Yulfira Barkah

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Yulfira Barkah
2016 Smiling Fish - Yulfira Barkah.jpg
Personal information
CountryIndonesia
Born (1998-02-04) 4 February 1998 (age 26)
Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia [1]
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking26 (WD with Jauza Fadhila Sugiarto 26 March 2019)
152 (XD with Beno Drajat 28 April 2016)
Current ranking59 (WD with Jauza Fadhila Sugiarto)
122 (WD with Agatha Imanuela)
127 (WD with Febby Valencia Dwijayanti Gani  (25 May 2021)
Medal record
Women's badminton
Representing Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Bilbao Girls' doubles
Asian Junior Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Bangkok Mixed team
BWF profile

Yulfira Barkah (born 4 February 1998) is an Indonesian badminton player from Medan, North Sumatra, who trained at the Mutiara Cardinal Bandung club. [2] [3] She was part of the national junior team that won the bronze medal at the 2015 Asian Junior Championships, later won the girls' doubles bronze at the 2016 World Junior Championships. [4] Barkah claimed her first international title at the 2016 Smiling Fish International in the women's doubles event partnered with Suci Rizky Andini. [5]

Contents

Achievements

BWF World Junior Championships

Girls' doubles

YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016 Bilbao Arena,
Bilbao, Spain
Flag of Indonesia.svg Jauza Fadhila Sugiarto Flag of Japan.svg Sayaka Hobara
Flag of Japan.svg Nami Matsuyama
14–21, 13–21 Med 3.png Bronze

BWF World Tour (1 title)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, [6] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100. [7]

Women's doubles

YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2021 Spain Masters Super 300 Flag of Indonesia.svg Febby Valencia Dwijayanti Gani Flag of Denmark.svg Amalie Magelund
Flag of Denmark.svg Freja Ravn
21–16, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner

BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2016 Smiling Fish International Flag of Indonesia.svg Suci Rizky Andini Flag of Indonesia.svg Rahmadhani Hastiyanti Putri
Flag of Indonesia.svg Rika Rositawati
21–18, 21–18Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2016 Singapore International Flag of Indonesia.svg Suci Rizky Andini Flag of Indonesia.svg Mychelle Crhystine Bandaso
Flag of Indonesia.svg Serena Kani
21–14, 21–12Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2017 Polish Open Flag of Indonesia.svg Meirisa Cindy Sahputri Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chang Hsin-tien
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Yu Chien-hui
21–12, 14–21, 21–14Gold medal icon.svgWinner
2019 Malaysia International Flag of Indonesia.svg Agatha Imanuela Flag of Japan.svg Natsu Saito
Flag of Japan.svg Naru Shinoya
15–21, 23–21, 9–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2015 Smiling Fish International Flag of Indonesia.svg Beno Drajat Flag of Thailand.svg Parinyawat Thongnuam
Flag of Thailand.svg Phataimas Muenwong
16–21, 13–21Silver medal icon.svgRunner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

Performance timeline

Key
WFSFQF#RRRQ#AGSBNHN/ADNQ
(W) won; (F) finalist; (SF) semi-finalist; (QF) quarter-finalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze medal; (NH) not held; (N/A) not applicable; (DNQ) did not qualify.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

National team

Team event2015
Asian Junior Championships B

Individual competitions

Junior level

  • Girls' doubles
Event2016
World Junior Championships B
  • Mixed doubles
Event2016
World Junior Championships 3R

Senior level

Women's doubles
Events2019
Asian Championships 1R
World Championships 1R
Tournament BWF Superseries / Grand Prix BWF World Tour Best
201520162017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Thailand Masters NHA 2R 2R ANH2R ('18, '19)
Swiss Open A 2R NHA2R ('19)
Orléans Masters N/AA QF NH 2R QF ('19)
Lingshui China Masters N/A 1R ANH1R ('18)
Malaysia Masters A 1R QF ANHQF ('19)
New Zealand Open A QF 1R 1R NHQF ('17)
Australian Open A QF 1R NHQF ('18)
Spain Masters NHA W W ('21)
Malaysia Open A 1R NH1R ('19)
Singapore Open A 1R 2R NH2R ('19)
Korea Masters A 1R SF ANHSF ('18)
Thailand Open A 1R 1R 1R ANH1R ('17, '18, '19)
Hyderabad Open N/A SF ANHSF ('18)
Chinese Taipei Open A 1R ANH1R ('18)
Vietnam Open A SF 2R 1R NHSF ('17)
Japan Open A 1R NH1R ('19)
Indonesia Masters Super 100 N/A QF QF NHQF ('18, '19)
Syed Modi International A QF ANHQF ('18)
Macau Open A 2R SF ANHSF ('18)
Hong Kong Open A 1R ANH1R ('17)
Indonesia Masters 1R QF NH 2R 1R AQF ('16)
Indonesia Open A 1R 1R 1R NHA1R ('17, '18, '19)
Year-end ranking15763764539556626
Mixed doubles
Tournament BWF Superseries / Grand Prix Best
20152016
Indonesia Masters 1R 2R 2R ('16)
Year-end ranking165316152

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