Muhammad Haikal

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Muhammad Haikal
Personal information
Birth nameMuhammad Haikal bin Nazri
CountryMalaysia
Born (2002-12-26) 26 December 2002 (age 21)
Kelantan, Malaysia
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
HandednessLeft
Men's doubles
Highest ranking18 (with Choong Hon Jian, 17 September 2024)
38 (with Junaidi Arif, 6 December 2022)
Current ranking18 (with Choong Hon Jian, 17 September 2024)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing Flag of Malaysia 23px.svg  Malaysia
Thomas Cup
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Chengdu Men's team
Asia Team Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Selangor Men's team
SEA Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Vietnam Men's team
BWF profile

Muhammad Haikal bin Nazri (born 26 December 2002) is a Malaysian badminton player. [1] [2] He won three titles in 2021: Austrian Open, Hellas International and Ukraine International tournaments in the men's doubles event partnered with Junaidi Arif. [3]

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Career

2021

Partnered with Junaidi Arif, they won the 2021 Austrian Open, [4] Hellas International, [5] and Ukraine International. [6] The duo also finished runners-up at the Latvia International [7] and Scottish Open. [8]

2022

In January, Haikal and Arif competed at the Syed Modi International tournament. In April, they competed at the Orléans Masters but were forced to concede a walkover to Dutch pair Ruben Jille and Ties van der Lecq in the final after Haikal was tested positive for COVID-19. [9] In May, he competed at the SEA Games, and won the silver medal in the men's team event. [10] [11]

A few months later, Haikal and Arif reached the quarter-finals of the Malaysia Masters. [12] In December, he captured the Malaysia International title partnered with Nur Izzuddin. [13]

2023

Following a reshuffle in the national men's doubles department in February, Haikal began partnering Izzuddin, thus ending his three-year partnership with Arif. [14] In March, the new pair reached the final of Ruichang China Masters, but went down to the home pair of Chen Boyang and Liu Yi in rubber game. [15]

In June, Haikal and Izzuddin's partnership were dissolved after Izzuddin reunited with his former partner Goh Sze Fei. [16] In August, Haikal began partnering Choong Hon Jian. [17]

In October, he and Choong entered the final of Indonesia Masters II and finished as the runners-up. [18] In December, the duo competed at the Syed Modi International. En route to their first BWF World Tour title, they defeated the second and top seeds in the semi-finals [19] and final, respectively. [20] The following week, they won another title at the Guwahati Masters. [21]

2024

In late January, he was chosen to represent Malaysia's men's team at the 2024 Asia Team Championships. [22] In March, he and Choong clinched their third title at the Orléans Masters. [23]

Achievement

BWF World Tour (3 titles, 3 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, [24] 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. [25]

Men's doubles

YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResultRef
2022 Orléans Masters Super 100 Flag of Malaysia.svg Junaidi Arif Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ruben Jille
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ties van der Lecq
WalkoverSilver medal icon.svgRunner-up [9]
2023 Ruichang China Masters Super 100 Flag of Malaysia.svg Nur Izzuddin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Boyang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Yi
16–21, 21–19, 21–23Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [15]
2023 (II) Indonesia Masters Super 100 Flag of Malaysia.svg Choong Hon Jian Flag of Japan.svg Kenya Mitsuhashi
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroki Okamura
16–21, 18–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [18]
2023 Syed Modi International Super 300 Flag of Malaysia.svg Choong Hon Jian Flag of Japan.svg Akira Koga
Flag of Japan.svg Taichi Saito
18–21, 21–18, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner [20]
2023 Guwahati Masters Super 100 Flag of Malaysia.svg Choong Hon Jian Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lin Bing-wei
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Su Ching-heng
21–17, 23–21Gold medal icon.svgWinner [21]
2024 Orléans MastersSuper 300 Flag of Malaysia.svg Choong Hon Jian Flag of Indonesia.svg Sabar Karyaman Gutama
Flag of Indonesia.svg Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani
21–15, 18–21, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner [23]

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

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResultRef
2021 Austrian Open Flag of Malaysia.svg Junaidi Arif 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 Junaidi Arif 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 Junaidi Arif 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 Junaidi Arif 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 Junaidi Arif Flag of Scotland.svg Christopher Grimley
Flag of Scotland.svg Matthew Grimley
20–22, 16–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up [6]
2022 Malaysia International Flag of Malaysia.svg Nur Izzuddin Flag of Malaysia.svg Goh Boon Zhe
Flag of Malaysia.svg Goh Sze Fei
21–17, 21–16Gold medal icon.svgWinner [13]
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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