Career
In January 2017, Izzuddin and his partner Goh Sze Fei entered their first Grand Prix Gold final at the 2017 Malaysia Masters and finished up as runner-ups. [2] [3]
2023
In January, following their underwhelming results in the past few months, Izzuddin and long-time partner Goh Sze Fei decided to split-up, citing lack of connection and loss of trust. [8] In March, Izzuddin and new partner Muhammad Haikal reached their first BWF World Tour final at the 2023 Ruichang China Masters, but went down to the home pair of Chen Boyang and Liu Yi in rubber game. [9] Around four months after splitting up, Izzuddin and Goh Sze Fei reunited at the end of May. [10] The pair set aside their differences and decided to rekindle their partnership in quest for the 2024 Summer Olympics spot. [11] In July, Izzuddin and Goh competed at the 2023 U.S. Open, their first tournament after reuniting. The pair emerged as winners defeating Chinese Taipei's Lee Fang-chih and Lee Fang-jen in the final. [12] The duo also won the Super 100 event in the Kaohsiung and Abu Dhabi Masters. [13] [14]
2024
Izzuddin started the 2024 season with unsatisfactory results, as he and Goh suffered multiple early rounds defeats in the Asian and European leg. Izzuddin and Goh finally reached the final of the Asian Championships in April, winning the silver medal. [15] Their performance started to improve as evidenced by the results they achieved by reaching the quarter-finals of the Malaysia Masters, Singapore Open, and Indonesia Open. In August, it was reported that the pair had decided to leave the national team, [16] and would officially start their career as independent players in early September. [17] The duo then won the Japan Open in August, [18] China Open in September, [19] and Arctic Open in October. [20]
In December, Izzuddin and Goh finished their extraordinary 2024 season as the runners-up of the BWF World Tour Finals, losing to Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen of Denmark in the final with a score of 17–21, 21–17, 11–21. Their achievement elevated them to world number 3, the highest ever ranking in their career. With that, they have become the top Malaysian men's doubles pair, taking over Olympic bronze medalists Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik. That achievement also marks them being the first men's doubles pair in Malaysia to reach the final of the BWF World Tour since its establishment in 2018. [21]
2025
Started the season as world number 2 in the BWF ranking, [22] Izzuddin and Goh snapped their first India Open title by defeating Korean pair of Seo Seung-jae and Kim Won-ho in 3 sets. [23] It was also the first title of the year for the pair. [24]
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