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Fajar Alfian
Personal information
Born (1995-03-07) 7 March 1995 (age 28)
Bandung, West Java, Indonesia
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb)
Country Indonesia
Handedness Right
Men's doubles
Highest Ranking 3 (with Muhammad Rian Ardianto 8 November 2022)
Current Ranking 3 (with Muhammad Rian Ardianto 8 November 2022)
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
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 Team Championships
Gold 2020 Manila Men's team
Asia Mixed Team Championships
Bronze 2019 Hong Kong Mixed team
Southeast Asian 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 2019 World Championships and at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games. Alfian was part of Indonesia winning team at the 2020 Thomas Cup.

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 Southeast Asian 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 Southeast Asian 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 knocked-out stage, but stopped 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.

In the first half of 2022, the Alfian and Ardianto partnership have won three titles of seven finals. The duo won the Swiss Open, Indonesia and Malaysia Masters, and finished runners-up at the Korea, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore Opens. They also won bronze medal at the Asian Championships.

Awards and nominations

Award Year Category Result Ref.
Gatra Awards 2021 Sports Category with 2020 Thomas Cup squad 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

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles

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

Asian Games

Men's doubles

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

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

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

Southeast Asian Games

Men's doubles

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

BWF World Tour (8 titles, 5 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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result Ref
2018 Malaysia Masters Super 500 Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Malaysia Goh V Shem
Malaysia Tan Wee Kiong
14–21, 24–22, 21–13 1 Winner
2018 German Open Super 300 Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Japan Takuto Inoue
Japan Yuki Kaneko
16–21, 18–21 2 Runner-up
2018 Syed Modi International Super 300 Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto India Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
India Chirag Shetty
21–11, 22–20 1 Winner
2019 Swiss Open Super 300 Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Chinese Taipei Lee Yang
Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin
21–19, 21–16 1 Winner
2019 Korea Open Super 500 Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Japan Takeshi Kamura
Japan Keigo Sonoda
21–16, 21–17 1 Winner
2022 Swiss Open Super 300 Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Malaysia Goh Sze Fei
Malaysia Nur Izzuddin
21–18, 21–19 1 Winner
2022 Korea Open Super 500 Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto South Korea Kang Min-hyuk
South Korea Seo Seung-jae
21–19, 15–21, 18–21 2 Runner-up
2022 Thailand Open Super 500 Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Japan Takuro Hoki
Japan Yugo Kobayashi
4r–13 2 Runner-up
2022 Indonesia Masters Super 500 Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto People's Republic of China Liang Weikeng
People's Republic of China Wang Chang
21–10, 21–17 1 Winner
2022 Malaysia Open Super 750 Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Japan Takuro Hoki
Japan Yugo Kobayashi
22–24, 21–16, 9–21 2 Runner-up
2022 Malaysia Masters Super 500 Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Indonesia Mohammad Ahsan
Indonesia Hendra Setiawan
21–12, 21–19 1 Winner
2022 Singapore Open Super 500 Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Indonesia Leo Rolly Carnando
Indonesia Daniel Marthin
21–9, 14–21, 16–21 2 Runner-up
2022 Denmark Open Super 750 Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Indonesia Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Indonesia Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
21–19, 28–26 1 Winner

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 Ref
2015 New Zealand Open Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto People's Republic of China Huang Kaixiang
People's Republic of China Zheng Siwei
21–16, 17–21, 9–21 2 Runner-up
2016 Chinese Taipei Masters Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Chinese Taipei Chen Hung-ling
Chinese Taipei Wang Chi-lin
11–6, 11–6, 11–13, 9–11, 12–10 1 Winner
2017 Bitburger Open Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Denmark Kim Astrup
Denmark 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 Ref
2014 Indonesia International Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Indonesia Fran Kurniawan
Indonesia Agripina Prima Rahmanto Putra
9–11, 11–9, 11–9, 11–8 1 Winner
2015 Austrian Open Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto England Peter Briggs
England Tom Wolfenden
23–21, 18–21, 21–19 1 Winner
2015 Indonesia International Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Indonesia Hantoro
Indonesia Rian Swastedian
21–12, 17–21, 21–15 1 Winner
2016 Indonesia International Indonesia Muhammad Rian Ardianto Japan Yoshiki Tsukamoto
Japan Shunsuke Yamamura
21–12, 21–19 1 Winner
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament

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.

  • People's Republic of China Chai Biao & Hong Wei 1–10
  • People's Republic of China Liu Cheng & Zhang Nan 2–1
  • People's Republic of China Li Junhui & Liu Yuchen 3–4
  • Chinese Taipei Chen Hung-ling & Wang Chi-lin 1–1
  • Denmark Mathias Boe & Carsten Mogensen 0–2
  • England Marcus Ellis & Chris Langridge 2–1
  • Indonesia Mohammad Ahsan & Hendra Setiawan 2–3
  • Indonesia Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo 4–6
  • Japan Hiroyuki Endo & Yuta Watanabe 1–1
  • Japan Takuro Hoki & Yugo Kobayashi 2–3
  • Japan Takeshi Kamura & Keigo Sonoda 5–6
  • Malaysia Goh V Shem & Tan Wee Kiong 3–0
  • Malaysia Aaron Chia & Soh Wooi Yik 3–3
  • Russia Ivan Sozonov & Vladimir Ivanov 2–1
  • South Korea Ko Sung-hyun & Shin Baek-cheol 1–2
  • South Korea Lee Yong-dae & Yoo Yeon-seong 0–1
  • Thailand Bodin Isara & Maneepong Jongjit 1–0

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