Taufik Hidayat

Taufik Hidayat
Personal information
Born	August 10, 1981 (1981-08-10) Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	65 kg (140 lb; 10.2 st)
Country	Indonesia
Handedness	Right
Coach	Mulyo Handoyo
Men's singles
Highest Ranking	1 (2000)
Current Ranking	5 (September 7, 2011)
Medal record Competitor for Indonesia Men's badminton Olympic Games Gold 2004 Athens Men's singles World Championships Gold 2005 Anaheim Men's singles Silver 2010 Paris Men's singles Bronze 2009 Hyderabad Men's singles Bronze 2001 Seville Men's singles Asian Games Gold 2006 Doha Men's singles Gold 2002 Busan Men's singles Silver 2002 Busan Team Bronze 2010 Guangzhou Team Bronze 2006 Doha Team Thomas Cup Gold 2002 Guangzhou Team Gold 2000 Kuala Lumpur Team
BWF Profile

Taufik Hidayat (born August 10, 1981 in Bandung, West Java) is an Indonesian badminton player. He is a former World and Olympic champion in men's singles. He has also won the Indonesian Open six times (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006).

When he was young, he joined the SGS Club, a badminton club in Bandung, where he trained under Iie Sumirat.

Hidayat won the men's singles competition in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In August 2005, he won the men's singles competition at the IBF World Championships. He also won the gold medal at the Asian Games twice, at Busan in 2002 and Doha in 2006.

Popular media has at times focused on the perceived rivalry between Hidayat and Chinese player Lin Dan, referring to the two as "arch rivals".

Player attributes

Hidayat's main qualities are his backhand (as he is perhaps most famous for his backhand smash, revered for its unusually high generation of power), forehand jump smash, drop shot (reverse slice in particular), smooth footwork and deceiving net play. Hidayat's forehand jump smash in the 2006 world championships is currently the fastest smash recorded in single's competition: he recorded 305 km/h in a match against Ng Wei.

This overwhelming power on both his forehand and backhand, combined with his tenacity at the net and scope for deceptive shots, provide him with an extremely diverse weaponry on court, making him one of the most difficult players to face on the open circuit. Criticisms are in his lack of fitness, impatience with loud crowds and his propensity to return a net shot with a net shot, even though his opponent is dangerously close to the net.

Participation in the Indonesian team

• 5 times at Sudirman Cup (1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007)
• 6 times at Thomas Cup (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010)
• 3 times at Summer Olympics at individual event (2000, 2004, 2008)

Achievements

Career finals (24 titles, 15 runner-ups)

Year	Tournament	Opponent in final	Outcome	Score
2011	Malaysia Open	Lee Chong Wei	Runner-up	8-21, 17-21
2010	Hong Kong Open	Lee Chong Wei	Runner-up	19-21, 9-21
2010	French Open	Joachim Persson	Winner	21-16, 21-11
2010	Denmark Open	Jan Ø. Jørgensen	Runner-up	19-21, 19-21
2010	Indonesia Open Grand Prix Gold	Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka	Winner	26-28, 21-17, 21-14
2010	World Championships	Chen Jin	Runner-up	13-21, 15-21
2010	Canadian Open	Brice Leverdez	Winner	21-15, 21-11
2010	Indonesia Open	Lee Chong Wei	Runner-up	19-21, 8-21
2009	French Open	Lin Dan	Runner-up	6-21, 15-21
2009	Japan Open	Bao Chunlai	Runner-up	15-21, 12-21
2009	U.S. Open	Hsueh Hsuan-Yi	Winner	21-15, 21-16
2009	Indonesia Open	Lee Chong Wei	Runner-up	9-21, 14-21
2009	India Open	Muhammad Hafiz Hashim	Winner	21-18, 21-19
2008	French Open	Peter Gade	Runner-up	21-16, 17-21, 7-21
2008	Macau Open	Lee Chong Wei	Winner	21-19, 21-15
2007	SEA Games (2)	Lee Yen Hui Kendrick	Winner	21-15, 21-9
2007	Macau Open	Chen Jin	Runner-up	21-19, 17-21, 18-21
2007	Chinese Taipei Open	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	Runner-up	21-18, 6-21, 13-21
2007	Japan Open	Lee Chong Wei	Runner-up	20-22, 21-19, 19-21
2007	Badminton Asia Championships (3)	Chen Hong	Winner	21-18, 21-19
2006	Asian Games (2)	Lin Dan	Winner	21-15, 22-20
2006	Japan Open	Lin Dan	Runner-up	21-16, 16-21, 3-21
2006	Indonesia Open (6)	Bao Chunlai	Winner	21-18, 21-17
2005	World Championships	Lin Dan	Winner	15-3, 15-7
2005	Singapore Open (2)	Chen Hong	Winner	15-9, 15-3
2004	Olympic Games	Shon Seung-mo	Winner	15-8, 15-7
2004	Indonesia Open (5)	Chen Hong	Winner	15-10, 15-11
2004	Badminton Asia Championships (2)	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	Winner	15-12, 7-15, 15-6
2003	Indonesia Open (4)	Chen Hong	Winner	15-9, 15-9
2002	Asian Games (1)	Lee Hyun-il	Winner	15-7, 15-9
2002	Indonesia Open (3)	Chen Hong	Winner	15-12, 15-12
2001	Singapore Open (1)	Wong Choong Hann	Winner	7-5, 0-7, 7-1, 1-7, 7-4
2000	Indonesia Open (2)	Ong Ewe Hock	Winner	15-5, 15-13
2000	Badminton Asia Championships (1)		Winner
2000	All England Open	Xia Xuanze	Runner-up	6-15, 13-15
2000	Malaysia Open		Winner
1999	SEA Games (1)	Wong Choong Hann	Winner	15-10, 11-15, 15-11
1999	Indonesia Open (1)	Budi Santoso	Winner	17-14, 15-12
1999	All England Open	Peter Gade	Runner-up	11-15, 15-7, 10-15

Record Against Selected Opponents

Includes results from all competitions 2000–present.

• Chen Hong 9-2
• Xia Xuanze 2-2
• Ji Xinpeng 0-1
• Chen Yu 7-0
• Lin Dan 3-8
• Bao Chunlai 3-8
• Chen Jin 1-3
• Du Pengyu 4-1
• Chen Long 2-2
• Hsieh Yu-Hsin 5-2
• Poul-Erik Hoyer 1-1
• Peter Gade 9-8
• Kenneth Jonassen 3-0
• Joachim Persson 4-1
• Jan Ø. Jørgensen 2-2
• Andrew Smith 5-0
• Rajiv Ouseph 2-0
• Wei Ng 6-0
• Hu Yun 2-0
• Anup Sridhar 1-1
• Hendrawan 2-1
• Sony Dwi Kuncoro 3-1
• Simon Santoso 5-5
• Joko Suprianto 1-0
• Kenichi Tago 4-0
• Lee Hyun-il 1-2
• Shon Seung-mo 4-1
• Park Sung-hwan 10-1
• Lee Chong Wei 6-11
• Ronald Susilo 2-1
• Boonsak Ponsana 8-1
• Nguyen Tien Minh 3-1

External links

• Taufik Hidayat, The Official Taufik Hidayat Website
• Taufik Hidayat, #48 on Time’s list of "100 Olympic Athletes To Watch"
• sports-reference.com
• tournamentsoftware.com