Candra Wijaya

Rafael Candra Wijaya (Chinese: 陳甲亮; born 16 September 1975) is a retired Indonesian badminton player.[1]

Candra Wijaya
Personal information
Birth name	Rafael Candra Wijaya
Country	Indonesia
Born	16 September 1975 Cirebon, West Java, Indonesia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Handedness	Right
Coach	Christian Hadinata Herry Iman Pierngadi
Men's doubles
Highest ranking	1
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Indonesia Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Men's doubles World Championships 1997 Glasgow Men's doubles 2003 Birmingham Men's doubles 2005 Anaheim Men's doubles World Cup 2005 Yiyang Men's doubles 1997 Yogyakarta Men's doubles Sudirman Cup 2001 Seville Mixed team 2005 Beijing Mixed team 2007 Glasgow Mixed team 1997 Glasgow Mixed team 1999 Copenhagen Mixed team 2003 Eindhoven Mixed team Thomas Cup 1998 Hong Kong Men's team 2000 Kuala Lumpur Men's team 2002 Guangzhou Men's team 2004 Jakarta Men's team 2006 Sendai–Tokyo Men's team 2008 Jakarta Men's team Asian Games 1998 Bangkok Men's team 2002 Busan Men's team Asian Championships 1996 Surabaya Men's doubles 2001 Manila Men's doubles 2002 Bangkok Men's doubles 2004 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles 2008 Johor Bahru Men's doubles 1995 Beijing Men's doubles 2000 Jakarta Men's doubles Asian Cup 1995 Qingdao Men's doubles Asia Cup 1997 Jakarta Men's team 1999 Ho Chi Minh Men's team 2001 Singapore Men's team Southeast Asian Games 1997 Jakarta Men's doubles 1997 Jakarta Mixed doubles 1997 Jakarta Men's team 2001 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles 2001 Kuala Lumpur Men's team World Junior Championships 1992 Jakarta Mixed doubles
BWF profile

Career

Wijaya started his career in badminton at the age of five, motivated by his brother Indra Wijaya and later joined a club in Cirebon. His father, Hendra Wijaya, then took him to a club Pelita Jakarta when he was fourteen. In 1991, he was selected to join the national team. In 1998, he moved to Jaya Raya Jakarta.[2]

Wijaya is a doubles specialist. He has been rated among the best men's doubles players in the world for over a decade. Noted for his ability in all phases of the doubles game, he has reached the final of the BWF World Championships three times with countryman Sigit Budiarto. They won the 1997 edition in Glasgow, Scotland and finished second in 2003 and 2005. With Tony Gunawan he captured the men's doubles gold medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. Though Budiarto has been his most frequent partner, Wijaya has won top tier men's doubles events (and a mixed doubles event or two) with a variety of players, recently renewing an earlier partnership with Gunawan. Wijaya was a member of the world champion Indonesia Thomas Cup (men's international) teams of 1998, 2000, and 2002. He was named IBF Player of the Year and received the Eddie Choong awards in 2000.[3]

In 2007 he joined the Japanese club owned by Tonami.[4]

Personal life

Wijaya was born in a badminton family. His father Hendra Wijaya introduced him to badminton at the young age. His siblings, Indra Wijaya, Rendra Wijaya and Sandrawati Wijaya also a former national badminton players.[5] He married to Maria Caroline Indriani on 20 January 2001 at St. Thomas Rasul Church in Cengkareng.[1] They have two children Gabriel Christopher Wintan Wijaya and Christina Joshephine Wintania Wijaya.[6]

He was a founder of Candra Wijaya International Badminton Centre,[7] and Candra Wijaya badminton club.[8]

Participation at Indonesian Team

• 6 times at Sudirman Cup (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007)
• 6 times at Thomas Cup (1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008)

Achievements

Olympic Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	The Dome, Sydney, Australia	Tony Gunawan	Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	15–10, 9–15, 15–7	Gold

World Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	Scotstoun Centre, Glasgow, Scotland	Sigit Budiarto	Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock	8–15, 18–17, 15–7	Gold
2003	National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, United Kingdom	Sigit Budiarto	Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen	7–15, 15–13, 13–15	Silver
2005	Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim United States	Sigit Budiarto	Howard Bach Tony Gunawan	11–15, 15–10, 11–15	Silver

World Cup

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	Among Rogo Sports Hall, Yogyakarta, Indonesia	Sigit Budiarto	Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	15–8, 8–15, 12–15	Bronze
2005	Olympic Park, Yiyang, China	Sigit Budiarto	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	11–21, 18–21	Silver

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Beijing, China	Ade Sutrisna	Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock	6–15, 8–15	Bronze
1996	Pancasila Hall, Surabaya, Indonesia	Ade Sutrisna	Ha Tae-kwon Kang Kyung-jin	15–8, 15–17, 15–11	Gold
2000	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Antonius Ariantho	Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah	12–15, 5–15	Bronze
2001	PhilSports Arena, Manila, Philippines	Tony Gunawan	Tri Kusharjanto Bambang Suprianto	15–8, 13–15, 13–15	Silver
2002	Nimibutr Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand	Sigit Budiarto	Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon	6–15, 8–15	Silver
2004	Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Halim Haryanto	Tri Kusharjanto Sigit Budiarto	13–15, 5–15	Silver
2008	Bandaraya Stadium, Johor Bahru, Malaysia	Nova Widianto	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	16–21, 16–21	Silver

Asian Cup

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1995	Xinxing Gymnasium, Qingdao, China	Ade Sutrisna	Huang Zhanzhong Jiang Xin		Bronze

Southeast Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	Asia-Africa hall, Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex, Jakarta, Indonesia	Sigit Budiarto	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	15–4, 14–17, 15–11	Gold
2001	Malawati Stadium, Selangor, Malaysia	Sigit Budiarto	Tony Gunawan Bambang Suprianto	15–4, 15–6	Gold

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1997	Asia-Africa hall, Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex, Jakarta, Indonesia	Eliza Nathanael	Tri Kusharjanto Minarti Timur	12–15, 15–7, 15–2	Gold

World Junior Championships

Mixed doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1992	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Susi Chusnul	Jim Laugesen Rikke Olsen		Bronze

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[9] 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.[10] Successful players are invited to the Superseries Finals, which are held at the end of each year.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Malaysia Open	Tony Gunawan	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	15–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2007	Japan Open	Tony Gunawan	Luluk Hadiyanto Alvent Yulianto	21–18, 21–17	Winner
2007	Hong Kong Open	Tony Gunawan	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	12–21, 21–18, 13–21	Runner-up
2008	Indonesia Open	Tony Gunawan	Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari	21–19, 18–21, 14–21	Runner-up

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

BWF Grand Prix

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. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Canadian Open	Ade Sutrisna	Yap Yee Guan Yap Yee Hup	15–10, 15–12	Winner
1994	U.S. Open	Ade Sutrisna	Yap Yee Guan Yap Yee Hup	15–8, 15–14	Winner
1995	German Open	Ade Sutrisna	Jon Holst-Christensen Thomas Lund	8–15, 13–15	Runner-up
1996	Swedish Open	Ade Sutrisna	Sigit Budiarto Dicky Purwotjugiono	15–12, 15–6	Winner
1996	U.S. Open	Sigit Budiarto	Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock	18–16, 15–10	Winner
1996	China Open	Sigit Budiarto	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	15–12, 15–5	Winner
1996	Thailand Open	Sigit Budiarto	Ha Tae-kwon Kang Kyung-jin	15–11, 10–15, 15–12	Winner
1997	Chinese Taipei Open	Sigit Budiarto	Antonius Ariantho Denny Kantono	15–11, 15–2	Winner
1997	Swiss Open	Sigit Budiarto	Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	15–5, 11–15, 4–15	Runner-up
1997	Indonesia Open	Sigit Budiarto	Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	15–9, 15–10	Winner
1997	Singapore Open	Sigit Budiarto	Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	15–8, 15–10	Winner
1997	Thailand Open	Sigit Budiarto	Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	9–15, 14–17	Runner-up
1997	World Grand Prix Finals	Sigit Budiarto	Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock	17–15, 11–15, 15–5	Winner
1998	Swedish Open	Tony Gunawan	Yang Ming Zhang Jun	15–3, 15–6	Winner
1998	All England Open	Tony Gunawan	Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	10–15, 10–15	Runner-up
1998	Singapore Open	Sigit Budiarto	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	15–5, 15–5	Winner
1998	Hong Kong Open	Tony Gunawan	Jens Eriksen Jesper Larsen	15–10, 15–9	Winner
1999	All England Open	Tony Gunawan	Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	15–7, 15–5	Winner
1999	Malaysia Open	Tony Gunawan	Eng Hian Flandy Limpele	15–6, 15–11	Winner
1999	Singapore Open	Tony Gunawan	Choong Tan Fook Lee Wan Wah	7–15, 15–14, 12–15	Runner-up
1999	Indonesia Open	Tony Gunawan	Rexy Mainaky Ricky Subagja	12–15, 8–15	Runner-up
1999	World Grand Prix Finals	Tony Gunawan	Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon	15–7, 8–15, 15–11	Winner
2000	Chinese Taipei Open	Tony Gunawan	Cheah Soon Kit Yap Kim Hock	15–7, 15–7	Winner
2000	Japan Open	Tony Gunawan	Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	15–6, 15–7	Winner
2000	Indonesia Open	Tony Gunawan	Eng Hian Flandy Limpele	14–17, 15–8, 15–8	Winner
2000	World Grand Prix Finals	Tony Gunawan	Sigit Budiarto Halim Haryanto	7–5, 8–6, 7–2	Winner
2001	All England Open	Sigit Budiarto	Tony Gunawan Halim Haryanto	13–15, 15–7, 7–15	Runner-up
2001	Japan Open	Sigit Budiarto	Martin Lundgaard Hansen Lars Paaske	15–7, 15–11	Winner
2001	Malaysia Open	Sigit Budiarto	Tony Gunawan Halim Haryanto	7–4, 4–7, 7–2, 2–7, 7–5	Winner
2001	Indonesia Open	Sigit Budiarto	Tony Gunawan Halim Haryanto	7–2, 7–3, 7–5	Winner
2001	Singapore Open	Sigit Budiarto	Tony Gunawan Halim Haryanto	7–5, 3–7, 2–7, 0–7	Runner-up
2002	Chinese Taipei Open	Bambang Suprianto	Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon	15–9, 13–15, 3–15	Runner-up
2003	All England Open	Sigit Budiarto	Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	15–5, 15–7	Winner
2003	Denmark Open	Halim Haryanto	Ha Tae-kwon Kim Dong-moon	17–16, 6–15, 8–15	Runner-up
2004	China Open	Sigit Budiarto	Chew Choon Eng Choong Tan Fook	Walkover	Winner
2005	Korea Open	Sigit Budiarto	Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen	15–7, 13–15, 13–15	Runner-up
2005	Swiss Open	Sigit Budiarto	Eng Hian Flandy Limpele	8–15, 15–11, 15–11	Winner
2005	Japan Open	Sigit Budiarto	Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen	10–15, 3–15	Runner-up
2005	Singapore Open	Sigit Budiarto	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	8–15, 15–8, 15–7	Winner
2005	Malaysia Open	Sigit Budiarto	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	15–11, 17–14	Winner
2005	Indonesia Open	Sigit Budiarto	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	10–15, 15–12, 3–15	Runner-up
2005	China Open	Sigit Budiarto	Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen	17–16, 11–15, 15–13	Winner
2006	Korea Open	Tony Gunawan	Hwang Ji-man Lee Jae-jin	21–18, 21–18	Winner
2006	Indonesia Open	Tony Gunawan	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	21–11, 21–16	Winner
2006	Japan Open	Tony Gunawan	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	21–15, 21–14	Winner
2008	Chinese Taipei Open	Tony Gunawan	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	21–14, 22–20	Winner

Mixed doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Thailand Open	Jo Novita	Ronne Maykel Runtolalu Eny Widiowati	8–6, 7–1, 8–7	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

IBF International

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1994	Polish International	Ade Sutrisna	Kenneth Jonassen Jan Jørgensen	11–15, 15–8, 15–8	Winner

Performance timeline

National team

• Senior level

Team events	1997	2001
Southeast Asian Games	Gold	Silver

Team events	1998	2002
Asian Games	Gold	Silver

Team events	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008
Thomas Cup	Gold	Gold	Gold	Bronze	Bronze	Bronze

Individual competitions

• Senior level

Event	1997	2001
Southeast Asian Games	Gold (MD) Gold (XD)	Gold

Event	1997	1999	2000
World Grand Prix Finals	Gold	Gold	Gold

Event	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2006	2007
World Championships	Gold	QF	R2	Silver	Silver	A	QF

Event	2000
Olympic Games	Gold

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	Best
BWF Superseries
All England Open	SF	R2	R1	A			W (1999, 2003)
Swiss Open	SF	QF	R2	A	GPG		W (2005)
Malaysia Open	F	SF	QF	A	R1	A	W (1999, 2001, 2005)
Singapore Open	SF	A	A	R2	A	R1	W (1997, 1998, 2005)
Indonesia Open	SF	F	A	R1	A		W (1997, 2000, 2001, 2006)
Korea Open	SF	A			R1	A	W (2006)
Japan Open	W	QF	R1	QF	A		W (2000, 2001, 2006, 2007)
China Open	R1	SF	R1	A			W (1996, 2004, 2005)
Hong Kong Open	F	R1	R1	R2	A		W (1998)
BWF Superseries Finals	N/A	GS	DNQ				GS (2008)

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	Best
BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold
Chinese Taipei Open	A	F	R1	QF	A	W (1997, 2000)
India Open	N/A	SF	SF	A		SF (2008, 2009)
Indonesian Masters	N/A			R1	A	R1 (2010)
Macau Open	A		R2	A		R2 (2009)
Malaysia Masters	N/A		R2	QF	A	QF (2010)
Philippines Open	R2	N/A	R1	N/A		R2 (2007)
Syed Modi International	N/A		A		R1	R1 (2011)

Tournament	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	Best
IBF World Grand Prix
All England Open				SF	F	W	SF	F	SF	W	R1	R3	R2	W (1999, 2003)
Canadian Open	W		N/A					N/A						W (1994)
China Open	A	QF	W		N/A		N/A	SF	A	QF	W	W		W (1996, 2004, 2005)
Chinese Taipei Open		QF		W	N/A	SF	W	N/A	F	QF				W (1997, 2000)
Denmark Open		SF			SF					F				F (2003)
German Open		F												F (1995)
Hong Kong Open	R2		QF		W		N/A		N/A	R1	N/A	R2	QF	W (1998)
Indonesia Open	w/d	SF	QF	W	SF	F	W	W	SF	SF	R3	F	W	W (1997, 2000, 2001, 2006)
Japan Open				QF	SF	SF	W	W	R2	QF	QF	F	W	W (2000, 2001, 2006)
Korea Open		R2			N/A	QF		R3		SF	R1	F	W	W (2006)
Malaysia Open			R2			W	SF	W		R2	R1	W		W (1999, 2001, 2005)
Singapore Open			N/A	W	W	F	N/A	F	R2		QF	W		W (1997, 1998, 2005)
Swedish Open		SF	W		W			N/A						W (1996, 1998)
Swiss Open		QF	SF	F							R2	W	A	W (2005)
Thailand Open	R2		W (MD)	F	N/A			W (XD) SF (MD)	N/A					W (1996, 2001)
U.S. Open	W		W											W (1994, 1996)
Tournament	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	Best

References

1. Santosa, Novan Iman; Handayani, Primastuti. "Candra, Caroline go separate ways after wedding". jawawa.id. Jakarta Post. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
2. "Candra Wijaya Terpacu Prestasi sang Kakak" (in Indonesian). Bulutangkis.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
3. Hearn, Don (11 December 2018). "Big winners awarded on BWF's 'Night of Nights'". Badzine.net. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
4. Candra Wijaya joins Japanese club, BadZine.net, 24 April 2007
5. "Berharap Bisa Menyamai Prestasi Chandra Wijaya" (in Indonesian). PB Djarum. 19 March 2010. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
6. "Profil Candra Wijaya" (in Indonesian). Merdeka.com. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
7. Adam, Imadudin (16 September 2017). "Pembukaan Candra Wijaya International Badminton Centre Sangat Ramai" (in Indonesian). BolaSport.com. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
8. Pradigo, Benediktus Gerendo (8 June 2018). "Daihatsu dan Candra Wijaya Dirikan Klub Bulutangkis" (in Indonesian). Bola.com. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
9. "BWF Launches Super Series". Badminton Australia. 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007.
10. "Yonex All England Elevated To BWF Premier Super Series Event". www.ibadmintonstore.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.

External links

• Candra Wijaya at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
• Candra Wijaya at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)