Country Indonesia Role Player Weight 72 kg (159 lb) Height 1.81 m | Handedness Right Spouse Sandra Arief (m. 2011) Name Hendra Setiawan Siblings Silvia Anggraeny | |
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Hendra Setiawan | The Silent Killer | Maestro of Front Court
Hendra Setiawan, The unbelievable cool Badminton Player Ever
Hendra Setiawan (born 25 August 1984 in Pemalang, Central Java) is an Indonesian men's doubles badminton player. He is the 2008 Beijing Olympic gold medallist and a three-time World Champion in men's doubles, and one of the greatest men's doubles player in his era.
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- Hendra Setiawan The Silent Killer Maestro of Front Court
- Hendra Setiawan The unbelievable cool Badminton Player Ever
- Career
- Participation at Indonesian Team
- Olympic Games 1 gold 0 silver 0 bronze
- BWF World Championships 3 golds 0 silver 1 bronze
- Badminton Asia Championships 2 golds 2 silvers 0 bronze
- Asian Games 2 golds 0 silver 1 bronze
- Southeast Asian Games 3 golds 1 silver 0 bronze
- BWF Superseries 18 titles 10 runners up
- BWF Grand Prix 4 titles 1 runner up
- BWF Open Tournaments 2 titles 2 runners up
- Personal life
- Record against selected opponents
- References
Career
In 2005, with Markis Kido, 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 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 Open Superseries after defeating China 's Guo Zhendong 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 Superseries, this time losing to Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng, 15–21, 16–21. They won the Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold event in September over the Danish veterans Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen. In December they won the Hong Kong Open Superseries 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 Open Superseries. 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 Superseries after beating the Chinese pair of Sun Junjie and Xu Chen in the final round. In October they won the Denmark Open Superseries after beating another Chinese pair, Fu Haifeng and Shen Ye in a straight set final. In November in Paris, they added the French Open Superseries 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 Malaysia Open Superseries. In September 2009 they won Japan Open Superseries after beating other Indonesian pair, Rian Sukmawan and Yonathan Suryatama 21–19 and 24–22 in final round. In October 2009 they won French Open Superseries.
On December 17, 2009.they defeated Malaysian Koo Kien Keat / Tan Boon Heong to win Gold Medal at South East Asian Games 2009
They continued their domination to win Gold Medal 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China after beating Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong
Now he's pairing with a younger partner Mohammad Ahsan. They won their first tournament in 2013 Malaysia Open Superseries after beating Korean pair Lee Yong-dae and Ko Sung-hyun 21-15, 21-13 in the final. They also won their second tournament in 2013 Indonesia Open Superseries Premier again with another victory against Lee Yong-dae and Ko Sung-hyun with straight game 21-14 and 21-18. Once again, they defeated the Korean pair for the third time in third final of super series tournament with straight sets 21-15 and 21-18 at the 2013 Singapore Open Superseries on June 23, 2013. In August 2013, They became world champions after winning 2013 BWF World Championships defeated the Danes pair Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen 21-13, 23-21, without losing any single game to all of their opponents since the first round.
In March 2014, Setiawan and Ahsan won 2014 All England Open Superseries Premier after beating Japanese Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa in the final 21-19, 21-19. This is the first All England title for both Setiawan and Ahsan as a pair and as a personal. This title makes Setiawan collected all of the major title in badminton international. He won 2008 Olympic Games and 2010 Asian Games with Markis Kido, 3 times BWF World Championships one with Kido and two with Ahsan, he also won BWF Superseries Finals in Kuala Lumpur in the end of 2013.
Participation at Indonesian Team
Olympic Games (1 gold; 0 silver; 0 bronze)
Although qualified for participation in men's doubles competition, Hendra Setiawan has not participated at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London because of his pair Markis Kido withdrew from the participation due to the personal problems.
Hendra Setiawan competed in badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles with partner Markis Kido and won the gold medal after beating the Chinese pair Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng with rubber game in the final.
BWF World Championships (3 golds; 0 silver; 1 bronze)
Badminton Asia Championships (2 golds; 2 silvers; 0 bronze)
Men's Doubles
Asian Games (2 golds; 0 silver; 1 bronze)
Men's Doubles
Southeast Asian Games (3 golds; 1 silver; 0 bronze)
Men's Doubles
BWF Superseries (18 titles, 10 runners-up)
The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two levels: Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.
Men's doubles
Mixed doubles
BWF Superseries Finals tournament BWF Superseries Premier tournament BWF Superseries tournamentBWF Grand Prix (4 titles, 1 runner-up)
The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
Men's Doubles
BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament BWF Grand Prix tournamentBWF Open Tournaments (2 titles, 2 runners-up)
Men's Doubles
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 Silvia Anggraeni is married to the former Indonesian star badminton player Hendrawan, they have a daughter and a son named Josephine Sevilla and Alexander Thomas, respectively. He married Sandiani Arief, and just 3 weeks before the 2014 All England Open Superseries Premier, which he won, his wife gave birth to twin babies named Richard Heinrich Setiawan and Richelle Hillary Setiawan.
Record against selected opponents
Men's doubles results against World Superseries finalists, World Superseries Finals semifinalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists paired with: