Tony Gunawan

Indonesian-born American badminton player (born 1975)

Badminton player
Tony Gunawan
Personal information
CountryIndonesia (until 2001)
United States (2001–present)
Born (1975-04-09) April 9, 1975 (age 48)
Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
CoachChristian Hadinata
Herry Iman Pierngadi
Highest ranking1
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  Indonesia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Men's doubles
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 Seville Men's doubles
Sudirman Cup
Silver medal – second place 2001 Seville Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Copenhagen Mixed team
Thomas Cup
Gold medal – first place 1998 Hong Kong Men's team
Gold medal – first place 2000 Kuala Lumpur Men's team
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Bangkok Men's team
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2000 Jakarta Men's doubles
Asian Cup
Silver medal – second place 1996 Seoul Men's doubles
Asia Cup
Gold medal – first place 1999 Ho Chi Minh Men's team
Southeast Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2001 Kuala Lumpur Men's doubles
Silver medal – second place 2001 Kuala Lumpur Men's team
Representing  United States
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Anaheim Men's doubles
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Yiyang Men's doubles
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Guadalajara Men's doubles
BWF profile

Tony Gunawan (Chinese: 吳俊明; pinyin: Wu Junming; born April 9, 1975) is an Indonesian-born American former badminton player. He gained several international achievements for Indonesia and later for the United States, including Olympic gold medal and world champion title.

Career

Gunawan is a former Olympic gold medalist and world champion for Indonesia, and later a world champion for the United States. He is regarded by many, including his peers, as one of the greatest doubles players in badminton's history.[1] A superb all-court player with a particular facility in the forecourt, he won the 2000 Olympic gold medal, the 2001 IBF World Championships, and 2005 IBF World Championships with 3 different men's doubles partners.

He won the Men's Doubles gold medal in the 2005 World Championships from the 13th seeded position with his American partner Howard Bach. Gunawan partnered with Halim Haryanto to win the 2001 World Championships as well as the 2001 All-England Open, and with Candra Wijaya to win the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. He was a member of the world champion 2000 Indonesia Thomas Cup team, winning his match in the final against China with yet another partner, Rexy Mainaky.

Gunawan and Bach won the 2005 IBF World Championships Men's Doubles gold over Gunawan's ex-partner Wijaya and Sigit Budiarto who were also finalists in the 2003 IBF World Championships in the same event. Tony played for Indonesia from 1992 to 2001 and is the winner of numerous international titles. He has coached and played for USA since 2001. Tony is currently studying in Orange County, California and coaches at San Gabriel Badminton Club 2 (Pomona).

Personal life

He married Indonesian women's doubles player, Etty Tantri on July 29, 2002 at the Monte Carlo Chapel in Las Vegas. They have two sons, Christopher and Leon.

Achievements

Olympic Games

2000 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles
Round Partner Opponent Score Result
Final Indonesia Candra Wijaya South Korea Lee Dong-soo
South Korea Yoo Yong-sung 		15–10, 9–15, 15–7 Gold

IBF World Championships

2005 IBF World Championships – Men's doubles
Round Partner Opponent Score Result
Final United States Howard Bach Indonesia Candra Wijaya
Indonesia Sigit Budiarto 		15–11, 10–15, 15–11 Gold Gold
2001 IBF World Championships – Men's doubles
Round Partner Opponent Score Result
Final Indonesia Halim Heryanto South Korea Ha Tae-kwon
South Korea Kim Dong-moon 		15–0, 15–13 Gold Gold

World Cup

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2005 Olympic Park, Yiyang, China United States Howard Bach Indonesia Sigit Budiarto
Indonesia Candra Wijaya 		18–21, 9–21 Bronze Bronze

World Badminton Grand Prix Finals

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1999 Brunei Indonesia Candra Wijaya South Korea Ha Tae-kwon
South Korea Kim Dong-moon 		15–7, 8–15, 15–11 Gold Gold
2000 Brunei Indonesia Candra Wijaya Indonesia Halim Haryanto
Indonesia Sigit Budiarto 		7–5, 8–6, 7–2 Gold Gold

Asian Championships

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2000 Istora Senayan,
Jakarta, Indonesia 		Indonesia Rexy Mainaky Malaysia Choong Tan Fook
Malaysia Lee Wan Wah 		15–8, 15–9 Gold Gold

Asian Cup

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
1996 Olympic Gymnasium No. 2,
Seoul, South Korea 		Indonesia Rudy Wijaya South Korea Kim Dong-moon
South Korea Yoo Yong-sung 		10–15, 8–15 Silver Silver

Pan American Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2011 Multipurpose Gymnasium,
Guadalajara, Mexico 		United States Howard Bach United States Halim Haryanto
United States Sattawat Pongnairat 		21–10, 21–14 Gold Gold

Southeast Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2001 Malawati Stadium,
Selangor, Malaysia 		Indonesia Bambang Suprianto Indonesia Candra Wijaya
Indonesia Sigit Budiarto 		4–15, 6–15 Silver Silver

BWF Super Series (1 title, 4 runners-up)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2007 Malaysia Malaysia Open Indonesia Candra Wijaya Malaysia Koo Kien Keat
Malaysia Tan Boon Heong 		15–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2007 Japan Japan Open (3) Indonesia Candra Wijaya Indonesia Luluk Hadiyanto
Indonesia Alvent Yulianto Chandra 		21–18, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2007 Hong Kong Hong Kong Open Indonesia Candra Wijaya Indonesia Markis Kido
Indonesia Hendra Setiawan 		12–21, 21–18, 13–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2008 Indonesia Indonesia Open Indonesia Candra Wijaya Malaysia Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif
Malaysia Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari 		21–19, 18–21, 14–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2010 Singapore Singapore Open United States Howard Bach Chinese Taipei Fang Chieh-min
Chinese Taipei Lee Sheng-mu 		14–21, 15–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF Superseries Finals tournament
  BWF Superseries Premier tournament
  BWF Superseries tournament

IBF World Grand Prix (36 titles)

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
1997 France French Open (1) Indonesia Victo Wibowo Indonesia Efraim Davis
Indonesia Halim Haryanto 		15–10, 15–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1997 Poland Polish Open (1) Indonesia Victo Wibowo Indonesia Rudy Wijaya
Indonesia Seng Kok Keong 		15–11, 15–6 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1997 Denmark Copenhagen Masters (1) Indonesia Candra Wijaya England Simon Archer
England Chris Hunt 		15–13, 15–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1998 Sweden Swedish Open (1) Indonesia Candra Wijaya China Yang Ming
China Zhang Jun 		15–3, 15–6 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1998 Malaysia Malaysia Open (1) Indonesia Halim Haryanto China Liu Yong
China Yu Jinhao 		6–15, 15–5, 15–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1998 Brunei Brunei Open (1) Indonesia Halim Haryanto Denmark Michael Sogaard
Indonesia Denny Kantono 		15–2, 15–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1998 Hong Kong Hong Kong Open (1) Indonesia Candra Wijaya Denmark Jens Eriksen
Denmark Jesper Larsen 		15–10, 15–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1999 England All England Open (1) Indonesia Candra Wijaya South Korea Lee Dong-soo
South Korea Yoo Yong-sung 		15–7, 15–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1999 Malaysia Malaysia Open (2) Indonesia Candra Wijaya Indonesia Flandy Limpele
Indonesia Eng Hian 		15–6, 15–11 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
1999 Malaysia Ipoh Masters (1) Indonesia Candra Wijaya Indonesia Flandy Limpele
Indonesia Eng Hian 		15–11, 15–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2000 Japan Japan Open (1) Indonesia Candra Wijaya South Korea Lee Dong-soo
South Korea Yoo Yong-sung 		15–6, 15–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2000 Indonesia Indonesia Open (1) Indonesia Candra Wijaya Indonesia Flandy Limpele
Indonesia Eng Hian 		14–17, 15–6, 15–8 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2000 Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Open (1) Indonesia Candra Wijaya Malaysia Cheah Soon Kit
Malaysia Yap Kim Hock 		15–7, 15–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2001 England All England Open (2) Indonesia Halim Haryanto Indonesia Candra Wijaya
Indonesia Sigit Budiarto 		15–13, 7–15, 15–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2002 United States U.S. Open (1) United States Bob Malaythong United States Kevin Han
United States Howard Bach 		11–15, 15–7, 15–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2002 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Open (1) United States Bob Malaythong Spain Sergio Llopis
Spain José Antonio Crespo 		15–6, 15–3 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2002 United States SCBA Classic (1) United States Bob Malaythong United States Kevin Han
Howard Bach 		15–10, 15–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2003 United States U.S. Open (2) United States Bob Malaythong Chinese Taipei Lee Sung-yuan
Chinese Taipei Lin Wei-hsiang 		6–15, 15–4, 15–5 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2004 United States U.S. Open (3) United States Howard Bach Denmark Mathias Boe
Denmark Carsten Mogensen 		15–5, 15–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2004 Netherlands Dutch Open (1) United States Howard Bach Denmark Peter Steffensen
Denmark Thomas Laybourn 		15–8, 15–7 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2005 United States USA SCBA International (1) United States Howard Bach United States Bob Malaythong
United States Raju Rai 		1–0 retired 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2005 Germany Bitburger German Open (1) United States Halim Haryanto Canada Mike Beres
Canada William Milroy 		15–3, 15–6 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2005 United States U.S. Open (4) United States Howard Bach Canada Mike Beres
Canada William Milroy 		15–1, 15–2 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2005 Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Open (2) United States Halim Haryanto Denmark Mathias Boe
Denmark Carsten Mogensen 		15–13, 15–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2005 Denmark Copenhagen Masters (2) United States Howard Bach China Fu Haifeng
China Cai Yun 		15–12, 11–15, 15–4 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2006 Indonesia Indonesia Open (1) Indonesia Candra Wijaya Indonesia Markis Kido
Indonesia Hendra Setiawan 		21–17, 21–16 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2006 United States U.S. Open (5) United States Halim Haryanto Russia Alexander Nikolaenko
Russia Vitaly Durkin 		21–10, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2006 South Korea Korea Open (1) Indonesia Candra Wijaya South Korea Lee Jae-jin
South Korea Hwang Ji-man 		21–18, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2006 Japan Japan Open (2) Indonesia Candra Wijaya Malaysia Koo Kien Keat
Malaysia Tan Boon Heong 		21–15, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2009 United States U.S. Open (6) United States Howard Bach Austria Jürgen Koch
Austria Peter Zauner 		21–12, 21–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2002 United States U.S. Open (1) United States Etty Tantri England Simon Archer
Sweden Marina Andrievskaya 		7–11, 11–4, 11–6 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2002 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Open (1) United States Mesinee Mangkalakiri Peru Tjitte Weistra
Peru Dorianna Rivera 		15–6, 15–3 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2002 United States SCBA Classic (1) United States Mesinee Mangkalakiri Canada Philippe Bourret
Canada Denyse Julien 		11–3, 13–5 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2003 United States U.S. Open (2) United States Etty Tantri South Korea Hwang Ji-man
South Korea Lee Eun-woo 		15–5, 15–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2005 Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei Open (1) Chinese Taipei Cheng Wen-hsing Indonesia Devin Lahardi
Indonesia Vita Marissa 		17–15, 15–6 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2012 United States U.S. Open (3) Indonesia Vita Marissa Japan Kenichi Hayakawa
Japan Misaki Matsutomo 		21–13, 21–10 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Other results

2008 China Cup 2008 S.Series Semi-Finalist
2008-04-06 India Grand Prix Gold 2008 GP Gold 4900.00 Semi-Finalist
2008-03-16 Wilson Swiss Open Super Series 2008 S.Series 5040.00 Quarter-Finalist
2008-03-09 YONEX All England Super Series 2008 S.Series 3600.00 1\16
2008-01-20 Proton Malaysia Open Super Series 2008 S.Series 6420.00 Semi-Finalist
2007-11-25 CHINA OPEN SUPER SERIES S.Series 2220.00 1\32
2007-08-19 16th WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007 BWF Events 6600.00 Quarter-Finalist
2007-07-22 BINGO BONANZA PHILIPPINE OPEN 2007 GP Gold 2720.00 1\16
2007-05-13 DJARUM INDONESIA SUPER SERIES S.Series 6420.00 Semi-Finalist
2007-05-06 AVIVA OPEN SINGAPORE SUPER SERIES 2007 S.Series 6420.00 Semi-Finalist
2007-03-18 WILSON SWISS OPEN SUPER SERIES S.Series 6420.00 Semi-Finalist
2007-03-11 YONEX ALL ENGLAND SUPER SERIES S.Series 6420.00 Semi-Finalist
2007-01-28 YONEX KOREA OPEN SUPER SERIES S.Series 6420.00 Semi-Finalist
2006-09-02 YONEX SUNRISE HONG KONG OPEN 2006 6* 4950.10 Quarter-Finalist

Performance timeline

Indonesian team

  • Senior level
Team Events 1998
Asian Games Gold Gold
Team Events 2000
Thomas Cup Gold Gold

Individual competitions

  • Senior level
Event 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2006 2007 2009 2010 2011
BWF World Championships R3 QF Gold Gold A Gold Gold A QF QF R1 R1
Event 2000 2004 2008 2012
Olympics Gold Gold A A GS

References

  1. ^ latimes.com
General
  • "Birdie Boys". AsianWeek. September 2, 2005. Archived from the original on October 21, 2006. Retrieved May 10, 2006.
  • "Gunawan, Bach talk about their world title". U.S. Olympic Team. August 22, 2005. Retrieved May 11, 2006.
  • Tony Gunawan at databaseOlympics.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 7 February 2007)
  • Tony Gunawan at cnnsi.com
  • Tony Gunawan at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

External links

  • Official website
  • Tony Gunawan at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
  • Tony Gunawan at InternationalBadminton.org at the Wayback Machine (archived 29 October 2007)
  • Tony Gunawan at Olympics.com
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