Mona Santoso

Mona Santoso
Personal information
Country	Indonesia
Born	(1982-08-17) 17 August 1982 (age 42)
Event	Women's singles & doubles
Medal record Women's badminton Representing   Indonesia World Junior Championships 2000 Guangzhou Mixed team Asian Junior Championships 1999 Yangon Girls' team
BWF profile

Mona Santoso (born 17 August 1982) is an Indonesian former badminton player, and later represented United States. ^[1] Santoso was part of the Indonesia national team from 1998 to 2000. ^[2] As a junior player, Santoso was the girls' singles champion at the 1998 Hong Kong Junior Championships, she also helped the Indonesian girls' team clinched the silver medal at the 1999 Asian Junior Championships, ^{[2] [3]} and the mixed team bronze medal at the 2000 World Junior Championships. ^[4] Santoso won the women's doubles title at the 1999 Indonesian National Championships partnered with Vita Marissa. Santoso started her career as a badminton coach in Pola Bugar Club Jakarta from 2005 to 2006, and in 2006, she moved to Sunnyvale Community Center in Sunnyvale, California. ^[2] Santoso then played for the United States, and won the U.S. National Championships title in 2008 and 2009. ^[5]

Santoso at the 2009 U.S. Open Badminton Championships

Achievements

BWF Grand Prix

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.

Women's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	U.S. Open	Anna Rice	17–21, 9–21	Runner-up

Women's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Chinese Taipei Open	Vita Marissa	Yang Wei Zhang Jiewen	14–21, 9–21	Runner-up

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

IBF International

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Surabaya Satellite	Tri Kusharjanto	Bambang Suprianto Minarti Timur	Walkover	Runner-up

References

1. "Players: Mona Santoso". Badminton World Federation . Retrieved 3 May 2018.
2. "Badminton Coach Detail Profile: Mona Santoso". KSB. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
3. "Asian Junior Championships: China, Indonesia Split Team Crowns". New Shuttlenws. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
4. "China and South Korea to Vie for Team Title". People's Daily . Retrieved 5 May 2018.
5. "Brief History of Badminton - Badminton in the US". Team USA. Archived from the original on January 21, 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2018.

External links

• Mona Santoso at BWF .TournamentSoftware.com (archived)