Simon Santoso

Simon Santoso (born 29 July 1985) is an Indonesian former badminton player.^[1] He was two-time Southeast Asian Games men's singles champion winning in 2009 and 2011, also featured in Indonesia team that won the men's team title in 2003, 2007, 2009, and 2011.^[2] Santoso won the Indonesia Open a Superseries Premier tournament in 2012.^[3] He reached a career high as world number 3 in August 2010.^[4]

Simon Santoso
Personal information
Country	Indonesia
Born	(1985-07-29) 29 July 1985 (age 38) Tegal, Central Java, Indonesia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Handedness	Right
Men's singles
Highest ranking	3 (26 August 2010)
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Indonesia Sudirman Cup 2005 Beijing Mixed team 2007 Glasgow Mixed team 2009 Guangzhou Mixed team 2011 Qingdao Mixed team Thomas Cup 2010 Kuala Lumpur Men's team 2004 Jakarta Men's team 2006 Sendai & Tokyo Men's team 2008 Jakarta Men's team 2014 New Delhi Men's team Asian Games 2006 Doha Men's team 2010 Guangzhou Men's team Southeast Asian Games 2003 Vietnam Men's team 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima Men's team 2009 Vientiane Men's singles 2009 Vientiane Men's team 2011 Jakarta–Palembang Men's singles 2011 Jakarta–Palembang Men's team 2005 Manila Men's singles 2005 Manila Men's team World Junior Championships 2002 Pretoria Mixed team Asian Junior Championships 2002 Kuala Lumpur Boys' team 2002 Kuala Lumpur Boys' singles
BWF profile

Career

When he was young, Santoso joined the Tangkas Jakarta badminton club before joining the Indonesian National team. In 2005, he won the Vietnam Satellite and the silver medal at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games. His best results on the world circuit until recently were runner-up finishes at the 2008 Singapore, 2007 Swiss, and 2008 Indonesia Open. He was eliminated at the semi-finals in the Japan Open Super Series and the Chinese Taipei Open. In September 2008, Santoso won the Chinese Taipei Open after defeating Roslin Hashim from Malaysia in the final round by scores of 21–18, 13–21, 21–10.

In October 2009, he won his first Superseries ever in Denmark Open, after beating Marc Zwiebler of Germany in the final round, 21–14, 21–6. He won gold in the 2009 Southeast Asian Games by defeating Sony Dwi Kuncoro.^[5]

In 2011, he retained his gold medal in Southeast Asian Games by beating Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk in 3 sets.^[6]

In 2012, he helped Indonesia Garuda to win the inaugural Axiata Cup. In June 2012, he won Indonesia Open Superseries Premier title 21–18, 13–21, 21–11 after defeating Du Pengyu of China in the final.^[7]

Personal life

Born in Tegal, Central Java, Santoso is the youngest of four children of Hosea Liem (father) and Rahel Yanti (mother). His hobbies are swimming and reading comics.^[8] He married Evelyn Carmelita on 6 December 2014, and now have two children.^[9][10]

Achievements

Southeast Asian Games

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	PhilSports Arena, Pasig, Philippines	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	16–17, 3–15	Silver
2009	Gym Hall 1, National Sports Complex, Vientiane, Laos	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	21–16, 21–12	Gold
2011	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk	21–10, 11–21, 21–19	Gold

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2002	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Park Sung-hwan	7–15, 8–15	Bronze

BWF Superseries (3 titles, 4 runners-up)

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[11] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels are Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries consists of twelve tournaments around the world that have been introduced since 2011.^[12] Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Swiss Open	Chen Jin	16–21, 19–21	Runner-up
2008	Singapore Open	Lee Chong Wei	13–21, 5–21	Runner-up
2008	Indonesia Open	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	21–19, 14–21, 9–21	Runner-up
2009	Denmark Open (1)	Marc Zwiebler	21–14, 21–6	Winner
2012	Indonesia Open (1)	Du Pengyu	21–18, 13–21, 21–11	Winner
2014	Singapore Open (1)	Lee Chong Wei	21–15, 21–10	Winner
2014	Australian Open	Lin Dan	24–22, 16–21, 7–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Chinese Taipei Open (1)	Roslin Hashim	21–18, 13–21, 21–10	Winner
2010	Chinese Taipei Open (2)	Son Wan-ho	21–14, 21–11	Winner
2012	German Open	Lin Dan	11–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2013	Indonesia Grand Prix Gold (1)	Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka	21–17, 21–11	Winner
2014	Malaysia Grand Prix Gold (1)	Sourabh Varma	15–21, 21–16, 21–19	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF Grand Prix tournament

IBF International (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2003	Singapore Satellite	Ronald Susilo	5–15, 3–15	Runner-up
2005	Vietnam Satellite	Jung Hoon-min	15–2, 15–3	Winner

Performance timeline

National team

• Junior level

Team events	2002
Asian Junior Championships	Gold
World Junior Championships	Bronze

• Senior level

Team events	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Southeast Asian Games	—	Silver	—	Gold	—	Gold	—	Gold	—
Asian Games	—		Bronze	—			Bronze	—			A
Thomas Cup	Bronze	—	Bronze	—	Bronze	—	Silver	—	QF	—	Bronze
Sudirman Cup	—	Silver	—	Silver	—	Bronze	—	Bronze	—	A	—

Individual competitions

• Junior level

Event	2002
Asian Junior Championships	Bronze
World Junior Championships

• Senior level

Event	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Southeast Asian Games	Silver	—	A	—	Gold	—	Gold	—	A	—
Asian Championships	w/d	QF	R3	R3	A			R2	A
Asian Games	—	R2	—			A	—			A
World Championships	A		R3	—	QF	R2	R3	—	R1	w/d
Olympic Games	—			A	—			R16	—

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Best
BWF Superseries
All England Open	R2	A	R1	R2	R1	R1	A		Q2	A	R2 (2004, 2007, 2010)
Swiss Open	F	A	R1	A	GPG						F (2007)
India Open	—	GPG			R1	R1	R1	A			R1 (2011, 2012, 2013)
Malaysia Open	A	QF	QF	w/d	SF	QF	A	Q1	A		SF (2011)
Singapore Open	R2	F	R2	QF	QF	w/d	A	W	SF	A	W (2014)
Australian Open	IC/IS		GPG					F	Q1	w/d	F (2014)
Indonesia Open	R2	F	R2	QF	R1	W	A	R2	A		W (2012)
Japan Open	SF	R2	SF	A	QF	SF	A				SF (2007, 2009, 2012)
Korea Open	A	R2	SF	A	SF	QF	A	R1	A		SF (2009, 2011)
China Masters	R2	A						GPG			R2 (2007)
Denmark Open	QF	w/d	W	A	R2	R2	A				W (2009)
French Open	R2	w/d	R2	A		w/d	A				R2 (2007, 2009)
China Open	R1	A	QF	A	SF	A					SF (2011)
Hong Kong Open	R1	A	QF	A				R1	A		QF (2003, 2009)
BWF Superseries Finals	DNQ				GS	DNQ					GS (2011)
Year-end ranking			6	27	7	7	67	24	113	188	3
Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Best

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Best
BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold
Malaysia Masters	—		A		w/d	A	w/d	W	A	R2	W (2014)
Thailand Masters	—									R3	R3 (2016)
Syed Modi International	—		A		R3	R3	—	A			R3 (2011, 2012)
German Open	R1	A				F	A		R1	A	F (2012)
Swiss Open	SS				SF	w/d	A				F (2007)
New Zealand Open	A			—	IC	—	QF	A	R1	A	QF (2013)
Australian Open	IC/IS		A			SF	R3	SS			SF (2012)
Chinese Taipei Open	SF	W	A	W	R3	A		R3	R1	A	W (2008, 2010)
Vietnam Open	A						SF	A			SF (2013)
Thailand Open	R3	A		—	A				R3	w/d	QF (2004)
Chinese Taipei Masters	—								SF	A	SF (2005)
Korea Masters	IC			A			QF	A			QF (2013)
Macau Open	A	w/d	A	SF	SF	A					SF (2010, 2011)
Indonesian Masters	—			A	R1	QF	W	A		R2	W (2013)
Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Best

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	Best
IBF World Grand Prix
All England Open	A		R2	A		R2 (2004)
German Open	A				QF	QF (2006)
Swiss Open	A		R1	A	R2	R2 (2006)
Indonesia Open	Q2	Q4	R3	QF	QF	QF (2005, 2006)
Malaysia Open	A	R2	A	R2	A	R2 (2003, 2005)
Thailand Open	—	R3	QF	A		QF (2004)
Singapore Open	A		R2	R2	R3	R3 (2006)
Chinese Taipei Open	A	R1	A			R1 (2003)
Korea Open	A		w/d	R3	R3	R3 (2005, 2006)
Hong Kong Open	—	QF	—	R1	R2	QF (2003)
Japan Open	A		R1	A	R3	R3 (2006)
China Open	A			R2	A	R2 (2005)
Denmark Open	A		R3	A		R3 (2004)

Participation at Indonesian Team

• 4 times at Sudirman Cup (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011)
• 6 times at Thomas Cup (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)

Record against selected opponents

Includes results against athletes who competed in Super Series finals, World Championships semi-finals, and Olympic quarterfinals.^[13]

•   Bao Chunlai 0–4
•   Chen Hong 0–1
•   Chen Jin 1–7
•   Chen Long 0–3
•   Chen Yu 1–2
•   Du Pengyu 3–2
•   Lin Dan 1–11
•   Tian Houwei 1–1
•   Viktor Axelsen 1–0
•   Peter Gade 4–11
•   Jan Ø. Jørgensen 3–0
•   Hans-Kristian Vittinghus 0–2
•   Parupalli Kashyap 4–0
•   Sony Dwi Kuncoro 1–1
•   Taufik Hidayat 5–5
•   Tommy Sugiarto 3–0
•   Kento Momota 1–1
•   Sho Sasaki 6–2
•   Lee Hyun-il 1–5
•   Park Sung-hwan 1–2
•   Shon Seung-mo 1–0
•   Son Wan-ho 3–1
•   Lee Chong Wei 2–9
•   Liew Daren 0–2
•   Wong Choong Hann 3–1
•   Ronald Susilo 1–1
•   Boonsak Ponsana 3–5

References

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2. "Profil: Simon Santoso". www.merdeka.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 12 February 2020.
3. Prathivi, Niken (18 June 2012). "Simon gives solace to fans as Tontowi-Liliyana tumble". www.thejakartapost.com. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
4. "BWF World Rankings (8/26/2010)". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
5. "Indonesia dominasi bulutangkis Sea Games" (in Indonesian). BBC. from the original on 17 September 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
6. "Simon santoso wins gold medal". Antara. from the original on 17 September 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
7. "Simon Santoso juara tunggal putra Indonesia Open" (in Indonesian). Merdeka.com. from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
8. "Biografi Simon Santoso". www.wowkeren.com (in Indonesian). from the original on 17 October 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
9. "Kisah Cinta Simon Santoso, Buy One Get One". www.jpnn.com (in Indonesian). Jawa Pos. from the original on 9 June 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
10. "Sang Istri Bocorkan Perbedaan Simon Santoso yang Dulu dan Sekarang". www.indosport.com (in Indonesian). from the original on 17 September 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
11. . Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
12. . www.ibadmintonstore.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
13. "tournamentsoftware.com". tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 27 October 2012.

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