Junaidi Arif

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Junaidi Arif
Personal information
Birth nameWan Muhammad Arif Shaharuddin bin Wan Junaidi
CountryMalaysia
Born (2002-06-06) 6 June 2002 (age 22)
Kemaman, Terengganu, Malaysia
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
HandednessLeft
Coach Tan Bin Shen
Men's doubles
Highest ranking22 (with Yap Roy King, 26 November 2024)
38 (with Muhammad Haikal, 6 December 2022)
Current ranking22 (with Yap Roy King, 26 November 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia
SEA Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Vietnam Men's team
BWF profile

Wan Muhammad Arif Shaharuddin bin Wan Junaidi (born 6 June 2002) is a Malaysian badminton player. [1] [2] He won the 2021 Austrian Open and Ukraine International tournaments in the men's doubles event partnered with Muhammad Haikal. [3]

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Career

2021

Partnered with Muhammad Haikal, they won the Austrian Open, [4] Hellas International, [5] and Ukraine International. [6] The duo also finished as runners-up at the Latvia International [7] and Scottish Open. [8]

2022

In April, Arif and Haikal reached the final of the Orléans Masters. However, they were forced to concede a walkover to Dutch pair Ruben Jille and Ties van der Lecq after Haikal was tested positive for COVID-19. [9] [10]

He was part of the Malaysia's men's team that won silver medal at the 2021 SEA Games in May. [11] [12]

A few months later, he and Haikal reached the quarter-finals of the Malaysia Masters. [13]

2023

Following a reshuffle in the national men's doubles department in February, Arif began partnering Yap Roy King, [14] thus ending his long-time partnership with Haikal. [15]

In June, Arif and Yap captured their first title as a pair at the Nantes International defeating Putra Erwiansyah and Patra Harapan Rindorindo in the final. [16]

In July, they were crowned as men's doubles national champions after winning the 2023 National Championships. [17]

2024

In late March, playing in only their second tournament of the year after an injury layoff, Arif and Yap advanced to the Spain Masters final. [18] They fell to Sabar Karyaman Gutama and Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani in three games, finishing as runners-up. [19]

Achievement

BWF World Tour (2 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, [20] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100. [21]

Men's doubles

YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResultRef
2022 Orléans Masters Super 100 Flag of Malaysia.svg Muhammad Haikal Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ruben Jille
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ties van der Lecq 		WalkoverSilver medal icon.svgRunner-up [9]
2024 Spain Masters Super 300 Flag of Malaysia.svg Yap Roy King Flag of Indonesia.svg Sabar Karyaman Gutama
Flag of Indonesia.svg Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani 		18–21, 21–17, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [19]

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 2 runners-up)

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResultRef
2021 Austrian Open Flag of Malaysia.svg Muhammad Haikal Flag of France.svg Lucas Corvée
Flag of France.svg Ronan Labar 		21–17, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner [4]
2021 Latvia International Flag of Malaysia.svg Muhammad Haikal Flag of Malaysia.svg Muhammad Nurfirdaus Azman
Flag of Malaysia.svg Yap Roy King 		23–21, 15–21, 19–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [7]
2021 Hellas International Flag of Malaysia.svg Muhammad Haikal Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ondřej Král
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Adam Mendrek 		21–16, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner [5]
2021 Ukraine International Flag of Malaysia.svg Muhammad Haikal Flag of India.svg Ishaan Bhatnagar
Flag of India.svg K. Sai Pratheek 		21–15, 19–21, 21–15Gold medal icon.svgWinner [6]
2021 Scottish Open Flag of Malaysia.svg Muhammad Haikal Flag of Scotland.svg Christopher Grimley
Flag of Scotland.svg Matthew Grimley 		20–22, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [8]
2023 Nantes International Flag of Malaysia.svg Yap Roy King Flag of Indonesia.svg Putra Erwiansyah
Flag of Indonesia.svg Patra Harapan Rindorindo 		21–16, 14–21, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner [16]
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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