Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Marcus Fernaldi Gideon (born 9 March 1991) is an Indonesian professional badminton player currently ranked world No. 1 in the men's doubles by the Badminton World Federation. He is from PB Jaya Raya, a badminton club in South Tangerang, Banten and has joined the club since June 2018.[3] He won the 2017 All England Open Super Series Premier with his current partner Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo.[4] He and Sukamuljo were recognized as the most outstanding players, and awarded as the BWF Best Male Players of the Year for two years in a row after collected seven Super Series titles in 2017 and eight World Tour titles in 2018.[5][6]
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| Birth name | Marcus Fernaldi Gideon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 March 1991 Jakarta, Indonesia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Handedness | Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Herry Iman Pierngadi Aryono Miranat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Career record | 342 wins, 106 losses[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 1 (with Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo) (16 March 2017 [2]) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 1 (with Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo) (17 March 2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gideon and Sukamuljo often referred as "The Minions" because of their height below average badminton players and they are also known for their playing style that is fast and very agile as if bouncing here and there just like Minions in the film Despicable Me, which is often jumping up and down.[7][8]
Career overview
Gideon started his career in badminton at the Tangkas Jakarta club when he was 9 years old. At the age of 13, he began practicing professionally, and at the same time, he received a scholarship in Singapore. Four months later in Singapore, he returned to Indonesia because of illness, and decided not to continue his education abroad. He was again trained by his father, as a singles and doubles player.[9] Gideon won his first international title in the men's singles discipline at the Victorian International a Future Series event.[10]
Gideon was selected to join the national training centre in Cipayung, in the men's doubles team in 2010. Partnered with Agripina Prima Rahmanto, he won the 2011 Singapore and 2012 Iran International tournaments,[11] and also finished as the runners-up in 2012 Vietnam and Osaka International. Feeling disappointed with the PBSI decision in the sending players to the international tournaments, Gideon decided to leave the national training centre in 2013.[9][11]
Gideon then returned to the court as an independent player paired with the Beijing 2008 gold medalists, Markis Kido. The duo reaching to the semifinals at the 2013 Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold losing to the national player Ronald Alexander and Selvanus Geh in straight games.[12] He captured his first Superseries title at the 2013 French Open with Kido, played from the qualification stage, and beat the seeded pairs in their journey to topped the men's doubles podium.[13] Gideon and Kido, reached in to the semifinals at the 2014 All England Open, and then won their second title at the 2014 Indonesia Masters defeat another Indonesian players Selvanus Geh and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo in the final with the rubber games.[9][14]
Seeing his achievements with Markis Kido, Gideon invited by PBSI to rejoin the national team.[11] In early 2015, he is paired with Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo, ended the years by occupying the top 20 BWF World Ranking, grabbed one title at the Chinese Taipei Masters.[15] He also participated at the Southeast Asian Games, clinched the gold medal in the men's team event and a silver medal in the men's doubles event.[16] Gideon and Sukamuljo started their 2016 tour by winning the Malaysia Masters,[17] their performance continues to increase and won the Superseries title in India and Australia, after that the Superseries Premier title in China.[18] At the end of 2016, he and Sukamujo reach to the top 10 world ranking, and qualified to compete at the BWF Superseries Finals held in Dubai. The duo failed to advance to the knocked out stage after stand in the third position in group stage won a match against their compatriot Angga Pratama / Ricky Karanda Suwardi, and lost two matches to Danish and Japanese pairs.[19]
In 2019, Gideon and Sukamuljo were nominated for the Best Male Player award, but failed to retain the award after being defeated by Kento Momota.[20]
Personal life
Gideon is the son of former national badminton player, Kurniahu.[21] He married a general practitioner, Agnes Amelinda Mulyadi on 14 April 2018.[22] His first son Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Jr. was born in January 2019.[23]
Awards
Achievements
Asian Games
Men's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2018 | Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia |
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13–21, 21–18, 24–22 |  |
Asian Championships
Men's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2019 | Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China |
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18–21, 3–21 |  |
Southeast Asian Games
Men's doubles
| Year | Venue | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2015 | Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore | |
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12–21, 22–24 | |
BWF World Tour (17 titles, 2 runners-up)
The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[27] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[28]
Men's doubles
BWF Superseries (11 titles, 2 runners-up)
The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two levels: Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the BWF Superseries Finals held at the year end.
Men's doubles
- BWF World Superseries Finals tournament
- BWF Superseries Premier tournament
- BWF Superseries tournament
BWF Grand Prix (3 titles, 1 runner-up)
The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2016 | Malaysia Masters (1) | |
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18–21, 21–13, 21–18 |  |
| 2015 | Chinese Taipei Masters (1) | |
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21–12, 21–8 | |
| 2015 | Chinese Taipei Open | |
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13–21, 8–21 |  |
| 2014 | Indonesia Masters (1) | |
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21–17, 20–22, 21–14 | |
- BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
- BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series (3 titles, 3 runners-up)
Men's singles
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2009 | Victorian International |  |
17–21, 21–8, 21–15 | |
Men's doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2012 | Osaka International | |
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17–21, 23–21, 18–21 | |
| 2012 | Vietnam International | |
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12–21, 19–21 | |
| 2012 | Iran Fajr International | |
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21–18, 21–18 | |
| 2011 | Singapore International | |
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21–17, 21–9 | |
Mixed doubles
| Year | Tournament | Partner | Opponent | Score | Result |
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| 2014 | Turkey International |  |
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21–17, 17–21, 12–21 | |
- BWF International Challenge tournament
- BWF International Series tournament
- BWF Future Series tournament
Performance timeline
National team
- Senior level
| Team events | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
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| Southeast Asian Games | |
N/A | A | N/A | A | N/A |
| Asia Team Championships | N/A | A | N/A | |
N/A | |
| Asian Games | N/A | |
N/A | |||
| Thomas Cup | N/A | |
N/A |  |
N/A | |
| Sudirman Cup | |
N/A | GS | N/A | |
N/A |
Individual competitions
- Senior level
| Events | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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| Southeast Asian Games | N/A | |
N/A | A | N/A | A |
| Asian Championships | A | QF | w/d | A | | |
| Asian Games | A | N/A | |
N/A | ||
| World Championships | R3 (MD) R1 (XD) |
A | N/A | QF | QF | R2 |
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A | W | QF | W (2016, 2019) | |||||||||||||||
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W | W | W | W (2014, 2018, 2019, 2020) | |||||||||||||||
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W | R1 | F | W (2017, 2018) | |||||||||||||||
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W | A | W (2016, 2017, 2018) | ||||||||||||||||
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QF | QF | Q | W (2017) | |||||||||||||||
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A | SF | Q | SF (2017, 2019) | |||||||||||||||
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W | W | W (2018, 2019) | ||||||||||||||||
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W | W | W (2017, 2018, 2019) | ||||||||||||||||
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A | QF | SF (2015) | ||||||||||||||||
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SF | W | W (2016, 2017, 2019) | ||||||||||||||||
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A | QF | F (2017) | ||||||||||||||||
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W | W | W (2018, 2019) | ||||||||||||||||
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F | W | W (2013, 2019) | ||||||||||||||||
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W | W | W (2018, 2019) | ||||||||||||||||
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W | QF | W (2017, 2018) | ||||||||||||||||
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ret | SF | W (2017) | ||||||||||||||||
| Year-end Ranking[29] | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | Best | |||||||||||||||
| Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Best | ||||||||||||
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A | SF (MD) | QF | R1 | W | W (2017) | |||||||||||||
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A | R1 (MD) R1 (XD) |
A | W | W | W (2016, 2017) | |||||||||||||
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A | QF (MD) R1 (XD) |
R1 | R2 | W | W (2017) | |||||||||||||
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A | R1 (MD) R1 (XD) |
R1 (MD) R2 (XD) |
R2 | QF | SF | SF (2017) | ||||||||||||
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GPG | R2 (MD) R1 (MD) |
A | W | w/d | W (2016) | |||||||||||||
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R2 | R2 (MD) R1 (XD) |
QF (MD) R1 (XD) |
R2 | R2 | R1 | QF (2014) | ||||||||||||
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A | QF (MD) R1 (XD) |
GPG | QF (2013) | |||||||||||||||
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A | R1 (MD) R2 (XD) |
A | R1 | A | W | W (2017) | ||||||||||||
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A | R1 | A | F | F (2017) | ||||||||||||||
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A | R2 (MD) R1 (XD) |
QF (MD) | A | QF | F | F (2017) | ||||||||||||
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A | W (MD) | QF (MD) R1 (XD) |
A | R2 | w/d | W (2013) | ||||||||||||
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A | R2 (MD) R2 (XD) |
A | W | W | W (2016, 2017) | |||||||||||||
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A | QF (MD) R1 (XD) |
R2 (MD) | QF | R1 | W | W (2017) | ||||||||||||
| BWF Superseries Finals | NQ | GS | W | W (2017) | |||||||||||||||
| Year-end Ranking | 26 | 24 (MD) 53 (XD) |
10 (MD) 59 (XD) |
16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Best | ||||||||||||
| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Best | ||||||||||
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A | R2 | QF (MD) SF (XD) |
SF (MD) | A | W | A | W (2016) | |||||||||||
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A | R2 | SF | N/A | A | R2 | A | SF (2012) | |||||||||||
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N/A | R2 | A | R2 (2016) | |||||||||||||||
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SS | A | QF (MD) R1 (XD) |
SF | A | A | SF (2015) | ||||||||||||
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SS | A | R1 | A | QF (2013) | ||||||||||||||
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N/A | R2 | R1 | A | N/A | SF | A | SF (2015) | |||||||||||
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A | R2 | R1 | A | R1 (MD) | F | A | F (2015) | |||||||||||
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A | R1 (MD) R2 (XD) |
SS | R2 (2013) | |||||||||||||||
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N/A | A | N/A | R2 (MD) R2 (XD) |
A | SF | A | SF (2016) | |||||||||||
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A | QF | A | SF | A | SF (2015) | |||||||||||||
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N/A | W | A | N/A | W (2015) | ||||||||||||||
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A | R1 | A | R2 | A | R2 (2015) | |||||||||||||
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A | R1 | QF | A | R2 | A | QF (2012) | ||||||||||||
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R2 | QF | QF | SF (MD) QF (XD) |
W (MD) | QF | A | N/A | W (2014) | ||||||||||
| Year-end Ranking | 120 | 55 | 26 | 24 (MD) 53 (XD) |
10 (MD) 59 (XD) |
16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Best | ||||||||||
Record against selected opponents
Men's doubles results against World Tour Level 2–4 finalist, World Tour Finals semifinalists, World Superseries finalists, World Superseries Finals semifinalists, World Championships semifinalists, and Olympic quarterfinalists paired with:[30]
References
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