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Fajar Alfian

Personal information

Born

7 March 1995 (age 29)
Bandung, West Java, Indonesia

Height

1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)

Weight

69 kg (152 lb)

Country

Indonesia

Handedness

Right

Men's doubles

Highest Ranking

1 (with Muhammad Rian Ardianto 27 December 2022)

Current Ranking

4 (with Muhammad Rian Ardianto 10 December 2024)

Medal record

Men's badminton

Representing Indonesia
World Championships
Bronze	2019 Basel	Men's doubles
Bronze	2022 Tokyo	Men's doubles
Thomas Cup
Gold	2020 Aarhus	Men's team
Silver	2022 Bangkok	Men's team
Silver	2024 Chengdu	Men's team
Bronze	2018 Bangkok	Men's team
Asian Games
Silver	2018 Jakarta–Palembang	Men's doubles
Silver	2018 Jakarta–Palembang	Men's team
Asian Championships
Bronze	2022 Manila	Men's doubles
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Bronze	2019 Hong Kong	Mixed team
Asia Team Championships
Gold	2020 Manila	Men's team
SEA Games
Gold	2017 Kuala Lumpur	Men's team
Gold	2019 Philippines	Men's team
Bronze	2017 Kuala Lumpur	Men's doubles
World Junior Championships
Silver	2013 Bangkok	Mixed team
Asian Junior Championships
Bronze	2013 Kota Kinabalu	Mixed team

Fajar Alfian (born 7 March 1995) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with the SGS PLN Bandung. He won the men's doubles silver medal at the 2018 Asian Games, the bronze medals at the 2017 SEA Games, 2019 and 2022 World Championships. He was part of the Indonesia winning team at the 2020 Thomas Cup. He reached a career high of world number 1 in the men's doubles with Muhammad Rian Ardianto on 27 December 2022.

Career

Alfian started his partnership with Muhammad Rian Ardianto in July 2014. In the beginning of their career, they have won international tournaments including the Indonesia International in 2014, 2015, and 2016; the Austrian International in 2015; and at the BWF Grand Prix level, the 2016 Chinese Taipei Masters.

Alfian was a member of the Indonesia men's team that won gold medals at the 2017 and 2019 SEA Games. He also played with Ardianto, and clinched the men's doubles bronze at that event in 2017. Alfian and Ardianto competed on the BWF World Tour, and won titles at the 2018 Malaysia Masters and the Syed Modi International; and also the 2019 Swiss and Korea Opens. Together with Ardianto he won a bronze medal in the men's doubles at the 2017 SEA Games, the silver at the 2018 Asian Games, and another bronze at the 2019 BWF World Championships.

In February 2020, Alfian alongside Indonesia men's team won the Asia Team Championships held in Manila. In September–October 2021, Alfian alongside Indonesia team competed at the 2021 Sudirman Cup in Vantaa, Finland. He and Ardianto contribute a point in a tie against Canada. Indonesia team advanced to the knockout stage, but lost in the quarter-finals to Malaysia. In the next tournament, he helped Indonesia team won the World Men's Team Championships, the 2020 Thomas Cup.

2022: World number 1

Alfian and Ardianto kicked off 2022 with a rough start, with early exits at the German Open and the All England. They scored their breakthrough win at the Swiss Open. Afterwards, they won the Indonesia Masters, and Malaysia Masters, and finished as runner-up at Korea Open, Thailand Open, Malaysia Open and Singapore Open. They also won bronze medals at the Asian and World Championships. In October, they won their fourth title of the year at the Denmark Open in a tight battle against compatriots Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo. Thanks to their achievements, they qualified for their first ever World Tour Finals. Alfian and Ardianto competed at the World Tour Finals as the first seed, but lost to Liu Yuchen and Ou Xuanyi in the semi-finals. They closed off the 2022 World Tour season with a career high rank of world number 1.

2023

In January, Alfian and Ardianto won their first Super 1000 tournament at the Malaysia Open by defeating Chinese pair Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang. The week after, they bowed out of India Open at the semifinals against Malaysians Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik, leaving Indonesia without any representatives in any finals. At their home tournament Indonesia Masters, they lost in the quarter-finals against fifth seeds Liu Yuchen and Ou Xuanyi.

In February, Alfian was called up to the Indonesian team for the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships. He and Ardianto lost at the quarterfinals against Korean scratch pair Kim Won-ho and Na Sung-seung

With the Indonesian federation skipping the German Open, Alfian resumed competition at the All England in March. He and Ardianto won their first ever All England title in an all-Indonesian final against Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan. At the Spain Masters they lost in the quarter-finals from unseeded Chinese Taipei player Lee Fang-chih and Lee Fang-jen.

In late April, Alfian competed at the Asian Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, but had to lose in the quarter-finals from 8th seed Malaysian pair Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi.

In May, Alfian alongside the Indonesian team competed at the 2023 Sudirman Cup in Suzhou, China. He won a match in the group stage, against Supak Jomkoh and Kittinupong Kedren of Thailand. Indonesia advanced to the knockout stage but lost at the quarterfinals against China. In the following week, Alfian competed in the second Asian Tour at the Malaysia Masters. Unfortunately, he lost in the first round from eventual winner Korean pair Kang Min-hyuk and Seo Seung-jae.

In June, Alfian competed at the Singapore Open, but lost in the first round from English pair Ben Lane and Sean Vendy. In the next tour, they competed at the home tournament, Indonesia Open, but lost in the quarter finals from 7th seed and eventual champions Indian pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in straight matches.

In July, Alfian competed at the Korea Open, but lost in the final against 3rd seed Indian pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty for second times in a row. In the next tour, he competed at the Japan Open, but lost in the semi-finals against Chinese Taipei pair Lee Yang and Wang Chi-lin.

In early August, Alfian competed at the Australian Open, but had to lose in the quarter-finals from 8th seed Korean pair Kang Min-hyuk and Seo Seung-jae in rubber games. In late August, he competed at the World Championships, but lost in the second round from Taiwanese pair Lee Jhe-huei and Yang Po-hsuan in straight games. Made his second appearance at the Asian Games, Alfian failed to bring home any medals after lost in the quarter-finals in both the men's doubles and team events.

2024

Alfian and Aridanto are one of the most consistent pairs that Indonesia has had in 2024. Having won two titles and one runner-up in the BWF World Tour, they are still firmly in the top 5 of the BWF rankings. Their first title came from the All England Open in March, where the pair successfully defended the title after defeating Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in the final. The duo reached the finals in the Singapore Open in June, losing to He Jiting and Ren Xiangyu. It took months to win their second title, where in November they emerged victorous in the Japan Masters beating host pairing Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi. Alfian and Ardianto have participated in 13 BWF World Tours this year, and have only suffered two defeats in the early rounds, in the first round of the Indonesia Open and the second round of the China Masters. Together with the Indonesia national team, Alfian won the silver medal in the Thomas Cup, after the team was defeated by the host country China 1–3. He also made his debut at the Olympics in Paris, stopped in the quarter-finals to number 1 seed Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang.

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Result
Gatra Awards	2021	Sports Category with 2020 Thomas Cup squad	Won
BWF Awards	2022	Most Improved Player of The Year with Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Won
Golden Award SIWO PWI	2019	Favorite Team with 2018 Asian Games men's badminton team	Nominated
Indonesian Sport Awards	2018	Favorite Male Athlete Duos with Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Nominated
iNews Indonesia Awards	2023	Favorite Athlete with Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Nominated

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2019	St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	16–21, 21–15, 10–21	Bronze
2022	Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	21–23, 21–12, 16–21	Bronze

Asian Games

Men's doubles

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

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result	Ref
2022	Muntinlupa Sports Complex, Metro Manila, Philippines	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Pramudya Kusumawardana Yeremia Rambitan	20–22, 21–13, 18–21	Bronze

SEA Games

Men's doubles

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

BWF World Tour (12 titles, 7 runners-up)

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

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Level	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Malaysia Masters	Super 500	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong	14–21, 24–22, 21–13	1 Winner
2018	German Open	Super 300	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Takuto Inoue Yuki Kaneko	16–21, 18–21	2 Runner-up
2018	Syed Modi International	Super 300	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty	21–11, 22–20	1 Winner
2019	Swiss Open	Super 300	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin	21–19, 21–16	1 Winner
2019	Korea Open	Super 500	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda	21–16, 21–17	1 Winner
2022	Swiss Open	Super 300	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Goh Sze Fei Nur Izzuddin	21–18, 21–19	1 Winner
2022	Korea Open	Super 500	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Kang Min-hyuk Seo Seung-jae	21–19, 15–21, 18–21	2 Runner-up
2022	Thailand Open	Super 500	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi	4^r–13	2 Runner-up
2022	Indonesia Masters	Super 500	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Liang Weikeng Wang Chang	21–10, 21–17	1 Winner
2022	Malaysia Open	Super 750	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi	22–24, 21–16, 9–21	2 Runner-up
2022	Malaysia Masters	Super 500	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	21–12, 21–19	1 Winner
2022	Singapore Open	Super 500	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Leo Rolly Carnando Daniel Marthin	21–9, 14–21, 16–21	2 Runner-up
2022	Denmark Open	Super 750	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	21–19, 28–26	1 Winner
2023	Malaysia Open	Super 1000	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Liang Weikeng Wang Chang	21–18, 18–21, 21–13	1 Winner
2023	All England Open	Super 1000	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	21–17, 21–14	1 Winner
2023	Korea Open	Super 500	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty	21–17, 13–21, 14–21	2 Runner-up
2024	All England Open	Super 1000	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik	21–16, 21–16	1 Winner
2024	Singapore Open	Super 750	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	He Jiting Ren Xiangyu	19–21, 14–21	2 Runner-up
2024	Japan Masters	Super 500	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi	21–15, 17–21, 21–17	1 Winner
2025	Indonesia Masters	Super 500	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Man Wei Chong Tee Kai Wun

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

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and played between 2007 and 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	2 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	1 Winner
2017	Bitburger Open	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	19–21, 21–19, 18–21	2 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 Agripina Prima Rahmanto Putra	9–11, 11–9, 11–9, 11–8	1 Winner
2015	Austrian Open	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Peter Briggs Tom Wolfenden	23–21, 18–21, 21–19	1 Winner
2015	Indonesia International	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Hantoro Rian Swastedian	21–12, 17–21, 21–15	1 Winner
2016	Indonesia International	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Yoshiki Tsukamoto Shunsuke Yamamura	21–12, 21–19	1 Winner

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series tournament

Performance timeline

Key

N/A

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze medal; (NH) not held; (N/A) not applicable.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

National team

Junior level

Team events	2013
Asian Junior Championships	B
World Junior Championships	S

Senior level

Team events	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
SEA Games	G	NH	G	NH	A	NH	A	NH
Asia Team Championships	NH	A	NH	G	NH	A	NH	A
Asia Mixed Team Championships	A	NH	B	NH			QF	NH
Asian Games	NH	S	NH			QF	NH
Thomas Cup	NH	B	NH	G	NH	S	NH	S
Sudirman Cup	A	NH	DNP	NH	QF	NH	QF	NH

Individual competitions

Junior level

Boys' doubles

Events	2013
Asian Junior Championships	2R
World Junior Championships	QF

Mixed doubles

Events	2013
Asian Junior Championships	2R

Senior level

Men's doubles

Events	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
SEA Games	B	NH	QF	NH	A	NH	A	NH
Asian Championships	2R	2R	2R	NH		B	QF	QF
Asian Games	NH	S	NH			QF	NH
World Championships	A	3R	B	NH	w/d	B	2R	NH
Olympic Games	NH			DNQ	NH			QF

Tournament	BWF Superseries / Grand Prix				BWF World Tour								Best	Ref
Tournament	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Best	Ref
Malaysia Open	A			2R	2R	SF	NH		F	W	QF	1R	W ('23)
India Open	A						NH		A	SF	QF	2R	SF ('23)
Indonesia Masters	2R	2R	1R	NH	2R	QF	SF	1R	W	QF	SF	Q	W ('22)
Thailand Masters	NH		A	QF	QF	A		NH		A			QF ('17, '18)
German Open	A	1R	A		F	A	NH		2R	A			F ('18)
French Open	A			QF	w/d	1R	NH	SF	2R	QF	QF		SF ('21)
All England Open	A			1R	1R	SF	2R	w/d	1R	W	W		W ('23, '24)
Swiss Open	A			QF	A	W	NH	A	W	A			W ('19, '22)
Spain Masters	NH				A				NH	QF	A	NH	QF ('23)
Thailand Open	NH	A	SF	QF	A	2R	2R	NH	F	A			F ('22)
Thailand Open	NH	A	SF	QF	A	2R	1R	NH	F	A			F ('22)
Malaysia Masters	A			2R	W	2R	SF	NH	W	1R	A		W ('18, '22)
Singapore Open	A			2R	A	QF	NH		F	1R	F		F ('22, '24)
Indonesia Open	A		1R	SF	SF	QF	NH	QF	QF	QF	1R		SF ('17, '18)
Australian Open	A			1R	A	1R	NH		w/d	QF	A		QF ('23)
Japan Open	A			2R	QF	2R	NH		QF	SF	QF		SF ('23)
Korea Open	A			1R	A	W	NH		F	F	A		W ('19)
Indonesia Masters Super 100	NH				A	2R	NH		A				2R ('19)
Chinese Taipei Open	A		QF	A		QF	NH		A				QF ('16, '19)
Vietnam Open	A	QF	2R	A			NH		A				QF ('15)
Hong Kong Open	A			1R	SF	2R	NH			2R	A		SF ('18)
China Open	A				2R	SF	NH			1R	QF		SF ('19)
Macau Open	A		SF	A			NH				A		SF ('16)
Arctic Open	N/A						NH			A	QF		QF ('24)
Denmark Open	A				w/d	QF	A	QF	W	SF	SF		W ('22)
Hylo Open	A			F	A			QF	A				F ('17)
Korea Masters	A				1R	A	NH		A				1R ('18)
Japan Masters	NH									w/d	W		W ('24)
China Masters	A		QF	A	1R	2R	NH			2R	2R		QF ('16)
Syed Modi International	A			SF	W	A	NH		A				W ('18)
Superseries / Tour Finals	DNQ								SF	SF	SF		SF ('22, '23, '24)
Chinese Taipei Masters	NH	1R	W	NH									W ('16)
New Zealand Open	A	F	2R	A			NH						F ('15)
Year-end ranking	112	49	24	17	7	5	6	8	1	6	4		1
Tournament	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Best	Ref

Mixed doubles

Tournament	BWF Superseries / Grand Prix	Best	Ref
Tournament	2013	Best	Ref
Indonesia Masters	1R	1R ('13)
Year-end ranking	536	173

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. Accurate as of 24 November 2024.

Players	M	W	L	Diff.
Chai Biao & Hong Wei	1	0	1	–1
Li Junhui & Liu Yuchen	7	3	4	–1
Liang Weikeng & Wang Chang	9	3	6	–3
Liu Cheng & Zhang Nan	3	2	1	+1
He Jiting & Tan Qiang	4	2	2	0
Liu Yuchen & Ou Xuanyi	5	2	3	–1
Chen Hung-ling & Wang Chi-lin	2	1	1	0
Lee Yang & Wang Chi-lin	9	6	3	+3
Mathias Boe & Carsten Mogensen	2	0	2	–2
Kim Astrup & Anders Rasmussen	8	3	5	–2
Marcus Ellis & Chris Langridge	3	2	1	+1
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty	6	2	4	–2
Mohammad Ahsan & Hendra Setiawan	7	4	3	+1
Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	10	4	6	–2

Players	M	W	L	Diff.
Takuro Hoki & Yugo Kobayashi	8	5	3	+2
Hiroyuki Endo & Yuta Watanabe	2	1	1	0
Takeshi Kamura & Keigo Sonoda	11	5	6	–1
Aaron Chia & Soh Wooi Yik	8	4	4	0
Goh Sze Fei & Nur Izzuddin	11	8	3	+5
Goh V Shem & Tan Wee Kiong	3	3	0	+3
Ong Yew Sin & Teo Ee Yi	12	7	5	+2
Vladimir Ivanov & Ivan Sozonov	3	2	1	+1
Kang Min-hyuk & Seo Seung-jae	9	3	6	–3
Ko Sung-hyun & Shin Baek-cheol	4	2	2	0
Lee Yong-dae & Yoo Yeon-seong	1	0	1	–1
Bodin Isara & Maneepong Jongjit	1	1	0	+1
Supak Jomkoh & Kittinupong Kedren	3	3	0	+3