Rendra Wijaya

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Rendra Wijaya
Fran Kurniawan and Rendra Wijaya.jpg
Fran Kurniawan and Rendra Wijaya
Personal information
CountryFlag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Born (1984-11-01) 1 November 1984 (age 39)
Cirebon, West Java, Indonesia
HandednessRight
Men's and mixed doubles
Highest ranking54 (MD) 21 January 2010
51 (XD) 21 January 2010
BWF profile

Rendra Wijaya (born 1 November 1984) is an Indonesian badminton player who specializes in doubles. He joined PB Djarum badminton club in 2007. [1] [2]

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Personal life

Wijaya grew in badminton family. His father, Hendra Wijaya is a former badminton player and owner of Rajawali badminton club in Cirebon. His brothers, Indra and Candra are former Indonesian badminton player and part of the Indonesia national badminton team at the 1996 and 1998 Thomas Cup. Her sister, Sandrawati Wijaya also a badminton player. He married Fransisca Carollim in 2011. [3]

Career

Wijaya won his first international tournament at the 2008 Spanish Open in the men's and mixed doubles event. [3] [4] Together with his partner in the men's doubles, Fran Kurniawan, he also won 2008 Finnish and Austrian International Series tournament. [5] [6] At the 2008 Indonesia International Challenge, he and Kurniawan won the men's doubles title after beat their compatriot Windarto and Wirawan in the straight games with the score 21-18, 21-13. [7] In the Grand Prix level, he and Kurniawan won their first title at the Dutch Open tournament. In the final round they won in straight games to Indian paired. [8] Teamed-up with Rian Sukmawan he won the 2011 White Nights and Indonesia International Challenge tournament. [9] [10]

Achievements

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Men's Doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2008 Vietnam Open Flag of Indonesia.svg Fran Kurniawan Flag of Malaysia.svg Choong Tan Fook
Flag of Malaysia.svg Lee Wan Wah
14-21, 10-21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2008 Dutch Open Flag of Indonesia.svg Fran Kurniawan Flag of India.svg Rupesh Kumar K. T.
Flag of India.svg Sanave Thomas
21-18, 21-18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2008 Bulgaria Open Flag of Indonesia.svg Fran Kurniawan Flag of Denmark.svg Mathias Boe
Flag of Denmark.svg Carsten Mogensen
23-25, 16-21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2011 Indonesia International Flag of Indonesia.svg Rian Sukmawan Flag of Malaysia.svg Ow Yao Han
Flag of Malaysia.svg Tan Wee Kiong
21-13, 19-21, 21-16Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2011 White Nights Flag of Indonesia.svg Rian Sukmawan Flag of Indonesia.svg Fernando Kurniawan
Flag of Indonesia.svg Wifqi Windarto
14-21, 21-13, 21-12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2008 Indonesia International Flag of Indonesia.svg Fran Kurniawan Flag of Indonesia.svg Wifqi Windarto
Flag of Indonesia.svg Afiat Yuris Wirawan
21-18, 21-13Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2008 Austrian International Flag of Indonesia.svg Fran Kurniawan Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Wouter Claes
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Frédéric Mawet
21-14, 21-11Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2008 Finnish International Flag of Indonesia.svg Fran Kurniawan Flag of Denmark.svg Jacob Chemnitz
Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Delbo Larsen
21-19, 11-21, 21-14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2008 Spanish Open Flag of Indonesia.svg Fran Kurniawan Flag of Poland.svg Adam Cwalina
Flag of Poland.svg Wojciech Szkudlarczyk
21-11, 21-13Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2006 Cheers Asian Satellite Flag of Indonesia.svg Fran Kurniawan Flag of Indonesia.svg Yoga Ukikasah
Flag of Indonesia.svg Yonathan Suryatama Dasuki
19-21, 21-18, 20-22Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2011 Indonesia International Flag of Indonesia.svg Maria Elfira Christina Flag of Indonesia.svg Andhika Anhar
Flag of Indonesia.svg Keshya Nurvita Hanadia
15-21, 19-21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2008 Le Volant d'Or de Toulouse Flag of Indonesia.svg Meiliana Jauhari Flag of Indonesia.svg Fran Kurniawan
Flag of Indonesia.svg Shendy Puspa Irawati
18-21, 21-18, 14-21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
2008 Spanish Open Flag of Indonesia.svg Meiliana Jauhari Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Wouter Claes
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Nathalie Descamps
21-14, 21-18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament
  BWF Future Series tournament

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