Maria Febe Kusumastuti

Maria Febe Kusumastuti
Personal information
Birth name Maria Febe Kusumastuti
Country  Indonesia
Born (1989-09-30) September 30, 1989
Boyolali, Central Java
Height 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 49 kg (108 lb)
Handedness Right
Women's singles
Highest ranking 19 (June 24th, 2010)
Current ranking 25 (August 5th, 2010)

Maria Febe Kusumastuti (born Boyolali, Central Java; 30 September 1989) is a female badminton player from Indonesia.

Career

In 2008 she won women's singles at the Bitburger Open. The next year, she won women's singles at the Australia Open after beating the 1st seeded Yip Pui Yin with straight set, 21-18, 21-19.

Febe played on 2010 Uber Cup teams for Indonesia which finished at the semifinals after defeated by China 0-3. She lost to Wang Yihan at the first match. In 2009 Indonesia Open Superseries, she made a surprise by beating the 5th-seeded, Pi Hongyan of France, 24-22, 6-21, 21-15 in the first round, but then lost to Wang Lin at the quarterfinals. She played in 2010 All England Open Superseries and she beat Wang Shixian of China, 21-13, 15-21, 21-16, in the first round. Unfortunately, she lost to Jiang Yanjiao of China in straight sets, in 2010 she reached the semi final at Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold but was beaten by Ratchanok Intanon in three sets 17-21, 21-16, 17-21 who later on became the world champion in 2013.

Achievements

Outcome Year Tournament Opponent in final Score
Runner-Up 2014 Bulgarian International Challenge Spain Beatriz Corrales 25–23, 15–21, 12–21
Winner 2009 Australian Open Grand Prix Hong Kong Yip Pui Yin 21–18, 21–19
Winner 2008 Bitburger Open Grand Prix India Aditi Mutatkar 22–24, 21–8, 23–21
Winner 2006 Brazil International Indonesia Maria Elfira Christina

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