Career
Widjaja made a debut in the international tournament at the 2010 Indonesia International Challenge, reaching in to the quarterfinals in the women's and mixed doubles event. [4] She was selected to join national junior team compete at the 2011 Asian and World Junior Championships. Teamed-up with Alfian Eko Prasetya, they emerged as the mixed doubles world junior champion, beating their compatriots Ronald Alexander and Tiara Rosalia Nuraidah in the rubber games 12–21, 21–17, 25–23 in the final. [5] In 2012, she and Prasetya finished as the runner-up at the 2012 India International Challenge after defeated by the first seeded Irfan Fadhilah and Weni Anggraini in the final. [6]
In early 2013, Widjaja started her partnership with the 2012 World junior champion, Edi Subaktiar. [7] The duo competed at the 2013 Asian Championships, but lost to South Korean pair Ko Sung-hyun and Kim Ha-na in the first round. [8] At the 2013 Indonesia Open Grand Prix Gold, they failed to advance to the final stage, had upset by the six seeded Praveen Jordan and Vita Marissa in the semifinal. [9]
In 2014, Widjaja became the semifinalists at the Malaysia Grand Prix Gold, Indonesia Masters, Bulgarian International, Dutch Open with Edi Subaktiar, [10] New Zealand Open with Irfan Fadhilah, [11] and at the Indonesia International with Alfian Eko Prasetya. [12] In November 2014, she and Subaktiar clinched their first title at the Grand Prix Gold tournament in Macau Open. [10] [3]
Widjaja started the 2015 season by competing at the Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold with Edi Subaktiar. They reached in to the semifinals round, but lost to their teammates Praveen Jordan and Debby Susanto. [13] The duo then took the title at the Austrian Open. [14] Widjaja and Subaktiar made their first appearance at the semifinals of the BWF Super Series event in India Open, and at the China Masters Grand Prix Gold, they grabbed the runner-up podium. [15] In August 2015, she qualified to compete at the World Championships in Jakarta as the 12th seeded with Subaktiar. They finished in the third round, after defeated by the 8th seeded from South Korea Ko Sung-hyun and Kim Ha-na. [16]
In mid 2016, Widjaja paired with Riky Widianto compete at the Chinese Taipei Open, [17] and the new pair finished in the semifinals round. [18] In 2017, Widjaja teamed-up with the 2016 Olympic gold medalist Tontowi Ahmad, but their partnership did not last long. Their best achievement was the semifinalist at the Malaysia Masters. [19] Widjaja then paired up again with Edi Subaktiar, but due to injury suffered by Subaktiar at the SEA Games, she's getting a new partner again with Hafiz Faizal. [20] They ended the 2017 BWF Season by achieve the semifinals in Bitburger Open and Korea Masters. [21]
In 2018, Widjaja comes up with Hafiz Faizal, they showed their good performance by beat the seeded players to reach the semifinals round at the Malaysia Masters, but their pace intercepted by the 5th seeded Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong. [22] At the BWF Super 1000 Indonesia Open, they also finished in the semifinals. [23] The partnership finally won their first title at the BWF Super 500 Thailand Open, beat the top seeded Chris and Gabby Adcock of England in the final with the score 21–12, 21–12. [24]
In 2019, Widjaja reached the finals of German Open with Hafiz Faizal, but they were defeated by South Korean pair Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yoo-jung in straight games. [25] In April, Widjaja and Faizal beat the Olympic Games silver medalists Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying to reach the semi-finals of Singapore Open, but they were stopped to another Malaysian pair Tan Kian Meng and Lai Pei Jing in a close rubber games. [26] [27] At the Oceania tour, she and her partner finished as the semi-finalists in New Zealand and quarter-finalists in Australian Open. [28] [29] Widjaja featured in Indonesian squad that won the bronze medal in Sudirman Cup. [30] In July, she and Faizal beat the world number 1 Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong in the quarter-finals of Japan Open, [31] but the duo lost to their compatriot Praveen Jordan and Melati Daeva Oktavianti in the semi-finals. [32] In August, she and her partner played at the World Championships held in Basel, Switzerland, but this time they lost to Zheng and Huang in the third round. [33] In the remaining of the 2019 tour, their best results were the semi-finalists in Chinese Taipei and Hong Kong Open. Widjaja and Faizal qualified to compete at the World Tour Finals in Guangzhou, [34] but only finished third in the group B standings. [35] Widjaja and Faizal reached a career high as mixed doubles world number 6 in May 2019. [36]
In 2020, Widjaja started the season as the semi-finalists in Malaysia Masters with her partner Hafiz Faizal. [37] Two weeks later, the duo finished as the finalist in Thailand Masters lost to English pair Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith in rubber games. [38]
2022
In 2022, Widjaja formed a new partnership with Dejan Ferdinansyah, after she was dismissed from the national team. [39] In March, they played in All England Open and lost in second round to four seeds and eventual winners Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino of Japan. [40] In the next tour, Swiss Open, they lost in first round. [41] In May, they lost in the second round of Thailand Open from four seeds Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping of China. [42]
They won their first title as a pair in the Denmark Masters, [43] and then clinched the home soil title in the Indonesia International Series. [44] They later won their third consecutive title as a pair at the Vietnam Open where they defeated their compatriots Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto and Lisa Ayu Kusumawati in two games. [45] In mid October, they clinched their fourth consecutive title by winning the Malang Indonesia International tournament. [46] Their winning streak was then stopped by the Chinese pair Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin in the semi-finals of the Indonesia Masters, [47] and their ranking shot to the top 50 in the world. [48] In mid November, they reach the semi-finals of the Australian Open. [49] They reached the career-highest ranking of 20 in the final weeks of 2022. [50]
2023
In January, Widjaja with Ferdinansyah lost in the semi-finals of Malaysia Open from first seed Chinese pair Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong. [51] In the next tournament, they lost in the second round of the India Open from Japanese pair Kyohei Yamashita and Naru Shinoya. [52] They competed in the home tournament, Indonesia Masters, but unfortunately lost in the quarter-finals from Japanese pair Yuki Kaneko and Misaki Matsutomo. [53] In the next tournament, they lost in the quarter-finals of the Thailand Masters from 6th seed Chinese pair Feng Yanzhe and Olympic champion Huang Dongping. [54]
In March, Widjaja and Ferdinansyah competed in the European tour, but unfortunately lost in the second round of German Open from Hong Kong pair Lee Chun Hei and Ng Tsz Yau. [55] In the next tour, they lost in the first round of All England Open from fellow Indonesian and club mates Praveen Jordan and Melati Daeva Oktavianti in three games. [56] In the next tour, they had to accept first round defeats in two consecutive tournaments at the Swiss Open from fellow Indonesian pair Rinov Rivaldy and Pitha Haningtyas Mentari. [57]
In late April, Widjaja and Ferdinansyah competed at the Asian Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, but had to lose in the semi-finals from Chinese pair Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin thus earn their first medal at the Asian Championships. [58]
In May, Widjaja alongside the Indonesian team competed at the 2023 Sudirman Cup in Suzhou, China. She lost a match in the group stage, against Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai of Thailand. Indonesia advanced to the knockout stage but lost at the quarterfinals against China, where she almost upsetting the world no. 1 Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong in the first match with scrapped doubles partner Rinov Rivaldy. [59] In the following week, Widjaja and Ferdinansyah competed in the second Asian Tour at the Malaysia Masters. Unfortunately, they were lost in the second round from 4th seed and eventual finalist Chinese pair Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping. [60]
In June, Widjaja and Ferdinansyah competed at the Singapore Open, but had to lose in the first round from Danish pair Mathias Thyrri and Amalie Magelund. [61] In the next tour, they competed at the home tournament, Indonesia Open, but lost in the first round from 4th seed Korean pair Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yoo-jung . [62]
In July, Widjaja and Ferdinansyah competed at the Korea Open, but had to lose in the second round from 6th seed Korean pair Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yoo-jung for second time in a row. [63] In the next tour, they competed at the Japan Open, but lost in the second round against 2nd seed Thai pair Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai in three games. [64]
In early August, Widjaja competed at the Australian Open, but had to lose in the first round from fellow Indonesian pair Rinov Rivaldy and Pitha Haningtyas Mentari in rubber games. [65] In late August, she competed at the World Championships, but lost in the third round from 1st seed and reigning world champion Chinese pair Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong in straight games. [66] They then ended their losing streak in the early rounds by entering the final round in Kaohsiung Masters, finishing on the podium as runners-up. [67] The duo finally won their first title of the year in the Syed Modi International, [68] and closed the year as World number 14.
