Jonatan Christie

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Jonatan Christie
2017 Sea Games Badminton - Jonatan Christie .jpg
Christie in 2017
Personal information
Birth nameLeonardus Jonatan Christie [1]
CountryIndonesia
Born (1997-09-15) 15 September 1997 (age 26)
Jakarta, Indonesia
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
HandednessRight
CoachIrwansyah
Harry Hartono
Men's singles
Career record305 wins, 153 losses
Highest ranking2 (31 January 2023)
Current ranking3 (16 April 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Sudirman Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Dongguan Mixed team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Nanning Mixed team
Thomas Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Aarhus Men's team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2016 Kunshan Men's team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Bangkok Men's team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Bangkok Men's team
Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Men's singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Men's team
Asian Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Ningbo Men's singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Manila Men's singles
Asia Team Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Hyderabad Men's team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Alor Setar Men's team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Manila Men's team
SEA Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Singapore Men's team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Kuala Lumpur Men's team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Kuala Lumpur Men's singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Philippines Men's team
World Junior Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Bangkok Mixed team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Alor Setar Mixed team
BWF profile

Leonardus Jonatan Christie (born 15 September 1997) is an Indonesian badminton player specializing in the singles discipline affiliated with the Tangkas Specs club. [2] He is the reigning All England Open men's singles champion, having won the 2024 edition of the tournament. He won the men's singles title at the 2017 SEA Games and at the 2018 Asian Games. Christie was part of Indonesia's winning team at the 2020 Thomas Cup.

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Career

Christie was called up to join the Indonesian national team in 2012, after he reached the semi-finals of the 2012 National Championships in Solo, Central Java. [3]

In July 2013, Christie won his first international senior title at 15 years old at the Indonesia International Challenge, after beating the experienced Alamsyah Yunus who is 11 years older than him in the final by 21–17, 21–10. [4]

Christie started the 2014 season as the world number 1 in BWF boys' singles ranking. Although still competing in the junior tournament, Christie again has reached the finals of the senior event in the 2014 Indonesia International Challenge, but he has not managed to defend his title after being defeated by the Korean veteran Lee Hyun-il by 5 sets, 10–11, 11–9, 11–5, 8–11, 3–11. [5] In October, he won the Swiss International. [6]

In 2017, Christie reached the finals of the Thailand Open Grand Prix, and later the Korea Open Super Series event. He was defeated by B. Sai Praneeth in Thailand and Anthony Sinisuka Ginting in Korea. [7] [8] In August, he won gold medals at the SEA Games in the men's singles and team event. [9]

2018-2019: Asian Games surprise, rise into the top 10

In 2018, Christie and the Indonesian men's team managed to defend the Asia Team Championships title after beating China 3–1 in the final. [10] In May, he advanced to the finals of the New Zealand Open, but was beaten by two-time Olympic champion Lin Dan in straight games. [11] At the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, he won 21–18, 20–22, 21–15 over Chou Tien-chen and took the badminton men's singles gold medal for Indonesia. [12] In the team event, he helped the Indonesian team earn silver medal. [13]

Christie opened the 2019 season as number 11 in the BWF World ranking. He played at the Malaysia Masters, but had to defeat in the second round to reigning Olympic champion Chen Long, the head-to-head record between the players stood at 0–6. [14] He then lost in the semi-finals of the Indonesia Masters to Anders Antonsen in straight games. [15] In March Europe tour, he fell in the early stages of the All England and Swiss Opens. [16] [17] In April, he advance to the semi-finals os the Malaysia Open beating World number 1 Kento Momota in the second round, and Viktor Axelsen in the quarter-finals, both in straight games. [18] His pace then was stopped by Chen Long in rubber games. [19] This result allowed him to beat four out of the world's top five men's singles players (Kento Momota, Shi Yuqi, Chou Tien-chen and Viktor Axelsen) in the BWF World rankings. [20] A week later in the quarter-finals of the Singapore Open, Axelsen avenged his previous defeat in a close rubber games, with a score of 24–22, 18–21, and 22–24. [21]

In May 2019, Christie claimed two titles in the Oceania tour, by winning the New Zealand and Australian Opens. [22] [23] Christie then reached the finals of the Super 750 event, the Japan and French Opens. [24] [25] The other results of Christie in 2019 was the semi-finalists in the Hong Kong Open; the quarter-finalists in the Korea, Indonesia, Fuzhou China Opens and the World Championships. His unsatisfactory results came from the China Open and the Asian Championships, where he was defeated in the first round. [26] He then qualified to World Tour Finals, where his journey ended in the group stage. [27] He reached a career high of number four in the BWF World ranking on 6 August 2019. [28]

2021: Olympic debut, Sudirman Cup slump, Thomas Cup redemption

Christie competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. He topped the group G standings after beating Aram Mahmoud and Loh Kean Yew. [29] He lost to Shi Yuqi of China in straight games and was knocked out at the Round of 16. [30]

In September–October 2021, Christie alongside the Indonesian team competed at the 2021 Sudirman Cup in Vantaa, Finland. He played a match in the group stage against Brian Yang of Canada, but was defeated in the rubber games. [31] Indonesia advanced to the knockout stage but lost at the quarterfinals against Malaysia. [32] He made up for his less than favorable performance in the previous tournaments at the 2020 Thomas Cup, [33] notably sealing Indonesia's victory against Denmark at the semifinals in a 100-minute match against Anders Antonsen and against China in the finals against Li Shifeng. [34] He continued his form at the Denmark Open, but was forced to retire from his quarterfinal match against Kento Momota due to a waist injury, [35] which forced him to withdraw from the French Open.

During the three tournaments in Bali, Christie was defeated by Srikanth Kidambi at the second round of Indonesia Masters, [36] but bounced back by reaching the semifinals of Indonesia Open. [37] Christie did not qualify for the 2021 BWF World Tour Finals.

2022: Breaking the title drought, World Tour Finals

Christie started his 2022 season with a second-round exit at German Open. After the tournament, Christie tested positive for COVID-19. Luckily, he tested negative after performing two tests, and was able depart to Birmingham for the All England Open. [38] He lost to Chou Tien-chen in the quarterfinals of All England. [39] Christie later won the Swiss Open, his first BWF World Tour title since 2019. [40] In April, he reached the finals of the Korea Open, but lost to Weng Hongyang of China. [41] He then finished as runner-up of the Badminton Asia Championships against Lee Zii Jia. [42] However, he bowed out of the 2022 BWF World Championships at the quarterfinals after squandering six match points against Chou Tien-chen. [43]

Despite a few more early exits, Christie managed to qualify for the 2022 BWF World Tour Finals and reached the semifinals, where he was defeated by teammate and eventual runner-up Anthony Sinisuka Ginting. [44]

2023: First Super 500 and Super 750 titles

Christie started the year as the world number 3. At the season opener Malaysia Open, he was defeated in the second round by Kenta Nishimoto. [45] In the following week, he reached the semi-finals of India Open, but was eliminated by top seed Viktor Axelsen. [46] Christie then won the Indonesia Masters after beating his teammate Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo, thus securing his first ever Super 500 title and creating the tournament's first all-Indonesian men's singles final since 2013. [47]

Despite the promising start, Christie's performance throughout the year was marked with many early exits. At the All England Open, he lost to Weng Hongyang in the first round; [48] then exited the Malaysia Masters at the second round against Kenta Nishimoto; [49] and at the Singapore Open, he lost to Shi Yuqi at the first round. [50] He reached the quarter-finals in the Indonesia Open, before losing to compatriot and eventual runner-up Anthony Sinisuka Ginting. [51]

Christie was called up to the Indonesian team for the 2023 Sudirman Cup in Suzhou, China. He played two matches in the group stage: won against Fabian Roth of Germany, but was defeated by Kunlavut Vitidsarn in three games. Indonesia advanced to the knockout stage but lost at the quarterfinals to China. [52]

In the second half of 2023, Christie reached his second final at the Japan Open. He finished as runner-up after losing against the world number 1 Viktor Axelsen in straight games. [53] At the Australian Open, he lost to Ng Tze Yong at the second round, [54] and fell at the first round of the World Championships to Lee Zii Jia. [55] He reached the semi-finals in the China Open, again falling to Axelsen. [56] Christie then claimed his second title in 2023 at the Hong Kong Open and became the first Indonesian to win the tournament's men's singles title in 25 years. [57] In his third appearance at the Asian Games, he was unable to defend his title after a first round loss to Chou Tien-chen, preceded by an upset against South Korea's Lee Yun-gyu as the second singles at the men's event. [58] [59]

Christie's bad spell continued at the Denmark Open with another first round loss against Chou Tien-chen. [60] Unexpectedly, he rebounded at the French Open, where he won his first ever Super 750 title over Li Shifeng. [61] He advanced to the quarterfinals of Kumamoto Masters, but was still unable to overcome Viktor Axelsen, thus ending his winning streak in matches going into three games in 2023. [62] Christie later withdrew from the China Masters due to a foot injury. [63]

2024: First Super 1000 title

Christie's 2024 campaign started with consecutive early exits, including at the Indonesia Masters [64] and the French Open [65] where he was defending champion. However, he managed to improve his results at the All England Open, where he overcame Lakshya Sen in the semifinals to create the first all-Indonesian men's singles final in the tournament since Hariyanto Arbi and Ardy Wiranata in 1994. [66] He overcame compatriot Anthony Sinisuka Ginting to win his first Super 1000 title and become Indonesia's first All England men's singles champion in 30 years. [67] In the next tournament, he won the Asian Championships defeated home favourite Li Shifeng in the final. [68]

Personal life

Christie is a devout Roman Catholic. [69] In December 2021, he was officially engaged to former member of JKT48 idol group Shania Junianatha after previously going public about their romantic relationship in 2020. [70] On 1 December 2023, Christie married Junianatha at the Jakarta Cathedral, officiated by Archbishop of Jakarta, Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo. [71]

Christie is active in philanthropy efforts. He donated 1.5 billion Rupiah from winning the 2018 Asian Games to build a mosque and a school in Lombok after an earthquake in the same year. [72] He has also raised funds for various causes, such as for clean water in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesian citizens affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, victims of the Semeru eruption, and education for children at the Bantar Gebang waste area. [73] In January 2023, he initiated a scholarship named Beasiswa Jalincita to fund the education and capacity building of selected recipients. [74]

Filmography

In 2009, he made a supporting cast appearance in badminton-themed film King. [75] The film, directed by Ari Sihasale and dedicated to the legendary Liem Swie King, also featured cameos by many notable badminton players such as King himself, Hariyanto Arbi, Hastomo Arbi, Ellen Angelina, Ivana Lie, Rosiana Tendean, Maria Kristin Yulianti, Fransisca Ratnasari, and in their youth, Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo, Rafiddias Akhdan Nugroho, Cisita Joity Jansen, Uswatun Khasanah, and Intan Dwi Jayanti.

Awards and nominations

AwardYearCategoryResultRef.
Gatra Awards2021Sports Category with 2020 Thomas Cup squadWon [76]
Golden Award SIWO PWI 2019Favorite Male AthleteNominated [77]
Favorite Team with 2018 Asian Games men's badminton teamNominated [77]
Indonesian Sport Awards 2018 Favorite Male AthleteNominated [78]

Achievements

Asian Games

Men's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResultRef
2018 Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chou Tien-chen 21–18, 20–22, 21–15 Med 1.png Gold [12]

Asian Championships

Men's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResultRef
2022 Muntinlupa Sports Complex, Metro Manila, Philippines Flag of Malaysia.svg Lee Zii Jia 17–21, 21–23 Med 2.png Silver [42]
2024 Ningbo Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Ningbo, China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Shifeng 21–15, 21–16 Med 1.png Gold [68]

SEA Games

Men's singles

YearVenueOpponentScoreResultRef
2017 Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Flag of Thailand.svg Khosit Phetpradab 21–19, 21–10 Med 1.png Gold [9]

BWF World Tour (7 titles, 5 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, [79] 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. [80]

Men's singles

YearTournamentLevelOpponentScoreResultRef
2018 New Zealand Open Super 300 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Dan 14–21, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [11]
2019 New Zealand OpenSuper 300 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Ng Ka Long 21–12, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner [22]
2019 Australian Open Super 300 Flag of Indonesia.svg Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 21–17, 13–21, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner [23]
2019 Japan Open Super 750 Flag of Japan.svg Kento Momota 16–21, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [24]
2019 French Open Super 750 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Long 19–21, 12–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [25]
2022 Swiss Open Super 300 Flag of India.svg Prannoy H. S. 21–12, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner [40]
2022 Korea Open Super 500 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Weng Hongyang 21–12, 19–21, 15–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [41]
2023 Indonesia Masters Super 500 Flag of Indonesia.svg Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 21–15, 21–13Gold medal icon.svgWinner [47]
2023 Japan OpenSuper 750 Flag of Denmark.svg Viktor Axelsen 7–21, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [53]
2023 Hong Kong Open Super 500 Flag of Japan.svg Kenta Nishimoto 12–21, 22–20, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner [57]
2023 French OpenSuper 750 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Shifeng 16–21, 21–15, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner [61]
2024 All England Open Super 1000 Flag of Indonesia.svg Anthony Sinisuka Ginting21–15, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner [67]

BWF Superseries (1 runner-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, [81] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011. [82] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResultRef
2017 Korea Open Flag of Indonesia.svg Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 13–21, 21–19, 20–22Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [8]
  BWF Super Series tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

BWF Grand Prix (1 runner-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 singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResultRef
2017 Thailand Open Flag of India.svg B. Sai Praneeth 21–17, 18–21, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [7]
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Men's singles

YearTournamentOpponentScoreResultRef
2013 Indonesia International Flag of Indonesia.svg Alamsyah Yunus 21–17, 21–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner [4]
2014Indonesia International Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Hyun-il 10–11, 11–9, 11–5, 8–11, 3–11Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [5]
2014 Swiss International Flag of Hong Kong.svg Ng Ka Long 9–11, 9–11, 11–6, 11–9, 11–10Gold medal icon.svgWinner [6]
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

Performance timeline

Key
WFSFQF#RRRQ#AGSBNHN/ADNQ
(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semi-finalist; (QF) quarter-finalist; (#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; (DNQ) did not qualify.
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

Team events20132014
Asian Junior Championships A QF
World Junior Championships S S
Team events2014201520162017201820192020202120222023Ref
SEA Games NH G NH G NH G NHANHA [9]
Asia Team Championships NH G NH G NH G NHANH [10]
Asian Games QF NH S NH QF NH [13] [59]
Thomas Cup ANH S NH B NH G NH S NH [33]
Sudirman Cup NH B NH RR NH B NH QF NH QF [32] [52]

Individual competitions

Events20132014
Asian Junior Championships A QF
World Junior Championships QF QF
Events20142015201620172018201920202021202220232024Ref
SEA Games NH QF NH G NHANHANHANH [9]
Asian Championships A 2R A 2R 1R NH S 1R G [42] [83] [68]
Asian Games ANH G NH 2R NH [12] [58]
World Championships DNQNHDNQ 1R QF NH w/d QF 1R NH [43] [55]
Olympic Games NHDNQNH 2R NH Q [29]
Tournament BWF Superseries / Grand Prix BWF World Tour BestRef
20132014201520162017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Malaysia Open A SF QF 2R SF NH SF 2R 1R SF ('16, '19, '22) [19] [45]
India Open ANHA SF 2R SF ('23) [46]
Indonesia Masters QF 1R QF 2R NH 1R SF QF 2R 1R W 1R W ('23) [15] [36] [47] [64]
Thailand Masters NHA 2R ANHA2R ('17)
German Open A QF ANH 2R AQF ('18)
French Open A QF 1R QF F NH w/d QF W 1R W ('23) [25] [61] [65]
All England Open A 1R A 2R 2R 1R 2R QF 1R W W ('24) [16] [39] [48] [67]
Swiss Open A QF A 2R NHA W AW ('22) [17] [40]
Thailand Open ANH 3R A F A QF NH w/d AF ('17) [7]
1R
Malaysia Masters A 2R 2R QF QF 2R QF NH 1R 2R QF ('17, '18, '20) [14] [49]
Singapore Open A 2R QF A QF NH 2R 1R QF ('17, '19) [21] [50]
Indonesia Open A QF QF 2R 1R QF NH SF 2R QF SF ('21) [37] [51]
Australian Open A 1R 2R A W NH w/d 2R W ('19) [23] [54]
Japan Open AQ2A 1R 1R F NH 2R F F ('19, '23) [24] [53]
Korea Open A 2R A F SF QF NH F AF ('17, '22) [8] [41]
Chinese Taipei Open A 1R 1R ANHA1R ('14, '15)
Vietnam Open 3R A 2R ANHA3R ('13)
Hong Kong Open AQ2A 1R QF SF NH W W ('23) [57]
China Open A 2R 2R 1R NH SF SF ('23) [56]
Denmark Open A 2R 2R 2R A QF QF 1R QF ('21, '22) [35]
Hylo Open A QF A QF AQF ('16, '22)
Korea Masters A QF ANHAQF ('15)
Japan Masters NH QF QF ('23)
China Masters A 2R QF NH w/d QF ('19)
Syed Modi International NHA 3R ANHA3R ('16)
Superseries / World Tour Finals DNQ RR DNQ SF SF SF ('22, '23) [27] [44]
Chinese Taipei Masters NH 3R ANH3R ('15)
Dutch Open A QF ANHN/AQF ('14)
Macau Open A 3R ANH3R ('15)
New Zealand Open A 3R 2R F W NHW ('19) [11] [22]
Year-end ranking1479438221411678452
Tournament201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024Best

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 16 April 2024. [84]

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