Praveen Jordan

Praveen Jordan
Praveen Jordan
	Praveen Jordan at the 2013 French Open Superseries
Personal information
Birth name	Praveen Jordan
Country	Indonesia
Born	26 April 1993 (age 31); Bontang, East Kalimantan, Indonesia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	86 kg (190 lb)
Handedness	Right
Mixed doubles
Highest ranking	2 with Debby Susanto (2 November 2016)
Current ranking	2 with Debby Susanto (2 November 2016)
Medal record
Representing Indonesia
Asian Games
Southeast Asian Games
Sudirman Cup
Asia Junior Championships
	BWF profile

Praveen Jordan (born 26 April 1993 in Bontang, Indonesia^[1]) is an Indonesian badminton player who specialises in doubles. He has played for the badminton club PB. Djarum since 2008. In 2013, he caught the attention of world badminton when he paired with the evergreen Vita Marissa, winning several international tournaments together.

After the end of his successful 2013 season, Badminton Association of Indonesia called him up to join the national team, partnering him with Debby Susanto.^[2]

Careers

Junior career

He participated in 2011 Badminton Asia Junior Championships in Lucknow, India. In mixed team event, he played in the men's doubles specialist along with Rangga Yave Rianto. In the first round they managed to contribute a point and bring Indonesia 5–0 leading over Nepal.^[3] In the second round they were not relegated to face Singapore.^[4] They played back against Hong Kong^[5] in the third round and managed to contribute a point and bring Indonesia winning 4–1 and entered the quarter- finals. In the quarter-finals they faced tough team, Japan. But they managed to contribute a point and beat Japan 3–2.^[6] Unfortunately in the semi-finals they had lost to Malaysian team, 1–3.^[7] But they help Indonesia to earn bronze medal. In individual matches he played in two categories . Men's doubles with Rave Rianto Rangga, and mixed doubles with Tiara Rosalia Nuraidah. As the top seed in the men's doubles he was only able to reach the quarter-finals after being defeated by a pair of Chinese Taipei but he got a bronze medal in the mixed doubles after losing to the Chinese pair in the semi-finals.^[8]

Senior career

2010–2012

He started his senior career as an independent player in 2010, playing at several international tournaments in two specialties: men's doubles and mixed doubles.

2013

2013 was the beginning of a brilliant career for him. Pairing with Vita Marissa, an experienced player, he got amazing results. Starting the beginning of the year by following the first-class tournament, 2013 Korea Open Superseries Premier they managed to win in the first qualifying round but lost in the final qualification of other Indonesian pair, Muhammad Rijal/Debby Susanto. But they responded in 2013 Malaysia Open Superseries tournament by defeating Muhammad Rijal/Debby Susanto (third seeded) in the second round. They also defeated fifth seeded from China, Zhang Nan/Tang Jinhua. However they lost to the Danish pair, Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen in the semi-finals. They also got good results at 2013 Singapore Open Superseries by reaching the semi-finals before losing to Tontowi Ahmad/Lilyana Natsir. At the level of the BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix tournaments, they won three titles such as 2013 Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold, 2013 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold, and 2013 New Zealand Open Grand Prix.

2014

He was called to join the national team. He was paired with Debby Susanto and succeed as runner-up at 2014 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold tournament. At multi events such as Asian Games. He managed to earn a bronze medal with Debby Susanto.

2015

He started this year with Debby Susanto as runner up in 2015 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold tournament. They lost to Danish pair Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Christinna Pedersen with 18–21, 18–21.^[9]

Achievements

Asian Games

Mixed Doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Incheon, South Korea	Debby Susanto	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei	19–21, 17–21	Bronze

Southeast Asian Games

Mixed Doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore	Debby Susanto	Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying	18–21, 21–13, 25–23	Gold ⁽¹⁾

Asia Junior Championships

Mixed Doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Lucknow, India	Tiara Rosalia Nuraidah	Pei Tianyi Ou Dongni	14–21, 21–23	Bronze

BWF Superseries (1 title, 2 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, launched on December 14, 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[10] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011,^[11] with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Mixed Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Hong Kong Open	Debby Susanto	Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir	19–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2016	All England Open ⁽¹⁾	Debby Susanto	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen	21–12, 21–17	Champion
2015	French Open	Debby Susanto	Ko Sung-hyun Kim Ha-na	10–21, 21–15, 19–21	Runner-up

BWF Superseries Finals tournament

BWF Superseries Premier tournament

BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (4 titles, 4 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Mixed Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Syed Modi International ⁽¹⁾	Debby Susanto	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai	23–25,21–9, 21–16	Champion
2015	Indonesian Masters	Debby Susanto	Tontowi Ahmad Liliyana Natsir	18–21,13–21	Runner-up
2015	Thailand Open	Debby Susanto	Choi Sol-gyu Eom Hye-won	19–21, 21–17, 16–21	Runner-up
2015	Malaysia Masters	Debby Susanto	Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen	18–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2014	Malaysia Masters	Debby Susanto	Lu Kai Huang Yaqiong	14–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2013	Indonesian Masters ⁽¹⁾	Vita Marissa	Tontowi Ahmad Lilyana Natsir	22–20, 9–21, 21–14	Champion
2013	Malaysia Masters ⁽¹⁾	Vita Marissa	Tan Aik Quan Lai Pei Jing	20–22, 21–13, 21–17	Champion
2013	New Zealand Open ⁽¹⁾	Vita Marissa	Riky Widianto Richi Puspita Dili	21–18, 21–8	Champion

BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title)

Men's Doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Indonesia International	Didit Juang Indrianto	Agripinna Prima Rahmanto Putra Hardianto	17–21, 21–16, 23–21	Champion

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

Record against selected opponents

Mixed doubles results against World Superseries finalists, World Superseries Finals semifinalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists paired with:^[12]