |
Japan Super Series (SS) |
Candra Wijaya |
Luluk Hadiyanto / Alvent Yulianto Chandra |
21-18, 21-17 |
Other Results
22/06/2008 |
Indonesia Super Series 2008 |
S.Series |
7800.00 |
Runner-Up |
06/04/2008 |
India Grand Prix Gold 2008 |
GP Gold |
4900.00 |
Semi-Finalist |
16/03/2008 |
Wilson Swiss Open Super Series 2008 |
S.Series |
5040.00 |
Quarter-Finalist |
09/03/2008 |
YONEX All England Super Series 2008 |
S.Series |
3600.00 |
1\16 |
20/01/2008 |
Proton Malaysia Open Super Series 2008 |
S.Series |
6420.00 |
Semi-Finalist |
02/12/2007 |
YONEX-SUNRISE HONG KONG SUPER SERIES 2007 |
S.Series |
7800.00 |
Runner-Up |
25/11/2007 |
CHINA OPEN SUPER SERIES |
S.Series |
2220.00 |
1\32 |
19/08/2007 |
16th WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007 |
BWF Events |
6600.00 |
Quarter-Finalist |
22/07/2007 |
BINGO BONANZA PHILIPPINE OPEN 2007 |
GP Gold |
2720.00 |
1\16 |
13/05/2007 |
DJARUM INDONESIA SUPER SERIES |
S.Series |
6420.00 |
Semi-Finalist |
06/05/2007 |
AVIVA OPEN SINGAPORE SUPER SERIES 2007 |
S.Series |
6420.00 |
Semi-Finalist |
18/03/2007 |
WILSON SWISS OPEN SUPER SERIES |
S.Series |
6420.00 |
Semi-Finalist |
11/03/2007 |
YONEX ALL ENGLAND SUPER SERIES |
S.Series |
6420.00 |
Semi-Finalist |
28/01/2007 |
YONEX KOREA OPEN SUPER SERIES |
S.Series |
6420.00 |
Semi-Finalist |
21/01/2007 |
PROTON MALAYSIA SUPER SERIES |
S.Series |
7800.00 |
Runner-Up |
02/09/2006 |
YONEX SUNRISE HONG KONG OPEN 2006 |
6* |
4950.10 |
Quarter-Finalist |
Mixed Doubles Titles (5)
Legend |
IBF/EBU/PABC Circuit (5) |
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No. |
Date |
Tournament (*Rating) |
Partner |
Opponent in the final |
Score |
1. |
2002, September |
US Open (1*) |
Etty Tantri |
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*) |
Etty Tantri |
Hwang Ji-man / Eun Woo Lee |
15-5, 15-9 |
5. |
2005, November |
Taipei Open (3*) |
Cheng Wen-Hsing |
Devin Lahardi / Vita Marissa |
17-15, 15-6 |
References
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Persondata |
Name |
Gunawan, Tony |
Alternative names |
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Short description |
Indonesian born American badminton player of Chinese descent |
Date of birth |
9 April 1975 |
Place of birth |
Surabaya, Indonesia |
Date of death |
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Place of death |
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