Hendra Setiawan
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Hendra Setiawan (born in Pemalang
, Central Java
, August 24, 1984) is a male badminton
player from Indonesia
and one of the world's leading doubles players.
, he won men's doubles at the Asian Badminton Championships and the Indonesia Open
. In 2006, they also won the Jakarta Satellite, the Hong Kong Open
and the 2006 China Open (badminton)China Open after defeating China's Cai Yun
and Fu Haifeng
, the 2006 IBF (BWF) world champions
in the finals.
2007 was a big year for Setiawan and Kido. They were crowned world champions after defeating Jung Jae-sung
and Lee Yong-dae
from South Korea
, 21–19 and 21–19, at the World Championship finals in Kuala Lumpur
, Malaysia. They also captured the China Super Series
after defeating China 's Guo Zhengdong and Xie Zhongbo
and the BWF World Cup Invitation after beating Malaysia's Mohd. Fairuzizuan Mohd. Tazari and Lin Woon Fui
at Yiyang
, Hunan
. In July they were runners-up at the China Masters Super Series
, this time losing to Cai Yun
and Fu Haifeng
, 15–21, 16–21. They won the Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold event in September over the Danish veterans Lars Paaske
and Jonas Rasmussen
. In December they won the Hong Kong Super Series
after overcoming two of Indonesia's "all-time" greats Candra Wijaya
and Tony Gunawan
21–12, 18–21, 21–13 in the final. At the 2007 Southeast Asian Games in Thailand
, they helped Indonesia win the men's team gold medal, and won men's doubles gold in the individual events after defeating Hendri Kurniawan Saputra and Hendra Wijaya, Indonesian-born players who represented Singapore
.
In January 2008 they won the Malaysian Super Series
. In August 2008 they captured their most prestigious prize yet, at the Beijing Olympic Games
. They took the gold medal in men's doubles after defeating Cai Yun
and Fu Haifeng
of China 12–21, 21–11, 21–16, thus more than avenging their loss to that team in the 2007 China Masters event. In September 2008 Setiawan teamed with Kido to win the 2008 China Masters Super Series
after beating the Chinese pair of Sun Junjie and Xu Chen
in the final round. In October they won the Denmark Super Series after beating another Chinese pair, Fu Haifeng
and Shen Ye in a straight set final. In November in Paris, they added the French Super Series
to their list after defeating yet another Chinese pairing, Cai Yun and Xu Chen, in another straight set final round.
In January 2009 they won the Malaysian Super Series
. In September 2009 they won Japan Super Series
after beating other Indonesian pair, Rian Sukmawan
and Yonatan Suryatama 21–19 and 24–22 in final round. In October 2009 they won French Super Series
.
On December 17, 2009.they defeated Malaysian Koo Kien Kiat/Tan Boon Heong to win Gold Medal at South East Asian Games 2009
They continued their domination to win Gold Medal Asian Games XVI in Guangzhou
, China
after beating Koo Kien Keat
and Tan Boon Heong
His older sister Sylvia Anggraeny is married to the former Indonesian star badminton player Hendrawan
.
Pemalang
Pemalang is a regency in north coast of Central Java province in Indonesia. Its capital is Pemalang.Like the larger cities of Tegal, to its west, and Pekalongan, to the east, Pemalang was dominated in the nineteenth century by sugar production. The area was known for its fertile soil, which had...
, Central Java
Central Java
Central Java is a province of Indonesia. The administrative capital is Semarang. It is one of six provinces on the island of Java.This province is the province of high Human Development in Indonesia and its Points Development Index countries is equivalent to Lebanon. The province of Central Java...
, August 24, 1984) is a male badminton
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
player from Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
and one of the world's leading doubles players.
Career
In 2005, with Markis KidoMarkis Kido
Markis Kido is a male badminton player from Indonesia, one of the world's leading men's doubles specialists. He won the men's doubles Olympic gold medal in 2008 with Hendra Setiawan.- Career :...
, he won men's doubles at the Asian Badminton Championships and the Indonesia Open
Indonesia Open (badminton)
The Indonesia Open in an annual badminton tournament organized by Persatuan Bulutangkis Seluruh Indonesia and held in Indonesia since 1982. It became part of the BWF Super Series tournament in 2007 and got the Premier Super Series status in 2011....
. In 2006, they also won the Jakarta Satellite, the Hong Kong Open
2006 Hong Kong Open (badminton)
The 2006 Hong Kong Open in badminton was held from August 28 to September 2.-Men's singles:-Women's singles:-External links:**...
and the 2006 China Open (badminton)China Open after defeating China's Cai Yun
Cai Yun
Cai Yun is a male badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:Combining Cai Yun's impressive speed with his regular partner Fu Haifeng's impressive power, Cai and Fu have been one of the world's leading men's doubles teams since 2004. They have won numerous top tier events on the...
and Fu Haifeng
Fu Haifeng
Fu Haifeng born August 23, 1983 in Jieyang, Guangdong, China) is a Chinese badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:Combining Fu Haifeng's impressive power with his regular partner Cai Yun's impressive speed, Cai and Fu have been one of the world's leading men's doubles teams...
, the 2006 IBF (BWF) world champions
2006 IBF World Championships
The 2006 IBF World Championships was held in Madrid, the capital of Spain, from September 18 to September 24, 2006.-Medalists:-Men's Singles:-Men's Doubles:-Women's Singles:-Women's Doubles:-Mixed Doubles:-Medal account:...
in the finals.
2007 was a big year for Setiawan and Kido. They were crowned world champions after defeating Jung Jae-sung
Jung Jae-sung
Jung Jae-sung is a male badminton player from South Korea.Jung started playing badminton at 7, at his local elementary school. He entered the South Korea national badminton team in 2001...
and Lee Yong-dae
Lee Yong-dae
Lee Yong-dae is a male badminton player from South Korea. He is considered by many to be a great talent and already a wonderful doubles player...
from South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
, 21–19 and 21–19, at the World Championship finals in Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...
, Malaysia. They also captured the China Super Series
China Open (badminton)
The China Open is an annual badminton tournament held in People's Republic of China. It became part of the BWF Super Series tournaments in 2007.-Past winners:...
after defeating China 's Guo Zhengdong and Xie Zhongbo
Xie Zhongbo
-Career:A doubles specialist on the world circuit, Xie has regularly partnered Guo Zhendong in men's doubles and Zhang Yawen in mixed doubles over the past several years. Xie and Guo have won the Polish Open , the China Masters , and the India Open together...
and the BWF World Cup Invitation after beating Malaysia's Mohd. Fairuzizuan Mohd. Tazari and Lin Woon Fui
Lin Woon Fui
Lin Woon Fui is a Malaysian badminton player who's best ranked 4th in the world in doubles badminton in year 2006. His regular doubles' partner is Gan Teik Chai...
at Yiyang
Yiyang
Yiyang is a prefecture-level city at the Zi River in Hunan province, China. According to the 2010 Census, Yiyang has a population of 4,313,084 inhabitants residing in an area of 12,144 km². It can be said that the population of the city hasn't changed since the last census in 2000, when the data...
, Hunan
Hunan
' is a province of South-Central China, located to the south of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting...
. In July they were runners-up at the China Masters Super Series
2007 China Masters Super Series
-Seeds:# Zhang Ning# Xie Xingfang# Zhu Lin# Xu Huaiwen# Wang Chen# Pi Hongyan# Yao Jie# Lu Lan-Results:-Seeds:# Fu Haifeng / Cai Yun# Markis Kido / Hendra Setiawan# Choong Tan Fook / Lee Wan Wah# Anthony Clark / Robert Blair...
, this time losing to Cai Yun
Cai Yun
Cai Yun is a male badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:Combining Cai Yun's impressive speed with his regular partner Fu Haifeng's impressive power, Cai and Fu have been one of the world's leading men's doubles teams since 2004. They have won numerous top tier events on the...
and Fu Haifeng
Fu Haifeng
Fu Haifeng born August 23, 1983 in Jieyang, Guangdong, China) is a Chinese badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:Combining Fu Haifeng's impressive power with his regular partner Cai Yun's impressive speed, Cai and Fu have been one of the world's leading men's doubles teams...
, 15–21, 16–21. They won the Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold event in September over the Danish veterans Lars Paaske
Lars Paaske
-Career:He competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's doubles with partner Jonas Rasmussen. After an initial bye in the first round, they were then defeated in the next round by Yim Bang-eun and Kim Yong-hyun of Korea...
and Jonas Rasmussen
Jonas Rasmussen
Jonas Rasmussen is a male badminton player from Denmark.With his men's double partner Lars Paaske he won the 2003 IBF World Championships defeating Indonesian couple Candra Wijaya and Sigit Budiarto in the gold medal match and the All England Super Series 2010 defeating compatriots Mathias Boe and...
. In December they won the Hong Kong Super Series
Hong Kong Open (badminton)
The Hong Kong Open is an annual badminton tournament held in Hong Kong since 1982, but it did not take place annually. It is organized by Hong Kong Badminton Association and it became one of the Super Series tournament in 2007. In 2008, Wang Chen became the first home player to win the Hong Kong...
after overcoming two of Indonesia's "all-time" greats Candra Wijaya
Candra Wijaya
-Career:Wijaya is a doubles specialist who, as of 2008, has rated among the best men's doubles players in the world for over a decade. Noted for his ability in all phases of the doubles game, he has reached the final of the BWF World Championships three times with countryman Sigit Budiarto. They...
and Tony Gunawan
Tony Gunawan
Tony Gunawan is an Indonesian born badminton player of Chinese descent.-Career:Gunawan is a former Olympic gold medalist and world champion for Indonesia, and now represents the United States. He is regarded by many, including his peers, as one of the greatest doubles players badminton's history...
21–12, 18–21, 21–13 in the final. At the 2007 Southeast Asian Games in Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
, they helped Indonesia win the men's team gold medal, and won men's doubles gold in the individual events after defeating Hendri Kurniawan Saputra and Hendra Wijaya, Indonesian-born players who represented Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
.
In January 2008 they won the Malaysian Super Series
Malaysia Open (badminton)
The Malaysia Open is an annual badminton event that commonly held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The tournament has been held since 1937 and has been played in different locations such as Johor Bahru, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Penang, Selangor, Kuantan....
. In August 2008 they captured their most prestigious prize yet, at the Beijing Olympic Games
Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Badminton competitions at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics were held from August 9 to August 17 at the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium.-Qualification:The qualification for 2008 Summer Olympics began from May 2007 until April 2008...
. They took the gold medal in men's doubles after defeating Cai Yun
Cai Yun
Cai Yun is a male badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:Combining Cai Yun's impressive speed with his regular partner Fu Haifeng's impressive power, Cai and Fu have been one of the world's leading men's doubles teams since 2004. They have won numerous top tier events on the...
and Fu Haifeng
Fu Haifeng
Fu Haifeng born August 23, 1983 in Jieyang, Guangdong, China) is a Chinese badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:Combining Fu Haifeng's impressive power with his regular partner Cai Yun's impressive speed, Cai and Fu have been one of the world's leading men's doubles teams...
of China 12–21, 21–11, 21–16, thus more than avenging their loss to that team in the 2007 China Masters event. In September 2008 Setiawan teamed with Kido to win the 2008 China Masters Super Series
2008 China Masters Super Series
The 2008 China Masters Super Series is the eleventh tournament of the 2008 BWF Super Series in badminton. It was held in Changzhou, China from September 23 to September 28, 2008.-Final Results:-External links:* at tournamentsoftware.com...
after beating the Chinese pair of Sun Junjie and Xu Chen
Xu Chen
Xu Chen is a male badminton player from China. , he was ranked within the top 10 male badminton doubles teams in the world.-References:**...
in the final round. In October they won the Denmark Super Series after beating another Chinese pair, Fu Haifeng
Fu Haifeng
Fu Haifeng born August 23, 1983 in Jieyang, Guangdong, China) is a Chinese badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:Combining Fu Haifeng's impressive power with his regular partner Cai Yun's impressive speed, Cai and Fu have been one of the world's leading men's doubles teams...
and Shen Ye in a straight set final. In November in Paris, they added the French Super Series
French Open (badminton)
The French Open is an annual Badminton tournament held in France since 1909 and hosted by the Fédération Française de Badminton . The 2009 edition will be held from the 27th of October to the 1st of November....
to their list after defeating yet another Chinese pairing, Cai Yun and Xu Chen, in another straight set final round.
In January 2009 they won the Malaysian Super Series
Malaysia Open (badminton)
The Malaysia Open is an annual badminton event that commonly held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The tournament has been held since 1937 and has been played in different locations such as Johor Bahru, Kota Kinabalu, Kuching, Penang, Selangor, Kuantan....
. In September 2009 they won Japan Super Series
Japan Open (badminton)
The Japan Open is an annual badminton tournament held in Japan. It became part of the BWF Super Series tournaments in 2007.-Past winners:...
after beating other Indonesian pair, Rian Sukmawan
Rian Sukmawan
Rian Sukmawan is a professional badminton player from Indonesia.-Career:Sukmawan is a doubles specialist. In 2006 he won men's doubles at the Dutch and New Zealand Opens with fellow countryman Eng Hian. In 2007 he won the Dutch Open again, this time with his latest partner Yonatan Suryatama...
and Yonatan Suryatama 21–19 and 24–22 in final round. In October 2009 they won French Super Series
French Open (badminton)
The French Open is an annual Badminton tournament held in France since 1909 and hosted by the Fédération Française de Badminton . The 2009 edition will be held from the 27th of October to the 1st of November....
.
On December 17, 2009.they defeated Malaysian Koo Kien Kiat/Tan Boon Heong to win Gold Medal at South East Asian Games 2009
They continued their domination to win Gold Medal Asian Games XVI in Guangzhou
Guangzhou
Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port...
, China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
after beating Koo Kien Keat
Koo Kien Keat
Koo Kien Keat is a professional badminton player from Malaysia. Besides being a men's doubles player, he also represents Malaysia in the mixed doubles event. He started his career at seventeen years of age and has won the Asian Junior title. He played in the Thomas Cup 2004 with Chan Chong Ming....
and Tan Boon Heong
Tan Boon Heong
Tan Boon Heong is a professional badminton player representing Malaysia in the men's doubles event. He and his current doubles partner—Koo Kien Keat—are ranked 3rd in men's doubles in the world.-Career:...
Participation at Indonesian Team
- 1 time at Sudirman CupSudirman CupSudirman Cup is the world mixed team badminton championship which takes place every two years. There are five matches in every round: men and women's singles, men and women's doubles and mixed doubles. The Cup is named after Dick Sudirman, a former Indonesian badminton player and the founder of the...
(2007) - 3 times at Thomas CupThomas CupThe Thomas Cup, sometimes called the World Men's Team Championships, is an international badminton competition among teams representing member nations of the Badminton World Federation , the sport's global governing body...
(2006, 2008, 2010)
Personal life
When he was young, he joined the Jaya Raya Jakarta badminton club. Setiawan's parents are named Ferry Yoegianto (father) and Kartika Christyaningrum (mother). His hobby is listening music. Normally people called him Hendra or Junkies.His older sister Sylvia Anggraeny is married to the former Indonesian star badminton player Hendrawan
Hendrawan
Hendrawan is a former Chinese Indonesian badminton player.Hendrawan began playing internationally in the early 1990s but at first was overshadowed by a number of his countrymen who rated among the world's elite players...
.