Candra Wijaya

 ( 1975 Births ) 

Rafael Candra Wijaya (; born Tan Chia Liang, 16 September 1975) is an Indonesian badminton player.

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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.

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 Eddy Choong awards in 2000.

In 2007 he joined the Japanese club owned by Tonami. Candra Wijaya joins Japanese club, BadZine.net, 24 April 2007

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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. He married Maria Caroline Indriani on 20 January 2001 at St. Thomas Rasul Church in Cengkareng. They have two children.

He was a founder of Candra Wijaya International Badminton Centre, and Candra Wijaya badminton club.

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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)

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Awards and nominations

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Achievements

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Olympic Games

Men's doubles

2000	The Dome, Sydney, Australia	Tony Gunawan	Lee Dong-soo Yoo Yong-sung	15–10, 9–15, 15–7	Gold

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World Championships

Men's doubles

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

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World Cup

Men's doubles

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

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Asian Championships

Men's doubles

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

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Asian Cup

Men's doubles

1995	Xinxing Gymnasium, Qingdao, China	Ade Sutrisna	Huang Zhanzhong Jiang Xin		Bronze
1996	Olympic Gymnasium No. 2, Seoul, South Korea	Ade Sutrisna	Kim Dong-moon Yoo Yong-sung	11–15, 6–15	Bronze

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SEA Games

Men's doubles

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

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

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World Junior Championships

The Bimantara World Junior Championships was an international invitation badminton tournament for junior players. It was held in Jakarta, Indonesia from 1987 to 1991. In 1992, International Badminton Federation (former name of Badminton World Federation) started the first IBF World Junior Championships in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Boys' doubles

1991	Jakarta, Indonesia	Bambang Suyono	Dadan Hidayat Kurnia	7–15, 7–15	Silver

Mixed doubles

1992	Istora Senayan, Jakarta, Indonesia	Susi Chusnul	Jim Laugesen Rikke Olsen	13–15, 15–17	Bronze

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BWF Superseries (1 title, 3 runners-up)

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

Men's doubles

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 tournament

BWF Superseries tournament

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IBF/BWF Grand Prix (33 titles, 14 runners-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. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Men's doubles

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	14–21, 20–22	Runner-up

Mixed doubles

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

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IBF International (1 title)

Men's doubles

1994	Polish Open	Ade Sutrisna	Kenneth Jonassen Jan Jørgensen	11–15, 15–8, 15–8	Winner

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Invitational tournaments

Men's doubles

1997	Copenhagen Masters	Tony Gunawan	Simon Archer Chris Hunt	15–13, 15–8	Winner
1999	Ipoh Masters	Tony Gunawan	Flandy Limpele Eng Hian	15–11, 15–9	Winner
2003	Copenhagen Masters	Halim Haryanto	Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen	15–11, 15–4	Winner

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Performance timeline

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National team

• Senior level

SEA Games	Gold	Silver

Asian Games	Gold	Silver

Thomas Cup	Gold	Gold	Gold	Bronze	Bronze	Bronze

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Individual competitions

• Senior level

SEA Games	Gold (MD) Gold (XD)	Gold

World Grand Prix Finals	Gold	Gold	Gold

World Championships	Gold	QF	R2	Silver	Silver	A	QF

Olympic Games	Gold

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		GS					GS (2008)

BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold
Chinese Taipei Open	A	F	R1	QF	A	W (1997, 2000)
India Open		SF	SF	A		SF (2008, 2009)
Indonesian Masters	colspan="3"	R1	A	R1 (2010)
Macau Open	A		R2	A		R2 (2009)
Malaysia Masters	colspan="2"	R2	QF	A	QF (2010)
Philippines Open	R2		R1	colspan="2"	R2 (2007)
Syed Modi International	colspan="2"	A		R1	R1 (2011)

IBF World Grand Prix

All England Open

SF

F

W

SF

F

SF

W

R1

R3

R2

W (1999, 2003)

Canadian Open

W

colspan="3"

W (1994)

China Open

A

QF

W

SF

A

QF

W

W

W (1996, 2004, 2005)

Chinese Taipei Open

QF

W

SF

W

F

QF

W (1997, 2000)

Denmark Open

SF

SF

F

F (2003)

German Open

F

F (1995)

Hong Kong Open

R2

QF

W

R1

R2

QF

W (1998)

Indonesia Open

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

QF

R3

SF

R1

F

W

W (2006)

Malaysia Open

R2

W

SF

W

R2

R1

W

W (1999, 2001, 2005)

Singapore Open

W

W

F

F

R2

QF

W

W (1997, 1998, 2005)

Swedish Open

SF

W

W

colspan="6"

W (1996, 1998)

Swiss Open

QF

SF

F

R2

W

A

W (2005)

Thailand Open

R2

W (MD)

F

W (XD) SF (MD)

W (1996, 2001)

U.S. Open

W

W

W (1994, 1996)

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