Fajar Alfian

Fajar Alfian
Fajar Alfian
Personal information
Country	Indonesia
Born	7 March 1995 (age 29); Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Aryono Miranat; Herry Iman Pierngadi
Men's doubles
Highest ranking	5 (with Muhammad Rian Ardianto) (16 April 2019)
Current ranking	6 (with Muhammad Rian Ardianto) (17 March 2020)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Indonesia
World Championships
Thomas Cup
Asian Games
Asia Team Championships
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Southeast Asian Games
World Junior Championships
Asian Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Fajar Alfian (born 7 March 1995) is an Indonesian badminton player who affiliated with the SGS PLN Bandung.^[1]^[2] Together with Muhammad Rian Ardianto, he won the men's doubles bronze medal at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games,^[3] the silver at the 2018 Asian Games,^[4] and another bronze at the 2019 BWF World Championships.

Awards and nominations


Award	Year	Category	Result	Ref.
Indonesian Sport Awards	2018	Favorite Male Athlete Duos with Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Nominated	^[5]

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	16–21, 21–15, 10–21	Bronze

Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	21–13, 18–21, 22–24	Silver

Southeast Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2017	Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Kittinupong Kedren Dechapol Puavaranukroh	17–21, 21–23	Bronze

BWF World Tour (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[6] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[7]

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Malaysia Masters ⁽¹⁾	Super 500	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong	14–21, 24–22, 21–13	Winner
2018	German Open	Super 300	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Takuto Inoue Yuki Kaneko	16–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2018	Syed Modi International ⁽¹⁾	Super 300	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty	21–11, 22–20	Winner
2019	Swiss Open ⁽¹⁾	Super 300	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin	21–19, 21–16	Winner
2019	Korea Open ⁽¹⁾	Super 500	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda	21–16, 21–17	Winner

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 2 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	New Zealand Open	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Huang Kaixiang Zheng Siwei	21–16, 17–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2016	Chinese Taipei Masters	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Chen Hung-ling Wang Chi-lin	11–6, 11–6, 11–13, 9–11, 12–10	Winner
2017	Bitburger Open	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	19–21, 21–19, 18–21	Runner-up

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles)

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Indonesia International	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Fran Kurniawan Agripinna Pamungkas	9–11, 11–9, 11–9, 11–8	Winner
2015	Austrian Open	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Peter Briggs Tom Wolfenden	23–21, 18–21, 21–19	Winner
2015	Indonesia International	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Hantoro Rian Swastedian	21–12, 17–21, 21–15	Winner
2016	Indonesia International	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Yoshiki Tsukamoto Shunsuke Yamamura	21–12, 21–19	Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

Performance timeline

National team

Junior level

Team events	2013
Asian Junior Championships	Bronze
World Junior Championships	Silver

Senior level

Team events	2017	2018	2019	2020
Southeast Asian Games	Gold	—	Gold	—
Asia Team Championships	—	A	—	Gold
Asia Mixed Team Championships	A	—	Bronze	—
Asian Games	—	Silver	—
Thomas Cup	—	Bronze	—
Sudirman Cup	A	—	DNP	—

Individual competitions

Junior level

Events	2013
Asian Junior Championships	R2 (BD) R2 (XD)
World Junior Championships	QF (BD)

Senior level

Events	2017	2018	2019
Southeast Asian Games	Bronze	—	QF
Asian Championships	R2	R2	R2
Asian Games	—	Silver	—
World Championships	A	R3	Bronze

Tournament	2018	2019	2020	Best
BWF World Tour
Malaysia Masters	W	R2	SF	W (2018)
Indonesia Masters	R2	QF	SF	SF (2020)
Thailand Masters	QF	A		QF (2017, 2018)
German Open	F	A	—	F (2018)
All England Open	R1	SF	R2	SF (2019)
Swiss Open	A	W	—	W (2019)
Singapore Open	A	QF	—	QF (2019)
Australian Open	A	R1	—	R1 (2017, 2019)
Taipei Open	A	QF	—	QF (2016, 2019)
Korea Open	A	W	—	W (2019)
China Open	R2	SF	—	SF (2019)
Japan Open	QF	R2	—	QF (2018)
Indonesia Masters Super 100	A	R2	—	R2 (2019)
Denmark Open	w/d	QF	A	QF (2019)
French Open	w/d	R1	—	QF (2017)
Fuzhou China Open	R1	R2	—	QF (2016)
Hong Kong Open	SF	R2	—	SF (2018)
Indonesia Open	SF	QF	—	SF (2017, 2018)
Syed Modi International	W	A	—	W (2018)
Malaysia Open	R2	SF	—	SF (2019)
Korea Masters	R1	A	—	R1 (2018)
Thailand Open	A	R2	R2	SF (2016)
Thailand Open	A	R2	R1	SF (2016)
Year-end Ranking^[8]	7	5		5
Tournament	2018	2019	2020	Best

Tournament	2016	2017	Best
BWF Super Series
All England Open	A	R1	R1 (2017)
Malaysia Open	A	R2	R2 (2017)
Singapore Open	A	R2	R2 (2017)
Indonesia Open	R1	SF	SF (2017)
Australian Open	A	R1	R1 (2017)
Japan Open	A	R2	R2 (2017)
Korea Open	A	R1	R1 (2017)
French Open	A	QF	QF (2017)
Hong Kong Open	A	R1	R1 (2017)
Year-end Ranking	24	17
Tournament	2016	2017	Best

Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	Best
BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold
Malaysia Masters	A				R2	R2 (2017)
Syed Modi International	—	A			SF	SF (2017)
Thailand Masters	—			A	QF	QF (2017)
German Open	A		R1 (MD)	A		R1 (2015)
Swiss Open	A				QF	QF (2017)
China Masters	SS	A		QF	A	QF (2016)
Thailand Open	A	—	A	SF	QF	SF (2016)
Chinese Taipei Open	A			QF	A	QF (2016)
New Zealand Open	A		F (MD)	R2	A	F (2015)
Chinese Taipei Masters	—		R1 (MD)	W	—	W (2016)
Bitburger Open	A				F	F (2017)
Vietnam Open	A		QF (MD)	R2	A	QF (2015)
Macau Open	A			SF	A	SF (2016)
Indonesian Masters	R1 (XD)	R2 (MD)	R2 (MD)	R1	—	R2 (2014, 2015)
Year-end Ranking	536 (XD)	112 (MD) 189 (XD)	49 (MD) 809 (XD)	24	17
Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	Best

Record against selected opponents

Men's doubles results with Muhammad Rian Ardianto against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.^[9]

Chai Biao & Hong Wei 1–0
Liu Cheng & Zhang Nan 2–1
Li Junhui & Liu Yuchen 3–4
Chen Hung-ling & Wang Chi-lin 1–1
Mathias Boe & Carsten Mogensen 0–2
Marcus Ellis & Chris Langridge 2–1
Mohammad Ahsan & Hendra Setiawan 1–2
Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 3–5
Hiroyuki Endo & Yuta Watanabe 1–1
Takuro Hoki & Yugo Kobayashi 1–1
Takeshi Kamura & Keigo Sonoda 5–6
Goh V Shem & Tan Wee Kiong 3–0
Ivan Sozonov & Vladimir Ivanov 2–1
Ko Sung-hyun & Shin Baek-cheol 1–2
Lee Yong-dae & Yoo Yeon-seong 0–1
Bodin Isara & Maneepong Jongjit 1–0

References

^ "Players: Fajar Alfian". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
^ "Profil Tim Bulutangkis di Asian Games 2018" (in Indonesian). Badminton Association of Indonesia. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
^ "SEA Games: Jonatan Christie Aiming for Badminton Men Single Gold". Tempo. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
^ "Indonesia wins gold, silver at men's doubles badminton at Asian Games". EFE. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
^ "Daftar Lengkap Nominasi dan Pemenang Indonesian Sport Awards 2018" (in Indonesian). Tribunnews. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
^ "BWF World Rankings". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
^ "Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto Head to Head". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 20 March 2020.

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[1] "Players: Fajar Alfian". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 24 August 2019.

[2] "Profil Tim Bulutangkis di Asian Games 2018" (in Indonesian). Badminton Association of Indonesia. Retrieved 28 September 2019.

[3] "SEA Games: Jonatan Christie Aiming for Badminton Men Single Gold". Tempo. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2019.

[4] "Indonesia wins gold, silver at men's doubles badminton at Asian Games". EFE. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2019.

[5] "Daftar Lengkap Nominasi dan Pemenang Indonesian Sport Awards 2018" (in Indonesian). Tribunnews. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.

[6] Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.

[7] Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

[8] "BWF World Rankings". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2016.

[9] "Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto Head to Head". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 20 March 2020.

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