Simon Santoso

Simon Santoso
Simon Santoso
Personal information
Country	Indonesia
Born	29 July 1985 (age 39); Tegal, Central Java, Indonesia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Handedness	Right
Men's singles
Highest ranking	3 (16 November 2009)
Current ranking	34 (12 February 2015)
Medal record
Representing Indonesia
Men's Badminton
Southeast Asian Games
Thomas Cup
Sudirman Cup
	BWF profile

Simon Santoso (born 29 July 1985 in Tegal, Central Java) is a male badminton player from Indonesia.

Career

When he was young, he joined the Tangkas Jakarta badminton club before joining the Indonesian National team PBSI. In 2005 he won the Robot HCMC Vietnam Satellite and the silver medal at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games. His best results on the world circuit until recently were runner-up finishes at the Singapore (2008), Swiss (2007), and Indonesia Open Superseries (2008) events . He was also a semi-finalist at the Japan Open Superseries (2007) and the Chinese Taipei Open (2007). In September 2008, Santoso won the Chinese Taipei Open after defeating Roslin Hashim from Malaysia in the final round by scores of 21–18, 13–21, 21–10. In October 2009, he won his first Superseries ever in Denmark Open Superseries, after beating Marc Zwiebler of Germany in the final round, 21–14, 21–6. He won gold in the 2009 Southeast Asian Games by defeating Sony Dwi Kuncoro. In 2011, He retained his gold medal in 2011 Southeast Asian Games by beating Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk in 3 sets. In 2012, He helped Indonesia Garuda to win the inaugural Axiata Cup 2012. In June 2012, he won Indonesia Open Superseries premier badminton title 21–18, 13–21, 21–11 after defeating Du Pengyu of China in the final.^[2]

Personal life

Simon is the youngest of four children of Hosea Liem (father) and Rahel Yanti (mother). His hobbies are swimming and reading comics.

Achievements

Southeast Asian Games

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2011	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk	21–10, 11–21, 21–19	Gold (2)
2009	Vientiane, Laos	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	21–16, 21–12	Gold (1)
2005	Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	16–17, 3–15	Silver

BWF Superseries (3 titles, 4 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, launched on December 14, 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[3] 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,^[4] with successful players invited to the BWF Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Australian Open	Lin Dan	24–22, 16–21, 7–21	Runner-up
2014	Singapore Open (1)	Lee Chong Wei	21–15, 21–10	Champion
2012	Indonesia Open (1)	Du Pengyu	21–18, 13–21, 21–11	Champion
2009	Denmark Open (1)	Marc Zwiebler	21–14, 21–6	Champion
2008	Indonesia Open	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	21–19, 14–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2008	Singapore Open	Lee Chong Wei	13–21, 5–21	Runner-up
2007	Swiss Open	Chen Jin	16–21, 19–21	Runner-up

Superseries Finals Tournament

Superseries Premier Tournament

Superseries Tournament

BWF Grand Prix (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

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

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	Malaysia Masters (1)	Sourabh Varma	15–21, 21–16, 21–19	Champion
2013	Indonesian Masters (1)	Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka	21–17, 21–11	Champion
2012	German Open	Lin Dan	11–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2010	Chinese Taipei Open (2)	Son Wan-ho	21–14, 21–11	Champion
2008	Chinese Taipei Open (1)	Roslin Hashim	21–18, 13–21, 21–10	Champion