Fajar Alfian
Indonesian badminton player

Fajar Alfian

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Indonesian badminton player
Gender:
Male
Places:
Indonesia
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Work field:
Sports
Birth:
7 March 1995(Bandung, West Java, Indonesia)
Star sign:
Pisces
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Introduction

Fajar Alfian (born 7 March 1995) is an Indonesian badminton player affiliated with the SGS PLN Bandung. He won the men's doubles silver medal at the 2018 Asian Games, the bronze medals at the 2019 World Championships and at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games. Alfian was part of Indonesia winning team at the 2020 Thomas Cup.

Career

Together with Muhammad Rian Ardianto, he won international tournaments including the Indonesia International in 2014, 2015, and 2016; the Austrian International in 2015; and at the BWF Grand Prix level, the 2016 Chinese Taipei Masters. Alfian was a member of the Indonesia men's team that won gold medals at the 2017 and 2019 Southeast Asian Games. He also played with Ardianto, and clinched the men's doubles bronze at that event in 2017. In 2018, Ardianto and Alfian competed on the BWF World Tour, and won titles at the Malaysia Masters and the Syed Modi International. and 2019 Swiss Open andKorea Open. Together with Ardianto he got a medal bronze medal men's doubles at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games, the silver at the 2018 Asian Games, and another bronze at the 2019 BWF World Championships.

In September–October 2021, Alfian alongside Indonesia team competed at the 2021 Sudirman Cup in Vantaa, Finland. He and Ardianto contribute a point in a tie against Canada. Indonesia team advanced to the knocked-out stage, but stopped in the quarter-finals to Malaysia. In the next tournament, he helped Indonesia team won the World Men's Team Championships, the 2020 Thomas Cup.

Awards and nominations

Award Year Category Result Ref.
Golden Award SIWO PWI 2019 Favorite Team with 2018 Asian Games men's badminton team Nominated
Indonesian Sport Awards 2018 Favorite Male Athlete Duos with Muhammad Rian Ardianto Nominated

Achievements

BWF World Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result

Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result

Southeast Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result

BWF World Tour (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, 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 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Malaysia Masters Super 500 Muhammad Rian Ardianto Goh V Shem
Tan Wee Kiong 		14–21, 24–22, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 German Open Super 300 Muhammad Rian Ardianto Takuto Inoue
Yuki Kaneko 		16–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2018 Syed Modi International Super 300 Muhammad Rian Ardianto Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Chirag Shetty 		21–11, 22–20 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Swiss Open Super 300 Muhammad Rian Ardianto Lee Yang
Wang Chi-lin 		21–19, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2019 Korea Open Super 500 Muhammad Rian Ardianto Takeshi Kamura
Keigo Sonoda 		21–16, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

BWF Grand Prix (1 title, 2 runners-up)

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.

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2015 New Zealand Open Muhammad Rian Ardianto Huang Kaixiang
Zheng Siwei 		21–16, 17–21, 9–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Chinese Taipei Masters Muhammad Rian Ardianto Chen Hung-ling
Wang Chi-lin 		11–6, 11–6, 11–13, 9–11, 12–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2017 Bitburger Open Muhammad Rian Ardianto Kim Astrup
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 		19–21, 21–19, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
  BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Indonesia International Muhammad Rian Ardianto Fran Kurniawan
Agripina Prima Rahmanto Putra 		9–11, 11–9, 11–9, 11–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Austrian Open Muhammad Rian Ardianto Peter Briggs
Tom Wolfenden 		23–21, 18–21, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Indonesia International Muhammad Rian Ardianto Hantoro
Rian Swastedian 		21–12, 17–21, 21–15 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Indonesia International Muhammad Rian Ardianto Yoshiki Tsukamoto
Shunsuke Yamamura 		21–12, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series tournament

Performance timeline

Key
W F SF QF #R RR Q# A G S B NH N/A
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#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.
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

  • Junior level
Team events 2013
Asian Junior Championships B
World Junior Championships S
  • Senior level
Team events 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Southeast Asian Games G NH G NH
Asia Team Championships NH A NH G NH
Asia Mixed Team Championships A NH B NH
Asian Games NH S NH
Thomas Cup NH B NH G NH
Sudirman Cup A NH DNP NH QF

Individual competitions

  • Junior level
Events 2013
Asian Junior Championships 2R (BD)
2R (XD)
World Junior Championships QF (BD)
  • Senior level
Events 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Southeast Asian Games B NH QF NH
Asian Championships 2R 2R 2R NH
Asian Games NH S NH
World Championships A 3R B NH Q
Tournament BWF Superseries / Grand Prix BWF World Tour Best
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Thailand Masters NH A QF QF A NH QF ('17, '18)
Swiss Open A QF A W NH A W ('19)
German Open A 1R (MD) A F A NH F ('18)
All England Open A 1R 1R SF 2R w/d SF ('19)
Malaysia Masters A 2R W 2R SF W ('18)
New Zealand Open A F (MD) 2R A NH F ('15)
Australian Open A 1R A 1R NH 1R ('17, '19)
Malaysia Open A 2R 2R SF NH SF ('19)
Singapore Open A 2R A QF NH QF ('19)
Korea Masters A 1R A NH 1R ('18)
Thailand Open A NH A SF QF A 2R 2R NH SF ('16)
1R
Korea Open A 1R A W NH W ('19)
Chinese Taipei Open A QF A QF NH QF ('16, '19)
Vietnam Open A QF (MD) 2R A NH QF ('15)
China Open A 2R SF NH SF ('19)
Japan Open A 2R QF 2R NH QF ('18)
Indonesia Masters Super 100 NH A 2R NH 2R ('19)
Syed Modi International NH A SF W A NH W ('18)
Denmark Open A w/d QF A QF QF ('19, '21)
French Open A QF w/d 1R NH SF SF ('21)
Hylo Open A F A Q F ('17)
Macau Open A SF A NH SF ('16)
Fuzhou China Open A QF A 1R 2R NH QF ('16)
Hong Kong Open A 1R SF 2R NH SF ('18)
Indonesia Masters 1R (XD) 2R (MD) 2R (MD) 1R NH 2R QF SF Q SF ('20)
Indonesia Open A 1R SF SF QF NH Q SF ('17, '18)
Chinese Taipei Masters NH 1R (MD) W NH W ('16)
Year-end ranking 536 (XD) 112 (MD)
189 (XD) 		49 (MD)
809 (XD) 		24 17 7 5 6 5
Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Best

Record against selected opponents

Men's doubles results with Muhammad Rian Ardianto against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists.